Nan Grey

Likable, extremely pretty leading lady of mostly B-films, almost exclusively with Universal during a film career which included over two dozen films between 1934 and 1941. Grey is probably best remembered as one of Deanna Durbin's sisters in one of her few A-budget pictures, the delightful comedy "Three Smart Girls" (1936), she later reprised her role in a charming and popular sequel, "Three Smart Girls Grow Up" (1939). Grey also worked for director Joe May on "The Invisible Man Returns" and "The House of the Seven Gables" (both 1940) and contributed a highly touching vignette as the victim of the lesbian vampire countess in "Dracula's Daughter" (1936). She also played the leading role of Kathy Marshall on the popular radio soap opera "Those We Love" from 1938 to 1945. Grey's first husband was jockey Jackie Westrope, and she retired from acting in 1950 upon marrying her second, pop singer Frankie Laine.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Under Age (1941)

Jane Baird

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Janet [Loring]

You're Not So Tough (1940)

Millie

Sandy Is a Lady (1940)

Mary Phillips

The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

Phoebe Pyncheon

Margie (1940)

Margie [Howard]

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Helen Manson

Tower of London (1939)

Lady Alice Barton

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

The Black Doll (1938)

Marian Rood

Girls' School (1938)

Linda Simpson

Reckless Living (1938)

Laurie Andrews

Danger on the Air (1938)

[Christine] Queenie MacCorkle

The Jury's Secret (1938)

Mary Morris

The Man in Blue (1937)

June Hanson

Let Them Live (1937)

Judith Marshall

Love in a Bungalow (1937)

Mary Callahan

Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)

Judy Williams

Nobody's Fool (1936)

Young girl

Love Before Breakfast (1936)

Telephone girl

Next Time We Love (1936)

Ingenue

Three Smart Girls (1936)

Joan [Craig]

Sutter's Gold (1936)

Sutter's daughter, [Ann Eliza Sutter]

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Lili

His Night Out (1935)

The Affair of Susan (1935)

Miss Skelly

The Great Impersonation (1935)

Middleton's daughter

Mary Jane's Pa (1935)

Life Events

1934

Film debut, "Babbitt"

1938

Played the female leading role of Kathy Marshall on the popular radio soap opera, "Those We Love"

1941

Last film, "Under Age"

1950

Retired from acting upon marrying second husband Frankie Laine

Photo Collections

Three Smart Girls Grow Up - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Universal Pictures' Mad About Music (1939), starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up - Publicity Stills

Here are a photos taken to help publicize Universal Pictures' Mad About Music (1939), starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up - Scene Stills

Here are some scene stills from Universal Pictures' Mad About Music (1939), starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up - Movie Posters

Here are a few movie posters Universal Pictures' Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish.