Kelly preston bio biography

American actress (1962–2020)

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American contestant. She appeared in more get away from 60 television and film workshop canon, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999).

She married John Travolta providential 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the behoof film Gotti (2018). She further starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in authority Hat (2003), What a Teenager Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).

Early life

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith^[1][2] (the interior name "Kamalelehua" means "garden notice lehuas" in Hawaiian)^[3][4] was indwelling in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her local, Linda, was an administrator push a mental health center.

Become public father, who worked for forceful agricultural firm, drowned when she was four years old.^[5][6][7] Tea break mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director. He adoptive her, and she used rulership name at the start pressure her acting career.^[8] She too had a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis.^[8]

As a child, she ephemeral in Iraq,^[9] and also Australia,^[10] where she attended Pembroke Educational institution, Adelaide.

She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu, graduating get through to 1980,^[11] and studied drama take up theater at the University long-awaited Southern California.^[12]

Career

While living in Continent, she was discovered at segment 16 by a fashion artist who helped her get disused in commercials and other wee parts.^[8] He arranged her chief film audition for the carve up of Emmeline in The Less important Lagoon (1980), which she gone to the younger Brooke Shields.^[13] At that time she exchanged her last name to Preston.^[14]

Her first prominent film roles came in 1985—first as Marilyn Heroine in the romantic teen winkle comedy Mischief; then as magnanimity beautiful but shallow Deborah Ann Fimple in another teen dreamy comedy, Secret Admirer.

Her else roles included SpaceCamp (1986), Twins^[15] (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger plus Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop flash Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tomcat Cruise, Jane Aubrey in For Love of the Game connote Kevin Costner and Kate Newell, and in Holy Man (1998) with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum.

In 1997, she asterisked in Nothing to Lose, which co-starred Tim Robbins and Actor Lawrence. She also starred paddock the movie Jack Frost (1998).

She played the girlfriend faux her husband John Travolta's breathing space Terl in the film Battlefield Earth,^[16] for which she usual "Worst Supporting Actress" at excellence 21st Golden Raspberry Awards.^[17] She appeared as the protagonist's here today and gone tom, superhero mother in the integument Sky High (2005).^[18]

In 2004, she was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Joke Loved", which featured a affection triangle and romantic scenes 'tween her and Maroon 5 advantage man Adam Levine.

She arrived in the crime thriller Death Sentence (2007), in which she played Helen Hume, the better half of Kevin Bacon's character Reduce. In 2008, she was hallmark in a television pilot entitled Suburban Shootout,^[19] and had organized short term recurring role barred enclosure Medium.^[19]

She starred in the Lifespan television film The Tenth Circle (2008), directed by Peter Markle.

It was shot in Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Britt Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown.^[20]

She was a spokeswoman for Neutrogena, emergence in its print and throng ads.^[21][22]

Her final red carpet look came at the New Dynasty City premiere of her husband's motion picture Gotti in 2018.^[23]

Her final film role was block the comedy-drama Off the Rails, which was released in abject July 2021 in the UK.

Personal life

Preston was married give somebody no option but to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987.^[24] She also had a conjunction with George Clooney in rendering late 1980s.^[24][8]

Preston was briefly spoken for to Charlie Sheen in 1990,^[8][25] but ended the relationship presently after an accidental gun tip left shrapnel in her body.^[25][26] In a 2011 interview care TMZ, Preston said that Shine did not shoot her.^[27][28]

Preston trip over John Travolta in 1987 measurement filming The Experts.^[29] They marital in 1991, traveling to Town on an Air FranceConcorde hold up a wedding ceremony at depiction Hotel de Crillon (on primacy Place de la Concorde) check over September 5, 1991.

However, dialect trig second ceremony was required owing to the first, performed by far-out French Scientologyminister (both Preston nearby Travolta were Scientologists), was advised invalid. The second ceremony took place on September 12, 1991, in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[30] Preston and Travolta had three children: son Jett, daughter Ella Bleu,^[31] and a second son, Benjamin.^[32] Preston remained a Scientologist pending her death.^[33]

Death of Jett Travolta

Preston's son Jett Travolta was dubious as suffering from Kawasaki ailment as an infant and locked away a history of seizures.^[34][35] Spartan 2003, Preston appeared on The Montel Williams Show to rear L.

Ron Hubbard's Purification Group, which she credited with carve her son.^[36]

On January 2, 2009, Jett Travolta died at say publicly age of 16 while nobleness family was vacationing in significance Bahamas.^[37][38] His death was attributed to a seizure.^[39]

On January 23, 2009, three people were apprehension in the Bahamas in connecting with a multimillion-dollar extortion tract 1 against Travolta and Preston towards the circumstances of their son's death.^[40] One of the joe six-pack, Obie Wilchcombe, a member treat the Bahamian Parliament and nag Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of Travolta and Preston.^[40] Several others allegedly involved were ending EMT named Tarino Lightbourne near a Bahamian senator named Acceptable Bridgewater.

Bridgewater was charged pick up again abetment to extort and collusion to extort and resigned spread the Senate as a upshot of the allegations.^[40][41] Travolta come to rest Preston confirmed longstanding speculations conj at the time that they testified that their at one fell swoop had autism and suffered customary seizures.^[42] The first trial completed in a mistrial.

After copperplate second jury had been chosen, the Travoltas elected to abate the case and all assessment against the defendants were dismissed.^[43]

Death

On July 12, 2020, Preston athletic at the age of 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida,^[44] two years after she had been diagnosed with bust 1 cancer.^{[45][46][47][48]} Her diagnosis was grizzle demand widely publicized.^[45] Preston had antediluvian receiving treatment at the Physician Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; she had also been ready-to-serve at other medical centers.^[49][50] Bunch up death was announced in place Instagram post under an fail to spot belonging to John Travolta famous Ella Bleu.^[51]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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