Rebecca De Mornay's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) John From Cincinnati Cissy Yost The Shining Winifred 'W…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Music Within 2005 - Wedding Crashers 2005 - Lords of Dogtown 2004 - Raise Your Voice 2003 - Identity 1993 - Guilty as Sin 1993 - The Three Musketeers 1992 - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle 1991 - Backdraft 1988 - Feds 1985 - The Trip to Bountiful 1985 - Runaway Train 1983 - Risky Business 1983 - Testament 1982 - One from the Heart

BIOGRAPHY:

Rebecca De Mornay was born in northern California, and was raised by her mother Julie and stepfather Richard De Mornay until his death when she was five years old. Rebecca's mother then moved her and her half-brother Peter to Europe, where she was raised primarily in England and Austria. Rebecca graduated "summa cum laude" from a German-speaking high school in the Austrian alps, and still speaks fluent German and French.

She began her acting training in Los Angeles at Lee Strasberg's Institute, became an apprentice at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Film Studio, and soon thereafter made her film debut opposite Tom Cruise in the box office hit Risky Business (1983), in which she gave a seductive and critically acclaimed performance as a streetwise call girl. She went on to international stardom with her portrayal of a chillingly twisted nanny in the hugely popular The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Other acclaimed film work includes Runaway Train (1985) (with Jon Voight), The Trip to Bountiful (1985) (with Geraldine Page), Backdraft (1991) (with Kurt Russell (I)).

Network television work includes the tour-de-force role of Arlie in the stellar Getting Out (1994) (TV) (based on Marsha Norman's play), the tragic title character in Dominick Dunne's An Inconvenient Woman (1991) (TV) (with Jason Robards), the remake of "The Shining" (1997) (produced by Stephen King (I)), a multi-episode story arc about a cancer survivor on "ER" (1994) and Hallmark Hall of Fame's Night Ride Home (1999) (TV) (with Ellen Burstyn).

On stage, she starred as Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday" (1988) at the Pasadena Playhouse, as Charlotte Corday in "Marat/Sade" (1990) at the Williamstown Festival, and as Anna in "Closer" (2000) at the Mark Taper Forum.

Rebecca's directing debut was with a segment of Showtime's "The Outer Limits" (1995) starring John Savage (I) and Frank Whaley. Rebecca currently resides in Los Angeles with sportscaster Patrick O'Neal, and their daughters, Sophia and Veronica.


TRIVIA:

• Daughter of TV talk show host 'Wally George' (qv).
• Her last name was changed as a child, when she was adopted by her stepfather, Richard De Mornay.
• She has several half-brothers and half-sisters whom she has never met.
• Has a half-sister who was born in 1989. Rebecca has never made contact with her.
• (31 March 2001) Second daughter, Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal, born in Los Angeles.
• Ex-stepsister-in-law of 'Tatum O'Neal' (qv) and 'Griffin O'Neal' (qv).
• (November 16, 1997) Gave birth to a daughter, Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal, with 'Patrick O'Neal (II)' (qv) (son of 'Ryan O'Neal' (qv)).
• Was engaged to 'Leonard Cohen (I)' (qv).