Nan Grey

Movie Actress

Birthday July 25, 1918

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Jul 25, 1993 (75)

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About

Hollywood's leading lady of the late 1930s and '40s who appeared in more than two dozen films.

Before Fame

One of her first film roles was in the 1935 film Firebird, coming after she was spotted by a talent scout for Warner Brothers.

Trivia

She was dropped by Universal Studios at the end of her film contact in spite of being praised by the press, and went into radio work, where she met her second husband.

Family Life

After divorcing jockey Jackie Westrope, she married singer Frankie Lane.

Associated With

Her very first screen role was in a 1934 film adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel Babbitt.