Kelly Jean Van Dyke


Kelly Jean Van Dyke was an American actress and adult film performer. She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke, niece of the actor Dick Van Dyke, and first cousin once removed of Shane Van Dyke. As an actress, she was known for such television programs as My Mother the Car.

Personal life

In May 1991, Kelly married actor Jack Nance. She worked in the adult film industry under the name Nancee Kelly.

Death

Kelly Van Dyke-Nance committed suicide on November 17, 1991.
According to her younger brother Ronald, Jack Nance, who was in Bass Lake, California, filming Meatballs 4 at the time, attempted to console her on the phone as she talked about suicide. Unfortunately, a lightning storm knocked out the phones in Bass Lake, and subsequently it took over 45 minutes for Nance and director Bobby Logan to find a deputy sheriff. The sheriff contacted Los Angeles police and Nance's apartment manager. They broke in, finding that the 33-year-old Van Dyke had hanged herself.