Mary Nash

Acting

Mary Nash

Born August 14, 1884 · Troy, New York, USA

Died December 3, 1976 · aged 92

Mary Nash (born Mary Honora Ryan) was a noted American stage and screen actress.

Known For

The Philadelphia StoryThe Philadelphia Story · 1940
The Philadelphia Story
★ 7.51940
MovieComedyRomance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Till the Clouds Roll ByTill the Clouds Roll By · 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
★ 5.81946
MovieMusic
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
The Rains CameThe Rains Came · 1939
The Rains Came
★ 6.11939
MovieDramaRomance
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
HeidiHeidi · 1937
Heidi
★ 7.01937
MovieDramaFamily
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Men of Boys TownMen of Boys Town · 1941
Men of Boys Town
★ 6.41941
MovieDrama
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
The Little PrincessThe Little Princess · 1939
The Little Princess
★ 6.71939
MovieFamilyDrama
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
Yolanda and the ThiefYolanda and the Thief · 1945
Yolanda and the Thief
★ 6.01945
MovieMusicRomance
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "angel", gains her unquestioning confidence, and helps himself to the deluded girl's millions. Just as he and his partner are about to flee Patria with their booty, Riggs realizes he has fallen in love with the girl and returns the money, together with a note that is part confession and part love letter. But the larcenous duo's escape from Patria turns out to be more difficult than they could ever have imagined.
Easy LivingEasy Living · 1937
Easy Living
★ 7.21937
MovieComedyRomance
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

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