Roz Kelly

**Roz Kelly** (born Rosalind Schwartz, 29 July 1943) is an American actress.

She was a panelist in two incarnations of *Match Game*:

* Match Game (1973)
* Match Game PM

## Career

Roz Kelly worked as a staff photographer for *New York Magazine*, where she took pictures of both unknowns and celebrities, including Jimi Hendrix, Soupy Sales, Andy Warhol, Cream, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, and photographer Diane Arbus.

In *Happy Days*, Kelly played Carol "Pinky" Tuscadero, the older sister of Leather Tuscadero (played by singer Suzi Quatro). Carol insisted on being called "Pinky" and usually dressed in attire to match. Pinky was slated to be Fonzie's long-term girlfriend after her initial appearances in episodes 64 through 66; commercials for the next season even began promoting the character. When discord occurred among Kelly, the cast, and producers, her character was dropped; she was only mentioned briefly in two later episodes.

Beyond *Happy Days*, Kelly reprised her Pinky role in the first episode of the short-lived 1977 *Happy Days* spin-off, *Blansky's Beauties*. She had a small but memorable role in the television thriller *Curse of the Black Widow*. She portrayed Diane Sullivan in the slasher film *New Year's Evil* (1981). Kelly also appeared in guest roles in *Starsky & Hutch*, *The Paul Lynde Halloween Special*, *Baretta*, *Kojak*, *The Love Boat*, *The Dukes of Hazzard*, *Charlie's Angels*, and *Fantasy Island*. Her role in *Starsky & Hutch* was created when star Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky) planned to quit at the start of the third season, with Kelly's character, Officer Linda Baylor, intended to fill his place. However, Glaser was persuaded to stay, and Kelly's character only appeared in the episode "Fatal Charm". Her role as Pinky Tuscadero achieved some level of cult fame; so closely was she identified with the character that she was billed as Roz "Pinky Tuscadero" Kelly for her appearance in *The Paul Lynde Halloween Special*.

During this period, Kelly also appeared as a celebrity panelist in such game shows as *Match Game PM* and *Hollywood Squares*.

Kelly also played roles in films such as *Greetings*, *The Owl and the Pussycat*, and *Full Moon High*.

Kelly appeared as a guest in *The Jenny Jones Show* in an episode titled "Whatever Happened to Your Favorite Television Stars?"

## Personal Life

Kelly was born in Mount Vernon, New York.

On 29 November 1998, she was arrested for firing a 12-gauge shotgun into the living room window of a neighbor's house after a car alarm woke her up; she also shot the neighbor's car and another car nearby. The neighbor was not home at the time. Pleading no contest to the charge of firing into the house, she received three years' felony probation on 20 October 2000. She was also ordered to receive psychiatric counseling and pay restitution as ordered by the probation department.

On 27 October 2000, she was sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading "no contest" to charges stemming from a 20 August 2000 arrest for hitting a man with her cane. She was given credit for the 98 days that she had already spent in jail awaiting sentencing, thus avoiding having to spend any more time in jail.