Nancy Carroll

Ann Veronica Lahiff, known professionally as Nancy Carroll, was an Oscar-nominated American actress. She started her career in Broadway musicals and then became an actress in sound films and was in many films from 1927 to 1938. Her lone Academy Award nomination was received for her lead performance in the 1930 film The Devil’s Holiday. Carroll retired from film in 1938 to return to the stage, and later appeared primarily in television roles from 1950 to 1963. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960.