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Patsy Kelly

Patsy Kelly

Actor · Died September 24, 1981, aged 71 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Patsy Kelly (born Bridget Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly; January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American actress and comedian known for her roles in Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Freaky Friday (1976), as well as a series of comedy shorts starring Thelma Todd in the early-to-mid 1930's. Although blacklisted from major studio work due to her sexuality in the 1940’s, Kelly saw a career resurgence in her later years as a performer, winning a Tony Award for her performance in the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette on Broadway.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 12, 1910
Died
September 24, 1981 (aged 71)
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 36% in 30 days

What are Patsy Kelly's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Self
27%
Morality
24%
Society
11%
Power
5%
Ambition7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 14

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 9 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 9
Trickster
2 of 9
Mentor
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
15
Warm
8
Absurd
8
Tense
4
Romantic
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Patsy Kelly's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Patsy Kelly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

81 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The North Avenue Irregulars(1979)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mabel Higgins

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Freaky Friday(1976)

    as Mrs Schmauss

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Cop and the Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 13 episodes · as Brigid Murphy

  • The Phynx(1970)

    as Patsy Kelly

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Pigeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Mrs. Macready

  • Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Hennesey

  • Rosemary's Baby(1968)

    as Laura-Louise

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • C'mon, Let's Live a Little (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Mrs. Fitts

  • The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini(1966)

    as Myrtle Forbush

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Naked Kiss(1964)

    as Mac, Head Nurse · as Mac

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Agatha Beauregard · as Big Mouth Annie

  • Arrest and Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Vacation Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Primrose

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Third Juror

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Pete and Gladys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Crowded Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Gertrude Ross

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1960)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • 26 Men(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Minnie Redwing

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Actor

  • Danger! Women at Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Terry Olsen

  • Ladies' Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Hazel Jones

  • My Son, The Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Gerty Rosenthal

  • In Old California(1942)

    as Helga

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Sing Your Worries Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Bebe McGuire

  • Playmates(1941)

    as Lulu Monahan

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Broadway Limited(1941)

    as Patsy Riley

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Topper Returns(1941)

    as Emily, the Maid

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Road Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jinx

  • Hit Parade of 1941 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Judy Abbott

  • The Gorilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Kitty

  • The Cowboy and the Lady(1938)

    as Katie Callahan

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • There Goes My Heart(1938)

    as Peggy O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Merrily We Live(1938)

    as Etta

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Wake Up and Live(1937)

    as Patsy Kane

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Ever Since Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Sadie Day

  • Pick a Star(1937)

    as Nellie Moore

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Baby(1937)

    as Kitty Reilly

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Pigskin Parade(1936)

    as Bessie Winters

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Kelly the Second (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Molly Patricia Kelly

  • Sing, Baby, Sing(1936)

    as Fitz

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Private Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Gracie

  • Hill-Tillies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Patsy

  • At Sea Ashore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • Pan Handlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • An All American Toothache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Patricia Veronica Kelly

  • Top Flat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • Hot Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Miss Patsy Kelly

  • Thanks a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Phoebe Mason

  • Twin Triplets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy

  • Page Miss Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Betty

  • Slightly Static (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy

  • Every Night at Eight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Daphne O'Connor

  • Go Into Your Dance(1935)

    as Irma 'Toledo' Knight

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Misses Stooge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • The Tin Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • Sing Sister Sing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy

  • Their Night Out - Screen Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Hardy

  • Treasure Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Patsy

  • Bum Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy

  • Done in Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy Kelly aka Fifi aka Magnolia

  • Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy Clarke

  • Opened by Mistake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy

  • The Party's Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mabel

  • The Girl from Missouri(1934)

    as Kitty Lennihan

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • One-Horse Farmers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy

  • Three Chumps Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patricia 'Patsy' Kelly

  • I'll Be Suing You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Miss Kelly

  • Maid in Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy

  • Roamin' Vandals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • Soup and Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Miss Patsy Kelly

  • The Countess of Monte Cristo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mimi

  • Babes in the Goods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Patsy Kelly

  • Air Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Patsy

  • Going Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Jill

  • Backs to Nature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Patsy

  • Beauty and the Bus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Patsy

  • The Grand Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Peggy O'Rourke

Career shape

Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 81 titles from 1931 to 1979; peak year 1965.

Biggest box office

Freaky Friday (1976)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19311979

Peak 1965 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 81: 81 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50th

By decade

1930s48 · acting1940s11 · acting1950s3 · acting1960s14 · acting1970s5 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
3858

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Patsy Kelly's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

The Phynx (1970)

71st percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Midcredits 98th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Patsy Kelly's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Patsy Kelly work with?

People who share at least 2 of Patsy Kelly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marvin Hatley shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles