Curtis, Jamie Lee (1958–)

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Curtis, Jamie Lee (1958–)

American actress. Name variations: Lady Haden-Guest. Born Nov 22, 1958, in Los Angeles, California; dau. of Tony Curtis (actor) and Janet Leigh (actress); sister of Kelly Curtis (actress); attended University of the Pacific; m. Christopher Guest (actor, aka Christopher Haden-Guest), 1984; children: (adopted) Annie and Thomas.

Appeared on tv as teenager, notably in "Operation Petticoat"; had 1st film success with John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), followed by a series of horror films, including The Fog (1980) and Halloween II (1981); came to prominence in comedies, Trading Places (1983) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988); won a Golden Globe for her performance in True Lies (1994); other films include Perfect (1985), Blue Steel (1990), Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later (1998), Virus (1999), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Freaky Friday (2003) and Christmas with the Kranks (2004); on tv, starred in "The Heidi Chronicles" (1995); also writes children's books.

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