Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer is a famous American actress, whose star rose after the release of the crime drama Scarface. Worldwide popularity was brought to her by the historical film "Dangerous Liaisons", the melodrama "Frankie and Johnny" and the superhero action movie "Batman Returns".

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Now it is difficult to believe that such a success could not have happened, because in her youth Michelle rejected offers to shoot, doubting her abilities, and never asked the directors to try her for one role or another.

After 50 years, Pfeiffer took on the revival of her career, finding happiness in her personal life, which before that had to be sacrificed to some extent. In addition, the actress has increased requirements for the working material:

Michelle was born in the California town of Santa Ana, where the girl's parents moved from North Dakota. Father Richard Pfeiffer was engaged in the supply of household appliances, and mother Donna Tavern ran the household. Michelle has 3 years older brother Rick and two younger sisters - Dorothy (Didi) and Laurie, who also became actresses.

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The Pfeifffers changed their place of residence several times. From Santa Ana, they moved to Midway City, and then settled in the cozy town of Fountain Valley. There, Michelle attended a comprehensive school, after which in 1976 she entered Golden West College in Huntington Beach, and at the same time worked as a cashier in a supermarket.

She studied in college for 2 years, specializing in jurisprudence, since at the time of admission she planned to become a stenographer in court. But, having received a diploma, Michelle Pfeiffer decides to pursue an acting career.

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In 1978, she became the winner of the local Miss Orange competition, which gave her the right to participate in the Miss California competition, in which she was awarded the honorary 6th place. Considering these achievements to be quite successful, the girl hires a personal agent and begins auditions and auditions in Los Angeles.

The creative biography of the actress developed gradually, without a sharp takeoff. Michelle Pfeiffer's first works were small. She has starred in commercials, several television films, and little-known motion pictures. According to the celebrity herself, at the beginning of their careers, all directors tried to use only her appearance. Then Michelle begins to take acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse to practice plasticity and stage speech.

The result was not long in coming. In 1983, the crime drama Scarface was released, where the actress played in tandem with the legendary star Alem Pacino. Critics for a large number of scenes of violence harshly criticized this film, but it was a commercial success, and today, along with "Pulp Fiction" and "The Godfather" is considered one of the best gangster films in the history of cinema.

The next big hit with Michelle Pfeiffer's participation was the adaptation of the acclaimed novel by John Updike, The Eastwick Witches. It's funny that after the closed screening of the film, seeing the audience's dissatisfaction with the finale, the director filmed several alternative endings of the film. As a result, "Eastwick Witches" became one of the highest grossing projects in 1987.

The action comedy "In the Night", in which Michelle has the main role, introduced the audience to Pfeiffer's sister Didi, as well as a number of cameos: the creator of the "Muppet Show" Jim Henson, the star of French cinema Roger Vadim, directed by David Cronenberg. The soundtrack for the film was performed by BB King.

In the musical melodrama "The Famous Baker Brothers," the actress got the role of a carefree call girl, Susie Brillant, who has a vocal talent. Michelle not only conveyed the image of the girl transforming from a "night butterfly" into the star of the scene, but she herself sang songs in this film.

By 1992, Pfeiffer was already a popular and sought-after actress. But the movie "Batman Returns", in which she played the role of Catwoman Selina Kyle, made Michelle world-wide.

In order to qualitatively convey the image of a superhero, she specially took a course of martial arts and kickboxing, with the help of specialists she understood the habits and movements of predators from the feline family. Critics unanimously called the created image the best portrayal of this character in the history of cinema. The film was a huge box office success, grossing over $ 266 million.

During the filming of the melodrama "One Fine Day", Michelle was envied by millions of women, because her partner on the set was George Clooney himself, who by that time conquered the audience by playing in the TV series "Ambulance".

At the turn of the century, Pfeiffer worked in tandem with "die hard" Bruce Willis on the comedy melodrama The Story of Us. The movie stars played the spouses who, in 15 years of marriage, have not learned to find a compromise in family life. The film was directed by Rob Reiner, creator of When Harry Met Sally, one of the ten best American romantic films.

Another screen husband of Michelle was Harrison Ford in the horror film by Robert Zemeckis "What Lies Behind." The plot of the picture unfolds in the house of a college teacher, whose wife guesses that he killed a student. The role of the victim went to 1990s supermodel Amber Valletta.

In 2007, Pfeiffer starred in the musical Hairspray, based on the famous Broadway musical. The actress appeared in the form of the evil director of the television channel Velma von Tassl. In the same year, the woman's filmography was supplemented by the popular fantasy comedy "Stardust", in which Pfeiffer played the ancient witch Lamia.

Also in 2007, Michelle got the lead role in the comedy melodrama "I will never be yours", where she tried on the image of a single mother who is in love with a young actor. The main problem for the heroine is that the chosen one is a good 10 years younger.

In the drama "Personal", based on Rick Moody's story "Mansion on the Hill", the actress has a similar role - a woman who has lost her husband and is raising her son on her own. Pfeiffer's partner on the project was Ashton Kutcher, whose performance was heavily criticized.

In 2009, Michelle Pfeiffer plays the role of Lea de Lonval in the German-British melodrama Cherie. The romantic drama shows Paris in the 1920s and the life of a young courtesan son making his way into the world.

In 2011, the actress starred as the introverted woman Ingrid in the romantic comedy Old New Year. The plot is divided into fragments and independent lines, the characters of which periodically intersect and become connected in an unexpected way.

Gothic fantasy by Tim Burton "Dark Shadows" Michelle herself refers to films not for everyone, since the director is a real artist with a specific vision that is unlike anyone else. The characters in the film are vampires, witches, werewolves and ghosts. In addition to Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Chloe Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter are involved in it.

In 2013, the actress starred in the crime comedy Malavita, an adaptation of the novel by Tonino Benaquista. Pfeiffer played the role of the wife and mother of the family, with the advent of which strange and criminal incidents began to happen in a quiet town. The role of the head of the family, writer Blake, was played by Robert De Niro. Over time, residents of the city realize that an outwardly prosperous family with two children and a dog turns out to be the family of a mafia boss who is hiding from the persecution of the US authorities.

In January 2017, at the Sundance Film Festival, the premiere of the drama "Where's Kaira?"

In May 2017, Michelle Pfeiffer appeared in the biographical drama Liar Great and Terrible. The film is dedicated to the life of businessman Bernie Madoff and the creation of the Ponzi scheme. The former chairman of the board of directors of the NASDAQ stock exchange came up with a criminal scheme that created the world's largest financial pyramid, disguised as an investment fund. The actress played the role of Ruth Madoff.

In Darren Aronofsky's thriller Mama! Pfeiffer has a minor role. Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence solved the main task of implementing the director's ideas that were not understood by everyone.

For some, the film is considered a retelling of biblical stories, from another point of view - a warning to people who harm the environment. For the third, the meaning is simple - that do not let the audience, then all this will be torn apart by critics. There is even an opinion that "mom!" - this is such a passive-aggressive way of Aronofsky to convey to his guests how he sees their visits to him, and to convince them to stop doing it.

The premiere of the detective "Murder on the Orient Express" took place in London's Royal Albert Hall, home of the author of the novel of the same name, Agatha Christie, taken as the basis for the script. The British actor Kenneth Branagh directed the film and played the main role of detective Hercule Poirot. Michelle Pfeiffer reincarnated as the grandmother of a little girl, whose abduction and death set off a revenge machine. The finale of the action took place in the train carriage.

The gallery of images created by the actress was replenished in 2018 with another superhero of comics - Janet Van Dyne, co-founder of the Marvel team of Avengers. Michelle played this role in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp. Jubilee, 20th, a Marvel action movie grossed over $ 600 million at the box office.

While attending an acting course in Beverly Hills, Michelle Pfeiffer met actor Peter Horton. In 1981, colleagues got married, the couple lived together for 7 years. The divorce occurred due to Peter's accusations that his wife pays much more attention to her career than her family.

After breaking up with Horton, Michelle dated for 3 years the actor and director Fisher Stevens, whom she met at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Also, the celebrity had an affair with John Malkovich, a partner in the film "Dangerous Liaisons", and actor Michael Keaton.

In 1993 Michelle gets married again. Pfeiffer's second husband was screenwriter David Edward Kelly. They first met on a blind date, and 10 months later became husband and wife.

Even before meeting David, Pfeiffer filed a petition for adoption. In March, the actress became a foster mother for the girl Claudia-Rosa. In 1994, Michelle and her husband became the parents of a common son, John-Henry. For the actress, the family is more important than her career, so she twice took breaks from work for several years.

Michelle Pfeiffer in the 90s was repeatedly called the first beauty of Hollywood, and also fell into the list of the 50 most attractive women in the world according to the magazine "People". Every year, fans are more and more interested in the question of whether the actress did plastic surgery.

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Internet critics collect a selection of photographs of the type "Plastic surgery: before and after", convincing the public that a smooth nose and little aging skin is the result of doctors' work. Michelle claims that she did not use the services of plastic surgeons.

In addition, the actress maintains a slim figure (Michelle's weight is 57 kg with a height of 170 cm), which also has a positive effect on her health and appearance. In an interview, Pfeiffer admitted that today she thinks much less about how she looks. And over time, society's pressure on actresses weakens, allowing them to deviate from rigid standards.

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The movie star is involved in charity work, supporting the Association for the fight against cancer. Pfeiffer was especially excited about the topic after her niece contracted leukemia. After more than 10 years of addiction to cigarettes, Michelle quit smoking, and also gave up meat food and became a vegetarian.

Photos of the actress on Instagram first appeared thanks to the fans. An account with a verification mark was created only in 2019, and the first image was the frames with Catwoman. But there are no pictures of Pfeiffer in a swimsuit or revealing outfits on a single page.

The actress returned to the role of Wasp once again, starring in the fantastic action movie "Avengers: Endgame", which concludes the history of the united team of superheroes "Marvel".

In 2018, Pfeiffer was cast as Queen Ingrit in the sequel to the fantasy Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. The new project was named "Maleficent: Lady of Darkness".

According to media reports, the shooting from the first days was marked by a scandal: Jolie allegedly caught a glimpse of the more experienced Michelle's rival in "stardom", demanded a larger dressing room, and so that other signs of attention were given to her in the first place. But Pfeiffer did not tolerate such an attitude, and the actresses had a big fight.

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Today Michelle is starring in Tim Robbins' tragicomedy "The Man Below". The painting shows the life of a dysfunctional family whose members woke up famous after an art gallery posted pictures of them. In the film, the actress met George Clooney again, as well as James McAvoy, Chloe Moretz and Chris Hemsworth.

1983 - "Scarface" 1987 - "Eastwick Witches" 1988 - "Married to the Mafia" 1988 - "Dangerous Liaisons" 1989 - "The Famous Baker Brothers" 1991 - "Frankie and Johnny" 1992 - "Batman Returns" 1993 - "The Era innocence "1999 -" A Story about Us "2002 -" White Oleander "2007 -" Hairspray "2007 -" Stardust "2009 -" Personal "2013 -" Malavita "2017 -" Where is Kaira? " 2017 - "Liar, Great and Terrible" 2018 - "Ant-Man and the Wasp" 2019 - "Avengers: Endgame" 2019 - "Maleficent: Lady of Darkness"

Michelle Pfeiffer 's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.

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Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2021

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $ 1.5M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $ 696.2K - $ 1.9M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2020

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1.8M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $509K - $1.2M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2019

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1.5M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $706.6K - $1.2M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2018

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1.4M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $846.3K - $1.5M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2017

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1.8M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $897.7K - $1.6M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2016

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $985.6K - $1.2M.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net Worth 2015

Michelle Pfeiffer 's revenue is $1.7M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michelle Pfeiffer and could vary in the range between $555.9K - $1.3M.

It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Michelle Pfeiffer. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Michelle Pfeiffer make a year.

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