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Around that time, he landed his star-making role as Vinnie Barbarino in the ABC TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), in which his sister, Ellen, also occasionally appeared (as Arnold Horshack's mother).
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Travolta's first screen role in California was as a fall victim in Emergency! (Season 2, Episode 2) in September, 1972, but his first significant movie role was as Billy Nolan, a bully who was goaded into playing a prank on Sissy Spacek's character in the horror film Carrie (1976).
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He then moved to Los Angeles for professional reasons. 1976Īfter dropping out of school, Travolta moved across the Hudson River to New York City and landed a role in the touring company of the musical Grease and on Broadway in Over Here!, singing the Sherman Brothers' song " Dream Drummin'". Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino in the ABC comedy Welcome Back, Kotter, c. Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a junior at age 17 in 1971. He was raised Catholic, but later converted to Scientology in 1975 at age 21. He grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. His father was a second-generation Sicilian American with roots in Godrano, Province of Palermo, and his mother was Irish American. His siblings Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta were all inspired by their mother's love of theatre and drama and became actors. His mother, Helen Cecilia ( née Burke Janu– December 2, 1978), was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher.
His father, Salvatore "Sam" Travolta (Novem– May 29, 1995), was a semiprofessional American football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company, Travolta Tire Exchange. The youngest of six children, Travolta was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey. He also received an additional Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series.
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In 2016, Travolta received his first Primetime Emmy Award, as a producer of the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The People v.
In 2014, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty and has received a total of six nominations, the most recent being in 2011. Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, but he enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994), and went on to star in films including Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), Hairspray (2007), and Bolt (2008). He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes Carrie (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978), and Urban Cowboy (1980).
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor.
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