Kelly Preston
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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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Credits
Christine (1983)
as Roseanne
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
as Newscaster Kelly Houge
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
as Joan Walden
From Paris with Love (2010)
as Woman on Eiffel Tower (uncredited)
Death Sentence (2007)
as Helen Hume
Sky High (2005)
as Josie Stronghold / Jetstream
Jerry Maguire (1996)
as Avery Bishop
Twins (1988)
as Marnie Mason
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
What a Girl Wants (2003)
as Libby Reynolds
Battlefield Earth (2000)
as Chirk
Nothing to Lose (1997)
as Ann Beam
52 Pick-Up (1986)
as Cini
Run (1991)
as Karen Landers
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Kelly Preston
Cheyenne Warrior (1994)
as Rebecca Carver
Gotti (2018)
as Victoria Gotti
Old Dogs (2009)
as Vicki
View from the Top (2003)
as Sherry
Jack Frost (1998)
as Gabby Frost
For Love of the Game (1999)
as Jane Aubrey
The Last Song (2010)
as Kim
Busty Blondes with Natural Racks (2017)
as (archive footage)
10 to Midnight (1983)
as Doreen
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
as Kathleen (uncredited)
Mischief (1985)
as Marilyn McCauley
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
as Violet (segment "Titan Man")
Holy Man (1998)
as Kate Newell
Secret Admirer (1985)
as Deborah Anne Fimple
Addicted to Love (1997)
as Linda
SpaceCamp (1986)
as Tish
Spellbinder (1988)
as Miranda Reed
Casino Jack (2010)
as Pam Abramoff
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Daddy and Them (2001)
as Rose
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
as Dhyana
Curdled (1996)
as Kelly Hogue
A Tiger's Tale (1988)
as Shirley Butts
Eulogy (2004)
as Lucy Collins
The Experts (1989)
as Bonnie
Love Is a Gun (1994)
as Jean Starr
Citizen Ruth (1996)
as Rachel
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
as Self
Return to Sender (2004)
as Susan Kennan
Love at Stake (1987)
as Sara Lee
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Double Cross (1994)
as Vera Blanchard
Off the Rails (2021)
as Cassie
Broken Bridges (2006)
as Angela Dalton
The American Clock (1993)
as Diana Marley
Only You (1992)
as Amanda
For Love and Honor (1983)
as Mary Lee
Struck (2008)
as Trista
Mrs. Munck (1995)
as Young Rose
Little Surprises (1996)
Actor
The Tenth Circle (2008)
as Laura Stone
Bar Hopping (2000)
as Bebe
The Perfect Bride (1991)
as Laura