Jamie Lee Curtis 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
American actress Born: November 22, 1958 (age 62 years), Santa Monica, California, United States Height: 1.7 m Spouse: Christopher Guest (m. 1984) Children: Ruby Guest, Annie Guest Parents: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh Birthday: November 22, 1958 Age: 62 Years, 62 Year Old Females Sun Sign: Sagittarius Also Known As: Lady Haden-Guest Born Country: United States Born In: Santa Monica, California, United States Famous As: Actress, Author Height: 5’7″ (170 cm), 5’7″ Females Spouse/Ex-: Christopher Guest Father: Tony Curtis Mother: Janet Leigh Siblings: Alexandra Curtis, Allegra Curtis, Ben Curtis, Kelly Curtis, Nicholas Curtis Children: Annie Guest, Thomas Guest U.S. State: California City: Santa Monica, California
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Curtis married Christopher Guest on December 18, 1984. She saw a picture of him from the movie This Is Spinal Tap in Rolling Stone and told her friend Debra Hill, “Oh, I’m going to marry that guy”; she married him five months later. They have two adopted daughters: Annie, born in 1986, and Ruby, who is transgender, born in 1996. Curtis is actor Jake Gyllenhaal’s godmother. Her father-in-law was a British hereditary peer; when he died on April 8, 1996, her husband succeeded him and became the 5th Baron Haden-Guest. By marriage, she takes on the title Baroness Haden-Guest of Saling in Essex. As the wife of a peer she is styled The Right Honourable The Lady Haden-Guest. Curtis rejects the idea of using this title, saying, “It has nothing to do with me”. She is close friends with actress Sigourney Weaver. In a 2015 interview, she said she has never watched Weaver’s film Alien in its entirety because she was too scared by it. Curtis is a recovering alcoholic, and was once addicted to painkillers that she began using after a routine cosmetic surgical procedure. She became sober from opiates in 1999 after reading and relating to Tom Chiarella’s account of addiction; and maintains that recovery is the greatest achievement of her life. After her father’s death, she learned that her entire family, including siblings, had been cut out of his will. She is a fan of World of Warcraft and One Piece, and has attended Comic-Con[58] and BlizzCon[59] incognito. Curtis received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 78th Venice International Film Festival, to which she reacted saying that she “[felt] so alive, like I’m this 14-year-old person just beginning their life. That’s how I wake up every day with that sort of joy and purpose” and added that “she is just beginning [her] work.” In the 1980s, she got engaged to J. Michael Riva, a Hollywood production designer. He is the grandson of yesteryear diva Marlene Dietrich. On December 18, 1984, she got married to actor Christopher Guest. She adopted two children with Christopher Guest – Annie (b. 1986) and Thomas (b. 1996). In 1996, she formally became Lady Haden-Guest following her husband’s inheritance of the Barony of Haden-Guest. Lew Wassermann, CEO MCA-Universal was her godfather. She is the godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal. After her father Tony Curtis’ death, James Lee Curtis got a rude shock when she learned that she, her children, and her siblings have been cut out of his will. In 2003, she was the guest of honor of the Venice-California based non-profit organisation ’Women in Recovery’. It was the organisation’s 11th annual gala and fundraising program. She is an ardent proponent of children’s hospital and hold a prominent role for the organisation ‘Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’. She also serves as the host of the ‘Dream Halloween’ event organised by ‘Children Affected by AIDS Foundation’ which is held every October. In March 2012, she featured with Brad Pitt and Martin Sheen in ‘8’, a play by Dustin Lance Black. It was staged at the ‘Wilshire Ebell Theatre’ and shown on ‘YouTube’ for raising fund for the ‘American Foundation for Equal Rights’. She has insured her legs for $2 million. In 1985, the ‘Mcall’s’ magazine charted her in the list of ‘10 Best Bodies in America’. This U.S. actress held a US patent that was issued as Patent No. 4,753,647 – “A disposable infant garment which takes the form of a diaper including, on its outer side, a sealed, but openable, moisture-proof pocket which contains one or more clean-up wipers.” On February 20, 2007 the statutory term of the patent expired. During the 1980s, she was engaged to Hollywood production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legend Marlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEO Lew Wasserman. Saw her future husband Christopher Guest in the issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guest appeared in a promotional photo for the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) in full costume and makeup as a rock star. She fell in love at first sight of the photo and gave her telephone number to his agent. Adopted two children with Christopher Guest: daughter Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and daughter Ruby Guest (b. March 1996).
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