John Travolta was born in 1954 in New Jersey. He was the youngest of six children. In 1975, he played in a TV programme called Welcome Back Kotter. The programme was very popular and Travolta became famous. Then he started making movies and acted in several successful films. They included Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Audiences liked his acting and dancing.
In 1977, things suddenly went wrong. His mother died. Travolta said it was the worst time of his life. He made several unsuccessful films, and thought about giving up as an actor. He was a pilot and had three planes, so he considered becoming a full-time pilot.
But then, when he was working on a movie called The Experts in 1987, he met Kelly Preston and they fell in love. They got married and had a son. They had four homes - in California, Florida, Maine and Hawaii.
In the mid-nineties, John Travolta's luck as an actor changed for the better. He made some very popular films. For the second time in his career, he became successful.
