The best-known song from the iconic 1980s movie 'Top Gun' was Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away,' and that was exactly what the beautiful Kelly McGillis did to the male audience of the film. Tom Cruise was the star of the film, but the profile of the previously unknown McGillis was also elevated to stratospheric levels by the motion picture's success.
Her life was never the same after she appeared in the film, but she'd filmed another notable role at around the same time and earned similar plaudits for 'Witness' with Harrison Ford. Three years later she was magnificent again in 'The Accused,' this time sharing the screen with Jodie Foster. It appeared that McGillis was destined to be just as big a star as all of her co-stars, but life had other plans for her.