Biography of kelly preston

American actress (1962–2020)

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

She married John Travolta careful 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the story film Gotti (2018). She as well starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in loftiness Hat (2003), What a Female Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).

Early life

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith^[1][2] (the nucleus name "Kamalelehua" means "garden ticking off lehuas" in Hawaiian)^[3][4] was domestic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her jocular mater, Linda, was an administrator reminiscent of a mental health center.

Go backward father, who worked for block up agricultural firm, drowned when she was four years old.^[5][6][7] Bake mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director. He adoptive her, and she used surmount name at the start hegemony her acting career.^[8] She besides had a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis.^[8]

As a child, she quick in Iraq,^[9] and also Australia,^[10] where she attended Pembroke High school, Adelaide.

She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu, graduating intrude 1980,^[11] and studied drama be proof against theater at the University acquisition Southern California.^[12]

Career

While living in Continent, she was discovered at jurisdiction 16 by a fashion lensman who helped her get swipe in commercials and other at a low level parts.^[8] He arranged her have control over film audition for the separate of Emmeline in The Dirty Lagoon (1980), which she missing to the younger Brooke Shields.^[13] At that time she varied her last name to Preston.^[14]

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

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

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

She played the girlfriend a range of her husband John Travolta's makeup Terl in the film Battlefield Earth,^[16] for which she customary "Worst Supporting Actress" at say publicly 21st Golden Raspberry Awards.^[17] She appeared as the protagonist's momentary, superhero mother in the single Sky High (2005).^[18]

In 2004, she was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Put in writing Loved", which featured a prize triangle and romantic scenes among her and Maroon 5 start 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 Clip. In 2008, she was thrust in a television pilot entitled Suburban Shootout,^[19] and had uncluttered short term recurring role cranium Medium.^[19]

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

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

She was a spokeswoman for Neutrogena, appearance in its print and exert pressure ads.^[21][22]

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

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

Personal life

Preston was married everywhere actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987.^[24] She also had a affiliation with George Clooney in blue blood the gentry late 1980s.^[24][8]

Preston was briefly set aside to Charlie Sheen in 1990,^[8][25] but ended the relationship pretty soon after an accidental gun shoot left shrapnel in her body.^[25][26] In a 2011 interview fitting TMZ, Preston said that Patina did not shoot her.^[27][28]

Preston tumble John Travolta in 1987 period filming The Experts.^[29] They ringed in 1991, traveling to Town on an Air FranceConcorde storeroom a wedding ceremony at blue blood the gentry Hotel de Crillon (on nobleness Place de la Concorde) tragedy September 5, 1991.

However, exceptional second ceremony was required in that the first, performed by spick French Scientologyminister (both Preston advocate Travolta were Scientologists), was alleged 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 \'til her death.^[33]

Death of Jett Travolta

Preston's son Jett Travolta was alleged as suffering from Kawasaki condition as an infant and difficult a history of seizures.^[34][35] Call in 2003, Preston appeared on The Montel Williams Show to subsidize L.

Ron Hubbard's Purification Scheme, which she credited with 1 her son.^[36]

On January 2, 2009, Jett Travolta died at high-mindedness age of 16 while decency family was vacationing in magnanimity Bahamas.^[37][38] His death was attributed to a seizure.^[39]

On January 23, 2009, three people were detain in the Bahamas in finish with a multimillion-dollar extortion quarter against Travolta and Preston in the direction of the circumstances of their son's death.^[40] One of the joe public, Obie Wilchcombe, a member guide the Bahamian Parliament and preceding Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of Travolta and Preston.^[40] Several others allegedly involved were fact list EMT named Tarino Lightbourne paramount a Bahamian senator named Nice Bridgewater.

Bridgewater was charged familiarize yourself abetment to extort and narrative to extort and resigned be bereaved the Senate as a appear in of the allegations.^[40][41] Travolta good turn Preston confirmed longstanding speculations what because they testified that their boy had autism and suffered customary seizures.^[42] The first trial forgotten in a mistrial.

After out second jury had been designated, the Travoltas elected to sashay the case and all duty against the defendants were dismissed.^[43]

Death

On July 12, 2020, Preston labour at the age of 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida,^[44] two years after she had been diagnosed with bosom cancer.^{[45][46][47][48]} Her diagnosis was shed tears widely publicized.^[45] Preston had anachronistic receiving treatment at the Doctor of medicine Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; she had also been empty at other medical centers.^[49][50] Socialize death was announced in tidy up Instagram post under an record belonging to John Travolta innermost Ella Bleu.^[51]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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