Florence Nash

• Name — Florence Nash • Birth Name — Florence Ryan • Born — 2 October 1888 • Birthplace — Troy, New York, U.S. • Died — 2 April 1950 • Place of death — Hollywood, California, U.S. • Known for — * The Women • In 1999 • Occupation — * Actress • Author • Years Active — 1907–1939 • Relatives — Mary Nash (sister)

Florence was born to James H. and Ellen Frances (née McNamara) Ryan. She and her sister adopted the surname of their stepfather, Philip F. Nash, a vaudeville booking executive, who married their mother after the death of their father, a lawyer.

She began her acting career in 1907 and had her first major success in 1912, playing Aggie Lynch in Within the Law. She was a well-known stage actress and vaudeville comedienne through the 1930s, appearing in sketches including In 1999). She later moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. Her most notable role was as "Nancy Blake" in the 1939 MGM blockbuster The Women. She also was the author of a book of verse, June Dusk, published in 1918.

After her retirement from acting in 1939, she spent the next decade living in Hollywood, California, where she died on April 2/3, 1950.

• Poster — Flim — Role — Year — Ref. • Springtime — Madeline De Vallette — 1914 • It's a Great Life — Ma Emmy Barclay — 1935 • — The Women — Nancy Blake — 1939

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