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.
Acting
Movie
Broken Lullaby
as Fraulein Elsa
1932
Movie
Hot Saturday
as Ruth Brock
1932
Movie
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria Held
1933
Movie
There Goes My Heart
as Dorothy Moore
1938
Movie
Laughter
as Peggy Gibson
1930
TV
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Movie
The Dance of Life
as Bonny Lee King
1929
Movie
The Devil's Holiday
as Hallie Hobart
1930
TV
Naked City
as Bernice Hacker
1958
Movie
The Woman Accused
as Glenda O'Brien
1933
Movie
Paramount on Parade
as Herself
1930
Movie
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Sally Marsh
1934
Movie
Dangerous Paradise
as Alma
1930
Movie
That Certain Age
as Grace Bristow
1938
Movie
Follow Thru
as Lora Moore
1930
Movie
Child of Manhattan
as Madelaine McGonagle
1933
Movie
The Night Angel
as Yula Martini
1931
Movie
Sweetie
as Barbara Pell
1929
Movie
Jealousy
as Jo O'Roarke
1934
Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Gert
1929
TV
Going My Way
1962
Movie
Scarlet Dawn
as Tanyusha Krasnoff
1932
Movie
Stolen Heaven
as Mary
1931
Movie
Atlantic Adventure
as Helen Murdock
1935