Biography:
Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis (I). She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places (1983), Perfect (1985) and A Fish Called Wand...
Spouse:
Christopher Guest (I) (18 December 1984 - present); 2 adopted children
Trivia:
During the 1980s she was engaged to Hollywood production designerJ. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legendMarlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEOLew Wasserman.
Saw her future husband Christopher Guest (I) in the issue ofRolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guestappeared in a promotional photo for the filmThis Is Spinal Tap (1984) in full costume and makeup as a rockstar. She fell in love at first sight of the photo and gave hertelephone number to his agent.
Adopted two children with Christopher Guest (I):Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and Thomas (b. March 1996).
Daughter of Tony Curtis (I) and Janet Leigh
Became formally known as Baroness Haden-Guest of Saling in the County ofEssex (or, less formally, Lady Haden-Guest), when her husband,Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father.
Other Work:
TV Commercial for Airtouch Cellular (1999)
"When I Was Little: A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth"
TV commercial for Equal brand sweetner (1996)
TV commercial for Hitachi Televisions (1995)
Print advertising for L'eggs Products (1996)
Personal quotes:
"I believe people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure whereit's written that because you're in the public eye you are required toexpose your private business, with anybody. It is nobody's business,and it's interesting because obviously in today's marketplace peopledon't abide by that. There are no boundaries that people won'tcross...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, thereare no criteria on the Internet...I've chosen a public life to expressmyself, not to tell what I do with my husband in bed, not to do, totalk 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 gossipand inuendo and things that are nobody's business. And there's a termthat they use in this called "legitimate public concern." What islegitimate public concern? If an elected official has an illness,that's legitimate public concern because they're our president orelected official. We, we, we need to know that they're healthy becausewe want them to live a long life and protect, you know, theConstitution...but in the marketplace, in the world, I don't believeit's anybody's concern. And that's what I think." --comments made onThe View, Sept. 19, 2000.
"I thought, while they're up and firm [her breasts], why not shoot themonce or twice." - on screen nudity
I'm Laurie Strode's guardian angel.
When I did "Sesame Street" (1969), Elmo was not the worldwidephenomenon he is now. I understood Elmo was special, and I said thatthe only way I would do Sesame Street was with Elmo.Kevin Clash, the young man who did the voice for him, was a verysweet 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 crazebegan, but I was ahead of the curve.
When asked if she regretted making any films - Easy. There's a piece ofshit called Virus (1999) which I made because another movie thatI was supposed to do fell through. It was a bad choice and the movie isa piece of shit. The runner up is a movie calledGrandview, U.S.A. (1984), which is this benign but still badcoming of age movie, which is just bad. I will never, ever see thosefilms again. They are laughable, ludicrous movies and I'm bad in them.They're nasty.
Salary:
Halloween II (1981): $100,000.00
Halloween (1978): $8,000.00
Halloween: Resurrection (2002): $3,000,000.00
Interview:
"The Independent Arts and Books Review" (UK), 3 December 2004, pg. 16-17, by: Tiffany Rose, "Farewell my lovely"
"Reader's Digest" (USA), December 2004, pg. 90-97, by: Meg Grant, "Starring as Herself"
"The Guardian" (UK), 10 January 2004, by: Richard Grant, "Nowt so queer as folk"
"Psychology Today" (USA), October 2002, Vol. 35, Iss. 5, pg. 30-34, by: Michael Seeber, "Jaime Lee Curtis Revealed"
"More" (USA), September 2002, Vol. 5, Iss. 7, pg. 90-95, by: Amy Wallace, "True Thighs"
Filmography:
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) Documentary
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) Documentary
Roadgames (1981) Thriller
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010) (TV)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) Sci-Fi
You Again (2010) Comedy
"Independent Lens" (1999) {Dirt! The Movie (#11.22)}
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) Adventure
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) Family
Dirt! The Movie (2009) Documentary