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Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Acting

March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995 (died at 73)
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Female
39 Movies
17 TV Shows

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.

The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1956 7.1

as Christine Penmark

Age 35 (now 73)
Jesse James
Jesse James

Jesse James

1939 6.5

as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb

Age 17 (now 73)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943 6.2

as Connie Bryce

Age 22 (now 73)
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal

1939 6.3

as Sarah Allen

Age 18 (now 73)
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

1939 6.4

as Eve Kingsley

Age 18 (now 73)
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940 5.6

as Cynthia Merrick

Age 19 (now 73)
Woman Who Came Back
Woman Who Came Back

Woman Who Came Back

1945 5.9

as Lorna Webster

Age 24 (now 73)
To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942 5.5

as Helene Hunt

Age 21 (now 73)
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

1940 5.6

as Valerie

Age 18 (now 73)
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol

Submarine Patrol

1938 6.7

as Susan Leeds

Age 17 (now 73)
Fly By Night
Fly By Night

Fly By Night

1942 6.7

as Pat Lindsay

Age 20 (now 73)
Tail Spin
Tail Spin

Tail Spin

1939 6.3

as Lois Allen

Age 17 (now 73)
Tornado
Tornado

Tornado

1943 5.7

as Victory Kane

Age 22 (now 73)
Betrayal from the East
Betrayal from the East

Betrayal from the East

1945 6.4

as Peggy Harrison

Age 24 (now 73)
Friendly Enemies
Friendly Enemies

Friendly Enemies

1942 6.0

as June Block

Age 21 (now 73)
Double Exposure
Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1944 6.2

as Pat Marvin

Age 23 (now 73)