Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis, Baroness Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She is known as a "scream queen" for arguably her most memorable role, that of Laurie Strode in the Halloween series (#'s I, II and 7 and 8). She has a sister named Kelly Curtis, who is also an actress. Jamie Lee Curtis has compiled a body of work which covers every type of genre, from comedy to drama to horror.

She married the actor Christopher Guest in 1984, and became known as Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited the title of Baron Haden-Guest in 1996. Curtis and Guest have two adopted children, Annie and Thomas.

Recent successful film roles for Curtis have included Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA., nearby where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children.

In time for the Holiday Season of 2004, Curtis starred opposite Tim Allen in Christmas with the Kranks.

Today, Jamie Lee Curtis also takes time to support various philanthropic groups. Curtis was Guest of Honor at the 11th annual Gala and Fundraiser in 2003 for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, CA-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, 12-Step program of rehabilitation for women in need. Past Honorees of this organization have included Sir Anthony Hopkins; the 2005 honoree will be Angela Lansbury.

There is much speculation, which has sometimes even been alleged in high school and college biology courses, that Curtis was born an intersexual; but it is unknown whether this is an urban legend or fact. The supposition usually refers to androgen insensitivity syndrome. Facts that point to the likelihood of the rumor's truth is that Curtis underwent mysterious surgeries and "complications" shortly after her birth, as well as her unisex name. Things that suggest the rumor is untrue are that the media had reason to tarnish Leigh and Curtis' reputations at that time, since their careers were no longer hugely successful.

Selected filmography

  • Halloween (1978)
  • The Fog (1980)
  • Prom Night (1980)
  • Halloween II (1981)
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Perfect (1985)
  • Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  • Dominick and Eugene (1988)
  • Blue Steel (1990)
  • My Girl (1991)
  • Forever Young (1992)
  • True Lies (1994)
  • House Arrest (1996)
  • Fierce Creatures (1997)
  • Halloween: H20 (1998)
  • Drowning Mona (2000)
  • The Tailor of Panama (2001)
  • Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
  • Freaky Friday (2003)
  • Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Brief salary history

  • Halloween (1978) $8,000
  • Halloween II (1981) $100,000
  • Halloween: Resurrection (2002) $3,000,000
  • True Lies (1994) $1,550,000

References

  • IMDb filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130/)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jamie.htm) on Snopes.com

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Things that suggest the rumor is untrue are that the media had reason to tarnish Leigh and Curtis' reputations at that time, since their careers were no longer hugely successful.
source: All Time Rebel {1955-2005 | 50th Anniversary} (http://www.geocities.com/alltimerebel/). Facts that point to the likelihood of the rumor's truth is that Curtis underwent mysterious surgeries and "complications" shortly after her birth, as well as her unisex name. She was 89. The supposition usually refers to androgen insensitivity syndrome. She died on September 19, 2000 because of natural causes. There is much speculation, which has sometimes even been alleged in high school and college biology courses, that Curtis was born an intersexual; but it is unknown whether this is an urban legend or fact. Though never the lead, Doran had provided many wonderful performances throughout her career.

Past Honorees of this organization have included Sir Anthony Hopkins; the 2005 honoree will be Angela Lansbury. Other than that, she had also appeared in over 500 motion pictures and 1000 television shows. Curtis was Guest of Honor at the 11th annual Gala and Fundraiser in 2003 for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, CA-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, 12-Step program of rehabilitation for women in need. She was rarely in a featured role, with the exceptions of Jean Andrews in Rio Grande (1938) and James Dean 's dominating mother in Rebel Without A Cause (1955). Today, Jamie Lee Curtis also takes time to support various philanthropic groups. Starting from the age of four, she appeared in hundred of silent films under assumed names so that her father's family could not find out. In time for the Holiday Season of 2004, Curtis starred opposite Tim Allen in Christmas with the Kranks.. an American veteran character actress.

The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA., nearby where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. Ann Doran was born Ann Lee Doran in Amrillo Potter County, Texas, on July 28th, 1911. Recent successful film roles for Curtis have included Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. Curtis and Guest have two adopted children, Annie and Thomas. She married the actor Christopher Guest in 1984, and became known as Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited the title of Baron Haden-Guest in 1996.

Jamie Lee Curtis has compiled a body of work which covers every type of genre, from comedy to drama to horror. She has a sister named Kelly Curtis, who is also an actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for arguably her most memorable role, that of Laurie Strode in the Halloween series (#'s I, II and 7 and 8). She is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Baroness Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress born in Los Angeles, California. Jamie Lee Curtis (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jamie.htm) on Snopes.com. IMDb filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130/). True Lies (1994) $1,550,000.

Halloween: Resurrection (2002) $3,000,000. Halloween II (1981) $100,000. Halloween (1978) $8,000. Christmas with the Kranks (2004).

Freaky Friday (2003). Halloween: Resurrection (2002). The Tailor of Panama (2001). Drowning Mona (2000).

Halloween: H20 (1998). Fierce Creatures (1997). House Arrest (1996). True Lies (1994).

Forever Young (1992). My Girl (1991). Blue Steel (1990). Dominick and Eugene (1988).

A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987). Perfect (1985). Trading Places (1983).

Halloween II (1981). Prom Night (1980). The Fog (1980). Halloween (1978).