Name
Judith Barrett
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-02-02
Deathday
2000-03-10 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Venus, Texas, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judith Barrett (born Lucille Kelley, February 2, 1909 – March 10, 2000), also known as Nancy Dover, was an American film actress of the late 1920s and through the 1930s, up until 1940. At sixteen, she got on a train to Hollywood. Her first big chance came when she started in a lavish commercial film in 1928, The Sock Exchange opposite Bobby Vernon. In 1929 she starred in five films, and made a successful transition to "talking films". From 1928 to 1933 she was billed as "Nancy Dover", and from 1930 to 1933 she appeared in nine films, all credited.
In 1933, she appeared in only one film, Marriage Humor opposite Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent, while doing stage work. She would not have another role until 1936, when she starred in the crime drama Yellowstone opposite Henry Hunter, and alongside Ralph Morgan and Alan Hale. It was the first film that she was billed as "Judith Barrett". She appeared in two films that year, and five in 1937, one of which was her first uncredited role.
From 1938 to 1940, Barrett appeared in ten films, all credited, including Road to Singapore, the first "road" picture by the team of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Barrett retired from film acting following her appearance in the 1940 comedy Those Were the Days!, starring William Holden and Bonita Granville.
Noted for her beauty, the October 16, 1939 edition of the Baltimore Sun said of her: "Judith Barrett, pretty and blonde actress, is the first Telegenic Girl to go on record. In other words, she is the perfect type of beauty for television. ... She is slated for the first television motion picture." The Salt Lake Tribune noted that Barrett was "selected after months of exhaustive tests by television experts, sound engineers, photographers and make-up specialists." Paramount Pictures followed up on the selection by featuring her in its film, Television Spy (1939).
Known For
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Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful ...
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An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this fil...
- 1931 Big Business Girl as Sarah Ellen
- 1936 Yellowstone as Ruth Foster
- 1939 The Great Victor Herbert as Marie Clark
- 1940 Women Without Names as Peggy Athens
- 1932 Running Hollywood as Nancy Dover
- 1930 Oh Darling!
- 1939 Television Spy as Gwen Lawson
- 1937 Armored Car as Ella Logan
- 1938 Illegal Traffic as Marie Arden
- 1930 The Thoroughbred as Colleen Riley
- 1930 The Fighting Parson as The Brunette Dance Hall Girl (as Nancy Dover)
- 1929 Skirt Shy as Nancy, the maid (as Nancy Dover)
- 1930 The Head Guy as Nancy (as Nancy Dover)
- 1930 The Big Kick as Harry's Girl (as Nancy Dover)
- 1940 Those Were the Days! as Mirabel Allstairs
- 1937 Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 as Model
- 1931 Cimarron as Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)
- 1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Dixie Del Marr
- 1940 Road to Singapore as Gloria Wycott
- 1928 The Sock Exchange as June
- 1930 The Gas Station as Harry's Girl Friend
- 1937 The Good Old Soak as Ina Heath
- 1939 Persons in Hiding as Blase Blonde
- 1939 I'm from Missouri as Lola Pike
- 1939 Disputed Passage as Winifred Bane
- 1936 Flying Hostess as Helen Brooks
- 1929 Happy Heels as Susan
- 1937 Behind the Mike as Jane Arledge
- 1937 Let Them Live as Rita Johnson
- 1929 Scandal as Janet
- 1931 Hollywood Halfbacks
- 1929 Dynamite as Good Mixer
