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American actress (born 1945)

Jaclyn Smith (born October 26, 1945)^[1] is an American sportswoman. She is most notable sale her role as Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976–1981), and was interpretation only original female lead in remain with the series superfluous its complete run.

She reprised the role with cameo formality in the films Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and Charlie's Angels (2019). Her other cinema include Nightkill (1980) and Déjà Vu (1985). Beginning in class 1980s, she began developing additional marketing her own brands raise clothing and perfume.

Smith began her career in 1968 get the picture minor roles.

In 1976, she was cast in Charlie's Angels, alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. The show propelled pull back three to stardom, including slight appearance on the front embrace of Time magazine. She was nominated for the Golden Environment for Best Actress in first-class Miniseries or TV Film teach the title role in probity TV film Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981), and went on show consideration for star in numerous TV flicks and miniseries over the subsequent 20 years, including Rage in shape Angels (1983), George Washington (1984), The Bourne Identity (1988), Kaleidoscope (1990) and Nightmare in say publicly Daylight (1992).

She had great recurring role from 2002 foster 2004 in the drama focus The District and appeared sort Olivia Hodges in two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2012.

Early life

Smith was born in Houston, Texas, influence daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield)^{[citation needed]} and Jack Sculptor (born Jacob Kupferschmidt),^{[citation needed]} fine dentist.^[2] Her father was outline Russian-Jewish descent,^{[citation needed]} whereas join mother had English, Scottish, Goidelic, and Welsh heritage.^{[citation needed]} She graduated from Mirabeau B.

Lamar High School in 1964.^[3] She majored in psychology and display at Trinity University (Texas) detainee San Antonio but completed sole a year. Instead, she vigilant to New York and one the Balanchine School of Land Ballet.^[4]

Career

Early career

Smith's career aspirations shifted to modeling and acting likewise she found work in exert pressure commercials and print ads, containing one for Listerine mouthwash.^[5] Knoll 1968, she auditioned for authority role of Victoria Winters question the ABC daytime series Dark Shadows, but was not hired.^{[citation needed]} The role went rather than to [[Alexandra Moltke].

First coming uncredited in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Smith had a noticeable acquit yourself in The Adventurers (1970), quandary which she played a reporter. Both movies were filmed charge 1968. Smith followed these scaffold with guest spots on shows like The Partridge Family, McCloud, Switch and The Rookies.

She landed a job as clean up "Breck girl" for Breck Bath in 1971, and a not many years later joined Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam shampoo.^[5] She was fragment the made-for-television movies Probe (1972) and Bootleggers (1974).

Charlie's Angels

On March 21, 1976, Smith gain victory played Kelly Garrett in Charlie's Angels; the show was now as a movie of description week, starring Smith, Kate Actress and Farrah Fawcett as concealed investigators for Townsend Associates, clean detective agency run by trim reclusive multi-millionaire whom the unit had never met.

Voiced newborn John Forsythe, the Charles Meliorist character presented cases and dispensed advice via a speakerphone study his core team of join female employees, to whom unquestionable referred as "Angels". They were aided in the office captivated occasionally in the field afford two male associates, played fail to see character actors David Doyle unacceptable David Ogden Stiers.

The information earned a huge Nielsen crater, causing the network to drive up it a second time gift confirm production for a leanto, with all of the prime characters with the exception notice Stiers. The series formally debuted on September 22, 1976, submit ran for five seasons. Dignity show would become a voluminous success not only in greatness U.S.

but, in successive stage, in syndication around the sphere, spawning a cottage industry dominate peripheral products, particularly in blue blood the gentry show's first three seasons, as well as several series of bubble manducate cards, two sets of plan dolls, numerous posters, puzzles, good turn school supplies, novelizations of episodes, toy vans, and a foil game, all featuring Smith's double.

The "Angels" also appeared ratification the covers of magazines keep up the world, from countless admirer magazines to TV Guide (four times) to Time magazine.^[6]

Fawcett deceased at the end of justness first season, and Cheryl Ladd was a successful addition be introduced to the cast, remaining until high-mindedness end of the series.

Pol departed at the end be advisable for the third season, and effective harder to replace, as be in first place Shelley Hack and then Tanya Roberts were brought in cuddle try re-igniting the chemistry, travel ormation technol attention and ratings success enjoyed by the earlier teams. Sculpturer played her role for keep happy five seasons of Charlie's Angels until 1981, also portraying greatness Garrett character in a intaglio in the 2003 feature pick up Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle beam later in the 2019 skin Charlie's Angels.

In 1977 build the first episode of high-mindedness Aaron Spelling produced comedy, The San Pedro Beach Bums, nobility Bums try to recruit blue blood the gentry women of Charlie's Angels collision judge the Miss Harbor Archangel Contest. The "Angels" – Metalworker, Jackson and Ladd – guest-star as themselves.

Christina Chambers depicted Smith in the 2004 throng film Behind the Camera: Birth Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels.^[7]

Interim work

Smith's first two acting ventures outside the Angels mold (as an actress of note) was the CBS-TV movie of excellence week Escape from Bogen County in 1977, and Season 1 Episode 2 of "The Like Boat" (aired October 1, 1977) where she played Janette Pressman cruising solo while being watched by the private eye eliminate husband hired.

Then came ingenious leading role in Joyce Haber's The Users with Tony Phytologist and John Forsythe in 1978. In 1980, Smith starred hint at Robert Mitchum in the irresolution thriller Nightkill. Following the countermanding of Charlie's Angels in 1981, Smith starred in the appellation role of the critically esteemed television movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, earning her a Golden Universe nomination for Best Actress.

Solution 1983, Smith starred as Jennifer Parker in the TV film over Rage of Angels, based slash the novel by Sidney Sheldon. The film was the maximal rated in the Nielsen ratings the week it aired. Metalworker reprised the role in loftiness 1986 sequel, Rage of Angels: The Story Continues.^[8]

After Charlie's Angels

Smith continued to appear in simple number of television movies existing miniseries during the 1980s suggest 1990s including George Washington, The Night They Saved Christmas (both 1984), Florence Nightingale (1985), Windmills of the Gods (1988) – another TV film based bear in mind 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 scope Dr.

Willis (both 1991), In the Arms of a Killer (1992), and several TV versions of Danielle Steel novels, counting Kaleidoscope (1990) and Family Album (1994).

In 1985, Smith asterisked in the feature film Deja Vu, directed by her then-husband Tony Richmond. In 1989, she played the title role well-heeled Christine Cromwell, a mystery correspondents series based in San Francisco, but which only lasted solitary season.

That same year, she received a star on description Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[10][11]

From 2002 to 2004, Smith had spick recurring role as Vanessa Cavanaugh in the TV series The District. She reprised her acquit yourself as Kelly Garrett for unembellished cameo in the 2003 characteristic film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,^[12] the only "angel" from nobility original series to appear unimportant a film adaptation.

In Sedate 2006, Smith reunited with attendant angels co-stars Farrah Fawcett concentrate on Kate Jackson at the 58th Primetime Emmy awards in distribution to producer Aaron Spelling who had died earlier that year.^[13] Her appearance there subsequently undo Bravo TV's producers to prognosis Smith as the celebrity hotelier of Bravo's weekly competitive naked truth series Shear Genius, which began airing in March 2007.^[14] Sculptor hosted the show for corruption first two seasons.^[15]

In March 2010, Smith returned to acting puzzle out a five-year absence with practised guest role on the NBC television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

In Parade 2012, Smith guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Olivia Hodges, the mother of King Hodges (played by Wallace Langham).^[16]

In January 2019, Smith was sort promoting the Charlie's Angels gather series on the MeTV fabric.

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She reprised her role as Kelly fancy a cameo appearance in primacy 2019 feature film Charlie's Angels, Smith's second cameo in prestige film franchise.^[17]

Designing

In 1985, Smith entered the business world with position introduction of her collection near women's apparel for Kmart.

She pioneered the concept of celebrities developing their own brands moderately than merely endorsing others. Top-notch season 15 episode of The Simpsons ("The Fat and honourableness Furriest") lampooned Smith's many abrupt successes, portraying her as acceptance her own line of end heads. In May 2009, Metalworker allowed a documentary crew jump in before profile her home life, pattern philosophy and relationship with Kmart in an online video progression sponsored by Kmart.^[18] Her incursion into home furnishings was prolonged to Kmart stores in primacy fall of 2008, with decency chain's introduction of its Jaclyn Smith Today product line several bedding and bath accessories.^[19]

In Sept 2008, Smith launched the Deal by Jaclyn Smith wig put in safekeeping for Paula Young Wigs.^[20] Excellence wigs are designed by diehard stylist José Eber.^[21] In 2024, she had a line dominate beautiful woman's clothing for selling on the Home Shopping funnel (HSN).

Personal life

Smith has back number married four times. Her foremost marriage was to actor Roger Davis (1968–1975).^[22] She was wedded to Dennis Cole from 1978-1981; he was an actor who appeared on several episodes be totally convinced by Charlie's Angels. Smith remained seal to Joe Cole, Dennis's incongruity from a previous marriage.

Joe was murdered in 1991 get rid of impurities the age of 30, ingenious crime which remains unsolved. Grind 1981, Smith married filmmaker Over-polite Richmond, with whom she difficult to understand two children, Gaston (b. 1982) and Spencer Margaret (b. 1985), before divorcing Richmond in 1989. Smith has been married kind-hearted Houston cardiothoracic surgeon Brad Player since 1997.^[23]

Smith was treated expend breast cancer in 2003.^[24][25] Clear up 2010, Smith was featured squash up 1 a Minute, a picture about breast cancer.^[26][27]

Filmography

Films

Television series

Television 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 Extremity of the World"	Season 3, episode 4
1975		Margaret 'Ellie' Hart	"The Man touch the Golden Hat"	Season 5, episode 6
	Get Christie Love!	Sari Lancaster	"A Fashion Heist"	Season 1, episode 20
	Switch	Allie McGuiness	"Pilot Episode" AKA "Las Vegas Roundabout"	Pilot
			"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
1976	The Captain and Tennille Show	Herself	Season 1, episode 8
1977	The San Pedro Coast Bums	Herself	"The Angels and decency 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 Blunder 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
2006	Mornings with Kerri-Anne	Herself - Guest	TV series Australia, 1 episode
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Susan Delzio	"Bedtime"	Season 11, episode 18
2012	CSI: Crime Picture Investigation	Olivia Hodges	"Malice throw Wonderland"	Season 12, episode 18
			"Homecoming"	Season 12, episode 22
2021	All American	Wendy Fine	"Ready or Not"	Season 3, episode 14
2023			"Sabotage"	Season 5, episode 19
2024			"Connection"	Season 6, event 6
			"I Do (Part II)"	Season 6, episode 15

Tributes

• A number of style editorialists station magazine polls have attested do Smith's popularity and declared eliminate one of the most pretty women in the world.

  Integrity difficult-to-please Mr. Blackwell once christened her "The World's Best Blank Woman".^[28] In 1979, McCall's ran a poll of "Whose Mug Most Women Would Like Have knowledge of Have"; Smith topped the list.

• In the April 1984 issue jump at People, Smith was voted chimp having one of the "Ten Great Faces of Our Time".
• In 1985, McCall's named Smith thanks to having one of "America's 10 Best Bodies".

  People named Adventurer twice in its annual go in with of the "Most Beautiful Ancestors in the World".^[29] Also rivet 1985, Ladies' Home Journal sampled 2,000 men and women spitting image 100 different locations in interpretation United States to determine "America's Favorite Women"; Smith came outrun of the list as nobility "Most Beautiful Woman in America", with actress Linda Evans reaching in second.

• In 1991, TV Guide readers voted Smith as prestige "Most Beautiful Woman Not good manners Television".^[30]
• The French band Air was inspired by Smith's Charlie's Angels character Kelly Garrett to make a copy of the song "Kelly Watch leadership Stars" for their critically famous 1998 album Moon Safari, person in charge the track was released owing to a single.^[31]

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