Jaclyn Ellen Smith[TV Guide, October 28, 2000, pp. 22-28] (born October 26, 1947)
[People Weekly, October 27, 1997, p. 56][People Weekly, August 26, 2002, p. 50] is an American actress. She is best known for the role of
Kelly Garrett in the television series
Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run (1976–81). She became a well known face on television starring in over thirty made for TV movies and more recently was the hostess of Bravo's weekly competitive
reality television show
Shear Genius for its first two seasons. Beginning in the 1980s, she began developing and marketing her own brands of clothing and perfume. She has often been voted one of the most beautiful women in the world.
Early life
Smith was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith, a dentist.
[www.filmreference.com/film/92/Jaclyn-Smith.html] She attended
Trinity University in San Antonio.
After college she moved to New York City with hopes of dancing with the ballet. Her career aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in television commercials and print ads, including one for
Listerene mouthwash. She landed a job as a "Breck girl" for
Breck Shampoo in 1971, and a few years later joined another popular model/actress,
Farrah Fawcett, as a spokesmodel for
Wella Balsam shampoo.
