Biography
When the smoky-voiced actress was not manipulating male characters with her on-screen sultry ways, she proved to be quite a comedienne, as well, volleying quips with Michael Douglas in the jungle adventure film "Romancing the Stone" (1984) and inhabiting an 18-year-old body in "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). She received a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in the early 1990s, and that - along with the pained actress' heavy drinking and over-40 …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Cast in the role of Sister Jamison Connelly in Matthew Lombardo's drama "High" at Hartford TheaterWorks; production transferred to Broadway in 2011 | |
2009 | Joined the cast of Showtime's "Californication" as Charlie Runkle's (Evan Handler) sexually hyperactive boss | |
2007 | Stage-directing debut, "Crimes Of The Heart" at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts; moved to off-Broadway in 2008 | |
2006 | Voiced a creepy-looking house in the animated feature "Monster House" | |
2005 | Returned to Broadway to star as Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; earned a Tony nomination for her role | |
2000 | Returned to London, making her West End debut as Mrs. Robinson in a stage version of "The Graduate"; reprised role in Broadway production in 2002 | |
2000 | Portrayed the stern and dowdy mother of five daughters in "The Virgin Suicides"; directed by Sofia Coppola | |
1999 | Played the comic villain in "Baby Geniuses" | |
1998 | Appeared as TV anchorwoman Brenda Whitlass in TNT's satirical "Legalese" | |
1997 | Made London stage debut in "Our Betters" | |
1996 | Had supporting role in "Moonlight Over Valentino" | |
1995 | Co-starred in the Broadway production of "Indiscretions"; was only cast member of five not nominated for a Tony Award | |
1995 | Made TV-movie debut in "Friends at Last" (CBS) | |
1994 | Directorial debut with the 30-minute Showtime film "Leslie's Folly" (for the series "Directed By") | |
1994 | Played the title role in John Waters' "Serial Mom" | |
1991 | Portrayed the title role of private investigator "V.I. Warshawski" | |
1990 | Returned to the Broadway stage as Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; received a Best Actress Tony nomination; also hosted the annual telecast of the Tony Awards | |
1989 | Third film with Douglas and DeVito, the black comedy "The War of the Roses"; helmed by DeVito | |
1988 | Re-teamed with Hurt and Kasdan for "The Accidental Tourist" | |
1988 | Provided the voice of Jessica Rabbit for the animated feature comedy, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"; later voiced Jessica in the animated shorts "Tummy Trouble" (1989), "Rollercoaster Rabbit" (1990) and "Trail Mix-Up" (1993) | |
1987 | Narrated the documentary compilation, "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" | |
1987 | Returned to the theater in title role of "Camille" at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut | |
1986 | Earned Best Actress Oscar nomination playing a middle-aged woman who finds herself reliving her teenage years in "Peggy Sue Got Married"; helmed by Francis Ford Coppola | |
1985 | Re-teamed with Douglas and DeVito to reprise Joan Wilder in the sequel "The Jewel of the Nile" | |
1985 | Played hit-woman to Jack Nicholson's hit-man in John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor" | |
1984 | First role opposite Michael Douglas, "Romancing the Stone" as fiction writer Joan Wilder; also first film with Danny DeVito | |
1983 | Portrayed a business woman turned prostitute in Ken Russell's "Crimes of Passion" | |
1982 | Acted opposite Steve Martin in the comedy "The Man with Two Brains" | |
1981 | Had breakthrough screen role as Matty Walker opposite William Hurt in her debut feature, Lawrence Kasdan's "Body Heat" | |
1978 | Broadway debut in "Gemini" | |
1977 | TV debut on the NBC soap opera "The Doctors" as Nola Dancy Aldrich, a poor girl who married well | |
1977 | Moved to NYC; within a month landed an agent; within four months had a part in an Off-Broadway play, "Mr T" | |
| After father's death, settled in Missouri with mother and siblings | ||
| Lived with her foreign-diplomat father and family in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, England and Washington, DC before age of 17 | ||
Awards
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in The War of the Roses |
1986 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Peggy Sue Got Married |
1986 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actress in Peggy Sue Got Married |
1986 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Peggy Sue Got Married |
1985 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Prizzi's Honor |
1984 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in Crimes of Passion |
1984 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in Romancing the Stone |
1984 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Romancing the Stone |
1982 | BAFTA Award for Outstanding Newcomer To Leading Film Roles in Body Heat |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year |