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Nancy Carroll(1903-1965)

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Nancy Carroll Circa 1925
Nancy Carroll was born Ann Veronica Lahiff on November 19, 1903 in New York City. Nancy was the youngest of seven children. At the age of sixteen she dropped out of high school to work as a stenographer. Then she began performing in local talent competitions. She was a gifted dancer and appeared in several Broadway musicals. In 1925 she married writer Jack Kirkland and had a daughter named Patricia. Nancy made her film debut in the 1927 comedy Ladies Must Dress and was offered a contract with Paramount. She starred in a string of successful talkies including The Shopworn Angel, Laughter, and Close Harmony. With her red hair and big smile she quickly became one of Hollywood's most popular actresses. Her marriage to Jack ended in 1930. That same year she was nominated for Academy Award for her role in Devil's Holiday. After a brief affair with Joseph P. Kennedy she married Francis Bolton Mallory, a Life magazine editor in 1931. By this time she was receiving more fan mail than any other star! Unfortunately she had developed a reputation for being difficult and often complained about the parts she was given.

Paramount released her from her contract in 1933. Nancy continued to make movies but she was no longer an A-list star. She costarred with George Murphy in the dramas Jealousy and After The Dance. In 1935 she divorced her husband after four years of marriage. Unhappy with the way her career was going she decided to quit making movies. Her final film was the 1938 comedy There Goes My Heart. She returned to the stage starring in the Broadway show For Heaven's Sake Mother. During the 1950s she made guest appearances on numerous television shows. She also costarred with her daughter, Patricia Kirkland, in the series The Egg And I. Nancy married international businessman C.H. "Jappe" Groen in 1953. The couple split their time between Mexico and Indonesia. At the age of fifty-nine Nancy was cast in the play Never Too Late. It was a success and she toured with the show for two years. On the evening August 6, 1965 she didn't show up for her performance. Tragically she was found dead in her New York apartment. Nancy had died of an aneurysm at the age of sixty-one. She was buried with her parents at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.
BornNovember 19, 1903
DiedAugust 6, 1965(61)
BornNovember 19, 1903
DiedAugust 6, 1965(61)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Nancy Carroll and Glenn Anders in Laughter (1930)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, and Phillips Holmes in Broken Lullaby (1932)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in Broken Lullaby (1932)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Nancy Carroll and Lew Cody in Under-Cover Man (1932)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in Broken Lullaby (1932)
Nancy Carroll in Broken Lullaby (1932)
Nancy Carroll and Morgan Farley in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in Stolen Heaven (1931)
Nancy Carroll in The Water Hole (1928)

Known for

Nancy Carroll in The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
6.5
  • Maria Held
  • 1933
Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll in The Shopworn Angel (1928)
The Shopworn Angel
7.0
  • Daisy Heath
  • 1928
Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
Hot Saturday
6.6
  • Ruth Brock
  • 1932
Nancy Carroll, Donald Cook, and George Murphy in Jealousy (1934)
Jealousy
5.1
  • Josephine 'Jo' Douglas O'Roarke
  • 1934

Credits

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Actress

  • Rockabye the Infantry
  • Going My Way (1962)
    Going My Way
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
  • Naked City (1958)
    Naked City
  • George Nader in The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958)
    The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
  • Nancy Carroll, Bob Craven, and Pat Kirkland in The Egg and I (1951)
    The Egg and I
  • Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre
  • The Aldrich Family (1949)
    The Aldrich Family
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Rod Serling in Suspense (1949)
    Suspense
  • Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Fredric March, and Alan Mowbray in There Goes My Heart (1938)
    There Goes My Heart
  • Melvyn Douglas, Deanna Durbin, and Jackie Cooper in That Certain Age (1938)
    That Certain Age
  • Nancy Carroll, Dwight Frye, Arthur Hohl, Lloyd Nolan, and John Wray in Atlantic Adventure (1935)
    Atlantic Adventure
  • After the Dance (1935)
    After the Dance
  • Nancy Carroll and George Murphy in I'll Love You Always (1935)
    I'll Love You Always
  • Nancy Carroll, Donald Cook, and George Murphy in Jealousy (1934)
    Jealousy

Soundtrack

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
    • (uncredited)
  • After the Dance (1935)
    After the Dance
    • (uncredited)
  • Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, and Gene Raymond in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
  • Follow Thru (1930)
    Follow Thru
    • (uncredited)
  • Paramount on Parade (1930)
    Paramount on Parade
  • Nancy Carroll and Stanley Smith in Honey (1930)
    Honey
  • Dangerous Paradise (1930)
    Dangerous Paradise
    • (uncredited)
  • Nancy Carroll and Jack Oakie in Sweetie (1929)
    Sweetie
    • (uncredited)
  • Nancy Carroll and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Close Harmony (1929)
    Close Harmony
  • Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll in The Shopworn Angel (1928)
    The Shopworn Angel

Personal details

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    • November 19, 1903
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • August 6, 1965
    • New York City, New York, USA(aneurysm)
    • November 2, 1953 - August 6, 1965 (her death)
    • Pat Kirkland
    • Terry Carroll(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "An Undesirable Lady" on Broadway.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 8 Articles
    • 10 Pictorials
    • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    One daughter, Pat Kirkland (Patricia Kirkland Bevan, 1925-2000). She was married to playwright Donald Bevan, author of the play on which the film Stalag 17 (1953) was based.
  • Quotes
    Because you think differently, you're considered disagreeable, and upstage, and difficult. An original thinker always has to fight.

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