Broadway 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
Species
Human
Gender
Female
Occupation
Vaudevillian Murderess Nightclub singer
Relatives
Sister: Veronica Husband: Charlie
Nationality
American
Residence
Chicago, 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.
VelmaKelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical Chicago. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared...
Charity (1986) and received her second for Best Actress in a Musical for VelmaKelly in the revival of Chicago (1996). She has also starred as Lola in the...
Velma in the 1926 play Chicago created by Maurine Dallas Watkins; Watkins reported on the trial for the Chicago Tribune. The character of VelmaKelly...
the role of VelmaKelly in 1997, also portrayed Roxie in the same production in 2006. "The Women Who Inspired Roxie Hart and VelmaKelly". Clyde Fitch...
both piano and singing. She has played several leading roles, such as "VelmaKelly" in Chicago, "Florence" in Chess, "Laurey" in Oklahoma!, "Maria" in West...
(2001) and Marguerite (2008). She made her Broadway debut in 1999 as VelmaKelly in Chicago and returned to the Broadway production to play Roxie Hart...
setting up Roxie Hart's climactic trial. "Cicero": The fifth woman, VelmaKelly, one of the stars of the musical, relates that she caught her husband...
roles in Broadway musicals such as Anita in West Side Story (1957), VelmaKelly in Chicago (1975), and the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)...
production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible at Altrincham Garrick. She played VelmaKelly in a performance of Chicago at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Greater...
colleagues Uwe Kröger, Marika Lichter and Viktor Gernot. In 1999, she played VelmaKelly in the Dutch premiere of Chicago. Then Douwes went back to her roots...
London revival of Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End as VelmaKelly. Due to start rehearsals on 10 September 2018, in preparation for her...
she] is also a sultry, powerful dancer." She left Fosse to appear as VelmaKelly in Chicago in the West End in London from August 1999 to February 2000...
Cabaret, for which she won the 1987 Molière Award for Best Newcomer, and VelmaKelly in the revival of Chicago in both London and New York, which won her...
debutante. She is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of VelmaKelly in Chicago in 1926. Crosby was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter...
The Wiz, Mickey in Leader of the Pack, Betty Rizzo in Grease, and as VelmaKelly in Chicago. On April 6, 2009, Playbill reported on Guy's return to the...
woman Ulla in Mel Brooks' musical The Producers in the West End and VelmaKelly in productions of the musical Chicago, in the West End and at the Cambridge...
of Eowyn from The Lord of the Rings, and by the characterization of VelmaKelly from Chicago. Maas has stated that the latter's "arrogance and fierceness...
on the BBC's Waterloo Road as newcomer Keeley James. Dorgu starred as VelmaKelly in the 2012 UK tour of Chicago. In June 2013, Dorgu became the narrator...
Sarah Brown from Guys and Dolls The Baker's Wife from Into the Woods VelmaKelly from Chicago Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical...