Michelle Pfeiffer

Used to work in a clothing store.

(October 1997) Ranked #39 in Empire magazines "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

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.

Won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant.

Was voted Best Dressed Female Movie Star.

Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Michelles name was misspelled as Michele in the credits of her film, Callie & Son .

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#3).

Replaced Annette Bening as Catwoman in Batman Returns , due to the former actress pregnancy.

Does her own singing in Grease 2 , The Fabulous Baker Boys , The Prince of Egypt and Hairspray .

The character Catwoman/Selina Kyle, who she played in Batman Returns , was voted #3 in Empires "69 Sexiest Movie Characters of All Time".

Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct .

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 and a son named John Henry with husband David E. Kelley , named after Davids father.

Accidentally cut Al Pacino with broken glass while auditioning for Scarface .

Studied acting under Geraldine Page at workshop at Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.

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.

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 and graduated in 1976.

Older sister of Lori Pfeiffer , and Dedee Pfeiffer.

Actor Val Kilmer wrote poetry for her.

Michelles paternal grandfather was of German descent, and Michelles paternal grandmother had English, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, and Irish ancestry. On her mothers side, Michelle is of Swiss-German and Swedish descent.

During an A&E "Biography" , she said that her Catwoman costume from Batman Returns 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.

Was chosen to be on the cover of the first ever "People Magazines 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.

Turned down the role of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ; she was the only major Hollywood star offered the role.

Sister-in-law of Jude Cole and Kevin Ryan. Ex-sister-in-law of Gregory Fein.

Was considered for the role of Eva Pern in Evita , 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 1999, joined the "12 million dollar club".

In an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, she placed second in the category of Best Modern Actress; beaten only by Meryl Streep [September 1999].

Was offered the role of Clarice Starling, in the movie The Silence of the Lambs , that eventually went to Jodie Foster.

Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 6, 2007.

Has been an an avid oil painter for most of her life.

Has worked with four live-action Batmans. First, she appeared in Batman Returns , with Michael Keaton. She worked with Val Kilmer "ABC Afterschool Specials" {One Too Many (#13.7)} and The Prince of Egypt . In One Fine Day , she works with George Clooney , and in A Midsummer Nights Dream , she works with Christian Bale.

Was nominated for 6 consecutive Golden Globe Awards from 1989-1994.

Has been very good friends with Cher since working together on The Witches of Eastwick .

One of her favorite films is The Wizard of Oz .

When she was in her twenties, strangers would come up to her thinking she was Debbie Harry from the band Blondie. Not surprisingly, Harry stated in an interview that if she could choose any actress to play her in a film, she would choose Pfeiffer.

Was voted by Empire Magazine as 13th Greatest actress of her time (out of 50 actresses) 2004.

Good friends with Ellen Barkin.

Empire Magazine voted her the 33rd sexiest movie star in December 2007.

Friends with Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw.

Was considered for the lead role in Mamma Mia! that eventually went to Meryl Streep.

According to her interview in Premiere Magazine in 1999, she would really like to work with: Judi Dench , Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt.

Turned down the role of Ginger McKenna in Casino , because she had already played a similar role in Scarface . The part eventually went to Sharon Stone.

In the mid-1990s, she was attached to star in a remake of The Innocents starring Deborah Kerr , based on the Henry James novel "The Turn of the Screw".

Was considered for the role in Bugsy that eventually went to Annette Bening.

Auditoned for the role in Urban Cowboy that eventually went to Debra Winger.

Was attached to star in two romantic comedies in 2004. One was "Taming Ben Taylor" with Kevin Costner and the other was "Shes Gone" , a romantic comedy about a couple whose marriage is at a crossroads. It was to be produced by Armyan Bernstein and Mark Johnson for Disney.

Said she wanted to star in a Grease remake with Jessica Simpson.

Was considered for a part in Working Girl along with Meryl Streep. The roles eventually went to Melanie Griffith (replacing Pfeiffer) and Sigourney Weaver (replacing Streep).

Before the role in Chri went to Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange was attached to play the lead, and was attached to the project for a number of years. She has credit as a producer on the film.

Turned down the role of the Angel of death in A Prairie Home Companion . The role went to Virginia Madsen.

Was tested and rejected by Franco Zeffirelli for the role of Jade Butterfield in Endless Love . In the end, Zeffirelli chose Brooke Shields , a very young actress for the role, a decision she later wanted to regret.

Was considered for the role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High that was played by Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Passion of Mind was originally developed for Pfeiffer in the late 1980s, but by the time it was finally ready to go into production a decade later, she was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts, and the film became a vehicle for Demi Moore.

A potentially very interesting role that got away from Michelle was "Mistress of the Seas", to be directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Jon Peters. It was to have centered around the true story of two female pirates, "Anne Bonny" and "Mary Read", who sailed the seas with "Calico Jack" in the Caribbean during the 18th Century. Michelle and Geena Davis were to be involved, but Geena had already signed up to do her own pirate flick, Cutthroat Island , and Michelle, after meetings with Verhoeven, withdrew from the project, stating that all the conversations "were about how much skin I would show".

Turned down the Ashley Judd role in Double Jeopardy .

She was offered the role of Slim Keith in Infamous . She turned down the role and it was then given to Hope Davis.

Pfeiffer had a film production company from 1990-2000 called, "Via Rosa Productions", where she had a number of film projects in development. They included such high profile projects as a biopic on singer Marianne Faithfull, artist Georgia OKeeffe, as well as a sci-fi/alien abduction drama, a story on a female basketball coach, a project where she would play a tabloid journalist called "Privacy". Also included in the mix are one about the Rosewood Education Center in South Central Los Angeles, 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.

Was considered for the role of Golly in Nickelodeons screen adaptation of Harriet the Spy that went to Rosie ODonnell.

Empire Magazine voted her the 3rd sexiest movie star ever in 1995. 1st was Johnny Depp and 2nd was Marilyn Monroe.

Was considered for the Marcia Gay Harden s role in Mystic River .

Was offered the Julia Roberts role in Pretty Woman .

Pfeiffer was already in the process of adopting a child by the time she met future husband David E. Kelley. They had only been together for two months when their daughter Claudia Rose was added to their family.

Kate Nelligan has been her co-star in three films: Frankie and Johnny , Wolf and Up Close & Personal .

Michelle was under serious consideration for the role of "Maria" in the big-screen adaptation of The Bonfire of the Vanities . Brian De Palma , who had directed the actress in Scarface , was eager to work with her again. However, she instead opted for the role in another literary film adaptation, The Russia House . Melanie Griffith was then cast as "Maria" and received a Razzie nomination as Worst Actress for the role, while Michelle went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.

Briefly considered taking on the lead role in the boxing drama Against the Ropes . When Pfeiffer passed, Meg Ryan was cast in the film, which went on to become a failure at the box office.

Was the original choice for the female lead in City Island .

Reportedly turned down the chance to star opposite Pierce Brosnan in the romantic comedy, How to Make Love Like an Englishman .

After almost 20 years to the day, she has reunited with two former directors for new projects. Garry Marshall , who directed Pfeiffer in Frankie and Johnny , is directing her in New Years Eve , and Tim Burton , who directed her in Batman Returns , is directing her in Dark Shadows .

Has been vegan since June 2012.

In March 2004 Pfeiifer was attached to star in a remake of Billy Wilder s Witness for the Prosecution . She was attached to star as Marlene Deitrichs character Christine Helm Vole. Her husband David E. Kelley was penning and adapting the screenplay. Agatha Christie s grandson Mathew Prichard advised, "The role of Christine was written for someone like Michelle Pfeiffer. Shed be perfect in it. Shes gorgeous, sultry and superbly talented. Would my grandmother approve? Definitely. Itll be one of the biggest films ever based on an Agatha Christie work." Unfortunately the project was put on hold.

Michelle is a fan of Meryl Streep , Cate Blanchett , Anne Hathaway and Judi Dench.

Turned down the part of "Suzanne" in To Die For .

Was offered a role in Lorenzos Oil but backed out due to scheduling conflicts from Batman Returns . The role ultimately went to Susan Sarandon.

Was considered for the part of Marilyn Lovell (ne Gerlach, wife of astronaut Jim Lovell ) in Apollo 13 .

Lost out to Daryl Hannah for the lead role in Ron Howard s Splash .

Was auditioned and rejected for the role of "Tiffany Wells" in "Charlies Angels" .

Mentioned in the songs "Riptide" by Vance Joy and "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson.

Shortly after coming to Hollywood, Pfeiffer was introduced to "Breatharianism", a cult which follows the belief that a person can live without food and water, receiving sustenance only from air and sunlight. She didnt realize anything was wrong until she met her first husband, Peter Horton , who was working on a documentary about Reverend Moon Sung Moons Unification Church. She realized that the psychological manipulation described by former Moon-members was similar to her experience with "Breatharianism".

Turned down Still Alice . Julianne Moore was cast instead and ended up winning an Oscar for the role.

Before moving to Northern California in 2003, she lived in the affluent Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her neighbors included Meryl Streep , Tom Hanks , Steven Spielberg , O.J. Simpson and Roseanne Barr.

Has twice missed the opportunity to work with one of her idols, Meryl Streep , first in Working Girl and then in A Prairie Home Companion , which she dropped out of to film I Could Never Be Your Woman .

Michelle Pfeiffer turned down a string of known films that included: Casino, Mamma Mia, Evita, The Grifters, Basic Instinct, The Silence of the Lambs, Original Sin, Dick Tracy, Bugsy, Thelma and Louise, Casino Royale, A Prairie Home Companion, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Double Jeopardy, Catwoman, Pretty Woman, Chicago, Working Girl, Mystic River, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Against the Ropes, The Blue Lagoon, To Die For, Pulp Fiction, Lorenzos Oil, Still Alice, Adventures in Babysitting, Batman, Under The Tuscan Sun, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Despite playing her granddaughter in The Age of Innocence , Pfeiffer is just 17 years younger than Miriam Margolyes.

Claims she never watches any of her films after theyve been completed.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side,of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part,of your life and not having control of it.

It seems that my leading men just keep getting younger the older I get.

[at the Berlin Film Festival whilst promoting Chri (2009) ],If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait till you hit 50 - and I was,surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is,always much worse than the reality.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?,It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.