Claire Kelly
Biography
Claire Kelly was an American actress and model who studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. She began as a model in Miami, and her face appeared on the cover of McCall's a number of times during the 1950s; Picture Week put her on its cover in 1956, and she was a 1958 Deb Star. She then took film roles in Snowfire (1958), The Badlanders (1958) and Party Girl (1958). The Badlanders was a Western reworking of The Asphalt Jungle, and in it she played the part Marilyn Monroe had made famous in the original. In 1959 publicity billed her as the most exciting screen discovery since Rita Hayworth. Later credits included Ask Any Girl (1959) and A Guide for the Married Man (1967), and between 1964 and 1965 she had guest roles in several episodes of the television show Burke's Law. She died in 1998.
64years old at death
- Born San Francisco
- Died Palm Springs
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 14 years1958 to 1972
Every film, newest first
- 1972Straight On Till MorningIMDb rating 5.7
- 1969What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?IMDb rating 6.8
- 1967A Guide for the Married ManIMDb rating 6.6
- 1958Party GirlIMDb rating 7.0
- 1958The BadlandersIMDb rating 6.4
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A change of course
Kelly began as a model in Miami and kept modeling through the 1950s, appearing several times on the cover of McCall's.
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Worked with
Claire Kelly shares two films with Kent Smith, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Bernard GirardDirector, 1 film, 1969
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