Nana Bryant
Highest Rated: 100% The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Lowest Rated: 83% Possessed (1947)
Birthday: Nov 23, 1888
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Nana Bryant was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Bryant's earliest roles were in film, including the adaptation "The King Steps Out" (1936) with Grace Moore, the comedy "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936) with Irene Dunne and the Bing Crosby musical "Pennies From Heaven" (1936). She also appeared in "The Lone Wolf Returns" (1936), "Counsel for Crime" (1937) and "Let's Get Married" (1937). She continued to act in productions like "If I Had My Way" (1940), "Thieves Fall Out" (1941) and the dramatic adventure "The Corsican Brothers" (1941) with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. She also appeared in the comedy adaptation "Nice Girl?" (1941) with Deanna Durbin. In the latter part of her career, she tackled roles in the comedic adaptation "The Perfect Marriage" (1947) with Loretta Young, "Possessed" (1947) and "Her Husband's Affairs" (1947) with Lucille Ball. She also appeared in "Inner Sanctum" (1948) and the Roy Rogers western "Eyes of Texas" (1948). Bryant last acted in "The Private War of Major Benson" (1955). Bryant passed away in December 1955 at the age of 67.
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Nana Bryant
Filmography
Movies
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The Private War of Major Benson | Mother Redempta (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Outcast | Mrs. Banner (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Follow the Sun | Sister Beatrice (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Only the Valiant | Mrs. Drumm (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% |
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Bright Victory | Mrs. Claire Nevins (Character) | - | 1951 |
87% |
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Harvey | Mrs. Hazel Chumley (Character) | - | 1950 |
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Ladies of the Chorus | Mrs. Adele Carroll (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State Department: File 649 | Peggy Brown (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eyes of Texas | Hattie E. Waters (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stage Struck | Mrs. Howard (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Her Husband's Affairs | Mrs. Winterbottom (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Unsuspected | Mrs. White (Character) | - | 1947 |
83% |
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Possessed | Bit Part (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Fix | Mrs. Carter (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fabulous Joe | Mrs. Belmont (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Virginian | Mrs. Wood (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Runaround | Mrs. Mildred Hampton (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Brewster's Millions | Mrs. Gray (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Weekend at the Waldorf | Mrs. H. Davenport Drew (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Jungle Woman | Miss Gray (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Bathing Beauty | Dean Clinton (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Princess O'Rourke | Mrs. Mulvaney (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1943 |
88% |
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Hangmen Also Die | Mrs. Hellie Novotny (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Best Foot Forward | Mrs. Dalrymple (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The West Side Kid | Mrs. Winston (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Youth on Parade | Agatha Frost (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Mrs. Marshall Todwell (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% |
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The Reluctant Dragon | Mrs. Benchley (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thieves Fall Out | Martha Matthews (Character) | - | 1941 |
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If I Had My Way | Marian Johnson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flag of Humanity | Clara Barton (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice in Movieland | Agatha Winters (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Is a Prince | Susan Bower (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Espionage Agent | Mrs. Corvall (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Mad About Music | Louise Fusenot (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peck's Bad Boy With the Circus | Mrs. Henry Peck (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Give Me a Sailor | Mrs. Minnie Brewster (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Intruder | Mrs. Reitter (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Always in Trouble | Mrs. Darlington (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Man-Proof | Meg Swift (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil Is Driving | Mrs. Sanders (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The League of Frightened Men | Agnes Burton (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dangerous Adventure | Marie (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Counsel for Crime | Mrs. Maddox (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Pennies From Heaven | Miss Howard (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blackmailer | Mrs. Lindsay (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You May Be Next | Miss Abbott (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Lived Twice | Margaret Schuyler (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meet Nero Wolfe | Sarah Barstow (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Feather in Her Hat | Lady Drake (Character) | - | 1935 |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Miss Brooks | Mrs Wynona Nestor (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star and the Story | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |