- Anne Nagel
Anne Nagel (b. Ann Dolan,
September 29 1915 ,Boston, Massachusetts - d.July 6 1966 ,Hollywood, California ) was a motion picture actress. She played in adventures, mysteries, and comedies for twenty-five years. She also appeared in television series in the 1950s.Her film career began in 1932 with a bit part as a ballet girl in "Hypnotized". In 1936, Nagel appeared in "Here Comes Carter" with
Ross Alexander . A reviewer remarked of her performance, "she was just one of those girls who has learned to croon for the microphone, and let the rest of the world go hang."Her early roles were in such films as "Footloose Heiress", "Three Legionnaires", "Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde" (all from 1937). She was in "Mystery House" (1938), "Unexpected Father" (1939), and "Legion of Lost Flyers" (1939).
In 1940, she appeared with
W.C. Fields andMae West in "My Little Chickadee ". Other feature movies from 1940 in which she had parts are "Black Friday", "Hot Steel", and "Diamond Frontiers". She was often a heroine in horror films. Late in the 1940s she made "The Spirit of West Point" (1947). The film starredDoc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.Miss Nagel's work on television came in episodes of "The Range Rider" (1951) and
Circus Boy (1957).Anne was married twice. The first was to Ross Alexander, an actor, who committed suicide with a gun in 1937. Her second husband was Air Force Lt. Col. James H. Keenan. They divorced in 1951.
Anne Nagel died in
Hollywood, California in 1966, aged 50, following surgery for cancer.References
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Appleton, Wisconsin Post Crescent, "Anne Nagel's Death Revives Old Mystery", Monday, August 29, 1966, Page A11.
*Los Angeles Times , "Final Rites Set for Actress Anne Nagel", Page B10.
*New York Times , "Anne Nagel Dies; Movie Actress, 50", July 8, 1966, Page 26.
*Reno, Nevada State Journal, "Movie Actor Kills Self", January 3, 1937, Page 1.External links
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