Jamie Lee Curtis
Biography
Jamie
Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California.The
daughter of screen legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee
Curtis was born in the spotlight. After dropping out of college
to pursue acting, Curtis made her debut in the television series
Operation Petticoat in 1977. That same year, Curtis landed a starring
role in the horror film Halloween (1978). A host of horror films
followed, including roles in The Fog(1980), Terror Train(1980),
and Halloween II (1981), and Curtis' reputation as a "Scream
Queen" was secured.
Curtis'
acting talents were better showcased in her later roles in A Fish
Called Wanda, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 1989,
and a television series Anything But Love, for which she won a Golden
Globe in 1989. Curtis won a second Golden Globe for her performance
in True Lies (1994) also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Regarded
by some critics as her best work, True Lies boosted Curtis' career.
In 1998
and 2002, she went back to horror, starring in two other Halloween
sequels, Halloween H20 and Halloween: Resurrection, twenty years
after she appeared inthe original. Though she gave memorable supporting
performances in 2000's Drowning Mona and 2001's Tailor of Panama,
Curtis' next big big box office success came with a younger crowd
when she costarred as Tess Coleman in the 2003 remake of Freaky
Friday.
Curtis
has written several children's books, including Tell Me Again About
the Night I Was Born (1996) and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's
Memoir of Her Youth (1993).
She is
married to actor/director Christopher Guest, with whom she has two
adopted children, Annie and Thomas.
Jamie Lee Curtis Filmography
The Kid & I (2005)
Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005) (V) .... Disc jockey
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) .... Nora Krank
Freaky Friday (2003) .... Tess Coleman
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) .... Laurie Strode
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
(V) (voice) .... Queen Camilla
... aka Rudolph & the Island of Misfit Toys
Daddy and Them (2001) .... Elaine Bowen
The Tailor of Panama (2001) .... Louisa Pendel
5th Annual Prism Awards (2001) (TV) .... Host
"Pigs Next Door" (2000) TV Series (voice) .... Clara
... aka Muca Beal Dorais (Ireland: Irish title)
Drowning Mona (2000) .... Rona Mace
Virus (1999) .... Kelly Foster
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) .... Laurie Strode/Keri Tate
... aka Halloween: H20 (USA: promotional title)
... aka Halloween: H20 (20 Years Later) (USA: promotional title)
Nicholas' Gift (1998) (TV) .... Maggie Green
... aka Dono di Nicholas, Il (Italy)
Homegrown (1998) .... Sierra Kazan
Fierce Creatures (1997) .... Willa Weston
House Arrest (1996) .... Janet Beindorf
Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996) (uncredited) .... Dr. Judy Peterson
The Heidi Chronicles (1995) (TV) .... Heidi Holland
True Lies (1994) .... Helen Tasker
Mother's Boys (1994) .... Judith 'Jude' Madigan
My Girl 2 (1994) .... Shelly DeVoto Sultenfuss
Forever Young (1992) .... Claire Cooper
My Girl (1991) .... Shelly DeVoto
Queens Logic (1991) .... Grace
Blue Steel (1990) .... Megan Turner
"Anything But Love" (1989) TV Series .... Hannah Miller
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) .... Wanda Gershwitz
Dominick and Eugene (1988) .... Jennifer Reston
... aka Nicky and Gino (UK)
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) .... Lynn Taylor
... aka Silent Voice
Un homme amoureux (1987) .... Susan Elliott
... aka A Man in Love (USA)
... aka Uomo innamorato, Un (Italy)
As Summers Die (1986) (TV) .... Whitsey Loftin
Welcome Home (1986)
Perfect (1985) .... Jessie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
(scenes deleted) .... Sandra Banzai - Buckaroo's Mother
... aka The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (USA: short title)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) .... Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Love Letters (1984) .... Anna Winter
... aka My Love Letters
... aka Passion Play
Trading Places (1983) .... Ophelia
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) (voice) (uncredited) ....
Curfew Announcer/Telephone Operator
Money on the Side (1982) (TV) .... Michelle Jamison
"Callahan" (1982) TV Series .... Bartlett, Rachel
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) (TV) ....
Dorothy Stratten
Halloween II (1981) .... Laurie Strode
... aka Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (USA: video box
title)
Roadgames (1981) .... Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
... aka Road Games (USA)
She's in the Army Now (1981) (TV) .... Pvt. Rita Jennings
Terror Train (1980) .... Alana Maxwell
... aka Monstre du train, Le (Canada: French title)
... aka Train of Terror
Prom Night (1980) .... Kim Hammond
The Fog (1980) .... Elizabeth Solley
... aka John Carpenter's The Fog (USA: complete title)
Halloween (1978) .... Laurie Strode
... aka John Carpenter's Halloween (USA: complete title)
"Operation Petticoat" (1977) TV Series .... Lt. Barbara
Duran (1977-1978)
Operation Petticoat (1977) (TV) .... Lt. Barbara Duran
... aka Life in the Pink (USA: reissue title)
... aka Petticoat Affair (UK)
Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case (1977) (TV) ....
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