Jan Smithers

She is not to be confused with Welcome Back, Kotter actress Marcia Strassman, with whom she shares a close resemblance. The singer, Helen Terry, is one of her descendants. Now retired from show business, Jan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her nephew, Sir John Gielgud, also became an actor. From 1987 through 1995 she was married to actor James Brolin. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1925. This scar cost her some roles, and according to Jan, made her feel insecure about her looks. In 1907 she married American actor James Carew.

The impact smashed her face into the steering wheel, causing the injury. She struck up a friendship and a famous correspondence with George Bernard Shaw. To avoid another car that ran a stop sign, Jan swerved and hit a telephone pole. In 1903 she formed a theatre management business with her son, abandoning Irving. Smithers was involved in a car accident which left a permanent scar on her chin. In 1876 she married Charles Kelly. As a teen, Ms. From 1874 she became the leading Shakespearean actress in London, and in partnership with Henry Irving became successful in England and the USA.

As a result of that exposure, she landed some commercial modeling work while pursuing her studies at the California Institute of the Arts. However, the birth of her son, Gordon Craig, in 1872, was the result of a liaison with Edward Godwin, who later deserted her, having enforced her temporary retirement from acting. 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. On 20 February 1864, shortly before her 17th birthday, she married the painter George Frederic Watts. She played the character "Bailey Quarters" on the popular television series WKRP in Cincinnati. She first appeared on stage as a child. Smithers grew up in Woodland Hills, California. Born in Coventry, she came of a theatrical family, her brother Fred Terry and several of her other siblings being actors.

Jan Smithers (born Karin Jan Smithers on 3 July 1949) is an American television and film actress. Ellen Alice Terry (February 27, 1847 - July 21, 1928) was an English stage actress.