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Geena Davis
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Birth name
Virginia Elizabeth Davis
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Height
6'
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Spouse
Renny Harlin (18 September 1993 - 1998) (divorced)
Jeff Goldblum (1987 - 1990) (divorced)
'Richard Emmolo' (1982 - 1983) (divorced)
'Reza Jarrahy' (1 September 2001 - present); 1 child
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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). |  |
