Jackie Swanson
| Jackie Swanson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 25, 1963 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–2007 |
Jackie Swanson (born June 25, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the American sitcom Cheers as Kelly Gaines, the rich and simple love interest of Woody Boyd.
Swanson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan; she was a successful sprinter on the track team. She studied classical music and plays piano. She studied abroad in Sweden for one year during high school. At age 16, Swanson raced Butterfly sailboats in The Butterfly Nationals on White Lake in White Hall, Michigan. Swanson later attended Northern Michigan University where she was a basketball cheerleader for the men's basketball team. Swanson studied acting with Sanford Meisner in the Grenadines on the island of Bequia.
Swanson's maternal great-uncle George Goodrich Lamb was a professor of chemical engineering at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. The George Goodrich Lamb Papers are part of the Northwestern University Library archives. The papers document Lamb's teaching, professional career and personal life. Swanson's maternal grandfather, John "Jack" Lamb, was a graphic artist for The Grand Rapids Press.
Swanson's maternal and paternal grandparents resided in the Heritage Hill Historic District in Grand Rapids, Michigan which is part of the National Register of Historic Places. Her parents were both born and raised in the Heritage Hill Historic District.
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