About
| Birth Name: | Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis |
| Birth Notes: | 13 October 1962, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
| Height: | 5' 7" |
| Family: | * John Travolta (12 September 1991 - present); 2 children * Kevin Gage (1986 - 1988) (divorced) |
Filmography
| 10 to Midnight (1983) as Doreen |
| 52 Pick-Up (1986) as Cini |
| Addicted to Love (1997) as Linda |
| Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) as Violet (segment "Titan Man") |
| Christine (1983) as Roseanne |
| Citizen Ruth (1996) as Rachel |
| Eulogy (2004) as Lucy Collins |
| For Love of the Game (1999) as Jane Aubrey |
| From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) as Newscaster Kelly Houge |
| From Paris with Love (2010) as Woman on Eiffel tower |
| Holy Man (1998) as Kate Newell |
| Love Is a Gun (1994) as Jean Starr |
| Nothing to Lose (1997) as Ann Beam |
| Old Dogs (2009) as Vicki |
| Only You (1992) as Amanda Hughes |
| Sky High (2005) as Josie Stronghold/Jetstream |
| The Cat in the Hat (2003) as Mom |
| The Last Song (2010) as Kim |
| Twins (1988) as Marnie Mason |
| View from the Top (2003) as Sherry |
| A Tiger's Tale (1987) as Shirley Butts |
| Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) as Chirk |
| Broken Bridges (2006) as Angela Dalton |
| Casino Jack (2010) as Pam Abramoff |
| Curdled (1996) as Kelly Hogue |
| Daddy and Them (2001) as Rose |
| Death Sentence (2007) as Helen Hume |
| Double Cross (1994) as Vera Blanchard |
| Jack Frost (1998) as Gabby Frost |
| Jerry Maguire (1996) as Avery Bishop |
| Junket Whore (1998) as Herself |
| Love at Stake (1987) as Sara Lee |
| Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) as Dhyana |
| Mischief (1985) as Marilyn McCauley |
| Mrs. Munck (1995) as Young Rose |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) as Herself (with John Travolta) |
| Return to Sender (2004) as Susan Kennan |
| Run (1991) as Karen Landers |
| Secret Admirer (1985) as Deborah Anne Fimple |
| SpaceCamp (1986) as Tish Ambrosei |
| Spellbinder (1988) as Miranda Reed |
| Struck (2008) as Trista |
| The Experts (1989) as Bonnie |
| Waiting to Exhale (1995) as Kathleen |
| Welcome to Hollywood (1998) as Herself |
| What a Girl Wants (2003) as Libby Reynolds |
Trivia
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* (3 April 2000) Her second child with John Travolta, daughter Ella Bleu Travolta was born, weighing in at 4.08 kilos (nine pounds). * Was turned down for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980). This was Preston's first film audition. The part went to Brooke Shields. * She lived with Charlie Sheen from 1989-90. She was accidentally shot in their apartment in 1990. * Once dated George Clooney. * Attended Pembroke School in Adelaide, South Australia and graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. * John Travolta married Kelly Preston twice. Their first wedding on 5 September 1991, by a French scientologist minister, was declared illegal. The couple met during the filming of The Experts (1989). * Born and raised in Hawaii, except for 15 months at age 5 where she lived in Iraq. Her father was working with the minister of agriculture to improve Iraq's farming conditions. * Although they never married, Charlie Sheen presented Kelly with a 2.5 karat pink diamond engagement ring when he proposed to her in 1989. * Measurements: 34C-24-34 (In 1982 while an Elite Agency model), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). * Did all of her own singing in the movie What a Girl Wants (2003). * Discovered by a fashion photographer when she was 16, he helped her get work in commercials and even set up for an audition for the Brooke Shields' role in The Blue Lagoon (1980). She didn't get the part because she was too sultry. * After her child Jett was diagnosed with "Kawasaki's Syndrome", an illness affecting children, which resulted in severe allergies and asthma attacks, Kelly has worked tirelessly on behalf of CHEC, the Children's Health Environmental Coalition, which is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating parents about environmental toxins that can affect children's health and informing them of the many potential health hazards in the environment. Olivia Newton-John is also a CHEC board member. * Studied drama at the University of Southern California and the University of California. * In the 90s, her career took a secondary position to that of devoted wife to John Travolta and their two children. * Her first child with John Travolta, son Jett Travolta, was born 13 April 1992. * She and her husband, John Travolta, are Scientologists. * She is of Hawaiian and English origin. * Gave George Clooney his infamous pet pig named Max, which died on December 1, 2006 after it had lived with Clooney for 18 years. * Was among the guests at Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes' wedding ceremony in Italy. * Eldest son Jett Travolta died January 2, 2009 of a seizure as a result of Kawasaki Syndrome. He reportedly hit his head in the family's bathtub in their home in the Bahamas. * Daughter of Linda Carlson. Stepdaughter of Lee Carlson. * Stepsister of Chris Palzis. * Adoptive daughter of Peter Palzis, with whose name she began her acting career. * May 2010, announced that she is pregnant of her third child at the age of 47, by her husband John Travolta. |
Quotes
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* "Everything about my husband is sexy, especially his lips." - speaking to People Magazine about John Travolta. * "When I married John, I put my career on hold to be a wife and to have a child. Before that I didn't have a fabulous career, but I was working. When I decided to resume acting, I had become Mrs. Travolta in many people's eyes so I had to prove myself all over again." * "People have generally been very respectful and we've not been tabloid fodder." * "There's the jiggle factor in Hollywood. Once I was at an audition and they told me, 'You must show your breasts!' and I was like, get outta town. I just laughed and slammed the door on my way out." * "I've wanted to have babies since I was 11. I always babysat. I was making thousands and thousands of dollars doing commercials and still babysitting for $2.50 an hour. Children are our future -- literally. It's such a cliche, but it's so true." * "I got caught playing doctor in my grandma's garage, but, you know, it was very minor, just like sticking things in the heinie." (quoted in Playboy 05-2003) * "But we ride bikes, we go swimming, you do art projects, you do things as a family. We go to Denny's, my big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target. Seriously, that's where half of my stuff comes from now. I don't get to go to the super-fancy stores unless I'm out here now. You sort of stay pretty real that way." * "I prioritize, I'm a great list-maker and, to try to keep everything organized, I have people who help me out with different things. And just making my kids and my husband come first, keeping us together, is my first priority. And then I fit films into my life." |
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