Nan Gray

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Nan Gray in the 1930s

Eschal Loleet "Nan" Gray Miller (born July 25, 1918 in Houston , Texas , † July 25, 1993 in San Diego , California ) was an American actress . She gained notoriety for her roles in films such as Dracula's Daughter , Three Sweet Girls and The Invisible Returns . In her career, which lasted only seven years, Gray has appeared in nearly 40 films.

Life

Nan Gray grew up in Houston, the city of her birth. She was discovered in 1934 while on vacation with her mother and signed to Universal Studios . She graduated from a private school specially financed by Universal, where the studio's contract actors who were still required to attend school were taught.

Although signed to Universal Pictures, Gray made her film debut in 1934 in Firebird , a Warner Brothers production . Her first leading role was in Universal's Sea Spoilers in 1936, opposite John Wayne . Gray gained greater popularity through her roles in universal horror productions, especially as Lili in Dracula's Daughter from 1936. Her best-known role was that of Joan Craig in the comedy Three Sweet Girls in the same year and in the sequel Three Smart in 1939 Girls Grow Up . Grey's last major success before the end of her acting career was the female lead in the science fiction horror film The Invisible Man Returns alongside Vincent Price .

In addition to her activity as a film actress, Nan Gray was heard from 1938 to 1945 on the National Broadcasting Company's radio show Those We Love . As early as 1937 she had worked on the radio play She Loves Me Not on the side of Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell . After the end of her acting career in 1941, Gray worked in the cosmetics industry and designed, among other things, a make-up mirror for nearsighted people in the 1960s. According to an obituary in The New York Times , Grace Kelly is said to have been one of her customers .

From 1939 until their divorce in 1950, Nan Gray was married to jockey Jack Westrope. In the year of her divorce from Westrope, she married the singer Frankie Laine , with whom she remained married for 43 years until her death. Gray died of heart failure in her San Diego home in 1993 on her 75th birthday.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Nan Gray  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nan Gray, Actress In Films of 1930's And Inventor, 75. In: The New York Times . July 27, 1993, accessed December 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Nan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gray Miller, Eschal Loleet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1993
Place of death San Diego , California , United States