Thursday, July 9, 2009

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Kelly McGillis who turns 52 years old today. Kelly Ann McGillis was born in Newport Beach, California. Kelly graduated from Julliard School of Drama in 1983. She has been married and divorced twice and has two daughters, Kelsey (19 yrs.) and Sanora (16 yrs). She currently lives in Pennsylvania with Sanora.

Kelly McGillis' first big role was in the 1985 movie "Witness" where she played an Amish mother with Harrison Ford. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance.


Her next big role was as flight instructor "Charlie Blackwood" in the action flick "Top Gun" with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer in 1986.

In 2004, Kelly McGillis played the infamous "Mrs. Robinson" in the Broadway production of "The Graduate".

In 2000 Kelly played a lesbian university professor in the thriller "The Monkey's Mask". In recent years Kelly has made public the fact that she is a lesbian and is quoted as saying she was convinced that she was "being punished by God throughout her life for being gay."

How sad is that. I hope she is able to find happiness in her life.

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