Edward Kelly (dancer)


Edward Lawrence Kelly is an actor and dance and music consultant born August 26, 1943 at the Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known as a dancer on American Bandstand.
An only child, Kelly spent his younger years in Kensington, Philadelphia. His mother was a housewife and his father a police officer and detective with the Philadelphia Police Department. He attended The Ascension of Our Lord Grammar School and Northeast Catholic High School.
An avid fan of American Bandstand, Kelly made his first appearance on the show in 1959. Kelly was featured in national teen magazines of the time but was one of the few regulars to be acknowledged outside of the fan based periodicals, like Photoplay magazine, which was primarily devoted to Hollywood movie stars.
Kelly appeared in the 1997 Teleductions documentary, Bandstand Days, and represented Bandstand in the American Bandstand Anniversary Special 33 1/3 held in Santa Monica, California. In 1985, he was one of only six regular Bandstand dancers to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has been a guest on The Today Show, and, along with his Bandstand partner, Kathleen "Bunny" Gibson, made a cameo appearance on American Dreams the TV series. He appeared in the Broadway Revue - Radio Hits of 1958 and is depicted on the mural in the original American Bandstand studio in Philadelphia.

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