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Nancy Kelly

Acting 73 (deceased) years old Lowell, Massachusetts, USA ★ 0.5
Born: March 25, 1921
Died: January 2, 1995

Biography

Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's The March of Time and appeared in several films in the late 1920s. She became a leading lady upon returning to the screen in the late 1930s, while still in her teens, and made two dozen movies between 1938 and 1946, including portraying Tyrone Power's love interest in the classic Jesse James (1939), and playing opposite Spencer Tracy in Stanley and Livingstone later that same year.

After turning to the stage in the late 1940s, she had her greatest success in a character role, the distraught mother in The Bad Seed, receiving a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 1955 stage production and an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for the 1956 film adaptation, her last film role. Kelly then worked regularly in television until 1963, then took over the role of Martha in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for several months. She returned to television for a handful of appearances in the mid-1970s.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (56)

The Sunday Drama
The Sunday Drama Susan Gibbs 1977
Murder at the World Series
Murder at the World Series Alice Dakso 1977
Bronk
Bronk 1975
The Impostor
The Impostor Victoria Kent 1975
Medical Center
Medical Center 1969
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon 1962
Sam Benedict
Sam Benedict 1962
The Storm
The Storm Janet Willsom 1962
Thriller
Thriller Janet Willsom 1960
Circle of the Day
Circle of the Day Barbara Millet 1957
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed Christine Penmark 1956
Crowded Paradise
Crowded Paradise Louise Heath 1956
Climax!
Climax! Irene Marshall 1954
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre Clare 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre Sheila 1950
Suspense
Suspense 1949
Studio One
Studio One 1948
Studio One
Studio One Sister Mary Aquinas 1948
Studio One
Studio One Helen 1948
Studio One
Studio One Dorothea 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
Murder in the Music Hall
Murder in the Music Hall Rita Morgan 1946
Follow That Woman
Follow That Woman Nancy Boone 1945
Woman Who Came Back
Woman Who Came Back Lorna Webster 1945
Betrayal from the East
Betrayal from the East Peggy Harrison 1945
Song of the Sarong
Song of the Sarong Sharon 1945
Double Exposure
Double Exposure Pat Marvin 1944
Show Business
Show Business Nancy Gaye 1944
Gambler's Choice
Gambler's Choice Mary Hayes / Vi Parker 1944
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery Connie Bryce 1943
Women in Bondage
Women in Bondage Toni Hall 1943
Tornado
Tornado Victory Kane 1943
To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli Helene Hunt 1942
Friendly Enemies
Friendly Enemies June Block 1942
Fly By Night
Fly By Night Pat Lindsay 1942
Parachute Battalion
Parachute Battalion Kit Richards 1941
A Very Young Lady
A Very Young Lady Alice Carter 1941
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard Lady Sandra Lasher 1941
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics Cynthia Merrick 1940
Sailor's Lady
Sailor's Lady Sally Gilroy 1940
Private Affairs
Private Affairs Jane Bullerton 1940
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife Valerie 1940
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone Eve Kingsley 1939
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal Sarah Allen 1939
Tail Spin
Tail Spin Lois Allen 1939
Jesse James
Jesse James Zerelda "Zee" Cobb 1939
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol Susan Leeds 1938
Convention Girl
Convention Girl Betty, Singer-Call Girl 1935
Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girl Child (uncredited) 1929
The Girl on the Barge
The Girl on the Barge Superior McCadden 1929
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Pammy (uncredited) 1926
The Pig's Curly Tail
The Pig's Curly Tail Little Girl 1926
Mismates
Mismates Jimsy 1926
The Untamed Lady
The Untamed Lady 1926

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