Teri Hatcher Trivia

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In March of 1999, Teri played Sally Bowles in a theatre production of Cabaret.

Teri auditioned for the role of Jamie Buchman on Mad About You but lost out to Helen Hunt.

Teri`s nickname is Hatch.

Teri`s father, Owen, is a nuclear physicist, and her mother, Esther, is a computer programmer.

As a child Teri liked to dance and fish with her father.

Teri attended Fremont High School. She graduated in 1982. While in highschool, she was caption of the Featherettes, the schools dance team. Her senior year she was voted "Most Likely to Become a Solid Gold Dancer."

Teri studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She and actor Steven Schub were fellow classmates and Annette Bening was their teacher.

Teri also took a course in mathematics and engineering at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA. She dropped out after only one semester.

Teri was a member of the 1984 Gold Rush, which is the name of the San Francisco 49ers cheerleading squad.

Teri first went to Hollywood only to lend moral support to a friend during an open casting call.

Teri`s first role was the singing and dancing mermaid for The Love Boat.

Teri auditioned for the role of Lois in Lois in Clark, because she didn`t want to be stuck with the pretty airhead image that she had acquired as Penny on MacGyver.

According to Celebrity Sleuth magazine, Teri`s measurements are 34b-23-34.

Teri married actor Jon Tenney in NYC at Fao Schwarz, on May 27, 1994. They spent their honeymoon night at the Four Seasons hotel. Teri and Jon had their first and only child on November 10, 1997, and named her Emerson Rose. They divorced in March of 2003.

Teri`s first marriage was to Marcus Leithold, on June 4, 1998. They divorced in 1999, after only 10 months of marriage. Marcus said that their marriage was over even before they got the wedding photos developed.

According to The Associated Press on Novemeber 23, 2005, Teri is suing a Bristish tabloid newspaper for claiming that she had "sex romps" with men in a Volkswagen van. Teri won substantial libel damages.

Teri baked Felicity Huffman a sweet potato pie with glazed pecans for her daughter`s school Thanksgiving, since Felicity didn`t have the time.

Teri was featured on the cover of the October 1996 issue of Movieline. Originally she was wearing nothing but a rope wrapped around her. This was proven to be too controversial and a second cover picture of her in a dress was substituted.

Teri enjoys playing golf. She once played golf with Tiger Woods.

In 1995 a picture of Teri wrapped in nothing but a Superman cape became the most downloaded image on America Online. It was reported to be downloaded on the Internet 20,000 times.

Teri earned $70,000 per episode for the first season of Desperate Housewives and $285,000 per episode in the second season. Teri is the highest paid star on Desperate Housewives.

Teri signed a multi-year contract with Clairol to be the Nice `n Easy haircolor spokesperson.(2005)

Teri received a 2006 Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, for her role in Desperate Housewives. This is the same award that she won in 2005.

Teri appeared on the cover of the April 2006 issue of Vanity Fair. She did an interview in this issue in which she admitted that her uncle, Richard Hayes Stone, sexually molested her 35 years earlier. When he was six years into a 14-year jail sentence, he passed away from colon cancer at the age of 70.

Teri won the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Award for Desperate Housewives. She became the first person ever to win this award for a show that had not yet completed it`s first season.

Despite popular belief Teri gets on well with all her Desperate Housewives co-stars.

Teri admits to having a crush on her future co-star Dean Cain (Superman) at the first auditions.

Teri has suffered two injuries on the set of Desperate Housewives. She suffered an eye injury when a light bulb exploded: her cornea was scratched and she had to wear an eye patch for a few days. She also broke 2 ribs while filming the scene in which she stumbles into a wedding cake.

Teri released her first book, Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life in May of 2006.

Teri collects salt and pepper shakers and received a very large pair of shakers as a gift from Ellen when she appeared on her show in June 2006.

Lesley Ann Warren auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman (The movie, 1978), and recently plays the role of Teri Hatcher`s mother in Desperate Housewives.

Teri did not attend the wedding of Marcia Cross, but all of the other "Housewives" were there. Teri was filming a movie.

Teri is five foot six inches (1.68 meters) tall.

Teri said herself that she has trouble with men in real life and the she relates to her character Susan very well.

In 1989, Teri got her first big feature film role in The Big Picture.

Teri did many Radio Shack commercials with sportscaster Huey Long.

Teri wears a belly button ring.

Teri hosted Saturday Night Live in 1996.

Teri and NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long are very good friends. They have bought farm land together on the outside of Los Angeles. Eventually they want to raise endangered species on this land.

Teri was nominated, in July of 2005 for the Best Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy Award, for her role on Desperate Housewives. She lost out to co-star Felicity Huffman.

Despite admitting in March 2006 she had had Botox injections, Teri denied she had ever had them in February 2007.

Teri`s childhood heroines were Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore and her mother.

Teri sang on the album, Unexpected Dreams: Songs From The Stars, to benefit the `Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra`.

In early 2006, Teri swore off marriage after two failed marriages.

Teri`s all-time favorite movie is Tootsie.

Teri and her daughter were nearly crushed by elephants while on safari in Africa.

Teri preferres the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, as apposed to the other characters.

Teri accidentally forgot to mention her parents in her acceptance speech at the 2005 "Golden Globes".

Teri was the bridesmaid at her best friends wedding to Kevin Lyon. Teri also dated Kevin for 4 years before leaving to make a name for herself in Hollywood.

Teri is the second youngest actress of the core main cast in Desperate Housewives.