Mary Nolan

Mary Nolan

Known for

Acting

Born

December 18, 1902

Birthplace

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Died

October 31, 1948 (aged 45)

Biography

Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogene Robertson, was an American stage and screen actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson. She appeared in seventeen German films from 1925 to 1927 using a new stage name, Imogene Robertson. Upon returning to the United States in 1927, she attempted to break from her previous scandal ridden past and adopted yet another stage name, Mary Nolan. She was signed to Universal Pictures in 1928 where she found some success in films. Her death, from an overdose of Seconal, is listed as "accidental or suicide".

Best known work

West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
1928
Desert Nights
Desert Nights
1929
Docks of San Francisco
Docks of San Francisco
1932
Outside the Law
Outside the Law
1930
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot
1931
Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son
1927
Charming Sinners
Charming Sinners
1929
Hello Caesar!
Hello Caesar!
1927
Young Desire
Young Desire
1930
Undertow
Undertow
1930

Filmography

  1. 1933

    File 113

    as Mlle. Adoree

  2. 1932

    The Midnight Patrol

    as Miss Willing

  3. 1932

  4. 1931

    The Big Shot

    as Fay Turner

  5. 1931

    X Marks the Spot

    as Vivian Parker

  6. 1931

    Enemies of the Law

    as Florence Vinton

  7. 1930

    Outside the Law

    as Connie Madden

  8. 1930

    Young Desire

    as Helen Herbert

  9. 1930

    Undertow

    as Sally Blake

  10. 1929

    Shanghai Lady

    as Cassie Cook

  11. 1929

    Charming Sinners

    as Anne-Marie Whitley

  12. 1929

    A Man's Man

    as Mary Nolan (uncredited)

  13. 1929

  14. 1929

    Silks and Saddles

    as Sybil Morrissey

  15. 1928

  16. 1928

    The Foreign Legion

    as Sylvia Omney

  17. 1928

    Good Morning, Judge

    as Julia Harrington (as Imogene Robertson)

  18. 1927

    Sorrell and Son

    as Molly Roland

  19. 1927

    Hello Caesar!

    as Eva, Willard's daughter

  20. 1927

    Memoirs of a Nun

    as Agnes Mirus alias Schwester Angelika

  21. 1926

    The Armored Vault

    as Ellen, Frau Elgin (billed as Imogene Robertson)

  22. 1926

  23. 1926

  24. 1926

    The Eleven Schill Officers

    as Marie von Wedel, his daughter

  25. 1926

    Our Daily Bread

    as Lehrerin

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