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. 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), which also featured Henry Fonda, 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. More about Nancy Kelly
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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 leads (alongside James Garner, Roger Moore or Robert Colbert) in the ABC television series Maverick (1957-1962). The Kelly siblings, who resembled each other, are not currently known to have worked together in film or television.The most expensive item with a signature of Nancy Kelly (Nancy Kelly D.1995 Actress The Bad Seed Signed 3 x 5 Index Card) was sold in June 2022 for $99.00 while the cheapest item (NANCY KELLY THE BAD SEED VINTAGE SIGNED ALBUM PAGE d. 1995) found a new owner for $0.95 in February 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2020 with an average selling price of $30.00 for an autographed item of Nancy Kelly. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2022 with $99.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.95 was February 2019. In average, an autographed item from Nancy Kelly is worth $15.00.
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Actress NANCY KELLY Signed Album Page 1956 | $34.99 | ||
Early NANCY KELLY Hand Signed Autographed 8 X 10 PHOTO | $15.00 | ||
Nancy Kelly - Vintage Signed 8x10 Photo - Autograph | $45.00 | ||
NANCY KELLY 1940 Orig AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED Card ACTRESS BAD SEED MOVIE FILM STAR | $9.00 | ||
Nancy Kelly D.1995 Actress The Bad Seed Signed 3 x 5 Index Card | $99.00 | ||
Nancy Kelly signed autographed album page! AMCo! 13028 | $29.00 | ||
Nancy Kelly signed autographed index card! RARE! JSA Authenticated! | $29.00 | ||
NANCY KELLY signed original movie photo 1943 TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY | $24.95 | ||
Richard Cromwell & Nancy Kelly Signed Autographed Album Page Jezebel | $39.99 | ||
VINTAGE: TY POWERS JESSIE JAMES C0-STAR- ACTRESS: NANCY KELLY SIGNED PHOTO | $19.99 |