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Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll (November 19, 1903 - August 6, 1965) was an American actress. Born Ann Veronica LaHiff in New York City, she began her acting career in Broadway musicals, but was a successful talkies actress because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s. Although she made her film debut in 1918 at the age of 14, her second film wasn't until Ladies Must Dress in 1927.

In 1928 she made eight films. One of them, Easy Come, Easy Go, made her a star. In 1930 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Devil's Holiday.

Carroll retired from films in 1938, but starred in the early television series The Aldrich Family in 1950. In the following year, she starred in the televison version of The Egg and I.

She returned to the stage in the 1950s, and was found dead of a heart attack after failing to show up for a performance.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street.


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She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street. Lili Damita died of Alzheimer's disease in Palm Beach, Florida and was interred in the Oakland Cemetery in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She returned to the stage in the 1950s, and was found dead of a heart attack after failing to show up for a performance. During the Vietnam Conflict, her son Sean Flynn was working as a freelance photo journalist under contract to Time Magazine when he and fellow journalist Dana Stone went missing on the road south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 6, 1970. Although Lili Damita spent an enormous amount of money searching for her son, he was never found and in 1984 was declared legally dead. In the following year, she starred in the televison version of The Egg and I. Following the marriage, she gave up her film career, taking up residence in Palm Beach, Florida. The couple divorced in 1942 and Damita eventually married Albert Loomis, a Fort Dodge, Iowa dairy owner. Carroll retired from films in 1938, but starred in the early television series The Aldrich Family in 1950. Divorced from Curtiz, in 1935 she married a virtual unknown who would become Hollywood's biggest box office attraction, Errol Flynn with whom she had a son, Sean born in 1941.

In 1930 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Devil's Holiday. In 1929, she went to Hollywood, making her American debut in a film titled "The Rescue." Soon, she was an important star at Warner Brothers Studios, appearing with rising male stars such as Gary Cooper and James Cagney. One of them, Easy Come, Easy Go, made her a star. She became the second wife of Hungarian born film director Michael Curtiz after appearing in three of his Austrian made films. In 1928 she made eight films. Offered a role in film, in 1921 she appeared in her first French made silent film before going on to perform in films in Britain, Austria, and Germany. Born Ann Veronica LaHiff in New York City, she began her acting career in Broadway musicals, but was a successful talkies actress because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s. Although she made her film debut in 1918 at the age of 14, her second film wasn't until Ladies Must Dress in 1927. Born Liliane-Marie-Madeleine Carré in Bordeaux, France, by age 16 she was performing in popular music-halls, eventually starring in the Revue at the Casino de Paris.

Nancy Carroll (November 19, 1903 - August 6, 1965) was an American actress. Lili Damita (July 19, 1901 – March 21, 1994) was an actress.