Michelle Pfeiffer was
born in Santa Ana, CA to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older
brother and two younger sisters - Dedee, an actress currently playing
Cybill Shepard's eldest daughter on "Cybill" and Lori, who
dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it her
life's work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1976,
and attended one year at the Golden West College, where she studied to
become a court reporter.
But it was while
working as a supermarket checker at Vons, a large Southern California
grocery chain, that she realized her true calling. She was married to
actor/director Peter Horton ("Gary" of "Thirtysomething")
in 1981. They were later divorced, and she then had a three year
relationship with actor Fisher Stevens. When that didn't work out,
Pfeiffer decided she didn't want to wait any longer before having her
own family, and in March of 1993, she adopted a baby girl, Claudia
Rose. On November 13th of the same year, she married
lawyer-turned-writer/producer David E Kelley (creator of "Picket
Fences and "Chicago Hope"). On August 5, 1994 their son,
John Henry was born.
