Patsy Kelly

Patsy Kelly (1910-1981)

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American film comedienne born in Brooklyn, New York. She began on stage in New York in the late 1920s before going West to California. She teamed with Thelma Todd in a series of 1930s comedies, after ZaSu Pitts left the team over money issues, for producer Hal Roach.

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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. Returned to Broadway in the 70s in the revival of No, No, Nanette with fellow Irish Catholic hoofers Ruby Keeler and Helen Gallagher.

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Died at 71 in California of cancer.

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American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Thelma Todd: Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 - December 16, 1935) was an American film actress....

ZaSu Pitts: ZaSu Pitts (3 January1894–7 June1963) was a United States movie actress. In many of her film credits and contemporary articles, her name is rendered as Zazu Pitts....

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