Nancy Welford

Nancy Welford (May 31, 1904 – September 30, 1991), also known as Christine Welford, was a British-born American actress in the early sound film era.

Early life

The daughter of actress Ada Loftus^[1] and actor Dallas Welford, she was born in London, England and came to the United States when she was six years old.^[2]

Career

Welford's stage debut came as a member of the ensemble for Mimic World.^[3] As early as 1921, she was active in vaudeville.^[4] In 1922 she appeared at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway in the musical Orange Blossoms by Victor Herbert. In 1923, a caption of a photograph in the New York Daily News described her as the prima donna of a musical comedy and noted, "She has come up from the chorus and come to stay."^[5] She next joined the Gallagher and Shean duo in their performances.^[6] In 1926, Welford starred in Nancy, a musical for which she was the inspiration.^[7] This was followed by the role of Mary Wheeler in the hit 1928 musical Rain or Shine.^[8]

She acted in five films between 1929 and 1933. She is probably today mostly known for starring in the 1929

On October 24, 1924, Welford married film director F. Heath Cobb in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents learned of the marriage about a month later, prompting her father to say, "I don't believe it", and putting her mother under a doctor's care at her home.[6] She married Henry C. Morris in 1945; he preceded her in death in 1985.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Welford died in

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• Michael G. Morris, "She's Just a Baby" Gershwin 100 (March 25, 2021), a blog post about Welford

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