Nancy Dorsey — Don't Tell the Wife Character Profile

About Nancy Dorsey

A wealthy socialite married to Steve. Initially persuaded to invest heavily in the fake scheme, she later funds the legitimate mining operation after Winthrop's discovery, ultimately reconciling with Steve.

Character Facts

Played by

Una Merkel

Appears in

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Don't Tell the Wife

• Malcom "Dinky" Winthrop (Guy Kibbee)
• Steve Dorsey (Lynne Overman)
• Major Manning (Thurston Hall)
• Lazarus "Cupid" Dougal (Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams)
• Insperator Mallory (Frank M. Thomas)
• Warden (George Irving)
• Larry 'Horace' Tucker (William Demarest)
• Annie Howell (Lucille Ball)
• Mike Callahan (Harry Tyler)
• Salesman Hagar (Bradley Page)
• Mamie (uncredited) (Hattie McDaniel)
• Sam Taylor (Si Jenks)