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Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De MornayAKA Rebecca Pearch

Born: 29-Aug-1959
Birthplace: Santa Rosa, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: And God Created Woman

Rebecca De Mornay played the prostitute in Risky Business, an escaped prisoner in the remake of And God Created Woman, and a deranged nanny in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. On TV, she had recurring roles on ER and The Practice.

Her father, Wally George, was a loud conservative TV talk show host, who proudly pioneered what he called "combat TV". De Mornay was an infant when her mother divorced him, and she got her last name when he mother remarried. Her stepfather, though, died when De Mornay was five. The widow De Mornay then moved to Europe, where Rebecca and her stepbrother were raised first in England and later Austria. De Mornay speaks French, German, and English fluently.

Critics and audiences agreed that De Mornay's version of And God Created Woman was tripe compared to the Brigitte Bardot original. The remake, however, does feature De Mornay and Vincent Spano in one of the most erotically charged sex scenes ever filmed for a non-X-rated film.

Father: Wally George (abrasive talk show host; d. 5-Oct-2003)
Mother: Julie De Mornay
Father: Richard De Mornay (stepfather)
Brother: Peter De Mornay (stepbrother; b. circa 1964)
Boyfriend: Harry Dean Stanton (actor, dated 1982-83)
Boyfriend: Tom Cruise (actor, cohabited 1983-85)
Husband: Bruce Wagner (novelist-screenwriter, m. 1989, div. 1990)
Boyfriend: Leonard Cohen (poet-songwriter, engaged in 1993)
Husband: Patrick O'Neal (host of Fox Sports One, son of Ryan O'Neal, m., two children)
Daughter: Sophia (b. 1997)
Daughter: Veronica (b. 31-Mar-2001)

    University: Lee Strasberg Institute

    Hillary Clinton for President
    John Kerry for President
    Driving While Intoxicated Beverly Hills, CA (30-Oct-2007)

    TELEVISION
    ER Elaine Nichols (five episodes)
    John from Cincinnati Cissy Yost (2007-)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    I Am Wrath (14-Apr-2016)
    Apartment 1303 3D (6-Dec-2012)
    Mother's Day (23-Sep-2010) · MotherJ
    Flipped (6-Aug-2010) · Patsy Loski
    American Venus (8-Sep-2007)
    Music Within (5-Jan-2007) · Richard's Mom
    The Wedding Crashers (15-Jul-2005)
    Lords of Dogtown (3-Jun-2005) · Philaine
    Raise Your Voice (8-Oct-2004)
    Identity (23-Apr-2003) · Caroline Suzanne
    Salem Witch Trials (24-Dec-2002) · Elizabeth Parris
    A Girl Thing (20-Jan-2001)
    The Right Temptation (Sep-2000)
    A Table for One (27-Jul-1999)
    Night Ride Home (7-Feb-1999)
    The Con (4-Mar-1998)
    Thick as Thieves (28-Jan-1998) · Petrone
    The Shining (27-Apr-1997)
    The Winner (13-Sep-1996)
    Never Talk to Strangers (20-Oct-1995) · Dr. Sarah Taylor
    The Three Musketeers (12-Nov-1993) · Milady
    Guilty as Sin (4-Jun-1993)
    Blind Side (30-Jan-1993)
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (10-Jan-1992) · Peyton
    Backdraft (24-May-1991) · Helen McCaffrey
    By Dawn's Early Light (19-May-1990)
    Dealers (15-Sep-1989)
    Feds (28-Oct-1988) · DeWitt
    And God Created Woman (1-Jan-1988) · Robin
    Beauty and the Beast (Apr-1987)
    The Murders in the Rue Morgue (7-Dec-1986) · Claire Dupin
    Runaway Train (17-Jan-1986)
    The Trip to Bountiful (25-Dec-1985)
    The Slugger's Wife (29-Mar-1985)
    Testament (4-Nov-1983)
    Risky Business (5-Aug-1983) · Lana
    One From the Heart (11-Feb-1982) · Understudy


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