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Trivia
Daughter of actor Vic Morrow and actress-screenwriter
Barbara Turner.
Took the
name 'Jason' from family friend actor Jason Robards.
Won two 1990
Critic Society awards for her portrayal of Tralala in
'Last Exit To Brooklyn' and as Susan Waggoner in 'Miami
Blues'.
Selected
as one of "America's 10 Most Beautiful Women"
by Harper's Bazaar Magazine, 1989.
Has a sister,
Carrie Ann Morrow, and a half-sister, actress Mina Badie.
Her stepfather is director Reza Badiyi.
Well-known
in Hollywood for the exhausting research she does for
each of her portrayals, and for her affinity of playing
lurid roles.
Had a part
filmed for "Eyes Wide Shut". When Stanley
Kubrick wanted to do re-shoots, she was unavailable
and her entire part was redone with another actress.
Born at 12:33pm-PST
She went
down to a weight of 86 lbs for her role as an anorexic
teenager in the TV movie Best Little Girl in the World,
The (1981) (TV).
In 1997,
she appeared in Faith No More's music video of 'Last
Cup of Sorrow', the plot of which was a modification
of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Father, Vic
Morrow, died while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie
due to a tragic accident on the set.
Measurements:
34B-23-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She attended
the infamous 'Stagedoor Manor', which is an upstate
New York summer camp that trains teenagers in acting,
singing and dancing. Her fellow alumni include sitcom
actor Zach Braff (NBC's 'Scrubs'), the writer and director
Todd Graff (who made a film about the camp), and the
pop star Mandy Moore.
After reading
the script for Backdraft (1991), she reportedly told
director Ron Howard that she wished she was the fire
because it has the best part.
Personal quotes
"I could never play the ingenue, the girl next
door or the very successful young doctor. That would
be a bore."
"There's
something nice about blowing an illusion. I'm a really
shy person. But when I'm in character, I can do what
that character does. It's a much freer place."
Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Machinist, The (2004) .... Stevie
In the Cut (2003) .... Pauline Averey
Road to Perdition (2002) .... Annie Sullivan
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (voice) .... Bridget
Crossed Over (2002) (TV) .... Karla Faye Tucker
... aka Destins croisés (2002) (TV) (Canada:
French title)
Quickie, The (2001) .... Lisa
... aka Quickie, The (2001) (France)
Anniversary Party, The (2001) .... Sally Nash
Beautiful View (2000)
Skipped Parts (2000) .... Lydia Callahan
... aka Wonder of Sex, The (2003) (UK)
King Is Alive, The (2000) .... Gina
... aka Dogme # 4 - The King Is Alive (2001) (Denmark:
series title)
... aka Dogme 4 (2000)
... aka King Is Alive, The (2000) (Denmark)
Spawn 3:
Ultimate Battle (1999) (V) (voice) .... Lilly
eXistenZ (1999) .... Allegra Geller
... aka eXistenZ (1999) (France)
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV) .... Teri Small
... aka Gulf War, The (1998) (TV)
Love Letter, The (1998) (TV) .... Elizabeth Whitcomb
Thousand Acres, A (1997) .... Caroline Cook
Washington Square (1997) .... Catherine Sloper
"Spawn" (1997/II) TV Series (voice) .... Lilly
... aka "Todd McFarlane's Spawn" (1997)
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) .... Anney Boatwright
Kansas City (1996) .... Blondie O'Hara
Georgia (1995) .... Sadie Flood
... aka Georgia (1995) (France)
Dolores Claiborne (1995) .... Selena St. George
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) .... Dorothy
Parker
... aka Mrs. Parker and the Round Table (1994)
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994) .... Amy Archer
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (1994) (Germany)
Short Cuts (1993) .... Lois Kaiser
Prom, The (1992) .... Lana
Single White Female (1992) .... Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
Rush (1991) .... Kristen
Crooked Hearts (1991) .... Marriet
Backdraft (1991) .... Jennifer Vaitkus
Fire Princess (1990)
Buried Alive (1990/II) (TV) .... Joanna Goodman
Miami Blues (1990) .... Susie Waggoner
Last Exit
to Brooklyn (1989) .... Tralala
... aka Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn (1989) (West Germany)
Big Picture, The (1989) .... Lydia Johnson
Heart of Midnight (1989) .... Carol Rivers
Under Cover (1987) .... Tanille Lareoux
Sister, Sister (1987) .... Lucy Bonnard
Picnic (1986) (TV) .... Madge Owens
Men's Club, The (1986) .... Teensy
Hitcher, The (1986) .... Nash Galveston
Flesh & Blood (1985) .... Agnes
... aka Rose and the Sword, The (1985)
... aka Señores del acero, Los (1985) (Spain)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) .... Candy Webster
Girls of the White Orchid (1983) (TV) .... Carol Heath
... aka Death Ride to Osaka (1983) (TV)
Easy Money (1983) .... Allison Capuletti
Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? (1983) (TV)
.... Andrea Fairchild
... aka Just Like Us (1983) (TV) (USA: video title)
First Time, The (1982/II) (TV) .... Bonnie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) .... Stacy Hamilton
Wrong Is Right (1982) .... Young Girl
... aka Man with the Deadly Lens, The (1982)
Best Little Girl in the World, The (1981) (TV) ....
Casey Powell
Killing of Randy Webster, The (1981) (TV) .... Amy Wheeler
I Think I'm Having a Baby (1981) (TV) .... Laurie
Eyes of a Stranger (1981) .... Tracy Harris
Angel City (1980) (TV) .... Kristy Teeter
... aka Field of Tears (1980) (TV)
Young Runaways,
The (1978) (TV) .... Heather
Tod eines Fremden (1973) (uncredited) .... Girl playing
with a rubber ball
... aka Death Merchants, The (1973)
... aka Death of a Stranger (1973)
... aka Execution, The (1973) (UK)
... aka Hinrichtung, Die (1973)
... aka Spy Who Never Was, The (1973) (USA)
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Notable
TV Guest Appearances
"Frasier" (1993) playing "Estelle"
in episode: "The Two Hundredth" (episode #
9.8) 13 November 2001
"+ de cinéma" (2001) playing "Herself"
16 May 2001
"Twitch City" (1998) playing "Faith"
in episode: "The Life of Reilly" (episode
# 2.6) 5 April 2000
"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994) playing
"Herself" 11 July 1999
"Superman" (1996) playing "Cetea"
(voice) in episode: "Absolute Power" (episode
# 3.6) 16 January 1999
"Mission Hill" (1999) playing "Weirdie"
(voice) in episode: "Kevin Loves Weirdie"
(episode # 1.10)
"Hercules" (1998) playing "Tempest"
(voice) in episode: "Hercules and the Techno Greeks"
(episode # 1.7) 8 September 1998
"Hercules" (1998) playing "Tempest"
(voice) in episode: "Hercules and the Assassin"
(episode # 1.4) 3 September 1998
"Tracey Takes On..." (1996) playing "Paige
Garland" in episode: "Sports" (episode
# 3.10) 8 March 1998
"King of the Hill" (1997) playing "Amy"
(voice) in episode: "I Remember Mono" (episode
# 2.14) 8 February 1998
"Waltons, The" (1972) playing "Kathy"
in episode: "The Pursuit" (episode # 9.6)
1 January 1981
"Baretta" (1975) playing "Marcie"
in episode: "Open Season" (episode # 3.16)
26 January 1977
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