Kelly Curtis

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kelly Lee Curtis born June 17 1956 is an American actress She is known for her roles in Magic Sticks 1987 and The Devils Daughter 1991 Kelly Curtis was born in Santa Monica California the eldest child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh Her sister is actress Jamie Lee Curtis born 1958 Her paternal grandparents were HungarianJewish immigrants and two of her maternal greatgrandparents were Danish The rest of her mothers ancestry is German and ScotsIrish She has four halfsiblings from her fathers remarriages Alexandra Curtis born July 19 1964 Allegra Curtis born July 11 1966 Nicholas Curtis December 21 1970 July 2 1994 who died of a drug overdose and Benjamin Curtis born May 2 1973 Curtis first appearance on the silver screen was as a young girl in the United Artists actionadventure The Vikings 1958 starring her parents as well as Kirk Douglas and Ernest Borgnine Her parents divorced in 1962 after which her mother married Robert Brandt 19272009 In 1978 she graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs New York with a degree in Business She worked briefly as a stockbroker Curtis studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute 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 onenote 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 opposite George Kranz and starred in the leading role as Miriam Kreisl in the horror film The Devils Daughter 1991 On September 14 1989 she and playwrightproducer Scott Morfee born 1954 were married 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 crimeaction television series The Sentinel 1996 opposite costars Richard Burgi Garett Maggart and Bruce A Young Her guest appearances on TV include roles on The Renegades 1983 Star Trek Deep Space Nine 1993 and Judging Amy 1999 She has worked as an assistant on such films as Freaky Friday 2003 Christmas with the Kranks 2004 and You Again 2010 As of 1990 Curtis and her husband have lived in New York on Long Island