Where are they now: PAULA KELLY

Daughter of a jazz musician, Kelly was raised in New York City's Harlem. Graduating with an M.S. degree, she performed as a soloist with major modern dance companies. Kelly made her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in the 1964 musical Something More!, sharing the stage with Barbara Cook. Kelly posed for the August 1969 issue of Playboy magazine in a full-frontal (though shadowed) dance posture and in a stop-motion nude dance sequence. Kelly was the first woman ever to be pictured in a full-frontal nude pose in the magazine. After Broadway, movies come to Paula Kelly: Sweet Charity; Soylent Green; The Spook Who Sat By The Door; The Andromeda Strain; Uptown Saturday Night; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling; Drop Squad and many others. Kelly had a recurring role as Liz Williams on the first season of the sitcom Night Court (1984), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Kelly has also guest-starred in a variety of television movies and sitcoms, including Golden Girls (1987) and in the groundbreaking Oprah Winfrey-produced The Women of Brewster  Place (1989) in which she portrayed one half of a lesbian couple (opposite Lonette McKee) struggling against homophobia in an inner city ghetto. She was nominated for a second Emmy for this  role.

Her arrival in Santa Barbara happened in September 1984 as Ginger Jones and it was not particularly friendly since Ginger came to claim the 250.000 dollars that Peter Flint owes her:  in Miami, Peter - Antonio Fiorno -  was just a simple gigolo at her service. So Ginger was a madam, winding like a panther and fierce as a tiger. Later Mason officially becomes her personal lawyer: without home and work he has no other choice that to borrow some money to Ginger to survive. Ginger Jones  was one of the most eccentric character of SB, but unfortunately she left the show in April 1985. Too soon, in my opinion. If you look at the eyes of Ginger Jones, you can see the magnitude of this great actress. I believe she could play only using her eyes. After SB, she worked extensively on television for all the 90s. Her last television appearance was in 1999 on the Tv Series Any Day Now. Too bad could no longer see her in action. Today she is 68 years old and I think she looks very fine. Thanks for your excellent work on SB, Ms. Kelly. Here the video: Paula Kelly - Then & Now. Enjoy it!!!