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Nell Craig

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Nell Craig
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Craig in 1916
Born(1891-06-13)June 13, 1891
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 5, 1965(1965-01-05) (aged 73)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1913–1948

Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress from the 1910s into the 1940s.[1] In silent pictures she was known for her collaborations with her husband, director Fred E. Wright. In the 1940s, she played Nurse "Nosey" Parker in the Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie medical dramas.

Biography

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Craig was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia,[2] the daughter of Charles Craig and Sarah J. Applegate Craig. Her father worked for the railroad; both of her parents were also born in New Jersey.[3]

Craig made over 150 films. Unlike some of her peers, she successfully made the transition from the silent era into sound films.[4] She was seen in westerns,[5] historical romances,[6] melodramas,[7] and comedies. "I prefer emotional parts, not simpering ingenue parts," she told an interviewer in 1917.[2] She was considered a screen beauty, with dark hair and eyes.[2] After playing a blind character in In the Palace of the King (1916), she "suffered severely from inflamed eye balls" after holding her eyes wide open without blinking during filming.[6] Later in her career she played "Nurse Nosey Parker" in the Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie movies.[8][9][10]

She married writer and director Fred E. Wright,[11] who directed her in silent films for Pathé and Essanay studios. They moved to California in 1918, he left film work, and she supported them while he wrote his best-selling novel, Pandora La Croix (1924).[12] Her husband died in 1936.[13] She lived at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in her later years, and died in 1965, in Hollywood, at the age of 73.[14]

Partial filmography

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Still from the American drama film The Queen of Sheba (1921) with Nell Craig as Princess Vashti, on page 71 of the September 24, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.

Silent films

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Sound pictures

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References

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  1. ↑ Hans J. Wollstein. "Nell Craig". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Naylor, Hazel Simpson (April 1917). "The Golden Girl: A Morning Spent with Nell Craig". Motion Picture Magazine. 13 (3): 66–67, 1960 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ 1900 United States census, via Ancestry.
  4. 1 2 Parsons, Louella O. (1930-07-22). "Warners Making Latest Picture With New Telescopic Process". Evening Courier. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rainey, Buck (2014-03-14). The Reel Cowboy: Essays on the Myth in Movies and Literature. McFarland. p. 79, 176, 227. ISBN 978-0-7864-9365-4.
  6. 1 2 3 McQuade, James S. (1915-10-16). "Reviews of Current Productions: 'In the Palace of the King'". The Moving Picture World: 460–461.
  7. 1 2 3 Graham, Thomas (2017-09-05). Silent Films in St. Augustine. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-6304-1.
  8. 1 2 "Criterion; 'Dr. Kildare's Crisis'". The News of Cumberland County. 1941-03-08. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. 1 2 Cameron, Kate (1943-02-21). "Barrymore Again the Peevish Doc". Daily News. p. 39. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Birthday on Stage". Democrat and Chronicle. 1941-08-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 "Wrights Prove Romance Lives; Love Story of Novelist and Actress Colorful". The Los Angeles Times. 1924-10-26. pp. 19, 20. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "A Writer's Mouse". Screenland. 9 (6): 78. September 1924 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ "Rite Near for Film Veteran". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1936-08-07. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Death date confirmed in California Death Index, via Ancestry.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rainey, Buck (2024-10-18). The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930. McFarland. pp. 162, 163, 164. ISBN 978-1-4766-1524-0.
  16. ↑ "Jabez's Conquest". The Moving Picture World: 328. 1915-07-10.
  17. ↑ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 1015. 1915-10-30.
  18. ↑ Howard, Marion (1915-11-06). "Spokes from the Hub". The Moving Picture World: 1122.
  19. ↑ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 1187. 1915-11-06.
  20. ↑ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 2239. 1915-12-18.
  21. ↑ "Grand Theatre". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1917-12-09. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Would You Know What a Truffler is? Read This and See". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1917-05-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "Nell Craig Star in 'The Trufflers' at The Royal Today; Pretty Actress Demonstrates Her Versatility". Atlantic City Sunday Press the Sunday Gazette. 1917-06-03. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ↑ "The Desperate Hero". Camera!. 3 (10): 7. 1920-06-19 – via Internet Archive.
  25. ↑ "Tone and Carroll Star at Regent; 'This Woman is Mine' Based on Best-Selling Novel". The Morning Call. 1941-12-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ Monogram Pictures (1945). Fashion Model (Monogram Pressbook, 1945). Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Monogram Pictures.
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