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Jaclyn Smith

Jaclyn Smith

Jaclyn Smith

Jacquelyn Ellen “Jaclyn” Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. Jacquelyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith (born Jacob Kupferschmidt or Coopersmith), a dentist. She is of Jewish, English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh heritage. She graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1964. She attended Trinity University in San Antonio.

She is known for her role as Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie’s Angels (1976–81), and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run. She reprised the role with a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. 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 has been married four times. Her first marriage was to actor Roger Davis (1968–1975). She married Dennis Cole, an actor who had appeared on Charlie’s Angels in 1977 and 1978. Second time Smith has been married to Houston cardiothoracic surgeon Brad Allen since 1997.

Smith battled breast cancer in 2003. In 2010, Smith was featured in 1 a Minute, a documentary about breast cancer.

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