Mary Nash

Mary Nash was an American actress. She is not to be confused with another actress with the same birthname, Mary Ryan .

Mary and her younger sister, writeractress Florence, were born to James H. Ryan, a lawyer, and his wife, Ellen Frances . The sisters adopted the surname of their stepfather, Philip F. Nash, a vaudeville booking executive, who married their mother after the death of their father. Fortuitously the name change would avoid conflict with the other actress with the same name, who achieved Broadway popularity before Nash. Nash attended the Convent of St. Anne in Montreal and trained for acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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