Jan Smithers

She is not to be confused with Welcome Back, Kotter actress Marcia Strassman, with whom she shares a close resemblance. In 1999, her boyfriend David Strickland committed suicide. Now retired from show business, Jan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2002, she appeared in the film Hollywood Ending by Woody Allen. From 1987 through 1995 she was married to actor James Brolin. Her transition to movies has not gone well so far, as most of her movies, including Love Stinks, have been critically panned. This scar cost her some roles, and according to Jan, made her feel insecure about her looks. She later starred in the short-lived action show Fastlane.

The impact smashed her face into the steering wheel, causing the injury. This was very different from her next major role, as a duplicitous vixen on Beverly Hills, 90210. To avoid another car that ran a stop sign, Jan swerved and hit a telephone pole. Her first big break in show business was her role on the television program Saved By The Bell, as a nice girl teen. Smithers was involved in a car accident which left a permanent scar on her chin. As a child, she competed in many beauty pageants, and she won the Miss Junior America pageant in 1987. As a teen, Ms. She was born in Long Beach, California.

As a result of that exposure, she landed some commercial modeling work while pursuing her studies at the California Institute of the Arts. Tiffani Thiessen (formerly Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) (born January 23, 1974) is an American television and film actress. She first reached the public eye as a teenager, when she was featured on the cover of a 1966 issue of Newsweek, seated on a motorcycle. She played the character "Bailey Quarters" on the popular television series WKRP in Cincinnati. Smithers grew up in Woodland Hills, California.

Jan Smithers (born Karin Jan Smithers on 3 July 1949) is an American television and film actress.