Kelly is survived by her mother, Sabina C de Baca, brother, John Boulton, sisters, Georgia Pearson, Anita DuPree, Marty Boulton, Mary Kay Boulton, Rita Wolfe, Frances Boulton and Mary Jo Carrion and numerous nieces and nephews.
Kelly was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kelly loved Pecos, New Mexico, where she and her siblings spent many weekends at her grandparents' home on the Pecos River. Kelly attended the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kelly moved to California at a very young age of 17 where she worked as a bank teller during the day and nightclub singer at night. It was there that her singing career was launched and she spent many years in California and in New York, where she performed in many Broadway musicals.
Kelly won a Theatre World Award for her musical performance in Mother Earth (1972) and was nominated for Drama Desk and Tony awards for The Night that Made America Famous (1975). Kelly sang one of the Oscar-nominated songs ("Richard's Window") at the 1976 Academy Awards ceremony. From 1964 until 1980, Kelly appeared in several TV series, such as Shivaree, Shindig, Your Hit Parade, The Alan Hamel Show, Headliners with David Frost, The Jim Nabors Show, Musical Chairs, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, The Real Tom Kennedy Show, The Joey Bishop Show and Playboy After Dark. Kelly was a guest in 29 episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Kelly recorded several songs since 1963, including "Baby It Hurts", "Tommy Makes Girls Cry", "Leavin' On Your Mind", "Love's The Only Answer", "Nothing Left to Give", "You Step Into My World" and "As Far as We Can Go".
Kelly is survived by her mother, Sabina C de Baca, brother, John Boulton, sisters, Georgia Pearson, Anita DuPree, Marty Boulton, Mary Kay Boulton, Rita Wolfe, Frances Boulton and Mary Jo Carrion and numerous nieces and nephews.
Kelly was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kelly loved Pecos, New Mexico, where she and her siblings spent many weekends at her grandparents' home on the Pecos River. Kelly attended the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kelly moved to California at a very young age of 17 where she worked as a bank teller during the day and nightclub singer at night. It was there that her singing career was launched and she spent many years in California and in New York, where she performed in many Broadway musicals.
Kelly won a Theatre World Award for her musical performance in Mother Earth (1972) and was nominated for Drama Desk and Tony awards for The Night that Made America Famous (1975). Kelly sang one of the Oscar-nominated songs ("Richard's Window") at the 1976 Academy Awards ceremony. From 1964 until 1980, Kelly appeared in several TV series, such as Shivaree, Shindig, Your Hit Parade, The Alan Hamel Show, Headliners with David Frost, The Jim Nabors Show, Musical Chairs, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, The Real Tom Kennedy Show, The Joey Bishop Show and Playboy After Dark. Kelly was a guest in 29 episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Kelly recorded several songs since 1963, including "Baby It Hurts", "Tommy Makes Girls Cry", "Leavin' On Your Mind", "Love's The Only Answer", "Nothing Left to Give", "You Step Into My World" and "As Far as We Can Go".
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement