Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith (born October 26, 1945) is an American
actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Kelly
Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976â€"1981), and
was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its
complete run. She reprised the role with cameo appearances in the
films Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and Charlie's Angels
(2019). Her other films include Nightkill (1980) and Déjà Vu (1985).
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. In 1976, she was cast in Charlie's Angels,
alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett (then billed as Farrah
Fawcett-Majors). The show propelled all three to stardom, including an
appearance on the front cover of Time magazine. She was nominated for
the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film for the
title role in the TV film Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981), and went
on to star in numerous TV films and miniseries over the next 20 years,
including Rage of Angels (1983), George Washington (1984),
Kaleidoscope (1990) and Nightmare in the Daylight (1992). She had a
recurring role from 2002 to 2004 in the drama series The District and
appeared as Olivia Hodges in two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation in 2012.Jacquelyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston,
Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith
(born Jacob Kupferschmidt), a dentist. Her father was of Russian
Jewish descent, and her mother had English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh
heritage. She graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1964.
She majored in psychology and drama at Trinity University (Texas) in
San Antonio but completed only a year. Instead, she moved to New York
and joined the Balanchine School of American Ballet.Smith's career
aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in
television commercials and print ads, including one for Listerine
mouthwash. She was reportedly offered the role of Victoria Winters on
the ABC daytime series Dark Shadows in 1968 but turned it down. She
landed a job as a "Breck girl" for Breck Shampoo in 1971, and a few
years later joined the model/actress Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel
for Wella Balsam shampoo.
actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Kelly
Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976â€"1981), and
was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its
complete run. She reprised the role with cameo appearances in the
films Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) and Charlie's Angels
(2019). Her other films include Nightkill (1980) and Déjà Vu (1985).
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. In 1976, she was cast in Charlie's Angels,
alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett (then billed as Farrah
Fawcett-Majors). The show propelled all three to stardom, including an
appearance on the front cover of Time magazine. She was nominated for
the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film for the
title role in the TV film Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981), and went
on to star in numerous TV films and miniseries over the next 20 years,
including Rage of Angels (1983), George Washington (1984),
Kaleidoscope (1990) and Nightmare in the Daylight (1992). She had a
recurring role from 2002 to 2004 in the drama series The District and
appeared as Olivia Hodges in two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation in 2012.Jacquelyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston,
Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith
(born Jacob Kupferschmidt), a dentist. Her father was of Russian
Jewish descent, and her mother had English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh
heritage. She graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1964.
She majored in psychology and drama at Trinity University (Texas) in
San Antonio but completed only a year. Instead, she moved to New York
and joined the Balanchine School of American Ballet.Smith's career
aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in
television commercials and print ads, including one for Listerine
mouthwash. She was reportedly offered the role of Victoria Winters on
the ABC daytime series Dark Shadows in 1968 but turned it down. She
landed a job as a "Breck girl" for Breck Shampoo in 1971, and a few
years later joined the model/actress Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel
for Wella Balsam shampoo.
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