Mary Nash | |
Job | Actress |
Years active | 1904-1946 |
Top Roles | Amanda Minchin, Margaret Lord, Duenna, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. Vera Preston |
Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Family, Musical |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Children, Screwball Comedy |
Top Collaborators | Otto Preminger (Director), Clarence Brown (Director), Edward Arnold, Olaf Hytten |
Shares birthday with | Ethel Barrymore, Wendy Hiller, Signe Hasso see more.. |
Mary Nash Overview:
Actress, Mary Nash, was born Mary Ryan on Aug 15, 1884 in Troy, NY. Nash died at the age of 92 on Dec 3, 1976 in Los Angeles, CA .
Mary Nash was born Mary Ryan on August 15th, 1884 in Troy, New York. Her father, James Ryan, was a successful lawyer who died when she was young. Her mother, Ellen, then remarried to a vaudeville booking agent names Philip F. Nash and Mary then took his surname. Thanks to her stepfathers connections in the vaudeville connection, Mary was able to pursue an acting career, going on to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
She began a successful Broadway career at the turn of the century, making frequent appearances until the mid-1930s. During that time she also became a regular on the stages in London, proving her cross-continental appeal. She began her film career in 1934, appearing the short film uncertain lady. She continued to act in Hollywood, often playing mild manner women often pushed to their breaking point in films like Easy Living, Wells Fargo, The Little Princess and The Rain Comes. In 1939 she returned to Broadway to appear as the matriarch of the Lord family in The Philadelphia Story. She would then returned to the role in 1940 with the George Cukor adaptation.
Nash continued to act for the next six years with her last film being the 1946's Swell Guy. she then retired from the film business. She lived the rest of her life in Los Angeles. Mary Nash died on December 3rd, 1976. She was 92 years old.
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Mary Nash Quotes:
Sara Crewe: That's what we would like to know. I woke up this morning, and here everything was, even to the food and the fire.
Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: Where did you get these things?
Sara Crewe: I don't know. It must be because I dreamed such a beautiful dream last night that it came true.
Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: These things are rare and costly. You stole them!
Sara Crewe: No, Miss Minchin, I didn't steal these things!
Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: I'll give you one more chance to tell me the truth!
Sara Crewe: But I am telling you the truth! They just - came!
Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: This is a matter for the police!
Macaulay Connor: This is the Bridal Suite. Would you send up a couple of caviar sandwiches and a bottle of beer?
Margaret Lord: What? Who is this?
Macaulay Connor: This is the Voice of Doom calling. Your days are numbered, to the seventh son of the seventh son.
Margaret Lord: Hello? Hello?
Tracy Lord: What's the matter?
Margaret Lord: One of the servants has been at the sherry again.
Fräulein Rottenmeier: [Heidi yawns at the dinner table] Adelheid! Did I actually see you yawn? I'm horrified!
Klara Sesemann: Don't scold her. She's had such a hard day.
Fräulein Rottenmeier: I am trying to be patient, Klara. But it is the height of impropreity to yawn at the dinner table. A yawn at any time is a sign of disrespect and lack of control. It shows that the attention is wandering and that the young person is not interested in the improvement of her mind.
[Klara giggles]
Fräulein Rottenmeier: Oh!
[Heidi has fallen asleep]
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