Michelle-Pfeiffer

Name: Michelle Pfeiffer

Birth Name: Michelle Marie Pfeiffer

Birthdate: April 29, 1958

Birthplace: Santa Ana, Calif.

Yes, she's blessed with good genes, but Pfeiffer's road to stardom wasn't paved with diamonds. Her first big movie, 1982's Grease 2, was such a flop she didn't work for a year. Her next was Scarface, but she played cold so well she was only offered "ice-queen" roles, and her next few films bombed, too. But slowly and surely, the parts came in: The Witches of Eastwick, Married to the Mob, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fabulous Baker Boys (which earned her an Oscar nod). By the late '80s and early '90s, Pfeiffer was the hottest thing in town; she sealed her fate as a permanent A-lister as the memorable Catwoman in Batman. In the 2000s, Pfeiffer enjoyed a hiatus, but 2007 would bring three major films: Stardust, Hairspray and I Could Never Be Your Woman.


1. She won Miss Orange County but lost Miss L.A.
2. She took course credit for after-school jobs to graduate just after her junior year in high school.
3. She says that her basic nature is "dark," and she tends to be pessimistic, and having spent so much time in therapy, it felt like a part-time job.
4. She was raised in a blue-collar town, the second eldest of four children to her father, a heating and air-conditioning contractor, and housewife mother.
5. She is known for being difficult about things she feels strongly about; director Robert Towne called her the most difficult actor he'd ever worked with after Tequila Sunrise.


"I was a bully. I was a tomboy. I used to beat up all the boys. Whenever there was a problem, they would come to me. I was like the Mafia don of my elementary school … I still have a really hard time … socializing. I become paralyzed when I have to make small talk. Which is why I'm not good at interviews. I tend to go right into the heart of things and get really personal. Then afterward, I read them and I think, aw, s--t. Why the f--k can't you just shut your mouth?"
— Esquire, Dec. 1990


Husbands: David E. Kelley, producer; married November 1993; Peter Horton, actor; married October 1981; divorced 1988
Daughter: Claudia Rose, adopted 1993
Son: Jack Henry, born 1994

1994: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama),
The Age of Innocence

1993: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Love Field; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Love Field

1992: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Frankie and Johnny

1991: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama),
The Russia House

1990: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Fabulous Baker Boys; Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Dangerous Liaisons; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Married to the Mob

 

FILMS

Stardust - (2007) - Actor
Hairspray - (2007) - Actor
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - (2003) - Voice
I Am Sam - (2002) - Actor
White Oleander - (2002) - Actor
What Lies Beneath - (2000) - Actor
The Deep End of the Ocean - (1999) - Actor
William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream - (1999) - Actor
The Story of Us - (1999) - Actor
The Prince of Egypt - (1998) - Voice
A Thousand Acres - (1997) - Actor
Up Close and Personal - (1996) - Actor
One Fine Day - (1996) - Actor, Producer
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - (1996) - Actor
While You Were Sleeping/Up Close and Personal - (1995) - Actor
Dangerous Minds - (1995) - Actor
Wolf - (1994) - Actor
The Age of Innocence - (1993) - Actor
Batman Returns - (1992) - Actor
Love Field - (1992) - Actor
Frankie and Johnny - (1991) - Actor
The Russia House - (1991) - Actor
The Fabulous Baker Boys - (1989) - Actor
Dangerous Liaisons - (1988) - Actor
Married to the Mob - (1988) - Actor
Tequila Sunrise - (1988) - Actor
Amazon Women on the Moon - (1987) - Actor
Power, Passion and Murder - (1987) - Actor
Hangmen/ Power, Passion and Murder - (1987) - Actor
The Witches of Eastwick - (1987) - Actor
Sweet Liberty - (1986) - Actor
Into the Night - (1985) - Actor
Ladyhawke - (1985) - Actor
Scarface Anniversary DVD - (1983) - Actor
Grease 2 - (1982) - Actor
Callie and Son - (1981) - Actor
Falling in Love Again - (1981) - Actor
The Hollywood Knights - (1980) - Actor
I Could Never Be Your Woman - () - Actor