Portrait of Mary Nolan

Mary Nolan

Acting

Biography

Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogene Robertson, was an American stage and screen actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson. She appeared in seventeen German films from 1925 to 1927 using a new stage name, Imogene Robertson. Upon returning to the United States in 1927, she attempted to break from her previous scandal ridden past and adopted yet another stage name, Mary Nolan. She was signed to Universal Pictures in 1928 where she found some success in films. Her death, from an overdose of Seconal, is listed as "accidental or suicide".

Born: December 18, 1902

Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Filmography

1933
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as Mlle. Adoree

1932
The Midnight Patrol

as Miss Willing

1931
The Big Shot

as Fay Turner

1931
X Marks the Spot

as Vivian Parker

1931
Enemies of the Law

as Florence Vinton

1930
Outside the Law

as Connie Madden

1930
Young Desire

as Helen Herbert

1930
Undertow

as Sally Blake

1929
Shanghai Lady

as Cassie Cook

1929
Charming Sinners

as Anne-Marie Whitley

1929
A Man's Man

as Mary Nolan (uncredited)

1929
1929
Silks and Saddles

as Sybil Morrissey

1928
1928
The Foreign Legion

as Sylvia Omney

1928
Good Morning, Judge

as Julia Harrington (as Imogene Robertson)

1927
Sorrell and Son

as Molly Roland

1927
Hallo Caesar!

as Eva, Willard's daughter

1927
Memoirs of a Nun

as Agnes Mirus alias Schwester Angelika

1926
The Armored Vault

as Ellen, Frau Elgin (billed as Imogene Robertson)

1926
The Eleven Schill Officers

as Marie von Wedel, his daughter

1926
Our Daily Bread

as Lehrerin

1925
Hidden Fires

as Ias, Jacks Wife