Nancy Kelly
Acting
Born: March 25, 1921 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 2, 1995 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
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
The Bad Seed
1956
Jesse James
1939
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Oscars
1953
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
Frontier Marshal
1939
One Night in the Tropics
1940
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
Thriller
1960
Photos (2)
Movies (39)
The Bad Seed
Christine Penmark
Jesse James
Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Connie Bryce
Tail Spin
Lois Allen
Glorifying the American Girl
Child (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Cynthia Merrick
He Married His Wife
Valerie
Murder in the Music Hall
Rita Morgan
Stanley and Livingstone
Eve Kingsley
To the Shores of Tripoli
Helene Hunt
Murder at the World Series
Alice Dakso
Sailor's Lady
Sally Gilroy
Mismates
Jimsy
Show Business
Nancy Gaye
Frontier Marshal
Sarah Allen
Submarine Patrol
Susan Leeds
The Great Gatsby
Pammy (uncredited)
Gambler's Choice
Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
A Very Young Lady
Alice Carter
Song of the Sarong
Sharon
Betrayal from the East
Peggy Harrison
Circle of the Day
Barbara Millet
Women in Bondage
Toni Hall
Crowded Paradise
Louise Heath
Fly By Night
Pat Lindsay
The Storm
Janet Willsom
Friendly Enemies
June Block
Woman Who Came Back
Lorna Webster
The Girl on the Barge
Superior McCadden
The Impostor
Victoria Kent
Convention Girl
Betty, Singer-Call Girl
Private Affairs
Jane Bullerton
Parachute Battalion
Kit Richards
Double Exposure
Pat Marvin
The Untamed Lady
1926
Scotland Yard
Lady Sandra Lasher
The Pig's Curly Tail
Little Girl
Tornado
Victory Kane
Follow That Woman
Nancy Boone
TV Shows (14)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
Studio One
1 eps
Studio One
Sister Mary Aquinas · 1 eps
Studio One
Helen · 1 eps
Studio One
Dorothea · 1 eps
Climax!
Irene Marshall · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Suspense
1 eps
Thriller
Janet Willsom · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Clare · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Sheila · 1 eps
Bronk
1 eps
