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Velma Kelly
Chicago character
Created byMaurine Dallas Watkins
Portrayed byBroadway stage:
Chita Rivera
Bebe Neuwirth
Ute Lemper
Ruthie Henshall
Caroline O'Connor
Reva Rice
Pia Douwes
Irish production:
Lisa Kelly
2013 Hollywood Bowl production:
Samantha Barks
2002 film version:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Silent film version:
Julia Faye
Stage play:
Juliette Crosby
Roxie Hart:
Helene Reynolds
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderFemale
OccupationVaudevillian
Murderess
Nightclub singer
RelativesSister:
Veronica
Husband:
Charlie
NationalityAmerican
ResidenceChicago, Illinois, United States

Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical Chicago. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared in the 1926 play, also called Chicago, who was in-turn inspired by the life of Belva Gaertner.

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Velma Kelly

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Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical Chicago. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared...

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Bebe Neuwirth

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Charity (1986) and received her second for Best Actress in a Musical for Velma Kelly in the revival of Chicago (1996). She has also starred as Lola in the...

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Belva Gaertner

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Velma in the 1926 play Chicago created by Maurine Dallas Watkins; Watkins reported on the trial for the Chicago Tribune. The character of Velma Kelly...

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Roxie Hart

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the role of Velma Kelly in 1997, also portrayed Roxie in the same production in 2006. "The Women Who Inspired Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly". Clyde Fitch...

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Lisa Kelly

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both piano and singing. She has played several leading roles, such as "Velma Kelly" in Chicago, "Florence" in Chess, "Laurey" in Oklahoma!, "Maria" in West...

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Ruthie Henshall

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(2001) and Marguerite (2008). She made her Broadway debut in 1999 as Velma Kelly in Chicago and returned to the Broadway production to play Roxie Hart...

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setting up Roxie Hart's climactic trial. "Cicero": The fifth woman, Velma Kelly, one of the stars of the musical, relates that she caught her husband...

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Chita Rivera

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roles in Broadway musicals such as Anita in West Side Story (1957), Velma Kelly in Chicago (1975), and the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)...

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Rowan Robinson

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production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible at Altrincham Garrick. She played Velma Kelly in a performance of Chicago at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Greater...

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Pia Douwes

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colleagues Uwe Kröger, Marika Lichter and Viktor Gernot. In 1999, she played Velma Kelly in the Dutch premiere of Chicago. Then Douwes went back to her roots...

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Denise van Outen

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London revival of Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End as Velma Kelly. Due to start rehearsals on 10 September 2018, in preparation for her...

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Valarie Pettiford

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she] is also a sultry, powerful dancer." She left Fosse to appear as Velma Kelly in Chicago in the West End in London from August 1999 to February 2000...

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Ute Lemper

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Cabaret, for which she won the 1987 Molière Award for Best Newcomer, and Velma Kelly in the revival of Chicago in both London and New York, which won her...

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Juliette Crosby

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debutante. She is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago in 1926. Crosby was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter...

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Jasmine Guy

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The Wiz, Mickey in Leader of the Pack, Betty Rizzo in Grease, and as Velma Kelly in Chicago. On April 6, 2009, Playbill reported on Guy's return to the...

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Rachel McDowall

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woman Ulla in Mel Brooks' musical The Producers in the West End and Velma Kelly in productions of the musical Chicago, in the West End and at the Cambridge...

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Throne of Glass

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of Eowyn from The Lord of the Rings, and by the characterization of Velma Kelly from Chicago. Maas has stated that the latter's "arrogance and fierceness...

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Tupele Dorgu

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on the BBC's Waterloo Road as newcomer Keeley James. Dorgu starred as Velma Kelly in the 2012 UK tour of Chicago. In June 2013, Dorgu became the narrator...

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Samantha Barks

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Stage Theater in Santa Monica, California. Barks played the role of Velma Kelly in the 2013 production of Chicago at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2013...

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

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Sarah Brown from Guys and Dolls The Baker's Wife from Into the Woods Velma Kelly from Chicago Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical...

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