Jamie N Curtis

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When I Was Little

When I Was Little

Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born

Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day

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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in ...

Jamie Curtis

• Nickname The Scream Queen
  The Body
  
• Biography Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis (I). She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that she...
  
• Write biography Barry Leger
  
• Spouse Christopher Guest (I) (18 December 1984 - present); 2 adopted children
  
• Trivia During the 1980s she was engaged to Hollywood production designerJ. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legendMarlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEOLew Wasserman.
  Saw her future husband Christopher Guest (I) in the issue ofRolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guestappeared in a promotional photo for the filmThis Is Spinal Tap (1984) in full co...
  Adopted two children with Christopher Guest (I):Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and Thomas (b. March 1996).
  Daughter of Tony Curtis (I) and Janet Leigh
  Became formally known as Baroness Haden-Guest of Saling in the County ofEssex (or, less formally, Lady Haden-Guest), when her husband,Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his fath...
  Younger sister of actress Kelly Curtis (I).
  
• Other Work TV Commercial for Airtouch Cellular (1999)
  "When I Was Little: A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth"
  TV commercial for Equal brand sweetner (1996)
  TV commercial for Hitachi Televisions (1995)
  Print advertising for L'eggs Products (1996)
  Authored children's books: "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born"(1996), and "When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth"(1993).
  
• Personal quotes "I believe people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure whereit's written that because you're in the public eye you are required toexpose your private business, with anybody. It is nobody's bus...
  "I thought, while they're up and firm [her breasts], why not shoot themonce or twice." - on screen nudity
  I'm Laurie Strode's guardian angel.
  When I did "Sesame Street" (1969), Elmo was not the worldwidephenomenon he is now. I understood Elmo was special, and I said thatthe only way I would do Sesame Street was with Elmo.Kevin Clash, the yo...
  When asked if she regretted making any films - Easy. There's a piece ofshit called Virus (1999) which I made because another movie thatI was supposed to do fell through. It was a bad choice and the mo...
  "Believe me, none of it works" - on cosmetic surgery
  
• Salary Halloween II (1981): $100,000.00
  Halloween (1978): $8,000.00
  Halloween: Resurrection (2002): $3,000,000.00
  
• Interview "The Independent Arts and Books Review" (UK), 3 December 2004, pg. 16-17, by: Tiffany Rose, "Farewell my lovely"
  "Reader's Digest" (USA), December 2004, pg. 90-97, by: Meg Grant, "Starring as Herself"
  "The Guardian" (UK), 10 January 2004, by: Richard Grant, "Nowt so queer as folk"
  "Psychology Today" (USA), October 2002, Vol. 35, Iss. 5, pg. 30-34, by: Michael Seeber, "Jaime Lee Curtis Revealed"
  "More" (USA), September 2002, Vol. 5, Iss. 7, pg. 90-95, by: Amy Wallace, "True Thighs"
  "Playboy" (USA), February 1997, Vol. 44, Iss. 2, pg. 110-111+152-157, by: Dick Lochte, "The Slings of Desire"
  
• Filmography

  Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) Documentary

  Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) Documentary

  Roadgames (1981) Thriller

  The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010) (TV)

  The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) Sci-Fi

  You Again (2010) Comedy

  "Independent Lens" (1999) {Dirt! The Movie (#11.22)}

  Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) Adventure

  Christmas with the Kranks (2004) Family

  Dirt! The Movie (2009) Documentary