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Nancy Kelly was an American actress. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's The March of Time and became a movie leading lady in the late 1930s, while still in her teens. She made 36 movies between 1926 and 1977, including portraying Tyrone Power's love interest in the classic Jesse James (1939), which also featured Henry Fonda, and playing opposite Spencer Tracy in Stanley and Livingstone later that same year. She had her greatest success in a character role, the distraught mother in The Bad Seed, receiving a Tony Award for the 1955 stage production and an Oscar nomination for the 1956 film adaptation.
Born
Friday, 25 March 1921
Died
Monday, 02 January 1995
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1996 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Murder at the World Series | Alice Dakso | 1977 |
Bronk | Enid Howard | 1975 |
Medical Center | Kate | 1969 |
Girl Talk | Self | 1963 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. J. A. Williams / Vera Brandon | 1962 |
Sam Benedict | Sarah Wallace Sykes | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress / Self - Actress | 1961 |
Thriller | Janet Willsom | 1960 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1996 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Murder at the World Series | Alice Dakso | 1977 |
Bronk | Enid Howard | 1975 |
Medical Center | Kate | 1969 |
Girl Talk | Self | 1963 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. J. A. Williams / Vera Brandon | 1962 |
Sam Benedict | Sarah Wallace Sykes | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress / Self - Actress | 1961 |
Thriller | Janet Willsom | 1960 |
Alcoa Theatre | Martha Dolon | 1957 |
Suspicion | Fran Steppe | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Barbara Millet | 1956 |
The Bad Seed | Christine Penmark | 1956 |
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Dora | 1956 |
Crowded Paradise | Louise Heath | 1956 |
Climax! | Irene Marshall | 1954 |
Wonderful Town, U.S.A. | Self | 1951 |
The Bigelow Theatre | Dorothy | 1950 |
Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | Sheila / Clare | 1950 |
Starlight Theatre | Anne Merrill | 1950 |
The Silver Theatre | Dorothy | 1949 |
Leave It to the Girls | Self | 1949 |
Studio One | Sister Mary Aquinas / Helen / Dorothea | 1948 |
The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Adele Douglas | 1948 |
Murder in the Music Hall | Mrs. Rita Morgan / Rita Morgan | 1946 |
Follow That Woman | Nancy Boone | 1945 |
Woman Who Came Back | Lorna Webster | 1945 |
Betrayal from the East | Peggy Harrison | 1945 |
Song of the Sarong | Sharon | 1945 |
Double Exposure | Pat Marvin | 1944 |
Show Business | Nancy Gaye | 1944 |
Gambler's Choice | Vi Parker / Mary Hayes | 1944 |
Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Connie Bryce | 1943 |
Women in Bondage | Toni Hall | 1943 |
Tornado | Victory Kane | 1943 |
To the Shores of Tripoli | Helene Hunt | 1942 |
Friendly Enemies | June Block | 1942 |
Fly-By-Night | Pat Lindsey / Pat Lindsay | 1942 |
Parachute Battalion | Kit Richards | 1941 |
A Very Young Lady | Alice Carter | 1941 |
One Night in the Tropics | Cynthia Merrick | 1940 |
Sailor's Lady | Sally Gilroy | 1940 |
He Married His Wife | Valerie | 1940 |
Stanley and Livingstone | Eve Kingsley | 1939 |
Frontier Marshal | Sarah Allen | 1939 |
Tail Spin | Lois Allen | 1939 |
Jesse James | Zerelda - aka Zee / Zerelda "Zee" Cobb | 1939 |
Submarine Patrol | Susan Leeds | 1938 |
Convention Girl | Betty / Betty, Singer-Call Girl | 1935 |
Glorifying the American Girl | Child | 1929 |
The Girl on the Barge | Superior McCadden | 1929 |
The Great Gatsby | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1926 |
Mismates | Jimsy | 1926 |
The Untamed Lady | 1926 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1957 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1957 | Emmy | Best Single Performance by an Actress | Nominated |