- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1903
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 6, 1965
Nancy Carroll
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…
Filmography
tvGoing My Way
1962
tvNaked City
1958 · Bernice Hacker
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
The Aldrich Family
tvThe Aldrich Family
1949 · Alice Aldrich
movieThere Goes My Heart
1938 · Dorothy Moore
movieThat Certain Age
1938 · Grace Bristow
movieAtlantic Adventure
1935 · Helen Murdock
movieAfter the Dance
1935 · Anne Taylor
movieI'll Love You Always
1935 · Nora Clegg
movieJealousy
1934 · Jo O'Roarke
movieTransatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934 · Sally Marsh
movieSpringtime for Henry
1934 · Julia Jelliwell
movieI Love That Man
1933 · Grace Clark
movieThe Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Maria Held
movieThe Woman Accused
1933 · Glenda O'Brien
movieChild of Manhattan
1933 · Madelaine McGonagle
movieUnder-Cover Man
1932 · Lora Madigan
movieScarlet Dawn
1932 · Tanyusha Krasnoff
movieHot Saturday
1932 · Ruth Brock
movieWayward
1932 · Daisy Frost
movieBroken Lullaby
1932 · Fraulein Elsa
moviePersonal Maid
1931 · Nora Ryan
movieThe Night Angel
1931 · Yula Martini
movieStolen Heaven
1931 · Mary
movieFollow Thru
1930 · Lora Moore
movieLaughter
1930 · Peggy Gibson
movieThe Devil's Holiday
1930 · Hallie Hobart
movieParamount on Parade
1930 · Herself
movieHoney
1930 · Olivia Dangerfield
movieDangerous Paradise
1930 · Alma
movieSweetie
1929 · Barbara Pell
movieIllusion
1929 · Claire Jernigan
movieThe Dance of Life
1929 · Bonny Lee King
movieClose Harmony
1929 · Marjorie Merwin
movieThe Sin Sister
1929 · Pearl
movieThe Wolf of Wall Street
1929 · Gert
movieThe Shopworn Angel
1928 · Daisy Heath
movieManhattan Cocktail
1928 · Babs Clark
movieThe Water Hole
1928 · Judith Endicott
movieChicken à la King
1928 · Maisie Devoe
movieEasy Come, Easy Go
1928 · Barbara Quayle
movieAbie's Irish Rose
1928 · Rosemary Murphy
movieLadies Must Dress
1927 · Mazie