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Nancy Kelly

1921 - 1995

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Kelly is the 4,408th most popular actor (up from 5,199th in 2019), the 7,009th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,589th in 2019) and the 2,031st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Nancy Kelly ranks 4,408 out of 13,578. Before her are Charles Rigoulot, Reinhold Schünzel, Patricia Medina, Leslie Grossman, Jason Scott Lee, and Corey Johnson. After her are Andrew Scott, Charles Esten, Rosenda Monteros, Nancy Cartwright, Nur Fettahoğlu, and W. Earl Brown.

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Among people born in 1921, Nancy Kelly ranks 301. Before her are H. C. Artmann, Yuri Ozerov, Joann Lõssov, Kees de Jager, Jacques Martin, and Ely. After her are Piero Carini, Juan José Arreola, David Gale, Wu Xueqian, Nando González, and Henri Alleg. Among people deceased in 1995, Nancy Kelly ranks 220. Before her are Mira Lobe, Robert Bolt, Nicolás Lindley López, René Bader, Maurinho, and J. William Fulbright. After her are Julio Caro Baroja, Maksim Tank, Víctor Ugarte, Giorgio Bocchino, Albert W. Tucker, and Big John Studd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kelly ranks 7,011 out of 20,380. Before her are Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), J. William Fulbright (1905), Jim Dine (1935), Shel Silverstein (1930), Robert Trivers (1943), and Corey Johnson (1961). After her are Charles Esten (1965), Teddy Mayer (1935), Gloria Jones (1945), Nancy Cartwright (1957), Charles Austin (1967), and W. Earl Brown (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Nancy Kelly ranks 2,032. Before her are Alex Cord (1933), Art Metrano (1936), John Diehl (1950), Leslie Grossman (1971), Jason Scott Lee (1966), and Corey Johnson (1961). After her are Charles Esten (1965), Nancy Cartwright (1957), W. Earl Brown (1963), Ann Blyth (1928), Jack Coleman (1958), and Christopher Judge (1964).

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