Nancy Kelly
Known For
Acting
Born
1921-03-25 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1995-01-02
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.
Most Known For
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as J.A. Williams / Vera Brandon
Studio One
Studio One
as Sister Mary Aquinas
Studio One
as Helen
Studio One
as Dorothea
Climax!
as Irene Marshall
The Oscars
as Self
Thriller
as Janet Willsom
The Philco Television Playhouse
Medical Center
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Sam Benedict
Suspense
Lux Video Theatre
as Clare
Lux Video Theatre
as Sheila
Bronk
Show Business
as Nancy Gaye
Convention Girl
as Betty, Singer-Call Girl
The Bad Seed
as Christine Penmark
Jesse James
as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb