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Michelle Pfeiffer

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Michelle Pfeiffer at an event for Stardust (2007)
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Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older brother and two younger sisters - Dedee Pfeiffer, and Lori Pfeiffer, who both dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it their lives' work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1976, and attended one year at the Golden West College, where she studied to become a court reporter. But it was while working as a supermarket checker at Vons, a large Southern California grocery chain, that she realized her true calling. She was married to actor/director Peter Horton ("Gary" of Thirtysomething (1987)) in 1981. They were later divorced, and she then had a three year relationship with actor Fisher Stevens. When that didn't work out, Pfeiffer decided she didn't want to wait any longer before having her own family, and in March of 1993, she adopted a baby girl, Claudia Rose. On November 13th of the same year, she married lawyer-turned-writer/producer David E. Kelley, creator of Picket Fences (1992), Chicago Hope (1994), The Practice (1997), and Boston Public (2000). On August 5, 1994 their son, John Henry was born.
BornApril 29, 1958
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in Wolf (1994)
Michelle Pfeiffer in Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Michelle Pfeiffer in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns (1992)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Lorna Luft, and Alison Price in Grease 2 (1982)
Michelle Pfeiffer and Ivy Austin in Grease 2 (1982)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette, Leif Green, Alison Price, Maureen Teefy, Andy Tennant, and Adrian Zmed in Grease 2 (1982)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Peter Frechette, Leif Green, Alison Price, Pamela Adlon, Maureen Teefy, and Adrian Zmed in Grease 2 (1982)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Helena Andreyko, Ivy Austin, Dennis Daniels, Lucinda Dickey, Peter Frechette, John Robert Garrett, Sandra Gray, Leif Green, Bernardo Hiller, Vicki Hunter, Roy Luthringer, Charles McGowan, Aurelio Padrón, Alison Price, Pamela Adlon, Maureen Teefy, Andy Tennant, Evelyn Tosi, Tom Villard, Dallace Winkler, Adrian Zmed, and Donna King in Grease 2 (1982)

Known for

What Lies Beneath (2000)
What Lies Beneath
6.6
  • Claire Spencer
  • 2000
Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, and Nikki Blonsky in Hairspray (2007)
Hairspray
6.7
  • Velma Von Tussle
  • 2007
One Fine Day (1996)
One Fine Day
6.5
  • Melanie Parker
  • 1996
Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Bridges, and Beau Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
6.9
  • Susie Diamond
  • 1989

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Actress

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    • Post-production
  • Wild Four O'Clocks
    • Pre-production
  • Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Viola Davis in The First Lady (2022)
    The First Lady
  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges in French Exit (2020)
    French Exit
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Angelina Jolie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elle Fanning, Ed Skrein, and Harris Dickinson in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
  • Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Hannah John-Kamen in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
    Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., and Daisy Ridley in Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
    Murder on the Orient Express
  • Jennifer Lawrence in Mother! (2017)
    Mother!
  • Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in The Wizard of Lies (2017)
    The Wizard of Lies
  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland in Where Is Kyra? (2017)
    Where Is Kyra?
  • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo in The Family (2013)
    The Family
  • Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pine, and Michael Hall D'Addario in People Like Us (2012)
    People Like Us
  • Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote, and Gulliver McGrath in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Dark Shadows
  • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Til Schweiger, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank, Sofía Vergara, Josh Duhamel, Ludacris, Lea Michele, Seth Meyers, Abigail Breslin, and Zac Efron in New Year's Eve (2011)
    New Year's Eve
  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher in Personal Effects (2009)
    Personal Effects
  • Michelle Pfeiffer in Chéri (2009)
    Chéri

Producer

  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange in A Thousand Acres (1997)
    A Thousand Acres
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  • One Fine Day (1996)
    One Fine Day

Music Department

  • The Reef (2006)
    The Reef
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Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer, Elle Fanning Cast Away Fairy-Tale Convention
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Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer, Elle Fanning Cast Away Fairy-Tale Convention
Angelina Jolie vs Michelle Pfeiffer: Who's Got the Icier Stare in 'Maleficent'?
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Angelina Jolie vs Michelle Pfeiffer: Who's Got the Icier Stare in 'Maleficent'?
Our Favorite On-Screen Witches
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Our Favorite On-Screen Witches
"Greeting"
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"Greeting"
People Like Us
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People Like Us
People Like Us
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People Like Us
People Like Us
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People Like Us
People Like Us
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People Like Us
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People Like Us
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People Like Us
Hairspray
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Hairspray

Personal details

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    • April 29, 1958
    • Santa Ana, California, USA
    • David E. KelleyNovember 13, 1993 - present (2 children)
    • Dedee Pfeiffer(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Music video for Coolio: "Gangsta's Paradise".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 19 Interviews
    • 19 Articles
    • 24 Pictorials
    • 379 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Does her own singing in Grease 2 (1982), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Hairspray (2007).
  • Quotes
    I still think people will find out that I'm really not very talented. I'm really not very good. It's all just been a big sham.
    • What Lies Beneath
      (2000)
      $10,500,000

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