Nancy McCord (died July 8, 1974, Arcadia, California) was an American soprano and actress who had an active career in opera, musical theatre, and vaudeville during the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s.
She is best remembered for creating the roles of Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz in the original production of Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg's May Wine (1935); and Mary Stone in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1939).
She also performed leading roles in the United States premieres of two operettas: Franz Lehár's The Land of Smiles (1933, Boston) and Robert Stolz's Venus in Seide (1935, Saint Louis).
[9][10] Also in 1930, she starred as Marie Madame Morrosini in the Walter Kollo's operettaThree Little Girls (German: Drei arme kleine Mädels) at the Great Northern Theatre in Chicago.
[12] In addition to appearing in operas, McCord toured periodically in vaudeville in the early to mid 1930s with a 1932 review in Variety describing her as a "looker with a voice".
[14] In 1932 she appeared at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway as Mable Stork in the musical revue Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book which was produced by the show's namesake.
[16] Having secured the role in the revival, critic Mehler wrote in his review of her performance as Kit, "How come Nancy McCord, the ingenue in the show, was let go from the original production is beyond us.