Nell
Craig
1891
- 1965 |
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The actress Nell Craig already came in touch with the film business
in 1913 when she was engaged by Essanay for the movie "The Battle of Shiloh"
(13).
She soon became a demanded actress and she impersonated numerous roles
in the next years.
To these movies belong "When Rome Ruled" (14), "The Return of Richard
Neal" (15), "Home Coming" (15), "The Coward" (15), "The Return of Gentleman
Joe" (15), "In the Palace of the King" (15), "Gold Dust" (16), "Her Naked
Soul" (16), "Peter, the Hermit" (16), "The Breaker" (16), "The Trufflers"
(17) and "Common Property" (19).
Her activitiy in movies diminished in the 20s and her roles became smaller
than in the decade before.
To her movies of those years belong "The Desperate Hero" (20), "Her
First Elopement" (20), "The Queen of Sheba" (21), "Remembrance" (22), "The
Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln" (24) and "A Boy of Flanders" (24).
Afterwards she disappeared from the big screen for several years before
she was contracted by Louis B. Mayer at the beginning of the 30s.
Nell Craig acted again in numerous productions where she impersonated
smaller support roles.
Among others she appeared in "Cimarron" (31), "Beauty for Sale" (33),
"I'm No Angel" (33), "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" (34), "Mad Love"
(35), "Klondike Annie" (36), "Palm Springs" (36), "Wives Never Know" (36),
"Wells Fargo" (37), "Boys Town" (38), "The Women" (39), "Another Thin Man"
(39) and "Sergeant Madden" (39).
From 1938 she regularly played the role of "Nurse Parker" in the successful
movie serial around the figure of Dr. Kildare like "Young Dr. Kildare"
(38), "Calling Dr. Kildare" (39), "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case" (40), "The
People vs. Dr. Kildare" (41) and "Dr. Kildare's Victory" (42) as well as
the follow-up movie serial "Calling Dr. Gillespie" (42) and "Dr.
Gillespie's Criminal Case" (43).
Beside it she also acted in other movies like "Edison, the Man" (40),
"Life with Henry" (41), "The Lady Eve" (41), "My Favorite Blonde" (42),
"Between Two Women" (45), "A Stolen Life" (46), "Possessed" (47) and "Here
Comes Trouble" (48).
At the end of the 40s she retired from the film business.
Nell Craig was married with the director Fred E. Wright.
Other movies with Nell Craig:
The Pearl of the Punjab (14) The Shanty at Trembling
Hill (15) A Pound for a Pound (15) When the Fates Spin (15) Countess Veschi's
Jewels (15) Blindfolded (15) Uncle's New Blazer (15) The Awakening Hour
(15) Braga's Double (15) The Rajah's Tunic (15) The Counter Intrigue 815)
Jabez's Conquest (15) Business Rivals (15) Legrand's Revenge (15) The Whirlpool
(15) His Crucible (15) The Destroyer (15) On the Little Mill Trace (15)
The Second Son (15) The Law's Decree (15) The Danger of Being Lonesome
(15) Pieces of the Game (16) The Primitive Strain (16) Millstones (16)
Once a Thief--? (16) The Condemnation (16) Fool's Gold (16) Power (16)
The War Bride of Plumville (16) The Way of Patience (16) The Border Line
(16) In a Looking Glass (16) A Tale from the Decameron (16) The Triflers
(20) Passion's Playground (20) The Poor Simp (20) The Flirt (22) Abysmal
Brute (23) Come on Danger! (32) Hold Your Man (33) Turn Back the Clock
(33) Fugitive Lovers (34) This Side of Heaven (34) Men in White (34) Change
of Heart (34) Operator 13 (34) The Cat's-Paw (34) The Lemon Drop Kid (34)
Goin' to Town (35) Alias Mary Dow (35) Public Hero #1 (35) She Gets Her
man (35) The Preview Murder Mystery (36) Craig's Wife (36) Michael O'Halloran
(37) She Married an Artist (37) Paid to Dance (37) The Big Broadcast of
1938 (38) Who Killed Gail Preston? (38) There's Always A Woman (38) You
Can't Take It with You (38) Too Hot to Handle (38) The Lady Objects (38)
Men in Fright (38) Homicide Bureau (39) There's That Woman Again (39) Boy
Trouble (39) The Lady's from Kentucky (39) 6'000 Enemies (39) Our Leading
Citizen (39) The Secret of Dr. Kildare (39) Remember? (39) I Take This
Woman (40) Beyond Tomorrow (40) I Love You Again (40) Boom Town (40) Dr.
Kildare Goes Home (40) Nobody's Children (40) Dr. Kildare's Crisis (40)
West Point Widow (41) Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (41) New York Town (41)
Birth of the Blues (41) Glamour Boy (41) Fly-By-Night (42) Take a Letter,
Darling (42) Night in New Orleans (42) Dr. Gillespie-s New Assistant (42)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (43) Three Hearts for Julia (43) Henry
Aldrich Plays Cupid (44) 3 Menin White (44) Casanova Brown (44) Our Hearts
Were Young and Gay (44) Fashion Model (45) Out of This World (45) Masquerade
in Mexico (45) Black Market Babies (45) Swing Parade of 1946 (46) Our Hearts
Were Growing Up (46) Blaze of Noon (47) Dark Delusion (47) Reaching from
Heaven (48) |