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Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California) is an American actress who has starred in many major films as well as independent features.

Biography

Tilly was born Jennifer E Chan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, one of whom, Meg Tilly, is also an actress. She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri.

Her breakthrough film role was in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

Jennifer married Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984 but they divorced in 1991.

Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work for the Child's Play series of movies. In the most recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, not only providing a voice for one of the killer dolls, but also playing a parody of herself.

Selected filmography

  • No Small Affair (1984)
  • Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985)
  • Moving Violations (1985)
  • Johnny Be Good (1988)
  • High Spirits (1988)
  • Let It Ride (1989)
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
  • The Doors (1991)
  • Scorchers (1991)
  • Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
  • Made in America (1993)
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
  • The Getaway (1994)
  • Bound (1996)
  • Liar Liar (1997)
  • Edie & Pen (1997)
  • The Wrong Guy (1997)
  • Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice)
  • Stuart Little (1999) (voice)
  • The Crew (2000)
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice)
  • The Cat's Meow (2001)
  • The Haunted Mansion (2003)
  • Home on the Range (2004) (voice)
  • Seed of Chucky (2004)

External Links

  • Jennifer Tilly at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/Name?Tilly,+Jennifer)

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In the most recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, not only providing a voice for one of the killer dolls, but also playing a parody of herself. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work for the Child's Play series of movies. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV drama Right to Die (1988). Jennifer married Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984 but they divorced in 1991. In 1975, Raquel Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers. Her breakthrough film role was in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Bullets Over Broadway (1994). She is the mother of Damon Welch and actress Tahnee Welch.

She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri. She has been married to James Welch (1959)-(1962), publicist and agent; Patrick Curtis (who played the baby of Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind) (1967)-(1972), writer; Andre Weinfeld (1980-1990); and Richard Palmer (1999). She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, one of whom, Meg Tilly, is also an actress. She has also performed in a nightclub act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year and in Victor/Victoria, where she replaced Julie Andrews. Tilly was born Jennifer E Chan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She has also appeared in the night time soap opera CPW and made infomercials and exercise videos. Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California) is an American actress who has starred in many major films as well as independent features. Her television appearances include the series The Hollywood Palace, the made for TV movies The Legend of Walks Far Woman and Right to Die, in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS series American Family, about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.

Jennifer Tilly at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/Name?Tilly,+Jennifer). Her most memorable publicity still, where she was clad in a furry animal-skin bikini for One Million Years B.C., became a bestselling poster. Seed of Chucky (2004). Despite box office disappointments, Welch became one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. Home on the Range (2004) (voice). But the movie turned out to be a dismal failure. The Haunted Mansion (2003). Her first real starring role was in Myra Breckinridge with the one and only Mae West in the cast.

The Cat's Meow (2001). After her appearance as Lust incarnate in Bedazzled, she returned to the United States and appeared in a Western with James Stewart titled Bandolero!, which was followed by Lady in Cement with Frank Sinatra. Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice). On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, she starred in the remake of One Million Years B.C.. The Crew (2000). She was then cast in the Sci-fi hit Fantastic Voyage. Stuart Little (1999) (voice). Welch's first starring role was in A Swingin' Summer, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox.

Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice). She was cast in bit parts in a few films, including Roustabout starring Elvis Presley. The Wrong Guy (1997). She found a place in Los Angeles and started making the rounds of the movie studios. Edie & Pen (1997). Instead, she moved back to California. Liar Liar (1997). Her marriage broke up and she moved with her two children to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, intending to move on to New York City from there.

Bound (1996). Welch became a weather forecaster at a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule, she decided to leave college. The Getaway (1994). In 1959, Raquel Welch played the title role in the famous Ramona Pageant, a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California, which is based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Bullets Over Broadway (1994). The following year she married a high school sweetheart, James Welch. Made in America (1993). After high school she entered San Diego State College on a theater arts scholarship.

Shadow of the Wolf (1992). Among her titles were "Miss Photogenic," "Miss La Jolla," "Miss Contour," and "Miss San Diego." In 1957, she was named "Miss Fairest of the Fair" at the San Diego County Fair. Scorchers (1991). She took dancing lessons as a child, and was winning beauty pageants by the time she was a teenager. The Doors (1991). The family moved to the suburb of La Jolla, where Raquel grew up. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). In 1942, Armand Tejada was transferred to San Diego, California.

Let It Ride (1989). Her father was an immigrant from Bolivia of Castilian Spanish extraction who was an aerospace engineer, and her mother an American of Irish descent. High Spirits (1988). She was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children born to Armando Carlos Tejada and Josephine Sarah Hall. Johnny Be Good (1988).
. Moving Violations (1985). Raquel Welch is one of the most famous sex symbols of all time, and she is still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985). Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress. No Small Affair (1984). Windham Vandermark. Mrs. Legally Blonde (2001) (MGM) ..

Hortensia. Tortilla Soup (2001) (Samuel Goldwyn Company) .. Jacqueline. Folle d'elle (1998) (UGC-Fox Distribution) ..

Grace Kosik. Chairman of the Board (1998) (Trimark Pictures) .. Herself (uncredited). The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (Paramount) ..

aka The Prince and the Pauper. Edith .. Crossed Swords (1977) (Warner Bros.) .. aka Stunt Woman.

Jane Gardner .. L'Animal (1977) (Analysis Film Releasing Corp.) .. Jennifer "Jugs". Mother, Jugs and Speed (1976) (20th Century Fox) ..

Queenie. The Wild Party (1975) (American International Pictures) .. Constance de Bonancieux. The Four Musketeers (1975) (20th Century Fox) ..

Constance de Bonancieux. The Three Musketeers (1973) (20th Century Fox) .. Alice. The Last of Sheila (1973) (Warner Bros.) ..

Magdalena. Bluebeard (1973) (Cinerama Releasing Corp.) .. Carr. K.C.

Kansas City Bomber (1973) (MGM) .. Eileen McHenry. Fuzz (1972) (United Artists) .. Hannie Caulder.

Hannie Caulder (1971) (Paramount Pictures) .. Elena. The Beloved (1970) (Joseph Brenner Assciates) .. Myra Breckinridge.

Myra Breckinridge (1970) (20th Century Fox) .. Priestess of the Whip. The Magic Christian (1969) (Commonwealth United Entertainment) .. Michele.

Flareup (1969) (MGM) .. Sarita. 100 Rifles (1969) (20th Century Fox) .. Kit Forrest.

Lady in Cement (1968) (20th Century Fox) .. Maria Stoner. Bandolero! (1968) (20th Century Fox) .. Juliana.

The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1967) (MGM) .. Lillian Lust. Bedazzled (1967) (20th Century Fox) .. Fathom Harvill.

Fathom (1967) (20th Century Fox) .. Nini. Le Plus vieux metier du monde (1967) (Goldstone Film Enterprises) .. Elena.

Le Fate (1966) (Royal Films International) .. aka Shoot Loud, Louder. Tania Montini .. Spara forte, piu forte, non capisco (1966) (Embassy Pictures) ..

Loana. One Million Years B.C. (1966) (20th Century Fox) .. Cora Peterson. Fantastic Voyage (1966) (20th Century Fox) ..

Jeri. A Swingin' Summer (1965) (United Screen Arts) .. Do Not Disturb (1965) (20th Century Fox) (uncredited). Call girl (uncredited).

A House Is Not A Home (1964) (Embassy Pictures) .. College girl with blue bow (uncredited). Roustabout (1964) (Paramount Pictures) ..