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Main Movie Roles 2010 - You Again 2008 - Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2004 - Christmas with the Kranks 2003 - Freaky Friday 2002 - Halloween: Resurrection 2001 - The Tailor of Panama 2001 - Daddy and Them 2000 - Drowning Mona 1999 - Virus 1998 - Homegrown 1998 - Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 1997 - Fierce Creatures 1994 - True Lies 1994 - Mother's Boys 1994 - My Girl 2 1992 - Forever Young 1991 - My Girl 1988 - A Fish Called Wanda 1984 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1983 - Trading Places 1982 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1981 - Escape from New York 1981 - Halloween II 1980 - Terror Train 1980 - Prom Night 1980 - The Fog 1978 - Halloween

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 became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places (1983), Perfect (1985) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). She starred in one of the biggest action films ever, True Lies (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe for her performance. In 1998 she starred in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) in which she reprised her role that made her famous back in 1978.


TRIVIA:

• Attended University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
• Was one of the guests at 'Sandra Bullock' (qv)'s and 'Jesse James (VII)' (qv)' wedding.
• Once said that 'Dan Aykroyd' (qv) was the best on-screen kisser she ever worked with.
• Godmother of 'Jake Gyllenhaal' (qv).
• 'John Cleese' (qv) found it amusing that her father, 'Tony Curtis (I)' (qv)'s real name was Bernard Schwartz. To tease her about this, during the production of _A Fish Called Wanda (1988)_ (qv), he had the call sheets refer to her as "Jamie Lee Schwartz.".
• Two of her earliest roles make reference to roles played by her father. She appeared in the television series _"Operation Petticoat" (1977)_ (qv), based on the movie that had starred her father, 'Tony Curtis (I)' (qv). While on hiatus from that show, she was cast in _Halloween (1978)_ (qv), in which the detective "Sam Loomis" was named after a character from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv), which had starred her mother, 'Janet Leigh' (qv). Also, her father imitated 'Cary Grant' (qv)'s voice for his role in _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv), and worked with Grant himself in _Operation Petticoat (1959)_ (qv). Grant's birth name, Archie Leach, was used as the name for 'John Cleese' (qv)'s character in _A Fish Called Wanda (1988)_ (qv).
• Won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children's books she has written.
• Stepdaughter of 'Jill Vandenberg Curtis' (qv).