- Born
- Birth nameJacquelyn Ellen Smith
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television series, entitled Charlie's Angels (1976). The pilot was slick and the show was an instant hit when it debuted on September 22, 1976 on ABC.
Smith is the only original "Angel" to stay with the show through its entire five-season run (1976-81). She is also the only "Angel" from the television series to make an appearance in either of the movie adaptations. (She had an uncredited cameo in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) as "Kelly Garrett", offering advice to the new generation of angels.)
After Charlie's Angels (1976), she went the TV-movie route and starred in such TV films as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, and such miniseries as The Bourne Identity (1988), Rage of Angels (1983) and Windmills of the Gods (1988). She has had her own extremely successful clothing line at Kmart since 1985, and is often a spokesperson.
Her first two marriages to actors Roger Davis and Dennis Cole ended in divorce. She has two children from her third marriage to cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond (they divorced in 1989). Her fourth marriage is to physician Dr. Brad Allen. She married him in 1997; the two created the skincare line which Smith promotes.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Hatfield <hatfield@stgeorges.edu>
- SpousesBrad Allen(October 11, 1997 - present)Anthony B. Richmond(August 4, 1981 - 1989) (divorced, 2 children)Dennis Cole(October 29, 1978 - July 23, 1981) (divorced)Roger Davis(November 29, 1968 - January 15, 1975) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsJack Smith
- RelativesBea Franz(Grandchild)Olivia Rose Richmond(Grandchild)Wren Jaclyn Richmond(Grandchild)Thomas Hartsfield Beville(Half Sibling)Thomas Beville Jr.(Niece or Nephew)Michael Beville(Niece or Nephew)Larry Beville(Niece or Nephew)Gaston Hartsfield(Grandparent)Ethel Hartsfield(Grandparent)
- Perfectly symmetric facial features
- Dark brunette hair
- Prim and proper image
- Big blue eyes
- To avoid a nasty and prolonged divorce suit, she agreed to pay her third husband, Anthony B. Richmond, $4 million for sole custody of their son, Gaston Richmond, and daughter, Spencer Margaret Richmond.
- In 1976, she became close to Farrah Fawcett when they worked on Charlie's Angels (1976) since they had so much in common. They were both from Texas and both close to their parents. They remained close, even after Farrah left the show after just one year. They became even closer during the last six months of Farrah's life. Farrah had said to her, "I wouldn't have missed this time with you." After Farrah died in 2009, Jaclyn wanted to go to her funeral but couldn't go because her own mother was on her deathbed. She said that "in my heart of hearts, I knew Farrah understood because she was close to her mom.".
- Smith's Charlie's Angels (1976) co-star, Kate Jackson, became Smith's daughter (Spencer Margaret Richmond)'s godmother in 1985. In 1995, Jackson adopted a son, Charles Taylor Jackson, to whom Smith became a godmother.
- 1990: Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
- Her husband, Brad Allen is a pediatric heart surgeon in Chicago, Illinois.
- I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
- Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels. (On Farrah Fawcett's death)
- [When asked whether she met Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett for the first time during "Charlie's Angels"] No, I met them both before the show. I met Farrah on a Max Factor commercial, and we were each doing different things. And I just remembered thinking she's from Texas and we both loved our parents and we had a lot in common at that time. I remember thinking, "I like this girl," never thinking that we'd go on and be on a show together. It was just that we were two girls doing a Max Factor commercial who had a lot in common. I liked her. She was sweet. She was interesting. She wasn't the typical actress. I think part of our success was we weren't competitive or desperate for screen time. We liked one another. I met Kate again at another audition. She always seemed, when Farrah and I started the show, like she knew the ropes and she was sort of the leader, and she was. She was very bright, very articulate, very outspoken.
- I lose track of dates and times. Anywhere from 1982 on, I have it more in order. My son was born in 1982. My daughter was born in 1985. And then, other than that, numbers fly totally out of my mind. I'm not a number person. It's hard to keep track of all the projects I worked on. I sort of stay in the moment.
- [on Tanya Roberts' passing]: Tanya joined Charlies Angels for the final season, closing it out as it was initially intended with a red head, a brunette and a blonde. She brought joy to so many people and had a career spanning decades. Good bye angel, Rest In Peace.
- Charlie's Angels (1976) - $75,000 /per episode (1980-1981 season)
- Charlie's Angels (1976) - $40,000 /week
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