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Mary Nolan is a Actor American born on 18 december 1902 at Louisville (USA)

Mary Nolan

Mary Nolan
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Birth name Mary Imogene Robertson
Nationality USA
Birth 18 december 1902 at Louisville (USA)
Death 31 october 1948 (at 45 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Mary Nolan (December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948) was an American film actress.
Nolan began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson. She was fired from the Ziegfeld Follies in 1924 for her involvement in a tumultuous and highly publicized affair with comedian Frank Tinney. She left the United States shortly thereafter and began making films in Germany. She appeared in seventeen German films from 1925 to 1927 with a new stage name, "Imogene Robertson".

She returned to the United States in 1927 and, in an attempt to distance herself from her old life, adopted yet another stage name, "Mary Nolan". She was signed to Universal Pictures in 1928 where she found some success in films. By the 1930s, her acting career began to decline due to her drug abuse and reputation for being temperamental. After being bought out of contract with Universal, she was unable to secure film work with any major studios. Nolan spent the remainder of her acting career appearing in roles in low-budget films for independent studios. She made her final film appearance in 1933.

After her film career ended, Nolan appeared in vaudeville and performed in nightclubs and roadhouses around the United States. Her later years were plagued by drug problems and frequent hospitalizations. She returned to Hollywood in 1939 and spent her remaining years living in obscurity before dying of a barbiturate overdose in 1948.

Biography

Marriage
Nolan was married once and had no children. She married stock broker Wallace T. McCreary on March 29, 1931. One week before they married, McCreary lost $3 million on bad investments. The couple used McCreary's remaining money to open a dress shop in Beverly Hills. The shop went out of business within months and Nolan filed for bankruptcy in August 1931. Nolan divorced McCreary in July 1932.


Legal issues
Over the course of her career, Nolan had several run-ins with police. In February 1931, she was charged with petty theft after L.H. Hillyer, a man from whom Nolan had rented a house, accused her of stealing a $200 rug from the home. The rug later turned up at the home of a doctor who claimed Nolan had given it to him in exchange for payment for medical care. In December 1931, Nolan and her then husband William T. McCreary were arrested after thirteen employees of their dress shop filed charges against them for failing to pay them wages. In March 1932, Nolan and McCreary were convicted of violating seventeen labor laws and sentenced to thirty days in jail.

In November 1934, Nolan was arrested on theft charges after theatrical agent Louis Kessman accused her of stealing $2,000 from his wallet. Kessman met Nolan while she was appearing in a show at the Green Gables Tavern in Hazleton, Pennsylvania and offered her a ride home. Kessman inexplicably dropped the charges the following day.

Best films

Sorrell and Son (1927)
(Actress)

Usually with

Tod Browning
Tod Browning
(2 films)
Henry Corra
Henry Corra
(1 films)
John Gilbert
John Gilbert
(2 films)
James Cruze
James Cruze
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mary Nolan (14 films)

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Actress

X Marks the Spot, 1h12
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lew Cody, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, Fred Kohler, Mary Nolan, Virginia Lee Corbin
Roles Vivian Parker
Rating57% 2.8794452.8794452.8794452.8794452.879445
The Big Shot, 1h6
Directed by Ralph Murphy, Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan, Roscoe Ates, Belle Bennett, Otis Harlan
Roles Fay Turner
Rating59% 2.955952.955952.955952.955952.95595
This script must be run from the command line
Outside the Law, 1h10
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore, Eddie Sturgis, John George, Delmar Watson
Roles Connie Madden
Rating56% 2.81132.81132.81132.81132.8113
Robinson plays the ruthless boss of a criminal gang, willing to do anything to prevent a rivial gangster from pulling off a bank robbery on 'his' patch.
Desert Nights, 1h2
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan, Claude King
Roles Diana
Rating66% 3.3442753.3442753.3442753.3442753.344275
Two thieves victimize a diamond mine and kidnap its manager, but he gains the upper hand (and falls in love with one of them) when they flee into the hostile desert.
A Man's Man, 1h20
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Haines, Sam Hardy, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Fred Niblo, Delmer Daves
Roles Mary Nolan (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.5178653.5178653.5178653.5178653.517865
West of Zanzibar, 1h5
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter, Jacqueline Gadsden, Kalla Pasha
Roles Maizie
Rating71% 3.5928353.5928353.5928353.5928353.592835
Anna (Jacqueline Gadsden) cannot bring herself to tell her professional magician husband, Phroso (Lon Chaney), that she is leaving him. Her lover, Crane (Lionel Barrymore), informs Phroso that he is taking Anna to Africa, shoving the distraught husband away so forcefully that he falls over a railing and is crippled, losing the use of his legs. After a year, Phroso learns that Anna has returned. He finds his wife dead in a church, with a baby beside her. He swears to avenge himself on both Crane and the child.
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note, 1h26
Directed by Herbert Selpin, Berthold Viertel
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Walter Franck, Werner Fuetterer, Oskar Homolka, Maly Delschaft, Renate Brausewetter, Karl Etlinger
Roles Anna

Anna vient de faire sa première semaine de travail de sa vie et a son premier salaire : un billet de dix marks avec le numéro de registre K 13513. Andreas, son compagnon, le marque d'une croix et Anna le confie à sa mère qui le cache dans une bible. Robert, le frère d'Anna, vole le billet et achète avec ce billet un couteau avec lequel il commet un meurtre. Par la suite, la mère tente de se suicider et Anna perd son emploi. Le mobilier est menacé d'être saisi. Elle parle de ses difficultés financières au riche directeur Haniel qui, sous de bonnes actions, a des motifs inavouables. Quand Anna découvre les véritables intentions de Haniel, elle prend la fuite avec Andreas qui vend sa bicyclette pour racheter les meubles d'Anna. Lors de la vente de la bicyclette, il récupère le billet de dix marks d'Anna. C'est un signe qu'ils doivent rester ensemble.
The Eleven Schill Officers
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald, Leopold von Ledebur, Werner Pittschau, Fritz Greiner, Albert Steinrück
Roles Marie von Wedel, his daughter

Le film décrit le soulèvement raté de soldats prussiens menés par Ferdinand von Schill contre l'armée d'occupation napoléonienne et se focalise essentiellement sur les officiers de Ferdinand von Schill qui furent exécutés à Wesel.