Nola Luxford was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 born film actress of the silent film era, and into the 1930s.

Born Minola Adelaide Pratt in Hastings, New Zealand

Hastings, New Zealand

The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...

, Luxford relocated to Hollywood to pursue a career in film acting. Her first film appearance was in the 1920 film The Tiger's Coat. From 1920 through 1927 she would appear in thirteen films, starring opposite and alongside such actors as Bill Cody

Bill Cody (actor)

Bill Cody, born William Joseph Cody Jr., was a Hollywood B-western actor of the 1920s, 1930s and into the 1940s, and father to Bill Cody, Jr.....

, Jack Holt

Jack Holt (actor)

Jack Holt was an American motion picture actor. He was a leading man of silent and sound films, and was known for his many roles in Westerns.-Early life:...

, and Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers was an American actress who worked chiefly in silent movies.Myers was born in San Francisco, the daughter of an Australian rabbi and Austrian Jewish mother. Her father became well-connected with California's emerging film industry, and introduced her to film pioneer D. W. Griffith,...

. In 1927 she married William Bauernschmidt, and for a time she didn't act at all.

In 1932 she gave a daily one-hour radio report on the Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

 at Los Angeles for New Zealand and Australia, relayed "down under" by short-wave radio .

After 1927 it wasn't until 1932 that she had her next film role. She would have six film appearances from 1932 to 1935, with the only credited ones of any notoriety being The Iron Master starring Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny (actor)

Reginald Denny was an English stage, film, and television actor. He was once an amateur boxing champion of Great Britain.-Acting career:...

, and Lost in Limehouse, starring Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante was an American actress, best-known for her roles in silent films.-Early acting career:...

, and both being in 1933. She retired after 1935, and settled in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

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. She married Glenn Russell Dolberg in 1959, following the death of her first husband. She continued to live in Pasadena, where she was residing at the time of her death on 10 October 1994.