Geena Davis as Barbara
After Barbara and Adam Maitland were killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peace is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetzs, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetzs away were unsuccessful. They eventually turn to another ghost 'Beetlejuice' for help..
Biography for Geena Davis
Date of birth
21 January 1956
Wareham, Massachusetts, USA.
Birth name
Virginia Elizabeth Davis
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As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self esteem because at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston University where she majored in drama. In 1979, she graduated and moved to New York to start her career. Her career consisted of sales clerk and waitress. She worked at Ann Taylor, where she eventually rose to Saturday window mannequin while trying to get a job with a modeling agency. Eventually signed by the Zoli Agency at the advanced age of 23, she wound up as a model in the Victoria Secret's Catalogue. Ever vigilant, Sydney Pollack was looking for new talent in the catalogue when he spotted Geena and cast her in Tootsie (1982). With good reviews, Geena moved to Los Angeles where she was cast as Wendy in the short lived, but critically acclaimed Television Series "Buffalo Bill" (1983). Her next appearance on Television was in her own show "Sara" (1985) which was also good, but soon canceled. She then returned to the big screen in the below average Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) followed by the successful Chevy Chase movie Fletch (1985). From there on, she was on a roll with future husband Jeff Goldblum in the horror remake of Fly, The (1986). More successful were Tim Burton's dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988) and Accidental Tourist, The (1988). For the last film, she was the surprise winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. More fun movies followed with the flying saucer in the pool Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) and everyone loves a clown Quick Change (1990) with Bill Murray. The very successful Thelma & Louise (1991), directed by Ridley Scott, again garnered nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe. League of Their Own, A (1992) with Tom Hanks and directed by Penny Marshall, was the turning point as her next film Hero (1992) was only average. Then she married director Renny Harlin and they set up a production and development company called "The Forge". Their first film was Speechless (1994) which flopped at the box office. Undeterred, Renny decided to film the big budget Cutthroat Island (1995) starring pirate Geena, which also flopped. Geena has since starred in the thriller, Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996) and played Eleanor Little in Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002).
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Trivia
(21 August 1999) Placed 24th out of 28 semi-finalists for Olympic Archery team.
(October 1997) Ranked #61 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
She's a member of MENSA.
Attended school in Sweden as an exchange student.
Speaks Swedish.
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#31).
Was considered for the lead in Runaway Bride (1999).
Was considered for the lead role of Kate McQueen in Fair Game (1995). The part eventually went to Cindy Crawford.
In 1996, was the top contender for the role of the evil Queen Beryl in a proposed Sailor Moon live action movie. The project was later scrapped.
(November 2000) Engaged to Dr. Reza Jarrahy.
Has an IQ of 140.
Gave birth to baby daughter, Alizeh Keshvar Davis Jarrahy, in Los Angeles, April 10, 2002.
Was assistant organist in her church in her hometown in Massachusetts.
Was in "It's a sin" Pet Shop Boys video
Measurements: 34-25-35 - ideal for her start as an underwear model. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: This leggy, square-jawed ex-model made her feature debut as a lingerie-clad soap star in Tootsie (1982), displaying the coltish sexiness that, along with her natural warmth and good humor, has infused her later characterizations. Her facility for comedy, aptly demonstrated in Beetlejuice (1988) and Quick Change (1990), was recognized by her peers when they voted her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her turn as a slightly batty, exuberant dog trainer in The Accidental Tourist (1988). (She deliberately lost weight to play the role, remembering author Anne Tyler's description of her character as chickenlegged.) Davis's ripe, earthy performance as a fugitive housewife turned bandit in Thelma & Louise (1991, with Susan Sarandon) earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. She headed a marvelous ensemble cast in Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own (1992, about an allgirl baseball team in the 1940s) and costarred with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia in Hero that same year. She then affected a New York accent and persona for Angie (1994). She is divorced from actor Jeff Goldblum, with whom she starred in Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Fly (1986), and Earth Girls Are Easy (1989). She also appeared on the TV sitcoms "Buffalo Bill" (1983-84) and "Sara" (1985, in the leading role). She married director Renny Harlin in 1993; they jointly produced her movie Speechless (1994), and he directed her in the pirate adventure Cutthroat Island (1995).
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Links:
Stuart Little 2 (2002) .... Mrs. Eleanor 'Mom' Little
"Geena Davis Show, The" (2000) TV Series .... Teddie Cochran
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Stuart Little (1999) .... Eleanor Little (Mrs. Little)
American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman, The (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996) .... Samantha 'Sam' Caine (A.K.A. Charlene 'Charly' Elizabeth Baltimore)
Cutthroat Island (1995) .... Morgan Adams
... aka Corsari (1995) (Italy)
... aka Piratenbraut, Die (1996) (Germany)
... aka �le aux pirates, L' (1996) (France)
Speechless (1994) .... Julia Mann
Angie (1994) .... Angie Scacciapensieri
Princess Scargo and the Birthday Pumpkin (1993) (voice) .... Narrator
Hero (1992) .... Gale Gayley, Channel 4 News Reporter
... aka Accidental Hero (1992)
League of Their Own, A (1992) .... Dottie Hinson - C
64th Annual Academy Awards, The (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
Thelma & Louise (1991) .... Thelma Dickinson
Quick Change (1990) .... Phyllis Potter
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) .... Valerie
Accidental Tourist, The (1988) .... Muriel
Beetlejuice (1988) .... Barbara
Fly, The (1986) .... Veronica 'Ronnie' Quaife
Secret Weapons (1985) (TV) .... Tamara Reshevsky
... aka Secrets of the Red Bedroom (1985) (TV)
... aka Sexpionage (1985) (TV)
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) .... Odette
Fletch (1985) .... Larry
"Sara" (1985) TV Series .... Sara McKenna
"Buffalo Bill" (1983) TV Series .... Wendy Killian
Tootsie (1982) .... April