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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Patsy Kelly''' ([[1910]] [[January 12]] - [[1981]] [[September 24]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] film comedian and Broadway star. She was born '''Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly''' in [[Brooklyn, New York]] to Irish immigrants. She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in 1928. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
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In 1930 and 1931, she performed for producer [[Earl Carroll]] in his popular ''Sketches'' and ''Vanities'' musicals before going west to make films in [[Hollywood]]. There producer [[Hal Roach]] teamed her with [[Thelma Todd]] in a series of 1930s comedies, replacing [[ZaSu Pitts]], who left over money issues. From 1931 to 1947 she was featured in over fifty film roles.<br />
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She admitted to author [[Boze Hadleigh]] in his book ''Hollywood Lesbians'' (1996), which was published after the deaths of all the interviewees, that she was a [[lesbian]]. She had a long tempestuous relationship with [[bisexual]] actress [[Tallulah Bankhead]]. She later toured with Bankhead in the play, ''Dear Charles''. <br />
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On television she appeared on classic shows like ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' and ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''. Patsy also made a memorable appearance as "Laura-Louise" in the film thriller ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968), directed by [[Roman Polanski]], alongside veteran actors [[Sidney Blackmer]], [[Ruth Gordon]], and [[Maurice Evans]]. She returned to Broadway in 1971 in the revival of ''[[No, No, Nanette]]'' with fellow [[Irish Catholic]] hoofers [[Ruby Keeler]] and [[Helen Gallagher]]. As costar, Patsy scored a huge success as the wise-cracking, tap-dancing maid and won Broadway's 1971 [[Tony Award]] as Best Supporting or Featured Actress for her performance in the show. She topped that success the following year when she starred in ''[[Irene (musical)|Irene]]'' with Debbie Reynolds, and was again nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. <br />
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Kelly appeared as the housekeeper Mrs. Schmauss in the 1976 film ''[[Freaky Friday]]'' which starred [[Jodie Foster]] and [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]].<br />
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She died in 1981 at the age of 71 in [[Woodland Hills, California]] of [[cancer]].<br />
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| before=[[Melba Moore]]<br>for ''[[Purlie]]''<br />
| after=[[Linda Hopkins]]<br>for ''[[Inner City]]''<br />
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