Nancy Carroll
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
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
(1958) Bernice Hacker
This Is Your Life
(1952) Self
Hot Saturday
(1932) Ruth Brock
Broken Lullaby
(1932) Fraulein Elsa
The Woman Accused
(1933) Glenda O'Brien
The Wolf of Wall Street
(1929) Gert
The Devil's Holiday
(1930) Hallie Hobart
The Kiss Before the Mirror
(1933) Maria HeldActing
| 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 |
