Age, Biography, and Wiki
- Birth Date: November 28, 1967
- Birth Place: Houston, Texas
- Death Date: February 8, 2007
- Death Place: Hollywood, Florida
- Anna Nicole Smith was born to Virgie Tabers Arthur and Donald Eugene Hogan. She was primarily raised by her mother in Mexia, Texas, and attended Mexia High School but did not graduate.
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Date of Birth | 28 November 1967 |
| Age | 57 Years |
| Birth Place | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
| Country | U.S |
| Date of death | 8 February, 2007 |
| Died Place | Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
Height, Weight & Measurements
- Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
- Weight: Approximately 130 lbs (59 kg)
- Measurements: Not consistently reported but was known for her curvy figure.
In October 2003, she became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, which allegedly helped her lose a reported 69 lb. TrimSpa diet product company and Smith were sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill was false or misleading. TrimSpa filed for bankruptcy after Smith's death and was liquidated. In March 2005, at the first MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney's Luna Park, Smith spoofed Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.
| Height | 173 cm |
| Weight | 130 lbs |
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Dating & Relationship Status
- Marriage to Billy Wayne Smith: Anna Nicole married Billy Wayne Smith in 1985 and divorced him in 1993.
- Marriage to J. Howard Marshall: She married the 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994, which led to a highly publicized legal battle over his estate after his death in 1995.
Smith attended Mexia High School, in Mexia, Texas, transferring there from a Houston school. She attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade. She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in Mexia.
While working at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Smith met Billy Wayne Smith, a cook at the restaurant, and the couple married on April 4, 1985, when he was 16 and she was 17. She gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22, 1986. Smith and her husband separated the following year, and divorced in 1993.
Even though Smith was not in Marshall's will, she claimed that in return for marriage, Marshall verbally promised her half of his estate, which primarily consisted of a 16% interest in Koch Industries, then worth $1.6 billion. Smith's stepson E. Pierce Marshall disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J. Howard's other son, J. Howard Marshall III, who was disowned after attempting to take control of Koch Industries. Howard III also claimed that his father had verbally promised him a portion of the estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of his father's will.
In September 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of that decision. The George W. Bush administration directed Paul Clement, the United States Solicitor General, to intercede on Smith's behalf in the interest of expanding federal court jurisdiction over state probate disputes. On May 1, 2006, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of Smith. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion. The decision did not give Smith a portion of her husband's estate, but affirmed her right to pursue a share of it in federal court.
On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website. She gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7, 2006, in New Providence, The Bahamas. In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live after the death of Smith's son, attorney Howard K. Stern said that he and Smith had been in a relationship for "a very long time" and said he was the father. Entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead claimed that he was the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to establish paternity. The Bahamian birth certificate recorded the father as Stern.
A judge in the United States ordered that DNA paternity tests be performed to determine Dannielynn's biological father. Following Smith's death, Birkhead's attorney asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from Smith's body. The request was denied by a judge who ordered that her body be preserved until February 20.
On February 9, 2007, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, stated that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her daughter. Smith's former bodyguard and chef, Alexander Denk, also claimed that he had an affair with Smith and that he, too, was potentially the father.
In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the biological father. Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as Dannielynn's father, paving the way for him to obtain a passport for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Stern did not contest the DNA results or the ruling, and Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby. Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling, but her appeal was denied and she was ordered to pay costs.
According to Stern, Smith was devastated by her son's death. "Anna and Daniel were inseparable. Daniel was without question the most important person in Anna's life," Stern said during his testimony at the trial regarding the right to control disposition of Smith's remains. "At Daniel's funeral, she had them open the coffin and tried to climb inside. She said that 'if Daniel has to be buried, I want to be buried with him.' She was ready to go down with him." Stern said that, "Anna saw herself as both mother and father to Daniel. From the time I met her, everything was for Daniel. I would say that physically, she died last week, but in a lot of ways, emotionally she died when Daniel died."
Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in the Bahamas to avoid paternity testing of her daughter in the United States. In late 2006, Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister Shane Gibson. A local newspaper published photographs showing Smith lying clothed in bed in an embrace with Gibson. Gibson resigned after the wave of controversy over his relationship with Smith.
The basis of Smith's permanent residency status was the claim that she owned a $900,000 mansion, which she said was given to her by a former boyfriend, real estate developer Gaither Ben Thompson of South Carolina. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, which she failed to repay, and that he was attempting to regain control of it. Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in the Bahamas Court and received a default judgment against her. It was claimed that methadone was found in Smith's bedroom refrigerator while the mansion was being reclaimed. A photograph provided to TMZ of Smith's refrigerator showed a large bottle labelled methadone, vials of injectable vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), and numerous bottles of diet product SlimFast.
On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Smith's bodyguard and his wife, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Smith was taken to Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, at the age of 39.
In 2008, John O'Quinn, lawyer for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, filed the underlying proceedings against Entertainment Tonight, TMZ, CBS, journalist Art Harris, and several Texas bloggers, alleging that the defendants conspired to ruin her reputation through defamatory e-mails, blogs and website postings and harmed her efforts to seek custody and visitation of her granddaughter. The court jailed one blogger because she failed to turn over her computer as evidence. Arthur's defamation lawsuit was dismissed after TMZ, CBS, Entertainment Tonight, Harris, and others won summary judgment.
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| Husband | Billy Wayne Smith (m. 1985-1993) J. Howard Marshall (m. 1994-1995) |
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Net Worth and Salary
- Anna Nicole Smith had a net worth of approximately $1 million at the time of her death.
- Her legal battles over J. Howard Marshall's estate were extensive, with a significant sum of money awarded but not ultimately received during her lifetime.
In September 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134.00, the amount that Marshall's interest in Koch Industries appreciated during their marriage. However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing. The judge ordered Smith to pay over $1 million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E. Pierce Marshall. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into federal court.
Career, Business, and Investments
- Modeling Career: Smith began her career as a Playboy model in May 1992 and became Playmate of the Year in 1993. She modeled for brands like Guess, H&M, and Heatherette.
- Acting Career: She appeared in films such as The Hudsucker Proxy and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, and had a reality TV show called The Anna Nicole Show on E Entertainment Television.
- Legal Battles: Her legal disputes over J. Howard Marshall's estate continued for many years, involving large sums of money.
Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M and Heatherette.
Smith secured a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a Guess jeans advertisement campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs. During the Guess campaign, she took on the stage name "Anna Nicole". Guess photographers noticed Smith bore a striking resemblance to Jayne Mansfield and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions. In 1993, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company H&M, which led to her picture being displayed on large billboards in Sweden and Norway. Smith was featured on the cover of Marie Claire, shot by Peter Lindbergh in October 1993, and in GQ magazine. In 2004 she modelled for Heatherette.
Smith's will was prepared by attorney Eric Lund in 2001, in Los Angeles, California. Smith named her son Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children and named Stern executor of the estate. It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real estate valued at $1.8 million, with a $1.1 million mortgage, at the time of her death. A petition to probate Smith's will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing Birkhead as a party with interest to the estate.
Social Network
- Anna Nicole Smith was a prominent figure in media during her lifetime but did not have personal social media accounts as these platforms were not widely used during her career.
Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.
Anna Nicole, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage about Smith, premiered on February 17, 2011, at the Royal Opera House, to mixed reviews. Smith was the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me. Smith was also the subject of the biographical films The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007) and The Anna Nicole Story (2013). In December 2023, it was announced that Sylvia Hoeks would portray Smith in the upcoming film Hurricana.
Education
- Dropped Out of High School: Smith attended Mexia High School but did not complete her education, dropping out in 1984.
Anna Nicole Smith's legacy as a cultural icon of the 1990s continues to be celebrated, despite her untimely death in 2007. Her daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, has also followed in her footsteps in the entertainment industry.
