Nancy Welford was an American actress in the early talkie era. She was daughter of Ada Loftus and actor Dallas Welford. Welford acted in five films between years 1929 and 1933. She is probably today mostly known for starring in the 1929 Warner Brothers musical Gold Diggers of Broadway, which was the 2nd all color-all talking feature ever made. Today Gold Diggers of Broadway is a lost film

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

 with only 2 surviving reels.

Filmography

• Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) as Jerry
• The Phantom of the House
  The Phantom of the House
  The Phantom of the House is a 1929 full talking early sound movie from Trem Carr pictures starring Ricardo Cortez and Nancy Welford....
  
  (1929) as Dorothy Milburn
• The Jazz Cinderella (1930) as Patricia Murray, with Myrna Loy
  Myrna Loy
  Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles...
  
  
• A Safe Affair (1931) as Mary Bolton
• Yours Sincerely (1931) as Betty Braley

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