Kelly Curtis, an American actress and the sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died on Saturday. She was 69.
Jamie Lee Curtis introduced her older sister’s demise in a Fb submit. She wrote, “A warm aloha to my older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis. She passed away this morning. In her home. In nature. At peace. She was my first friend and lifelong confidant. She was jaw droppingly beautiful, and a talented actress. She played a mean game of hearts, collected turtles, loved her family, nature, music, thrifting, travel, Facebook, and Pokémon Go. She was proud of her Danish roots and Hungarian Jewish ancestry and was a devoted American patriot.”
She continued, “She will be remembered for her loving generosity, fierce opinions, endless curiosity, unique style, and her powdered, almond, crescent cookies at Christmas, hence her name, Auntie Cookie. Kelly always signed off any message or fare thee well with a Hungarian blessing… Isten Veled, God is with you. Isten Veled to my sister of the sun and the moon, my Tai. I’ll see you on down the line.”
Kelly Curtis appeared alongside her youthful sister within the 1983 comedy “Trading Places.” She additionally labored as her assistant on “Freaky Friday,” “Christmas With the Kranks” and “You Again.”
Curtis appeared as Lieutenant Carolyn Plummer within the first season of UPN’s motion collection “The Sentinel.” She additionally had one-off roles in reveals like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “The Equalizer,” “Hunter,” “Silk Stalkings,” “LateLine” and “Judging Amy.”
On the movie aspect, Curtis starred within the 1987 comedy “Magic Sticks” and the 1990 TV film “Thanksgiving Day,” which additionally featured Mary Tyler Moore. Her different movie credit embody “False Arrest” and “The Sect.”
Curtis’ most up-to-date work was as director of a pair of documentaries. The primary, 2018’s “Marby Jets Are Go,” chronicled the ups and downs of an Australian highschool observe workforce. The second, 2019’s “Curling in Stanley,” captured the first-ever “Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel” curling event in Stanley, Idaho.
Born in Santa Monica in 1956, Curtis’ massive display debut was within the 1958 action-adventure movie “The Vikings,” which starred her mother and father, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
