Nana Bryant
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Birth Place
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died
December 24, 1955
Biography
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Nana Bryant was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Bryant's earliest roles were in film, including the adaptation "The King Steps Out" (1936) with Grace Moore, the comedy "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936) with Irene Dunne and the Bing Crosby musical "Pennies From Heaven" (1936). She also appeared in "The Lone Wolf Returns" (1936), "Counsel for Crime" (1937) and "Let's Get M...
Biography
Nana Bryant was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Bryant's earliest roles were in film, including the adaptation "The King Steps Out" (1936) with Grace Moore, the comedy "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936) with Irene Dunne and the Bing Crosby musical "Pennies From Heaven" (1936). She also appeared in "The Lone Wolf Returns" (1936), "Counsel for Crime" (1937) and "Let's Get Married" (1937). She continued to act in productions like "If I Had My Way" (1940), "Thieves Fall Out" (1941) and the dramatic adventure "The Corsican Brothers" (1941) with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. She also appeared in the comedy adaptation "Nice Girl?" (1941) with Deanna Durbin. In the latter part of her career, she tackled roles in the comedic adaptation "The Perfect Marriage" (1947) with Loretta Young, "Possessed" (1947) and "Her Husband's Affairs" (1947) with Lucille Ball. She also appeared in "Inner Sanctum" (1948) and the Roy Rogers western "Eyes of Texas" (1948). Bryant last acted in "The Private War of Major Benson" (1955). Bryant passed away in December 1955 at the age of 67.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Frigid Wife
(1962)
Mrs. Brown
The Private War of Major Benson
(1955)
Mother Redempta
About Mrs. Leslie
(1954)
Mrs. McKay
The Outcast
(1954)
Mrs. Banner
Geraldine
(1954)
Dean Blake
Bright Victory
(1952)
Mrs. Nevins
Only the Valiant
(1951)
Mrs. Drumm
The Du Pont Story
(1951)
Elizabeth du Pont
Follow the Sun
(1951)
Sister Beatrice
Key to the City
(1950)
Mrs. Cabot
Three Secrets
(1950)
Supervisor
Let's Dance
(1950)
Mrs. Bryant
A Modern Marriage
(1950)
Mrs. Brown
Harvey
(1950)
Mrs. Chumley
State Department File 649
(1949)
Peggy Brown
Ladies of the Chorus
(1949)
Mrs. Adele Carroll
The Blonde Bandit
(1949)
Mrs. Henley
Hideout
(1949)
Sybil Elwood Kaymeer
The Lady Gambles
(1949)
Mrs. ["Ducky"] Stevenson
The Kissing Bandit
(1949)
Nun
Dangerous Years
(1948)
Miss Templeton
Eyes of Texas
(1948)
Hattie Waters
Lady at Midnight
(1948)
Lydia Forsythe
Inner Sanctum
(1948)
Mrs. [Thelma] Mitchell
Reaching from Heaven
(1948)
Mrs. [Kay] Bradley
Stage Struck
(1948)
Mrs. Howard
The Return of October
(1948)
Therese
Big Town
(1947)
Mrs. Crane
Her Husband's Affairs
(1947)
Mrs. Winterbottom
The Fabulous Joe
(1947)
Mrs. Belmont
Millie's Daughter
(1947)
Mrs. Cooper Austin
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Corinne Williams
The Unsuspected
(1947)
Mrs. White
The Big Fix
(1947)
Mrs. Carter
The Virginian
(1946)
Mrs. Woods
The Runaround
(1946)
Mrs. Mildred Hampton
Week-End at the Waldorf
(1945)
Mrs. H. Davenport Drew
The Song of Bernadette
(1945)
Convent mother superior
Brewster's Millions
(1945)
Mrs. Gray
Black Market Babies
(1945)
Grace Andrews
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Mrs. Langdon
Marriage Is a Private Affair
(1944)
Nurse
Bathing Beauty
(1944)
Dean Clinton
Take It or Leave It
(1944)
Miss Burke
Jungle Woman
(1944)
Miss Gray
Can't Help Singing
(1944)
Mrs. Carstairs
Best Foot Forward
(1943)
Mrs. Dalyrimple
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Mrs. Mulvaney
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Mrs. Novotny
The West Side Kid
(1943)
Constance Winston
Get Going
(1943)
Mrs. Daugherty
Thunder Birds
(1942)
Mrs. Blake
Calling Dr. Gillespie
(1942)
Mrs. Marshall Todwell
Madame Spy
(1942)
Alicia Rolf
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Aunt Addie
Youth on Parade
(1942)
Agatha Frost
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Mrs. Benchley
Public Enemies
(1941)
Emma
Thieves Fall Out
(1941)
Martha Matthews
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Mme. Dupre
Nice Girl?
(1941)
Mary Peasley
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Mrs. Morris
If I Had My Way
(1940)
Marian Johnson
A Little Bit of Heaven
(1940)
Mom [Loring]
Brother Rat and a Baby
(1940)
Mrs. [Meg] Harper
Father Is a Prince
(1939)
Susan Bower
Street of Missing Men
(1939)
Muriel Putnam
Parents on Trial
(1939)
Margaret Ames
Espionage Agent
(1939)
Mrs. Corvall
Our Neighbors--the Carters
(1939)
Louise Wilcox
Man-Proof
(1938)
Meg Swift
Always in Trouble
(1938)
Mrs. Darlington
Sinners in Paradise
(1938)
Mrs. Franklin Sydney
Swing Sister Swing
(1938)
Hyacinth [Beebee]
Give Me a Sailor
(1938)
Mrs. Brewster
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
(1938)
Mrs. Peck
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938)
Mrs. Thatcher
Midnight Intruder
(1938)
Mrs. Reitter
Mad About Music
(1938)
Lousie Fusenot
Out West with the Hardys
(1938)
Dora Northcote
The Devil Is Driving
(1937)
Mrs. Sanders
A Dangerous Adventure
(1937)
Marie Wall
Counsel for Crime
(1937)
Mrs. Maddox
Let's Get Married
(1937)
Mrs. Willoughby
The League of Frightened Men
(1937)
Agnes Burton
The Blackmailer
(1936)
Mrs. Lindsay
The Man Who Lived Twice
(1936)
Mrs. Schuyler
The King Steps Out
(1936)
Louise
Meet Nero Wolfe
(1936)
Sarah Barstow
You May Be Next!
(1936)
Miss Abbott
Pennies From Heaven
(1936)
Miss Howard
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Ethel Stevenson
Lady of Secrets
(1936)
Aunt Harriet
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Madam
One Way Ticket
(1935)
Mrs. Bourne
Unknown Woman
(1935)
Aunt Mary
The Lone Wolf Returns
(1935)
Aunt Julie
Guard That Girl
(1935)
Sarah
A Feather in Her Hat
(1935)
Lady Drake
Atlantic Adventure
(1935)
Mrs. [Julia] Van Dieman
Cast (Short)
Goodbye, Miss Turlock
(1947)
Old Hickory
(1940)
Alice in Movieland
(1940)
The Flag of Humanity
(1940)
Lincoln in the White House
(1939)
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