Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/29/1925
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Nancy Saunders
Biography
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...
Known For
Arizona Territory
as Doris Devin
The Locket
as Miss Wyatt (uncredited)
The Shunning
as Ella Mae Zook
The Woman on the Beach
as Girl at Party (uncredited)
Outlaw Country
as Jane Evans
Stone Age Romeos
as Maggie (archive footage)
It Had to Be You
as Nancy (uncredited)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Joanie
Law of the Canyon
as Mary Coleman
Six-Gun Law
as June Wallace
The Lone Wolf in London
as Ann Klemscott
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
as Maggie
West of Dodge City
as Anne Avery
Slappily Married
as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Millerson Case
as Belle Englehart
South of the Chisholm Trail
as Nora Grant
The Ghost Talks
as Lady Godiva (uncredited)
Love-Struck
as Sr. Jean-Marie
Prairie Raiders
as Ann Bradford
Whirlwind Raiders
as Claire Ross
Career Timeline
1948
1947
It Had to Be You
as Nancy (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf in London
as Ann Klemscott
The Woman on the Beach
as Girl at Party (uncredited)
The Millerson Case
as Belle Englehart
Prairie Raiders
as Ann Bradford
Law of the Canyon
as Mary Coleman
A Likely Story
as Blonde on Train (uncredited)
West of Dodge City
as Anne Avery
South of the Chisholm Trail
as Nora Grant