page_title: John Travolta
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: John Travolta / Personal life / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta in the entrance hall at the White House. Español: La Princesa Diana baila con John Travolta en el Salón de Recepciones de la Casa Blanca. Deutsch: Diana, Fürstin von Wales mit John Travolta in der Eingangshalle des Weißen Hauses tanzend. Français&#160;: Princesse Diana et John Travolta dansant dans le hall d'entrée de la Maison Blanche. Italiano: La Principessa Diana balla con John Travolta nel salone della Casa Bianca. Português: Princesa Diana e John Travolta dançam no Hall da Casa Branca. Polski: Księżna Diana i John Travolta tańczą w holu, w Białym Domu. Русский: Принцесса Диана танцует с Джоном Траволтой на приёме в Белом доме Български: Принцеса Даяна танцува с Джон Траволта в приемната на Белия дом
context_page_description: John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, singer, dancer, and pilot. Travolta rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease. His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since starred in films such as Get Shorty, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Swordfish, The Punisher, Bolt, and The Taking of Pelham 123.
  Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for performances in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty and has received a total of six nominations, the most recent being in 2011. In 2010, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema. In 2016, Travolta received his first Primetime Emmy Award, as a producer of the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson.
context_section_description: Travolta has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975, when he was given the book Dianetics while filming the film The Devil's Rain in Durango, Mexico.
  In May 1991, Time magazine published a cover story titled "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power". In the article, former Scientology executive director William Franks alleged that Travolta was wary of leaving Scientology because he feared its leaders would publish revelations of his private life, primarily a history of homosexual behavior. The claims were reiterated by Franks and other Scientology defectors in the 2013 book Going Clear, and former Scientology official Marty Rathbun claimed that he had worked with Travolta's attorneys several times to keep allegations about Travolta's homosexuality out of the press and resolve lawsuits against him.
  After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, joining other celebrities in helping with the relief efforts, Travolta reportedly flew his Boeing 707 full of supplies, doctors, and Scientologist Volunteer Ministers into the disaster area.
caption: Travolta dancing with Diana, Princess of Wales at the White House in 1985; the dress she wore came to be known as the "Travolta dress"
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