Lisa Robin Kelly

Lisa Robin Kelly (born March 5, 1970 in Southington , Connecticut - † August 14, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Kelly grew up in Toledo , Ohio . There she played in various theater productions before moving to Chicago with her mother . Here she studied at the Chicago Academy of the Arts . After graduating with a major in opera and theater, she moved to California .

She was best known for her role as Laurie Forman in the television series The Wild Seventies . She was fired during season 3 due to alcohol and drug problems. She later said she started drinking after suffering a miscarriage. The producers made her again at the end of season 5, but dismissed her after a few episodes because she could not overcome her alcoholism. Her role was now embodied by the actress Christina Moore .

In August 2010, Kelly was arrested for driving under the influence of psychoactive substances. Since she pleaded guilty at the trial, she was released on parole that November. In late March 2012, she was arrested again for assaulting her life partner; she was released on bail of $ 50,000.

Kelly got involved with organizations like Hollygrove, Sierra Club, and PETA . She died of cardiac arrest on August 14, 2013 in a rehab hospital in Los Angeles. Shortly before, she had herself delivered there because of her alcohol addiction . The autopsy found the cause of death to be drug overdose and alcohol intoxication.

Filmography

• 1994: Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
• 1995: Hell's Passion (Payback)
• 1995: Spring Fling - Spring in Watercrest (Spring Fling!)
• 1995: Fast Forward
• 1995: Threat from the Dark (Terror in the Shadows)
• 1996: Amityville - Evil Never Dies (Amityville Dollhouse)
• 1996: Suddenly
• 1996: Days of Our Lives (Days of Our Lives)
• 1997: Performance Anxiety
• 1997: Alone
• 1998: Terminal Force II (The Survivor)
• 1998: Kids & Company - Children are responsible for their parents (Young Hearts Unlimited)
• 1999: Kill the Man - From copycat idiot to millionaire (Kill the Man)
• 1999: The Sweet Death (Jawbreaker)
• 1999: Clubland
• 1999: Full throttle through the night (Late Last Night)
• 2002: Alikes
• 1998–2003: The Wild Seventies (That '70s Show)
• 2005: The Food Chain: A Hollywood Scarytale

Guest appearances

• 1992: Married with Children (Married with Children) , a result 7.8 (Kelly Does not Live Here Anymore)
• 1994: Palm Beach Duo (Silk Stalkings) , episode 3.12 (Killer Cop)
• 1994: Renegade - Merciless Hunt (Renegade) , episode 2.19 (Sheriff Reno)
• 1995: Platypus Man, episode 1.4 (NYPD Nude)
• 1995: A bouquet of daughters (Sisters) , episode 6.5 (Deceit)
• 1995: Murphy Brown , episode 8.7 (The Feminine Critique)
• 1996: The X Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X Files) , episode 3.13 (Syzygy)
• 1996: Silver Girls (Hope & Gloria) , episode 2.19 (Sit Down, You're Rockin 'the Funicular)
• 1997: Married with Children (Married with Children) , Episode 14.11 (Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 1)
• 1997: Jenny, episode 1.5 (A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World)
• 1998: Poltergeist (Poltergeist: The Legacy) , episode 3.10 (Hell Hath No Fury)
• 1998: Fantasy Island , episode 1.1 (pilot)
• 1998: Buddy Faro, episode 1.4 (Ain't That a Kick in the Head)
• 1998: The Net: Double Game (The Net) , episode 1.14 (Lucy's Life)
• 1999: Charmed (Charmed) , episode 1.21 (Love Hurts)

Web links

• Lisa Robin Kelly in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography in: TV.com
2. ↑ Biography on the official website of The Wild Seventies ( Memento from March 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Obituary for Lisa Robin Kelly in: New York Daily News
4. ↑ Lisa Robin Kelly of 'That' 70s Show 'Seeks Comeback ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: ABC News