Michelle
Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a three-time
Academy Award-nominated American actress. Born
in Santa Ana, California and raised in Midway
City, Orange County, California (about 30 miles
southeast of Los Angeles) to Richard Pfeiffer
and Donna Taverna, she is the second of four
siblings: an older brother, Rick Pfeiffer, and
two younger sisters, Dedee Pfeiffer (b. 1964,
also an actress) and Lori Pfeiffer (b. 1965).
Pfeiffer's paternal grandfather, William
Pfeiffer, was of German ancestry,[1] while her
maternal grandfather, Jacob Bernhard Taverna,
was of Swiss descent, and her maternal
grandmother, Delma Lillian Hill, was of Swedish
descent.[2]
Pfeiffer attended Fountain Valley High School
and Mater Dei and graduated in 1976. She briefly
pursued a career as a court reporter at Golden
West Community College before dropping out in
pursuit of a career in acting. She entered the
Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978, won,
and entered the statewide competition for Miss
California. Although unsuccessful in claiming
the title, the young Pfeiffer won herself an
agent and roles in TV commercials and cameos
before making her mark in Hollywood. Read
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