Kelly Curtis, 1956 – 2026

Actress Kelly Curtis, 69, died on May 30. No details are yet available on cause of death. The daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and older sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, she costarred in the 1996 TV series The Sentinel. She made her film debut as a child in her father’s The Vikings, and later appeared in such films as Trading Places, Checkpoint, Magic Sticks, The Sect, Ex-Cop, and Mixed Blessings. She was also busy on TV, in The Renegades, The Equalizer, Hunter, Silk Stalkings, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Judging Amy. Curtis also directed the 2018 documentary Marby Jets Are Go, and worked behind the camera on her sister’s films Freaky Friday, Christmas with the Kranks, and You Again. She left acting around 2000.