Mack, Nila, 1891-1953

Nila Mack, actress and radio writer, director and producer was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1891.

She began her career in vaudeville and as a leading lady in a traveling repertory company. When her husband, Roy Briant, joined Paramount Pictures as a writer, she became a member of Nazimova's company. Nila Mack was in the film WAR BRIDES and also wrote scenarios for screen shorts during this time. In the 1930's she took over creative responsibility for the radio program THE ADVENTURES OF HELEN MARY which became LET'S PRETEND and which she produced for the next 23 years. Nila Mack won awards for LET'S PRETEND and other works and was known as the "Fairy Godmother of Radio". She died in 1953.

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