Kelly Preston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1962
- Died
- July 12, 2020 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Biography
Kelly Preston (born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, October 13, 1962, in Honolulu, Hawaii; died July 12, 2020, in Clearwater, Florida) was an American actress and former model of Hawaiian descent. She was discovered by a fashion photographer at age 16 while living in Australia, made her television debut on Capitol (1982), and adopted her professional surname by 1983. A graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu, she married John Travolta in 1991 after meeting him on the set of The Experts (1989); they had two children, Jett and Ella Bleu Travolta. She died of breast cancer at age 57. Her most notable film credits include Marnie Mason in Twins (1988, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito), Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire (1996, with Tom Cruise), Jane Aubrey in For Love of the Game (1999, with Kevin Costner), Kate Newell in Holy Man (1998, with Eddie Murphy), Ann Beam in Nothing to Lose (1997, with Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence), Linda in Addicted to Love (1997, with Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick), a Newscaster in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Joan Walden in Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003, with Mike Myers), Libby Reynolds in What a Girl Wants (2003), Josie Stronghold in Sky High (2005), Helen Hume in Death Sentence (2007, with Kevin Bacon), Vicki Greer in Old Dogs (2009, with John Travolta and Ella Bleu Travolta), Pam Abramoff in Casino Jack (2010, with Kevin Spacey), Kim Miller in The Last Song (2010, with Miley Cyrus), and Victoria Gotti in Gotti (2018, with John Travolta). On television she appeared in CSI: Cyber (2016, 3 episodes), Medium (2008, 4 episodes), Fat Actress (2005, 4 episodes), Joey (2004), Tales from the Crypt (1989), and For Love and Honor (1983–1984, 12 episodes). Her final film role was Cassie in Off the Rails (2021, posthumous release)..
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Filmography
Off the Rails
Movie · as Cassie
Gotti
Movie · as Victoria Gotti
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Busty Blondes with Natural Racks
Movie · as (archive footage)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
CSI: Cyber
TV · as Greer Latimore · 1 ep
The Last Song
Movie · as Kim
Casino Jack
Movie · as Pam Abramoff
From Paris with Love
Movie · as Woman on Eiffel Tower (uncredited)
Old Dogs
Movie · as Vicki
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tenth Circle
Movie · as Laura Stone
Struck
Movie · as Trista
Death Sentence
Movie · as Helen Hume
Broken Bridges
Movie · as Angela Dalton
Sky High
Movie · as Josie Stronghold / Jetstream
Fat Actress
TV · as Quinn Taylor Scott · 5 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Medium
TV · as Meghan Doyle · 3 eps
Return to Sender
Movie · as Susan Kennan
Eulogy
Movie · as Lucy Collins
Joey
TV · as Donna · 2 eps
The Cat in the Hat
Movie · as Joan Walden
What a Girl Wants
Movie · as Libby Reynolds
View from the Top
Movie · as Sherry
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Daddy and Them
Movie · as Rose
Fear Factor
TV · 1 ep
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie · as Kelly Preston
Bar Hopping
Movie · as Bebe
Battlefield Earth
Movie · as Chirk
For Love of the Game
Movie · as Jane Aubrey
Holy Man
Movie · as Kate Newell
Jack Frost
Movie · as Gabby Frost
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Movie · as Self
Junket Whore
Movie · as Self
Addicted to Love
Movie · as Linda
Nothing to Lose
Movie · as Ann Beam
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie · as Newscaster Kelly Houge
Curdled
Movie · as Kelly Hogue
Jerry Maguire
Movie · as Avery Bishop
Citizen Ruth
Movie · as Rachel
Little Surprises
Movie
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mrs. Munck
Movie · as Young Rose
Waiting to Exhale
Movie · as Kathleen (uncredited)
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cheyenne Warrior
Movie · as Rebecca Carver
Love Is a Gun
Movie · as Jean Starr
Double Cross
Movie · as Vera Blanchard
The American Clock
Movie · as Diana Marley
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Only You
Movie · as Amanda
Run
Movie · as Karen Landers
The Perfect Bride
Movie · as Laura
The Experts
Movie · as Bonnie
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Linda (segment "The Switch") · 1 ep
Twins
Movie · as Marnie Mason
Spellbinder
Movie · as Miranda Reed
A Tiger's Tale
Movie · as Shirley Butts
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
Love at Stake
Movie · as Sara Lee
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie · as Violet (segment "Titan Man")
SpaceCamp
Movie · as Tish
52 Pick-Up
Movie · as Cini
Secret Admirer
Movie · as Deborah Anne Fimple
Mischief
Movie · as Marilyn McCauley
Blue Thunder
TV · as Amy Braddock · 1 ep
Christine
Movie · as Roseanne
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
Movie · as Dhyana
10 to Midnight
Movie · as Doreen
For Love and Honor
Movie · as Mary Lee
The Renegades
TV · as Lisa Primus · 1 ep
For Love and Honor
TV · as Mary Lee · 13 eps
Capitol
TV · as Gillian McCandless · 260 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
CHiPs
TV · as Anna · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Ginger Reeves · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Wendy · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member · 1 ep