Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll

  • Birthday: 1903-11-19
  • Deathday: 1965-08-06
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Ann Veronica LaHiff

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Woman Accused

1933

As Glenda O'Brien

The Devil's Holiday

1930

As Hallie Hobart

Child of Manhattan

1933

As Madelaine McGonagle

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933

As Maria Held

Laughter

1930

As Peggy Gibson

Stolen Heaven

1931

As Mary

Atlantic Adventure

1935

As Helen Murdock

The Shopworn Angel

1928

As Daisy Heath

Dangerous Paradise

1930

As Alma

The Sin Sister

1929

As Pearl

Manhattan Cocktail

1928

As Babs Clark

The Night Angel

1931

As Yula Martini

After the Dance

1935

As Anne Taylor

Sweetie

1929

As Barbara Pell

Personal Maid

1931

As Nora Ryan

Wayward

1932

As Daisy Frost

Honey

1930

As Olivia Dangerfield

I'll Love You Always

1935

As Nora Clegg

Jealousy

1934

As Jo O'Roarke

Hot Saturday

1932

As Ruth Brock

Abie's Irish Rose

1928

As Rosemary Murphy

The Dance of Life

1929

As Bonny Lee King

Springtime for Henry

1934

As Julia Jelliwell

Follow Thru

1930

As Lora Moore

Scarlet Dawn

1932

As Tanyusha Krasnoff

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934

As Sally Marsh

Easy Come, Easy Go

1928

As Barbara Quayle

Under-Cover Man

1932

As Lora Madigan

Illusion

1929

As Claire Jernigan

Close Harmony

1929

As Marjorie Merwin

I Love That Man

1933

As Grace Clark

The Water Hole

1928

As Judith Endicott

Broken Lullaby

1932

As Fraulein Elsa

Ladies Must Dress

1927

As Mazie

There Goes My Heart

1938

As Dorothy Moore

That Certain Age

1938

As Grace Bristow

Galas de la Paramount

1930

As Self (from original version)

Paramount on Parade

1930

As Herself

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