Michelle Pfeiffer Trivia

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Turned down the role of the `Marquise de Merteuil` in "Valmont" so she could play `Madame de Tourvel` in "Dangerous Liaisons".

(role went to Annette Bening)

Dropped out of "Thelma and Louise" -- Pfeiffer and Jodie Foster were originally cast but each dropped out due to length of preproduction.

(role went to Susan Sarandon)

Was offered the lead role in "PRETTY WOMAN" opposite Richard Gere but turned it down.

(role went to Julia Roberts)

Turned down the lead female role in "Mr. Jones" with Richard Gere.

(part went to Lena Olin)

Dropped out of "INFAMOUS" where she was to play Slim Keith, the socialite and wife of director Howard Hawks.

(part went to Hope Davis)

Dropped out of the female lead in "Lorenzo`s Oil".

(part went to Susan Sarandon)

Was Rob Reiner`s first choice for the female role in "A Few Good Men".

Michelle turned down the female lead in "Disclosure".

(the part went to Demi Moore)

Turned down the role of the White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe".

Michelle turned down the role of Virginia Hill in "BUGSY".

(role went to Annette Beniing)

Was offered and turned down the lead in "BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES".

(part went to Melanie Griffith)

Turned down the lead in "BASIC INSTINCT".

(part went to Sharon Stone)

Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1991. (imdb.com)

Has an adopted daughter named Claudia Rose (born in 1993) and a son named John Henry (born in 1994) with husband David E. Kelley, named after David's father. (imdb.com)

When she was in her twenties, strangers would come up to her thinking she was Debbie Harry from the band Blondie. Not surprisingly, Harry stated in an interview that if she could choose any actress to play her in a film, she would choose Pfeiffer. (imdb.com)

One of her favorite films is The Wizard of Oz. (imdb.com)

Michelle's name was misspelled as 'Michele' in the credits of her film, Callie & Son (1981) (TV). (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People In the World in 1992. (imdb.com)

Ranked #39 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] (imdb.com)

In an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, she placed second in the category of Best Modern Actress; beaten only by Meryl Streep [September 1999]. (imdb.com)

Sister-in-law of Jude Cole. (imdb.com)

Actor Val Kilmer wrote poetry for her. (imdb.com)

Has been very good friends with Cher since working together on The Witches of Eastwick in the 80s. (imdb.com)

In 1999, joined the 12 million dollar club alongside Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster. (imdb.com)

Dated Fisher Stevens (imdb.com)

There was a study done of the faces of beautiful women, quantifying the ratio of the width of the mouth to the width of the nose, attempting to find the perfect proportions for the perfect face of feminine beauty (the ratio turns out to be something like 1.7). The movie star with the most perfect proportions for feminine facial beauty, based on this measure, turns out to be Michelle Pfeiffer. (imdb.com)

While a teenage clerk at Vons Grocery Store in California, c. 1974, she learned to tie maraschino cherry stems in knots with her tongue. (imdb.com)

Was voted by Empire Magazine as 13th Greatest actress of her time (out of 50 actresses) 2004. (imdb.com)

Ex-sister-in-law of Gregory Fein. (imdb.com)

Was chosen to be on the cover of the first ever "People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" issue in 1990; appeared on the list a record 6 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999) and the first person to appear on the cover of the special issue twice (1990 and 1999). (imdb.com)

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 6, 2007. Used to live around the corner of the Hollywood Walk. (imdb.com)

Barbara Walters called her and Julia Roberts the most beautiful people she has ever interviewed. (imdb.com)

Empire Magazine voted her the 33rd sexiest December 2007. (imdb.com)

Was nominated for 6 consecutive golden globe awards from 1989-1994. (imdb.com)

Turned down the role of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); she was the only major Hollywood star offered the role. (imdb.com)

Chosen by People Magazine as one of the most intriguing people of 1988 and 1989. (imdb.com)

Voted by Biography Magazine readers as the most beautiful woman of the 1990s. (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1993. (imdb.com)

Has worked with four live-action Batmans. First, she appeared in Batman Returns (1992), with Michael Keaton. She worked with Val Kilmer "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {One Too Many (#13.7)} and The Prince of Egypt (1998). In One Fine Day (1996), she works with George Clooney, and in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), she works with Christian Bale. (imdb.com)

Born at 8:11am-PDT. (imdb.com)

Does her own singing in Grease 2 (1982), The Fabulous Baker Boys(1989), The Prince of Egypt (1998), and Hairspray (2007). (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1996. (imdb.com)

During an A&E Biography, she said that her Catwoman costume from Batman Returns (1992) was vacuum-sealed once she was fitted into it for scenes, so she actually had only a short amount of time to perform before she would have to have it opened or she could become light-headed and pass out. (imdb.com)

The character Catwoman/Selina Kyle, who she played in Batman Returns (1992), was voted #3 in Empire's "69 Sexiest Movie Characters of All Time". [2000] (imdb.com)

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#3). [1995] (imdb.com)

Measurements: 33 1/2B-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). (imdb.com)

Director Tim Burton originally wanted her to play Vicki Vale in Batman (1989), but that part eventually went to Kim Basinger. When Burton made Batman Returns (1992), he cast her as Catwoman/Selina Kyle. (imdb.com)

Was voted Best Dressed Female Movie Star. [1997] (imdb.com)

Auditoned for the role in Urban Cowboy (1980) that eventually went to Debra Winger. (imdb.com)

One of her favorite films is The Wizard of Oz (1939). (imdb.com)