Jaclyn Smith
Jaclyn Smith is an American actress and businesswoman, who stepped into professionalism from a young age with modeling before finding pa s sion in acting. Widely famous on the national and international platform with her role as one of the Angels in the television series Charlie's Angels (1976- 1981) and in the feature film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Charlie's Angels, Smith has now a grip in the fashion industry as well.
The Golden Globe nominee or the movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy has worked in 60 on-screen projects since her TV debut in 1977. With many roles in television series and feature films, she got her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Let's know about her personal life, career, net worth, and kids with some interesting facts through the article.
Jaclyn Smith Was Born And Raised In Houston, Texas
Jaclyn Smith was born as Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on 26th October 1945, in Houston, Texas, United States. She holds the American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. As of 2021, the Shear Genius actress who stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, is 76 years old.
She is the daughter of dentist father Jack Smith and homemaker mother Margaret Ellen. Jack was of Russian Jewish descent and Margaret was of English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh heritage. Jaclyn was raised along with her brother Thomas Smith in her hometown in Texas.
She completed her high school at Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1964. She was doing her psychology and drama major from Trinity University and dropped from college and moved to New York to join the Balanchine School of American Ballet.
Gained Fame Being One Of The Angels In Charlie's Angels: Short Career Highlights
Jaclyn Smith joined as Breck girl for the Breck Shampoo in 1971. After few years working there, she worked as a spokesmodel for the Wella Balsam Shampoo along with Farrah Fawcett.
Jaclyn made her debut as an actress in the feature film The Adventurers in 1970. The same year she along got a role in the TV series The Partridge Family. She worked in various television series and movies but she gained her recognition from the television series Charlie's Angels from 1976 to 1981. She got her Star on the Walk of Fame from her work on television on 6th November 1989 at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Smith was nominated for her first Golden Globes Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made For Television for the movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in 1981. The actress got two main role television series, Christin Cromwell, from 1989 to 1990, and The District from 2002 to 2004.
Smith battled breast cancer in 2003. In 2010, Smith was featured in 1 a Minute. Which was a doc u mentary about breast cancer.
She also reprised the role of Kelly Garrett in the 2003 movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In the movie, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu played the lead role. In 2019, she appeared as a cameo in Elizabeth Banks' Charlies's Angels, in which Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska played the lead role in the movie.
Smith also owned a business of women's apparel for Kmart since 1985.
Jaclyn Smith Collected $120 Million From Her Work As An Actress
Jaclyn Smith worked really hard to earn fame and fortune. According to Celebrity Net Worth, she has an estimated net worth of $150 million, as of 2021. The major portion of her salary is from her work as an actress.
The Charlie's Angels actress earned a salary of $40,000 per week from the TV series, which later rose to$75,000 per episode during the 1980-81 season. Moreover, branching out from an on-screen career, she ventured into the fashion industry as well; she partnered with Kmart for a collection of women's apparel.
Later, the American actress would release a bath accessories line Jaclyn Smith Today, which then followed the launch of the wig collection, STYLE by Jaclyn Smith, in the same year, in 2008. Reportedly, she makes $100 million in gross sales of her products worldwide.
Jaclyn lives in Los Angeles for which she paid an undisclosed, but a s sumed millions of dollars. Her Georgian Colonial-style mansion with 6 bedrooms & 6 bathrooms is reportedly her favorite place to recharge herself, after a hectic schedule and months away from her home.
While she divorced her husband Anthony B. Richmond she paid $4 million for sole custody for their two children.
Jaclyn Smith Married Four Times And Has Two Kids
Although the career success didn't take long to embrace Smith, it did take 3 divorces to find her love with her 4th marriage. Currently, the Charlie's Angels actress lives with her 4th husband, Brad Allen, a Houston-based cardiothoracic surgeon.
They married on October 11, 1997, and relish nearly a silver-jubilee of their together. Though, they are yet to share any children.
But the brunette is the mother of two from her past marriage, specifically with her third ex-husband.
Firstly, she was in a marital relationship with actor Roger Davis; they married on 29th November 1968 but divorced after 7 years on 15th January 1975. Then she tied the knot with actor Dennis Cole on 29th October 1978 and lived together for three years and ended the relationship on 23rd July 1981. The same year on 4th August she married cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond.
With her third spouse, she has two children a son Gaston Richmond (19th March 1982), and a daughter Spencer Margaret Richmond (4th December 1985). The couple got divorced in 1989 with sole custody of the two kids to Jaclyn.
Currently, her son Gaston works in the camera & electrical department, having worked in Three Rivers, Raising Hope, SEAL Team, and Party of Five. On the other, the professional of her daughter Spencer is yet to be out, but she is a married woman and mother of 2 with actor husband, Fran Kranz.