Lisa Robin Kelly (March 5, 1970 – August 15, 2013) was an American actress. She was best known for her role as

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on the TV series ''

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''.

Early life

Kelly was born in

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, and raised there and in

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. Photo caption. Her parents are Thomas Carl Kelly and Linda Diane (née Grimm) Kelly. She earned a BFA in acting from

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in 1992.

Career

Kelly made her debut in the 1992 '' Married... with Children'' episode "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore". She appeared again in 1994 in episodes of ''

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'', the ''

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'' episode " Syzygy" from its third season, and on ''

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'' in 1999, as well as in

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and

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s such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and the theatrical film '' Jawbreaker''. Kelly played

, the older sister of Eric Forman, on ''

''. She abruptly left the show midway through the third season, and her character was written out of the show to "attend beauty school". She returned to the show in the fifth season for four episodes but was replaced with

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in the sixth season. In an interview with

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, Kelly admitted that "with ''That '70s Show'' I was guilty of a drinking problem, and I ran". Kelly attributed her

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to trauma following a

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Legal issues

In August 2010, Kelly was arrested in

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on a charge of

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. In November 2010, she guilty and was fined and sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation. On March 31, 2012, Kelly was arrested in a felony charge of corporal injury upon a spouse and was released on $10,000 bail. The charge was based on a complaint filed by her ex-boyfriend, John Michas. She later made public statements saying that she was the one who had been assaulted and denied Michas' claim that she assaulted him. The

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declined to file charges. In November 2012, police in

, arrested the 42-year-old Kelly and her 61-year-old husband, Robert Joseph Gilliam, after responding to a disturbance at their home. Both were charged with assault and released on bond. She later filed for divorce and a restraining order against Gilliam. On June 23, 2013, Kelly was arrested for a suspected DUI when law enforcement responded to a call about a parked car blocking a lane of traffic on the I-5 freeway. She subsequently failed

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Death

Days after checking into Pax Rehab House in

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, Kelly died in her sleep at the facility on August 15, 2013, age 43. On January 3, 2014, the Los Angeles Department of Coroner concluded that her death was due to an accidental unspecified oral "multiple drug intoxication". She was cremated, her ashes given to family and friends, before being interred at Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Weddington,

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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