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Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 25, 1921
Died Jan 02, 1995 (73)
Birthplace Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 4 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 i ... n 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.

Known For

Filmography

Murder at the World Series

Murder at the World Series

1977

as Alice Dakso

The Impostor

The Impostor

1975

as Victoria Kent

The Storm

The Storm

1962

as Janet Willsom

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1956

as Christine Penmark

Crowded Paradise

Crowded Paradise

1956

as Louise Heath

Murder in the Music Hall

Murder in the Music Hall

1946

as Rita Morgan

Song of the Sarong

Song of the Sarong

1945

as Sharon

Betrayal from the East

Betrayal from the East

1945

as Peggy Harrison

Follow That Woman

Follow That Woman

1945

as Nancy Boone

Woman Who Came Back

Woman Who Came Back

1945

as Lorna Webster

Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1944

as Pat Marvin

Gambler's Choice

Gambler's Choice

1944

as Mary Hayes / Vi Parker

Show Business

Show Business

1944

as Nancy Gaye

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943

as Connie Bryce

Tornado

Tornado

1943

as Victory Kane

Women in Bondage

Women in Bondage

1943

as Toni Hall

Fly-By-Night

Fly-By-Night

1942

as Pat Lindsay

Friendly Enemies

Friendly Enemies

1942

as June Block

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

as Helene Hunt

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

1941

as Lady Sandra Lasher

A Very Young Lady

A Very Young Lady

1941

as Alice Carter

Parachute Battalion

Parachute Battalion

1941

as Kit Richards

Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1940

as Jane Bullerton

Sailor's Lady

Sailor's Lady

1940

as Sally Gilroy

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

as Cynthia Merrick

He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

1940

as Valerie

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal

1939

as Sarah Allen

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

1939

as Eve Kingsley

Tail Spin

Tail Spin

1939

as Lois Allen

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb

Submarine Patrol

Submarine Patrol

1938

as Susan Leeds

Convention Girl

Convention Girl

1935

as Betty, Singer-Call Girl

The Girl on the Barge

The Girl on the Barge

1929

as Superior McCadden

Glorifying the American Girl

Glorifying the American Girl

1929

as Child (uncredited)

The Pig's Curly Tail

The Pig's Curly Tail

1926

as Little Girl

Mismates

Mismates

1926

as Jimsy

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

1926

as Pammy (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Thriller

as Janet Willsom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Lux Video Theatre

as Clare

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Climax!

as Irene Marshall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Lux Video Theatre

as Sheila

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Studio One

as Sister Mary Aquinas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Helen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Dorothea

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Fran Steppe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Medical Center

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Studio One

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Sam Benedict

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Suspense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1949

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Bronk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 17, 1975

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

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2025 5 1 1 1
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