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Nancy Carroll
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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 L…
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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.
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There Goes My Heart
as Dorothy Moore
That Certain Age
as Grace Bristow
Atlantic Adventure
as Helen Murdock
After the Dance
as Anne Taylor
I'll Love You Always
as Nora Clegg
Jealousy
as Jo O'Roarke
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Sally Marsh
Springtime for Henry
as Julia Jelliwell
I Love That Man
as Grace Clark
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria Held
The Woman Accused
as Glenda O'Brien
Child of Manhattan
as Madelaine McGonagle
Under-Cover Man
as Lora Madigan
Scarlet Dawn
as Tanyusha Krasnoff
Hot Saturday
as Ruth Brock
Wayward
as Daisy Frost
Broken Lullaby
as Fraulein Elsa
Personal Maid
as Nora Ryan
The Night Angel
as Yula Martini
Stolen Heaven
as Mary
Follow Thru
as Lora Moore
Laughter
as Peggy Gibson
The Devil's Holiday
as Hallie Hobart
Paramount on Parade
as Herself
Honey
as Olivia Dangerfield
Dangerous Paradise
as Alma
Sweetie
as Barbara Pell
Illusion
as Claire Jernigan
The Dance of Life
as Bonny Lee King
Close Harmony
as Marjorie Merwin
The Sin Sister
as Pearl
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Gert
The Shopworn Angel
as Daisy Heath
Manhattan Cocktail
as Babs Clark
The Water Hole
as Judith Endicott
Chicken à la King
as Maisie Devoe
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Barbara Quayle
Abie's Irish Rose
as Rosemary Murphy
Ladies Must Dress
as Mazie