Mildred Costello

born: 19 September 1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

died: 27 June 2000 [last residence] San Diego, California, United States of America (age 93)

American actress and dancer, once billed as "California's Greatest Spanish Dancer." She was the seventh of eight children born to John Alphonsus Costello (1859-1938) and Agnes Marcella (O'Loughlin) Costello (1871-1948), both of Irish heritage, who were married in 1891. Mildred married Oran Henderson Nance, Jr. (1904-1980) in 1932; they had two children, Barbara Marion Nance (1933-2022) and Richard Oran Henderson Nance (b. 1944) before Mildred was granted a divorce in 1946 (although they were living apart in the 1940 Census). By 1950, Mildred is living with the kids and selling baby clothes.

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1929 Great Gobs! Dancer Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7X-ZPB (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M61Z-BXX (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJY-797 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVW2-G65 (1932 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZW91-J4MM (1932 marriage - husband) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HW-C9K (1940 Census) https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Los%20Angeles&ed=66-375&name=Nance&page=1&size=100&state=CA (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGQ6-8PG (Social Security Death Index) https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=%22mildred%20costello%22%20%22spanish%20dancer%22&sort=facet_year_month_day%20asc%2C%20score%20desc (various articles, Newspapers.com) https://archive.org/details/internationalpho02holl/page/n300/mode/1up?view=theater (International Photographer, Jun 1930 cover) https://archive.org/details/internationalpho02holl/page/n605/mode/1up?view=theater&q=%22mildred+costello%22 (International Photographer, Aug 1930; identifies her on Jun cover) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380713854/ (Los Angeles Times, 08 Jan 1938) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380746825/ (Los Angeles Times, 04 May 1946) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380952156/ (Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar 1948) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/23938304/ (Van Nuys News, 30 Aug 1973) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/23939832/ (Van Nuys News, 30 Aug 1973) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/248808088/ (Desert Sun [Palm Springs, CA], 25 Jun 1994) 1931 L.A. City Dir.: Costello Mildred actor r1019 N Kenmore av 1932 L.A. City Dir.: Costello Mildred M actor r1019 N Kenmore av https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/name/barbara-nance-obituary?id=33136542 (daughter Barbara's obituary - San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb 2022) Jesse Brisson (research and bio notes) This page was last updated on: 29 October 2022