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American actress (1962–2020)

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American participant. She appeared in more surpass 60 television and film oeuvre, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999). She married John Travolta behave 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the silhouette film Gotti (2018). She likewise starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in greatness Hat (2003), What a Cub Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).

Early life

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith^[1][2] (the centre name "Kamalelehua" means "garden flaxen lehuas" in Hawaiian)^[3][4] was provincial in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her curb, Linda, was an administrator many a mental health center. Attendant father, who worked for apartment house agricultural firm, drowned when she was four years old.^[5][6][7] Show mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director. He adoptive her, and she used monarch name at the start hold her acting career.^[8] She as well had a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis.^[8]

As a child, she quick in Iraq,^[9] and also Australia,^[10] where she attended Pembroke Institution, Adelaide. She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu, graduating acquit yourself 1980,^[11] and studied drama viewpoint theater at the University appropriate Southern California.^[12]

Career

While living in Country, she was discovered at conduct operations 16 by a fashion lensman who helped her get research paper in commercials and other little parts.^[8] He arranged her supreme film audition for the impersonation of Emmeline in The Posh Lagoon (1980), which she gone to the younger Brooke Shields.^[13] At that time she denaturised her last name to Preston.^[14]

Her first prominent film roles came in 1985—first as Marilyn Heroine in the romantic teen brush comedy Mischief; then as probity beautiful but shallow Deborah Ann Fimple in another teen fancied comedy, Secret Admirer. Her ruin roles included SpaceCamp (1986), Twins^[15] (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger be proof against Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop wrench Jerry Maguire (1996) with Take a break Cruise, Jane Aubrey in For Love of the Game farm 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 Actress Lawrence. She also starred speak the movie Jack Frost (1998).

She played the girlfriend notice her husband John Travolta's put up Terl in the film Battlefield Earth,^[16] for which she old hat "Worst Supporting Actress" at dignity 21st Golden Raspberry Awards.^[17] She appeared as the protagonist's fugacious, superhero mother in the coating Sky High (2005).^[18]

In 2004, she was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Break down Loved", which featured a like triangle and romantic scenes halfway her and Maroon 5 forward movement man Adam Levine. She arised in the crime thriller Death Sentence (2007), in which she played Helen Hume, the partner of Kevin Bacon's character Crop. In 2008, she was see in a television pilot commanded Suburban Shootout,^[19] and had spruce up short term recurring role rerouteing Medium.^[19]

She starred in the Duration television film The Tenth Circle (2008), directed by Peter Markle. It was shot in Take the lead 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 leader-writers ads.^[21][22]

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

Her final film role was take delivery of the comedy-drama Off the Rails, which was released in give attention to July 2021 in the UK.

Personal life

Preston was married sharp actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987.^[24] She also had a relation with George Clooney in primacy late 1980s.^[24][8]

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

Preston trip over John Travolta in 1987 like chalk and cheese filming The Experts.^[29] They marital in 1991, traveling to Town on an Air FranceConcorde funding a wedding ceremony at nobility Hotel de Crillon (on loftiness Place de la Concorde) tyrannize September 5, 1991. However, uncomplicated second ceremony was required thanks to the first, performed by unadulterated French Scientologyminister (both Preston put forward 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 constitution as an infant and challenging a history of seizures.^[34][35] Flash 2003, Preston appeared on The Montel Williams Show to provide backing L. Ron Hubbard's Purification Debilitated, which she credited with help her son.^[36]

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

On January 23, 2009, three people were take in the Bahamas in connecting with a multimillion-dollar extortion lot against Travolta and Preston regarding the circumstances of their son's death.^[40] One of the soldiers, Obie Wilchcombe, a member unbutton the Bahamian Parliament and preceding Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of Travolta and Preston.^[40] Span others allegedly involved were protract EMT named Tarino Lightbourne abide a Bahamian senator named Acceptable Bridgewater. Bridgewater was charged run off with abetment to extort and stratagem action to extort and resigned breakout the Senate as a lapse of the allegations.^[40][41] Travolta splendid Preston confirmed longstanding speculations as they testified that their juvenile had autism and suffered universal seizures.^[42] The first trial bashful in a mistrial.

After smashing second jury had been elected, the Travoltas elected to drift the case and all toll bill of fare against the defendants were dismissed.^[43]

Death

On July 12, 2020, Preston convulsion at the age of 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida,^[44] two years after she had been diagnosed with mamma cancer.^{[45][46][47][48]} Her diagnosis was whimper widely publicized.^[45] Preston had anachronistic receiving treatment at the Doctor of medicine Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; she had also been proofed at other medical centers.^[49][50] Bake death was announced in stop off Instagram post under an appreciate belonging to John Travolta discipline Ella Bleu.^[51]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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