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Nan Grey(1918-1993)

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Nan Grey
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
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Born as Eschal Loleet Grey Miller in 1918, Nan Grey was an actress who worked for Universal and other studios in the 1930s. She is probably best remembered for her work in the two Deanna Durbin movies, Three Smart Girls (1936) and Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939). Other than the Durbin vehicles, Grey was relegated to mostly "B" movies. She worked in an early John Wayne movie, The Sea Spoilers (1936), two early Gloria Jean movies, The Under-Pup (1939) and A Little Bit of Heaven (1940), as well as The Invisible Man Returns (1940), with Vincent Price, and The House of the Seven Gables (1940). Grey's last film was in 1941, although she continued to work on the radio soap opera, "Those We Love", until 1945 and in the theatre until 1950.

Grey's first marriage to jockey Jackie Westrope ended in divorce. Upon marrying singer Frankie Laine in 1950 (to whom she remained married for the rest of her life), she retired from acting, except for a guest appearance on the TV Western series, Rawhide (1959), with Laine (who sang the theme song for the series).

During the 1960s, Grey dabbled in inventing, and she developed a cosmetic mirror for nearsighted people. One of her customers was Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly).

Grey died in 1993, on her 75th birthday.
BornJuly 25, 1918
DiedJuly 25, 1993(75)
BornJuly 25, 1918
DiedJuly 25, 1993(75)
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Known for

Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls (1936)
Three Smart Girls
6.6
  • Joan Craig
  • 1936
Nan Grey and Donald Woods in Danger on the Air (1938)
Danger on the Air
6.3
  • Christina 'Steenie' MacCorkle
  • 1938
Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, and John Sutton in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
6.4
  • Helen Manson
  • 1940
Vincent Price, George Sanders, Nan Grey, and Margaret Lindsay in The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
The House of the Seven Gables
7.0
  • Phoebe Pyncheon
  • 1940

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  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Carlie Evans (as Nan Grey Laine)
    • 1960
  • Mary Anderson, Alan Baxter, and Nan Grey in Under Age (1941)
    Under Age
    6.0
    • Jane Baird
    • 1941
  • Hugh Herbert, Kenneth Brown, Stuart Erwin, Billy Gilbert, Nan Grey, Gloria Jean, Billy Lenhart, Eugene Pallette, C. Aubrey Smith, and Robert Stack in A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
    A Little Bit of Heaven
    6.3
    • Janet Loring
    • 1940
  • Mischa Auer, Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Joy Hodges, Allen Jenkins, Edgar Kennedy, and Eddie Quillan in Margie (1940)
    Margie
    5.7
    • Margie
    • 1940
  • Gabriel Dell, Nan Grey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in You're Not So Tough (1940)
    You're Not So Tough
    6.5
    • Millie
    • 1940
  • Mischa Auer, Baby Sandy, Kenneth Brown, Billy Gilbert, Billy Lenhart, and Eugene Pallette in Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
    Sandy Is a Lady
    4.9
    • Mary Phillips
    • 1940
  • Vincent Price, George Sanders, Nan Grey, and Margaret Lindsay in The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
    The House of the Seven Gables
    7.0
    • Phoebe Pyncheon
    • 1940
  • Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, and John Sutton in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
    The Invisible Man Returns
    6.4
    • Helen Manson
    • 1940
  • Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone in Tower of London (1939)
    Tower of London
    6.6
    • Lady Alice Barton
    • 1939
  • Beulah Bondi, Robert Cummings, Ann Gillis, Nan Grey, Gloria Jean, Margaret Lindsay, C. Aubrey Smith, and Virginia Weidler in The Under-Pup (1939)
    The Under-Pup
    6.4
    • Priscilla Adams
    • 1939
  • Tom Brown, William Frawley, Nan Grey, Victor McLaglen, and Constance Moore in Ex-Champ (1939)
    Ex-Champ
    6.6
    • Joan Grey
    • 1939
  • Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
    Three Smart Girls Grow Up
    6.8
    • Joan Craig
    • 1939
  • Dorothy Arnold, Preston Foster, Nan Grey, and Marion Martin in The Storm (1938)
    The Storm
    6.2
    • Peggy Phillips
    • 1938
  • Nan Grey and Anne Shirley in Girls' School (1938)
    Girls' School
    5.9
    • Linda Simpson
    • 1938
  • Nan Grey and Donald Woods in Danger on the Air (1938)
    Danger on the Air
    6.3
    • Christina 'Steenie' MacCorkle
    • 1938

Soundtrack



  • Nan Grey and Anne Shirley in Girls' School (1938)
    Girls' School
    5.9
    • performer: "Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)" (1850) (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Nan Grey and Donald Woods in Danger on the Air (1938)
    Danger on the Air
    6.3
    • performer: "Where Are You?"
    • 1938

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  • Alternative names
    • Nan Gray
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • July 25, 1918
    • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • July 25, 1993
    • San Diego, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Frankie LaineJune 15, 1950 - July 25, 1993 (her death)
  • Other works
    (1938-45) Radio: Appeared in the serial "Those We Love".
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    • 8 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    While under contract for Universal she made 3 films with Vincent Price: Tower of London, The Invisible Man Returns, and The House of the Seven Gables.

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