Nancy Kelly
Born
March 25, 1921
Died
January 2, 1995 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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
Murder at the World Series
Alice Dakso
1977
Bronk
(1 episode)
1975
The Impostor
Victoria Kent
1975
Medical Center
(1 episode)
1969
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon · (1 episode)
1962
Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
1962
The Storm
Janet Willsom
1962
Thriller
Janet Willsom · (1 episode)
1960
The Bad Seed
Christine Penmark
1956
Crowded Paradise
Louise Heath
1956
Climax!
Irene Marshall · (1 episode)
1954
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Lux Video Theatre
Clare · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Sheila · (1 episode)
1950
Suspense
(1 episode)
1949
Studio One
(1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Sister Mary Aquinas · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Helen · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Dorothea · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Murder in the Music Hall
Rita Morgan
1946
Follow That Woman
Nancy Boone
1945
Woman Who Came Back
Lorna Webster
1945
Betrayal from the East
Peggy Harrison
1945
Song of the Sarong
Sharon
1945
Double Exposure
Pat Marvin
1944
Show Business
Nancy Gaye
1944
Gambler's Choice
Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
1944
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Connie Bryce
1943
Women in Bondage
Toni Hall
1943
Tornado
Victory Kane
1943
To the Shores of Tripoli
Helene Hunt
1942
Friendly Enemies
June Block
1942
Fly By Night
Pat Lindsay
1942
Parachute Battalion
Kit Richards
1941
A Very Young Lady
Alice Carter
1941
Scotland Yard
Lady Sandra Lasher
1941
One Night in the Tropics
Cynthia Merrick
1940
Sailor's Lady
Sally Gilroy
1940
Private Affairs
Jane Bullerton
1940
He Married His Wife
Valerie
1940
Stanley and Livingstone
Eve Kingsley
1939
Frontier Marshal
Sarah Allen
1939
Tail Spin
Lois Allen
1939
Jesse James
Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
1939
Submarine Patrol
Susan Leeds
1938
Convention Girl
Betty, Singer-Call Girl
1935
Glorifying the American Girl
Child (uncredited)
1929
The Girl on the Barge
Superior McCadden
1929
The Great Gatsby
Pammy (uncredited)
1926
The Pig's Curly Tail
Little Girl
1926
Mismates
Jimsy
1926
The Untamed Lady
1926