Michelle Pfeiffer - Biography

Last Editor: kropeczka.ania				Michelle Pfeiffer Biography -   Name : Michelle Pfeiffer Date of Birth : April 29, 1958 Place of Birth : Santa Ana, California Height : 5' 9 Education : Fountain Valley High School, Fountain Valley, California; Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California (majored in Court Reporting) Nationality : American Profession : actor, model, producer Claim to Fame : as Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

Michelle Pfeiffer Trivia -

Graduated from high school in 3 years. Used to work in a clothing store. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1999] Ranked #39 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Born at 8:11am-PDT She thought about looking for a man to father a child with "no strings attached", but decided to adopt instead. She adopted a daughter, 'Claudia Rose'. She is in the horn section of B.B. King's "In The Midnight Hour" music video. She was in Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" music video. Won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant. Was voted Best Dressed Female Movie Star [1997] Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1990) Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Michelle's name was misspelled as 'Michele' in the credits of her film, Callie & Son (1981) (TV). Dated Fisher Stevens Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#3). [1995] Replaced Annette Bening as Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992). Does her own singing in The Prince of Egypt (1998). Was offered the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The character Catwoman/Selina Kyle, who she played in Batman Returns (1992), was voted #3 in Empire's "69 Sexiest Movie Character of All Time". [2000] Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992). While a teenage clerk at Vons Grocery Store in California, c. 1974, she learned to tie maraschino cherry stems in knots with her tongue. Has an adopted daughter named Claudia Rose (born in 1993) and a son named Jack Henry (born in 1994) with husband, 'David E. Kelly' . Accidentally cut Al Pacino with broken glass while auditioning for _Scarface_ . Studied acting under Geraldine Page at workshop at LA's Ahmanson Theater. Her son's name is John Henry Kelley, named after husband David's father, who has the exact same name. Her first job as a performer was playing Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" at Disneyland in the Main Street Electrical Parade in the mid 1970s. Measurements: 33 1/2B-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) There was a study done of the faces of beautiful women, quantifying the ratio of the width of the mouth to the width of the nose, attempting to find the perfect proportions for the perfect face of feminine beauty (the ratio turns out to be something like 1.7). The movie star with the most perfect proportions for feminine facial beauty, based on this measure, turns out to be Michelle Pfeiffer. Attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California Sister of Lori Pfeiffer, and Dedee Pfeiffer. Shares her birthday with actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Shares a birthday with actress Uma Thurman and tennis star Andre Agassi. Actor Val Kilmer wrote poetry for her.

Michelle Pfeiffer Detailed Biography -

Michelle Pfeiffer has always had the looks -- she was crowned Miss Orange County and Miss Los Angeles as a teen -- but it’s not merely a cliche to say that she’s more that just another pretty face. She’s an enduring pretty face who can be absolutely depended upon for high-quality performances. In other words, she’s one of the best. Actresses who stay high atop movie executive wish lists into middle age (if you consider 42 middle-aged) are rare in Hollywood. Pfeiffer’s producer popularity comes, though, because she is a consummate professional adored by fans who will watch her in, literally, anything. They are rewarded every time, for she shines in even films of questionable quality -- "She’s good in bad movies," critics sigh. Pfeiffer’s credits, good and bad, include several television movies and series appearances, beginning in 1979, when the actor was 21, with Fantasy Island. Her fame, though, and the accolades, come from the film career: Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), Grease 2 (1982), Scarface (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), Into The Night (1985 -- her first starring role), Sweet Liberty (1986), Amazon Women On The Moon (1987), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Dangerous Liaisons (1988 - for an Oscar nomination and a British Academy award), Married To The Mob (1988 - for a Golden Globe nomination), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989 - for a half dozen awards, including another Oscar nomination), The Russia House (1990 - for a Golden Globe nomination), Batman Returns (1992), Love Field (1993 - for an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and a Berlin International Film Festival win), The Age of Innocence (1993 - for a Golden Globe nomination), Wolf (1994), Dangerous Minds (1995), One Fine Day (1996 - Pfeiffer co-produced), To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday (1996), Up Close and Personal (1996), A Thousand Acres (1997), The Prince of Egypt (1998 - voice), The Deep End Of The Ocean (1999), William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999), and The Story of Us (1999). The actor has been awarded a Women in Film Crystal award for her work, and she has the "distinction" of having been three times one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People and listed among Playboy magazine’s 100 Sexiest Stars of the Century. Off camera (when did she find the time to be off camera?), Pfeiffer married (1981) and divorced (1990) actor Peter Horton, and married (1993) producer David Kelley. She and Kelley have two children. Rising from beauty queen to Hollywood heavyweight has taken years of movie making and solid acting, but statuettes aren’t the only rewards. Pfeiffer now develops her own projects and can even call her own hiatus time -- she intends to leave the glamour behind for a time to focus on family. Fans, though, need not fear, for the actor is reportedly looking at roles in the upcoming movies Hannibal, and What Lies Beneath. Whatever she plans to do, it will be done well. Pfeiffer, time after time, has proved that much.