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John Travolta

Age: 55
Height: 6' 2"

Birth Place: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Born: Feb. 18th, 1954

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John Travolta's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Welcome Back, Kotter	Vinnie Barbar&hellip
Revealed with Jules Asner	John Travolta

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

John Travolta first gained fame as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino on the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975). In 1977, he parlayed his teeny-bopper fame into a big-screen career with the disco blockbuster Saturday Night Fever (1977). He languished in light dramas and television movies in the 1980s, but started a comeback in 1989 with Look Who's Talking (1989). He further resuscitated his career with an Oscar nomination for his role as a heavyset sympathetic hitman in Pulp Fiction (1994) in 1994.

TRIVIA:

During the filming of _The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) (TV)_ (qv) he fell in love with 'Diana Hyland' (qv), 18 years his senior. She died of cancer in his arms in 1977.
He has claimed his favorite director to work with was 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv), for _Staying Alive (1983)_ (qv). He said Stallone knew how to make him look the best on screen.
He also owns an Eclipse 500 twin turbofan aircraft.
Hit #106 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1977 with "Slow Dancing (Feels So Good)" (Midland Int. 10977).
One episode of _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) (episode 20.3) he parodied his own character Vinnie Barbarino of _"Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975)_ (qv).
He frequently eats at Denny's in the middle of the night. Which is where he ate through the movie _Lucky Numbers (2000)_ (qv).
'Jett Travolta' (qv), his 16-year-old son, died following a seizure at the family's Bahamas holiday retreat on Friday Jan 2, 2009.
In 1985, 'Princess Diana' (qv) asked him to dance at a party at the White House.