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Trivia
During the 1980s she was engaged to Hollywood production
designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legend
Marlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEO
Lew Wasserman.
Saw her future
husband Christopher Guest on front of a magazine and
she gave her telephone number to his agent.
Adopted two
children: Annie (b. December 1986) and Thomas (b. March
1996).
Daughter
of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
Became Baroness,
Lady Haden-Guest, when her husband inherited the Barony
in 1996.
Sister of
actress Kelly Curtis
Graduated
from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976.
It was on
her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
was made.
Her deleted
scene from Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the
8th Dimension, The (1984) is included on the MGM Special
Edition DVD, 2001, as the "Alternate Opening".
Was asked
to cameo in Scream 3 (2000), but declined.
Won a 2003
Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children
category for her recording of the children's books she
has written.
Measurements:
34C-22-32 (wardrobe on "Forever Young") (Source:
Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Sister-in-law
of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest.
Attended
University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
When calling
for reservations in exclusive London restaurants at
short notice, she gives her name as Baroness or Lady
Haden-Guest, which apparently works better than Jamie
Lee Curtis.
Personal quotes
"My breasts are beautiful, and I gotta tell you,
they've gotten a lot of attention for what is relatively
short screen time."
"I believe
people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure
where it's written that because you're in the public
eye you are required to expose your private business,
with anybody. It is nobody's business, and it's interesting
because obviously in today's marketplace people don't
abide by that. There are no boundaries that people won't
cross...We're in a bit of a "Wild West" thing
with media, and, I think, it's just kind of like no
holds barred - the Internet. You know, there are no
criteria on the Internet...I've chosen a public life
to express myself, not to tell what I do with my husband
in bed, not to do, to talk about my parents and my family
life. And I just think it's wrong, and obviously it's
an insaitable appetite that people have for gossip and
inuendo and things that are nobody's business. And there's
a term that they use in this called "legitimate
public concern." What is legitimate public concern?
If an elected official has an illness, that's legitimate
public concern because they're our president or elected
official. We, we, we need to know that they're healthy
because we want them to live a long life and protect,
you know, the Constitution...but in the marketplace,
in the world, I don't believe it's anybody's concern.
And that's what I think." --comments made on The
View, Sept. 19, 2000.
"I thought,
while they're up and firm [her breasts], why not shoot
them once or twice." - on screen nudity
"I'm
Laurie Strode's guardian angel."
"When
I did Sesame Street, Elmo was not the worldwide phenomenon
he is now. I understood Elmo was special, and I said
that the only way I would do Sesame Street was with
Elmo. Kevin Clash, the young man who did the voice for
him, was a very sweet guy and I predicted Elmo's meteoric
rise to fame way in advance. I am a trendsetter without
knowing it. Two years later the Elmo craze began, but
I was ahead of the curve."
When asked
if she regretted making any films - "Easy. There's
a piece of shit called Virus which I made because another
movie that I was supposed to do fell through. It was
a bad choice and the movie is a piece of shit. The runner
up is a movie called Grandview USA, which is this benign
but still bad coming of age movie, which is just bad.
I will never, ever see those films again. They are laughable,
ludicrous movies and I'm bad in them. They're nasty."
"Believe
me, none of it works" - on cosmetic surgery
Jamie Lee Curtis -
Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Freaky Friday (2003) .... Tess Coleman
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) .... Laurie Strode
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit
Toys (2001) (V) (voice) .... Queen Camilla
... aka Rudolph & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
(V)
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001) (V) (archive
footage) .... Laurie Strode (Halloween)
... aka Boogeymen (2001) (V) (USA: short title)
Daddy and Them (2001) .... Elaine Bowen
Tailor of Panama, The (2001) .... Louisa Pendel
"Pigs Next Door" (2000) TV Series (voice)
.... Clara
... aka "Muca Beal Dorais" (2000) (Ireland:
Irish title)
Drowning Mona (2000) .... Rona Mace
Virus (1999)
.... Kit Foster
... aka Virus (1999) (France)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) .... Laurie Strode/Keri
Tate
... aka Halloween: H20 (1998) (USA: promotional title)
... aka Halloween: H20 (20 Years Later) (1998) (USA:
promotional title)
Nicholas' Gift (1998) (TV) .... Maggie Green
... aka Dono di Nicholas, Il (1998) (TV) (Italy)
Homegrown (1998) .... Sierra Kazan
Fierce Creatures (1997) .... Willa Weston
Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996) (uncredited) .... Dr.
Judy Peterson
House Arrest (1996/I) .... Janet Beindorf
Heidi Chronicles, The (1995) (TV) .... Heidi Holland
True Lies (1994) .... Helen Tasker
Mother's Boys (1994) .... Judith 'Jude' Madigan
My Girl 2 (1994) .... Shelly 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
Dominick and Eugene (1988) .... Jennifer Reston
... aka Nicky and Gino (1988)
Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) .... Wanda Gershwitz
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) .... Lynn Taylor
... aka Silent Voice (1987)
Un homme amoureux (1987) .... Susan Elliott
... aka Man in Love, A (1987) (USA)
... aka Uomo innamorato, Un (1987) (Italy)
Welcome Home (1986)
As Summers Die (1986) (TV) .... Whitsey Loftin
Perfect (1985) .... Jessie
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension,
The (1984) (scenes deleted) .... Sandra Banzai - Buckaroo's
Mother
... aka Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The (1984) (USA:
short title)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) .... Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Love Letters (1984) .... Anna Winter
... aka My Love Letters (1984)
... aka Passion Play (1984)
Trading Places (1983) .... Ophelia
"Callahan" (1982) TV Series .... Bartlett,
Rachel
Money on the Side (1982) (TV) .... Michelle Jamison
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! (1981)
(USA: video box title)
Roadgames (1981) .... Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
... aka Road Games (1981) (USA)
She's in the Army Now (1981) (TV) .... Pvt. Rita Jennings
Terror Train (1980) .... Alana Maxwell
... aka Monstre du train, Le (1980) (Canada: French
title)
... aka Train of Terror (1980)
Prom Night (1980) .... Kim Hammond
Fog, The (1980) .... Elizabeth Solley
... aka John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) (USA: complete
title)
Halloween
(1978) .... Laurie Strode
... aka John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) (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 (1977) (TV) (USA: reissue title)
Columbo: Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case, The (1977)
(TV) .... Waitress
Jamie Lee Curtis - Notable
TV Guest Appearances
"Film '72" (1972) playing "Herself"
29 February 2004
"This Morning" (1988) playing "Herself"
16 December 2003
"Ellen DeGeneres Show, The" (2003) playing
"Herself" 15 December 2003
"Frank Skinner Show, The" (1995) playing "Herself"
(episode # 7.11) 15 December 2003
"Super Short Show" (2002) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Freaky Friday" (episode # 1.14)
4 December 2003
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 5 August 2003
"Revealed with Jules Asner" (2001) playing
"Herself" in episode: "Jamie Lee Curtis"
9 October 2002
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 29 March 2001
"Martin Short Show, The" (1999) playing "Herself"
(episode # 1.3) 15 September 1999
"Hey Hey, It's Saturday" (1971) playing "Herself"
24 November 1998
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing
"Herself" 10 January 1997
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing
"Herself" 9 September 1996
"Drew Carey Show, The" (1995) playing "Sioux"
in episode: "Playing a Unified Field" (episode
# 1.18) 14 February 1996
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 9.13) 18 February 1984
"Fridays" (1980) playing "Guest Host"
(episode # 3.7) 13 November 1981
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 6.4) 13 December 1980
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) playing
"Jen Burton" in episode: "Unchained Woman"
(episode # 1.9) 1 November 1979
"Love Boat, The" (1977) playing "Linda"
in episode: "Till Death Do Us Part, Maybe/Chubs/Locked
Away" (episode # 2.9) 11 November 1978
"Charlie's Angels" (1976) playing "Linda
Frey" in episode: "Winning Is for Losers"
(episode # 3.6) 18 October 1978
"Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The" (1977)
playing "Mary" in episode: "The Mystery
of the Fallen Angels" (episode # 1.10) 17 April
1977
"Quincy" (1976) playing "Girl" in
episode: "Vistors in Paradise" (episode #
2.4) 18 February 1977
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