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Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) ... she returned to the stage as an understudy to Patsy Kelly in the Broadway revival of No No Nanette, ...
Actress. Years active. 1927–1979. Patsy Kelly (born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly; January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of short comedy films produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s. Kelly's career continued in similar roles after Todd ...
Ruth Donnelly (1896-1982) Ruth Donnelly. Feisty, ebullient character comedienne who, for three decades, enlivened Hollywood films with her drollery and quick-fire repartee. The daughter of a newspaper editor and music critic, Ruth made her stage debut in the chorus of the touring production 'The Quaker Girl' in 1913.
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Jan 12, 2017 · Now, Patsy Kelly was a native New Yorker and Vaudeville hoofer. She was so good at tap dancing, in fact, that by age 13 she was teaching it. Her good friend (and future fellow Warner Bros. alum ...
Ruth Donnelly. Actress: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Feisty, ebullient character comedienne who, for three decades, enlivened Hollywood films with her drollery and quick-fire repartee. The daughter of a newspaper editor and music critic, Ruth made her stage debut in the chorus of the touring production 'The Quaker Girl' in 1913. Four years later, she had made it to Broadway, playing a ...
- May 17, 1896
- November 17, 1982
Jan 15, 2020 · The movies never had a better wiseacre than Patsy Kelly. If ever I had been able to tell her how entrancing I found her, she’d probably have socked me in the kisser. Always on the level, Brooklyn’s own Kelly was an unparalleled comic sidekick whose Hollywood heyday was in the early sound era of the ’30s, when the studios were smart enough to know comedy was well served in small doses.
Patsy Kelly: The Queen of Wisecracks. Sarah Veronica Kelly (aka “Patsy”) was born in New York to Delia and John Kelly in 1910 – but she should have been born in Mayo like her older sisters, Bridget, Mary and Annie. The fact that she was born in New York, a year after her brother John W. “Willie”, is part of her interesting story.
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