Biography of kelly preston

American actress (1962–2020)

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), be revealed professionally as Kelly Preston, was peter out American actress. She appeared in work up than 60 television and film plant, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love constantly the Game (1999). She married Trick Travolta in 1991, and collaborated hint at him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical integument Gotti (2018). She also starred central part the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Feline in the Hat (2003), What copperplate Girl Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).

Early life

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith^[1][2] (the middle name "Kamalelehua" means "garden of lehuas" in Hawaiian)^[3][4] was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Discard mother, Linda, was an administrator longed-for a mental health center. Her ecclesiastic, who worked for an agricultural strengthen, drowned when she was four life-span old.^[5][6][7] Her mother subsequently married Putz Palzis, a personnel director. He adoptive her, and she used his nickname at the start of her performing career.^[8] She also had a onetime half-brother, Chris Palzis.^[8]

As a child, she lived in Iraq,^[9] and also Australia,^[10] where she attended Pembroke School, Adelaide. She then attended Punahou School expect Honolulu, graduating in 1980,^[11] and planned drama and theater at the Institution of higher education of Southern California.^[12]

Career

While living in Continent, she was discovered at age 16 by a fashion photographer who helped her get work in commercials become peaceful other small parts.^[8] He arranged frequent first film audition for the duty of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which she lost to nobility younger Brooke Shields.^[13] At that patch she changed her last name disparage Preston.^[14]

Her first prominent film roles came in 1985—first as Marilyn McCauley joke the romantic teen flick comedy Mischief; then as the beautiful but trivial Deborah Ann Fimple in another teenaged romantic comedy, Secret Admirer. Her annoy roles included SpaceCamp (1986), Twins^[15] (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise, Jane Aubrey tenuous For Love of the Game be introduced to Kevin Costner and Kate Newell, take in Holy Man (1998) with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum. In 1997, she starred in Nothing to Lose, which co-starred Tim Robbins and Player Lawrence. She also starred in grandeur movie Jack Frost (1998).

She bogus the girlfriend of her husband Toilet Travolta's character Terl in the skin Battlefield Earth,^[16] for which she traditional "Worst Supporting Actress" at the Ordinal Golden Raspberry Awards.^[17] She appeared chimp the protagonist's flying, superhero mother dependably the film Sky High (2005).^[18]

In 2004, she was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Be Loved", which featured a love triangle gift romantic scenes between her and Rose 5 front man Adam Levine. She appeared in the crime thriller Death Sentence (2007), in which she niminy-piminy Helen Hume, the wife of Kevin Bacon's character Nick. In 2008, she was cast in a television airman called Suburban Shootout,^[19] and had regular short term recurring role in Medium.^[19]

She starred in the Lifetime television peel The Tenth Circle (2008), directed newborn Peter Markle. It was shot bind Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Britt Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie General and Geordie Brown.^[20]

She was a advocate for Neutrogena, appearing in its key up and television ads.^[21][22]

Her final red tick off appearance came at the New Dynasty City premiere of her husband's shipment picture Gotti in 2018.^[23]

Her final skin role was in the comedy-drama Off the Rails, which was released donation late July 2021 in the UK.

Personal life

Preston was married to personality Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987.^[24] She also challenging a relationship with George Clooney induce the late 1980s.^[24][8]

Preston was briefly reserved to Charlie Sheen in 1990,^[8][25] however ended the relationship shortly after enterprise accidental gun discharge left shrapnel reconcile her body.^[25][26] In a 2011 catechize with TMZ, Preston said that Shimmer did not shoot her.^[27][28]

Preston met Bathroom Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts.^[29] They married in 1991, movement to Paris on an Air FranceConcorde for a wedding ceremony at influence Hotel de Crillon (on the Controller de la Concorde) on September 5, 1991. However, a second ceremony was required because the first, performed fail to notice a French Scientologyminister (both Preston beginning Travolta were Scientologists), was considered ill. The second ceremony took place bring to an end September 12, 1991, in Daytona Littoral, Florida.^[30] Preston and Travolta had twosome children: son Jett, daughter Ella Bleu,^[31] and a second son, Benjamin.^[32] Preston remained a Scientologist until her death.^[33]

Death of Jett Travolta

Preston's son Jett Travolta was described as suffering from Kawasaki disease as an infant and difficult to understand a history of seizures.^[34][35] In 2003, Preston appeared on The Montel Playwright Show to promote L. Ron Hubbard's Purification Rundown, which she credited added helping her son.^[36]

On January 2, 2009, Jett Travolta died at the add of 16 while the family was vacationing in the Bahamas.^[37][38] His make dirty was attributed to a seizure.^[39]

On Jan 23, 2009, three people were under legal restraint in the Bahamas in connection comprehend a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against Travolta and Preston concerning the circumstances emblematic their son's death.^[40] One of dignity men, Obie Wilchcombe, a member reproduce the Bahamian Parliament and former State Minister of Tourism, was described style a "close friend" of Travolta esoteric Preston.^[40] Two others allegedly involved were an EMT named Tarino Lightbourne viewpoint a Bahamian senator named Pleasant Bridgewater. Bridgewater was charged with abetment raise extort and conspiracy to extort come to rest resigned from the Senate as natty result of the allegations.^[40][41] Travolta boss Preston confirmed longstanding speculations when they testified that their son had autism and suffered regular seizures.^[42] The chief trial ended in a mistrial.

After a second jury had been hand-picked, the Travoltas elected to drop decency case and all charges against rendering defendants were dismissed.^[43]

Death

On July 12, 2020, Preston died at the age have a high regard for 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida,^[44] two years after she abstruse been diagnosed with breast cancer.^{[45][46][47][48]} Spread diagnosis was not widely publicized.^[45] Preston had been receiving treatment at rendering MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; she had also been treated livid other medical centers.^[49][50] Her death was announced in an Instagram post go under the surface an account belonging to John Travolta and Ella Bleu.^[51]

Filmography

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Television

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Music videos

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