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 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1903-11-19

Died: 1965-08-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1927	Ladies Must Dress	Mazie	0
2	1928	Abie's Irish Rose	Rosemary Murphy	0
3	1928	Easy Come, Easy Go	Barbara Quayle	0
4	1928	Chicken à la King	Maisie Devoe	0
5	1928	The Water Hole	Judith Endicott	0
6	1928	Manhattan Cocktail	Babs Clark	0
7	1928	The Shopworn Angel	Daisy Heath	0
8	1929	The Wolf of Wall Street	Gert	85
9	1929	The Sin Sister	Pearl	60
10	1929	Close Harmony	Marjorie Merwin	65
11	1929	The Dance of Life	Bonny Lee King	55
12	1929	Illusion	Claire Jernigan	0
13	1929	Sweetie	Barbara Pell	58
14	1930	Dangerous Paradise	Alma	36
15	1930	Honey	Olivia Dangerfield	50
16	1930	Paramount on Parade	Herself	61
17	1930	The Devil's Holiday	Hallie Hobart	63
18	1930	Laughter	Peggy Gibson	50
19	1930	Follow Thru	Lora Moore	74
20	1931	Stolen Heaven	Mary	50
21	1931	The Night Angel	Yula Martini	40
22	1931	Personal Maid	Nora Ryan	30
23	1932	Broken Lullaby	Fraulein Elsa	75
24	1932	Wayward	Daisy Frost	60
25	1932	Hot Saturday	Ruth Brock	65
26	1932	Scarlet Dawn	Tanyusha Krasnoff	65
27	1932	Under-Cover Man	Lora Madigan	45
28	1933	Child of Manhattan	Madelaine McGonagle	73
29	1933	The Woman Accused	Glenda O'Brien	59
30	1933	The Kiss Before the Mirror	Maria Held	55
31	1933	I Love That Man	Grace Clark	0
32	1934	Springtime for Henry	Julia Jelliwell	10
33	1934	Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round	Sally Marsh	44
34	1934	Jealousy	Jo O'Roarke	47
35	1935	I'll Love You Always	Nora Clegg	30
36	1935	After the Dance	Anne Taylor	60
37	1935	Atlantic Adventure	Helen Murdock	55
38	1938	That Certain Age	Grace Bristow	51
39	1938	There Goes My Heart	Dorothy Moore	71

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1927