WASHINGTON — Actress Kelly Curtis, daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and sister to Jamie Lee Curtis, has died. She was 69.
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“She was my first friend and lifelong confidant,” Jamie Lee Curtis posted to Facebook on Saturday. “She was jaw droppingly beautiful, and a talented actress.”
Jamie Lee Curtis said her older sister died “at peace” in her California home.
“She played a mean game of hearts, collected turtles, loved her family, nature, music, thrifting, travel, Facebook, and Pokémon Go,” Jamie Lee Curtis recalled of her sister. “She will be remembered for her loving generosity, fierce opinions, endless curiosity, unique style, and her powdered, almond, crescent cookies at Christmas.”
A cause of death was not revealed and no other information is available at this time. She died two and a half weeks from her 70th birthday.
Jamie Lee Curtis said her sister was proud of her Danish roots and Hungarian Jewish ancestry.
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“Kelly always signed off any message or fare thee well with a Hungarian blessing… Isten Veled, God is with you,” she wrote. “Isten Veled to my sister of the sun and the moon, my Tai. I’ll see you on down the line.”
Kelly Curtis first appeared on screen in the 1958 movie “The Vikings” when she was just 2 years old, according to her IMDb. Both her parents starred in the movie.
She resumed acting 25 years later when she appeared in an episode of “The Renegades.” She went on to have credits in multiple movies and television shows like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Trading Places,” and “The Sentinel.”
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Her last acting credit was in 1999 for being in an episode of “Judging Amy.”