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Paula Kelly(1919-1992)

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Paula Kelly was born on 6 April 1919 in Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), Frontier Frolic (1946) and My Music: The Big Band Years (2009). She was married to Richard L. Turner and Harold Dickinson. She died on 2 April 1992 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.
BornApril 6, 1919
DiedApril 2, 1992(72)
BornApril 6, 1919
DiedApril 2, 1992(72)
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Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
The Red Skelton Hour
8.1
TV Series
  • Guest Vocalist
Frontier Frolic
Short
  • Paula Kelly
  • 1946
My Music: The Big Band Years (2009)
My Music: The Big Band Years
8.3
TV Movie
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
The Modernaires with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra
Short
  • Modernaires Member
  • 1952

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Actress

  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    The Red Skelton Hour
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Guest Vocalist
    • 1962
  • The George Gobel Show (1954)
    The George Gobel Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Regular Performer (1959-1960)
    • 1954–1960
  • James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, and Frances Langford in The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
    The Glenn Miller Story
    7.3
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Janet Leigh and Donald O'Connor in Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
    Walking My Baby Back Home
    6.3
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • The Modernaires with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra
    Short
    • Modernaires Member
    • 1952
  • The Arthur Murray Party (1950)
    The Arthur Murray Party
    4.9
    TV Series
    • The Modernaires
    • 1952
  • Frontier Frolic
    Short
    • Paula Kelly
    • 1946
  • Cass Daley, Chic Johnson, Martha O'Driscoll, and Ole Olsen in Crazy House (1943)
    Crazy House
    6.4
    • Member - The Modernaires (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Glenn Miller, Sonja Henie, and John Payne in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
    Sun Valley Serenade
    7.1
    • Orchestra Vocalist (uncredited)
    • 1941

Soundtrack

  • My Music: The Big Band Years (2009)
    My Music: The Big Band Years
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade" (uncredited), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (uncredited), "Elmer's Tune" (uncredited), "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" (uncredited), "Moonlight Cocktail" (uncredited), "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    6.6
    TV Series
    • performer: "Shoo-Shoo Baby", "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer", "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • The Lux Show (1957)
    The Lux Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "There Are Such Things", "When It Hits You", "Marie"
    • performer: "Rain, Rain, Rain"
    • performer: "Ivy League", "A String of Pearls", "Serenade in Blue", "Perfidia", "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (uncredited, uncredited) ...
    • 1957
  • Frontier Frolic
    Short
    • performer: "La Cucaracha"
    • 1946
  • Glenn Miller, Sonja Henie, and John Payne in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
    Sun Valley Serenade
    7.1
    • performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (1941) (uncredited)
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 6, 1919
    • Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • April 2, 1992
    • Costa Mesa, California, USA(after long illness)
  • Spouses
      Richard L. Turner1976 - April 2, 1992 (her death)
  • Other works
    Performed with the Modernaires in K.C. Mo at EDDY's night club, 14th & Baltimore, on June 28, 1957.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Her daughter, Paula Kelly, Jr., replaced her in The Modernaires in 1978.

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