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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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Those Were the Days!
Character:Mirabel Allstairs
Release Date:14/07/1940
Road to Singapore
Character:Gloria Wycott
Release Date:22/03/1940
Women Without Names
Character:Peggy Athens
Release Date:14/03/1940
The Great Victor Herbert
Character:Marie Clark
Release Date:29/12/1939
Disputed Passage
Character:Winifred Bane
Release Date:25/10/1939
Television Spy
Character:Gwen Lawson
Release Date:20/10/1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Character:Dixie Del Marr
Release Date:02/06/1939
I'm from Missouri
Character:Lola Pike
Release Date:06/04/1939
Persons in Hiding
Character:Blase Blonde
Release Date:10/02/1939
Illegal Traffic
Character:Marie Arden
Release Date:02/11/1938
Behind the Mike
Character:Jane Arledge
Release Date:26/09/1937
Vogues of 1938
Character:Model
Release Date:18/08/1937
Armored Car
Character:Ella Logan
Release Date:01/06/1937
Let Them Live
Character:Rita Johnson
Release Date:25/04/1937
The Good Old Soak
Character:Ina Heath
Release Date:23/04/1937
Flying Hostess
Character:Helen Brooks
Release Date:01/12/1936
Yellowstone
Character:Ruth Foster
Release Date:01/09/1936
Running Hollywood
Character:Nancy Dover
Release Date:27/01/1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1931
Big Business Girl
Character:Sarah Ellen
Release Date:12/06/1931
Cimarron
Character:Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)
Release Date:26/01/1931
The Thoroughbred
Character:Colleen Riley
Release Date:09/08/1930
The Big Kick
Character:Harry's Girl (as Nancy Dover)
Release Date:29/03/1930
The Gas Station
Character:Harry's Girl Friend
Release Date:29/03/1930
Oh Darling!
Character:
Release Date:15/02/1930
The Fighting Parson
Character:The Brunette Dance Hall Girl (as Nancy Dover)
Release Date:06/02/1930
The Head Guy
Character:Nancy (as Nancy Dover)
Release Date:11/01/1930
Dynamite
Character:Good Mixer
Release Date:13/12/1929
Skirt Shy
Character:Nancy, the maid (as Nancy Dover)
Release Date:30/11/1929
Scandal
Character:Janet
Release Date:27/04/1929
Happy Heels
Character:Susan
Release Date:19/01/1929
The Sock Exchange
Character:June
Release Date:22/09/1928
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