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Jamie Lee Curtis was born November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. Her father Tony Curtis,
the actor and her mother actress Janet Leigh, are both quite famous and well known. Jamie Lee's mother
Janet Leigh played Marion Crane in the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie "Psycho" and her father is well
known in numerous movies and television appearances through out the world. Jamie's claim to fame was
her debut in the 1978 film Halloween as Laurie Strode that established her reputation
as "scream Queen".
Halloween became the most successful indepedent movie production up to that time, grossing $45 million
at the box office. Jamie Lee first got interested in acting after dropping out of Beverly Hills High School
and entering a Connecticut prep school. However she was expected to attend college before she even
entertained a acting career by her mother. She tried to appease her mother but ended up dropping out of
the University of Pacific after only one semester.
She auditioned for a part on The Nancy Drew Mysteries unsuccessfully. However later on, she would make
appearances on The Love Boat, Quincy, and Marcus Welby M.D. Finally in 1977, she secured a role in the
series Operation Petticoat. Everything changed in 1978 when Jamie Lee appeared in Halloween. Jamie
Lee would be now known through out as the "Scream Queen" and always associated with horror movies.
She also starred in 2 more halloween movies, Halloween 2 and Halloween H20. Several other roles
followed Halloween.
She played a playboy bunny in the movie "Death of a Centerfold" and also played the role of a hooker in the
hilarious "Trading Places" with Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy. She also appeared with John Travolta in
"Perfect" as a aerobics instructor. The movie was a box-office flop. She met her husband Christopher
Guest in 1983 and they married a little over a year later. At this time Jamie did some television roles,
Annie Oakley, She's in The Army Now, and then later on, The Heidi Chronicles. In 1988, she starred
in the hit comedy "A Fish Called Wanda" with Kevin Kline. In 1994 she gave a tremendous performance
in "True Lies" with Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a bland, ordinary housewife turned wild woman. Her
most recent films include "Virus", "Halloween H20", "Halloween Resurrection", and "Freaky Friday".
Despite her wealth, fame, and fortune, Jamie is a very kind, thoughtful, and charitable woman. She
is chairperson of The Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park in tandem with her father's founding of The
Emanuel Foundation. It is a organization that aids families of holocost vitims in reclaiming property
and assets lost during World War 2.
Jamie Lee makes her home in Los Angeles, and Sun Valley Idaho with her husband and their 2 adopted
children, Annie and Thomas. Jamie has also established herself as a writer and author of children's
books. She is now doing photography work as well.
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