Biographic - Sunday June 28, 2009 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born in Santa Ana, California, on April 29, 1958, Michelle Pfeifer was working as a supermarket checkout girl when she won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978 and secured herself a Hollywood agent. Her first tv role was one line in an episode of "Fantasy Island" and she went on to land regular roles on the shows "Delta House" and "B.A.D Cats" movie roles followed, in such fare as "Charlie Chan and The Curse of the Dragon Queen" and "Grease 2" her career took an upswing when she was cast opposite Al Pacino in 1983's "Scarface" and her next roles veered from the comedy thriller "Into The Night" to the medieval fantasy of "Ladyhawke" 1987s "The Witches of Eastwick" with Cher, Susan Sarandon and Jack Nicholson. Gave her a box office hit, and following further hits "Married To The Mob" and "Tequila Sunrise" The acclaimed "Dangerous Liaisons" gave her an Oscar nominations. Michelle received a second Oscar nomination for 1989's "The Fabulous Baker Boys" 1992's "Love Field" brought a third Oscar nomination, and that same year she turned in a memorable performance as Catwoman in "Batman Returns" subsequent movies ranged from the period romance "The Age of Inocence" to the urban classroom drama "Dangerous Minds" she reunited with Jack Nicholson for "Wolf" and teamed with Harrison Ford for the dark thriller "What Lies Beneath" she has voiced roles in the animated hits "The Prince Of Egypt" and "Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas" and starred in movies as diverse as "Hairspray" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" following a seven-year marriage to Peter Horton, star of TV's "Thirty Something" she has been married to producer David E. Kelley since 1993, and they have two children.

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