Jaclyn SmithJaclyn Smith (born October 26, 1947) is an American television actress. Jaclyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston, Texas. She attended Trinity University and the University of San Antonio before deciding on an acting career. Smith is best known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976-1981), a light-hearted action series about three beautiful women who worked as private investigators. Smith was the only female lead to remain with the series for its complete run. Smith has also appeared in over two dozen television movies and miniseries. In 1989, Smith had the title role in Christine Cromwell, a mystery television series which only lasted one season. Smith currently has a reoccurring role in the television series The District. Since 1985, Smith has designed and promoted a clothing line for Kmart. Smith has been married four times; to actors Roger Davis (1972-1975) and Dennis Cole (1978-1981), to filmmaker Tony Richmond (1981-1989), and to surgeon Brad Allen (since 1997). Smith has two children, Spencer Margaret and Gaston, from her marriage to Richmond. Smith reprised her Kelly Garrett role in a short cameo in the 2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle feature film. This page about Jaclyn Smith includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Jaclyn Smith News stories about Jaclyn Smith External links for Jaclyn Smith Videos for Jaclyn Smith Wikis about Jaclyn Smith Discussion Groups about Jaclyn Smith Blogs about Jaclyn Smith Images of Jaclyn Smith |
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Smith reprised her Kelly Garrett role in a short cameo in the 2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle feature film. She received Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. Smith has two children, Spencer Margaret and Gaston, from her marriage to Richmond. She went on to hold several diplomatic posts, representing the United States in the United Nations in 1969-70 and serving as American ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1989). Smith has been married four times; to actors Roger Davis (1972-1975) and Dennis Cole (1978-1981), to filmmaker Tony Richmond (1981-1989), and to surgeon Brad Allen (since 1997). She subsequently became involved in Republican Party politics under her married name, entering a Congressional race in 1967. Since 1985, Smith has designed and promoted a clothing line for Kmart. Temple married the California businessman Charles Black in 1950; she may have looked favorably on his admission while dating that he had never seen any of her films. Smith currently has a reoccurring role in the television series The District. Later appearances on television did not prove as popular as her films. In 1989, Smith had the title role in Christine Cromwell, a mystery television series which only lasted one season. Temple retired from film acting in her early twenties. Smith has also appeared in over two dozen television movies and miniseries. The role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, played by Judy Garland, was originally intended for her. Smith was the only female lead to remain with the series for its complete run. By the late 1930s she was the biggest box-office attraction in motion pictures, and the success of her films may have saved more than one major studio from bankruptcy during the Great Depression. Smith is best known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976-1981), a light-hearted action series about three beautiful women who worked as private investigators. She subsequently starred in many films including Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Susannah of the Mounties. She attended Trinity University and the University of San Antonio before deciding on an acting career. It was in that film that she sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; though she often sang in her films, that was probably her most famous song. Jaclyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston, Texas. One of her first film roles was in Bright Eyes, for which she won a special Academy Award. Jaclyn Smith (born October 26, 1947) is an American television actress. Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American film actress and diplomat who is considered by many to be the most famous child actress in history. |