MICHELLE PFEIFFER

 

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Michelle  Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and internationally known American actress. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Pfeiffer has appeared in films such as Scarface, The Fabulous Baker Boys and Batman Returns.

 

 

Michell Pfeiffer portrait in suit

 

 

Biography

 

Early life

 

Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Donna (Taverna), a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air conditioning contractor. She was raised in Midway City, Orange County, California, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Pfeiffer is the second of four siblings: an older brother, Rick Pfeiffer, and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (b. 1964, also an actress) and Lori Pfeiffer (b. 1965). Pfeiffer attended Fountain Valley High School, graduating in 1976. She briefly pursued a career as a court reporter at local Golden West Community College before dropping out to pursue a career in acting. In 1978, Pfeiffer entered and won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant, and then entered the statewide competition for Miss California USA. Although unsuccessful in winning the title, the young Pfeiffer acquired an agent, who helped her secure TV commercial parts and small movie and television roles before making her mark in Hollywood.

 

 

Career

 

Pfeiffer's first major screen role was in 1980 in the film, The Hollywood Knights with Tony Danza. But it was not until 1983 when Pfeiffer co-starred with Al Pacino in Brian De Palma's gangster classic Scarface that she caught the attention of Hollywood. Over the course of the 1980s and 1990s, Pfeiffer starred in a string of box-office and critical hits including Ladyhawke, The Witches of Eastwick, Married to the Mob, Tequila Sunrise, The Russia House, Frankie and Johnny, Batman Returns, The Age of Innocence, Dangerous Minds, and One Fine Day. She won the British Academy Award for 1988's Dangerous Liaisons and the Silver Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993 for Love Field. These two award winning performances garnered Academy Award nominations, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress respectively.

 

However, it was Pfeiffer's performance as Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys that continues to be the highlight of Pfeiffer's career. Her performance received honors from the Hollywood Foreign Press, New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, and the National Society of Film Critics and Board of Review as well as another Oscar nomination. Critics compared Pfeiffer's performance, known for its scorching rendition of "Makin' Whoopee", sung while atop a piano, to those of Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, and a young Katharine Hepburn. In 1995, Pfeiffer was given the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award by Harvard University for her contribution to the performing arts. The award, bestowed annually by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals society, is given to female performers deemed to have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment." The award placed Pfeiffer among the ranks of Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Meryl Streep.

 

 

Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns, 1992

 

Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns, 1992

 

 

Despite working significantly less frequently in recent years, Pfeiffer has continued to maintain her status as one of the film world's reigning screen goddesses. In 2000, Pfeiffer starred with Harrison Ford in one of the biggest box office hits of the year, Robert Zemeckis's thriller What Lies Beneath. In 2001, she starred opposite Sean Penn in I Am Sam and in 2002 alongside Renée Zellweger and Robin Wright Penn in White Oleander, which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.

 

After a long absence from the spotlight, Pfeiffer returned to acting in 2006. Her first round of projects teamed her with director Amy Heckerling in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman (opposite Paul Rudd, scheduled for release Summer 2007) as well as opposite Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, and Sienna Miller in the fantasy epic Stardust, due for a 2007 release. Pfeiffer co-starred in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Hairspray as Velma Von Tussle. She will make a cameo appearance in The Prince and the Pauper, a film in which her sister Dedee stars, and is slated to receive her star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" in 2007.

 

On her return to acting, Pfeiffer says, "Now that I'm working again, I realize I really like this stuff." Michelle revealed that she is not about to start a new project yet, but one will start in the Winter of 2007/2008. "It looks like I'm going back to work... and I won't wait take four years."

 

 

Michelle Pfeiffer and husband David E. Kelley at the 47th Emmy Awards, 1994

 

Michelle Pfeiffer and husband David E. Kelley

at the 47th Emmy Awards, 1994

 

 

Personal life

 

In 1981 Pfeiffer married Thirtysomething actor Peter Horton, but they divorced in 1988 at the height of her career. She has been romantically linked with actors Val Kilmer, John Malkovich, Michael Keaton and Fisher Stevens. In 1993 Pfeiffer married writer-producer David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Public, and Boston Legal).

 

Earlier that year, before meeting Kelley, Pfeiffer adopted a daughter, Claudia Rose, who was then adopted by Kelley following their marriage. The adopted baby was the daughter of a black nurse living in New York, who already had four children. At the time of the adoption, there were rumours that money was exchanged for the baby, but Michelle has vigorously denied these claims stating that the adoption was private. In 1994 Pfeiffer gave birth to a son, John Henry. Pfeiffer and Kelley divide their time between homes in Los Angeles and Northern California.

 

In an August 2006 In Style interview (her first in many years), Pfeiffer discussed her return to making movies, stating that she is "a better mother if I also work... It empowers them [her children] without me hovering, making everyone feel inadequate". Pfeiffer discussed plastic surgery, stating that she hopes she is "courageous enough to age gracefully". Pfeiffer also referred to her beauty as a "curse", as she believes that it often stunted her ability to get serious roles and eclipsed her acting ability.

 

 

Academy Award nominations

  • 1988 - Best Supporting Actress - Dangerous Liaisons

  • 1989 - Best Actress - The Fabulous Baker Boys

  • 1992 - Best Actress - Love Field

 

 

Michelle Pfeiffer red head

 

 

 

FILMOGRAPHY

 

Actress:
  1. Chasing Montana (2008) (pre-production) (in talks)

  2. Stardust (2007) .... Lamia

  3. Hairspray (2007) .... Velma Von Tussle

  4. I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) .... Rosie

  5. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice) .... Eris

  6. White Oleander (2002) .... Ingrid Magnussen
    ... aka Weißer Oleander (Germany)

  7. I Am Sam (2001) .... Rita Harrison Williams

  8. What Lies Beneath (2000) .... Claire Spencer

  9. The Story of Us (1999) .... Katie Jordan

  10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) .... Titania
    ... aka Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (Italy)
    ... aka William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA: complete title)

  11. The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) .... Beth Cappadora

  12. The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice) .... Tzipporah

  13. A Thousand Acres (1997) .... Rose Cook Lewis

  14. One Fine Day (1996) .... Melanie Parker

  15. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) .... Gillian Lewis

  16. Up Close & Personal (1996) .... Sally/Tally Atwater

  17. Dangerous Minds (1995) .... Louanne Johnson

  18. "Picket Fences" .... Client (1 episode, 1995)
        - Freezer Burn (1995) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Client

  19. Wolf (1994) .... Laura Alden

  20. "The Simpsons" .... Mindy Simmons (1 episode, 1993)
        - The Last Temptation of Homer (1993) TV Episode (voice) .... Mindy Simmons

  21. The Age of Innocence (1993) .... Ellen Olenska

  22. Love Field (1992) .... Lurene Hallett

  23. Batman Returns (1992) .... Catwoman/Selina Kyle

  24. Frankie and Johnny (1991) .... Frankie
    ... aka Frankie & Johnny (USA: poster title)

  25. The Russia House (1990) .... Katya Orlova

  26. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) .... Susie Diamond

  27. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Madame Marie de Tourvel

  28. Tequila Sunrise (1988) .... Jo Ann Vallenari

  29. Married to the Mob (1988) .... Angela de Marco

  30. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) .... Brenda Landers (segment "Hospital")

  31. The Witches of Eastwick (1987) .... Sukie Ridgemont

  32. Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987) (TV) .... Natica Jackson
    ... aka Natica Jackson (USA: short title)
    ... aka Power, Passion and Murder

  33. Sweet Liberty (1986) .... Faith Healy

  34. "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Annie (1 episode, 1985)
        - One Too Many (1985) TV Episode .... Annie

  35. Ladyhawke (1985) .... Isabeau d'Anjou

  36. Into the Night (1985/I) .... Diana

  37. Scarface (1983) .... Elvira Hancock

  38. Grease 2 (1982) .... Stephanie Zinone

  39. The Children Nobody Wanted (1981) (TV) .... Jennifer Williams

  40. Splendor in the Grass (1981) (TV) .... Ginny Stamper

  41. Callie & Son (1981) (TV) (as Michele Pfeiffer) .... Sue Lynn Bordeaux
    ... aka Callie and Son (Australia)
    ... aka Rags to Riches

  42. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) .... Cordelia Farenington

  43. "Fantasy Island" .... Athena / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1981)
        - Elizabeth's Baby/The Artist and the Lady (1981) TV Episode .... Deborah Dare
        - The Island of Lost Women/The Flight of Great Yellow Bird (1978) TV Episode .... Athena

  44. Falling in Love Again (1980) .... Sue Wellington
    ... aka In Love

  45. The Hollywood Knights (1980) .... Suzie Q

  46. "B.A.D. Cats" (1980) TV Series .... Samantha 'Sunshine' Jensen (unknown episodes)

  47. "CHiPs" .... Jobina (1 episode, 1979)
    ... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - The Watch Commander (1979) TV Episode .... Jobina

  48. The Solitary Man (1979) (TV) .... Tricia

  49. "Delta House" (1979) TV Series .... The Bombshell (unknown episodes)

Soundtrack:
  1. Hairspray (2007) (performer: "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs", "Big, Blonde and Beautiful" [Reprise])

  2. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) (music: "The Pea Song") (performer: "Feelings", "More Than You Know", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Ten Cents A Dance", "The Look Of Love", "Makin' Whopee", "The Pea Song", "My Funny Valentine")

Producer:
  1. A Thousand Acres (1997) (producer) (uncredited)

  2. One Fine Day (1996) (executive producer)

Thanks:
  1. Being John Malkovich (1999) (acknowledgment)

Self:
  1. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2001-2007)
    ... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
    ... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
        - Episode dated 16 July 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 14 December 2001 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself

  2. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2007)
    ... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
    ... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
    ... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
    ... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
        - Episode dated 11 July 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 18 June 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 12 June 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself

  3. "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
        - Episode dated 27 April 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself

  4. Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Dark Side of the Knight (2005) (V) .... Herself

  5. The Many Faces of Catwoman (2005) (V) .... Herself

  6. Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 - Sleek, Sexy, and Sinister: The Costumes of Batman Returns (2005) (V) .... Herself

  7. "Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
        - Catwoman: Her Many Lives (2004) TV Episode .... Herself

  8. "TV Land Moguls" (2004) (mini) TV Series .... Herself

  9. The Making of 'Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas' (2003) (V) .... Herself

  10. "HBO First Look" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1998-2003)
        - Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - White Oleander (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
        - 'What Lies Beneath': Constructing the Perfect Thriller (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Prince of Egypt (1998) TV Episode .... Herself

  11. Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '03 (2003) (TV) .... Herself

  12. Becoming Sam (2002) (V) .... Herself

  13. "Exclusif" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
        - Episode dated 30 January 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself

  14. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
        - Episode dated 24 January 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself

  15. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1997-2002)
        - Episode dated 10 January 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 24 May 2000 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 11 September 1997 (1997) TV Episode .... Herself

  16. "Mad TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
        - Episode #6.25 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself

  17. What Lies Beneath: Constructing the Perfect Thriller (2001) (TV) .... Herself

  18. "Mundo VIP" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
        - Show nº209 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Show nº135 (1998) TV Episode .... Herself

  19. 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself

  20. Telling the Story of Us (1999) (TV) .... Herself

  21. The Uttmost (1998) .... Herself

  22. "Muppets Tonight" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1996-1997)
    ... aka Muppets, Les (France)
        - The Best of Muppets Tonight! (1997) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode #1.1 (1996) TV Episode .... Herself

  23. Hasty Pudding Awards (1995) (TV) .... Herself

  24. The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (1994) (TV) .... Herself

  25. "Hollywood Women" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Herself

  26. The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

  27. Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1992) (TV) .... Herself

  28. The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin (1992) (TV) .... Herself

  29. Voices that Care (1991) (TV) .... Herself - Choir Member

  30. The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: International Segment

  31. The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay

Archive Footage:
  1. "Cinema mil"
        - Episode #1.6 (2005) TV Episode .... Madame Marie de Tourvel

  2. "The Ultimate Hollywood Blonde" (2004) (mini) .... Herself

  3. Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003) (TV) .... Sukie Ridgemont

  4. De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2002) (V) .... Catwoman

  5. Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... Susie Diamond/Melanie Parker/Titania

  6. "The Simpsons"
        - Another Simpsons Clip Show (1994) TV Episode (voice) .... Mindy Simmons

  7. "Troldspejlet"
        - Episode #8.1 (1992) TV Episode .... Herself/Catwoman

  8. "Biography"
        - Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw (????) TV Episode .... Herself

 

 

Michelle Pfeiffer PGA awards

 

Michelle Pfeiffer PGA awards

 

 

 

LINKS and REFERENCE

 

 

 

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AUSTIN POWERS

BABE

BACK TO THE FUTURE

BATMAN

BRAVEHEART

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

BRIDGET JONES' DIARY

CAST AWAY

CATWOMAN

CHRISTINE

CON AIR

CROCODILE DUNDEE

DEAD CALM

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

DIE HARD

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

DISCLOSURE

DOLORES CLAIBORNE

DR. NO

ERIN BROCKOVICH

FIRE ON THE AMAZON

FREE WILLY

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

GLADIATOR

GOLDFINGER

HARRY POTTER

HORNBLOWER

JAMES BOND

JAWS

JURASSIC PARK

KING KONG

MAN ON FIRE

MASTER and COMMANDER

MEAN GIRLS

MEDICINE MAN

MEN OF HONOUR

MISERY

MISS CONGENIALITY

MUMMY RETURNS

 

 

 

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

NAKED GUN

NATIONAL TREASURE

OVERBOARD

PARENT TRAP

PAYBACK

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

PSYCHO

P2 DEAD MANS CHEST

RACE THE SUN

RAMBO

ROB ROY

ROXANNE

SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC

SEABISCUIT

SPEED

SPIDERMAN

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

STAR GATE

THE 39 STEPS

THE AVIATOR

THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO

THE DAMBUSTERS

THE FLY

THE MATRIX

THE PATRIOT

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

THE TERMINATOR

THE THING

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN

THUNDERBALL

TITANIC

TOP GUN

TREASURE ISLAND

TROY

TRUE GRIT

UNFORGIVEN

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

WAR OF THE WORLDS  

WATERLOO BRIDGE

ZULU

 

 

 

 

 

A - Z ACTORS INDEX

 

 

 

Alec Baldwin

Angelina Jolie

Anthony Hopkins

Arnold Shwazenneger

Arnold Vosloo

Ben Stiller

Brad Pitt

Brendan Fraser

Bruce Willis

Catherine Zeta Jones

Charlize Theron

Chris Cooper

Clint Eastwood

Daniel Craig

Demi Moore

Denzel Washington

Eric Bana

Eva Green

George Clooney

Gerard Depardieu

Goldie Hawn

Gregory Peck

Halle Berry

Harvey Keitel

Hugh Jackman

Humphrey Bogart

Ian Holm

Ingrid Bergman

Jack Black

Jack Nicholson

James Caan

James Cromwell

Jean Reno

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Daniels

 

 

Jim Carrey

Joaquin Phoenix

John Hurt

John Travolta

John Wayne

Johnny Depp

Judi Dench

Julia Roberts

Julie Andrews

Kate Hudson

Kate Winslett

Kathy Bates

Keanu Reeves

Keira Knightley

Kevin Spacey

Kim Basinger

Kirsten Dunst

Kurt Russell

Leonardo di Caprio

Liam Neeson

Linda King

Linda Kozlowski

Lindsay Lohan

Mads Mikkelsen

Marlon Brando

Matthew McConaughey

Mel Gibson

Michael Cain

Michael Douglas

Michael J Fox

Michael Keaton

Michelle Pfeiffer

Mike Myers

Morgan Freeman

Naomi Watts

 

 

Nicholas Cage

Nicole Kidman

Orlando Bloom

Owen Wilson

Paul Bettany

Paul Hogan

Pierce Brosnan

Rachel Weisz

Rebecca De Mornay

Reese Witherspoon

Rennee Zellweger

Richard Gere

Robert de Niro

Roger Moore

Russell Crowe

Sally Edwards

Sam Neil

Samuel L Jackson

Sandra Bullock

Sean Connery

Sharon Stone

Sigourney Weaver

Stanley Baker

Stephen Chow

Steve Martin

Steven Segal

Slyvester Stalone

Tim Roth

Tobey Maguire

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

Tommy Lee Jones

Uma Thurman

Willem Dafoe

 

 

 

 

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