'Honest' day's work for Kelly
(Hollywood Reporter - March 21, 1996)
By
Cathy Dunkley
Moira Kelly has joined the cast of "The Honest Courtesan" for New
Regency Films. Kelly stars opposite Catherine McCormack and Rufus Sewell in the
Italian period drama set in Venice.
Kelly plays Beatrice, a young Italian girl of no means who marries a wealthy
older man to survive while her best friend (McCormack) is forced to become a
courtesan.
The movie is being directed by Marshall Herskovitz and co-produced by Herskovitz
and Ed Zwick. The film is shooting on location in Italy.
Kelly's credits include "Little Odessa," "The Cutting Edge,"
"Chaplin," "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me," "The Tie
That Binds," "With Honors" and "The Lion King."
Her most recent projects include "Unhook the Stars" and "Dorothy
Day," both in postproduction.
Kelly is repped by Ken Kaplan at the Gersh Agency.
