Nan Taylor — Ladies They Talk About Character Profile

About Nan Taylor

A bank robber who poses as a customer to distract guards. After arrest and brief release via David Slade, she is imprisoned at San Quentin. She rejects Slade's letters, suspects him of betraying her accomplice Don (shot during an escape attempt), and vows revenge. Later, she attends Slade's revival meeting, shoots at him, but they ultimately announce their engagement.

Nan Taylor — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Barbara Stanwyck

Appears in

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Nan Taylor — Social Fellow Inmate — Aunt Maggie (Maude Eburne)

  Fellow prisoners sharing incarceration at San Quentin.

• Nan Taylor — Social Fellow Inmate — Linda (Lillian Roth)

  Fellow prisoners sharing incarceration at San Quentin.

• Nan Taylor — Conflict Rival — Susie (Dorothy Burgess)

  Susie views Nan as a romantic and social rival.

• Nan Taylor — Alliance Accomplice — Don (Lyle Talbot)

  Criminal partners who coordinate escape attempts.

• Nan Taylor — Romantic Lover — David Slade (Preston Foster)

  Romantic partners who overcome past conflict to become engaged.

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More characters from Ladies They Talk About

• David Slade (Preston Foster)
• Don (Lyle Talbot)
• Susie (Dorothy Burgess)
• Attendee at Revival Meeting (uncredited) (Harry C. Bradley)
• Linda (Lillian Roth)
• Detective Tracy (uncredited) (DeWitt Jennings)
• Bank Manager (uncredited) (John Hyams)
• Dutch (uncredited) (Harold Healy)
• Jail Chief (uncredited) (Davison Clark)
• Marie (uncredited) (Grace Cunard)
• Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited) (Mary Gordon)
• Jessie Jones (uncredited) (Louise Emmons)