Little Nellie Kelly

Directed by Norman Taurog
1940    1h 38m    Passed
Comedy, Family, Musical,
6.457%
Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's father. Still, fear of never seeing his daughter again convinces the old man to also head to the States. In New York, Jerry becomes a policeman, although fighting crime seems to be easier than fighting with his father-in-law. Tragedy strikes when Nellie dies in childbirth. Jerry and the meddling old man continue to live together and have constant battles over how to raise young Nellie, who grows up to look exactly like her mother.
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Cast of Little Nellie Kelly
  • Judy GarlandNellie Noonan Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly
  • George MurphyJerry Kelly
  • Charles WinningerMichael Noonan
  • Douglas McPhailDennis Fogarty
  • Arthur ShieldsTimothy Fogarty
  • Rita PageMary Fogarty
  • Forrester HarveyMoriarity
  • James BurkeSergeant McGowan
  • George WattsKeevan
  • Ernie AlexanderExpectant Father (uncredited)
  • Bill ArmstrongIreland Crony (uncredited)
  • Hooper AtchleyPolice Surgeon (uncredited)
  • Barbara BedfordMiss Wilson the Nurse with Baby (uncredited)
  • Margaret BertReception Nurse Miss Deane (uncredited)
  • Edward BibyParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Henry BlairDennis Fogarty as a Child (uncredited)
  • Sven Hugo BorgImmigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
  • Robert BradfordSinger in 'Nellie Kelly I Love You' (uncredited)
  • James CarlisleParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Larry CliffordIrish Crony in Pub (uncredited)
  • Earl CovertSinger in 'Nellie Kelly I Love You' (uncredited)
  • Joseph CrehanPolice Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
  • Vondell DarrGirl Dancing with Boy at Dance (uncredited)
  • Tom DillonFather Malone (uncredited)
  • George GuhlPostman (uncredited)
  • Charles HaltonSecond Judge (uncredited)
  • Hubert HeadSinger in 'Nellie Kelly I Love You' (uncredited)
  • Edward HearnSecond Court Clerk (uncredited)
  • George HoaglandParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Robert HomansDooley Pub Owner in Ireland (uncredited)
  • Shep HoughtonParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Bob IngersollIrish Crony in Pub (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett KeaneDr. Walton (uncredited)
  • Milton KibbeeFirst Court Clerk (uncredited)
  • Cathy LewisWestern Union Operator (uncredited)
  • Charles McAvoyPoliceman (uncredited)
  • George McKayBill a Workman at Fogarty's (uncredited)
  • Sidney MillerBoy at Dance (uncredited)
  • Howard M. MitchellDetective Boyd (uncredited)
  • Pat MoriarityWorkman at Fogarty's (uncredited)
  • Edmund MortimerGuest at Policeman's Ball (uncredited)
  • Norman NielsonSinger in 'Nellie Kelly I Love You' (uncredited)
  • Frank O'ConnorIrish Crony in Pub (uncredited)
  • Pat O'MalleyMounted Policeman (uncredited)
  • Lee PhelpsDetective Barter (uncredited)
  • John PowerIrish Crony in Pub (uncredited)
  • John RaittIntern (uncredited)
  • Bob ReevesParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Peggy RemingtonParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Addison RichardsNaturalization Judge (uncredited)
  • Cyril RingMan Bumped by Dennis (uncredited)
  • Mel RuickBandleader (uncredited)
  • Harry SemelsImmigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
  • Almira SessionsNellie's Nurse Miss Corrigan (uncredited)
  • Cap SomersParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Douglas SpencerPoliceman in Dance Line (uncredited)
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