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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.

Known For

5.7

Going My Way

1962

5.5

Bernice Hacker

Naked City

1958

6.4

Self

This Is Your Life

1952

7.1

Dorothy Moore

There Goes My Heart

1938

5.1

Grace Bristow

That Certain Age

1938

5.5

Helen Murdock

Atlantic Adventure

1935

6.0

Anne Taylor

After the Dance

1935

3.0

Nora Clegg

I'll Love You Always

1935

4.7

Jo O'Roarke

Jealousy

1934

4.1

Sally Marsh

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934

Credits

Going My Way

1962

5.7

Naked City

as Bernice Hacker

1958

5.5

This Is Your Life

as Self

1952

6.4

There Goes My Heart

as Dorothy Moore

1938

7.1

That Certain Age

as Grace Bristow

1938

5.1

Atlantic Adventure

as Helen Murdock

1935

5.5

After the Dance

as Anne Taylor

1935

6.0

I'll Love You Always

as Nora Clegg

1935

3.0

Jealousy

as Jo O'Roarke

1934

4.7

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

as Sally Marsh

1934

4.1

Springtime for Henry

as Julia Jelliwell

1934

1.0

I Love That Man

as Grace Clark

1933

0.0

The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Maria Held

1933

5.4

The Woman Accused

as Glenda O'Brien

1933

5.9

Child of Manhattan

as Madelaine McGonagle

1933

7.2

Under-Cover Man

as Lora Madigan

1932

4.5

Scarlet Dawn

as Tanyusha Krasnoff

1932

6.5

Hot Saturday

as Ruth Brock

1932

6.4

Wayward

as Daisy Frost

1932

6.0

Broken Lullaby

as Fraulein Elsa

1932

7.5

Personal Maid

as Nora Ryan

1931

3.0

The Night Angel

as Yula Martini

1931

4.0

Stolen Heaven

as Mary

1931

5.0

Follow Thru

as Lora Moore

1930

7.4

Laughter

as Peggy Gibson

1930

4.7

The Devil's Holiday

as Hallie Hobart

1930

6.3

Paramount on Parade

as Herself

1930

6.1

Honey

as Olivia Dangerfield

1930

5.0

Dangerous Paradise

as Alma

1930

3.4

Sweetie

as Barbara Pell

1929

5.5

Illusion

as Claire Jernigan

1929

0.0

The Dance of Life

as Bonny Lee King

1929

5.5

Close Harmony

as Marjorie Merwin

1929

6.5

The Sin Sister

as Pearl

1929

6.0

The Wolf of Wall Street

as Gert

1929

8.5

The Shopworn Angel

as Daisy Heath

1928

0.0

Manhattan Cocktail

as Babs Clark

1928

0.0

The Water Hole

as Judith Endicott

1928

0.0

Chicken à la King

as Maisie Devoe

1928

0.0

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Barbara Quayle

1928

0.0

Abie's Irish Rose

as Rosemary Murphy

1928

0.0

Ladies Must Dress

as Mazie

1927

0.0