Patsy Kelly was an American film comedienne, who was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 12, 1910. She began on stage in New York in the late 1920s before going West to California. She teamed with Thelma Todd in a series of 1930s comedies, after ZaSu Pitts left the team over money issues, for producer Hal Roach. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1722x2100, 235 KB) Promo photo of comedienne Patsy Kelly ca 1940s. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 - December 16, 1935) was an American film actress. ... Zazu Pitts sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894–7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... Harold Eugene Hal Roach (January 14, 1892–November 2, 1992) was a United States film and television producer from the 1910s to the 1980s. ...

She admitted to author Boze Hadleigh in his book "Hollywood Lesbians" (1996), which was published after the deaths of all the interviewees, that she was a lesbian. She had a long tempestuous relationship with bisexual actress Tallulah Bankhead. Returned to Broadway in the 70s in the revival of No, No, Nanette with fellow Irish Catholic hoofers Ruby Keeler and Helen Gallagher. Kelly won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in this show. Boze Hadleigh (born circa 1954) is an American interviewer and writer primarily of questionable gossip about gay and lesbian Hollywood. ... Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968) was a United States actress, talk-show host and bonne vivante, born in Huntsville, Alabama. ... No, No, Nanette is a Broadway musical first produced in 1925 by Harry Frazee, a former owner of the Boston Red Sox. ... Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. ... Helen Gallagher (born July 19, 1926 in New York City) is an American actress, dancer and singer. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ...

Kelly appeared as the housekeeper Mrs. Schmauss in the 1976 film Freaky Friday which starred Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris. 2003 Freaky Friday. Freaky Friday is a childrens novel by Mary Rodgers first published in the USA in 1972, in which a teenage girl and her mother switch bodies and learn to understand each other better. ... Foster in the movie, Panic Room (2002) Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an Oscar-winning American actress and director. ... The Toys were an R&B trio, a girl group, from New York who formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. ...

She died on September 24, 1981, at the age of 71 in Woodland Hills, California of cancer. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Woodland Hills is a community within the City of Los Angeles. ...