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  • Michelle Pfeiffer was born on the 29th of April 1958 in Santa Ana, California, and by the early 1990s she ranked among the best-paid actresses in the world. Her start was far less certain. After her first leading role, in the 1982 musical Grease 2, her agent later admitted that "she couldn't get any jobs. Nobody wanted to hire her." Pfeiffer remembered the period just as bluntly. She said she still needed to learn how to act and was cashing in on her looks in the meantime. So how does an actress with that reputation end up on lists of the greatest performers of her generation? Why do critics call her both a star and one of Hollywood's most underrated talents? And what is it like to be famous for a face when you want to be known for your work?

  • Midway City, an Orange County community about seven miles from Santa Ana, is where Pfeiffer spent her early years. Her father, Richard, worked as an air-conditioning contractor, and her mother, Donna Jean, was a housewife. Rick was her older brother, and Dedee and Lori were her younger sisters. Both parents were originally from North Dakota.

    Fountain Valley High School awarded her a diploma in 1976, and she then worked as a check-out girl at a Vons supermarket. At Golden West College she joined the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. A short course of training to become a court stenographer came next, before she turned to acting. In 1978 she won the Miss Orange County pageant and placed sixth in the Miss California contest. Those pageants brought her an agent and her first auditions.

    Her screen debut arrived that same year, in a single episode of Fantasy Island. Small parts on Delta House, CHiPs, Enos and B.A.D. Cats followed, along with the made-for-CBS film The Solitary Man in 1979. In the 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights she played a high school sweetheart opposite Tony Danza. Falling in Love Again, with Susannah York, and Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen came next. Neither found much critical or box office success. She also filmed a Lux soap commercial, took lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and appeared in three television movies in 1981: Callie and Son, The Children Nobody Wanted and Splendor in the Grass.

    Director Patricia Birch chose the 23-year-old unknown for the female lead in Grease 2, the sequel to the smash-hit musical Grease from 1978. Birch said Pfeiffer "has a quirky quality you don't expect." Critics and audiences rejected the film, yet Pfeiffer stood out. The New York Times observed that she looked far more relaxed and comfortable on screen than anyone else in the cast.

    Brian De Palma had seen Grease 2 and refused to audition her for Scarface in 1983. Producer Martin Bregman insisted, and De Palma gave way. She played Elvira Hancock, a cocaine-addicted trophy wife. Most critics thought the film excessively violent, but it was a commercial hit and gathered a large cult following. Richard Corliss of Time wrote that most of the big cast was fine and Pfeiffer was better. Dominick Dunne, in a Vanity Fair piece titled "Blonde Ambition," declared: "In the parlance of the industry, she is hot."

    Into the Night with Jeff Goldblum, Ladyhawke with Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, and Sweet Liberty with Michael Caine followed in 1985 and 1986. In 1987 she played Brenda Landers in a segment of the sci-fi parody Amazon Women on the Moon. None was a big hit, but together they established her as an actress. The Witches of Eastwick, also from 1987, changed the numbers. Adapted from a John Updike novel, it paired her as Sukie Ridgemont with Jack Nicholson, Cher and Susan Sarandon, and it earned over $63.7 million at the domestic box office. Roger Ebert wrote that all the women had a delicious good time with their roles.

    Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob, released in 1988, cast her against type as the widow of a murdered gangster. As Angela de Marco she wore a curly brunette wig and spoke with a Brooklyn accent. The part brought her first Golden Globe nomination, the beginning of six consecutive Best Actress nominations at that ceremony.

    Tequila Sunrise, also from 1988, was a rougher experience. Pfeiffer played restaurateur Jo Ann Vallenari opposite Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell, but she clashed with director Robert Towne. He later called her the "most difficult" actress he had worked with. She blamed minor injuries from a poorly built hot tub and heavy staff turnover, and said she had asked to be fired. Her next role came by way of Demme, who personally recommended her to the director Stephen Frears.

  • Stephen Frears cast her in Dangerous Liaisons, released in 1988, as Madame Marie de Tourvel, the virtuous victim of a seduction. Glenn Close and John Malkovich co-starred. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post called hers the least obvious and most difficult part, adding: "Nothing is harder to play than virtue, and Pfeiffer is smart enough not to try. Instead, she embodies it." She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress.

    In The Fabulous Baker Boys, released in 1989, she played Susie Diamond, a hard-edged former call girl turned lounge singer. Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges played the brothers of the title. Pfeiffer trained her voice intensively for four months and sang all of Susie's vocals herself. The film earned a modest $18.4 million in the US and Canada. Her performance, however, drew unanimous praise.

    Roger Ebert likened her to Rita Hayworth in Gilda and Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot. He wrote that the film was one of the movies people would later use as a document of how she became a great star. During the 1989-1990 awards season she won Best Actress at the Golden Globes, from the National Board of Review, and from the National Society of Film Critics. The New York, Los Angeles and Chicago critics' groups also honored her. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress as well.

    The scene in which Susie performs "Makin' Whoopee" on top of a grand piano is regarded as a memorable moment in modern cinema. Many consider the role the most critically acclaimed of Pfeiffer's career. By 1990 she was earning $1 million per film, and she soon founded a production company of her own.

  • Via Rosa Productions was formed in 1990 by Pfeiffer and her business partner Kate Guinzburg, whom she had met on the set of Sweet Liberty. The company held a picture deal with Touchstone Pictures, a label of The Walt Disney Studios. Pfeiffer's own acting kept pace. In The Russia House she played Katya Orlova, a Soviet book editor, opposite Sean Connery, and she adopted a Russian accent. A Golden Globe nomination followed.

    Frankie and Johnny, from 1991, reunited her with her Scarface co-star Al Pacino. She played a damaged waitress, and many people thought the casting controversial because she seemed far too beautiful for an ordinary waitress. Kathy Bates, who originated the role on Broadway, said she was disappointed. Pfeiffer replied that she took the part because it "wasn't what people would expect of her." It earned her another Golden Globe nomination.

    Tim Burton's Batman Returns in 1992 gave her Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman, opposite Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito. She got the part after Annette Bening dropped out because of her pregnancy. Pfeiffer trained in martial arts and kickboxing. Critics were unanimous in their praise, and many name her as the greatest screen Catwoman. Premiere later praised her stitched-together black patent leather costume, based on a sketch by Burton, as the character's most iconic look. The film earned over $267 million worldwide.

    Love Field, released in 1992, was the first picture her company produced. She played an eccentric housewife in Dallas, Texas, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence followed in 1993, adapted from Edith Wharton's 1920 novel. Pfeiffer starred with Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder as a Countess in 1870s New York. It won her the Elvira Notari Prize at the Venice Film Festival and another Golden Globe nomination. That year she also received the Crystal Award from Women in Film Los Angeles.

    Wolf, from 1994, put her opposite Jack Nicholson as the interest of a writer who turns into a wolf-man at night. It took in $65 million domestically and $131 million worldwide. Dangerous Minds in 1995, co-produced by her company, cast her as LouAnne Johnson, a high school teacher and former United States Marine. She appeared in character in the music video for Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise," which won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video. Reviews of the film were negative, yet it earned $179.5 million worldwide.

    The year 1996 brought Up Close & Personal with Robert Redford and To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, adapted by her husband David Kelley from Michael Brady's play. She also starred in One Fine Day opposite George Clooney, and served as an executive producer on it. In 1997 she appeared in A Thousand Acres, from Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Via Rosa also produced The Deep End of the Ocean in 1998. In 1999 she played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pfeiffer also voiced Tzipporah, the wife of Moses, in The Prince of Egypt, and recorded its theme song "When You Believe," which won songwriter Stephen Schwartz the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

  • In 1999 Pfeiffer began to wind down Via Rosa Productions and moved into semi-retirement to spend more time with her children. The company's final project was Original Sin, released in 2001. She had been meant to star in it but changed her mind because she wanted to work less. Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas took the leads.

    Robert Zemeckis's Hitchcockian thriller What Lies Beneath, released in 2000, paired her with Harrison Ford as a couple haunted by their past. Reviews were mixed, but it opened at the top of the box office and earned $291 million worldwide. I Am Sam in 2001, with Sean Penn, did not fare as well with critics. She played Rita Harrison, a highly strung lawyer, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer called it her flattest, phoniest performance ever. White Oleander in 2002 reversed that verdict. As the murderous artist Ingrid Magnussen she won praise from Stephen Holden of The New York Times, who called it the most complex screen performance of her career. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called her "incandescent." She won Best Supporting Actress awards from the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

    In 2003 she voiced Eris, the goddess of chaos, in the animated Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. The character kept going wrong. At first Eris was too sexual, then she lacked fun. After a third rewrite Pfeiffer phoned producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and told him: "You know, you really can fire me." He assured her this was part of the process. Then came four years away from acting, spent largely out of public view with her husband and children. During that break she turned down the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, a role that went to Tilda Swinton.

    She returned in 2007 with villains in two summer blockbusters, and the media hailed it as a successful comeback. In Hairspray she played Velma Von Tussle, the racist manager of a television station. Director Adam Shankman said she was his first and only choice, largely because of Batman Returns. Pfeiffer called Velma the hardest role she had played to that point, but explained: "in order to do a movie about racism, somebody has got to be the racist." The film earned $202.5 million worldwide. David Edelstein of NPR called her "sublime." In Stardust she played Lamia, an ancient witch hunting a fallen star in search of eternal youth, and the film earned $135.5 million globally.

    Chéri premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and reunited her with Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton. She played Léa de Lonval, an aging retired courtesan. Kenneth Turan wrote that the film reminded viewers how much she had been missed while away. Another two-year break followed. Then came the ensemble comedy New Year's Eve in 2011, her second film with Garry Marshall. In 2012 she reunited with Tim Burton for Dark Shadows, playing Elizabeth Collins Stoddard opposite Johnny Depp. It earned $245.5 million worldwide. The Family arrived in 2013 with Robert De Niro and Tommy Lee Jones. Pfeiffer later said she planned to work a lot once her children left for college, and felt her best performance was still in her.

    Where Is Kyra? premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on the 23rd of January 2017. Rolling Stone called her work in it the performance of her career. That year she also played Ruth Madoff opposite Robert De Niro in HBO's The Wizard of Lies, which premiered on the 20th of May 2017 to 1.5 million viewers. That was HBO's biggest film premiere audience in four years. It earned her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Darren Aronofsky's Mother! and Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express followed, and the latter earned $351.7 million worldwide. She also recorded the song "Never Forget" for its soundtrack.

    From 2018 she has played Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with Ant-Man and the Wasp. She returned briefly in Avengers: Endgame in 2019 and again in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Manohla Dargis declared her that film's M.V.P. In 2019 she also played the villainous Queen Ingrith in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. In French Exit, in 2020, she played a widow who moves to Paris with her son and a cat that happens to be her reincarnated husband. It brought her eighth Golden Globe nomination. She played former First Lady Betty Ford in the Showtime series The First Lady, which premiered in April 2022. The 2025 Christmas comedy Oh. What. Fun. received negative reviews, with critics agreeing the script failed her. She now stars in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison, and alongside Elle Fanning in Apple TV's Margo's Got Money Troubles.

  • Pfeiffer has said that, without conventional schooling, she sometimes feels like a fraud as an actor. She credits the director Milton Katselas with teaching her to tell apart how an actor and a character would behave in the same scene. Essayist Angelica Jade Bastién argued that her talent disproves any claim that untrained actors rank below trained ones. Acting coach Peggy Feury was among the first to call her a character actress, and urged her to "play as many different kinds of characters as you can." Several critics have summed her up as a character actress in a screen siren's body.

    Before Married to the Mob, Pfeiffer felt boxed in as either an "ice queen" or a sunny blond Californian. That role, she says, led others to reassess what she could play. She rarely accepts glamorous parts because she finds few of them compelling. She has admitted to enjoying imperfect, evil and "slightly trashy" women. Journalist Lynn Hirschberg wrote in a 2021 profile that she excels in emotionally conflicted roles. IndieWire's Kate Erbland described her as picky, choosing unconventional parts to avoid typecasting. Colleagues call her extremely committed, competent and prepared, though she refuses to watch her own performances. According to Mike Celizic, she was seldom described as funny until Hairspray.

    The Hollywood Reporter said she is too seldom ranked among the best of her generation. In 2009 journalist Brian D. Johnson argued that she could be revered like Meryl Streep if given the same opportunities. Critic Mick LaSalle suggested her humility sometimes causes the public to overlook her. Pauline Kael named her a favorite actor. By 2016, Charles Taylor of Salon wrote that no actor of the previous decade had matched her versatility.

    In the 1990s she typically earned $9-10 million per film. Bernard Weinraub of The New York Times wrote in 1995 that she belonged to a group of respected actresses not considered a big box-office draw. Yet she was the sixth highest-grossing domestic box office star of 1990. Entertainment Weekly ranked her 67th among movie stars of all time in 1996, and in 1999 Variety named her the female star most likely to improve a film's box-office appeal. People listed her among its "100 Greatest Movie Stars of Our Time" in 2002. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. On the 25th of April 2025, Grauman's Chinese Theatre honored her with a hand and footprints ceremony.

  • In 1993 the film critic Ty Burr argued that her unshowy performances work because they do not call attention to themselves, yet her looks stop people from seeing her as one of the best screen actresses. Critics often focused on her appearance instead of her acting. Early typecasting on looks pushed Pfeiffer to seek out more challenging roles, so directors would take her seriously.

    Matthew Jacobs of HuffPost believes her aversion to stardom lets her play authentic characters, unburdened by her own fame. Writing for Metrograph, Luke Goodsell said she kept an elusiveness in the 1990s that made her hard to categorize. She openly dislikes giving press interviews and believes promoting films is not an actor's job. Vikram Murthi of The Nation wrote that this makes her someone who directs a spotlight rather than chases it.

    In 1990 she appeared on the cover of People's first annual "Most Beautiful People in the World" issue. She appeared in that issue a record six times over the decade. In 2004 the magazine named her one of the most beautiful women of all time, and in 2020 Vogue Paris listed her among 21 of the most beautiful American actresses ever. In 2001 plastic surgeon Stephen R. Marquardt declared hers the most anatomically beautiful face in Hollywood. He nicknamed it the "golden ratio," claiming her mouth is 1.618 times as wide as her nose.

    In 2005 Giorgio Armani made her the face of his spring campaign, and the designer has often dressed her for public appearances. In 2019 she launched a fragrance collection called Henry Rose, billed as the first fine fragrance line both Cradle to Cradle Certified and EWG Verified. In 2025 she fronted Yves Saint Laurent's Summer 2025 collection.

    In 2014, commentators noted she had unexpectedly become a "pop-music muse." Her name appears in two of that year's biggest songs: Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," featuring Bruno Mars, and Vance Joy's "Riptide." In 2021 Ethel Cain titled her debut single "Michelle Pfeiffer." Australian cricketers say they "get a Michelle" when they take five wickets in an innings. That is because "five for" sounds nearly like Pfeiffer.

  • Soon after arriving in Hollywood at the age of twenty, Pfeiffer was taken in by a seemingly friendly couple who ran a metaphysics and vegetarian cult. They helped her stop drinking, smoking and using drugs. Over time they took control of her whole life, and much of her money went to the group. "I was brainwashed," she said. "I gave them an enormous amount of money."

    At a Milton Katselas acting class in Los Angeles she met fellow actor Peter Horton. They married in Santa Monica in 1981, and on their honeymoon she learned she had won the lead in Grease 2. Horton directed her in a 1985 ABC special, One Too Many, in which she played the high school girlfriend of an alcoholic student, played by Val Kilmer. In 1987 the couple played a couple in the Hospital segment of John Landis's Amazon Women on the Moon.

    In 1988 she had an affair with John Malkovich, her Dangerous Liaisons co-star, who was then married to Glenne Headly. That year Pfeiffer and Horton separated, and they divorced two years later. Horton later blamed the split on their devotion to work rather than to the marriage. Pfeiffer then spent three years with actor and producer Fisher Stevens. They met during the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night, in which she played Olivia and he played Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

    Pfeiffer smoked for ten years and quit in 1992. A niece of hers also had leukemia for ten years. Those experiences led her to support the American Cancer Society. She also supports the Humane Society. In 2016 she attended the Healthy Child Healthy World gala in Los Angeles, and that December she joined the board of directors of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C.

    In 1993 she married television writer and producer David E. Kelley, and she made a brief uncredited cameo in an episode of his series Picket Fences. She had begun private adoption proceedings before meeting him, and in March 1993 she adopted a newborn daughter, who was christened on the couple's wedding day. In 1994 Pfeiffer gave birth to a son. In September 2025 she revealed that she had become a grandmother in 2024.

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Common questions

Who is Michelle Pfeiffer?

Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress and producer who became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars in the 1980s and 1990s. She has won a Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Film Award, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and one Primetime Emmy Award.

When and where was Michelle Pfeiffer born?

Michelle Pfeiffer was born on the 29th of April 1958 in Santa Ana, California. She grew up in nearby Midway City, in Orange County.

Which films earned Michelle Pfeiffer Academy Award nominations?

Michelle Pfeiffer received Academy Award nominations for Dangerous Liaisons (Best Supporting Actress), The Fabulous Baker Boys (Best Actress) and Love Field (Best Actress). She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Who played Catwoman in Batman Returns, and how did Michelle Pfeiffer get the part?

Michelle Pfeiffer played Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, in Tim Burton's Batman Returns in 1992. She took the role after Annette Bening dropped out because of her pregnancy, and the film grossed over $267 million worldwide.

What is Via Rosa Productions, the company founded by Michelle Pfeiffer?

Via Rosa Productions is the film production company Michelle Pfeiffer formed in 1990 with business partner Kate Guinzburg. It produced Love Field, Dangerous Minds, A Thousand Acres and The Deep End of the Ocean, and Pfeiffer began dissolving it in 1999.

Why did Michelle Pfeiffer step back from acting in the 2000s?

Michelle Pfeiffer reduced her workload to spend more time with her children and family, beginning with semi-retirement in 1999. After Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas in 2003 she took a four-year break, then returned in 2007 with Hairspray and Stardust.

Who is Michelle Pfeiffer married to?

Michelle Pfeiffer has been married to television writer and producer David E. Kelley since 1993. Her first marriage, to actor Peter Horton, began in 1981 and ended in divorce two years after their 1988 separation.

What Marvel role does Michelle Pfeiffer play?

Michelle Pfeiffer plays Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She debuted in the role in Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018 and returned in Avengers: Endgame and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

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  111. 215NewsFace ForwardMatt Mueller — April 2009
  112. 216NewsMichelle Pfeiffer: 'I never had a big game plan'Geoffrey Macnab — April 22, 2009
  113. 217NewsPfeiffer returns to the big screen, learns she is funnyMike Celizic — July 17, 2007
  114. 21810 Great Supporting Performances by Leading ActorsAnthony Clifton — March 12, 2023
  115. 220BookMonster: Living Off the Big ScreenJohn Gregory Dunne — Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group — 2012
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  117. 224NewsMichelle Pfeiffer, Unheralded Comedy MavenMatthew Jacobs — February 9, 2021
  118. 226NewsGolden Globes Film Predictions: Who Will Win, Who Should WinScott Feinberg et al. — February 25, 2021
  119. 232The dazzling versatility of Michelle PfeifferCharles Taylor — May 25, 1999
  120. 235Skyrocketing Star SalariesBernard Weinraub — September 18, 1995
  121. 237BookMoney: Who Has How Much and WhyAndrew Hacker — Simon and Schuster — 1999
  122. 238NewsWhy Overpaid Hollywood Stars Aren't Worth ItMick LaSalle — July 16, 1996
  123. 239Hard Work Is Moving Michelle Pfeiffer Closer to StardomRobert Lindsey — January 13, 1989
  124. 240NewsFor Michelle Pfeiffer, It Was a Very Good YearRobert Lindsey — January 1, 1989
  125. 245NewsThe 100 Greatest Movie Stars of Our TimeRicky Lo — July 29, 2006
  126. 246Michelle PfeifferAugust 6, 2007
  127. 251MagazineMichelle Pfeiffer Tells AllCaroline Doyle Karasyov — October 2022
  128. 252NewsLegally MeanAmy Longsdorf — January 19, 2002
  129. 253NewsMichelle Pfeiffer: the actress for whom ageing holds no fearJennifer Saltman — July 16, 2010
  130. 257NewsFilm: Ladyhawke, A Medieval TaleVincent Canby — April 12, 1985
  131. 261Flirting with OscarCandice Russell — March 25, 1990
  132. 262MagazineA Michelle Pfeiffer filmographyTy Burr — January 29, 1993
  133. 263MagazineNew Again: Michelle PfeifferPeter Stone et al. — May 9, 2012
  134. 264Michelle PfeifferGary Goldstein — February 19, 2010
  135. 266Cracked Actor: Michelle PfeifferLuke Goodsell — 2024
  136. 267MagazineMichelle PfeifferDarren Aronofsky — March 28, 2017
  137. 268The Caustic Grace of French ExitVikram Murthi — April 29, 2021
  138. 273Nominee Profile 2021: Michelle Pfeiffer, "French Exit"Philip Berk — February 15, 2021
  139. 274Magazine7 Standouts of Michelle Pfeiffer's Cinematic StyleKerry Pieri — April 29, 2015
  140. 281The most beautiful American actresses of all timeManon Garrigues — July 3, 2020
  141. 289NewsMichelle Pfeiffer: ageless beautyHelen Barlow — June 29, 2009
  142. 290NewsThe Cast of Scarface, Then and NowZoe Jones — December 7, 2008
  143. 291NewsMichelle Pfeiffer is the pop-music muse of the momentCarly Mallenbaum — December 2, 2014
  144. 292NewsHow is Catwoman slinking her way into song lyrics?Clay Thompson — February 23, 2015
  145. 293How to look like Uptown Funk muse Michelle Pfeiffer for freeKatherine Snow Smith — February 19, 2015
  146. 301MagazineStar Portrait: Michelle PfeifferNast Digital Network
  147. 305Michelle Pfeiffer: interviewTurner Broadcasting System
  148. 307NewsBeing John MalkovichApril 26, 2003
  149. 308NewsDid I say that?John Hind — December 5, 2009
  150. 309NewsRight for the partJune 1, 2003
  151. 310NewsJohn Malkovich: 'I don't need to be liked'Arifa Akbar — January 8, 2011
  152. 311NewsLife and taxesLynn Barber — July 9, 2006
  153. 313NewsReview/Theater; Night of Stars, and Also ShakespeareFrank Rich — July 10, 1989
  154. 315Michelle Pfeiffer biography and filmographyTribute Entertainment Media Group
  155. 316MagazineHello!
  156. 317NewsMichelle Pfeiffer: The former beauty queen is back after a five-year breakGill Pringle — Independent Print Limited — July 13, 2007
  157. 318Michelle Pfeiffer BiographyOctober 23, 2008
  158. 321The Complete Evolution of Michelle PfeifferWalters, Meg — June 24, 2023
  159. 323Forever YoungOctober 21, 2021
  160. 325Person: Michelle PfeifferHollywood Foreign Press Association

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