Nancy Kelly was an American actress in film, theater and television.
13 Facts About Nancy Kelly
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Nancy Kelly 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, which featured Henry Fonda, and playing opposite Spencer Tracy in Stanley and Livingstone later that same year.
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Nancy Kelly returned to television for a handful of appearances in the mid-1970s.
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Nancy Kelly's mother was silent film actress Nan Kelly, who coached her and managed her career.
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Nancy Kelly was educated at Bentley School for Girls, Immaculate Conception Academy, and Saint Lawrence Academy.
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Nancy Kelly starred in the 1949 Broadway play The Big Knife by Clifford Odets.
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Nancy Kelly was a two-time winner of the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatrical productions as well as a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 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.
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Nancy Kelly starred on television, including leading roles in "The Storm" episode of Thriller and "The Lonely Hours" episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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Nancy Kelly was a Republican who supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.
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Nancy Kelly was married to theater director Warren Caro from 1955 to 1968.
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Nancy Kelly died at her Bel Air, California, home on January 2,1995, from complications of diabetes at the age of 73.
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Nancy Kelly was survived by a daughter and three granddaughters.
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Nancy Kelly was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.