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 Devils 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.
Ruth Brock
Film 1932
Glenda O'Brien
Film 1933
Dorothy Moore
Film 1938
Rosemary Murphy
Film 1928
Fraulein Elsa
Film 1932
Madelaine McGonagle
Film 1933
Bonny Lee King
Film 1929
Hallie Hobart
Film 1930
Lora Moore
Film 1930
Tanyusha Krasnoff
Film 1932
Maria Held
Film 1933
Peggy Gibson
Film 1930
Mary
Film 1931
Helen Murdock
Film 1935
Sally Marsh
Film 1934
Alma
Film 1930
Daisy Heath
Film 1928
Julia Jelliwell
Film 1934
Pearl
Film 1929
Barbara Quayle
Film 1928
Babs Clark
Film 1928
Marjorie Merwin
Film 1929
Yula Martini
Film 1931
Mazie
Film 1927
Claire Jernigan
Film 1929
Lora Madigan
Film 1932
Barbara Pell
Film 1929
Maisie Devoe
Film 1928
Nora Ryan
Film 1931
Herself
Film 1930
Grace Clark
Film 1933
Daisy Frost
Film 1932
Olivia Dangerfield
Film 1930
Jo O'Roarke
Film 1934
Nora Clegg
Film 1935
Judith Endicott
Film 1928
Gert
Film 1929
Bernice Hacker
Tv 1958
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1952