Kelly Curtis

Kelly Curtis (left) with her mother Janet Leigh (center) and sister Jamie Lee Curtis in 1979

Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American film actress .

life and career

Kelly Lee Curtis is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and the older sister of Jamie Lee Curtis . She has two younger half-sisters, Alexandra Curtis and Allegra Curtis , from Tony Curtis' second marriage to Christine Kaufmann , and two younger half-brothers from her father's third marriage to model Leslie Allen.

In 1983 she was in front of the camera as "Cynthia Holtson" in an episode of the television series Fists, Gangs and Hot Ovens, alongside Patrick Swayze . In the same year she starred alongside her sister Jamie Lee and Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd in the comedy The Soldiers of Fortune . This was followed by other guest appearances in television series and supporting roles mainly in television films. In 1993 she was seen in the episode Captive Pursuit of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as "Miss Sarda", in 1996 she played the role of "Lt." in five episodes of The Sentinel - In the Eye of the Hunter . Carolyn Plummer ”.

Since the film comedy Freaky Friday (2003), she has been working as her sister's personal assistant.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1958: The Vikings (The Vikings)
• 1983: The Soldiers of Fortune (Trading Places)
• 1987: Magic Sticks (Magic Stics)
• 1989: Kojak: Ariana (TV movie)
• 1990: The Richer, the Poor ( Thanksgiving Day , TV movie)
• 1991: The Sect
• 1991: Devilish plot ( False Arrest , TV movie)
• 1994: Emergency in the Rocky Mountains ( Search and Rescue , TV movie)
• 1998: June (short film)

TV Shows

• 1983: Fists, Gangs, and Hot Ovens ( The Renegades , an episode)
• 1986/1988: Der Equalizer ( The Equalizer , two episodes)
• 1991: Hunter ( Hunter , an episode)
• 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , an episode)
• 1996: The Sentinel ( The Sentinel , six episodes)
• 1999: LateLine ( LateLine , a series)
• 1999: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , a series)

Web links

Commons : Kelly Curtis  - Collection of Images

• Kelly Curtis in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Kelly Curtis in the online motion picture database
• Kelly Curtis in the German dubbing file