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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 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.
Biography
Of Irish descent, Kelly was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, into a theatrical family. Her mother was silent film actress Nan Kelly, who coached her and managed her career. As a child actress, Kelly appeared in 52 films made on the East Coast by the age of 17. Her younger brother was actor Jack Kelly, most noted for playing the role of Bart Maverick, one of the two leads, alongside James Garner or Roger Moore from 1957 to 1962 in the ABC television series Maverick. Nancy Kelly and Jack Kelly bore an obvious family resemblance to each other but never worked together in film or television.
As a child model, her image had appeared in so many different advertisements by the time she was nine years old that Film Daily commented, "Nancy has been referred to as 'the most photographed child in America,' largely because of her commercial posing."
Kelly worked extensively in radio in her adolescent years. She played Dorothy Gale in a 1933–34 radio show, The Wizard of Oz, based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Kelly was the first ingenue on CBS Radio's The March of Time series, with a vocal versatility that made it possible for her to portray male parts as well as female. She also portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt.
As an adult, she was a leading lady in 27 movies in the 1930s and '40s, including director John Ford's Submarine Patrol, the comedy He Married His Wife with Joel McCrea, Frontier Marshal with Randolph Scott as Wyatt Earp, and Tarzan's Desert Mystery with Johnny Weissmuller. Kelly was subsequently a two-time winner of the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre as well as a Tony Award winner for her performance in The Bad Seed which she followed up by starring in the 1956 film version, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also starred on television, including leading roles in "The Storm" (1961) episode of Thriller and "The Lonely Hours" (1963) episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. In 1957 she was nominated at the 9th Primetime Emmy Awards for an Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actress for the episode "The Pilot" in Studio One.
Kelly was a Republican who supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.
Marriages[edit]
Kelly was married to actor Edmond O'Brien briefly from 1941–1942, and then to Fred Jackman, Jr., son of silent Hollywood cameraman and director Fred Jackman, from 1946 to 1950. She was married to theater director Warren Caro from 1955 to 1968. She and Caro had a daughter, Kelly Caro, in 1957.
Death
Kelly died at her Bel Air, California, home on January 2, 1995, from complications of diabetes at the age of 73. She was survived by a daughter and three granddaughters. She was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Walk of Fame
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. She was inducted on February 8, 1960.


Nancy Kay (Cartwright) Kelly was born on March 20, 1956 in California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Kay (Cartwright) Kelly.

Nancy Ann (Sheehi) Kelly was born on December 7, 1952 to Samuel A Sheehi and Dolores Elizabeth Sheehi, and has siblings Donna Marie Smith and David Joseph Sheehi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Ann Kelly.

Nancy P Kelly of Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX was born on July 25, 1920, and died at age 84 years old on March 24, 2005. Nancy Kelly was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
Section 12 Site 713 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.

Nancy C Kelly of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on December 8, 1906, and died at age 91 years old on May 26, 1998. Nancy Kelly was buried at Calverton National Cemetery
Section 2 Site 1915 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

Nancy B.ernadette (Kelly) Krauss was born in Jul to James P. Kelly and Mary Frances Kelly, and has siblings Paul J. Kelly, James P. Kelly, Peter G. Kelly, Timothy M. Kelly, Mary F. Kelly, Theresa A. Kelly, and Thomas E. Kelly. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy B. Krauss.


Nancy Maureen (Roseingrave) Kelly was born in 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Maureen (Roseingrave) Kelly.

Nancy M (R) Kelly of Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, FL was born on February 28, 1923, and died at age 82 years old on April 13, 2005. Nancy Kelly was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery
Section A-11 Row D Site 22 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola.

Nancy Jane Kelly was born on March 31, 1831, and died at age 66 years old on November 18, 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Jane Kelly.

Nancy A Kelly was born on February 23, 1937, and died at age 71 years old on February 27, 2008. Nancy Kelly was buried at Calverton National Cemetery
Section 66 Site 1284 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy A Kelly.

Nancy T Kelly was born on December 17, 1949, and died at age 40 years old on December 20, 1989. Nancy Kelly was buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery
Section A E7 Row 5 Site 1 11301 Crain Highway, in Cheltenham, Md. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy T Kelly.


Nancy Rebecca (Kelly) Palmer was born on October 3, 1861. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Rebecca (Kelly) Palmer.

Nancy D Kelly was born on April 1, 1895, and died at age 99 years old on February 24, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy D Kelly.

Nancy J Kelly was born on February 5, 1933, and died at age 62 years old on March 21, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy J Kelly.

Nancy A Kelly of Quakertown, Bucks County, PA was born on May 23, 1933, and died at age 73 years old on January 27, 2007.

Nancy L Kelly of Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA was born on September 27, 1909, and died at age 85 years old on July 19, 1995.

Nancy L Kelly of Rocklin, Placer County, CA was born on March 30, 1953, and died at age 51 years old on July 11, 2004.

Nancy Elizabeth Kelly of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California was born on February 7, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on October 12, 2010.

Nancy Kelly was born on November 24, 1928, and died at age 37 years old in September 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Kelly.

Nancy Kelly of Eureka, Humboldt County, CA was born on October 25, 1957, and died at age 42 years old on June 22, 2000.

Nancy M Kelly was born on November 19, 1940, and died at age 64 years old on January 15, 2005. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy M Kelly.

Nancy Kelly of Reseda, Los Angeles County, California was born on April 2, 1947, and died at age 24 years old in September 1971.

Nancy Kelly of Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida was born on July 3, 1912, and died at age 68 years old in October 1980.

Nancy M Kelly of San Anselmo, Marin County, CA was born on January 28, 1963, and died at age 35 years old on April 2, 1998.

Nancy H Kelly of Nashville, Davidson County, TN was born on June 4, 1926, and died at age 83 years old on February 1, 2010.

Nancy I Kelly of Tustin, Orange County, CA was born on November 12, 1943, and died at age 54 years old on January 26, 1998.

Nancy J Kelly of Missouri was born on December 24, 1955, and died at age 55 years old on March 25, 2011.
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