Nancy Saunders
Acting
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…
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Known For
The Locket
1946 · Movie
Slappily Married
1946 · Movie
The Shunning
2011 · Movie
The Woman on the Beach
1947 · Movie
The Bamboo Blonde
1946 · Movie
Stone Age Romeos
1955 · Movie
Love-Struck
1997 · Movie
The Ghost Talks
1949 · Movie
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Movie
It Had to Be You
1947 · Movie
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
1948 · Movie
A Likely Story
1947 · Movie