Nana Bryant(1888-1955)

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Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.

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The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

Nana Bryant was born on 23 November 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Harvey (1950), Brewster's Millions (1945) and Theodora Goes Wild (1936). She was married to F Clifford Earl Thompson and Phineas Gourley McLean (Ted MacLean). She died on 24 December 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Harvey

7.9

Mrs. Hazel Chumley

1950

Brewster's Millions

6.6

Mrs. Gray

1945

Theodora Goes Wild

7.1

Ethel Stevenson

1936

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

7.0

Mrs. Thatcher

1938

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Actress

Our Miss Brooks
8.0
TV Series
- Mrs Wynona Nestor
- Mrs Graybar
- 1952–1955
The Danny Thomas Show
7.1
TV Series
- Mother
- Julia - Margaret's Mother
- Julia Summers
- 1953–1955
The Private War of Major Benson
6.4
- Mother Redempta
- 1955
Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- Reverend Mother
- Mother-in-law
- Mrs. Carter
- 1952–1955
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
7.7
TV Series
- Adele
- 1955
The Star and the Story
7.0
TV Series
- Lady Agatha
- 1955
Fireside Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- Mrs. Holmes
- 1955
The Loretta Young Show
7.5
TV Series
- Polly Hammond
- Mrs. Wilcox
- 1954–1955
The Ford Television Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- Aunt Clara
- 1954–1955
Adventures of the Falcon
7.1
TV Series
- Marsha Grundy
- 1955
Four Star Playhouse
7.5
TV Series
- Mrs. Dehring
- 1954
About Mrs. Leslie
7.1
- Mrs. McKay
- 1954
Topper
8.2
TV Series
- Woman
- 1954
The Outcast
6.4
- Mrs. Banner
- 1954
Geraldine
5.8
- Dean Blake
- 1953

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Born
- November 23, 1888
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died
- December 24, 1955
- Los Angeles, California, USA(breast cancer)
Spouses
Other works
Stage and television actress.
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Genteel American character actress, in films with Columbia from 1935. Essentially played the same roles as Nella Walker or Marjorie Gateson, namely society matrons, gossipy spinsters or kindly mothers. She began her career on stage at the age of sixteen. She was later a leading lady with touring stock companies in San Francisco, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine. She then had a ten-year run on Broadway from 1924, before commencing her Hollywood career.