She has worked with some of the biggest stars of her generation including Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Travolta.
And this plucky actress was a part of the biggest horror movie franchise in history – the last installment of the money-making machine was in 2022.
Her parents are Hollywood Golden Age famous too.
Her blonde pinup mother was in Psycho, and her handsome father worked with Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and Cary Grant.
Today this Hollywood icon is celebrating becoming a senior citizen at 65-years-old.
Who is she?
She has worked with some of the biggest stars of her generation including Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Travolta. Today she is 65. Who is she?
She is Jamie Lee Curtis.
The award-winning actress was in True Lies with Arnie, and Physical with Travolta.
Her horror movie franchise is Halloween. Her latest was Halloween Ends in 2022.
And her mom is Janet Leigh of Psycho and Touch Of Evil fame while her father is Tony Curtis who made Some Like It Hot with Monroe.
Lee took to Instagram to wish herself a happy birthday.
’65th birthday photo essay in four photos! Microwave selfie at 4:20 AM @bandolierstyle #medicare #meditation @bevhillshotel,’ said the star.
Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children’s author.
Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies like Freak Friday with Lindsay Lohan.
She has been wed to actor Christopher Guest since 1984.
She is Jamie Lee Curtis. The award-winning actress was in True Lies with Arnie, and Physical with Travolta. Her horror movie franchise is Halloween. Her latest was Halloween Ends in 2022; she is pictured in 2019
Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children’s author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies like Freak Friday with Lindsay Lohan. She has been wed to actor Christopher Guest since 1984. Seen in 1983
He is an American-British screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. like a Mighty Wind.
Mom is an icon.
Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress.
Her career spanned over five decades. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
She was also in The Fog and Bye Bye Birdie. She died in 2004.
One of her hottest roles was in the 1994 action-comedy flick True Lies.
In 2021 she said it was completely improvised.
During an episode of the People In The 90’s podcast, the actress opened up about the famous scene.
Actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis play with their daughters Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis by the pool at home on April 4, 1960 in Los Angeles, California
Janet Leigh smiles holding her baby daughter Jamie Lee in her arms, United States, circa 1959
‘The thing that nobody knows: There was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer. Jim [James Cameron] said to me, “What do you want to dance to?”‘
The actress said she asked for the John Hiatt song Alone in the Dark and she spent the next three days on set dancing like ‘nobody [is] around’.
‘We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter,’ Curtis said of filming the scene.
The Knives Out actress also pointed out that the fall in the middle of the performance was also unscripted and was the result of a suggestion by Cameron.
She recalled: ‘We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter, and at one point, Jim walked up and whispered in my ear: “If I get a pad, will you let go of the pole?” And I said, “sure.”‘
Curtis added that the scene was a major hit with audiences upon the feature’s release and expressed that it ‘will be forever the single biggest laugh I will ever get in my life.’
At a roller skating party in Hollywood on December 19, 1977 in Los Angeles
In the film Trading Places in 1983 with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykrod
In the slasher movie Halloween,
The actress noted that Cameron, 66, made the last-minute suggestion as a way of making the scene less serious and more accessible to a wider audience.
‘It’s because Jim knew that the dance was too sexy, it was too real…he knew he needed to break the spell of what the husband had put his wife through. I think we did two takes where I let go of the pole,’ she said.
The Halloween star revealed that Cameron had written the script with her in mind, which she particularly appreciated.
‘The reason why that was spectacular for me was because Jim wrote it for me…when that happens, there’s a reason somebody writes it for you. They hear you in their head,’ she said.
Curtis went on to note that, as she was the project’s intended leading actress, she was given the impression that Cameron was willing to let her experiment with the role and truly make it her own.
Specifically, she expressed that, while working on both True Lies and A Fish Called Wanda, she was grateful for ‘the most freedom that I’ve ever felt as a performer.’
The Freaky Friday star also revealed that she was informed about the role months prior to being officially cast which ‘meant by the end of August, I was going to be dancing around in my nether beings, in my little undies.
Good times with this icon: Seen with Arnold in True Lies
Storyline: True Lies was based on the 1991 French film La Totale! and was centered around a government agent who had trouble balancing his personal and professional lives
Heat of the moment: The actress went on to remark that her fall in the middle of the striptease was a last-minute addition by Cameron; he is seen in 2014
Keeping it going: A pilot based on True Lies is expected to be filmed later this year, and Cameron will serve as one of its executive producers
True Lies was originally released in July of 1994 and was a remake of the 1991 French film La Totale!
The feature was centered around a government agent, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is conflicted about balancing his professional career with his personal life.
The film also starred Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston, among other performers, in various supporting roles.
True Lies was met with a generally positive critical reception upon its initial release and grossed nearly $380 million at the box office on a budget of over $100 million.
Development on a sequel began shortly after the film’s debut, and a script was written for the project, although it was eventually canceled following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.
A television series based on the original flick is currently being planned, and a pilot is expected to be filmed later this year, with Cameron remaining involved as an executive producer.
