NANCY KELLY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 80917

NANCY KELLY
Still from her 1939 film, Jesse James.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Herb/Sincerely/Nancy Kelly". B/w, 8x10. Still from the 1939 Western, Jesse James, which starred Kelly as Zerelda "Zee" Cobb, who became Zerelda "Zee" James, and Tyrone Power (pictured) in the title role. Captioned at lower margin: "A scene from the 20th Century-Fox production.../'Jesse James'". Stamped dates of "Jan 10 1939" and "Jan 28 1939" on verso, which has identifying pencil notes (unknown hand). In 1939, Kelly was also seen on the big screen in Tail Spin, Frontier Marshal and Stanley and Livingstone. Stage, screen and television actress Nancy Kelly (1921-1995) won the 1955 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for The Bad Seed, for which she received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination in 1957 for reprising her role of Christine Penmark in the 1956 film version. In 1957, Kelly was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actress for "The Pilot", an episode of the acclaimed anthology series, Studio One. Kelly, who made her film debut in 1926 (The Untamed Lady), would go on to appear in feature films through 1956 before concentrating primarily on television roles. Her other film credits include The Great Gatsby (1926), Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943), Double Exposure (1944) and Crowded Paradise (1956). After making her television debut in an episode of The Silver Theater (1950), Kelly was seen in a number of early anthology series, and she made guest appearances on several series, including Thriller (1962), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963), Medical Center (1974) and Bronk (1975), and appeared in two made-for-TV movies. Kelly was married to her first husband, actor Edmond O'Brien, from 1941-1942. She then married Fred Jackman, Jr. (1946-1950) and Warren Caro (1955-1968), dying the day after Caro (with whom she had a daughter) died. Stray ink mark at the "b" in Herb. Lightly creased and soiled at blank margins and corners, soiled on verso. Surface creased, touching writing and facial images. Overall, fair condition.