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Portrait of Nan Grey

Acting

Nan Grey

Career

Active from 1935 to 1941, busiest in 1938 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nan Grey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Social Commentary
    3.9, average 4.9
  • Pathos
    4.4, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Classic Screwball Comedy 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Redemption Story 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title · average score 50
Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Carlie Evans

1940s

7 titles · average score 58
Under Age
Under Age (1941)

as Jane Baird

The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
GoodWatch score 57

as Helen Manson

The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
GoodWatch score 60

as Phoebe Pyncheon

Margie
Margie (1940)

as Margie

You're Not So Tough
You're Not So Tough (1940)

as Millie

Sandy Is a Lady
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)

as Mary Phillips

A Little Bit of Heaven
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

as Janet Loring

1930s

25 titles · average score 62
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
GoodWatch score 69

as Joan Craig

Tower of London
Tower of London (1939)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lady Alice Barton

The Under-Pup
The Under-Pup (1939)

as Priscilla Adams

Ex-Champ
Ex-Champ (1939)

as Joan Grey

Girls' School
Girls' School (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Linda Simpson

Danger on the Air
Danger on the Air (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Christina "Steenie" MacCorkle

The Black Doll
The Black Doll (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Marian Rood

The Man in Blue
The Man in Blue (1937)

as June Hanson

Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls (1936)
GoodWatch score 73

as Joan Craig

Sea Spoilers
Sea Spoilers (1936)
GoodWatch score 55

as Connie Dawson

Crash Donovan
Crash Donovan (1936)

as Doris Tennyson

Mary Jane's Pa
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)

as Lucille Preston