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Alice Ann Kelley | |
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Born | Alice Amanda Kelley Springfield, Missouri |
Died | Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Education | Burbank High School |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
Spouse(s) |
Kenneth True Norris, Jr
(m. 1953; div. 1973) |
Children |
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Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss Junior America 1948 |
Alice Ann Kelley (born Alice Amanda Kelley; May 14, 1932 – June 27th, 2012) was an American model and actress.
Biography
[edit]Kelley was born on May 14th 1932 in Springfield, Missouri, one of five children. Her parents were Lewis Kelley and Florence Carson. In 1939 her family moved to Burbank, California and she attended Burbank High School.[1]
By age 12, she had started modelling and was named "Miss Junior America 1948", of which Alberto Vargas created a watercolour.[2] As a model and actress, she used the name "Alice Ann Kelley".
Kelley was featured on various magazine covers, including:
- Parade magazine (September 20th 1947) [3]
- Sweet Love magazine (January 1950)
- Teen-Age Romances (February 1950)
- Campus Loves #3 (April 1950)
- Pageant magazine
- May 1950 (Vol 5, No. 11)
- June 1950
- August 1950
- June 1951 (Vol 6, No. 12)
- February 1952 (Vol 7, No. 8)
- April 1953
- Focus magazine (June 24 1953, Vol. 3. No. 8)
- Salon Photography magazine (1953)
- She modelled a swimsuit in the August 1950 edition of Pageant magazine with Sherlee Tegee, Tracy Marsham, Barbara Green and Dee Turnell.[4]
Pageant magazine featured her at least five times on their cover
Kelley appeared in an Ivory Soap advert from the 1950s.[5]
She was interviewed by columnist Lydia Lane in 1953 and 1954, where she talked about health and beauty topics such as posture, exercise,
She attended the opening of the United Artists Theater in San Jose, California in November 1951, alongside actor Richard Anderson.[6] She also attended the premiere ofThe World's Most Beautiful Girls, a short film about the Miss Universe Beauty Pagent at the State Theatre in Long Beach, California, alongside Jack Kelly, Charles Drake, Hugh O'Brian, Mary Castle, and Gregg Palmer.[7]
At 21, she married Ken Norris then a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He later inherited Norris Industries from his father and became a leading philanthropist in the Los Angeles area. They were married on 16th September 1953 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. They had two children; Bradley Kenneth Norrs, born 1955, and currently sits on the board of trustees of the Kenneth T and Eileen L. Norris Foundation[8]. Dale Corey Norris was born in Los Angeles on August 8th 1958. Kelley and Norris divorced in February 1973.[9] Dale died on April 29th 2008 at his home in Encinitas, California[10].
She passed away on the 27th of June 2012 aged 80 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California[11].
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes |
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1948 | Francis Goes to West Point | Director | Role | notes |
1949 | Francis Goes to West Point | Director | Role | notes |
1950 | Francis Goes to West Point | Director | Role | notes |
1951 | Francis Goes to West Point | Director | Role | notes |
1952 | Francis Goes to West Point | Director | Role | notes |
1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Charles Lamont | Sally Maddocks | notes |
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Sally Maddocks 1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Stewardess 1953 The Glass Web Waitress 1953 The Golden Blade Handmaiden 1953 Walking My Baby Back Home Secretary 1953 Take Me to Town Heroine in Show 1952 Against All Flags Princess Patma 1952 Francis Goes to West Point Cynthia Daniels 1952 Son of Ali Baba Calu 1951 Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas Betty 1950 The Bigelow Theatre (TV Show) - 1950 The Silver Theatre (TV Show), Episode Papa Romani[12] - 1948 A Date with Judy Girl 1948 June Bride Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding |
References
[edit]- ^ "Alice Kelley". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Alice Ann Kelley, Miss Junior America". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Parade magazine". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Swimsuit for Pageant magazine". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Ivory Soap advert". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Alice Kelley autograph". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Alexander, Linda J. (2011). A Maverick life : the Jack Kelly story. Duncan, Okla.: BearManor Media. ISBN 1593936788.
- ^ "Norris Foundation Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Alice Kelley". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Dale Norris Obituary". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Ms Alice Amanda Norris Obituary". Forest Lawn. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Papa Romani". Retrieved 27 May 2014.