Kelly Preston

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Kelly Preston
File:Kelly Preston Cannes 2018.jpg
Born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith
(1962-10-13)October 13, 1962
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 1980–2020
Spouse(s)
Children 3
Website www.kellypreston.com

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), better known by her stage name Kelly Preston, was an American actress and model. She appeared in more than sixty television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996) and For Love of the Game (1999). She was married to John Travolta, with whom she collaborated on comedy film The Experts (1989), science fiction film Battlefield Earth (2000), and the biographical film Gotti (2018). She also starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in the Hat (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Broken Bridges (2006) and Old Dogs (2009).

Early years

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith[1][2] (the middle name "Kamalelehua" means "garden of lehuas" in Hawaiian)[3][4] was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center. Her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old.[5][6][7] Her mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director. He adopted Preston, and she used his name at the start of her acting career.[8][9] She also had a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis.[8]

As a child, Preston lived in Iraq,[10] and also Australia, where she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide.[11] She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu,[12] and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.[13]

Career

While living in Australia, Preston was discovered at 16 by a fashion photographer who helped her get work in commercials and other small parts.[8] He arranged her first film audition for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which she lost to the younger Brooke Shields.[14] At that time she changed her last name to Preston.[15]

Her first prominent film roles came in 1985—first as Marilyn McCauley in romantic comedy teen flick Mischief; then as the beautiful but shallow Deborah Ann Fimple in another teen romantic comedy, Secret Admirer. Her other roles included SpaceCamp (1986), Twins[16] (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise, Jane Aubrey in For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner and Kate Newell, and in Holy Man (1998) with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum. In 1997, she starred in Nothing to Lose, which co-starred Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence, although Lawrence and Preston did not receive screen credit. She also starred in the movie Jack Frost (1998).

Preston played the girlfriend of her husband John Travolta's character Terl in the film Battlefield Earth (2000),[17] and received "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards for her role in the film.[18] She appeared as the protagonist's flying, superhero mother in the film Sky High (2005).[19]

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Preston in 2005

In 2004, Preston was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Be Loved", which featured a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine. Preston appeared in the crime thriller Death Sentence (2007), in which she played Helen Hume, the wife of Kevin Bacon's character Nick. In 2008, she was cast in a television pilot called Suburban Shootout,[20] and had a short term recurring role in Medium.[20]

Preston starred in the Lifetime television film The Tenth Circle (2008), directed by Peter Markle. It was shot in Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Britt Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown.[21]

Preston was a spokeswoman for Neutrogena, appearing in its print and television ads.[22]

Preston's final red carpet appearance came at the New York City premiere of her husband's television miniseries "Gotti," in 2018.[23]

Personal life

Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987.[24] She also had a relationship with George Clooney in the late 1980s.[24][8] She was briefly engaged to Charlie Sheen in 1990,[8][25] but ended the relationship shortly after he allegedly shot her in the arm.[25][26] In a 2011 interview with TMZ, Preston said that Sheen did not shoot her.[27]

Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts.[28] They married in 1991, traveling to Paris on an Air France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon (on the Place de la Concorde) on September 5, 1991. However, a second ceremony was required because the first, performed by a French Scientology minister (both Preston and Travolta were Scientologists), was considered invalid. The second ceremony took place on September 12 in Daytona Beach, Florida.[29] Preston and Travolta had three children: son Jett (April 13, 1992 – January 2, 2009), daughter Ella Bleu (born 2000), and a second son, Benjamin (born 2010).[30][31] Preston remained a devout Scientologist until her death.[32]

Death of Jett Travolta

Preston's son Jett Travolta was described as suffering from Kawasaki disease as an infant and had a history of seizures.[33][34] In 2003, Preston appeared on The Montel Williams Show to promote L. Ron Hubbard's Purification Rundown, which she credited with helping her son.[35]

On January 2, 2009, Jett Travolta died while the family was on a vacation in the Bahamas.[36][37] His death was attributed to a seizure.[38] In September 2009, Travolta and Preston confirmed longstanding speculations when they testified that their son had autism and suffered regular seizures. This revelation came during their testimony at the trial resulting from an extortion attempt related to their son's death.[39]

On January 23, 2009, three people were arrested in the Bahamas in connection with a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against Travolta and Preston concerning the circumstances of their son's death.[40] One of the men, Obie Wilchcombe, a member of the Bahamian Parliament and former Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of Travolta and Preston.[40] Two others allegedly involved were an EMT named Tarino Lightbourne and a Bahamian senator named Pleasant Bridgewater. Bridgewater was charged with abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort and resigned from the Senate as a result of the allegations.[40][41] The first trial ended in a mistrial. After a second jury had been selected, the Travoltas elected to drop the case and all charges against the defendants were dismissed.[42]

Death

On July 12, 2020, Preston died at the age of 57, two years after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.[43][44][45][46] Her diagnosis had been kept quiet and was not widely publicized.[43] At the time of her death, Preston was being treated at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas; she had also been treated at other medical centers.[47] Her death was announced in an Instagram post under an account belonging to John Travolta and Ella Bleu.[48]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1983 10 to Midnight Doreen [49]
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Dhyana [19]
Christine Roseanne [19]
1985 Mischief Marilyn McCauley [19]
Secret Admirer Deborah Anne Fimple [19]
1986 SpaceCamp Tish Ambrosé [19]
52 Pick-Up Cynthia "Cini" Frazier [19]
1987 Love at Stake Sara Lee [49]
A Tiger's Tale Shirley Butts [19]
Amazon Women on the Moon Violet Segment: "Titan Man"[19]
1988 Spellbinder Miranda Reed [19]
Twins Marnie Mason [19]
1989 The Experts Bonnie [19]
1991 Run Karen Landers [19]
1992 Only You Amanda Hughes [19]
1994 Double Cross Vera Blanchard Video[19]
Love Is a Gun Jean Starr [19]
1995 Mrs. Munck Young Rose Munck [19]
Waiting to Exhale Kathleen Uncredited cameo[50]
1996 Citizen Ruth Rachel [19]
From Dusk till Dawn Newscaster Kelly Houge [19]
Curdled Kelly Hogue [19]
Jerry Maguire Avery Bishop [19]
1997 Addicted to Love Linda [19]
Nothing to Lose Ann Beam [19]
1998 Holy Man Kate Newell [19]
Jack Frost Gabby Frost [19]
1999 For Love of the Game Jane Aubrey [19]
2000 Battlefield Earth Chirk [19]
2001 Daddy and Them Rose [19]
2003 View from the Top Sherry [19]
What a Girl Wants Libby Reynolds [19]
The Cat in the Hat Joan Walden [19]
2004 Eulogy Lucy Collins [19]
Return to Sender Susan Kennan [51]
2005 Sky High Josie Stronghold / Jetstream [19]
2006 Broken Bridges Angela Delton [19]
2007 Death Sentence Helen Hume [19]
2008 Struck Trista Short film[51]
2009 Old Dogs Vicki Greer [19]
2010 The Last Song Kim Miller [19]
Casino Jack Pam Abramoff [19]
2018 Gotti Victoria Gotti [49]
2020 Off the Rails Cassie Posthumous release[52]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Hawaii Five-O Wendy Episode: "For Old Times Sake"[53]
1983 CHiPs Anna Episode: "Things That Go Creep in the Night"[53]
1983–1984 For Love and Honor Mary Lee Regular role (12 episodes)[19]
1984 Blue Thunder Amy Braddock Episode: "The Long Flight"[19]
1990 Tales from the Crypt Linda Episode: "The Switch"[51]
2001 Fear Factor Herself Season 2 Episode 1[19]
2004 Joey Donna Di Gregorio Episodes: "Joey and the Dream Girl: Parts 1 & 2"[19]
2005 Fat Actress Quinn Taylor Scott Recurring role (4 episodes)[19]
2008 Medium Meghan Doyle Recurring role (4 episodes)[19]
2008 The Tenth Circle Laura Stone [19]
2016 CSI: Cyber Greer Latimore Recurring role (3 episodes)[19]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2004 "She Will Be Loved" Maroon 5 Socialite/Mother [54][55]

Awards and nominations

Awards
Year Award Category Production Result
2001 Golden Raspberry Award Worst Supporting Actress Battlefield Earth Won[56]
2010 Old Dogs Nominated[57]
2019 Gotti Nominated[58]
Worst Screen Combo Nominated[58]

References

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