Nancy Price Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, authoress and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and finally television. In addition to appearing on stage she became involved in theatre production and was a founder of the People's Theatre. Whilst it is tempting to separate her career into three distinct areas, stage, screen and writing it is worth noting that apart from her early career where she was just acting on stage and her late career... MORE

Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, authoress and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and finally television. In addition to appearing on stage she became involved in theatre production and was a founder of the People's Theatre. Whilst it is tempting to separate her career into three distinct areas, stage, screen and writing it is worth noting that apart from her early career where she was just acting on stage and her late career where she was just writing, for a period of forty years she was engaged in all three. Christened Lilian Nancy Bache Price in Kinver, Staffordshire, England, in 1887, Nancy was the daughter of William Henry Price (a retired farmer) and Sarah Mannix. Her mother was the granddaughter of Sir Henry Mannix. After schooling in her home village and then in nearby Malvern Wells she decided at an early age to become an actress. She married the actor Charles Maude on 17 May 1907, and they were together until his death in 1943. Their daughter Joan Maude also went on to become an actress. Soon after her daughter LESS