- Acting films
- 18
- Acting avg
- 6.53
- Oscar noms
- 1
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Nancy by the numbers
Average
6.53
4 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
28y
1929 to 1956
Total votes
622
across every film
Best
7.1
The Bad Seed
Worst
6.1
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 |  The Bad Seed | Christine Penmark | 7.1 | 276 |
| 1945 | Woman Who Came Back | Lorna Webster | · | 11 |
| 1945 |  Betrayal from the East | Peggy Harrison | · | 5 |
| 1944 |  Double Exposure | Pat Marvin | · | 5 |
| 1944 |  Show Business | Nancy Gaye | · | 5 |
| 1943 |  Tarzan's Desert Mystery | Connie Bryce | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1942 |  Friendly Enemies | June Block | · | 7 |
| 1942 |  To the Shores of Tripoli | Helene Hunt | · | 17 |
| 1942 |  Fly By Night | Pat Lindsay | · | 6 |
| 1941 |  Parachute Battalion | Kit Richards | · | 7 |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Cynthia Merrick | · | 23 |
| 1940 |  He Married His Wife | Valerie | · | 9 |
| 1939 |  Stanley and Livingstone | Eve Kingsley | · | 24 |
| 1939 |  Frontier Marshal | Sarah Allen | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1939 |  Tail Spin | Lois Allen | · | 7 |
| 1939 |  Jesse James | Zerelda "Zee" Cobb | 6.6 | 115 |
| 1938 |  Submarine Patrol | Susan Leeds | · | 7 |
| 1929 |  Glorifying the American Girl | Child (uncredited) | · | 17 |
Better together?
Nancy Kelly's regulars
- Randolph ScottCo-star · 3 films · 6.45 avg●+0.03
- Otto KrugerCo-star · 3 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.40
- Roy Del RuthDirector and actor · 2 films
- William BerkeDirector and actor · 2 films
- Henry KingDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▲+0.11
- Allan DwanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.10
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Randolph Scott and Nancy Kelly movies · Nancy Kelly and Otto Kruger movies · Roy Del Ruth and Nancy Kelly movies · William Berke and Nancy Kelly movies
Takes
On Nancy Kelly
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1957Nancy Kelly