- To avoid a nasty and prolonged divorce suit, she agreed to pay her third husband, Anthony B. Richmond, $4 million for sole custody of their son, Gaston Richmond, and daughter, Spencer Margaret Richmond.
- In 1976, she became close to Farrah Fawcett when they worked on Charlie's Angels (1976) since they had so much in common. They were both from Texas and both close to their parents. They remained close, even after Farrah left the show after just one year. They became even closer during the last six months of Farrah's life. Farrah had said to her, "I wouldn't have missed this time with you." After Farrah died in 2009, Jaclyn wanted to go to her funeral but couldn't go because her own mother was on her deathbed. She said that "in my heart of hearts, I knew Farrah understood because she was close to her mom.".
- Smith's Charlie's Angels (1976) co-star, Kate Jackson, became Smith's daughter (Spencer Margaret Richmond)'s godmother in 1985. In 1995, Jackson adopted a son, Charles Taylor Jackson, to whom Smith became a godmother.
- 1990: Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
- She, Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett supported each other during their personal fight against cancer. She and Kate are both breast cancer survivors, while Farrah fought and lost her three-year battle with anal cancer in 2009.
- Her husband, Brad Allen is a pediatric heart surgeon in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jaclyn is the only actress to remain with Charlie's Angels (1976) for its entire five-year run. She is also the only actress that Cheryl Ladd ever got along with. The two remained amicable decades after the series' end.
- Her favorite memory of Charlie's Angels (1976) was when she and her co-stars Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson appeared on the cover of Time magazine on November 22, 1976. She and Farrah had considered it a prestigious honor when Time magazine asked, but Kate balked at it, since the producers wanted them to give up their lunch hour to do it. She had frequently stopped the producers from overworking them and saw this as one more way for them to encroach on their personal time. She locked herself in her trailer with Farrah and Jaclyn and told the producers that the door was stuck and won't open. The three friends had their lunch together for 45 minutes, when the producers struggled to open the door and begged them to pose for Time magazine, which they did in the last 15 minutes of their lunch hour. She is the only member of "Charlie's Angels" who has appeared on the cover of Time magazine twice, since she did a solo Time cover while she was pregnant with her son for the February 22, 1982 issue.
- 8/02: Underwent a lumpectomy and radiation treatment for breast cancer after a lump was detected during a routine check-up in July 2002. She did fine and joined the cast of The District (2000) this fall (2002) as Craig T. Nelson's love interest.
- Occupied all three of the eponymous billing slots on Charlie's Angels (1976). In the first season, Smith was billed third, after Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. When Fawcett left the series, Smith was billed second, behind Jackson. When Jackson left after the series' third season, Smith took top billing above Cheryl Ladd and Jackson's replacement, Shelley Hack.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 6, 1989.
- She turned down the leading role in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979), because the shooting schedule would have created a conflict with Charlie's Angels (1976), a show that she was on for five years, from 1976-81. The role went to Lois Chiles.
- 1998: The French musical group Air released the single "Kelly Watch the Stars", which is about the Charlie's Angels (1976) character "Kelly Garrett". In the music video, one of the band members is wearing a "Jaclyn Smith" shirt.
- Friends with Cheryl Ladd.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 36.
- 1985: Began her own line of clothing at Kmart.
- She is the daughter of Margaret Ellen Smith and Jack Smith, a dentist (born Jacob Kupferschmidt). Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her mother's family, from Alabama and Texas, was of English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, descent.
- Wife of Dr. Brad Allen. Mother of Gaston Richmond and Spencer Margaret Richmond. Mother-in-law of actor Fran Kranz. Ex-wife of Anthony B. Richmond. Ex-stepmother of George Richmond and Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond. Grandmother of Bea Kranz, Olivia Rose Richmond and Wren Jaclyn Richmond.
- Jaclyn graduated from Lamar High School in Houston, Texas and later studied drama at Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas).
- Inducted into the Hair Fan's Hall of Fame (2012).
- Never warmed up to Shelley Hack. Smith had wanted her friend, Susie Coelho, to replace Kate Jackson.
- Turned down the role of Gwendolyn "Gwen" Williams on the soap opera Titans (2000).
- Actress Christina Chambers portrayed her in the television movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' (2004).
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