Nancy Carroll

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.

Most Known For

Naked City

as Bernice Hacker

This Is Your Life

as Self

Going My Way

Wayward

as Daisy Frost

Hot Saturday

as Ruth Brock

I'll Love You Always

as Nora Clegg

Broken Lullaby

as Fraulein Elsa

There Goes My Heart

as Dorothy Moore

Paramount on Parade

as Herself

Scarlet Dawn

as Tanyusha Krasnoff

Follow Thru

as Lora Moore

Atlantic Adventure

as Helen Murdock

That Certain Age

as Grace Bristow

The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Maria Held

The Woman Accused

as Glenda O'Brien

Sweetie

as Barbara Pell

Under-Cover Man

as Lora Madigan

The Shopworn Angel

as Daisy Heath

The Devil's Holiday

as Hallie Hobart

Dangerous Paradise

as Alma