Miriam Hopkins

Hopkins died in New York, New York from a heart attack. She never had a particularly successful adult career, although she did win a Tony Award for her performance in The Bad Seed, which she followed up by starring in the film version and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures at 1701 Vine Street, and one for television at 1708 Vine Street. Nancy was a child star, who had made so many movies by the time she was nine years old, that Film Daily called her "the most photographed child in America due to commercial posing.". She was one of the actresses auditioned to portray Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the sister of actor Jack Kelly. The studios made up a rivalry between Hopkins and Bette Davis, making the climactic confrontation scene in Old Acquaintance eagerly anticipated by audiences. Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 - January 2, 1995) was an American actress.

Hyde, Trouble in Paradise, The Story of Temple Drake, Becky Sharp (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), Barbary Coast, These Three, The Old Maid and Old Acquaintance. Jekyll and Mr. During the rest of the 1930s she appeared in such films as The Smiling Lieutenant, Dr. In 1930 she signed with Paramount Studios, and made her film debut in Fast and Loose.