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) 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, Chicago Hope, The Practice, and Boston Public. On August 5, 1994 their son, John Henry was born.



What Lies Beneath (2000): $10,500,000
Dangerous Minds (1995): $6,000,000
Batman Returns (1992): $3,000,000
Frankie and Johnny (1991): $3,000,000

Used to work in a clothing store. Born at 8:11am-PDT. Won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant. Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Dated Fisher Stevens Replaced Annette Bening as Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992). 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] While a teenage clerk at Vons Grocery Store in California, c. 1974, she learned to tie maraschino cherry stems in knots with her tongue. Accidentally cut Al Pacino with broken glass while auditioning for Scarface (1983). Her first job as a performer was playing "Alice" from Alice in Wonderland (1951) at Disneyland in the Main Street Electrical Parade in the mid 1970s. 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. Older sister of Lori Pfeiffer, and Dedee Pfeiffer. Is of Dutch, German, Irish, Swedish and Swiss descent. 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). Voted by Biography Magazine readers as the most beautiful woman of the 1990s. 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. 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. In an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, she placed second in the category of Best Modern Actress; beaten only by Meryl Streep [September 1999]. Ex-sister-in-law of Gregory Fein. Has worked with four live-action Batmans. First, she appeared in Batman Returns (1992), with Michael Keaton. She worked with Val Kilmer "ABC Afterschool 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. Was nominated for 6 consecutive golden globe awards from 1989-1994. One of her favorite films is The Wizard of Oz (1939). Was voted by Empire Magazine as 13th Greatest actress of her time (out of 50 actresses) 2004. Empire Magazine voted her the 33rd sexiest December 2007. Was considered for the lead role in Mamma Mia! (2008) that eventually went to Meryl Streep. Was considered for the role of 'Ginger McKenna' in Casino (1995) that eventually went to Sharon Stone. Was considered for the role in Bugsy (1991) that eventually went to Annette Bening. Auditoned for the role in Urban Cowboy (1980) that eventually went to Debra Winger. Said she wanted to star in a Grease remake with Jessica Simpson. Was considered for one of the roles in Thelma & Louise (1991), along with Jodie Foster as her co-star. Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand were also considered for the roles, that eventually went to Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Turned down the role of the Angel of death in A Prairie Home Companion (2006). The role went to Virginia Madsen. Was considered for the role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) that was played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Was offered the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), but she turned it down. Jodie Foster, who went on to win a Best Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead. In 1999 she was offered two roles but turned them down. The role In Double Jeopardy (1999) went to Ashley Judd. She was also offered Passion of Mind (2000) which went to Demi Moore. Was offered the role in Disclosure (1994) alongside Michael Douglas but turned it down. The role went to Demi Moore. While Pfeiffer was involved with her own production company "Via Rose Productions", she had a few projects in development. They included a biopic of singer Marianne Faithfull, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as a sci-fi/drama, a female basketball coach, a project where she'd play a tabloid journalist called "Privacy", also included in the mix are one about the Rosewood Education Center in South Central, L.A., where gang members help and work with handicap kids. Another script in development was where she would play an undercover drug agent in a project called, "The Ice Queen", based on the true story of DEA agent Heidi Landgraf who posed as a drug queen and ended up sending 200 dealers to jail. Empire Magazine voted her the 3rd sexiest movie star ever in 1995. 1st was Johnny Depp and 2nd was Marilyn Monroe. Was offered the Julia Roberts role in Pretty Woman (1990).