Nella Walker
Nella Walker (born March 6, 1886 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 22, 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .
Life
Nella Walker started her acting career in her youth. She toured the country with her future husband Wilbur Mack as Mack & Walker with a vaudeville show. She signed with RKO Pictures and made her debut in 1929 as a contract actress with Seven Keys to Baldpate , Tanned Legs and The Vagabond Lover in three films . The silver-haired, aristocratic-looking actress was quickly assigned the type of arrogant upper-class lady. She played characters designed in this way as a supporting actress in films such as Nur der Name nach (1939), Fräulein Kitty (1940) and Sabrina (1954). After portraying Maude Larrabee in Billy Wilder's comedy Sabrina , she ended her acting career.
Filmography (selection)
- 1929: Seven Keys to Baldpate
- 1929: Tanned Legs
- 1929: The Vagabond Lover
- 1931: Daughter of the Dragon
- 1931: Indiscreet
- 1931: An American Tragedy
- 1931: The Common Law
- 1932: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (20,000 Years in Sing Sing)
- 1932: Trouble in Paradise (Trouble in Paradise)
- 1932: How do you want me (As You Desire Me)
- 1933: The House on 56th Street
- 1933: Frisco Jenny
- 1933: Rendez-vous in Vienna (Reunion in Vienna)
- 1934: Here is my heart! (Behold My Wife)
- 1934: Love without thread and thread (Fashions of 1934)
- 1935: The Ship of Satan (Dante's Inferno)
- 1935: Girls of Today (Red Salute)
- 1935: Giants of the Underworld (Under Pressure)
- 1936: Shirley Ahoy! (Captain January)
- 1936: Three cute girls (Three Smart Girls)
- 1936: small town girl (Small Town Girl)
- 1937: Stella Dallas
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris (The Rage of Paris)
- 1938: Dr. Kildare: His First Case (Young Dr. Kildare)
- 1939: An ideal couple (Made for Each Other)
- 1939: When Tomorrow Comes
- 1939: Espionage Agent
- 1939: Three Smart Girls Grow Up
- 1939: In Name Only (In Name Only)
- 1940: Darling, you've changed (I Love You Again)
- 1940: Irene
- 1940: Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)
- 1941: Buck Privates
- 1941: Fishing in the big city (Reaching for the Sun)
- 1941: side street (Backstreet)
- 1941: Dad needs a wife (Kathleen)
- 1941: The devil breaks loose in hell! (Hellzapoppin ')
- 1942: The Gentleman Killer (Kid Glove Killer)
- 1943: Laurel and Hardy - Terror of All Spies (Air Raid Wardens)
- 1943: Hers to Hold
- 1943: A Woman Succeeds (What a Woman!)
- 1945: Vacation for Love (The Clock)
- 1946: Dreams Come True (Two Sisters from Boston)
- 1946: The Locket
- 1947: Girls for Hollywood (Variety Girl)
- 1947: The Unfinished Dance
- 1950: Nancy Goes to Rio
- 1952: His Great Fight (Flesh and Fury)
- 1954: Sabrina
Web links
- Nella Walker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nella Walker in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Nella Walker in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Nella Walker | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Walker, Nella |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1971 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |