Kelly started her career as a nude model in the 1970s. After she was selected as a Penthouse Pet Of The Month, she began her career in the adult film business. She starred in over 50 adult features, and has been presented with several industry awards of merit: the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress Award for her work in the film In Love (1983); in 1993, she was presented by the Free Speech Coalition the Life Time Achievement Award; and she was inducted into the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999. Nichols worked as a make-up artist on adult films during the 1990s and 2000s, often under the name Marianne.

Filmography

• 2020MILF Desires 9 — (archive footage)
• 2016Hardcore to Horror — (archive footage)
• 2015Strawberry MILF Shakes — (archive footage)
• 2014Carrie's Secret — Makeup Artist
• 2012American Werewolf in London XXX Porn Parody
• 2011Not Airplane XXX: Cockpit Cuties — Makeup Artist
• 2010Barely Legal School Girls 6 — Makeup Artist
• 2010Bossy MILFS 6 — Makeup Artist
• 2010Hollywood's Nailin' Palin — Makeup Artist
• 2010Krossing the Bar
• 2010Not the Cosbys XXX 2 — Makeup Artist
• 2010This Ain't Baywatch XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2010This Ain't I Dream of Jeannie XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2010This Ain't Star Trek XXX 2: The Butterfly Effect — Makeup Artist
• 2009Flight Attendants — Makeup Artist
• 2009Kayden's Frisky Business — Makeup Artist
• 2009Legends & Starlets
• 2009Mother-Daughter Exchange Club 8
• 2009Not Married with Children XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2009Not the Cosbys XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2009Screw My Wife, Please! 68: She Deserves It!
• 2009Screw My Wife, Please! 69: It's More Than a Feeling
• 2009Seasoned Players 8
• 2009The Whores Have Eyes — Makeup Artist
• 2009This Ain't Saved by the Bell XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2009This Ain't Star Trek XXX — Makeup Artist
• 2008Barely Legal: Innocence 7 — Makeup Artist
• 2008Double Krossed — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2008Not The Bradys XXX: Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2007Kill Jill 2 — Makeup Artist
• 2007Memoirs of a Madame — Makeup Artist
• 2007Upload — Makeup Artist
• 2006Barely Legal School Girls 1 — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2006Barely Legal: 18th Birthday — Makeup & Hair
• 2006Kill Jill — Makeup Artist
• 2006Open Set — Makeup Artist
• 2006The Da Vinci Load — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2006Time for Briana — Makeup Artist
• 2005Dangerous Sex Games — Makeup Artist
• 2005Swinging In The USA — Makeup Artist
• 2005Virtual Pleasure Ranch — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2004Becoming Georgia Adair 2: Self Portrait
• 2004Chasing Destiny — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2004Deep Inside Sunset Thomas — Makeup Artist
• 2004Love and Bullets — Vocal Party-goer, Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2004Misty Beethoven the Musical! — Makeup Artist, Key Makeup Artist, Key Hair Stylist
• 2004Passionate Encounters — Makeup Artist
• 2004Strokin' to the Oldies: Vanessa Del Rio — (archive footage)
• 2004To Protect and Service — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2003Barbara Broadcast Too! — Party Goer, Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2003Bedroom Eyes — Makeup Artist
• 2003Cafe Flesh 3 — Makeup Artist
• 2003Catsnatch — Makeup Artist
• 2003Servicing Sara — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2003The Merger — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2003The Wildest Sex Ever 3 — Makeup Artist
• 2003Truckstop Trixie — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2003Weekend Getaway — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2002Amateur Angels 4 — Makeup Artist
• 2002Amateur Angels 5 — Makeup Artist
• 2002Amateur Angels 7 — Makeup Artist
• 2002City of Desire — Makeup Artist
• 2002Crime & Passion — Sandy Bryant, Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2002Erotic Intentions — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2002Going Down — Makeup Artist
• 2002Joelean and the Pussycats — Makeup Artist
• 2002No Man's Land 30
• 2002Perfect — Makeup Artist
• 2002Photogenic — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2002Sex Magician — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2002Sinful Rella — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2002The People's Choice: Girls Who Love John Holmes
• 2002The Virgin Canvas — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2002The Wish — Makeup Artist
• 2002Uninhibited — Makeup Artist
• 2002Without a Trace — Makeup Artist
• 20013 On A Honeymoon — Makeup Artist
• 2001Amateur Angels 3 — Makeup Artist
• 2001Babewatch 13 — Makeup Artist
• 2001Babewatch 14 — Makeup Artist
• 2001Beautiful/Nasty — Makeup Artist
• 2001Edge Play — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 2001Jade Goddess — Makeup Artist
• 2001Lady Be Good — Makeup Artist
• 2001No Man's Land 19 — Makeup Artist
• 2001Planet of the Babes — Makeup Artist
• 2001Succubus — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2001The Neon Bed — Makeup Artist
• 2000Babewatch 11 — Makeup Artist
• 2000Babewatch 12 — Makeup Artist
• 2000Bordello Blues — Makeup Artist
• 2000Dark Chambers — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 2000Psycho Biker Sluts from Hell — Makeup Artist
• 2000Virgin Whore — Makeup Artist
• 1999Cashmere — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 1999Mis-Spelled — Makeup Artist
• 1999No Man's Land 28 — Makeup Artist
• 1999No Regrets — Miriam, Makeup Artist
• 1999Ritual — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 1999Still Insatiable — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 1999Torn — Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
• 1999Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes — Makeup Artist
• 1999White Lightning — Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
• 1998Club Sunset — Makeup Artist
• 1997Café Flesh 2 — Makeup Artist
• 1997Dirty Little Secret
• 1997New Wave Hookers 5 — Makeup Artist
• 1996Anal Island — Makeup Artist
• 1996Anal Princess — Makeup Artist
• 1996Deep Inside Juli Ashton — Makeup Artist
• 1996Shock — Makeup Artist
• 1995Attitude — Makeup Artist
• 1995Covergirl — Emily
• 1995Latex — Dr. Eggleston, Makeup Artist
• 1995Night Of Seduction — Producer, Writer, Makeup Artist
• 1995No Man's Land 11 — Makeup Artist
• 1995Sex II: Fate — Makeup Artist
• 1994Babes Illustrated — Makeup Artist
• 1994Babes Illustrated 2 — Makeup Artist
• 1994Boobs A Poppin — Makeup Artist
• 1994Dirty Western 2: Smokin' Guns — Makeup Artist
• 1994No Man's Land 10: Nina's Party
• 1994Sex — Makeup Artist
• 1994The Corner — Mrs. Quint, Makeup Artist
• 1994The Interrogation
• 1993Pussyman 4: A Celebration — Makeup Artist
• 1993Swedish Erotica Hard 17
• 1992Captain Butt's Beach — Makeup Artist
• 1992Feast — Girl by Pool #1
• 1992Hellfire Society — Mistress Stephanie
• 1992No Mercy for the Witches — The Witchfinder
• 1992The Awakening — Makeup Artist
• 1990Ladies Lovin' Ladies
• 1988Double Penetrations 3 — (archive footage)
• 1986Double Trouble
• 1986Down Under — Screenplay, Director
• 1986Taboo American Style 3: Nina Becomes an Actress — Felitia Barry
• 1986Taboo American Style 4: The Exciting Conclusion — Felitia Barry
• 1985A Coming of Angels: 'The Sequel' — Michelle
• 1985Ball Busters — Kelly Nichols
• 1985Climax! — Mrs. Elliott
• 1985Delivery Boys — Elizabeth
• 1985Make Me Feel It! — Gloria
• 1985More Reel People, Part 2
• 1985Pleasure Island — Jane
• 1985Slip Into Silk — Silk
• 1985Sno-Line — Ellen
• 1985Taboo American Style 2: The Story Continues — Felitia Barry
• 1985Taboo American Style: The Ruthless Beginning — Felitia Barry
• 1985Wet Dreams — Diane
• 1984C.H.U.D. — Frightened Spectator (uncredited)
• 1984Deathmask — Lover Nurse
• 1984Dirty Girls — Kelly
• 1984Formula 69 — Jamie Bond
• 1984G-Strings — Fran
• 1984Great Sexpectations — Marilyn Camp
• 1984Jailhouse Girls — Killer
• 1984Plaisirs Sauvages — Emily Lacrosse
• 1984Supergirls Do General Hospital — Nurse Phyllis
• 1984The X-Effect
• 1984Turn On with Kelly Nichols
• 1983Corruption — Felicia
• 1983Dixie Ray: Hollywood Star — Leslie
• 1983Glitter — Marcie March
• 1983Heaven's Touch — Carlotta Munro
• 1983In Love — Jill Travis
• 1983It's Called 'Murder', Baby — Leslie
• 1983Maneaters — Ann Warren
• 1983Nasty Girls — Leslie
• 1983Once Upon a Secretary — Elaine
• 1983Public Affairs — Marybeth Von Holenwohl
• 1983Show Your Love — April
• 1983Succulent
• 1983Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me — Fleshette with Gardner (archive footage)
• 1982Model Behavior — Anne #2
• 1982Puss 'n Boots — Pvt. Priscilla 'Puss' Mason
• 1982Roommates — Sherry
• 1982Society Affairs — Lillian Bushnell
• 1982The Mistress — Karen Richards
• 1981Games Women Play — Margaux
• 1980Bon Appétit — Faith
• 1980Hot T-Shirts — Cheerleader Dancer (as Marianne Walter)
• 1980Sexboat — Brunette Deck Hand, Makeup Artist
• 1980That Lucky Stiff — American Girl in Zurich
• 1980Ultra Flesh — Fleshette with Gardener (uncredited)
• 1978The Toolbox Murders — Dee Ann (as Marianne Walter)
• 1976King Kong — Stunt Double
• Swedish Erotica 124 — (archive footage)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time — Self
• 1985Passions — Herself