Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Female
Birthday
1921-03-25 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Acting

1977

Murder at the World Series as Alice Dakso

1975

Bronk as Not available

1975

The Impostor as Victoria Kent

1969

Medical Center as Not available

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon

1962

Sam Benedict as Not available

1962

The Storm as Janet Willsom

1960

Thriller as Janet Willsom

1956

The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark

1956

Crowded Paradise as Louise Heath

1954

Climax! as Irene Marshall

1953

The Oscars as Self

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Clare

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Sheila

1949

Suspense as Not available

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available

1948

Studio One as Not available

1948

Studio One as Sister Mary Aquinas

1948

Studio One as Helen

1948

Studio One as Dorothea

1946

Murder in the Music Hall as Rita Morgan

1945

Betrayal from the East as Peggy Harrison

1945

Woman Who Came Back as Lorna Webster

1945

Follow That Woman as Nancy Boone

1945

Song of the Sarong as Sharon

1944

Gambler's Choice as Mary Hayes / Vi Parker

1944

Double Exposure as Pat Marvin

1944

Show Business as Nancy Gaye

1943

Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Connie Bryce

1943

Tornado as Victory Kane

1943

Women in Bondage as Toni Hall

1942

To the Shores of Tripoli as Helene Hunt

1942

Fly By Night as Pat Lindsay

1942

Friendly Enemies as June Block

1941

Parachute Battalion as Kit Richards

1941

A Very Young Lady as Alice Carter

1941

Scotland Yard as Lady Sandra Lasher

1940

One Night in the Tropics as Cynthia Merrick

1940

He Married His Wife as Valerie

1940

Private Affairs as Jane Bullerton

1940

Sailor's Lady as Sally Gilroy

1939

Jesse James as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb

1939

Stanley and Livingstone as Eve Kingsley

1939

Frontier Marshal as Sarah Allen

1939

Tail Spin as Lois Allen

1938

Submarine Patrol as Susan Leeds

1935

Convention Girl as Betty, Singer-Call Girl

1929

Glorifying the American Girl as Child (uncredited)

1929

The Girl on the Barge as Superior McCadden

1926

The Great Gatsby as Pammy (uncredited)

1926

Mismates as Jimsy

1926

The Pig's Curly Tail as Little Girl

1926

The Untamed Lady as Not available