Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959) is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train (1985), Thelma in The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft (1991) and her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
Full Name | Rebecca De Mornay |
Net Worth | $300,000 |
Date Of Birth | August 29, 1959 |
Place Of Birth | Santa Rosa, California, USA |
Height | 1.66 m, 1.66 m |
Occupation | Actress, producer |
Profession | Performer, Film producer, Actor, Actor, Singer, Film producer |
Education | Summerhill School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Summerhill School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute |
Nationality | American, American |
Spouse | Bruce Wagner, Bruce Wagner |
Children | Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal, Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal, Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal, Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal |
Parents | Richard De Mornay, Wally George, Jane Eager, Wally George, Jane Eager |
Siblings | Holly Janise George, Peter De Mornay, Kimberley Jennifer, Debtralynne Salas, Jonathan De Mornay, Holly Janise George, Kerry Walter George, Peter De Mornay, Kimberley Jennifer, Walter George Pearch Jr., Debtralynne Salas, Jonathan De Mornay |
Partner | Patrick O'Neal, Patrick O'Neal |
Nicknames | Rebecca De Mornay, De Mornay, Rebecca |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0000360 |
Awards | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
Nominations | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance, MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance |
Movies | Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Runaway Train, And God Created Woman, Never Talk to Strangers, Flipped, Guilty as Sin, Backdraft, I Am Wrath, The Right Temptation, Lords of Dogtown, Apartment 1303 3D, Wedding Crashers, The Trip to Bountiful, One from the Heart, Raise Your Voice, Iden... |
TV Shows | John from Cincinnati, The Shining, John from Cincinnati, Salem Witch Trials |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | Lived with Tom Cruise. (1983-1985). |
2 | Gave birth to her second child at age 41, a daughter Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal on March 31, 2001. Father is her ex-boyfriend, Patrick O'Neal. |
3 | Gave birth to her first child at age 38, a daughter Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal on November 16, 1997. Father is her ex-boyfriend, Patrick O'Neal. |
4 | In the Stephen King novel Doctor Sleep, his sequel to The Shining, he writes the line "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world"; De Mornay was the star of the movie of the same name and played Wendy in the miniseries version of The Shining (1997). |
5 | Working on the HBO series John from Cincinnati (2007). [June 2007] |
6 | In the '80s she had relationships with Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Cruise, Jon Voight and Mickey Thomas (in that order). |
7 | Sentenced to a three-month program for DUI offenders, three years summary probation and a $350 fine, after pleading no contest to one count of DUI on February 5, 2008. Was pulled over and arrested on October 30, 2007 on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. |
8 | Granddaughter of Eugenia Clinchard |
9 | She has several half-brothers and half-sisters whom she has never met. |
10 | She attended the radically alternative English boarding school Summerhill. |
11 | Her last name was changed as a child, when she was adopted by her stepfather, Richard De Mornay. |
12 | Was engaged to Leonard Cohen. |
13 | Daughter of TV talk show host Wally George. |
14 | Speaks German fluently. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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A Table for One | 1999 | | Ruth Draper |
Night Ride Home | 1999 | TV Movie | Nora Mahler |
Thick as Thieves | 1999 | | Petrone |
The Con | 1998 | TV Movie | Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood (as Rebecca DeMornay) |
The Shining | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Winifred Torrance |
The Winner | 1996 | | Louise (as Rebecca DeMornay) |
Never Talk to Strangers | 1995 | | Dr. Sarah Taylor |
The Outer Limits | 1995 | TV Series | Woman |
Getting Out | 1994 | TV Movie | Arlene Holsclaw |
The Three Musketeers | 1993 | | Countess D'Winter |
Guilty as Sin | 1993 | | Jennifer Haines |
Blind Side | 1993 | TV Movie | Lynn Kaines |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | 1992 | | Mrs. Mott Peyton Flanders |
Backdraft | 1991 | | Helen McCaffrey |
An Inconvenient Woman | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Flo |
By Dawn's Early Light | 1990 | TV Movie | Moreau (as Rebecca DeMornay) |
Dealers | 1989 | | Anna Schuman |
Feds | 1988 | | Elizabeth 'Ellie' De Witt |
And God Created Woman | 1988 | | Robin Shea |
Beauty and the Beast | 1987 | | Beauty |
Laughter in the Dark | 1986 | | |
The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 1986 | TV Movie | Claire Dupin |
Tall Tales & Legends | 1986 | TV Series | Slew Foot Sue |
The Trip to Bountiful | 1985 | | Thelma |
Starship: Sara | 1985 | Video short | |
Runaway Train | 1985 | | Sara |
The Slugger's Wife | 1985 | | Debby (Huston) Palmer |
Testament | 1983 | | Cathy Pitkin |
Risky Business | 1983 | | Lana |
One from the Heart | 1981 | | Understudy (as Rebecca de Mornay) |
Periphery | 2018 | pre-production | Vi Warner |
Escort Service | | pre-production | Carol |
Collar | 2017/II | | Mayor Ramona 'Nomi' Billingsley |
Lucifer | 2016 | TV Series | Penelope |
I Am Wrath | 2016 | | Vivian |
Jessica Jones | 2015 | TV Series | Dorothy Walker |
Hawaii Five-0 | 2013 | TV Series | Barbara Cotchin |
Hatfields & McCoys | 2013 | TV Movie | Mary Hatfield |
Apartment 1303 3D | 2012 | | Maddie Slate |
American Reunion | 2012 | | Rachel - Finch's Mom (uncredited) |
Mother's Day | 2010/I | | Mother |
Flipped | 2010/I | | Patsy Loski |
American Venus | 2007 | | Celia |
John from Cincinnati | 2007 | TV Series | Cissy Yost |
Music Within | 2007 | | Richard's Mom |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2006 | TV Series | Tessa McKellen |
Wedding Crashers | 2005 | | Mrs. Kroeger |
Lords of Dogtown | 2005 | | Philaine |
Raise Your Voice | 2004 | | Aunt Nina |
The Practice | 2004 | TV Series | Hannah Rose |
Boomtown | 2003 | TV Series | 'Sabrina Fithian' Jill Foster |
Identity | 2003 | | Caroline Suzanne (as Rebecca DeMornay) |
No Place Like Home | 2003 | TV Movie | |
Salem Witch Trials | 2002 | TV Movie | Elizabeth Parris |
A Girl Thing | 2001 | TV Movie | Kim McCormack |
Range of Motion | 2000 | TV Movie | Lainey Berman |
The Right Temptation | 2000 | | Derian McCall (as Rebecca DeMornay) |
ER | 1999 | TV Series | Elaine Nichols |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Untitled Geraldine Page Documentary | | Documentary post-production | Herself |
Celebrity Ghost Stories | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Imagine a School... Summerhill | 2008 | Documentary | Herself |
Corazón de... | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
V Graham Norton | 2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
VH-1 Behind the Movie | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Nova | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1999 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993-1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Corazón, corazón | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Primer plano | 1996 | TV Series | Herself - Interviewee |
Lo + plus | 1996 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Sam | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Rock the Vote | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Making of 'The Three Musketeers' | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
1992 MTV Movie Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 64th Annual Academy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup |
One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Tanner '88 | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 58th Annual Academy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration |
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