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Mary Nolan (born Mary Imogen Robertson) began her career as a Ziegfeld girl before making the transition into German film and later American film. Her career began it’s decline in the 1930s due to her instability and drug abuse. She lived the remainder of her life in obscurity, plagued by drug problems and hospitalisations. She died at the age of 45 from an overdose Seconal. Among her few possessions was a grand piano, once owned by Rudolph Valentino, who Nolan greatly admired. The piano took up the majority of space in her modest living room, and had a photograph of Valentino atop it.