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Jaclyn Smith Jacquelyn Ellen Jaclyn Smith ( born October 26 , 1945 ) is an American actress and businesswoman . She is best known for her role as Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlies Angels ( 1976–1981 ) , and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run . She reprised the role with cameo appearances in the films ( 2003 ) and Charlies Angels ( 2019 ) . Her other films include Nightkill ( 1980 ) and Déjà Vu ( 1985 ) . Beginning in the 1980s , she began developing and marketing her own brands of clothing and perfume . Smith began her career in 1969 in television commercials . In 1976 , she was cast in Charlies Angels , alongside Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett ( then billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors ) . The show propelled all three to stardom , including an appearance on the front cover of Time magazine . She was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film for the title role in the TV film Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy ( 1981 ) , and went on to star in numerous TV films and miniseries over the next 20 years , including Rage of Angels ( 1983 ) , George Washington ( 1984 ) , The Bourne Identity ( 1988 ) , Kaleidoscope ( 1990 ) and Nightmare in the Daylight ( 1992 ) . She had a recurring role from 2002 to 2004 in the drama series The District and appeared as Olivia Hodges in two episodes of in 2012 . Early life . Jacquelyn Ellen Smith was born in Houston , Texas , the daughter of Margaret Ellen ( née Hartsfield ) and Jack Smith ( born Jacob Kupferschmidt ) , a dentist . Her father was of Russian Jewish descent , and her mother had English , Scottish , Irish , and Welsh heritage . She graduated from Mirabeau B . Lamar High School in 1964 . She majored in psychology and drama at Trinity University ( Texas ) in San Antonio but completed only a year . Instead , she moved to New York and joined the Balanchine School of American Ballet . Smiths career aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in television commercials and print ads , including one for Listerine mouthwash . She was reportedly offered the role of Victoria Winters on the ABC daytime series Dark Shadows in 1968 but turned it down . She landed a job as a Breck girl for Breck Shampoo in 1971 , and a few years later joined the model/actress Farrah Fawcett as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam shampoo . Career . Early career . Smiths first acting venture outside the Angels mold was the CBS-TV movie of the week Escape from Bogen County in 1977 . Then came a leading role in Joyce Habers The Users with Tony Curtis and John Forsythe in 1978 . In 1980 , Smith starred with Robert Mitchum in the suspense thriller Nightkill . Following the cancellation of Charlies Angels in 1981 , Smith starred in the title role of the critically acclaimed television movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy , earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress . In 1983 , Smith starred as Jennifer Parker in the TV movie Rage of Angels , based on the novel by Sidney Sheldon . The film was the highest rated in the Nielsen ratings the week it aired . Smith reprised the role in the 1986 sequel , Rage of Angels : The Story Continues . Charlies Angels . On March 21 , 1976 , Smith first played Kelly Garrett in Charlies Angels ; the show was aired as a movie of the week , starring Smith , Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett ( billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors ) as private investigators for Townsend Associates , a detective agency run by a reclusive multi-millionaire whom the women had never met . Voiced by John Forsythe , the Charles Townsend character presented cases and dispensed advice via a speakerphone to his core team of three female employees , to whom he referred as Angels . They were aided in the office and occasionally in the field by two male associates , played by character actors David Doyle and David Ogden Stiers . The program earned a huge Nielsen rating , causing the network to air it a second time and confirm production for a series , with all of the principal characters with the exception of Stiers . The series formally debuted on September 22 , 1976 , and ran for five seasons . The show would become a big success not only in the U.S . but , in successive years , in syndication around the world , spawning a cottage industry of peripheral products , particularly in the shows first three seasons , including several series of bubble gum cards , two sets of fashion dolls , numerous posters , puzzles , and school supplies , novelizations of episodes , toy vans , and a board game , all featuring Smiths likeness . The Angels also appeared on the covers of magazines around the world , from countless fan magazines to TV Guide ( four times ) to Time magazine . Fawcett departed at the end of the first season , and Cheryl Ladd was a successful addition to the cast , remaining until the end of the series . Jackson departed at the end of the third season , and proved harder to replace , as first Shelley Hack and then Tanya Roberts were brought in to try re-igniting the chemistry , media attention and ratings success enjoyed by the earlier teams . Smith played her role for all five seasons of Charlies Angels until 1981 , also portraying the Garrett character in a cameo in the 2003 feature film and later in the 2019 film Charlies Angels . Christina Chambers portrayed Smith in the 2004 television film . In 1977 on the first episode of the Aaron Spelling produced comedy , The San Pedro Beach Bums , the Bums try to recruit the women of Charlies Angels to judge the Miss Harbor Beauty Contest . The Angels – Smith , Jackson and Ladd – guest-star as themselves . After Charlies Angels . Smith continued to appear in a number of television movies and miniseries during the 1980s and 1990s including George Washington , The Night They Saved Christmas ( both 1984 ) , Florence Nightingale ( 1985 ) , Windmills of the Gods ( 1988 ) – another TV film based on a Sidney Sheldon novel – The Bourne Identity ( also 1988 ) ; adapted from author Robert Ludlums novel of the same name ; Settle the Score ( 1989 ) , Lies Before Kisses , The Rape of Dr . Willis ( both 1991 ) , In the Arms of a Killer ( 1992 ) , and several TV versions of Danielle Steel novels , including Kaleidoscope ( 1990 ) and Family Album ( 1994 ) . In 1985 , Smith starred in the feature film Deja Vu , directed by her then-husband Tony Richmond . In 1989 , she played the title role in Christine Cromwell , a mystery television series based in San Francisco , but which only lasted one season . That same year , she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . From 2002 to 2004 , Smith had a recurring role as Vanessa Cavanaugh in the TV series The District . She reprised her role as Kelly Garrett for a cameo in the 2003 feature film , the only angel from the original series to appear in a film adaptation . In August 2006 , Smith reunited with her angels co-stars Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson at the 58th Primetime Emmy awards in tribute to producer Aaron Spelling who died earlier that year . Her appearance there subsequently led Bravo TVs producers to cast Smith as the celebrity host of Bravos weekly competitive reality series Shear Genius , which began airing in March 2007 . Smith hosted the show for its first two seasons . In March 2010 , Smith returned to acting after a five-year absence with a guest role on the NBC television drama . In March 2012 , Smith guest-starred on as Olivia Hodges , the mother of David Hodges ( played by Wallace Langham ) . In January 2019 , Smith was seen promoting the Charlies Angels television series on the MeTV network . She reprised her role as Kelly for a cameo appearance in the 2019 feature film Charlies Angels , Smiths second cameo in the film franchise . Designing . In 1985 , Smith entered the business world with the introduction of her collection of womens apparel for Kmart . She pioneered the concept of celebrities developing their own brands rather than merely endorsing others . A season 15 episode of The Simpsons ( The Fat and the Furriest ) lampooned Smiths many business successes , portraying her as having her own line of axe heads . In May 2009 , Smith allowed a documentary crew to profile her home life , design philosophy and relationship with Kmart in an online video series sponsored by Kmart . Her foray into home furnishings was extended to Kmart stores in the fall of 2008 , with the chains introduction of its Jaclyn Smith Today product line of bedding and bath accessories . In September 2008 , Smith launched the STYLE by Jaclyn Smith wig collection for Paula Young Wigs . The wigs are designed by hair stylist José Eber . Personal life . Smith has been married four times . Her first marriage was to actor Roger Davis ( 1968–1975 ) . She married Dennis Cole , an actor who appeared on Charlies Angels in 1977 and 1978 . Cole appeared on the show two more times before the couple divorced in 1981 . Coles son from a previous marriage , Joe Cole , with whom Smith had maintained a relationship after her divorce from his father , was murdered in 1991 during a robbery ; the case remains unsolved . In 1981 , Smith married filmmaker Tony Richmond , with whom she had two children , Gaston ( born 1982 ) and Spencer Margaret ( born 1985 ) , before divorcing Richmond in 1989 . Smith has been married to Houston cardiothoracic surgeon Brad Allen since 1997 . Smith was treated for breast cancer in 2003 . In 2010 , Smith was featured in 1 a Minute , a documentary about breast cancer . Tributes . - A number of style editorialists and magazine polls have attested to Smiths popularity and declared her one of the most beautiful women in the world . The difficult-to-please Mr . Blackwell once named her The Worlds Best Dressed Woman . In 1979 , McCalls ran a poll of Whose Face Most Women Would Like To Have ; Smith topped the list . - In the April 1984 issue of People , Smith was voted as having one of the Ten Great Faces of Our Time . - In 1985 , McCalls named Smith as having one of Americas 10 Best Bodies . People named Smith twice in its annual list of the Most Beautiful People in the World . Also in 1985 , Ladies Home Journal sampled 2,000 men and women in 100 different locations in the United States to determine Americas Favorite Women ; Smith came top of the list as the Most Beautiful Woman in America , with actress Linda Evans coming in second . - In 1991 , TV Guide readers voted Smith as the Most Beautiful Woman Not on Television . - The French band Air was inspired by Smiths Charlies Angels character Kelly Garrett to record the song Kelly Watch the Stars for their critically acclaimed 1998 album Moon Safari , and the track was released as a single . External links . - Jaclyn Smith Feature in Energy Times Issue July/August 2009