- Geboren am
- Verstorben16. Dezember 2017 · Palm Springs, Kalifornien, USA (Herzversagen)
- GeburtsnameDorothy Jacqueline Keely
- Keely Smith wurde am 9 März 1928 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA geboren. Sie war Schauspielerin, bekannt für Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), Eve und der letzte Gentleman (1999) und Helden der Nacht - We Own the Night (2007). Sie war mit Jimmy Bowen, Louis Prima und Matteo Gambo Gambardella Jr. verheiratet. Sie starb am 16 Dezember 2017 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- EhepartnerJimmy Bowen(19. Juli 1965 - 29. Juli 1969) (geschieden)Louis Prima(13. Juli 1953 - 3. Oktober 1961) (geschieden, 2 Kinder)Matteo Gambo Gambardella Jr.(6. September 1947 - 19. Dezember 1950) (geschieden)
- She and husband Louis Prima were the toast of Las Vegas in the 1950s. She was the sultry, sexy singer who played "straight man" to her husband's wild antics--years before Sonny & Cher did the same thing in their concerts and television shows.
- Her affair with Clint Eastwood lasted more than 12 years.
- Of part Cherokee heritage, Keely once played the tragic, half-mulatto Julie La Verne in a touring version of "Show Boat".
- At age 14, she started singing with a naval air station band led by Saxie Dowell and at age 15 received her first paying job with the Earl Bennett Band. She hooked up with Louis Prima's outfit at age 17 and later married him.
- Her singing idols were Ella Fitzgerald and June Christy.
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