Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in ''Magic Sticks'' (1987) and '' The Devil's Daughter'' (1991).

Early life

Kelly Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest child of actors

Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles co ...

and

Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped he ...

. Her younger sister is actress

Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for List of Jamie Lee Curtis performances, her performances in the horror and slasher film, slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream qu ...

. Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian-Jewish immigrants and two of her maternal great-grandparents were Danish. The rest of her mother’s ancestry is German and Scots-Irish. She has four half-siblings, from her father's remarriages, Alexandra Curtis; Allegra Curtis; Nicholas Curtis, who died of a drug overdose; and Benjamin Curtis. Curtis' first appearance on the silver screen was as a young girl in the

United Artists United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford an ...

action/adventure '' The Vikings'' (1958) starring her parents. Her parents divorced in 1962, and her mother later married Robert Brandt. In 1978, she graduated from

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in Saratoga Springs, New York with a degree in business. She worked briefly as a stockbroker.

Career

Curtis studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.Mahoney, John C. "'Say Goodnight, Gracie' Off Target." ''Los Angeles Times''. July 28, 1982. p. G2. Retrieved 2016-12-31. "Kelly Curtis is Ginny. ..All participants have been associated with the Lee Strasberg Theater icInstitute." An article in the ''Los Angeles Times'' of July 28, 1982, about the play ''Say Goodnight, Gracie'' reads, in part, "Kelly Curtis is Ginny, sadly resigned to not being smart but smartly settled for honest responses. Here, writing and performance transcend one-note designation. Seated quietly, Curtis delivers a touching monologue that would have been the heart of another and better play, rather than a disarming moment of inspired simplicity." She played the role as Shirley in the comedy ''Magic Sticks'' (1987) and starred in the leading role as Miriam Kreisl in the horror film '' The Devil's Daughter'' (1991). On September 14, 1989, she and playwright/producer Scott Morfee (born 1954) were married.Smith, Liz. "The younger icdaughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis was quietly wed Sept. 14." ''Los Angeles Times'', Nov. 14, 1989. p. P9. Retrieved 2016-12-31. The couple were then working together on his play with music, ''Shout and Twist'', which she was not only appearing in, but producing. Curtis was a regular cast member in the role as Lieutenant Carolyn Plummer during the first season of the crime/action television series '' The Sentinel'' (1996). Her guest appearances on TV include roles on '' The Renegades'' (1983), '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993), and ''

Judging Amy ''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This television series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves ...

'' (1999). She has worked as a production assistant on ''

Freaky Friday ''Freaky Friday'' is a comedic children's novel written by Mary Rodgers, first published by Harper & Row in 1972. The plot is set in a day in the life of 13-year-old Annabel Andrews and her mother, who spend one Friday in each other's bodies. ...

'' (2003), ''

Christmas with the Kranks ''Christmas with the Kranks'' is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film directed by Joe Roth from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, and M. Emmet ...

'' (2004), and ''

You Again ''You Again'' is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Moe Jelline. The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, James Wolk, Victor Garber, Billy Unger, Kyle Bornheimer, Krist ...

'' (2010).

Filmography

Film

Television

Production crew

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References

External links

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Stockton honors legend Janet Leigh with plaza; Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis speak at ceremony"F is for ... Fealty,' Image of Kelly with her sister Jamie Lee in 2008, ''Time Magazine''
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