| Christina Aziz |
A British-American actress who was born in London, England, United Kingdom on August 7, 1899 as Rene Isabel Riano and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on July 3, 1971. She married American John W. Neil in 1918 and had a daughter, Jane. Her most important works are Nancy Drew: Detective (1938), Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947), and Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950). She was a comedian born in Britain and raised in America. She built her comedic reputation on the stage and entered the cinema when she was 38 years old. She was the daughter of theatrical actress Irene Riano and acrobatics at the vaudeville theater Robert Riano. In 1905, at the age of 6, she met the American John W. Neal of New Jersey in 1918 and became an American citizen. She participated in Broadway shows as a young woman in 1920. She continued to stage performances until 1937. She entered the movie industry and played the maid in her first comedy, My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937). She is known for Nancy Drew: Detective (1938), Wife, Husband and Friend (1939), and You Belong to Me (1941). She appeared in famous series as a guest, the last of which was The Partridge Family (1971). She died in 1971 at the age of 72.
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