Photo: unknown (The Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Paula Kelly is the sort of total stage artist I instantly admired. Born in Jacksonville in 1943 and trained at New York's storied LaGuardia High School, she made her Broadway debut in 1964's Something More! and worked as actress, dancer, singer and choreographer across film, television and theatre. Performers who can act, sing and move all at once can transform a room, and that kind of full-spectrum craft feels increasingly rare in an age of specialists. She passed in 2020, but I keep wishing I could have seen that lightness live. To me she represents an entire vanishing tradition of all-around showmanship worth honoring.
Overview
Paula Alma Kelly (October 21, 1942 – February 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer in films, television and theatre. Kelly's career began during the mid–1960s in theatre, making her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in the 1964 musical Something More!, alongside Barbara Cook.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paula Kelly
- Name (Japanese)
- ポーラ・ケリー
- Reading
- ぽーら・けりー
- Born
- October 21, 1943 – February 8, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Goat
- Origin
- Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / dancer / stage actor / television actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Dancer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.