Nancy Nash (actress) explained

Nancy Nash
Birth Name:Maude Miller
Birth Place:Mercedes, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1926–1941

Nancy Nash (born Maude Miller;[1] 1897–?) was an American actress. She appeared in films from the 1920s into the early 1940s. 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.[2]

Career

Born to a family of ranchers near Mercedes, Texas,[3] Nash was interested in recreating high fashion shown in films and often took notes on the outfits actresses wore in order to copy them. In 1926, on a visit to Hollywood, she decided to audition for an acting role in The City alongside 60 other applicants, and won the part.[4] This conflicted with her plans to attend the University of Texas the following week, and she had to convince her parents that pursuing a film career was more important.[5] She was announced as an actress by Winfield Sheehan, vice president of Fox Film, in September 1926 before confirming her first role in The City in October of that year.[6] She next had the lead role with Earle Foxe in the 1927 comedy feature Upstream,[7] which was considered lost media until the discovery of a copy in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2009.[8] The Times said that Nash's and Raymond Hitchcock's work gave the film "pathos and humor, thrills and suspense and characterization that is poignantly human".[9]

Nash then starred in the 1927 Vitaphone film Rich But Honest alongside Clifford Holland, based on a short story by Arthur Somers Roche,[10] in which Nash's character rode in a Willys-Knight sedan to represent her newfound wealth.[11] Nash left her acting career for several years when she married a newspaper reporter, but returned to film in 1931,[12] when she joined the Goldwyn Girls team led by Samuel Goldwyn and starred alongside 75 other women in the 1932 film The Kid from Spain.[13] In 1933, she 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 1930s. Nash then married her second husband, attorney Jay Chotiner in 1933.[22] She was later married to film producer Ben Hershfield, a former husband of actress Rita La Roy.[23]

Notes and References

  1. News: . January 18, 1942 . Carole Lombard and Ex-Husband Of McAllen Girl Killed in Plane Crash . . November 12, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  2. . Youth In Fox Pictures . . American Hebrew . 120 . 1 . 1926 . 8 . September 25, 2023.
  3. News: . May 12, 1927 . Nancy Nash . . November 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: . December 19, 1926 . Nancy Nash Popular Almost Over Night . . November 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Gouldy . Mabel . September 26, 1926 . Visit Sends Mercedes Girl On Way To Movie Stardom . . November 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: . October 10, 1926 . Nancy Nash Latest Find for Pictures . . November 3, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: . April 16, 1927 . Comedy-Drama Of Theatrical Life Is Crescent Feature . . November 3, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Kehr . Dave . June 7, 2010 . Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Returns to America . June 6, 2010 . The New York Times.
  9. News: . April 12, 1927 . Amusements: At The Deluxe . . November 7, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: . August 21, 1927 . Comedy Heads Week's Offerings On Stage And Screen Of Lima . . November 3, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: . August 21, 1927 . Nancy Nash, Popular Screen Star, Chooses to Do Her Riding in This Aristocrat of the Motor World . . November 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Thomas . Dan . November 8, 1932 . Amusements . . November 7, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: . March 4, 1933 . 76 Chorus Girls Are Matched Like Pearls By Goldwyn . . November 11, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Barnes . Eleanor . July 21, 1933 . Warner Signs 35 'Luckiest' . . November 11, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: . January 25, 1927 . Nancy Nash, New Fox Star in "The City" at Lyceum . . November 7, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: . January 9, 1928 . Many Favorites In New Fox Production . . November 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  17. Book: Maltin, Leonard . Leonard Maltin . September 29, 2015 . Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965 . . 411 . 9780147516824.
  18. Book: Klepper, Robert K. . September 16, 2015 . Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies . . 421 . 9781476604848.
  19. Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
  20. Web site: Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929–1934). Lou. Sabini. BearManor Media. Google Books.
  21. News: . September 8, 1933 . With The Players In Shadow In Person – The Kid From Spain . . November 11, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: Winchell . Walter . January 10, 1933 . On Broadway . . November 11, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  23. News: Ex-Film Producer Denies Suing Wife Is Eighth . . January 7, 1955 . Newspapers.com.

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