Nancy Carroll

Known for ActingBorn 1903-11-19Died 1965-08-06New 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

I Love That Man

Abie's Irish Rose

Illusion

The Shopworn Angel

The Wolf of Wall Street

Manhattan Cocktail

Chicken à la King

The Water Hole

Follow Thru

Broken Lullaby

There Goes My Heart

Scarlet Dawn

Child of Manhattan

Stolen Heaven

The Sin Sister

Easy Come, Easy Go

Ladies Must Dress

Going My Way

Close Harmony

This Is Your Life

Hot Saturday

Sweetie

After the Dance

Personal Maid

Under-Cover Man

Wayward

The Devil's Holiday

Paramount on Parade

Atlantic Adventure

The Woman Accused

Honey

Naked City

Jealousy

The Dance of Life

The Kiss Before the Mirror

That Certain Age

I'll Love You Always

The Night Angel

Laughter

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

Springtime for Henry

Dangerous Paradise