Kelly Lee Curtis

Kelly Lee Curtis was the eldest daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She was born June 17, 1956 on Father's Day. She was raised with her sister, Jamie Lee Curtis, in Los Angeles, California with their stepfather, Robert Brandt who brought them to Idaho.

She was a graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. She also lived and worked in New York City, where she was an actress and a member of the Actor's Studio and she appeared in television and films and on the stage.

She and her father helped raise a significant amount of money to refurbish and restore the Dohàny Street Synagogue in Budhapest, Hungary through the Emmanuel Foundation named after Tony's father, Emmanuel Schwartz.

She and her second husband, John Marsh, moved to Bellevue, Idaho, where they established themselves as a creative team with their Liberty Films, making films and documentaries about local artists and musicians and the beautiful nature that surrounded them.

They renovated an old Victorian home and dedicated their lives to its preservation and donated it back to the community as preservation site. Kelly was a member of the Wood River Jewish Community.

She lived a life of generosity, service and a deep love of natural beauty and was dedicated to her family and Pokémon Go.

She was affectionally known as 'Auntie Cookie' and is survived by her husband John, her sisters, Jamie, Alexandra, Allegra and their brother Benjamin as well as her nieces and nephews, Annie, Ruby, Elisabeth, Dido, Helena, Raphael, Nicholas, Jacob and Kristopher and grand nieces and nephews, Calum, Rory, Alistair and Isaac and her stepmother, Leslie Curtis.

Kelly always signed off any messsage or farewell with a Hungarian blessing, Isten Veled, God is with you.

Isten Veled to our sister of the sun and the moon, Kelly.

May her memory be a blessing.