Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll November 19 1903 August 6 1965 was an American actressShe 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 costarring 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