Person Details

Birthday: 1903-11-19 19:29:42

Death: 1965-08-06 19:29:42

Aliases: Ann Veronica LaHiff

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Nancy Carroll (November 19, 1903 – August 6, 1965) was an American actress.She began her acting career in Broadway musicals. She became a successful actress in "talkies" because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s. Her film debut was in Ladies Must Dress in 1927. In 1928 she made eight films. One of them, Easy Come, Easy Go, co-starring Richard Dix, made her a star. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930 for The Devil's Holiday. Among her other films are Laughter (1930), Paramount on Parade (1930), Hot Saturday (1932) with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) directed by James Whale, and Broken Lullaby aka The Man I Killed (1932) directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Carroll retired from films in 1938, returned to the stage, and starred in the early television series The Aldrich Family in 1950. In the following year, she guest starred in the television version of The Egg and I, starring her daughter, Patricia Kirkland. On August 6, 1965, she was found dead after failing to arrive at the theatre for a performance. The cause of her death was an aneurysm. She was 61 years old. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Nancy Carroll has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street.

Most Famous Work

Naked City
Average
5

Naked City

(1958) Bernice Hacker
This Is Your Life
Average
7

This Is Your Life

(1952) Self
Hot Saturday
Average
7

Hot Saturday

(1932) Ruth Brock
Broken Lullaby
Average
8

Broken Lullaby

(1932) Fraulein Elsa
The Woman Accused
Average
6

The Woman Accused

(1933) Glenda O'Brien
The Wolf of Wall Street
Average
10
The Devil's Holiday
Average
6

The Devil's Holiday

(1930) Hallie Hobart
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Average
6

The Kiss Before the Mirror

(1933) Maria Held

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1962 N/A
1958 Bernice Hacker
1952 Self
1938 Dorothy Moore
Grace Bristow
1935 Helen Murdock
Anne Taylor
Nora Clegg
1934 Jo O'Roarke
Sally Marsh
Julia Jelliwell
1933 Grace Clark
Maria Held
Glenda O'Brien
Madelaine McGonagle
1932 Lora Madigan
Tanyusha Krasnoff
Ruth Brock
Daisy Frost
Fraulein Elsa
1931 Nora Ryan
Yula Martini
Mary
1930 Lora Moore
Peggy Gibson
Self (from original version)
Hallie Hobart
Herself
Olivia Dangerfield
Alma
1929 Barbara Pell
Claire Jernigan
Bonny Lee King
Marjorie Merwin
Pearl
Gert
1928 Daisy Heath
Babs Clark
Judith Endicott
Barbara Quayle
Rosemary Murphy
1927 Mazie
Year Character Movie/Tv

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