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John's Full Name: John Joseph Travolta

Birthday: 2/18/1954

Birth Place: Englewood, NJ USA

Height: "6'2"

Mother's Name: Helen

John's mother swam the Hudson River

Father's Name: Salvatore

John's dad was a semi-pro football player

Siblings' Names: Ellen, Sam Jr., Margaret, Joe, and Annie

John's Heritage: Irish-Italian (Neapolitan-Sicilian)

John's Last Name: Means "High Voltage" in Italian

Religion before Scientology: Roman Catholicism

Nicknames as A Child: "Bone" (because he was skinny) and "Brat" (because he was spoiled)

First Plane Ride: 8 years old

First Kiss: With an African American girl; she was sixteen

First Girlfriend: Denise, Brunette, 5'8, at around 13 or 14 years old. After 5 years she dumped him for another guy. What was she thinking?

What Cemented His Love for Dancing: Winning a Twisting contest when he was 8

John had a teddy bear named Audi

Peter Pan inspired John to climb the stairs and try to fly when he was young

As a boy, John's room was filled with model aircraft

When John was thirteen, he broke his nose diving into a pool

John's best friend as a teen was Jerry Wurms

John wanted to get a haircut like the Beatles, but his catholic school

Teacher said, "change your hair, change schools," and he CHANGED schools!

John went to Dwight Morrow High School

John dropped out of school at 16 with his parents' permission.

Jobs During His Youth: Ticket man, Luggage handler, Grocery frozen food stockboy, Grocery cashier

John smoked marijuana from sixteen to eighteen but it always made him sick

When John was starting out he lived in Fifty-sixth and Eighth Avenue, in Hells Kitchen

John used to carry a loaded .38

John knows how to speak French

Instruments John Plays: Guitar and violin

 

John's Wife: Kelly Preston. Her last name is: Palzis

Wife's Birthday: October 13, 1962

Their son: Jett Jackson Travolta He was conceived during a weekend at Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' home. He was born at a Daytona hospital.

Son's Birthday: April 13, 1992

How John & Kelly Met: During the filming of The Experts in Canada. At that time, Kelly was married, but the marriage didn't last. Then she moved in with George Clooney, but the relationship only lasted about a year. Then John and Kelly began going out. John announced that she was pregnant and they were married. The wedding took place in Paris.

Anniversary: September 12th 1991/ September 5 1991. The first wedding on the 5th was considered illegal because a Scientologist minister did it.

 

Favorite Color: White

Favorite Underwear: Calvin Klein white briefs

Favorite Band: Was and Is The Beatles

Favorite Bee Gee's song: "You Should Be Dancing"

Favorite Movie During Childhood: Mary Poppins

Favorite Album During Childhood: Hard Days Night

Favorite Actor: James Cagney

 

John's past girlfriends were Diana Hyland, Merilu Henner, Olivia Newton-John, and Debra Winger

John had a crush on Jane Fonda

John has been friends with Merilu Henner since they met during Grease in 1972

John did a duet with Carly Simon

On the set of Carrie, John was terrified of the pigs and he thought they would bite him

Broadway Appearances: Grease, Gypsy, Bye Bye Birdie

John played Doody in the Broadway production of Grease

While shooting the movie Urban Cowboy in Texas some "Cowboys" sneaked on the set and started shooting. A bullet came very close to hitting John!

John was supposed to play Al Pacino's nephew in Godfather III

 

In the late 80's John moved to Spruce Creek, Daytona Beach, Florida

Location of his 4 homes: Maine, Hawaii, Florida and Brentwood, CA.

Johns cars: Silver Blue Mercedes 450 SL, Rolls Royce, 1955 Thunderbird, Black Motorcycle

His Planes & Jets: GulfStream II, Learjet 24B, Civilian version of a two seat Canada Air CL-41G, Tebuan Military trainer, Boeing 707-138 B.

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