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 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
Credits
The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)
as Gert
There Goes My Heart (1938)
as Dorothy Moore
I'll Love You Always (1935)
as Nora Clegg
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
as Maria Held
I Love That Man (1933)
as Grace Clark
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Sally Marsh
Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
as Rosemary Murphy
Wayward (1932)
as Daisy Frost
The Woman Accused (1933)
as Glenda O'Brien
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
as Hallie Hobart
Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
as Barbara Quayle
The Dance of Life (1929)
as Bonny Lee King
Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Herself
Broken Lullaby (1932)
as Fraulein Elsa
The Night Angel (1931)
as Yula Martini
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
as Daisy Heath
That Certain Age (1938)
as Grace Bristow
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
as Tanyusha Krasnoff
Chicken à la King (1928)
as Maisie Devoe
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
as Helen Murdock
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
as Alma
Personal Maid (1931)
as Nora Ryan
After the Dance (1935)
as Anne Taylor
Hot Saturday (1932)
as Ruth Brock
The Sin Sister (1929)
as Pearl
Child of Manhattan (1933)
as Madelaine McGonagle
Jealousy (1934)
as Jo O'Roarke
Follow Thru (1930)
as Lora Moore
The Water Hole (1928)
as Judith Endicott
Ladies Must Dress (1927)
as Mazie
Honey (1930)
as Olivia Dangerfield
Under-Cover Man (1932)
as Lora Madigan
Illusion (1929)
as Claire Jernigan
Sweetie (1929)
as Barbara Pell
Laughter (1930)
as Peggy Gibson
Close Harmony (1929)
as Marjorie Merwin
Manhattan Cocktail (1928)
as Babs Clark
Stolen Heaven (1931)
as Mary
Springtime for Henry (1934)
as Julia Jelliwell