Nancy Carroll
Actor/Actriz
39
Movies
3
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Naked City
Bernice Hacker
This Is Your Life
Self
Going My Way
Sweetie
Barbara Pell
Follow Thru
Lora Moore
The Woman Accused
Glenda O'Brien
Laughter
Peggy Gibson
Dangerous Paradise
Alma
Atlantic Adventure
Helen Murdock
That Certain Age
Grace Bristow
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Maria Held
The Wolf of Wall Street
Gert
The Sin Sister
Pearl
The Devil's Holiday
Hallie Hobart
Hot Saturday
Ruth Brock
The Dance of Life
Bonny Lee King
Paramount on Parade
Herself
Broken Lullaby
Fraulein Elsa
Scarlet Dawn
Tanyusha Krasnoff
Springtime for Henry
Julia Jelliwell
Abie's Irish Rose
Rosemary Murphy
Jealousy
Jo O'Roarke
Stolen Heaven
Mary
Honey
Olivia Dangerfield
The Night Angel
Yula Martini
After the Dance
Anne Taylor
Illusion
Claire Jernigan
The Shopworn Angel
Daisy Heath
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Sally Marsh
Manhattan Cocktail
Babs Clark