Biography:
Kim Basinger was born December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, the third of five children. Both her parents had been in entertainment, her dad had played big-band jazz, and her mother had performed water ballet in several Esther Williams (I) movies. Kim was introspective, from her father's side. As a s...
Spouse:
Alec Baldwin (19 August 1993 - 3 September 2002) (divorced); 1 child
Ron Snyder (I) (12 October 1980 - 1 December 1988) (divorced)
Trade Mark:
In her later films, she has often played sexy older women who pursuesexual relationships with younger men (L.A. Confidential, I Dreamed ofAfrica, 8 Mile, The Door In the Floor, The Informers).
Trivia:
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in filmhistory (#40).
Studied ballet from age of 3 to mid-teens.
She describes her father as an introspective, classically trainedtrumpeter, her mother as a flamboyant, extroverted "Lucy-like"housewife.
Loved the movie My Fair Lady (1964) and the "Loverly" song in it,which prompted her dad to encourage her to enter local Junior Misspageant and sing the song as her "talent." She didn't win, but laterdid succeed in competition to become the 'Breck (shampoo) Girl." Thisled to career as Ford model, then to acting.
Went to high school with Keith Strickland (I) of 'TheB-52s.
Other Work:
(1971) TV commercial: National Airlines
(1997) TV commercial: Peugeot autos
CD: Vocals on "Let's Go to Bed" by Was Not Was
CD: Vocals on "Scandalous Sex Suite" by Prince (I).
(1993) Music video Appeared in Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' video "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Biography print:
Ron Britton. _Kim Basinger: Longer Than Forever._ London, England: Blake, 1999.
Personal quotes:
I work in a strange business, and trust is a word that's not even in thevocabulary.
I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshellhanging over her has a rough road.
I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I goagainst her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we getalong quite nicely.
My hand still shakes when I sign autographs. I still go and sit in themovies like everyone else and look up there and go "God! Movie stars!Wow!" And I'm in this business. I walk out there just fascinated and Ialways want to stay like that. I'm just a little kid going to thesemovies and I don't ever want to change.
You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.
Salary:
I Dreamed of Africa (2000): $5,000,000.00
No Mercy (1986): $1,000,000.00
The Marrying Man (1991): $2,500,000.00
Article:
"Sly" (USA), January 2006, pg. 54-63, by: Brian O' Connor, "40 Hottest Women Over 40: #15) Kim Basinger, 52"
"Vimagazino" (Greece), 23 February 2003, Iss. 124, pg. 42,43, by: Galatia Laskaraki, "i ekdikissi tis ksanthias"
"Vimagazino" (Greece), 31 March 2002, pg. 54, by: Katerina Liberopoulou, "Kyriaki...pou allou stin ekklisia"
"Vanity Fair" (USA), August 2000, Iss. 480, pg. 56-61 & 112-115, by: Leslie Bennetts, "Simply Unpredictable"
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 13 August 1999, Vol. 1, Iss. 498, pg. 88, by: Clarissa Cruz, "Hideaway Bride"
Filmography:
The Precious One (2011) Biography
Charlie St. Cloud (2010) Fantasy
The Burning Plain (2008) Crime
The Informers (2008) Crime
While She Was Out (2008) Crime
Even Money (2006/I) Crime
The Mermaid Chair (2006) (TV) Romance
A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential (2008) (V) Documentary
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) Crime
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) Documentary
