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Contents
Articles
Phoebe Cates
1
Baby Sister (film)
5
Date with an Angel
7
Drop Dead Fred
10
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
13
Gilbert Cates
19
Gremlins
21
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
32
Heart of Dixie
42
I Love You to Death
44
Jennifer Jason Leigh
47
Kevin Kline
54
Lace (TV series)
60
Matthew Modine
64
Paradise (1982 film)
69
Princess Caraboo (film)
72
Private School (film)
74
Rich Relations
77
Second Stage Theatre
78
Shag (1989 film)
83
The Anniversary Party
86
Willie Aames
90
References
Article Sources and Contributors
93
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
96
Article Licenses
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Phoebe Cates
1
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates at 81st Annual Academy Awards, February 22, 2009
Born
Phoebe Belle Cates
July 16, 1963
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1981–94, 2001
Spouse(s)
Kevin Kline (1989–present)
Phoebe Cates Kline (born Phoebe Belle Cates; July 16, 1963), better known as Phoebe Cates, is an American film
actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont
High and Gremlins.
Early life
Cates was born Phoebe Belle Cates in New York City to a family of TV and Broadway production insiders. Her
parents are Lily and Joseph Cates, who was a major Broadway producer and a pioneering figure in television, who
helped create The $64,000 Question.[1][2][3] Her late uncle, Gilbert Cates, produced numerous TV specials, often in
partnership with Cates's father, and several annual Academy Awards shows.[4] Her paternal grandparents and
maternal grandmother were Russian Jews, and her maternal grandfather was Chinese Filipino.[5][6][7]
Cates attended the Professional Children's School and the Juilliard School.[8] When she was ten, she wanted to
become a dancer. She eventually got a scholarship to the School of American Ballet, but after suffering a serious
knee injury at age 15, she gave up her dancing career.[9] She next began a career as a professional model, which was
short-lived although successful.[9] Cates, however, did not like the industry: "It was just the same thing, over and
over. After a while I did it solely for the money."[10]
Acting career
After ending her modeling career, Cates decided upon acting.[9] Although her father was an actor as well, he was not
enthusiastic about his daughter's prospective new career.[9] Cates's movie debut was in Paradise (released 1982), a
role she won after replying to a casting call in New York.[11] At the age of 17, she played a starring role and did
several full nude scenes in the movie, which had a plot very similar to The Blue Lagoon. In a 1982 interview, she
recalled having trouble with the change of career, because as a model she had to be conscious of the camera, whereas
[10]
Cates later regretted being in the movie and said: "What I learned
in front of the movie camera, she could not.
was never to do a movie like that again."[9] According to her co-star Willie Aames, "she will have nothing to do with
the film. She's really upset about it. She won't do any promotion with me."[12]
Later in 1982, Cates starred in Fast Times at Ridgemont High which features "the most memorable bikini-drop in
cinema history."[13] She was quoted as saying that she had the most fun in filming that movie.[9] The following year,
she was in the sex comedy Private School (which co-starred Matthew Modine and Betsy Russell), for which she
sang on two songs of the film's soundtrack.
Her later film roles were more modest and largely oriented toward younger audiences, such as the two Gremlins
films and the 1991 film Drop Dead Fred. Her face graced the covers of teen magazines such as Seventeen, Tiger
Beat, Teen Beat and others. In 1984, she starred in the TV mini-series Lace. She sought the role of Lili "to get away
[14]
During her audition, she so impressed the writer, that he wanted to hire
from a sameness in her movie portrayals."
Phoebe Cates
her there and then.[14] Cates struggled with the portrayal of a bitter movie star because, despite her character's
vicious persona, she intended for the audience to sympathize with her.[15] She did not read the novel on which the
movie was based because she did not want to have a "fixed image".[15]
In 1985, Cates appeared Off-Broadway in Rich Relations, written by David Henry Hwang of the Second Stage
Theatre.[16] In 1994, she starred in the romantic comedy Princess Caraboo.
Cates retired from acting in the mid-90s in order to raise her children. She did return in 2001 with her family, for one
film The Anniversary Party, as a favor to the director, her best friend, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Music career
Cates sang the title song (of the same name) for the film Paradise.[17] She also sang the songs Just One Touch and
How Do I Let You Know for the Private School soundtrack.
Personal life
In the early 1980s, Cates shared an apartment in Greenwich Village with her then boyfriend Stavros Merjos. She met
him in 1979, when she went out to her first night in Studio 54 with family friend Andy Warhol.[10]
In 1989, Cates and actor Kevin Kline were married having first met in 1983 during her audition for the movie role
that Meg Tilly ultimately won in The Big Chill. She changed her name to Phoebe Cates Kline.[18] The Klines live in
New York City with their two children, Owen Joseph Kline born in 1991 and Greta Simone Kline born in 1994.
Both Owen and Greta appeared along with their parents in the 2001 movie, The Anniversary Party. Owen also
appeared in the 2005 film, The Squid and the Whale.
In 2005, Cates opened her own boutique called Blue Tree on New York's Madison Avenue.[19]
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Phoebe Cates
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Filmography
Cates at the Governor's Ball
party after the 1989 Academy
Awards, March 29, 1989
Film
Year
Film
1982 Paradise
Role
Sarah
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Linda Barrett
1983 Private School
Christine Ramsey
1984 Gremlins
Kate Beringer
1987 Date with an Angel
Patricia 'Patty' Winston
1988 Bright Lights, Big City
Amanda Conway
1989 Shag
Carson McBride
Heart of Dixie
1990 I Love You to Death
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Aiken Reed
Joey's Girl at Disco (uncredited)
Kate Beringer
1991 Drop Dead Fred
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Cronin
1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion
Carol
1994 Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo/Mary Baker
2001 The Anniversary Party
Sophia Gold
Phoebe Cates
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Television
Year
Title
Role
1983 Baby Sister (TV movie)
Annie Burroughs
1984 Lace (miniseries)
Elizabeth 'Lili' Lace
1985 Lace II (miniseries)
Elizabeth 'Lili' Lace
References
[1] "Biography" (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 50/ Phoebe-Cates. html). Filmreference.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
[2] Wakin, Daniel J. (2005-06-03). "NY Times article" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2005/ 06/ 03/ nyregion/ 03vilar. html?ex=1275451200&
en=63a1abdb4f49f5f5& ei=5088& partner=rssnyt& emc=rss). NY Times article. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
[3] http:/ / www. cnbc. com/ id/ 40535892/
[4] "Gilbert Cates Biography (1934–)" (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 77/ Gilbert-Cates. html). Filmreference.com. . Retrieved
2010-03-07.
[5] Villasanta, Boy (23 June 2010). "Pinoys who made it in Hollywood" (http:/ / webcache. googleusercontent. com/ search?q=cache:http:/ /
www. abs-cbnnews. com/ entertainment/ 06/ 23/ 10/ filipinos-also-shine-hollywood). ABS-CBN. Archived from the original (http:/ / www.
abs-cbnnews. com/ entertainment/ 06/ 23/ 10/ filipinos-also-shine-hollywood) on 23 May 2011. . Retrieved 28 May 2011. "Before Lea
Salonga and Charice won the hearts of many people around the globe, there were Phoebe Cates, although mix Filipina and American blood,
whose descent is Chinese-Filipino on her maternal grandfather, and Tia Carere, also Fil-Am."
[6] Slater, Judith J. (2004). Teen life in Asia (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=7Oz5cvi3z3EC& lpg=PA183& dq="Phoebe Cates" Filipino&
pg=PA183#v=onepage& q& f=false). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-313-31532-9. . Retrieved 28
May 2011. "Some Filipino and Filipino American stars have had much commercial success in the United States and may be familiar to
American audiences. Included in this group are Phoebe Cates, who started in the films Anniversity Party, Princess Caraboo, and Gremlins,
and Lou Diamond Phillips, who starred in films such as La Bamba and Dark Wind and also on Broadway's The King and I."
[7] Cohen, Matthew Isaac (2009). "British performances of Java, 1811–1822" (http:/ / www. ingentaconnect. com/ content/ ip/ sear/ 2009/
00000017/ 00000001/ art00006). South East Asia Research (IP Publishing Ltd) 17 (1): 87–109. doi:10.5367/000000009787586389. .
Retrieved 28 May 2011. "Few people in those pre-Internet days, however, knew that Cates's estranged mother was of Chinese Filipino
descent."
[8] "Yahoo movies" (http:/ / movies. yahoo. com/ movie/ contributor/ 1800041437/ bio). Movies.yahoo.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
[9] Cohen, D. & S. Young and Famous: Hollywood's Newest Superstars, 1987. p.75. ISBN 0-671-63493-3
[10] Hammer, Josh (1982-06-14). "Paradise Star Phoebe Cates Hangs Her Own Film with a One-Word Review—'rip-Off'" (http:/ / www. people.
com/ people/ archive/ article/ 0,,20082395,00. html). People.com. . Retrieved 2012-12-08.
[11] (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0084469/ business)
[12] "Hollywood: Nude scenes too much for Aames" by Marilyn Beck, The Orange County Register, March 17, 1982. p. C3
[13] Rolling Stone (2006-11-21). "''Rolling Stone'' article" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ story/ 12625824/
escape_your_family_sneak_upstairs/ print). Rollingstone.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
[14] "'Lace' miniseries is soap-opera tangle" by Associated Press, Star-News, February 24, 1984. p. 5C
[15] "Angela Lansbury leads 'Lace' cast" by Julianne Hastings, Stars and Stripes, March 7, 1984. p. 12
[16] Rich, Frank (1986-04-22). "New York Times-Stage: 'Rich Relations'" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 1986/ 04/ 22/ theater/
stage-rich-relations-from-david-hwang. html?& pagewanted=all). Nytimes.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
[17] Paradise (1982) ending credits
[18] About Blue Tree (http:/ / www. bluetreenyc. com/ about-us)
[19] "ABC News (June 1, 2006): Perfect Gifts, According to Phoebe Cates: Former Teen Starlet Owns Upper East Side Gift Store" (http:/ /
abcnews. go. com/ GMA/ story?id=1590206& page=1). Abcnews.go.com. 2006-06-01. . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
External links
• Phoebe Cates (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm121/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Blue Tree (http://www.bluetreeny.com/) Cates's NY boutique website
Baby Sister (film)
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Baby Sister (film)
Baby Sister
VHS cover
Directed by
Steven Hilliard Stern
Written by
Jo Lynne Michael
Paul Haggard Jr.
Susan Title
Starring
Ted Wass
Phoebe Cates
Pamela Bellwood
Music by
Fred Karlin
Cinematography Isidore Mankofsky
Editing by
Mike Hill
Gregory Prange
Distributed by
ABC
Release date(s)
March 6, 1983
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Baby Sister is a 1983 television film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. The film, which stars Phoebe Cates, Ted
Wass and Pamela Bellwood, centers on a 19-year-old girl who starts an affair with her older sister's boyfriend.
Plot
Annie Burroughs is a wild 19-year-old teenager who has just dropped out of college. Fearing to face her father, she
packs her stuff and moves in with her older sister Marsha, who runs her own gallery in Los Angeles. Marsha is in a
relationship with David Mitchell, a 31-year-old doctor who dreams of having his own private practice. Although
they are very happy together, David isn't glad Marsha is spending so much time on work. Meanwhile, Annie
immediately settles in the big city, landing a job as a receptionist at David's clinic. Although at first it is innocent and
playful, Annie and David start flirting with each other. A sub plot focuses on the relationship between Annie and her
father Tom. When she was still a child, Annie witnessed the death of her mother. She was crossing the street when a
car suddenly drove toward her. Her mother, trying to save her, ran on the street and pushed Annie away, after which
she was fatally hit by the car herself. Ever since, she and Tom do not get along well. Annie feels that her father
blames her for her mother's death.
Annie once wanted to become a painter, just like her mother, but after her death she became isolated and gave up
that dream. One night, David fails to save the life of his patient Billy, who has committed suicide. Annie witnesses
his death and is reminded of her own mother. Both feeling very emotional, Annie and David end up kissing each
other. The next day, Annie feels guilty, but David assures her it was only an innocent kiss. One night, Tom is
throwing a family party. Annie gives him a self-made painting, but the style reminds him too much of her mother's,
which upsets him. They end up getting into a fight, after which Annie leaves. The next evening, Annie serves as a
replacement for Marsha, who was supposed to attend a play with David, but wasn't able to make it. At first, they feel
uncomfortable, but they end up sleeping with each other. Although they both feel guilty, they can't suppress their
sexual attraction and start an affair. He plans on telling Marsha the truth, but Annie discourages him from doing so,
Baby Sister (film)
afraid to hurt her sister's feelings. Unable to face her sister anymore, she decides to return to college after attending
Marsha's gallery opening.
David tries to prevent Annie from leaving, telling her he is in love with her. They kiss each other in the clinic, until
he is suddenly attacked by one of his drug addicted clients. He ends up getting severely injured and Annie brings him
to the hospital. The truth about the affair comes out when Marsha visits the hospital and is told by a nurse David's
'girlfriend' helped him to the hospital. Upon confronting her, Annie admits to being in love with him. David takes all
the blame on him and advices Marsha not to turn her back on Annie. In the end, just before leaving L.A., Annie is
reconciled with both Marsha and her father, the latest assuring her she is not responsible for her mother's death.
Cast
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Phoebe Cates as Annie Burroughs
Ted Wass as David Mitchell
Pamela Bellwood as Marsha Burroughs
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Tom Burroughs
Virginia Kiser as Mrs. Strauss
Jill Jacobson as Jessie
Eb Lottimer as Buddy
Ed Hooks as Counselor
Ta-Tanisha as Night Nurse
Thomas F. Duffy as Michael Fancher
Production
The original title of the film was Tainted Love.[1]
References
[1] Review Summary (http:/ / movies. nytimes. com/ movie/ 123833/ Baby-Sister/ overview) The New York Times
External links
• Baby Sister (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085207/) at the Internet Movie Database
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Date with an Angel
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Date with an Angel
Date with an Angel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Produced by
Martha Schumacher
Written by
Tom McLoughlin
Starring
Michael E. Knight
Phoebe Cates
Emmanuelle Béart
David Dukes
Music by
Randy Kerber
Cinematography Alex Thomson
Editing by
Marshall Harvey
Distributed by
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group
Release date(s)
November 20, 1987
Running time
105 min.
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$1,988,962
Date with an Angel is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film, starring Emmanuelle Béart, Phoebe Cates and Michael
E. Knight. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. The original music score was composed by
Randy Kerber. The visual effects were produced at Boss Film Studios under the supervision of Visual Effects
Supervisor Richard Edlund. The film was marketed with the tagline "Jim is about to marry a princess... but he's in
love with an angel."
Plot synopsis
Date with an Angel tells the story of Jim Sanders (Michael Knight), an executive at a cosmetics company, about to
marry Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates), the daughter of Jim's boss. Jim suffers from a brain tumor, and his headaches
have gotten worse. It is suggested that he will die, and an angel (Emmanuelle Béart) arrives on the scene, given the
task of bringing Jim's soul back to heaven on the night of his engagement party.
After his three buddies, George, Don, and Rex, 'kidnap' Jim to take him to another celebration at his home, Jim
decides that he has had enough of partying and goes to sleep. Later, Jim awakes to see a bright light illuminating
from his apartment's swimming pool--and discovers the angel knocked unconscious after her wings were clipped by
a satellite. Not wanting to see her be exploited, Jim decides to keep her shielded from the world while he helps repair
her wings. Inevitably, his buddies and his boss both discover her in his house; so does Patty, who thinks the angel is
having an affair with Jim. Later, Patty sees the angel and Jim together on television, as he rescues her from being
exposed to the world by his buddies, who had kidnapped her.
After they escape to Jim's old childhood hideaway, Jim finally helps the angel restore her wings, allowing her to
return to the pearly gates. However, a drunken and delusional Patty starts chasing Jim with a shotgun; her father,
Jim's father, step-mother, and his buddies also arrive to confront him. Amid the chaos, Jim's uncontrollable
headaches cause him to collapse to the ground, but the angel returns to save him.
Date with an Angel
Later, in the hospital, Jim's brain tumor gets worse and his situation appears grim. The angel comes back to see him,
finally confirming that it was her original intention to take him to heaven. Instead, she saves him, and in the process
is returned to earth as a normal human being. She kisses Jim after assuring him that he'll be around and that they'll be
together for a long time.
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Michael E. Knight - Jim Sanders
Phoebe Cates - Patricia 'Patty' Winston
Emmanuelle Béart - Angel
David Dukes - Ed Winston
Phil Brock - George
Albert Macklin - Don
Peter Kowanko - Rex
Vinny Argiro - Ben Sanders
Bibi Besch - Grace Sanders
Cheryl Pollak - Rhonda/Cashier in Market
Steven Banks - Aldridge
Charles Lane - Father O'Shea
J. Don Ferguson - Harlan Rafferty
Bert Hogue - Police Officer #1
O'Clair Alexander - Police Officer #2
Tony Reitano - Love Bug Delivery Boy
Eve Brent - Matron #1
Muriel 'Dolly' Sherman - Matron #2
Karen Durda - Italian Lady
Leslie Norris - Receptionist
Thomas L. McIntyre - Male Executive
Nancy McLoughlin - Female Executive
Albert Ash - Wimpy Executive
Bonnie Cook - Another Executive
D. Anthony Pender - Wertheimer
Anna Maria Poon - Female Reporter
David Fitzsimmons - Male Reporter
Joe Herold - Reporter #1
Mimi Green - Reporter #2
Jerry Campbell - Gas Station Attendant
Tom McLoughlin - Owlish Man in Church
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