Nancy Nash
Born
Maude Miller

1897 (1897)
Mercedes, Texas
OccupationActress
Years active1926-1941

Nancy Nash (1897–?) was an American actress who appeared in films during the 1920's through the 1940's. She had several leading roles including in Upstream and Rich But Honest. She was promoted as one of the "Youth in Fox Pictures" during her early career.[1]

Career

Born as Maude Miller[2] to a family of ranchers living nearby to Mercedes, Texas,[3] Nash was personally interested in recreating high fashion shown in films and often took notes on the outfits worn by actresses in order to copy them. In 1926, during a visit to Hollywood, she decided to apply to an acting role for The City alongside 60 other applicants, winning the position.[4] This conflicted, however, with her prior plans to start studying at the University of Texas the following week and she had to convince her parents that pursuing a film career was more important.[5]

Lobby card for Rich But Honest

She was first announced as an actress by Winfield Sheehan, vice president of Fox Film at the time, in September of 1926 before confirming her first role in The City in October of that year.[6] Next, she played the lead role with Earle Foxe in the 1927 comedy feature Upstream,[7] the film reel of which was considered lost media until the discovery of a copy in New Zealand in 2011.[8] The film was described by The Times as having "pathos and humor, thrills and suspense and characterization that is poignantly human" thanks to Nash and Raymond Hitchcock's roles in the film.[9]

Nash then starred in the leading role for the 1927 Vitaphone film Rich But Honest alongside her co-lead Clifford Holland, based on a short story by Arthur Somers Roche.[10] A Willys-Knight sedan was frequently chosen by Nash for use in the film to represent the newfound wealth of her character.[11] She left her acting career for several years after getting married to a newspaper reporter, but returned to her prior work starting in 1931.[12] That same year, she joined the Goldwyn Girls team led by Samuel Goldwyn and starred alongside 75 other girls in the 1932 film The Kid from Spain.[13] In 1933, Nash signed a new contract with Jack L. Warner as a chorus girl for Warner Brothers films, first starring in Footlight Parade.[14]

Filmography

Personal life

Originally married to Los Angeles Examiner reporter Otto Winkler, they divorced in the early 1930's and Nash remarried to her attorney Jay Chotner in 1933.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Youth In Fox Pictures". The American Hebrew. Vol. 120, no. 1. American Hebrew. 1926. p. 8. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Carole Lombard and Ex-Husband Of McAllen Girl Killed in Plane Crash". McAllen Daily Press. January 18, 1942. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Nancy Nash". The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate. May 12, 1927. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Nancy Nash Popular Almost Over Night". The South Bend Tribune. December 19, 1926. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Gouldy, Mabel (September 26, 1926). "Visit Sends Mercedes Girl On Way To Movie Stardom". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Nancy Nash Latest Find for Pictures". The Sacramento Union. October 10, 1926. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Comedy-Drama Of Theatrical Life Is Crescent Feature". The Ithaca Journal. April 16, 1927. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Esquevin, Christian (August 29, 2023). Designing Hollywood: Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age. University Press of Kentucky. p. 35. ISBN 9780813197920.
  9. ↑ "Amusements: At The Deluxe". The Times. April 12, 1927. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Comedy Heads Week's Offerings On Stage And Screen Of Lima". The Lima Morning Star and Republican-Gazette. August 21, 1927. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Nancy Nash, Popular Screen Star, Chooses to Do Her Riding in This Aristocrat of the Motor World". Dayton Daily News. August 21, 1927. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Thomas, Dan (November 8, 1932). "Amusements". The Whittier News. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "76 Chorus Girls Are Matched Like Pearls By Goldwyn". The Shreveport Journal. March 4, 1933. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Barnes, Eleanor (July 21, 1933). "Warner Signs 35 'Luckiest'". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Nancy Nash, New Fox Star in "The City" at Lyceum". Bayonne Evening News. January 25, 1927. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Many Favorites In New Fox Production". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. January 9, 1928. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Maltin, Leonard (September 29, 2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965. Penguin Group. p. 411. ISBN 9780147516824.
  18. ↑ Klepper, Robert K. (September 16, 2015). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland & Company. p. 421. ISBN 9781476604848.
  19. ↑ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
  20. ↑ Sabini, Lou. "Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934)". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
  21. ↑ "With The Players In Shadow In Person - The Kid From Spain". The Honolulu Advertiser. September 8, 1933. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ Winchell, Walter (January 10, 1933). "On Broadway". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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