Nancy Kelly

Known For

Acting

Born

Mar 25, 1921

Died

Jan 02, 1995

Place of Birth

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Credits

52 titles

Nancy Kelly

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

Filmography

1977

The Sunday Drama

Susan Gibbs

Tv
1977

Murder at the World Series

Alice Dakso

Movie
1975

Bronk

Tv
1975

The Impostor

Victoria Kent

Movie
1969

Medical Center

Tv
1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon

Tv
1962

Sam Benedict

Tv
1962

The Storm

Janet Willsom

Movie
1960

Thriller

Janet Willsom

Tv
1957

Circle of the Day

Barbara Millet

Movie
1956

The Bad Seed

Christine Penmark

Movie
1956

Crowded Paradise

Louise Heath

Movie
1954

Climax!

Irene Marshall

Tv
1953

The Oscars

Self

Tv
1950

Lux Video Theatre

Clare

Tv
1949

Suspense

Tv
1948

Studio One

Tv
1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tv
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv
1946

Murder in the Music Hall

Rita Morgan

Movie
1945

Follow That Woman

Nancy Boone

Movie
1945

Woman Who Came Back

Lorna Webster

Movie
1945

Betrayal from the East

Peggy Harrison

Movie
1945

Song of the Sarong

Sharon

Movie
1944

Double Exposure

Pat Marvin

Movie
1944

Show Business

Nancy Gaye

Movie
1944

Gambler's Choice

Mary Hayes / Vi Parker

Movie
1943

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Connie Bryce

Movie
1943

Women in Bondage

Toni Hall

Movie
1943

Tornado

Victory Kane

Movie
1942

To the Shores of Tripoli

Helene Hunt

Movie
1942

Friendly Enemies

June Block

Movie
1942

Fly By Night

Pat Lindsay

Movie
1941

Parachute Battalion

Kit Richards

Movie
1941

A Very Young Lady

Alice Carter

Movie
1941

Scotland Yard

Lady Sandra Lasher

Movie
1940

One Night in the Tropics

Cynthia Merrick

Movie
1940

Private Affairs

Jane Bullerton

Movie
1940

Sailor's Lady

Sally Gilroy

Movie
1940

He Married His Wife

Valerie

Movie
1939

Stanley and Livingstone

Eve Kingsley

Movie
1939

Frontier Marshal

Sarah Allen

Movie
1939

Tail Spin

Lois Allen

Movie
1939

Jesse James

Zerelda "Zee" Cobb

Movie
1938

Submarine Patrol

Susan Leeds

Movie
1935

Convention Girl

Betty, Singer-Call Girl

Movie
1929

Glorifying the American Girl

Child (uncredited)

Movie
1929

The Girl on the Barge

Superior McCadden

Movie
1926

The Great Gatsby

Pammy (uncredited)

Movie
1926

The Pig's Curly Tail

Little Girl

Movie