Nana Bryant

Born: 1888-11-22

Nana Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.


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Harvey

as Mrs. Hazel Chumley
Released: 1950-12-04

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized...

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The Reluctant Dragon

as Mrs. Benchley
Released: 1941-06-19

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a...

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Hangmen Also Die!

as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
Released: 1943-04-15

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot,...

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Only the Valiant

as Mrs. Drumm
Released: 1951-04-13

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Mrs. Thatcher
Released: 1938-02-11

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,...

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Bathing Beauty

as Dean Clinton
Released: 1944-06-27

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a...

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The Unsuspected

as Mrs. White
Released: 1947-10-11

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his...

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Reaching from Heaven

as Kay Bradley
Released: 1948-02-01

Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an...

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The Outcast

as Mrs. Banner
Released: 1954-08-15

Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his...

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Mad About Music

as uncredited
Released: 1938-02-27

A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself...

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The Virginian

as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-05

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible...

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Brewster's Millions

as Mrs. Gray
Released: 1945-04-07

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns...

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Ladies of the Chorus

as Adele Carroll
Released: 1948-12-30

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with...

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Dangerous Years

as Anna Templeton
Released: 1947-12-07

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny...

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The Lady Gambles

as Mrs. Dennis Sutherland
Released: 1949-05-20

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass...

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Bright Victory

as Mrs. Nevins
Released: 1951-08-01

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

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Black Market Babies

as Mrs. Grace Andrews
Released: 1945-12-15

Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative...

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Theodora Goes Wild

as Ethel Stevenson
Released: 1936-11-12

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...

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Espionage Agent

as Mrs. Corvall
Released: 1939-09-30

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...

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Thunder Birds

as Mrs. Blake
Released: 1942-10-28

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in...

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Three Secrets

as Mrs. Gilwyn (uncredited)
Released: 1950-10-20

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of...

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One Foot in Heaven

as Mrs. Morris
Released: 1941-11-01

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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Sinners in Paradise

as Mrs. Franklin Sydney
Released: 1938-05-19

The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr....

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Man-Proof

as Meg Swift
Released: 1938-01-07

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even...

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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Mrs. Benchley (archive sound)
Released: 2004-05-31

Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young...

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The Perfect Marriage

as Corinne Williams
Released: 1947-01-24

A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

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A Little Bit of Heaven

as Mom
Released: 1940-10-10

A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a...

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The King Steps Out

as Louise
Released: 1936-05-27

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

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Inner Sanctum

as Mrs. Mitchell
Released: 1948-10-15

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.

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Jungle Woman

as Miss Gray
Released: 1944-06-01

Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a...

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Alice in Movieland

as Agatha Winters
Released: 1940-03-03

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood....

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The Corsican Brothers

as Madame Dupre
Released: 1941-11-28

Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents'...

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Out West with the Hardys

as Dora Northcote
Released: 1938-11-25

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his...

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Atlantic Adventure

as Joan Hill
Released: 1935-08-25

When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he...

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Guard That Girl

as Sarah
Released: 1935-11-02

Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into...

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The Private War of Major Benson

as Mother Redempta
Released: 1955-08-02

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out...

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The Man Who Lived Twice

as Margaret Schuyler
Released: 1936-09-25

A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes...

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Father Is A Prince

as Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Bower
Released: 1940-11-18

Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum...

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Pennies from Heaven

as Miss Howard
Released: 1936-11-25

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look...

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State Department: File 649

as Peggy Brown
Released: 1949-02-11

Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon,...

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I Was a Shoplifter

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-13

A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.

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Best Foot Forward

as Mrs. Dalrymple
Released: 1943-10-08

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball...

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Counsel for Crime

as Mrs. Maddox
Released: 1937-10-14

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime....

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The Big Fix

as Mrs. Carter
Released: 1947-04-19

Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police...

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The Return of October

as Cousin Therese
Released: 1948-10-26

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite...

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The Devil Is Driving

as Mrs. Sanders
Released: 1937-06-25

In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers...

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Big Town

as Mrs. Crane
Released: 1946-08-23

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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Eyes of Texas

as Hattie E. Waters
Released: 1948-06-15

A ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II....

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Marriage Is a Private Affair

as Nurse
Released: 1944-08-23

Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been...

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Blackmailer

as Mrs. Lindsay
Released: 1936-07-23

Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.

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The West Side Kid

as Mrs. Winston
Released: 1943-08-23

Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her...

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Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Mrs. Todwell
Released: 1942-08-01

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from...

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You May Be Next!

as Miss Abbott
Released: 1936-02-05

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.

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The Flag of Humanity

as Clara Barton
Released: 1940-10-19

The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.

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Meet Nero Wolfe

as Sarah Barstow
Released: 1936-07-16

Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his...

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The Lone Wolf Returns

as Aunt Julie Stewart
Released: 1935-12-31

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael...

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About Mrs. Leslie

as Mrs. McKay
Released: 1954-08-03

A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life...

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Take It or Leave It

as Miss Burke
Released: 1944-07-17

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...

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The Blonde Bandit

as Mrs. Henley
Released: 1949-12-22

A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as Mrs. H. Davenport Drew
Released: 1945-10-04

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...

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The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Mrs. Langdon
Released: 1944-07-20

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

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Nice Girl?

as Mary Peasley
Released: 1941-02-21

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his...

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Get Hep to Love

as Aunt Addie
Released: 1942-10-02

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting...

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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

as Mrs. Henry Peck
Released: 1938-12-02

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and...

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Brother Rat and a Baby

as Mrs. Harper
Released: 1940-01-13

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...

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Lady at Midnight

as Lydia Forsythe
Released: 1948-08-15

A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.

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Lincoln in the White House

as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-11

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the...

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Parents on Trial

as Margaret Ames
Released: 1939-09-21

According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory...

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If I Had My Way

as Marian Johnson
Released: 1940-05-05

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of...

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Goodbye, Miss Turlock

as Miss Turlock (uncredited)
Released: 1948-01-24

Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He...

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The Runaround

as Mrs. Mildred Hampton
Released: 1946-06-04

Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.

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Give Me a Sailor

as Mrs. Minnie Brewster
Released: 1938-08-19

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as...

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Stage Struck

as Mrs. Howard
Released: 1948-06-13

A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.

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Madame Spy

as Alicia Rolf
Released: 1942-12-11

Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the...

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Hideout

as Sybil Elwood Kaymeer
Released: 1949-03-08

Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning...

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The Fabulous Joe

as Mrs. Belmont
Released: 1947-08-28

Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a...

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Princess O'Rourke

as Mrs. Mulvaney (uncredited)
Released: 1943-10-23

A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

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Her Husband's Affairs

as Mrs. Winterbottom
Released: 1947-11-12

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets...

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A Dangerous Adventure

as Marie
Released: 1937-07-21

This drama chronicles the education of a naive, rich young woman who inherits a steel mill. To...

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Lady of Secrets

as Aunt Harriet Whittaker
Released: 1936-02-21

Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the...

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Let's Get Married

as Mrs. Willoughby
Released: 1937-04-14

Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of...

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Street of Missing Men

as Mrs. Putnam
Released: 1939-04-24

An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a...

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Midnight Intruder

as Mrs. John Clark Reitter Sr.
Released: 1938-02-06

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real...

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Millie's Daughter

as Mrs. Cooper Austin
Released: 1947-03-20

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...

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Follow the Sun

as Sister Beatrice
Released: 1951-05-22

A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of...

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A Feather in Her Hat

as Lady Drake
Released: 1935-10-25

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his...

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Thieves Fall Out

as Martha Matthews
Released: 1941-05-03

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his...

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Always in Trouble

as Mrs. Minnie Darlington
Released: 1938-10-28

Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into...

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One Way Ticket

as Mrs. Bourne
Released: 1935-11-25

A convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to...

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The League of Frightened Men

as Agnes Burton
Released: 1937-05-25

Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard...

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Swing, Sister, Swing

as Hyacinth Hepburn
Released: 1938-12-16

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous...

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Studio One

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Danny Thomas Show

as Julia, Margaret’s Mother
First aired: 1953-09-29

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with...

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The Danny Thomas Show

as Margaret’s mother
First aired: 1953-09-29

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mrs. Wilcox
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Letter to Loretta

as Polly Hammond
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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