Though she never attained the box-office clout to warrant it, Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the few female actresses who answers to Movie Star. Beautiful, elegant, talented, beautiful, Pfeiffer would have been a screen icon in any era, and at 50 she's still got It.

Movie Stars, however, don't typically appear in straight-to-DVD films. Personal Effects (pictured), though, in which Pfeiffer costars with Kathy Bates and Ashton Kutcher, will be released on video on May 12. This follows I Could Never Be Your Woman, a sweet romance with Paul Rudd that limped straight to video last year.

Is Pfeiffer a victim of the shrinking independent scene, poor career choices, or just a shifting audience that can't recall how she looks atop a piano? This June, she'll headline Stephen Frears' Parisian romance, Cheri, but what she needs is a winning role in a studio film. She was funny and sexy in 2007's Hairspray, and I still think she was George Clooney's most formidable onscreen gal, in 1996's One Fine Day. While her female contemporaries are proving there's life after 50, it would be a shame for Pfeiffer to be wasting her time in films cast directly into the $3.99 rack.

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She has already gotten a bit of Oscar buzz for Cheri, and I really hope it comes through for her. It's really a shame that she doesn't have an Oscar to her name.

Sadly, the older she gets, the less roles she has to choose from.

Sadly, the older she gets, the less roles she has to choose from.
Plus, she's taken a lot of time off to be a full-time wife/mom, which may have something to do with this. Sort of like out of sight, out of mind. I too would like to see Michelle win an Oscar. I was sorry she didn't win when she was nominated for The Fabulous Baker Boys - she stole the show right out from under the Bridges brothers.

Plus, she's taken a lot of time off to be a full-time wife/mom, which may have something to do with this. Sort of like out of sight, out of mind. I too would like to see Michelle win an Oscar. I was sorry she didn't win when she was nominated for The Fabulous Baker Boys - she stole the show right out from under the Bridges brothers.


Agreed

Agreed
Now that her kids are older and she has more time to work, it just seems the pickings are slim. Maybe she should go the Sally Field route and headline a major TV drama instead. She DOES have a successful producer/writer husband at her disposal - I think she should go for it!!

Now that her kids are older and she has more time to work, it just seems the pickings are slim. Maybe she should go the Sally Field route and headline a major TV drama instead. She DOES have a successful producer/writer husband at her disposal - I think she should go for it!!


That's an excellent suggestion Monika. The thing is, actors in movies, usually have to put their egos aside and make the jump to TV.

That's an excellent suggestion Monika. The thing is, actors in movies, usually have to put their egos aside and make the jump to TV.
At least with her clout, she wouldn't be doing shows like Enos or Animal House. :rofl:

At least with her clout, she wouldn't be doing shows like Enos or Animal House. :rofl:


:lol: Very true!

:lol: Very true!
Delta House, I mean, which was a ripoff TV version of Animal House. :lol: Is David E. Kelley listening here?

i agree that perhaps making the jump from film to tv might be ideal for michelle. question is, is there a show or in which an idea for a tv show that might suit her and for michelle to display her acting talents to the full? i also agree how underrated she is, given how long she has been in the film business itself, as an actress.

i agree that perhaps making the jump from film to tv might be ideal for michelle. question is, is there a show or in which an idea for a tv show that might suit her and for michelle to display her acting talents to the full? i also agree how underrated she is, given how long she has been in the film business itself, as an actress.
Besides Sally Field, there have been other actors who made the jump from film to TV very successfully. Look at Laurence Fishburne and Glenn Close. Maybe she could also take a cue from her Grease 2 co-star, Maxwell Caulfield, and do more stage work. What does Michelle have to lose??

Besides Sally Field, there have been other actors who made the jump from film to TV very successfully.

Sally started her career on TV as 'Gidget' in 1965. So, it was more of a return for her than a jump.

Unfortunately, once a woman gets in her 40s, her days in Hollywood are numbered. Sally is a good example of this too. She played Tom Hanks' contemporary in 'Punchline (1988)' then she played his mother in 'Forrest Gump (1994).'

Sally started her career on TV as 'Gidget' in 1965. So, it was more of a return for her than a jump.

Unfortunately, once a woman gets in her 40s, her days in Hollywood are numbered. Sally is a good example of this too. She played Tom Hanks' contemporary in 'Punchline (1988)' then she played his mother in 'Forrest Gump (1994).'
In any case, it'll be interesting to see what Michelle decides to do from here on in.

Who cares that Michelle is doing straight to video movies. As long as she gets paid, that's all that matters. I saw I Could Never Be Your Woman and it was ok. Michelle is still hot to me. I've had a crush on her since The Witches Of Eastwick, Married To The Mob, Tequila Sunrise, Scarface, The Fabolous Baker Boys(this movie sucked but i like that red dress she had on when she was singing and Jeff Bridges unzipped her dress and was kissing and massaging her back LOL. I wish i could do that to her LOL.)movies. Hollywood needs to stop discriminating against older actors.