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Nana Irene Bryant was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California.
Birth Name
Nana Irene Bryant
Born
Friday, 23 November 1888
Died
Saturday, 24 December 1955
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Private War of Major Benson | Mother Redempta | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Lady Agatha | 1955 |
| The Outcast | Mrs. Banner | 1954 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. McKay | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Marsha Grundy | 1954 |
| Geraldine | Dean Blake | 1953 |
| Topper | Woman | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Adele | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Mother / Julia - Margaret's Mother / Julia Summers | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Mrs. Wilcox / Polly Hammond | 1953 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Private War of Major Benson | Mother Redempta | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Lady Agatha | 1955 |
| The Outcast | Mrs. Banner | 1954 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. McKay | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Marsha Grundy | 1954 |
| Geraldine | Dean Blake | 1953 |
| Topper | Woman | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Adele | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Mother / Julia - Margaret's Mother / Julia Summers | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Mrs. Wilcox / Polly Hammond | 1953 |
| Our Miss Brooks | Mrs Wynona Nestor / Mrs Graybar | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Aunt Clara | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Dehring | 1952 |
| Bright Victory | Mrs. Claire Nevins / Mrs. Nevins | 1951 |
| Follow the Sun | Sister Beatrice | 1951 |
| Only the Valiant | Mrs. Drumm | 1951 |
| The Du Pont Story | Elizabeth du Pont | 1950 |
| The First Hundred Years | Mary Martin | 1950 |
| Harvey | Mrs. Hazel Chumley | 1950 |
| Let's Dance | Mrs. Bryant | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Reverend Mother / Mrs. Carter / Mother-in-law | 1950 |
| Three Secrets | Mrs. Gilwyn, Supervisor of 'The Shelter' | 1950 |
| A Modern Marriage | Mrs. Brown | 1950 |
| I Was a Shoplifter | Aunt Clara | 1950 |
| Key to the City | Mrs. Cabot | 1950 |
| The Blonde Bandit | Mrs. Henley | 1950 |
| The Lady Gambles | Mrs. Dennis Sutherland / Mrs. 'Ducky' Sutherland | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Mrs. Holmes | 1949 |
| Hideout | Sybil Elwood Kaymeer | 1949 |
| State Department: File 649 | Peggy Brown | 1949 |
| Ladies of the Chorus | Mrs. Adele Carroll / Adele Carroll | 1948 |
| The Kissing Bandit | Nun | 1948 |
| The Return of October | Cousin Therese | 1948 |
| Inner Sanctum | Mrs. Mitchell | 1948 |
| Lady at Midnight | Lydia Forsythe | 1948 |
| Eyes of Texas | Hattie Waters / Hattie E. Waters | 1948 |
| Stage Struck | Mrs. Howard | 1948 |
| On Our Merry Way | Housekeeper (deleted sequence) | 1948 |
| Reaching from Heaven | Kay Bradley | 1948 |
| Goodbye, Miss Turlock | Miss Turlock | 1948 |
| Dangerous Years | Miss Templeton / Anna Templeton | 1947 |
| Her Husband's Affairs | Mrs. Winterbottom | 1947 |
| The Unsuspected | Mrs. White | 1947 |
| The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival | Mrs. Belmont | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Joe | Mrs. Belmont | 1947 |
| Possessed | Pauline Graham | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | Mrs. Lucas | 1947 |
| The Big Fix | Mrs. Carter | 1947 |
| Millie's Daughter | Mrs. Cooper Austin | 1947 |
| The Perfect Marriage | Corinne Williams | 1946 |
| Big Town | Mrs. Crane | 1946 |
| The Runaround | Mrs. Mildred Hampton | 1946 |
| The Virginian | Mrs. Wood | 1946 |
| Black Market Babies | Mrs. Grace Andrews | 1945 |
| Week-End at the Waldorf | Mrs. H. Davenport Drew / Mrs. Drew | 1945 |
| Brewster's Millions | Mrs. Gray | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Mrs. Carstairs | 1944 |
| Marriage Is a Private Affair | Nurse | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Mrs. Langdon | 1944 |
| Take It or Leave It | Miss Burke | 1944 |
| Bathing Beauty | Dean Clinton | 1944 |
| Jungle Woman | Miss Gray | 1944 |
| The Song of Bernadette | Mere Imbert | 1943 |
| Princess O'Rourke | Mrs. Mulvaney | 1943 |
| Best Foot Forward | Mrs. Dalrymple | 1943 |
| The West Side Kid | Mrs. Winston | 1943 |
| Get Going | Mrs. Daughtery | 1943 |
| Hangmen Also Die! | Mrs. Hellie Novotny | 1943 |
| Madame Spy | Alicia Rolf | 1942 |
| Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air | Mrs. Blake | 1942 |
| Youth on Parade | Agatha Frost | 1942 |
| Get Hep to Love | Aunt Addie | 1942 |
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | Mrs. Marshall Todwell / Mrs. Todwell | 1942 |
| The Corsican Brothers | Madame Dupre | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Morris | 1941 |
| Public Enemies | Emma | 1941 |
| Thieves Fall Out | Martha Matthews | 1941 |
| Nice Girl? | Mary Peasley | 1941 |
| The Reluctant Dragon | Mrs. Benchley | 1941 |
| Father Is a Prince | Susan Bower / Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Bower | 1940 |
| The Flag of Humanity | Clara Barton | 1940 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Mom | 1940 |
| If I Had My Way | Marian Johnson | 1940 |
| Alice in Movieland | Agatha Winters | 1940 |
| Brother Rat and a Baby | Mrs. Harper | 1940 |
| Our Neighbors - The Carters | Louise Wilcox | 1939 |
| Parents on Trial | Margaret Ames | 1939 |
| Espionage Agent | Mrs. Corvall | 1939 |
| Street of Missing Men | Mrs. Putnam | 1939 |
| Lincoln in the White House | Mary Todd Lincoln | 1939 |
| Swing, Sister, Swing | Hyacinth Hepburn | 1938 |
| Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Mrs. Henry Peck | 1938 |
| Out West with the Hardys | Dora Northcote | 1938 |
| Always in Trouble | Mrs. Minnie Darlington | 1938 |
| Give Me a Sailor | Mrs. Minnie Brewster | 1938 |
| Sinners in Paradise | Mrs. Franklin Sydney | 1938 |
| Mad About Music | Louise Fusenot | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mrs. Thatcher | 1938 |
| Midnight Intruder | Mrs. John Clark Reitter Sr. | 1938 |
| Man-Proof | Meg Swift | 1938 |
| Counsel for Crime | Mrs. Maddox | 1937 |
| A Dangerous Adventure | Marie | 1937 |
| The Devil Is Driving | Mrs. Sanders | 1937 |
| The League of Frightened Men | Agnes Burton | 1937 |
| Let's Get Married | Mrs. Willoughby | 1937 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Miss Howard | 1936 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Ethel Stevenson | 1936 |
| The Man Who Lived Twice | Margaret Schuyler | 1936 |
| Blackmailer | Mrs. Lindsay | 1936 |
| Meet Nero Wolfe | Sarah Barstow | 1936 |
| The King Steps Out | Louise | 1936 |
| Lady of Secrets | Aunt Harriet / Aunt Harriet Whittaker | 1936 |
| You May Be Next! | Miss Abbott | 1936 |
| The Lone Wolf Returns | Aunt Julie Stewart | 1935 |
| One-Way Ticket | Mrs. Bourne | 1935 |
| Crime and Punishment | Madam | 1935 |
| Guard That Girl | Sarah | 1935 |
| A Feather in Her Hat | Lady Drake | 1935 |
| Atlantic Adventure | Joan Hill | 1935 |
| Unknown Woman | Aunt Mary | 1935 |
