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Nancy Saunders

Actress / Film Actress | * 06/29/1925 († 94, 06/13/2020) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Nancy Lou Saunders (June 29, 1925 – June 13, 2020) was an American actress of film, television and the stage. ()

This pretty, blonde 1940s B-movie starlet was the daughter of newspaperman Leonard Sanders and showgirl Blanche Thompson (who also appeared in a few silent pictures). By her own account, she was born in Hollywood as Nancy Lou Sanders on June 29 1925, the day of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Curiously, being in the movies had not been her primary career choice when she was spotted dancing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub by journeyman actor and talent scout Don Dillaway. Dillaway took an instant shine to Nancy and managed to arrange a screen test at RKO. She passed muster and was rewarded with a six-month contract (being an experienced equestrian from the age of eight also helped clinch the deal). Before long, she found herself on the cover of Life magazine -- along with Jane Greer and Martha Hyer -- as one of 'nine hopefuls'. After five pictures, RKO dropped her option and Nancy moved over to Columbia where she went on to appear in no less than thirteen pictures in 1947 alone. Many of these were horse operas, including half a dozen of the Durango Kid series with Charles Starrett, shot at the Columbia ranch in Burbank. Nancy also doubled for Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (wearing a blonde wig) and The Loves of Carmen (1948) (dressed as a gypsy). She was Gerald Mohr's leading lady in The Lone Wolf in London (1947) and popped up in a few Three Stooges comedies which she later said to have really enjoyed being in. When her Hollywood career began to falter in the early 50s, Nancy found work as a tour booking agent with Air Cal Airlines. In 1996, she came out of retirement for occasional TV guest appearances. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, a sales rep for Seagram and Jim Bean.- Biography By: I.S.Mowis.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Comedies | Mystery

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Movies with Nancy Saunders as Actress(19)

as Ella Mae Zook2011 The Shunning
as Maggie1955 Stone Age Romeos
as Doris Devin1950 Arizona Territory
as Lady Godiva (uncredited)1949 The Ghost Talks
as Jane Evans1949 Outlaw Country
as June Wallace1948 Six-Gun Law
as Maggie1948 I'm a Monkey's Uncle
as Claire Ross1948 Whirlwind Raiders
as Nancy the Model1947 It Had to Be You
as Belle Englehart1947 The Millerson Case
as Girl at Party (uncredited)1947 The Woman on the Beach
as Ann Klemscott1947 The Lone Wolf in London
as Blonde on Train (uncredited)1947 A Likely Story
as Mary Coleman1947 Law of the Canyon
as Ann Bradford1947 Prairie Raiders
as Nora Grant1947 South of the Chisholm Trail
as Anne Avery1947 West of Dodge City
as Bellhop (uncredited)1946 Slappily Married

Full Name: Nancy Saunders
Born: Monday, 06/29 1925 (June) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 06/13 2020 (June) in Mission Viejo (aged: 94)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Nancy Saunders frequently works together with these people:
Smiley Burnette (6x, Actor)
Charles Starrett (6x, Actor)
Jules White (5x, Crew)
Shemp Howard (3x, Actor)
Larry Fine (3x, Actor)
Moe Howard (3x, Actor)
Ron Ormond (3x, Crew)
Don Hartman (3x, Crew)
Ray Nazarro (3x, Crew)
Ira Webb (3x, Crew)
C. Bakaleinikoff (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:812522, Added: 11/08/2018, Last updated: 03/05/2024