She married Edmund Canston Moore in New York City on 12 September 1894.

[1][2] The marriage was brief; one source states that Edmund died less than a year after the wedding.

[3] She began her acting career with Olga Nethersole in 1894,[4] and went on to appear in plays that included Cyrano de Bergerac and The Taming of the Shrew.

Also in 1918, she appeared in the silent film Cupid Camouflaged, credited as Mrs. T. H. Kelly.

Kelly was an active fundraiser for hospitals and other charities, and was a prominent hostess for Sydney social events.

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