Michelle Pfeiffer Biography, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Salary

Michelle Pfeiffer Biography

Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress well known for her beauty and air of vulnerability. In addition, she consistently chose challenging roles throughout her decades-long career that made her receive critical and popular acclaim.

Michelle Pfeiffer Age|Birthday

Pfeiffer is 64 years old as of 2022. Additionally, she was born on 29th April 1958, in Santa Ana, California, United States. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on 29th April of every year.

Michelle Pfeiffer Height |weight

Pfeiffer has an approximated height of 5 feet 7½ inches (1.71 meters) tall. Additionally, she has a body weight of 55 kilograms (121 lbs).

Michelle Pfeiffer Family

Pfeiffer was born as the second child out of four children. Besides, she was born to Richard Pfeiffer (born in 1933–1998 died), who was an air-conditioning contractor, and Donna Jean (née Taverna; born in 1932–2018 died), as a housewife. Furthermore, she has an older brother, Rick (1955), and two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (1964), who is a television and film actress, and Lori Pfeiffer (1965).

In addition, her parents were both originally from North Dakota. Furthermore, her paternal grandfather was of German ancestry and her paternal grandmother was of English, Welsh, French, Irish, and Dutch descent, besides, her maternal grandfather was of Swiss-German descent and her maternal grandmother of Swedish ancestry. Moreover, the family moved to Midway City, another Orange County community around seven miles (11 kilometers) away, from where she spent her early years.

Michelle Pfeiffer Husband

In 1981, she met her fellow budding actor Peter Horton, they started dating and later got married in Santa Monica. Additionally, it was on their honeymoon that she discovered she had earned the lead role in Grease 2. Likewise, Horton directed Pfeiffer in a 1985 ABC TV special, One Too Many, where she played the high school girlfriend of an alcoholic student (Val Kilmer) and in 1987. Besides, the real-life couple played an on-screen couple in the ‘Hospital’ segment of John Landis’s comedy skit compilation Amazon Women on the Moon.

In 1988, Pfeiffer and Horton decided to separate and they divorced two years later. Moreover, she had a three-year relationship with actor/producer Fisher Stevens. Additionally, she met him when she was starring in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night, where he played Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

Furthermore, in 1993, she married writer and producer David E. Kelley. Besides, she adopted a newborn daughter, Claudia Rose, who was christened on their wedding day the same year. Later, in 1994, she gave birth to a son, John Henry Kelley II, who was named for his grandfather and her father-in-law, United States Hockey Hall of Fame coach John Henry “Jack” Kelley.

Michelle Pfeiffer Career

Pfeiffer made her first movie debut in 1980 and attracted attention for her performances in Grease 2 in 1982 and Scarface in 1983. Later, she won acclaim for her work in The Witches of Eastwick in 1987, she was a major star. Additionally, in 1989 she got an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a married woman pursued by a scheming playboy in the 18th-century drama Dangerous Liaisons in 1988. Besides, she earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989 and Love Field in 1992 respectively.

Moreover, she was cast as Catwoman in Batman Returns in 1992. Furthermore, she appeared in such notable films as The Age of Innocence in 1993, Dangerous Minds in 1995, What Lies Beneath in 2000, Hairspray in 2007, and Dark Shadows in 2012. Later, after starring in the crime drama The Family in 2013, she took a break from acting, but she returned with a myriad of films (2017). She appeared in The Wizard of Lies, a drama about a divorcée enduring an economic crisis; an HBO TV movie about Ponzi-scheme operator Bernie Madoff a psychological thriller in which she played a character simply named Woman; and Murder on the Orient Express, portraying a flirtatious widow the same year.

Later, she appeared as the comic book character Janet Van Dyne in the movies Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019. Besides, she joined the cast of Disney’s Maleficent for the (2019 sequel). The next year she starred in French Exit, about a penniless socialite who moves to Paris together with her son. Additionally, she returned to TV, playing Betty Ford in the debut season in 2022 of The First Lady, an anthology series about U.S. first ladies.

Michelle Pfeiffer Education

Pfeiffer went to Fountain Valley High School, and graduated in 1976. Additionally, she served as a check-out girl at Vons supermarket, and went to Golden West College where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Besides, after a short stint training to be a court stenographer, she decided upon an acting career. Furthermore, she received the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978, and participated in the Miss California contest the same year, finalizing in sixth place. In addition to her participation in these pageants, she acquired an acting agent and started audition for television and films.

Michelle Pfeiffer Net worth| Salary

Pfeiffer has an estimated net worth of $250 million. In addition, she earned $3 million to star in Batman Returns as Cat Woman. Furthermore, in 1995 she earned $6 million for her Academy Award-nominated performance in Dangerous Minds. Besides, she earned a career-high $12 million for The Deep End of the Ocean in 1999.