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 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
Credits
- 1977 · Murder at the World Series as Alice Dakso
- 1975 · Bronk as
- 1975 · The Impostor as Victoria Kent
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · The Storm as Janet Willsom
- 1960 · Thriller as Janet Willsom
- 1956 · The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark
- 1956 · Crowded Paradise as Louise Heath
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fran Steppe
- 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
- 1948 · Studio One as
- 1948 · Studio One as Sister Mary Aquinas
- 1948 · Studio One as Helen
- 1948 · Studio One as Dorothea
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Adele Douglas
- 1946 · Murder in the Music Hall as Rita Morgan
- 1945 · Follow That Woman as Nancy Boone
- 1945 · Woman Who Came Back as Lorna Webster
- 1945 · Betrayal from the East as Peggy Harrison
- 1945 · Song of the Sarong as Sharon
- 1944 · Double Exposure as Pat Marvin
- 1944 · Show Business as Nancy Gaye
- 1944 · Gambler's Choice as Mary Hayes / Vi Parker
- 1943 · Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Connie Bryce
- 1943 · Women in Bondage as Toni Hall
- 1943 · Tornado as Victory Kane
- 1942 · To the Shores of Tripoli as Helene Hunt
- 1942 · Friendly Enemies as June Block
- 1942 · Fly-By-Night as Pat Lindsay
- 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 · Sailor's Lady as Sally Gilroy
- 1940 · Private Affairs as Jane Bullerton
- 1940 · He Married His Wife as Valerie
- 1939 · Stanley and Livingstone as Eve Kingsley
- 1939 · Frontier Marshal as Sarah Allen
- 1939 · Tail Spin as Lois Allen
- 1939 · Jesse James as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
- 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 · The Pig's Curly Tail as Little Girl
- 1926 · Mismates as Jimsy
- 1926 · The Untamed Lady as