Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf.

What happened to Jean smarts husband?

Jean Smart reveals her husband died suddenly while she was filming 'Hacks' ... In a new profile by the New Yorker, Smart, 69, reveals that she was still filming the latter show when her husband of nearly 34 years, actor Richard Gilliland, died suddenly of a heart condition on March 18 at age 71.

Is Jean Smart's daughter adopted?

The “Designing Women” alum and Gilliland, who was an actor, welcomed Connor, 31, in 1989 and adopted Forrest from China in 2009. ... Smart lost Gilliland, 71, after more than 30 years of marriage.