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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox person | name = Nana Bryant | image = Nana_Bryant.jpg | birth_name = Nana Irene Bryant | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|11|23}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|12|24|1888|11|23}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | resting_place = Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1935-1955 | spouse = Ted McLain }}Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) 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. CareerBryant appeared in stock companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and spent several seasons on tour. She also played on Broadway, appearing in the then non-singing role of Morgan le Fay in Rodgers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, before working in films. Her other Broadway credits included Marriage Is for Single People (1945), Baby Pompadour (1934), A Ship Comes In (1934), The First Apple (1933), The Dubarry (1932), The Stork is Dead (1932), Heigh-Ho, Everybody (1932), The Padre (1926), The Wild Rose (1926), No More Women (1926), The Firebrand (1924).[1] Bryant had a supporting role in the Frank Morgan Show, a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program in 1946.[2] On television, Bryant played Connie's mother in The First Hundred Years{{r|etvs|page1=344}} and Mrs. Nestor in Our Miss Brooks.[3] She also made several appearances as the mother of Margaret Williams (Jean Hagen) during the first three seasons of Make Room for Daddy.{{Citation needed |date=March 2019}} Bryant was married to writer Ted McLain.[4] Partial filmography{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}- Unknown Woman (1935) - Aunt Mary
- Atlantic Adventure (1935) - Joan Hill (uncredited)
- A Feather in Her Hat (1935) - Lady Drake
- Guard That Girl (1935) - Sarah
- Crime and Punishment (1935) - Madam (uncredited)
- One Way Ticket (1935) - Mrs. Bourne
- The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) - Aunt Julie Stewart
- You May Be Next (1936) - Miss Abbott
- Lady of Secrets (1936) - Aunt Harriet
- The King Steps Out (1936) - Louise
- Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) - Sarah Barstow
- Blackmailer (1936) - Mrs. Lindsay
- The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) - Margaret Schuyler
- Theodora Goes Wild (1936) - Ethel Stevenson
- Pennies from Heaven (1936) - Miss Howard
- Let's Get Married (1937) - Mrs. Willoughby
- The League of Frightened Men (1937) - Agnes Burton
- The Devil Is Driving (1937) - Mrs. Sanders
- A Dangerous Adventure (1937) - Marie
- Counsel for Crime (1937) - Mrs. Maddox
- Man-Proof (1938) - Meg Swift
- Midnight Intruder (1938) - Mrs. John Clark Reitter Sr.
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) - Mrs. Thatcher
- Mad About Music (1938) - Louise Fusenot
- Sinners in Paradise (1938) - Mrs. Franklin Sydney
- Give Me a Sailor (1938) - Mrs. Minnie Brewster
- Always in Trouble (1938) - Mrs. Minnie Darlington
- Out West with the Hardys (1938) - Dora Northcote
- Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) - Mrs. Henry Peck
- Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) - Hyacinth Hepburn
- Lincoln in the White House (1939, Short) - Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
- Street of Missing Men (1939) - Mrs. Putnam
- Parents on Trial (1939) - Margaret Ames
- Espionage Agent (1939) - Mrs. Corvall
- Our Neighbors – The Carters (1939) - Louise Wilcox
- Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) - Mrs. Harper
- If I Had My Way (1940) - Marian Johnson
- A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) - Mom
- Father Is a Prince (1940) - Susan Bower
- The Reluctant Dragon (1941) - Mrs. Benchley
- Nice Girl? (1941) - Mary Peasley
- Thieves Fall Out (1941) - Martha Matthews
- One Foot in Heaven (1941) - Mrs. Morris
- Public Enemies (1941) - Emma
- The Corsican Brothers (1941) - Madame Dupre
- Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) - Mrs. Marshall Todwell
- Get Hep to Love (1942) - Aunt Addie
- Youth on Parade (1942) - Agatha Frost
- Thunder Birds (1942) - Mrs. Blake
- Madame Spy (1942) - Alicia Rolf
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - Mrs. Hellie Novotny
- Get Going (1943) - Mrs. Daughtery
- Best Foot Forward (1943) - Mrs. Dalrymple
- The West Side Kid (1943) - Mrs. Winston
- Princess O'Rourke (1943) - Mrs. Mulvaney (uncredited)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943) - Mere Imbert (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Mrs. Langdon
- Jungle Woman (1944) - Miss Gray - Nurse
- Bathing Beauty (1944) - Dean Clinton
- Take It or Leave It (1944) - Miss Burke
- Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944) - Nurse
- Can't Help Singing (1944) - Mrs. Carstairs (uncredited)
- Brewster's Millions (1945) - Mrs. Gray
- Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) - Mrs. H. Davenport Drew
- Black Market Babies (1945) - Mrs. Grace Andrews
- The Virginian (1946) - Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
- The Runaround (1946) - Mrs. Mildred Hampton
- Big Town (1946) - Mrs. Crane
- The Perfect Marriage (1947) - Corinne Williams
- Millie's Daughter (1947) - Mrs. Cooper Austin
- The Big Fix (1947) - Mrs. Carter
- Possessed (1947) - Pauline Graham (uncredited)
- The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947) - Mrs. Cornelius Belmont Sr., in 'Fabulous Joe'
- The Fabulous Joe (1947) - Mrs. Belmont
- The Unsuspected (1947) - Mrs. White
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947) - Mrs. Winterbottom
- Dangerous Years (1947) - Miss Templeton
- Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948, Short) - Miss Turlock (uncredited)
- Reaching from Heaven (1948) - Kay Bradley
- On Our Merry Way (1948) - Housekeeper (deleted sequence) (uncredited)
- Stage Struck (1948) - Mrs. Howard
- Eyes of Texas (1948) - Hattie Waters
- Lady at Midnight (1948) - Lydia Forsythe
- Inner Sanctum (1948) - Mrs. Mitchell
- The Return of October (1948) - Cousin Therese
- The Kissing Bandit (1948) - Nun (uncredited)
- Ladies of the Chorus (1948) - Mrs. Adele Carroll
- File 649 (1949) - Peggy Brown
- Hideout (1949) - Sybil Elwood Kaymeer
- The Lady Gambles (1949) - Mrs. Dennis Sutherland
- The Blonde Bandit (1950) - Mrs. Henley
- Key to the City (1950) - Mrs. Cabot (uncredited)
- I Was a Shoplifter (1950) - Aunt Clara (uncredited)
- A Modern Marriage (1950) - Mrs. Brown
- Three Secrets (1950) - Mrs. Gilwyn, Supervisor of 'The Shelter' (uncredited)
- Let's Dance (1950) - Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
- Harvey (1950) - Mrs. Hazel Chumley
- The Du Pont Story (1950) - Elizabeth du Pont
- A Modern Marriage (1951)
- Follow the Sun (1951) - Sister Beatrice
- Only the Valiant (1951) - Mrs. Drumm
- Bright Victory (1951) - Mrs. Claire Nevins
- Geraldine (1953) - Dean Blake
- About Mrs. Leslie (1954) - Mrs. McKay
- The Outcast (aka The Fortune Hunter) (1954) - Mrs. Banner
- The Private War of Major Benson (1955) - Mother Redempta
{{Div col end}}References1. ^{{cite web |title=Nana Bryant |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/nana-bryant-33502 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=26 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.fo/6V9KU |archivedate=26 March 2019}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Morgan Replaces Benny For Summer on Nets |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1946/1946-05-27-BC.pdf |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=Broadcasting |date=May 27, 1946 |page=16}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=798|edition=2nd}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Miss Nana Bryant, at Seattle Theatre, Just Couldn't Stay Away From Spotlight's Glare |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29921403/nana_bryant/ |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=The Seattle Star |date=April 19, 1913 |location=Washington, Seattle |page=7|via = Newspapers.com}}
External links- {{IMDb name|0117194|Nana Bryant}}
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- {{Amg name|9240|Nana Bryant}}
- {{Find a Grave|7993577|Nana Bryant}}
- Nana Bryant papers, 1917-1955, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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