Nancy Kelly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1921
- Died
- January 2, 1995 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nancy Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Murder at the World Series
Movie · as Alice Dakso
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Susan Gibbs · 1 ep
The Impostor
Movie · as Victoria Kent
Bronk
TV · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
The Storm
Movie · as Janet Willsom
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Janet Willsom · 1 ep
Circle of the Day
Movie · as Barbara Millet
The Bad Seed
Movie · as Christine Penmark
Crowded Paradise
Movie · as Louise Heath
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Irene Marshall · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Clare, Sheila · 1 ep
Suspense
TV · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Sister Mary Aquinas, Helen, Dorothea · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Murder in the Music Hall
Movie · as Rita Morgan
Betrayal from the East
Movie · as Peggy Harrison
Woman Who Came Back
Movie · as Lorna Webster
Song of the Sarong
Movie · as Sharon
Follow That Woman
Movie · as Nancy Boone
Double Exposure
Movie · as Pat Marvin
Show Business
Movie · as Nancy Gaye
Gambler's Choice
Movie · as Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Movie · as Connie Bryce
Women in Bondage
Movie · as Toni Hall
Tornado
Movie · as Victory Kane
Fly By Night
Movie · as Pat Lindsay
To the Shores of Tripoli
Movie · as Helene Hunt
Friendly Enemies
Movie · as June Block
Parachute Battalion
Movie · as Kit Richards
Scotland Yard
Movie · as Lady Sandra Lasher
A Very Young Lady
Movie · as Alice Carter
One Night in the Tropics
Movie · as Cynthia Merrick
He Married His Wife
Movie · as Valerie
Sailor's Lady
Movie · as Sally Gilroy
Private Affairs
Movie · as Jane Bullerton
Jesse James
Movie · as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
Tail Spin
Movie · as Lois Allen
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie · as Eve Kingsley
Frontier Marshal
Movie · as Sarah Allen
Submarine Patrol
Movie · as Susan Leeds
Convention Girl
Movie · as Betty, Singer-Call Girl
The Girl on the Barge
Movie · as Superior McCadden
Glorifying the American Girl
Movie · as Child (uncredited)
The Untamed Lady
Movie
Mismates
Movie · as Jimsy
The Pig's Curly Tail
Movie · as Little Girl
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Pammy (uncredited)