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  • Phoebe Cates is 48 years old
  • Born: 16 July 1963
  • Birthplace: New York, New York
  • Best known as:

    The fantasy girl in Fast Times At Ridgemont High

4 good links

  1. Phoebe Cates Photo Collection

    'Greatest hits' collection of photos from the 1980s

  2. Phoebe Cates Filmography

    From Paradise to Princess Caraboo

  3. Perfect Gifts, According to Phoebe Cates

    2006 interview and story from ABC News

  4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Homepage

    An old-school tribute to her most famous film

Phoebe Cates Biography

Name at birth: Phoebe Katz

Phoebe Cates made a splash as poolside dreamgirl Linda Barrett in the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Known for her dark and vaguely Asian good looks, she had a series of ingenue roles in 1980s movies like Gremlins (1984) and Bright Lights, Big City (1988). She married the actor Kevin Kline in 1989, and they had two children: Owen (b. 1991) and Greta (b. 1994). After playing the title role of a mysterious missing royal in Princess Caraboo (1994), she went on a hiatus, taking no more feature roles until her part in the ensemble piece The Anniversary Party in 2001. She opened a Manhattan boutique, Blue Tree, in 2005.

Extra credit:

Cates's uncle Gil Cates has often produced the annual Academy Awards telecast... Her father, Joseph Cates, was a director known (according to CNN's obituary) for casting Art Carney opposite Jackie Gleason in TV's The Honeymooners.

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