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Michelle Pfeiffer Height 5' 7" Born April 29 1958, Santa Ana in California, USA

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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.
Spouse
David E. Kelley (13 November 1993 - present) 2 children
Peter Horton (5 October 1981 - 1988) (divorced)
Trivia
Graduated from high school in 3 years.
Used to work in a clothing store.
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) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
Was offered the role of Clarice Starling in _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ .
The character Catwoman/Selina Kyle, who she played in Batman Returns (1992), was voted #3 in Empire's "69 Sexiest Movie Characters 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. Kelley, named after David's father.
Accidentally cut Al Pacino with broken glass while auditioning for Scarface (1983).
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.
Actor Val Kilmer wrote poetry for her.
Is of Dutch, German, Irish, Swedish and Swiss descent.
During an A&E Biography, she said that her Catwoman costume from Batman Returns (1992) was vacuum-sealed once she was fitted into it for scenes, so she actually had only a short amount of time to perform before she would have to have it opened or she could become light-headed and pass out.
Shares her birthday with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Was chosen to be on the cover of the first ever "People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" issue in 1990.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1991.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People In the World in 1992.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1993.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1996.
Was chosen to be on the cover of the first ever "People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" issue in 1990; appeared on the list a record 6 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999) and the first person to appear on the cover of the special issue twice (1990 and 1999).
Barbara Walters called her and Julia Roberts the most beautiful people she has ever interviewed.
Voted by Biography Magazine readers as the most beautiful woman of the 1990s.
Chosen by People Magazine as one of the most intriguing people of 1988 and 1989.
Chosen by People Magazine as one of the most intriguing people of 1988.
Turned down the role of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); she was the only major Hollywood star offered the role.
Sister-in-law of Jude Cole.
Was considered for the role of Eva Perón in Evita (1996), and when the film was to be directed by Oliver Stone, she even had taken a good few months voice training for the role.
Has worked with four live-action Batmans. First, she appeared in Batman Returns (1992), with Michael Keaton. She worked with Val Kilmer _"ABC Afternoon Specials" (1972) {One Too Many (#13.7)}"_ and The Prince of Egypt (1998). In One Fine Day (1996), she works with George Clooney, and in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), she works with Christian Bale.
In 1999, joined the 12 million dollar club alongside Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster.
Named Best Modern Actress in an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, substantially beating out runner-up Michelle Pfeiffer. [September 1999].

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