Background
She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke and niece of the actor Dick Van Dyke.
She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke and niece of the actor Dick Van Dyke.
As an actress she was known for such television programs as My Mother the Carolina. In May 1991, actor Jack Nance married Kelly, who worked in the adult film industry under the name Nancee Kelly. Kelly Van Dyke-Nance committed suicide by hanging on November 17, 1991.
After a lightning storm knocked out the phones in Bass Lake, it subsequently took over 45 minutes for Nance and the director, Bobby Logan, to find a deputy sheriff, who in turn contacted Los Angeles police and the apartment manager.
They broke in and found that the 33-year-old had hanged herself.
