page_title: John Travolta
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: John Travolta / Biography
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, dancer and singer.
context_section_description: The youngest of six children, he was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father, Salvatore Travolta (November 1912 – May 1995), was a semi-professional American football player of Italian descent. His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke, January 1912 – December 1978), was an Irish-American actress and singer. He was raised Roman Catholic, but changed to Scientology in 1975. 
  Travolta was engaged with Diana Hyland who died of breast cancer in 1977, they met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett (1992–2009). Their daughter, Ella Bleu, was born in 2000. On May 18, 2010, Travolta and Preston said she was pregnant with the couple's third child. Later they said it would be a boy. Their son, Benjamin, was born on November 23, 2010 in Florida. 
  He starred in the movies Grease with Olivia Newton-John, Pulp Fiction with Samuel L. Jackson and Hairspray.
  His wife, Preston died of breast cancer in July 2020.
caption: Travolta dancing with Princess Diana at the White House, November 9, 1985
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