Renee Kelly (4 June 1888 – 28 August 1965) was an English stage and film actress. Kelly was born in London but her family moved to New York during her childhood. She won awards for elocution at

Erasmus Hall High School Erasmus Hall High School was a four-year public high school located at 899–925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brookly ...

in Brooklyn. When Kelly was 24, she stepped into a role at

Wyndham's Theatre Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c. 1898 by W. G. R. Sprague, the arch ...

after an actress became sick, and Kelly "received rave notices". Her credits on Broadway include ''The Garden of Paradise'' (1914), ''Don't Weaken'' (1914), ''June Madness'' (1912), ''Peggy'' (1911), '' The Learned Ladies'' (1911), ''

The Lady from the Sea ''The Lady from the Sea'' () is a Play (theatre), play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad ''Agnete og Havmanden''. The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's late ...

'' (1911), and ''Modern Marriage'' (1911). In the 1910s, Kelly portrayed Judy Abbott in a touring production of ''Daddy Longlegs''. The production set house records at theaters in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Seattle and St. Louis. Kelly later lived in Mid Sussex and opened a China and Glass shop in South Road, Haywards Heath. She called it "Judy Abbott" after the role she played in the production of Daddy Longlegs. Kelly was married to actor Hilton Allen. On 28 August 1965, she died in Haywards Heath Hospital near London, aged 77.

Selected filmography

* '' The Bigger Man'' (1915) * '' All for a Girl'' (1915) as Antoinette Hoadley * '' Everybody's Business'' (1917) * ''

Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Sau ...

'' (1919) * '' Foul Play'' (1920) * ''

All Sorts and Conditions of Men ''All Sorts and Conditions of Men'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Georges Tréville and starring Renee Kelly, Rex Davis and James Lindsay. It was based on the 1882 novel All Sorts and Conditions of Men' by Walter Besant ...

'' (1921) * '' The Likeness of the Night'' (1921) * '' Scarlet Thread'' (1951)

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* 1888 births 1965 deaths English film actresses English stage actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses Actresses from London English expatriate actresses in the United States {{UK-film-actor-stub