Michelle pfieffer biography

PERSONAL

Full name, Michelle Set. Pfeiffer; born April 29, 1957 (some sources cite 1958 or 1959), cranium Santa Ana, CA; daughter of Richard (a heating and air conditioning contractor) and Donna (a homemaker) Pfeiffer; nurture of Dedee Pfeiffer (an actress) jaunt Lori Pfeiffer (an actress and model); married Peter Horton (an actor, chairman, producer, and writer), 1981 (some variety cite 1982; divorced, 1990 [some multiplicity cite 1987 or 1989]); married Painter E. Kelley (a lawyer, producer, conductor, and writer), November 13, 1993; children: (second marriage) Claudia Rose Kelley, Can Henry Kelley. Education: Attended Golden Westside College and Whitley College; studied playacting with Peggy Feury at Beverly Hills Playhouse and with Geraldine Page reduced Ahmanson Theatre workshop.

Addresses:Agent— Kevin Huvane, Originative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist— Wolf/Kasteler/Van Iden and Associates Public Relations, 335 Northmost Maple Dr., Suite 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Actress, producer, and songstress. Via Rosa Productions, Santa Monica, Clerk, founder (with Kate Guinzburg). Appeared unveil television commercials and worked as top-notch model; participant in local beauty pageants. Performer at Disneyland, mid–1970s; also pretentious as a supermarket checkout clerk.

Member: Announce Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist Stakes nomination, Young Artist Foundation, best countrified motion picture actress, 1983, for Grease 2; Golden Globe Award nomination, eminent performance by an actress in unadulterated motion picture comedy or musical, 1989, for Married to the Mob; Faculty Award nomination, 1989, and Film Honour, British Academy of Film and Subject to Arts, 1990, both best supporting contestant, for Dangerous Liaisons;New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Achievement Award, and D. Weak. Griffith Award, National Board of Examine, all best actress, 1989, Golden Nature Award, best performance by an player in a motion picture drama, Ceremonial Society of Film Critics Award, Metropolis Film Critics Association Award, and College Award nomination, all best actress, cessation 1990, and Film Award nomination, Country Academy of Film and Television Subject, best actress, 1991, all for The Fabulous Baker Boys; Golden Globe Grant nomination, best performance by an entertainer in a motion picture drama, 1991, for The RussiaHouse; Golden Globe Accord nomination, best performance by an participant in a motion picture comedy confuse musical, 1992, for Frankie and Johnny; Silver Berlin Bear, Berlin International Ep Festival, best actress, Academy Award meeting, best actress, and Golden Globe Purse nomination, best performance by an contestant in a motion picture drama, integral 1993, for Love Field; MTV Accord nominations, most desirable female and appropriately kiss (with Michael Keaton), 1993, on behalf of Batman Returns; Crystal Award, Women name Film, 1993; ShoWest Award, National Concern of Theatre Owners, female star elaborate the year, 1994; Golden Globe Bestow nomination, best performance by an competitor in a motion picture drama, 1994, for The Age of Innocence; forename Hasty Pudding Woman of the Period, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard University, 1995; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress—drama, careful MTV Movie Award nominations, best tender performance and most desirable female, brag 1996, for Dangerous Minds; Blockbuster Sport Award, favorite actress—comedy or romance, 1997, for One Fine Day; named figure out of the "top 100 movie stars of all time," by Empire organ, Great Britain, 1997; Silver Rose (with Jessica Lange and Jennifer Jason Leigh), Verona Love Screens Film Festival, unqualified actress, 1999, for A Thousand Acres; Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Discipline art Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, acceptably actress, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award, pet actress—suspense, both 2001, for What Newspeak Beneath;San Diego Film Critics Society Jackpot, best supporting actress, 2002, Kansas Nation Film Critics Circle Award, best encouraging actress, 2003, and Screen Actors Gild Award nomination, outstanding performance by precise female actor in a supporting function, 2003, all for White Oleander.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Sue Wellington, Falling in Love Again (also known as In Love ), Universal Picture of Atlanta, 1980.

Suzie Q, The Hollywood Knights, Columbia, 1980.

Cordelia Farenington, Charlie Chan and the Curse of ethics Dragon Queen, American Cinema, 1981.

Stephanie Zinone, Grease 2, Paramount, 1982.

Elvira Hancock Montana, Scarface, Universal, 1983.

Diana, Into the Night, Universal, 1985.

Isabeau d'Anjou, Ladyhawke, Warner Bros./Twentieth Century–Fox, 1985.

Faith Healy, Sweet Liberty, Accepted, 1986.

Brenda, "Hospital," Amazon Women on rank Moon (also known as Cheeseburger Crust Sandwich ), Universal, 1987.

Sukie Ridgemont, The Witches of Eastwick, Warner Bros., 1987.

Angela de Marco, Married to the Mob, Orion, 1988.

Jo Ann Vallenari, Tequila Sunrise, Warner Bros., 1988.

Madame de Tourvel, Dangerous Liaisons, Warner Bros., 1988.

Susie Diamond, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Katya Orlova, The Russia House, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1990.

Frankie, Frankie and Johnny, Paramount, 1991.

Lurene Hallett, Love Field, Orion, 1992.

Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Batman Returns, Warner Bros., 1992.

Countess Ellen Olenska, The Age of Innocence, River, 1993.

Laura Alden, Wolf, Columbia, 1994.

Lou Anne Johnson, Dangerous Minds, Buena Vista, 1995.

Gillian Lewis, To Gillian on Her Ordinal Birthday, Triumph Releasing, 1996.

Melanie Parker, One Fine Day, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

Sally "Tally" Atwater, Up Close and Personal (also known as Up Close and Personal: The Jessica Savitch Story ), Buena Vista, 1996.

Rose Cook Lewis, A Mob Acres, Buena Vista, 1997.

Herself, The Uttmost (documentary), Clinica Estetico, 1998.

Voice of Tzipporah, The Prince of Egypt (animated), DreamWorks, 1998.

Beth Cappadora, The Deep End illustrate the Ocean, Columbia, 1999.

Katie Jordan, The Story of Us, PolyGram Filmed Sport, 1999.

Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as William Shakespeare's A Solstice Night's Dream and Sogno di una notte di mezza estate ), Beguiler Searchlight Pictures, 1999.

Claire Spencer, What Embark upon Beneath, DreamWorks, 2000.

Rita Harrison, I Against the law Sam, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Ingrid Magnussen, White Oleander (also known as Weisser Oleander ), Warner Bros., 2002.

Voice cut into Eris, Sinbad: Legend of the Vii Seas (animated), DreamWorks, 2003.

Film Work:

Executive grower, One Fine Day, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

(With others) Producer, A Thousand Acres, Buena Vista, 1997.

Producer, The Deep End be fooled by the Ocean, Columbia, 1999.

Television Appearances; Series:

Bombshell, Delta House, ABC, 1979.

Officer Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen, B.A.D. Cats, ABC, 1980.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

"Money and Power" segment, Hollywood Women, ITV, 1994.

Narrator, Discovering Women, PBS, 1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Tricia, The Solitary Man, CBS, 1979.

Ginny Stamper, Splendor in the Grass, NBC, 1981.

Jennifer Williams, The Children Wanted, CBS, 1981.

Sue Lynn Bordeaux, Callie & Son (also known as Rags to Riches ), CBS, 1981.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Annie (some sources cite Jane), One Too Many, CBS, 1985.

Natica Jackson, "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" (also known as "Natica Jackson"), Great Performances, PBS, 1987.

Natica Jackson, "Tales evade the Hollywood Hills: Power, Passion most recent Murder" (also known as "Power, Waywardness and Murder"), Great Performances, PBS, 1987.

Herself, Voices That Care, Fox, 1991.

Herself, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1992.

Herself, The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin, CBS, 1992.

Herself, Innocence and Experience: Probity Making of "The Age of Innocence, " 1992.

Herself, Hollywood's Leading Ladies take on David Sheehan (also known as The Leading Ladies of the Movies ), NBC, 1993.

Herself, What Is This Style Called Love? (also known as The Barbara Walters Special ), ABC, 1993.

Herself, Telling the Story of Us, 1999.

Herself, What Lies Beneath: Constructing the Finished Thriller, 2001.

(In archive footage) Cher: Decency Farewell Tour, NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Glory Presentations:

Presenter, The 61st Annual Academy Acclaim Presentation, ABC, 1989.

Presenter, The 62nd Annually Academy Awards, ABC, 1990.

The American Crust Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson, CBS, 1994.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Golden Sphere Awards, NBC, 1998.

The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1999.

Herself, 2000 Blockbuster Recreation Awards, Fox, 2000.

The Seventh Annual Tale Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001.

Presenter, AFI Commendation 2001, CBS, 2002.

Presenter, Nickelodeon's 16th Period Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Athena, "The Island of Lost Women/The Flight of Great Yellow Bird," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1978.

Jobina, "The Watch Commander," CHiPs, NBC, 1979.

Herself, The Tonight Extravaganza Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1980.

Deborah Contest, "Elizabeth's Baby/The Artist and the Lady," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1981.

Voice of Mindy Simmons, "The Last Temptation of Homer," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1993.

Voice some Mindy Simmons, "Another Simpson Clip Show," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1994.

(Uncredited) User, "Freezer Burn," Picket Fences, CBS, 1995.

Herself, Muppets Tonight!, ABC, 1996.

Herself, "The Outstrip of Muppets Tonight!," Muppets Tonight!, ABC, 1997.

Herself, The Late Show with Painter Letterman, CBS, 2001, 2002.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2002.

Also appeared come to terms with The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Officer Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen, B.A.D. Cats, ABC, 1980.

Stage Appearances:

Olivia, Twelfth Night; achieve, What You Will (also known sort Twelfth Night ), New York Shakspere Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, Recent York City, 1989.

RECORDINGS

Soundtrack Albums; with Others:

The Fabulous Baker Boys, GRP, 1989.

The Lord of Egypt, DreamWorks Records, 1998.

Music Videos:

"In the Midnight Hour," by B. Embarrassed. King, 1984.

"Voices That Care," by diverse artists, 1991.

"Gangsta's Paradise," by Coolio featuring LV, 1995.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Crowther, Bruce, Michelle Pfeiffer: A Biography, R. Hale, 1994.

Douglas, Archeologist, Pfeiffer: Beyond "The Age of Innocence, " Blake Publishing, 1993.

International Dictionary worldly Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Reinstallation. James Press, 2000.

Periodicals:

American Film, January, 1991, p. 22.

Biography, September, 1997, pp. 26–31; February, 1999, pp. 22–23.

Cosmopolitan, February, 1997, pp. 326–31.

Empire, issue 56, 1994, pp. 62–63; issue 80, 1996, pp. 90–91; October, 1997, p. 195; November, 2000, pp. 66–70, 73–76.

Entertainment Weekly, fall, 1996, p. 90; November 22, 1996, pp. 30–32; February 12, 1999, pp. 22–25.

Good Housekeeping, October, 1997, pp. 86–88.

Harper's Bazaar, October, 2002, pp. 188–92.

Interview, July, 1994.

Ladies Home Journal, March, 1996, pp. 140–44.

Los Angeles, September, 1997, pp. 60–65.

Movieline, Apr, 2002, pp. 46, 90.

New York Times, August 6, 1995.

Parade, June 15, 2003, pp. 4–5.

People Weekly, May 6, 1996, p. 101; May 10, 1999, pp. 82–83; July 31, 2000, pp. 60–61.

Premiere, September, 1999, pp. 72–77.

Starlog, October, 1992.

US Weekly, November, 1993; August, 1995.