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Nancy Carroll
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 h…
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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.
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1962
Going My Way
TV show
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1958
Naked City
TV show Bernice Hacker
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1952
This Is Your Life
TV show Self
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1949
The Aldrich Family
TV show Alice Aldrich
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1938
There Goes My Heart
Movie Dorothy Moore
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1938
That Certain Age
Movie Grace Bristow
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1935
Atlantic Adventure
Movie Helen Murdock
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1935
After the Dance
Movie Anne Taylor
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1935
I'll Love You Always
Movie Nora Clegg
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1934
Jealousy
Movie Jo O'Roarke
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1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Movie Sally Marsh
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1934
Springtime for Henry
Movie Julia Jelliwell
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1933
I Love That Man
Movie Grace Clark
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1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie Maria Held
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1933
The Woman Accused
Movie Glenda O'Brien
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1933
Child of Manhattan
Movie Madelaine McGonagle
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1932
Under-Cover Man
Movie Lora Madigan
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1932
Scarlet Dawn
Movie Tanyusha Krasnoff
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1932
Hot Saturday
Movie Ruth Brock
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1932
Wayward
Movie Daisy Frost
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1932
Broken Lullaby
Movie Fraulein Elsa
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1931
Personal Maid
Movie Nora Ryan
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1931
The Night Angel
Movie Yula Martini
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1931
Stolen Heaven
Movie Mary
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1930
Follow Thru
Movie Lora Moore
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1930
Laughter
Movie Peggy Gibson
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1930
The Devil's Holiday
Movie Hallie Hobart
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1930
Paramount on Parade
Movie Herself
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1930
Honey
Movie Olivia Dangerfield
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1930
Dangerous Paradise
Movie Alma
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1929
Sweetie
Movie Barbara Pell
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1929
Illusion
Movie Claire Jernigan
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1929
The Dance of Life
Movie Bonny Lee King
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1929
Close Harmony
Movie Marjorie Merwin
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1929
The Sin Sister
Movie Pearl
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1929
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie Gert
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1928
The Shopworn Angel
Movie Daisy Heath
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1928
Manhattan Cocktail
Movie Babs Clark
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1928
The Water Hole
Movie Judith Endicott
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1928
Chicken à la King
Movie Maisie Devoe
