Farewell to Kelly Curtis: Actress and Documentarian, Jamie Lee Curtis’s Sister, Dies at 69
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Kelly Lee Curtis, an actress and documentarian and elder sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died May 30, 2026 at age 69 in her home. Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute on Instagram, praising her sister’s beauty, warmth, curiosity, and Danish-Hungarian heritage, and noting her love of family, nature, and travel, ending with a Hungarian blessing. Kelly acted in projects including Trading Places and The Vikings, directed the 2018 documentary Marby Jets Are Go, and later supported Jamie Lee on several of her films.
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