Nana Bryant

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Nana Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.

Known For

Harvey

Mrs. Hazel Chumley

The Reluctant Dragon

Mrs. Benchley

Hangmen Also Die!

Mrs. Hellie Novotny

Possessed

Pauline Graham (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

Mrs. White

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mrs. Thatcher

Theodora Goes Wild

Ethel Stevenson

Only the Valiant

Mrs. Drumm

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2004	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 MOVIE	Mrs. Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1955	The Private War of Major Benson MOVIE	Mother Redempta
1954	The Outcast MOVIE	Mrs. Banner
1954	About Mrs. Leslie MOVIE	Mrs. McKay
1953	Geraldine MOVIE	Dean Blake
1953	The Danny Thomas Show TV	Julia, Margaret’s Mother
1953	The Danny Thomas Show TV	Margaret’s mother
1953	The Danny Thomas Show TV	Margaret’s Mother
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Mrs. Wilcox
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Polly Hammond
1952	Four Star Playhouse TV	Mrs. Dehring
1951	Bright Victory MOVIE	Mrs. Nevins
1951	Follow the Sun MOVIE	Sister Beatrice
1951	Only the Valiant MOVIE	Mrs. Drumm
1950	Harvey MOVIE	Mrs. Hazel Chumley
1950	The First Hundred Years TV	Self
1950	Three Secrets MOVIE	Mrs. Gilwyn (uncredited)
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Mrs. Carter
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Mother-in-law
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Reverend Mother
1950	I Was a Shoplifter MOVIE	Self
1949	The Blonde Bandit MOVIE	Mrs. Henley
1949	The Lady Gambles MOVIE	Mrs. Dennis Sutherland
1949	Hideout MOVIE	Sybil Elwood Kaymeer
1949	State Department: File 649 MOVIE	Peggy Brown
1948	Ladies of the Chorus MOVIE	Adele Carroll
1948	Studio One TV	Self
1948	The Return of October MOVIE	Cousin Therese
1948	Inner Sanctum MOVIE	Mrs. Mitchell
1948	Lady at Midnight MOVIE	Lydia Forsythe
1948	Eyes of Texas MOVIE	Hattie E. Waters
1948	Stage Struck MOVIE	Mrs. Howard
1948	Reaching from Heaven MOVIE	Kay Bradley
1948	Goodbye, Miss Turlock MOVIE	Miss Turlock (uncredited)
1947	Dangerous Years MOVIE	Anna Templeton
1947	Her Husband's Affairs MOVIE	Mrs. Winterbottom
1947	The Unsuspected MOVIE	Mrs. White
1947	The Fabulous Joe MOVIE	Mrs. Belmont
1947	Possessed MOVIE	Pauline Graham (uncredited)
1947	The Big Fix MOVIE	Mrs. Carter
1947	Millie's Daughter MOVIE	Mrs. Cooper Austin
1947	The Perfect Marriage MOVIE	Corinne Williams
1946	Big Town MOVIE	Mrs. Crane
1946	The Runaround MOVIE	Mrs. Mildred Hampton
1946	The Virginian MOVIE	Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
1945	Black Market Babies MOVIE	Mrs. Grace Andrews
1945	Week-End at the Waldorf MOVIE	Mrs. H. Davenport Drew
1945	Brewster's Millions MOVIE	Mrs. Gray
1944	Marriage Is a Private Affair MOVIE	Nurse
1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain MOVIE	Mrs. Langdon
1944	Take It or Leave It MOVIE	Miss Burke
1944	Bathing Beauty MOVIE	Dean Clinton
1944	Jungle Woman MOVIE	Miss Gray
1943	Princess O'Rourke MOVIE	Mrs. Mulvaney (uncredited)
1943	Best Foot Forward MOVIE	Mrs. Dalrymple
1943	The West Side Kid MOVIE	Mrs. Winston
1943	Hangmen Also Die! MOVIE	Mrs. Hellie Novotny
1942	Madame Spy MOVIE	Alicia Rolf
1942	Thunder Birds MOVIE	Mrs. Blake
1942	Get Hep to Love MOVIE	Aunt Addie
1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie MOVIE	Mrs. Todwell
1941	The Corsican Brothers MOVIE	Madame Dupre
1941	One Foot in Heaven MOVIE	Mrs. Morris
1941	Gangs Of The City MOVIE	Emma
1941	The Reluctant Dragon MOVIE	Mrs. Benchley
1941	Thieves Fall Out MOVIE	Martha Matthews
1941	Nice Girl? MOVIE	Mary Peasley
1940	Father Is A Prince MOVIE	Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Bower
1940	The Flag of Humanity MOVIE	Clara Barton
1940	A Little Bit of Heaven MOVIE	Mom
1940	If I Had My Way MOVIE	Marian Johnson
1940	Alice in Movieland MOVIE	Agatha Winters
1940	Brother Rat and a Baby MOVIE	Mrs. Harper
1939	Old Hickory MOVIE	Rachel Jackson
1939	Our Neighbors - The Carters MOVIE	Louise Wilcox
1939	Espionage Agent MOVIE	Mrs. Corvall
1939	Parents on Trial MOVIE	Margaret Ames
1939	Street of Missing Men MOVIE	Mrs. Putnam
1939	Lincoln in the White House MOVIE	Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
1938	Swing, Sister, Swing MOVIE	Hyacinth Hepburn
1938	Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus MOVIE	Mrs. Henry Peck
1938	Out West with the Hardys MOVIE	Dora Northcote
1938	Always in Trouble MOVIE	Mrs. Minnie Darlington
1938	Give Me a Sailor MOVIE	Mrs. Brewster
1938	Sinners in Paradise MOVIE	Mrs. Franklin Sydney
1938	Mad About Music MOVIE	Self
1938	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer MOVIE	Mrs. Thatcher
1938	Midnight Intruder MOVIE	Mrs. John Clark Reitter Sr.
1938	Man-Proof MOVIE	Meg Swift
1937	Counsel for Crime MOVIE	Mrs. Maddox
1937	A Dangerous Adventure MOVIE	Marie
1937	The Devil Is Driving MOVIE	Mrs. Sanders
1937	The League of Frightened Men MOVIE	Agnes Burton
1937	Let's Get Married MOVIE	Mrs. Willoughby
1936	Pennies from Heaven MOVIE	Miss Howard
1936	Theodora Goes Wild MOVIE	Ethel Stevenson
1936	The Man Who Lived Twice MOVIE	Mrs. Schuyler
1936	Blackmailer MOVIE	Mrs. Lindsay
1936	Meet Nero Wolfe MOVIE	Sarah Barstow
1936	The King Steps Out MOVIE	Louise
1936	Lady of Secrets MOVIE	Aunt Harriet Whittaker
1936	You May Be Next! MOVIE	Miss Abbott
1935	The Lone Wolf Returns MOVIE	Aunt Julie Stewart
1935	One Way Ticket MOVIE	Mrs. Bourne
1935	Guard That Girl MOVIE	Sarah
1935	A Feather in Her Hat MOVIE	Lady Drake
1935	Atlantic Adventure MOVIE	Joan Hill
1935	Unknown Woman MOVIE	Aunt Mary

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