[57], Pfeiffer took the role of Gillian Lewis in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996), which was adapted by her husband David Kelley from Michael Brady's play of the same name. As fears of a second lockdown sparks the return of... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Come out of the Wendy House with your hands up! Pfeiffer transitioned to film with the comedy The Hollywood Knights (1980), with Tony Danza, appearing as high school sweethearts. Stylish: The Newcastle-born star looked fantastic in her stylish choice of attire at the weekend, Youthful: The 35-year partner of James Middleton, whose career includes modelling, presenting,fashion design and comprising one half of pop duo Crush, was obviously proud to be out with her youngster. – The Fabulous Pfeiffer Girl", "Michelle's difficult liaisons; Star loves doing things the hard way", "Interview: Michelle Pfeiffer, 'I was in a cult, "Make it a Double: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS & TEQUILA SUNRISE", "Michelle Pfeiffer makes a comeback after a 10-year hiatus", "Michelle Pfeiffer: the actress for whom ageing holds no fear", "Michelle Pfeiffer On Aging In Hollywood: 'It Can Wreak Havoc On Your Psyche, "The 45 most beautiful, talented and famous actresses of all time", "The best 80s style icons to inspire your own retrospective (yet very modern!) "[141] A film critic once summarized the actress as "a character actress in a screen siren's body",[139] a sentiment with which her Scarface co-star and friend Al Pacino agrees. [124] Pfeiffer sang the song "Never Forget", which plays over the film's closing credits and appears on the film's official soundtrack. [165][164][166] On this designation, Pfeiffer admitted that she can seem difficult at times but it mostly "depends on whom you talk to". In the film, co-starring Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter and Chloë Grace Moretz, she played Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the stern and strict, but loyal and devoted family matriarch.
On-the-spot coronavirus tests that give results in 15 to 30 minutes... Amanda Holden 'sparks 235 Ofcom complaints' with her plunging navy thigh-slit gown on Britain's Got Talent... Will negative interest rates be forced on us? [113] Tolucan Times remarked that Pfeiffer "steals the show as Madoff's wife, Ruth, and is a remarkable lookalike",[114] while Los Angeles Times asserted: "As Ruth, Pfeiffer convincingly portrays a pampered woman left with utterly nothing —she's lost her homes, status and, most important, her relationship with her sons.
There's a gravity to Pfeiffer's performance that allows her to succeed where the other main actors fail, save for brief spurts — she straddles the boundaries between embodying a symbol and granting the character enough interiority to feel like a flesh and blood woman, too. Pfeiffer obtained her first major film role as the female lead in Grease 2 (1982), the sequel to the smash-hit musical film Grease (1978). [citation needed]. During her career, Pfeiffer has won numerous awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Actress awards from the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as well as Best Supporting Actress awards from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the San Diego Film Critics Society. Nothing is harder to play than virtue, and Pfeiffer is smart enough not to try.
[192][193][194][195][196][197], Pfeiffer and Horton decided to separate in 1988, and were divorced two years later; Horton later blamed the split on their devotion to their work rather than on their marriage.
"[183] Pfeiffer is also mentioned in Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's 2014 song, "Uptown Funk" ("This hit, That ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, That white gold"). Donna Jean Prince, age 80, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 3, surrounded by her daughter, Roxanna and granddaugter, Jessica. The film was released in theaters July 6, 2018. [8] Other roles on television series followed, including Delta House, CHiPs, Enos and B.A.D. [103] The slew of films that would follow in 2017 would prompt the media to dub her career resurgence a "Pfeiffer-sance".