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Nana Bryant papers
- Title
- Nana Bryant papers, 1917-1955.
- Author
- Bryant, Nana, 1888-1955.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1997-027 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1997-027 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 1.42 lin. ft. (2 boxes)
- Summary
- The Nana Bryant papers focus primarily on the early part of Bryant's career when she was a stock company leading lady.
- Subjects
- Note
- Other programs and motion picture stills were separated from the collection and added to the appropriate Theatre Collection files.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- MacLean, Helene
- Biography (note)
- Nana Bryant, stage, screen and television actress, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1888. Sh began her acting career at the age of sixteen when she joined a repertory company that later toured in the West. Bryant was the leading lady in stock companies in San Francisco, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine and appeared in Topsy and Eva with the Duncan Sisters. In 1924 she debuted on Broadway in The Firebrand and for the next several years appeared in musicals and comedies in New York.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1997-027
- OCLC
- NYPW98-A484
- Author
- Bryant, Nana, 1888-1955.
- Title
- Nana Bryant papers, 1917-1955.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Nana Bryant, stage, screen and television actress, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1888. Sh began her acting career at the age of sixteen when she joined a repertory company that later toured in the West. Bryant was the leading lady in stock companies in San Francisco, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine and appeared in Topsy and Eva with the Duncan Sisters. In 1924 she debuted on Broadway in The Firebrand and for the next several years appeared in musicals and comedies in New York.A contract with Columbia Pictures Corporation took her to Hollywood in 1935 and began a motion picture career that lasted twenty years. She played roles in over ninety films including Mad about Music, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Calling Dr. Gillespie, The Song of Bernadette, Brewster's Millions, The Virginian, Harvey, Bright Victory, and The Private War of Major Benson.Her television appearances included roles on Robert Montgomery Presents, Studio One, Life with Father, Make Room for Daddy, The First Hundred Years and Our Miss Brooks.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1997-027