Acting
Mary Nolan
Born December 18, 1902 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died October 31, 1948 · aged 45
Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogene Robertson, was an American stage and screen actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson. She appeared in seventeen German films from 1925 to 1927 using a new stage name, Imogene Robertson. Upon returning to the United States in 1927, she attempted to break from her previous s…
Known For
Hello Caesar! · 1927Hello Caesar!
★ 7.01927
MovieComedy
Juggler and con-artist Caesar comes to Karlsbad, where he hopes to trick the renowned Vaudeville manager Willard into taking him to America. But when he actually meets Willard, Caesar mistakes him for a certain Mr. Lehmann. Willard / Lehmann is not amused, since Caesar constantly courts his daughter Eva. While fooling around, Caesar doesn’t notice that young Rosl, the daughter of innkeeper Mrs. Svoboda, has fallen in love with him. Finally, the romantic and comical confusion is resolved during a hotel fire.
Charming Sinners · 1929Charming Sinners
★ 7.51929
MovieDrama
Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he falls in love with Anne-Marie Whitley (Mary Nolan), the best friend of his own wife Kathryn (Ruth Chatterton). In retaliation, Kathryn begins a flirtation with her former boyfriend Karl Kraley (William Powell). After reels and reels of verbal fencing, the status quo is re-established, and Robert and Kathryn are reunited.
Shanghai Lady · 1929Shanghai Lady
★ 10.01929
MovieDrama
Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.
Hidden Fires · 1925Hidden Fires
★ 7.01925
MovieDrama
German made drama was one of several the notorious Mary Nolan, under her given name Imogene Robertson, made during her European exile brought on by innumerable scandals in America.
Young Desire · 1930Young Desire
★ 7.01930
MovieDrama
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
A Man's Man · 1929A Man's Man
★ 8.01929
MovieComedy
An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note · 1926Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
★ 7.51926
MovieDrama
Anna receives her first weekly wage: a ten-mark note with the no. K 13513. She gives it to her mother, who hides it in her Bible. Anna's brother Robert steals the note and uses it to buy a knife with which he becomes a murderer.
West of Zanzibar · 1928West of Zanzibar
★ 6.91928
MovieDramaThriller
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
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Young Desire · 1930Young Desire
★ 7.01930
MovieDrama
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
Helen Herbert
A Man's Man · 1929A Man's Man
★ 8.01929
MovieComedy
An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
Mary Nolan (uncredited)
Memoirs of a Nun · 1927Memoirs of a Nun
★ 10.01927
MovieDrama
Sister Angelika has the power of life or death over her former tormentor, now sick and placed in her care.
Agnes Mirus alias Schwester Angelika
Good Morning, Judge · 1928Good Morning, Judge
★ 8.01928
MovieComedy
Freddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a haven for reformed criminals. By telling her he is a hardened criminal, he is allowed to stay at the mission.
Julia Harrington (as Imogene Robertson)
The Armored Vault · 1926The Armored Vault
★ 8.01926
MovieCrime
Directed by Lupu Pick, who died far too young, it was billed as a melodrama about a ring of counterfeiters on its first screening in New York City. Pick plays with the already well-established conventions of the detective genre for maximum effect and humor.
Ellen, Frau Elgin (billed as Imogene Robertson)












