Jamie Lee Curtis Trivia | 60 facts about the actress

Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress, producer, children’s author, and activist.

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1. Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22nd, 1958.
2. She is an American actress, producer, children’s author, and activist.
3. She first came to prominence with her portrayal of Lt. Barbara Duran on the ABC sitcom Operation Petticoat (1977–78).
4. In 1978, she made her feature film debut playing Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s slasher film Halloween.
5. «Halloween» established her as a scream queen.
6. She led to a string of parts in horror films such as The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980) and Roadgames (1981).
7. She reprised the role of Laurie in the sequels Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022).
8. Jamie Lee Curtis’s film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies Trading Places (1983)—for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress—and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
9. Her role in the 1985 film Perfect earned her a reputation as a sex symbol.
10. She won a Golden Globe Award for her role as Helen Tasker in James Cameron’s action thriller True Lies (1994).
11. . To date, her films have grossed in excess of US$2.3 billion at the box office.
12. 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.
13. Saw her future husband Christopher Guest in the issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover.
14. 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.
15. Adopted two children with Christopher Guest: daughter Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and daughter Ruby Guest (b. March 1996).
16. She’s daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
17. She became formally known as Lady Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex, when her husband, Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father.
18. Younger sister of actress Kelly Curtis.
19. Older half-sister of Allegra Curtis, Alexandra Curtis and Nicholas Curtis.
20. She graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976.
21. It was on her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 years later (1998) was made.
22. Her deleted scene from  The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) is included on the MGM Special Edition DVD, 2001, as the “Alternate Opening”.
23. Was asked to cameo in the sequel Scream 3 (2000), but declined.
24. She won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children’s books she has written.
25. She’s sister-in-law of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest.
26. Attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
27. When making reservations in exclusive London restaurants at short notice, she gives her name as Lady Haden-Guest, which apparently works better than Jamie Lee Curtis.
28. She told a German magazine that she will retire from making movies and that Christmas with the Kranks (2004) will be her last work as an actress. She was wrong.
29. She said in an interview on Good Entertainment, with Michael Medved (2001) that, ironically, horror films terrify her and she prefers not to watch them.
30. She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.
31. She was one of the guests at Sandra Bullock’s and Jesse James’ wedding.
32. Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
33. Two of her earliest roles make reference to roles played by her father. She appeared on the television series Operation Petticoat (1977), based on the movie that had starred her father, Tony Curtis. While on hiatus from that show, she was cast in Halloween (1978), in which the detective “Sam Loomis” was named after a character from Psycho (1960), which had starred her mother, Janet Leigh.
34. Once said that Dan Aykroyd was the best on-screen kisser she ever worked with.
35. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 3, 1998.
36. Around the time True Lies (1994) was released, Jamie appeared in a series of commercials for L’Eggs Pantyhose. The company also took out an insurance policy for her legs.
37. Aunt of Elizabeth Guest and Julia Guest.
38. She lives in Santa Monica, California and Ketchum, Idaho.
39. She was childhood friends with Eric Douglas.
40. He once tried to kiss her while both were sitting in a tree. Curtis then pushed Eric out of the tree; he fell to the ground, which resulted in a hernia that had to be operated on.
41. Has her legs insured for $2 million.
42. She and Gigi Garner have known each other since they were both 2-years-old and both were cheerleaders in high school.
43. Holds US patent Patent #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.”
44. She was named by McCall’s magazine as one of the “10 Best Bodies in America” in 1985.
45. Her paternal grandparents, Emanuel Schwartz and Helen (Klein), were Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Frederick/Fred Robert Morrison, had English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, and French ancestry, and her maternal grandmother, Helen Lita (Westergaard), was from a family of Danish immigrants.
46. Curtis received a Golden Globe and a People’s Choice Award for her role as Hannah Miller on ABC’s Anything But Love (1989–1992).
47. She earned an Primetime Emmy nomination for Nicholas’ Gift (1998).
48. She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–16), for which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination.
49. Curtis has written numerous children’s books, including Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day (1998), which made The New York Times’s best-seller list. She is also a frequent blogger for The Huffington Post.
50. Curtis, along with her daughter, is an avid fan of the Warcraft series of video games, especially “World of Warcraft.” She and her daughter often participate in gaming conventions, as well as performing cosplay (dressing in full costume as a character from the series, complete with makeup/prosthetics and props), including a memorable turnout as green-skinned orcs at the US premiere of the “Warcraft” movie.
51. Interviewed in 2016 by Tavis Smiley on his TV show, Tavis Smiley (2004), following the success on her authorship of the children’s book, “This is Me”.
52. Friends with Sigourney Weaver, and Tyra Banks.
53. In 2016, IndieWire named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination
54. Due to her marriage with Guest, who is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest in the United Kingdom, Curtis is a baroness, though she does not use this title
55. When she went to pick up her Tesla car with husband Christopher Guest, the technician instructed them to check out the air conditioning and audio controls, each of which maxed out at “11.” Apparently Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a huge fan of the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and had the controls exclusively customized for the couple.
56. In the Married… with Children episode The Poker Game, Al Bundy votes her as having the perfect legs and breasts.
57. Was introduced to her future husband, Christopher Guest, by Halloween II (1981) co-star Leo Rossi through a mutual celebrity softball league.
58. For most of her life, she did not have a very good relationship with her father Tony Curtis. Despite their differences, she attended her father’s funeral, on October 4, 2010, in Henderson, Nevada, and spoke at her father’s funeral.
59. Does not like acting in front of a green screen, which is why she has said she will never be in a superhero film.
60. Despite being in iconic horror movie roles, does not like watching scary movies because she doesn’t like being frightened.