Night Court, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Kelly also guest-starred in a variety of television movies and sitcoms, including Sanford and Son, Kojak, Police Woman, Golden Girls, Good Times, Any Day Now and in the Oprah Winfrey-produced TV mini-series The Women of Brewster Place (based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Gloria Naylor), in which she portrayed one half of a lesbian couple (with Lonette McKee) struggling against homophobia in an inner-city ghetto. Kelly was nominated for a second Emmy for her role in The Women of Brewster Place. Personal life and death On September 15, 1985, Kelly married British film director Don Chaffey. They had one child together, a daughter. Chaffey died in November 1990. Kelly died of heart failure on February 8, 2020, at age 77. Upon her death, she was cremated and her ashes returned to her daughter. Filmography Film Television References External links 1942 births 2020 deaths Actresses from Jacksonville, Florida Actresses from New York City American female dancers American dancers 20th-century American actresses American television actresses African-American actresses American film actresses American stage actresses Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Juilliard School alumni Dancers from New York (state) 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women