Jeff Conaway
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Conaway in 1998
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Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway October 5, 1950 New York City, New York, US |
| Died | May 27, 2011 (aged 60) Encino, California, US |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Rona Newton-John (m. 1980–1985) Kerri Young (m. 1990–2000) |
Jeffrey Charles William Michael "Jeff" Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) was an American actor, and singer known for playing Kenickie in the movie Grease, and for his roles in two American television series, Taxi and Babylon 5. Conaway was also featured in the first and second seasons of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Conaway was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan and raised in the Astoria, Flushing, and Forest Hills neighborhoods of the borough Queens. His father, Charles, was an actor, producer and publisher. His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks, taught music at New York City's Brook Conservatory. They divorced when he was three, and Conaway and his two older sisters lived with his mother. He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961. Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice.
Conaway worked as a child model, and attended high school at the Quintano School for Young Professionals. After playing with the rock band "3 1/2" beginning at age 15, he attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and later transferred to New York University.
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