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Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress in film, theater, and television. 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.
Nancy Kelly. Actress: The Bad Seed. Coached by her show-business mother, a former actress, brunette Nancy Kelly started her career as a one-year-old model for James Montgomery Flagg. While receiving her education at the Bentley School for Girls she also trained as an actress.
Nancy Kelly was an American stage and film actress best known for her role in the stage production and film adaptation of ‘The Bad Seed.’ Her portrayal of a suicidal mother in the play earned her prestigious awards while the reprisal of the same role in the film version gave her an Academy Award nomination.
Jan 14, 1995 · Nancy Kelly, an award-winning stage actress who also appeared in scores of films, died on Jan. 2 at her home in Bel Air, Calif. She was 73. The cause was diabetes-related illness, her family...
Jan 16, 1995 · Nancy Kelly, an actress best remembered for her award-winning role as the suicidal mother in “The Bad Seed,” has died in her Bel-Air home. She was 73. Miss Kelly, who had suffered from...
Jan 2, 1995 · Nancy Kelly (1921-1995) was a versatile actress who starred in films, stage and TV. She is best known for her role as the distraught mother in The Bad Seed, for which she won a Tony Award and received an Oscar nomination.
Child actress of the stage and several features of the 1920s and 30s who, after playing in Broadway's "Susan and God" (1937), began her film career in earnest. Pretty without being beautiful, with brunette hair and full lips, Kelly was signed by 20th Century-Fox and played opposite Richard...
