Nana Bryant


Nana Irene Bryant was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.

Biography

Bryant was born in 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in stock companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and spent several seasons on tour. She also played on Broadway, appearing in the role of Morgan le Fay in Rodgers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee, before working in films. Her other Broadway credits included Marriage Is for Single People, Baby Pompadour, A Ship Comes In, The First Apple, The Dubarry, The Stork is Dead, Heigh-Ho, Everybody, The Padre, The Wild Rose, No More Women, The Firebrand.
Bryant had a supporting role in the Frank Morgan Show, a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program in 1946.
On television, she played Connie's mother in The First Hundred Years and Mrs. Nestor in Our Miss Brooks. She also made several appearances as the mother of Margaret Williams during the first three seasons of Make Room for Daddy.
Bryant appeared for the first time in a musical role October 1 to November 1, 1912 in The Man Who Owns Broadway at Morosco's Burbank Theatre, produced by David M. Hartford. Her role was Sylvia, Anthony Bridwell's daughter. She sang "Song of the Soul" in Act 1 and I'm in love with one of the stars. She was accompanied by Sophia Caldwell of Wheeling, West Virginia; Caldwell was then studying for the opera.

Personal life

Bryant was married to writer Ted MacLean.
Bryant died in Hollywood, California, in 1955, aged 67.

Partial filmography

Unknown Woman - Aunt Mary