- Creator
- Nolan, Doris, 1916-1998
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2012-069
- Physical description
- .88 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
Doris Nolan papers, *T-Mss 2012-069. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Doris Nolan (1916-1998) was a theater and film actor. She made her Broadway debut in 1935 in the play Night of January 16. She continued to be active on Broadway and in American film through the 1940s. The Doris Nolan papers (1930-1944) document her career through photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and pressbooks. The collection contains publicity photographs of Nolan and her costars in films such as The Man I Marry (1936), Top of the Town (1937), and Holiday (1938), and in plays such as Arrest That Woman (1936), Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (1937), The Doughgirls (1942) and the touring production of The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941). Scrapbooks date from 1930 to 1944 and primarily contain clippings and programs. The earliest materials in the scrapbooks document Nolan's performances in high school productions in New Rochelle, New York. The collection also contains pressbooks for the films The Man I Marry and Top of the Town.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Doris Nolan Knox, 1990.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2014
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Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
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The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.