Nell O'Day
Acting
Biography
Nell O'Day (September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989) was an accomplished American equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
Born: September 22, 1909
Place of Birth: Prairie Hill, Washington County, Texas, USA
Known For
There's One Born Every Minute
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Back Street
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.
This Side of Heaven
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
The Masked Rider
The beautiful owner of a silver mine in Mexico asks an employee for help when bandits keep robbing her shipments.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.
Buck Privates
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
Perils of the Royal Mounted
Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers.
Serves You Right
Johnny (Shemp Howard) is promised the chief process server's job if he can serve a summons on Musclebound Pete, a local hood. Like the servers before him, he's not only unsuccessful, but beat up for his efforts. Pete's only weakness is women, so Johnny switches clothes with girlfriend Helen, and goes after Pete in drag.
Saturday's Children
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
King of Jazz
A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
Filmography
as Clarice Morrison
as Martha Randall
as Mary Colby
as Anne Miller
as Edith Walker
as Helen Spencer
as Dorrie Willard
as Antoinette
as Diana Blake
as Camille Roget
as Molly Denton
as Julie Fargo
as Claire Randolph
as Jean Malone
as The Salesgirl
as Sally Preston
as Patti McDowell
as Mary O'Brien
as Edna Fielding
as Elizabeth Saxel
as Camp Hostess (uncredited)
as Norma Reeves
as Sally Dixon
as Helen Osborne
as Jane Belden
as Girl at Party (uncredited)
as Martha Hadley
as Daisy Miller, Tommy's Sweetheart
as Helen Gray
as Helen Grant
as Eve Monroe
as Miss Spence - Maxwell's Secretary (uncredited)
as Museum Director's Daughter
as Dorothy Benson
as Doris
as Dancer