Pulitzer-price winning playwright (1925 "Craig's Wife").
Son of George Henry Kelly and of Mary Ann, née Costello. Brother of vaudevillian actor Walter C. Kelly and Olympic champion sculler, John B. Kelly; uncle of Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly. Among his impressive body of work are "The Torch-Bearers" (1923), "The Show-Off" (1924), "Daisie Mame" (1926), "Behold, the Bridegroom" (1927), "The Flattering Word" (1929), "Maggie Goes Forth" (1931), "Reflect Glory" (1936), "The Deep Mrs. Sykes" (1945) and "Fatal Weakness" (1947).
∼George Edward Kelly
Born 16 January 1887
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 18 June 1974 (aged 87)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Partner: William Weagley
Related to Grace Kelly (niece)
Albert II of Monaco (great-nephew)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1926)
The younger brother of famous vaudevillian Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge” (both men were uncles of Grace Kelly), he followed Walter onstage as an actor and vaudeville sketch writer.
Eventually he began to expand his writings to full length and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the 1920s. His three best known plays are The Torch Bearers (1922, his breakthrough); The Show Off (1924); and Craig’s Wife (1925).
Son of George Henry Kelly and of Mary Ann, née Costello. Brother of vaudevillian actor Walter C. Kelly and Olympic champion sculler, John B. Kelly; uncle of Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly. Among his impressive body of work are "The Torch-Bearers" (1923), "The Show-Off" (1924), "Daisie Mame" (1926), "Behold, the Bridegroom" (1927), "The Flattering Word" (1929), "Maggie Goes Forth" (1931), "Reflect Glory" (1936), "The Deep Mrs. Sykes" (1945) and "Fatal Weakness" (1947).
∼George Edward Kelly
Born 16 January 1887
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 18 June 1974 (aged 87)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Partner: William Weagley
Related to Grace Kelly (niece)
Albert II of Monaco (great-nephew)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1926)
The younger brother of famous vaudevillian Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge” (both men were uncles of Grace Kelly), he followed Walter onstage as an actor and vaudeville sketch writer.
Eventually he began to expand his writings to full length and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the 1920s. His three best known plays are The Torch Bearers (1922, his breakthrough); The Show Off (1924); and Craig’s Wife (1925).
Pulitzer-price winning playwright (1925 "Craig's Wife").
Son of George Henry Kelly and of Mary Ann, née Costello. Brother of vaudevillian actor Walter C. Kelly and Olympic champion sculler, John B. Kelly; uncle of Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly. Among his impressive body of work are "The Torch-Bearers" (1923), "The Show-Off" (1924), "Daisie Mame" (1926), "Behold, the Bridegroom" (1927), "The Flattering Word" (1929), "Maggie Goes Forth" (1931), "Reflect Glory" (1936), "The Deep Mrs. Sykes" (1945) and "Fatal Weakness" (1947).
∼George Edward Kelly
Born 16 January 1887
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 18 June 1974 (aged 87)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Partner: William Weagley
Related to Grace Kelly (niece)
Albert II of Monaco (great-nephew)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1926)
The younger brother of famous vaudevillian Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge” (both men were uncles of Grace Kelly), he followed Walter onstage as an actor and vaudeville sketch writer.
Eventually he began to expand his writings to full length and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the 1920s. His three best known plays are The Torch Bearers (1922, his breakthrough); The Show Off (1924); and Craig’s Wife (1925).
Son of George Henry Kelly and of Mary Ann, née Costello. Brother of vaudevillian actor Walter C. Kelly and Olympic champion sculler, John B. Kelly; uncle of Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly. Among his impressive body of work are "The Torch-Bearers" (1923), "The Show-Off" (1924), "Daisie Mame" (1926), "Behold, the Bridegroom" (1927), "The Flattering Word" (1929), "Maggie Goes Forth" (1931), "Reflect Glory" (1936), "The Deep Mrs. Sykes" (1945) and "Fatal Weakness" (1947).
∼George Edward Kelly
Born 16 January 1887
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 18 June 1974 (aged 87)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Partner: William Weagley
Related to Grace Kelly (niece)
Albert II of Monaco (great-nephew)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1926)
The younger brother of famous vaudevillian Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge” (both men were uncles of Grace Kelly), he followed Walter onstage as an actor and vaudeville sketch writer.
Eventually he began to expand his writings to full length and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the 1920s. His three best known plays are The Torch Bearers (1922, his breakthrough); The Show Off (1924); and Craig’s Wife (1925).
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