Kelly PrestonAKA:
Kelly Palzis
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American Birthdate:
10/13/1962 Birthplace:
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biography
This bubbly actress and wife of John Travolta began her career as a teen ingénue. Breaking into show business in 1982 under her legal name, Kelly Palzis, Preston landed- her first role as a troubled teenager on the CBS daytime serial "Capitol" (CBS, 1982-87) before making her film debut in the Charles Bronson actioner "10 to Midnight" (1983). By 1983, she had adopted the surname Kelly Preston and had made the leap to primetime when cast as a flirtatious teen vamp in the short-lived series "For Love and Honor" (NBC, 1983-84). Romantically linked to a number of eligible Hollywood bachelors
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Father's job with an agricultural firm took Preston's family via Europe to Iraq where they lived for one year immediately following the Seven-Day War
Spent two years in Australia during her teens, where she first appeared in TV commercials
While completing high school in Hawaii, took an intership at an advertising agency as part of career exploration program; also did volunteer work in a nursery school and taught English and basic math to immigrants
1980
Moved to Los Angeles to study at USC
1982
First regular TV appearance in CBS daytime serial, "Capitol" while attending UCLA; billed as Kelly Palzis
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