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- Birth nameNana Irene Bryant
- Nana Bryant was born on November 23, 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Harvey (1950), Brewster's Millions (1945) and Theodora Goes Wild (1936). She was married to F Clifford Earl Thompson and Phineas Gourley McLean (Ted MacLean). She died on December 24, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesF Clifford Earl Thompson(June 15, 1915 - October 3, 1928) (divorced)Phineas Gourley McLean (Ted MacLean)(July 29, 1907 - June 12, 1915) (divorced, 1 child)
- Genteel American character actress, in films with Columbia from 1935. Essentially played the same roles as Nella Walker or Marjorie Gateson, namely society matrons, gossipy spinsters or kindly mothers. She began her career on stage at the age of sixteen. She was later a leading lady with touring stock companies in San Francisco, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine. She then had a ten-year run on Broadway from 1924, before commencing her Hollywood career.
- Father: George Bryant; Mother: Louisa Perry.
- Nana Bryant was an American film, stage, and television actress.
- She appeared in stock companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and spent several seasons on tour.
- 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.
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