{"id":674877,"date":"2026-05-30T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674877\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:28:10","slug":"kelly-curtis-trading-places-and-star-trek-actress-dies-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674877\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Curtis, &#8216;Trading Places&#8217; and &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; Actress, Dies at 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Curtis, who starred in a small role opposite her older sister Jamie Lee Curtis in \u201cTrading Places\u201d and appeared in films and TV shows like \u201cThe Equalizer\u201d and \u201cStar Trek: Deep Space Nine,\u201d has died. She was 69.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Lee Curtis announced her sister\u2019s death Saturday on Instagram. No cause was given.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was my first friend and lifelong confidant,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY9sJS_MBZQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis wrote<\/a>. \u201cShe 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 Pok\u00e9mon Go. She was proud of her Danish roots and Hungarian Jewish ancestry and was a devoted American patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The oldest daughter to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Kelly Curtis debuted onscreen as a toddler in \u201cThe Vikings,\u201d an adventure film starring her parents. She kept close to her younger sister during her rise to fame, taking a small role alongside her in the 1983 comedy \u201cTrading Places\u201d and working as her assistant on the 2003 \u201cFreaky Friday,\u201d \u201cChristmas With the Kranks\u201d the following year and on \u201cYou Again\u201d in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>But she also kept busy with her own film and TV parts, including a recurring role on \u201cThe Sentinel\u201d and with appearances in shows like \u201cStar Trek: Deep Space Nine,\u201d \u201cJudging Amy,\u201d \u201cThe Equalizer\u201d and \u201cSilk Stalkings.\u201d She also directed \u201cMarby Jets Are Go,\u201d a 2018 documentary about an Australian high school track team.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include her husband John Marsh, brother-in-law Christopher Guest, and half-siblings Alexandra, Allegra, Ben and Nicholas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/backrooms-obsession-star-wars-horror-box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780180090_563_Backrooms-A24-Renate-Reinsve.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kelly Curtis, who starred in a small role opposite her older sister Jamie Lee Curtis in \u201cTrading Places\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,20055,294306],"class_list":["post-674877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-jamie-lee-curtis","tag-kelly-curtis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}