Paula Kelly

Paula Alma Kelly was an American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer across film, television and theatre. She made her Broadway debut in 1964 as Mrs. Veloz in Something More!, opposite Barbara Cook. Paula Kelly was nude in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) and wore underwear in Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. She was born on October 21, 1942, and died on February 8, 2020. She returned to Broadway in The Dozens (1969), then in Paul Sills' Story Theatre and Ovid's Metamorphoses (1971). A later highlight was Sophisticated Ladies (1981), a show built on Duke Ellington's music. She shared that stage with Gregory Hines and Phyllis Hyman.