Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis (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. 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.
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Selected Filmography
- Halloween (1978)
- The Fog (1980)
- Prom Night (1980)
- Halloween II (1981)
- Trading Places (1983)
- 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)
- (1998)
- The Taylor of Panama (2001)
- (2002)
- Freaky Friday (2003)
Brief salary history
- Halloween (1978) $8,000
- Halloween II (1981) $100,000
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002) $3,000,000
References
- IMDb filmography
- Jamie Lee Curtis on Snopes.com