Nancy Price, CBE, was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and finally television. Her stage carrier began in 1900 and ended in 1950. She played her first film role in 1916 and the last in 1952, all in all she appeared in 29 films. Her first TV role was in 1938, during British TV's brief pre-war period, and she then appeared in four TV plays in 1950 and 1951.