Nancy Kelly

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
    Birthday
    25 March 1921
Fly-By-Night
Fly-By-Night
6.4
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics
5.6
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed
7.086
Betrayal from the East
Betrayal from the East
5.8
Jesse James
Jesse James
6.425
Tail Spin
Tail Spin
5.8
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
6
To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli
5.1
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone
6.3
Murder in the Music Hall
Murder in the Music Hall
4.6
Woman Who Came Back
Woman Who Came Back
5.5
Double Exposure
Double Exposure
5.5
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
6
Show Business
Show Business
5
Tornado
Tornado
5.5
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife
4.6
Convention Girl
Convention Girl
6
Parachute Battalion
Parachute Battalion
5.5
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
6.6
Gambler's Choice
Gambler's Choice
6
Sailor's Lady
Sailor's Lady
4
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard
0
Women in Bondage
Women in Bondage
5.7
Song of the Sarong
Song of the Sarong
5
Crowded Paradise
Crowded Paradise
0
Friendly Enemies
Friendly Enemies
5.8
Murder at the World Series
Murder at the World Series
7
Follow That Woman
Follow That Woman
6
A Very Young Lady
A Very Young Lady
1
Private Affairs
Private Affairs
0
The Storm
The Storm
0
Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girl
5.5
The Untamed Lady
The Untamed Lady
0
Mismates
Mismates
0
The Pig's Curly Tail
The Pig's Curly Tail
0
The Impostor
The Impostor
6
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
0
The Girl on the Barge
The Girl on the Barge
0