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Nancy Kelly
Actor
Born March 25, 1921Died January 2, 1995 (73 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 1977 | Murder at the World Series · as Alice Dakso |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as J.a. Williams / Vera Brandon |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Janet Willsom |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Martha Dolon |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Fran Steppe |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Barbara Millet |
| 1956 | The Bad Seed · as Christine Penmark |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Dora |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Irene Marshall |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Dorothy |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Clare |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1946 | Murder in the Music Hall · as Rita Morgan |
| 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) |
| 1926 |