Hidden Figures: Paula Kelly (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Paula Kelly

My related video: There Is No Resolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqlsI5yulb0 ****************** Born in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of a jazz musician, Paula Kelly was raised in New York City's Harlem where she attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, majoring in music. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music majoring in dance under Martha Hill. Graduating with an M.S. degree, she performed as a soloist with major modern dance companies such as Martha Graham, Donald McKayle, and Alvin Ailey. Kelly made her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in the 1964 musical Something More!, sharing the stage with Barbara Cook, and in 1969, Kelly posed for the August issue of Playboy magazine in a full-frontal (though shadowed) dance posture and in a stop-motion nude dance sequence. Kelly was the first woman ever to be pictured in a full-frontal nude pose in the magazine. After Broadway, movies came to Paula Kelly, and she also performed as guest artist and sometimes assistant choreographer for numerous television musical specials, including "Sammy and Friends" (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.). She had a recurring role as Liz Williams on the first season of the sitcom Night Court in 1984, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Kelly has also guest-starred in a variety of television movies and sitcoms in the 80s and 90s, including Sanford and Son, Kojak, Police Woman, Golden Girls, Good Times, Any Day Now and in the groundbreaking Oprah Winfrey-produced The Women of Brewster Place (based on the novel by Gloria Naylor), in which she portrayed one half of a lesbian couple (opposite Lonette McKee) struggling against homophobia in an inner city ghetto. She was nominated for a second Emmy for her role in The Women of Brewster Place, in 1989. Kelly performed a dance solo at the Academy Awards for the nominated song "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". She appeared on the London stage in Sweet Charity opposite dancer and actress Juliet Prowse as "Helene", for which Kelly won the London Variety Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in the record-breaking west coast premiere of "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" at the Mark Taper Forum, for which she was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Variety, and the first of three NAACP Image Awards. Her last television credit was on the lifetime show ‘Any Day Now,’ in 1999. She is currently 74. #HiddenFigures #PaulaKelly ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Twitter: @seren_sensei Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: 'Women Of Brewster Place - Lorraine and Theresa Scenes (YouTube):' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ_RFkiWfNQ&feature=youtu.be 'PAULA KELLY (YouTube):' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txosL22_hGU 'PAULA KELLY IN THREE TOUGH GUYS (YouTube):' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3G1rUSp_FQ 'Clipped From The Pittsburgh Courier:' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3407990/the_pittsburgh_courier/ 'PAULA KELLY: ACCOMPLISHED DANCER AND ACTRESS IN FILM AND THEATER:' https://blackthen.com/paula-kelly-accomplished-dancer-actress-film-theater/ 'Where are they now: PAULA KELLY:' http://pierin26santabarbara.blogspot.com/2012/08/where-are-they-now-paula-kelly.html 'Paula Kelly:' http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/paula-kelly-58447783/ 'I Am Legend: Actress Paula Kelly:' http://afrolistasandthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-am-legend-actress-paula-kelly.html Paula Kelly (actress) - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Kelly_(actress) 'ESPN Suspends Jemele Hill Two Weeks For No Good Reason:' https://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-jemele-hill-two-weeks-for-no-good-reason-1819290405 Tweet about Orlando Scandrick: https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/918197525080928257 'Jerry Jones met with Cowboys players regarding national anthem:' http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/10/11/jerry-jones-met-with-cowboys-players-regarding-national-anthem/ 'The Facade of Breast Cancer Awareness, Susan G. Komen and the Pink Ribbon:' https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/susan-g-komen-pink-ribbon-facade/