Nancy Kelly

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.
. 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 died in Woodland Hills, California from Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the sister of actor Jack Kelly. She was the sister of actress Violet La Plante. Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 - January 2, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in only a handful of films with the advent of talking pictures, and retired in 1957.

During the 1920s she appeared in more than sixty films, and achieved her greatest success in the 1929 film Show Boat. Louis, Missouri, La Plante made her acting debut at the age of 15, and in 1923 was named as one of the years WAMPAS Baby Stars. Born Laura La Plant in St. Laura La Plante (November 1, 1904 - October 14, 1996) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success in silent movies.