She was beautiful, glamorous and talented; equally adroit at musicals, comedy, drama and romance; an Oscar-nominated superstar and reportedly the #1 fan mail draw of her time. But Nancy Carroll is all but forgotten today - why? Supposedly, her prickly personality, temperamental outbursts and demands made her persona non grata at Paramount, her home studio; she briefly moved to the decidedly lower-rent Columbia, but by 1938, Carroll had effectively retired from the screen. She appeared in the early television series The Aldrich Family (1950-51), and returned to her stage roots. Carroll was found dead of a heart attack after failure to arrive at the theatre for a performance in 1965; she was 60 years old.
MISS NANCY CARROLL
November 19, 1903 - August 6, 1965
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It occurs to me that I've never seen one of her films! I must put that right.
ReplyDeleteI have, however, seen a couple of stills of her yukking it up and being one of the 'gals' with Cary and Randolph.
I've never heard of her!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful baby doll face.