Nina Vale

Anne Bradshaw Hunter"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKG-SSWJ : Thu May 23 03:04:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Anne Bradshaw Hunter and Clarence David Hunter, 12 Aug 1918. (August 12, 1918 – January 30, 1964), billed alternately as Anne Hunter, Ann Hunter, or Nina Vale was an American actress and dancer, who had three leading roles in films of the 1940s, most notably in the 1945 noir, Cornered, opposite erstwhile crooner turned private eye/tough guy Dick Powell.Melzer, Simon (2024). Movie Ads. Orlando, Fl: BearManor Media. p. 104. . ""

Early years Born Anne Bradshaw Hunter in Cambridge, Massachusetts,"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKG-SSWJ : Thu May 23 03:04:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Anne Bradshaw Hunter and Clarence David Hunter, 12 Aug 1918. and raised in nearby Arlington,"United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXBJ-8YP : Sat Jan 18 08:45:15 UTC 2025), Entry for Clarence Hunter and Bertha G Hunter, 1920."United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQGG-558 : Wed Jul 24 01:57:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Clarence D Hunter and Jean B Hunter, 1930. Vail was one of four daghters born to Nova Scotia natives Bertha Jean (née Bradshaw) and Clarence David Hunter.

Because her parents objected to her desire to become an actress, she left home in her teenage years and went to New York City.

Stage Vale was a dramatics student of Benno Schneider in New York. Her work on stage there included acting in The Women. Later, she played a Russian sniper in a road-show production of Doughgirls. In 1948, she was in Joy to the World in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1949, she co-starred in a production of the comedy Reunion in Vienna.

In 1959, she was billed as Anne Hunter in a performance of Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction.

Film Vale's first film was The Gay Falcon for RKO Pictures.

Dance In New York, Vale danced in The Girl from Wyoming and was featured in a New Faces revue. She also danced in a Los Angeles production of the operetta Bittersweet.

Death Vale died, aged 45, on January 30, 1965, in Arlington, Massachusetts. Although no survivors are mentioned in the brief New York Times funeral announcement, she did predecease both her mother and at least two sisters.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1941 The Gay Falcon Elinor Benford (as Anne Hunter)1942 One Dangerous Night Coatroom Girl (uncredited)Ann Hunter filmography. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 22, 2026.1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Sandra (as Ann Hunter)1945 Keep Your Powder Dry WAC (uncredited)1945 A Royal Scandal Lady in Waiting (uncredited)Parish, James Robert (1974). Vincent Price Unmasked. New York, Drake Publishers. p. 167. .1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Information Desk Attendant (uncredited)1945 Cornered Señora Camargo 1946 Mysterious Intruder Joan Hill - Gale's Secretary (final credited film role)1950 A Life of Her Own Miss Lamson (uncredited)Hanson, Patricia King (1999). AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 1372. .1957 Alfred Hitchcock PresentsEp. "Reward to Finder" Saleslady (as Ann Hunter)Lentz, Harris (1983). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits : Over 10,000 Actors, Actresses, Directors. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 1183. . "Oscar Homolka (John Gaminsky), Jo Van Fleet (Anna Gaminsky), Claude Akins (policeman), Ann Hunter (saleslady), Robert Whitesides (boy)."1959 DeadlineEp. "Lonely Hearts Killer" Marie (as Ann Hunter; final screen role)Corey's Full Seasons of Classic TV () (May 10, 2024). "Deadline season 1 episode 14 closing credits". YouTube. Retrieved August 21, 2026.

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