The American actress and children’s book author celebrated her breakthrough in 1978 as “Scream Queen” in the role of “Laurie Strode” in the horror film series “Halloween”. In the course of her career, the daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh has impressed in feature films of various genres – from horror, comedy, action to drama. In the comedy “The Soldiers of Fortune”, opposite Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in her first non-horror character role. She was honored with the “British Film Academy Award”. Jamie Lee Curtis’ most popular films include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Anything But Love (1990), True Lies (1995), The Tailor from Panama (2001) and “Crazy Christmas” (2004)…
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the second daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
In 1962, the parents divorced, Jamie Lee Curtis stayed with his mother and moved to New York with her. There she attended boarding school and later the “University Of The Pacific”. After only two months of acting studies, she broke off the training. She tried to shape her career independently of her parents. Without the protection of the parents, success was a long time coming, but it proved to be reliable. Curtis went to Hollywood and acted in roles in several TV series, such as Charlie’s Angels. In 1978, she landed a starring role in John Carpenter’s horror flick Halloween, becoming a star of the genre. This was followed by roles in other horror films such as “Fog – Nebel des Grauen” and in the sequel to “Halloween II”.
When she left the genre in the early 1980s, she acted in films like “Hörig”. In it, she drew attention to herself with her visual charms. She then played a prostitute in the comedy “The Soldiers of Fortune”, for which she received the “British Film Academy Award”. This was followed by roles in “Perfect”, “Wanda”, “Blue Steel” and in “True Lies” as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife. Jamie Lee Curtis received a Golden Globe for her performance in this role. However, she returned to horror films and starred again in ‘Halloween H20: 20 Years Later’. She also starred opposite Mel Gibson in Forever Young and My Girl. Jamie Lee Curtis also worked successfully for television. She has acted in films such as And Now She Becomes a Soldier and had a starring role in the series Anything But Love. For this series she was awarded another “Golden Globe” and a “People’s Choice Award”.
She received the 1995 American Comedy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in “True Lies.” Meanwhile, Curtis has written children’s books such as When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old”s Memoir Of Her Youth (1993) and Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born (1996). Jamie Lee Curtis married actor and director Christopher Guest in 1984. When the latter inherited the title of Baron Haden-Guest in 1996, Curtis became “Lady Haden-Guest”. Privately, she became the mother of adopted children Annie and Thomas. In 1989 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her subsequent film projects included another horror film entitled Halloween: Resurrection, which was released in 2002. In mid-November 2004, Curtis herself announced the end of her film career. For the 40th anniversary of the Halloween series, she was again in front of the camera in the role of “Laurie Strode”.
Filmography
1977 – TV: Columbo
1977 – TV: Operation Petticoat
1978 – TV Series: Charlie’s Angels
1978 – Halloween – The night of horror
1980 – The Fog – fog of horror
1980 – Prom Night – The night of the butcher
1980 – Monsters on the Night Express
1981 – Truck Driver
1981 – TV: And now she becomes a soldier
1981 – Halloween – The horror returns
1982 – The Soldiers of Fortune
1983 – Serf
1984 – Speedway Trio
1985 – Perfect
1987 – Silent Voices
1988 – A fish named Wanda
1990 – Blue Steel
1991 – Born in Queens
1991 – My Girl – My first love
1992 – Forever Young
1993 – Deadly Intentions
1994 – My Girl 2 – My great love
1994 – True Lies – True Lies
1995 – TV: Lost Dreams
1996 – house arrest
1997 – Wild Creatures
1998 – Halloween H20 – 20 years later
1999 – virus
2000 – The Tailor of Panama
2000 – The case of Mona
2001 – The Tailor of Panama
2001 – Daddy and them – Crazy in Arkansas
2002 – Halloween: Resurrection
2003 – Freaky Friday – A completely crazy Friday
2004 – Crazy Christmas
2005 – The Kid & I
How old was Jamie lee Curtis in Halloween?
Curtis was 19 when she made the first Halloween. She’s now 63, a survivor herself, vigorously promoting the franchise from her London hotel.
Is Jamie lee Curtis a man?
No
How old is Jamie lee Curtis?
63 years
November 22, 1958
How tall is Jamie lee Curtis?
1.7 m
Where does Jamie Lee Curtis live?
Los Angeles
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis to Michael Myers?
Most entries depict her as Michael’s younger sister, although this detail is not present in the first film and disregarded by the current 2018 continuity. The character is primarily portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis, who appears as Laurie in the original film and six of its sequels.
Where did Jamie Lee Curtis go to school?
Choate Rosemary Hall
University of the Pacific
Harvard‑W… School
Beverly Hills High School
The Center for Early Education
Westlake High School
Does Jamie Lee Curtis have a star on the Walk of Fame?
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star on September 3, 1998 at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.