Nancy Kelly
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1921-03-25
- Died
- 1995-01-02
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon
Climax!
1954
as Irene Marshall
Studio One
1948
as Sister Mary Aquinas / Helen / Dorothea
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Thriller
1960
as Janet Willsom
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Medical Center
1969
Suspense
1949
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Clare / Sheila
Sam Benedict
1962
Bronk
1975
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Susan Gibbs
Movies (39)
Show Business
1944
as Nancy Gaye
The Bad Seed
1956
as Christine Penmark
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Eve Kingsley
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
as Connie Bryce
He Married His Wife
1940
as Valerie
Jesse James
1939
as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
Song of the Sarong
1945
as Sharon
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Cynthia Merrick
Mismates
1926
as Jimsy
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
as Helene Hunt
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Sarah Allen
The Great Gatsby
1926
as Pammy (uncredited)
Circle of the Day
1957
as Barbara Millet
Glorifying the American Girl
1929
as Child (uncredited)
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Kit Richards
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Peggy Harrison
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Sally Gilroy
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Susan Leeds
Private Affairs
1940
as Jane Bullerton
Fly By Night
1942
as Pat Lindsay
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Rita Morgan
The Impostor
1975
as Victoria Kent
The Girl on the Barge
1929
as Superior McCadden
The Untamed Lady
1926
Crowded Paradise
1956
as Louise Heath
Tornado
1943
as Victory Kane
Scotland Yard
1941
as Lady Sandra Lasher
Women in Bondage
1943
as Toni Hall
Double Exposure
1944
as Pat Marvin
Follow That Woman
1945
as Nancy Boone
Woman Who Came Back
1945
as Lorna Webster
A Very Young Lady
1941
as Alice Carter
Murder at the World Series
1977
as Alice Dakso
Tail Spin
1939
as Lois Allen
Friendly Enemies
1942
as June Block
The Storm
1962
as Janet Willsom
Gambler's Choice
1944
as Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
Convention Girl
1935
as Betty, Singer-Call Girl
The Pig's Curly Tail
1926
as Little Girl
About Nancy Kelly
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 t… With 52 credits spanning from 1926 to 1977, Nancy Kelly has appeared in 39 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Show Business (1944) — as Nancy Gaye
- The Bad Seed (1956) — as Christine Penmark
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) — as Eve Kingsley
- Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) — as Connie Bryce
- He Married His Wife (1940) — as Valerie
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