Julie Aileen Kelly (1 November 1913 – 22 October 1991), known professionally as Judy Kelly, was an Australian-born British actress.[1] She arrived in Britain in 1932 after winning a competition organised by the Australian British Empire Films, which included 3 months tuition at the British International Studios at Elstree.[2] She appeared in a number of films for British International Pictures during the 1930s. She was sometimes cast as a love interest for the comedian Leslie Fuller, and also appeared alongside the musical stars Gene Gerrard and Stanley Lupino.
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Born | Julie Aileen Kelly 1 November 1913 |
Died | 22 October 1991 (aged 77) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1928–54 |
She appeared in the 1941 stage musical Lady Behave. Other wartime stage roles include Vernon Sylvaine's Women Aren't Angels and Warn That Man.
Her final film was a supporting role in the comedy Warning to Wantons in 1949.[3]
Partial filmography
edit- Adam's Apple (1928) - Vamp
- Money Talks (1932) - His Daughter Rosie
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) - Lady Rochford (uncredited)
- Crime on the Hill (1933) - Alice Green
- Mannequin (1933) - Heather Trent
- The Love Nest (1933) - Girl
- Their Night Out (1933) - Betty Oliphant
- L'argent par les fenêtres (1933)
- Hawley's of High Street (1933) - Millie Hawley
- The Black Abbot (1934) - Sylvia Hillcrist
- The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) - Guest at Hunting Lodge (uncredited)
- The Four Masked Men (1934) - Patricia Brent
- Tiger Bay (1934) - Bar Girl
- The Luck of a Sailor (1934) - Lillie (uncredited)
- Anything Might Happen (1934) - Kit Dundas
- Royal Cavalcade (1935) - Girl
- Drake the Pirate (1935) - Donavera (uncredited)
- Captain Bill (1935) - Polly
- Things Are Looking Up (1935) - Opal
- Marry the Girl (1935) - Jane Elliott
- It's a Bet (1935) - Anne
- Charing Cross Road (1935) - Vera
- Under Proof (1936) - Corone
- The First Offence (1936) - Girl in Garage
- A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) - Flora
- The Limping Man (1936) - Olga Hoyt
- Aren't Men Beasts! (1937) - Yvette Bingham
- The Price of Folly (1937) - Frances
- Make-Up (1937) - Marien Hutton
- Over She Goes (1937) - Alice Mayhill
- The Last Chance (1937) - Mary Perrin
- Boys Will Be Girls (1937) - Thelma
- Jane Steps Out (1938) - Margot Kent
- Queer Cargo (1938) - Ann Warren
- Luck of the Navy (1938) - Cynthia Maybridge
- Premiere (1938) - Carmen Daviot
- At the Villa Rose (1940) - Celia Harland
- The Midas Touch (1940) - Lydia Brenton
- Dead Man's Shoes (1940) - Michelle Allain
- George and Margaret (1940) - Frankie
- Tomorrow We Live (1943) - Germaine Bertan
- Saloon Bar (1940) - Girl (uncredited)
- The Butler's Dilemma (1943) - Ann Carrington
- It Happened One Sunday (1944) - Violet
- Dead of Night (1945) - Joyce Grainger (segment "Linking Story") / (segment "The Hearse Driver")
- Dancing with Crime (1947) - Toni Masters
- Warning to Wantons (1949) - Mimi de Vaillant
References
edit- ^ "Judy Kelly". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ British Pathé. "Elstree ... Here I Come! Aka Elstree ... Here I Am!". britishpathe.com.
- ^ "A Warning to Wantons (1949) - Donald B. Wilson - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links
edit- Judy Kelly at IMDb