Whatever Happened to Jan Smithers - Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati

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Bailey was the hottest woman on KRP. Jennifer was all glitz and fashion, but Bailey had that girl next door look who you were always trying to get a glimpse of while getting the morning paper. I had a huge crush on her, and I was 18 at the time.

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Jan Smithers left acting to raise Molly



Jan Smithers' last acting job was the Canadian feature film "Mr. Nice Guy" in 1987, the year her daughter was born. After falling pregnant, Smithers planned to take six months to raise her before going back to acting. But the plan changed after Molly was born. "I loved having a career, but when I met Molly, I just looked at her and told her, 'You need me,'" Smithers told Newsweek in 2016, the year that marked the 50th anniversary of her Newsweek cover story that unexpectedly launched Smithers' Hollywood career at age 16.

After divorcing James Brolin, Smithers reportedly lived in Nova Scotia, according to a 1999 Tampa Bay Times report. Her need for peace and privacy was a part of the reason her marriage ended. "I had Molly and wanted to be in the country and get away from that world. I just wanted a different life," she told Newsweek. When her daughter was a teenager, Smithers had an epiphany during a trip to India. Since then, she's turned inward. "I learned to meditate there, and I changed a great deal. I got out of myself," she said.

In 2014, Smithers reunited with her "WKRP in Cincinnati" co-stars at the Paley Center for Media. "We all changed, and it was fun to change," Smithers reflected. The reunion and the Newsweek interview are both rare events for Smithers, who prefers to stay out of the public eye and has no public social media accounts.