Occupation Actress Years active 1941–1985 | Name Nancy Coleman Role Film actress | |
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Spouse Whitney Bolton (m. 1943–1969) Children Grania Theresa Bolton, Charla Elizabeth Bolton Movies Desperate Journey, Her Sister's Secret, Devotion, Edge of Darkness, Kings Row Similar People Helmut Dantine, Curtis Bernhardt, Ann Sheridan, Raoul Walsh, Judith Anderson | ||
Nancy Coleman (December 30, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American film, stage, television and radio actress. After working on radio and appearing on the Broadway stage, Nancy Coleman was brought to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros. studios.
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Early life
Coleman was born December 30, 1912 in Everett, Washington. Her father was Charles Sumner Coleman, editor of The Herald, and her mother was "an accomplished violinist." The family lived in Everett, Washington, where she graduated with honors from Everett High School.
She attended the University of Washington in Seattle where she majored in English and was a member of the Alpha Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. After graduating, she was accepted at Columbia University's Teacher's College in New York. She attended the university, but dropped out, relocating to San Francisco, California, where she worked as an elevator operator of a department store.
Career
Coleman's Broadway credits include Liberty Jones (1941), The Sacred Flame (1952), and The Desperate Hours (1955).
Memorable roles include playing the mistress to a Nazi (played by Helmut Dantine) in Edge of Darkness and co-starring with Paul Henreid in In Our Time. In the 1950s, Coleman began making guest appearances on television. She also played Anne Brontë in the film Devotion (1946) opposite Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino.
Personal life
Coleman was married to Whitney Bolton, a publicity director. She gave birth to twin girls July 13, 1944.