Jaclyn Smith
| Jaclyn Smith | |
|---|---|
 Jaclyn Smith (June 2006) | |
| Born |
Jacquelyn Ellen Smith October 26, 1945 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Roger Davis (1968–1975; divorced) Dennis Cole (1978–1981; divorced) Anthony B. Richmond (1981–1989; divorced; 2 children) Brad Allen (1997-present) |
| Website | |
| http://www.jaclynsmith.com | |
Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith (born October 26, 1945)[1] is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known as Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run (1976–81). Beginning in the 1980s, she began developing and marketing her own brands of clothing and perfume.
Smith began her career in 1969 in television commercials and appeared in the 1970 film The Adventurers. In 1976, she was cast in Charlie's Angels, alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. The show propelled all three to stardom, including appearing on the front cover of Time magazine. In 1981, she starred in the title role of the TV movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, which earned her a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination. She starred in numerous TV movies and miniseries over the next twenty years, including Rage of Angels (1983), George Washington (1984), Kaleidoscope (1990) and Nightmare in the Daylight (1992). She also had leading roles in the films Nightkill (1980) and Déjà Vu (1985). From 2002–04, she had a recurring role in the drama series The District. In 2003, she reprised her role of Kelly Garrett with a cameo appearance in the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.[2]
Early life
Jacquelyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith, a dentist.[3] She graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1964.[4] She attended Trinity University in San Antonio.[5]
After college, Smith moved to New York City with hopes of dancing with the ballet. Her career aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in television commercials and print ads, including one for Listerene mouthwash. She landed a job as a "Breck girl" for Breck Shampoo in 1971, and a few years later joined another popular model/actress, Farrah Fawcett, as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam shampoo.[5]
Charlie's Angels
On March 21, 1976, Smith first played Kelly Garrett in Charlie's Angels; the show was aired as a movie of the week, starring Smith, Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett (billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors) as private investigators for Townsend Associates, a detective agency run by a reclusive multi-millionaire whom the women had never met. Voiced by John Forsythe, the Charles Townsend character presented cases and dispensed advice via a speakerphone to his core team of three female employees, to whom he referred as "Angels". They were aided in the office and occasionally in the field by two male associates, played by character actors David Doyle and David Ogden Stiers. The program earned a huge Nielsen rating, causing the network to air it a second time and confirm production for a series, with all of the principal characters with the exception of Stiers. The series formally debuted on September 22, 1976, and ran for five seasons. The show would become a smash success not only in the U.S. but, in successive years, in syndication around the world, spawning a cottage industry of peripheral products, particularly in the show's first three seasons, including several series of bubble gum cards, two sets of fashion dolls, numerous posters, puzzles, and school supplies, novelizations of episodes, toy vans, and a board game, all featuring Smith's likeness. The "Angels" also appeared on the covers of magazines around the world, from countless fan magazines to TV Guide (four times) to Time Magazine.[6]
Fawcett departed at the end of the first season, and Cheryl Ladd was a successful addition to the cast, remaining until the end of the series. Jackson departed at the end of the third season, and proved harder to replace, as first Shelley Hack and then Tanya Roberts were brought in to try re-igniting the chemistry, media attention and ratings success enjoyed by the earlier teams. Smith played her role for all five seasons of Charlie's Angels until 1981, also portraying the Garrett character in a guest appearance in the 1977 pilot episode of The San Pedro Beach Bums, and in a cameo in the 2003 feature film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Christina Chambers portrayed Smith in the television film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels.[7]
Career
Smith's first acting venture outside the Angels mold was the CBS-TV movie of the week Escape from Bogen County in 1977. Then came a leading role in Joyce Haber's The Users with Tony Curtis and John Forsythe in 1978. In 1980, Smith starred with Robert Mitchum in the suspense thriller Nightkill. Following the cancellation of Charlie's Angels in 1981, Smith starred in the title role of the critically acclaimed television movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. In 1983, Smith starred as Jennifer Parker in the TV movie Rage of Angels, based on the novel by Sidney Sheldon. The film was the highest rated in the Nielsen ratings the week it aired. Smith reprised the role in the 1986 sequel, Rage of Angels: The Story Continues.[8]
Smith continued to appear in a number of television movies and miniseries during the 1980s and 1990s including George Washington, The Night They Saved Christmas (both 1984), Florence Nightingale (1985), Windmills of the Gods (1988) - another TV film based on a Sidney Sheldon novel - The Bourne Identity[9] (also 1988); adapted from author Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name; Settle the Score (1989), Lies Before Kisses, The Rape of Dr. Willis (both 1991), In the Arms of a Killer (1992), and several TV versions of Danielle Steel novels, including Kaleidoscope (1990) and Family Album (1994).
In 1985, Smith starred in the feature film Deja Vu, which was directed by her then-husband Tony Richmond. In 1989, she played the title role in Christine Cromwell, a mystery television series based in San Francisco, but which only lasted one season. That same year, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[10]
From 2002 to 2004, Smith had a recurring role as Vanessa Cavanaugh in the TV series The District. She reprised her role as Kelly Garrett for a cameo in the 2003 feature film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, the only "angel" from the original series to appear in either film adaptation. In August 2006, Smith reunited with her angels co-stars Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson at the 58th Primetime Emmy awards in tribute to producer Aaron Spelling who died earlier that year. Her appearance there subsequently led Bravo TV’s producers to cast Smith as the celebrity host of Bravo’s weekly competitive reality series, Shear Genius, which began airing in March 2007. Smith hosted the show for its first two seasons.
In March 2010, Smith returned to acting after a five-year absence with a guest role on the NBC television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In March 2012, Smith guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Olivia Hodges, the mother of David Hodges (played by Wallace Langham).[11]
Designing
In 1985, Smith entered the business world with the introduction of her collection of women's apparel for Kmart. She pioneered the concept of celebrities developing their own brands rather than merely endorsing others. A season 15 episode of The Simpsons ("The Fat and the Furriest") lampooned Smith's many business successes, portraying her as having her own line of axe heads. In May 2009, Smith allowed a documentary crew to profile her home life, design philosophy and relationship with Kmart in an online video series sponsored by Kmart.[12] Her foray into home furnishings was extended to Kmart stores in the fall of 2008, with the chain's introduction of its Jaclyn Smith Today product line of bedding and bath accessories.[13]
Personal life
Smith has been married four times. Her first marriage was to actor Roger Davis (1968–1975). She married Dennis Cole, an actor who had appeared on Charlie's Angels in 1977 and 1978. Cole appeared on the show two more times before the couple divorced in 1981. Cole's son from a previous marriage, Joe Cole, with whom Smith had maintained a relationship after her divorce from his father, was murdered in 1991 during a robbery; the case remains unsolved. Smith married filmmaker Tony Richmond in 1981, with whom she had two children, Gaston (born 1982) and Spencer Margaret (born 1985), before divorcing Richmond in 1989. Smith has been married to Houston cardiothoracic surgeon[14] Brad Allen since 1997.
Smith battled breast cancer in 2003.[15][16] In 2010, Smith was featured in 1 a Minute, a documentary about breast cancer.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus | Wedding Guest | Uncredited role |
| 1970 | The Adventurers | Girl journalist Belinda | |
| 1972 | Probe | Stewardess | TV movie |
| 1974 | Bootleggers | Sally Fannie Tatum | |
| Sin, American Style | Susan Cole | TV movie | |
| 1976 | The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper | Cathy Martin | TV movie |
| 1977 | Escape from Bogen County | Maggie Bowman | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Users | Elena Scheider | TV movie |
| 1980 | Nightkill | Katherine Atwell | |
| 1981 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Jacqueline Kennedy | TV movie Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Jennifer Parker | TV movie |
| 1984 | Sentimental Journey | Julie Ross-Gardner | TV movie |
| George Washington | Sally Fairfax | TV mini-series | |
| The Night They Saved Christmas | Claudia Baldwin | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Florence Nightingale | TV movie |
| Déjà Vu | Brooke/Maggie | ||
| 1986 | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Jennifer Parker | TV movie |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods | Mary Ashley | TV movie |
| The Bourne Identity | Marie St. Jacques | TV mini-series | |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night | Christine Cromwell | TV movie |
| Settle the Score | Katherine Whately | TV movie | |
| 1990 | Kaleidoscope | Hilary Walker | TV movie |
| 1991 | Lies Before Kisses | Elaine Sanders | TV movie |
| The Rape of Doctor Willis | Kate Willis | TV movie | |
| 1992 | In the Arms of a Killer | Maria Quinn | TV movie |
| Nightmare in the Daylight | Megan Lambert | TV movie | |
| Love Can Be Murder | Elizabeth Bentley | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story | Donna Yaklich | TV movie |
| Family Album | Faye Price Thayer | TV movie | |
| 1996 | My Very Best Friend | Dana Griffin | TV movie |
| 1997 | Married to a Stranger | Megan Potter | TV movie |
| 1998 | Before He Wakes | Bridget Smith Michaels | TV movie |
| 1999 | Free Fall | Renee Brennan | |
| Three Secrets | Diane | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Navigating the Heart | Edith Iglauer | TV movie |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Kelly Garrett | Cameo appearance |
| 2005 | Ordinary Miracles | Judge Kay Woodbury | TV movie |
| 2015 | Bridal Wave | Felice Hamilton | TV movie |
TV series
| Year(s) | Title | Role | Seasons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–81 | Charlie's Angels | Kelly Garrett | 1-5 | |
| 1989-90 | Christine Cromwell | Christine Cromwell | 1 | |
| 2002-04 | The District | Vanessa Cavanaugh | 3-4 |
TV appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Episode titles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Tina | "When Mother Gets Married" | Season 1, episode 5 |
| 1973 | McCloud | Jackie Rogers | "Showdown at the End of the World" | Season 3, episode 4 |
| 1975 | Margaret 'Ellie' Hart | "The Man with the Golden Hat" | Season 5, episode 6 | |
| Get Christie Love! | Sari Lancaster | "A Fashion Heist" | Season 1, episode 20 | |
| Switch | Alice | "Pilot Episode" | Season 1, episode 1 | |
| "The Late Show Murders" | Season 1, episode 2 | |||
| "Death Heist" | Season 1, episode 7 | |||
| The Rookies | Judy March | "The Code Five Affair" | Season 4, episode 15 | |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Kelly Garrett | "The Angels and the Bums" | Season 1, episode 1 |
| The Love Boat | Janette Bradford | "A Tasteful Affair/Oh, Dale!/The Main Event" | Season 1, episode 2 | |
| 2000 | Becker | Megan | "The Wrong Man" | Season 3, episode 6 |
| 2001 | "Pretty Poison" | Season 3, episode 14 | ||
| 2004 | Hope & Faith | Dr. Anne Osvath | "Natal Attraction" | Season 2, episode 6 |
| "Stand by Your Mandi" | Season 2, episode 7 | |||
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Susan Delzio | "Bedtime" | Season 11, episode 18 |
| 2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Olivia Hodges | "Malice in Wonderland" | Season 12, episode 18 |
| "Homecoming" | Season 12, episode 22 |
Tributes
- A number of style mavens and magazine polls have attested to Smith's popularity and declared her one of the most beautiful women in the world. The difficult-to-please Mr. Blackwell once named her "The World's Best Dressed Woman".[17] In 1979, McCall's ran a poll of "Whose Face Most Women Would Like To Have"; Smith topped the list.
- In the April 1984 issue of People, Smith was voted as one of the "Ten Great Faces of Our Time".
- In 1985, McCall's named Smith as one of "America's 10 Best Bodies". People named Smith twice in its annual list of the "Most Beautiful People in the World".[18] Also in 1985, Ladies' Home Journal sampled 2,000 men and women in 100 different locations in the United States to determine "America's Favorite Women"; Smith came top of the list as the "Most Beautiful Woman in America", with actress Linda Evans coming in second.
- Comic strip artist Sy Barry modeled the luscious Diana Palmer, wife of The Phantom, after Smith.
- The French band Air was inspired by Smith's Charlie's Angels character Kelly Garrett to record the song "Kelly Watch the Stars" for their critically acclaimed 1998 album Moon Safari, and the track was released as a single.[20]
References
- ↑ "''Texas Births, 1926-1995. Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software, 2004-2005''". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ↑ "Jaclyn Smith". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Profile at". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ "Lamar High School Alumni Association". Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Armstrong, Lois (December 6, 1976). "Heavens Above! Charlie's Sexy Angels Are Old-Fashioned Girls Who Really Get Along". Cover story (People Magazine). Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Charlie's Angels". barewalls. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ Lowry, Brian (March 7, 2004). "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels TV Show Review". Variety.
- ↑ "Welcome to SidneySheldon.com: The Official Website of the World's Master Storyteller". Hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ "Richard Chamberlain Online Article 136". Richard-chamberlain.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ IMDb profile
- ↑ Published Thursday, February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09). "'CSI' casts 'Charlie's Angels' star Jaclyn Smith". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ Kmart website
- ↑ Kmart website
- ↑ "Distinctions - February 2004 - New Program to Help Heal Babies'Hearts". Publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ "Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith on surviving breast cancer". CNN. October 18, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ↑ Parade Magazine, 6/22/08, p. 4
- ↑ Epstein, Benjamin (January 24, 1986). "Blackwell Dubs Princess Worst-Dressed". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-10-10/news/8502140570_1_young-women-rambo-list
- ↑ http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/keyword/jaclyn-smith/recent/2
- ↑ Burchill, Julie (November 17, 2000). "Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy...". The Guardian (London). Retrieved May 1, 2012.
External links
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