1903-11-19 New York City, New York, USA
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.
That Certain Age | Grace Bristow | 1938-10-06 | |
There Goes My Heart | Dorothy Moore | 1938-10-14 | |
After the Dance | Anne Taylor | 1935-06-25 | |
Atlantic Adventure | Helen Murdock | 1935-08-25 | |
I'll Love You Always | Nora Clegg | 1935-03-19 | |
Springtime for Henry | Julia Jelliwell | 1934-08-22 | |
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | Sally Marsh | 1934-11-02 | |
Jealousy | Jo O'Roarke | 1934-11-23 | |
I Love That Man | Grace Clark | 1933-07-07 | |
The Kiss Before the Mirror | Maria Held | 1933-05-04 | |
Child of Manhattan | Madelaine McGonagle | 1933-02-11 | |
The Woman Accused | Glenda O'Brien | 1933-02-17 | |
Under-Cover Man | Lora Madigan | 1932-12-02 | |
Hot Saturday | Ruth Brock | 1932-10-28 | |
Broken Lullaby | Fraulein Elsa | 1932-01-19 | |
Wayward | Daisy Frost | 1932-02-19 | |
Scarlet Dawn | Tanyusha Krasnoff | 1932-11-12 | |
The Night Angel | Yula Martini | 1931-07-18 | |
Personal Maid | Nora Ryan | 1931-09-12 | |
Stolen Heaven | Mary | 1931-02-20 | |
Paramount on Parade | Herself | 1930-04-22 | |
Honey | Olivia Dangerfield | 1930-03-29 | |
Dangerous Paradise | Alma | 1930-02-13 | |
Follow Thru | Lora Moore | 1930-09-26 | |
Galas de la Paramount | Self (from original version) | 1930-07-31 | |
The Devil's Holiday | Hallie Hobart | 1930-05-09 | |
Laughter | Peggy Gibson | 1930-09-24 | |
The Dance of Life | Bonny Lee King | 1929-08-16 | |
Sweetie | Barbara Pell | 1929-10-25 | |
The Wolf of Wall Street | Gert | 1929-02-09 | |
Illusion | Claire Jernigan | 1929-09-21 | |
The Sin Sister | Pearl | 1929-02-10 | |
Close Harmony | Marjorie Merwin | 1929-04-12 | |
Chicken à la King | Maisie Devoe | 1928-06-09 | |
The Water Hole | Judith Endicott | 1928-08-25 | |
Easy Come, Easy Go | Barbara Quayle | 1928-04-20 | |
Abie's Irish Rose | Rosemary Murphy | 1928-04-19 | |
The Shopworn Angel | Daisy Heath | 1928-12-29 | |
Manhattan Cocktail | Babs Clark | 1928-11-24 | |
Ladies Must Dress | Mazie | 1927-11-20 |