--- name: "Patsy Kelly" canonical: "https://film.one/person/patsy-kelly" fi1m_id: "patsy-kelly" imdb_id: "nm0446763" tmdb_id: 12025 wikidata_id: "Q454861" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 January 1910" died: "24 September 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:40:10.661121+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Patsy Kelly ## Identity Patsy Kelly - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patsy-kelly - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** patsy-kelly - **IMDb ID:** nm0446763 - **TMDB ID:** 12025 - **Wikidata ID:** Q454861 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12025 Actor. Born 12 January 1910 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 September 1981. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 January 1910, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 24 September 1981 - **Also known as:** Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12025 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Rosemary's Baby*](https://film.one/film/rosemarys-baby.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Patsy Kelly (born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly) was an American actress. She began performing in vaudeville at the age of twelve and appeared in several Broadway productions in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Kelly is best known for her work in a series of comedy short films produced by Hal Roach, in which she was paired with Thelma Todd. Her later film roles included Laura-Louise in *Rosemary's Baby* (1968) and Mrs Schmauss in *Freaky Friday* (1976). She also appeared in television series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*, *The Dick Van Dyke Show* and *The Love Boat*. In 1971 she returned to Broadway in the revival of *No, No, Nanette*, winning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), Fi1m 92, as Laura-Louise — [page](https://film.one/film/rosemarys-baby.md) ## Complete filmography (81) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The North Avenue Irregulars* (1979), as Rose - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mabel Higgins - *Freaky Friday* (1976), as Mrs Schmauss - *The Cop and the Kid* (1975), series, as Brigid Murphy - *The Phynx* (1970), as Patsy Kelly - *The Pigeon* (1969), as Mrs. Macready - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Mrs. Hennesey - *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), as Laura-Louise — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/rosemarys-baby.md) - *C'mon, Let's Live a Little* (1967), as Mrs. Fitts - *The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini* (1966), as Myrtle Forbush - *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor - *The Naked Kiss* (1964), as Mac, Head Nurse, Mac - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Agatha Beauregard, Big Mouth Annie - *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, Actor - *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Miss Primrose - *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, as Third Juror - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *The Crowded Sky* (1960), as Gertrude Ross - *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1960), as Maggie - *Laramie* (1959), series, Actor - *26 Men* (1957), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Minnie Redwing - *Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful* (1947), Actor - *Danger! Women at Work* (1943), as Terry Olsen - *Ladies' Day* (1943), as Hazel Jones - *My Son, The Hero* (1943), as Gerty Rosenthal - *In Old California* (1942), as Helga - *Sing Your Worries Away* (1942), as Bebe McGuire - *Playmates* (1941), as Lulu Monahan - *Broadway Limited* (1941), as Patsy Riley - *Topper Returns* (1941), as Emily, the Maid - *Road Show* (1941), as Jinx - *Hit Parade of 1941* (1940), as Judy Abbott - *The Gorilla* (1939), as Kitty - *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), as Katie Callahan - *There Goes My Heart* (1938), as Peggy O'Brien - *Merrily We Live* (1938), as Etta - *Wake Up and Live* (1937), as Patsy Kane - *Ever Since Eve* (1937), as Sadie Day - *Pick a Star* (1937), as Nellie Moore - *Nobody's Baby* (1937), as Kitty Reilly - *Pigskin Parade* (1936), as Bessie Winters - *Sing, Baby, Sing* (1936), as Fitz - *Kelly the Second* (1936), as Molly Patricia Kelly - *Private Number* (1936), as Gracie - *Hill-Tillies* (1936), as Patsy - *At Sea Ashore* (1936), as Patsy Kelly - *Pan Handlers* (1936), Actor - *An All American Toothache* (1936), as Patricia Veronica Kelly - *Top Flat* (1935), as Patsy Kelly - *Hot Money* (1935), as Miss Patsy Kelly - *Thanks a Million* (1935), as Phoebe Mason - *Twin Triplets* (1935), as Patsy - *Page Miss Glory* (1935), as Betty - *Slightly Static* (1935), as Patsy - *Every Night at Eight* (1935), as Daphne O'Connor - *Go Into Your Dance* (1935), as Irma 'Toledo' Knight - *The Misses Stooge* (1935), as Patsy Kelly - *The Tin Man* (1935), as Patsy Kelly - *Sing Sister Sing* (1935), as Patsy - *Their Night Out - Screen Test* (1935), as Mrs. Hardy - *Treasure Blues* (1935), as Patsy - *Bum Voyage* (1934), as Patsy - *Done in Oil* (1934), as Patsy Kelly aka Fifi aka Magnolia - *Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round* (1934), as Patsy Clarke - *Opened by Mistake* (1934), as Patsy - *The Party's Over* (1934), as Mabel - *The Girl from Missouri* (1934), as Kitty Lennihan - *One-Horse Farmers* (1934), as Patsy - *Three Chumps Ahead* (1934), as Patricia 'Patsy' Kelly - *I'll Be Suing You* (1934), as Miss Kelly - *Maid in Hollywood* (1934), as Patsy - *Roamin' Vandals* (1934), as Patsy Kelly - *Soup and Fish* (1934), as Miss Patsy Kelly - *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1934), as Mimi - *Babes in the Goods* (1934), as Patsy Kelly - *Air Fright* (1933), as Patsy - *Going Hollywood* (1933), as Jill - *Backs to Nature* (1933), as Patsy - *Beauty and the Bus* (1933), as Patsy - *The Grand Dame* (1931), as Peggy O'Rourke ## Gallery - ![Patsy Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-458dbbf89f33.jpg) Patsy Kelly — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Patsy_Kelly_MGM_Photo_1930.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Patsy Kelly in the American film Broadway Limited (1941) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-cf06e6c6fa9a.jpg) Patsy Kelly in the American film Broadway Limited (1941) - cropped screenshot — film screenshot (Hal Roach Prod.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Patsy_Kelly_in_Broadway_Limited_%281941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cropped screenshot of Patsy Kelly from the film Topper Returns (1941).](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-651fdafe8ac6.jpg) Cropped screenshot of Patsy Kelly from the film Topper Returns (1941). — Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Patsy_Kelly_in_Topper_Returns_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity still for In Old California 1942 western movie. Edgar Kennedy and Patsy Kelly.](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-bba933e6abdf.jpg) Publicity still for In Old California 1942 western movie. Edgar Kennedy and Patsy Kelly. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/In_old_California_1942_movie_publicity_still.jpg/1280px-In_old_California_1942_movie_publicity_still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Patsy Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-4c02be4dbe6c.jpg) Patsy Kelly — Image via TMDB - ![Kelly and Todd in Beauty and the Bus (1933) (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/3914476/gallery-d6cc739ae4c2.jpg) Kelly and Todd in Beauty and the Bus (1933) (2021) — Jasonp13081, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Beauty_and_the_Bus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - 25th Tony Awards 1971: 25th Tony Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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