Nell Craig

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Nell Craig 1916

Nell Craig (born June 13, 1891 in Princeton , New Jersey , USA , † January 5, 1965 in Hollywood , California , USA) was an American actress .

life and work

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Nell Craig grew up in Philadelphia . After graduating from Pennington Seminary , she joined Henry Wilson Savage's theater company. Then she worked at the Orpheum in Philadelphia. She started her film career at the Lubin Manufacturing Company and then switched to Pathé . From 1913 she appeared in many Essanay films , mostly in leading roles. These included films directed by her husband. In 1915 and 1916 she was considered a film star. When Essanay ran into economic problems in 1917 and severely limited film production, she was fired. In the 1920s she mostly only got supporting roles. For example, she played Abraham Lincoln 's wife, Mary Lincoln, in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln .

With the sound film she became a character actress, so she mostly appeared in roles that were usually not mentioned in the opening credits . She had such short appearances in films such as Pioneers of the Wild West , Frisco-Express , Lebenskünstler , Teufelskrle , Too hot to touch , The great Edison , Darling, you've changed , The wrong-doer or Uninhibited love . From 1938 to 1947 she went again a name for her role as Nurse "Nosy" Parker in the back in the United States very popular Dr. Kildare / Dr. Gillespie film series. Apart from Lionel Barrymore , she was the only one who appeared in all 15 films in the series. At the end of the 1940s she retired from the film business.

Nell Craig was married to the director and novelist ( Pandora la Croix ) Frederick Eugene Wright until his death in 1936. She spent her final years at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills .

Nell Craig was dubbed among others by Helga Lehner and Alice Franz .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Nell Craig  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The year of birth is also given as 1890 and 1893.
  2. ↑ Nell Craig, Leads, Essanay . In: Motion Picture News . October 21, 1916, p.  169 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 9, 2020]).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Hans J. Wollstein: Nell Craig. In: Allmovie . Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Cal York: Plays and Players - No Less Than . In: Photoplay . June 1917, p. 110 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 9, 2020]).
  5. ^ A Writer's Mouse . In: Screenland . September 1924, p.  78 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 9, 2020]).
  6. ^ Obituaries - Frederick Wright . In: Variety . August 12, 1936, p.  62 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed May 9, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Nell Craig. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Craig, Nell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craig Wright, Nell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Princeton , New Jersey , USA
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1965
Place of death Hollywood , California , USA