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Rebecca De Mornay: Biography

Rebecca De Mornay
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  • Birth Name: Rebecca J. Pearch
  • Birth Place: Santa Rosa, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/29/1959, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; producer; author
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Rebecca De Mornay Fast Facts:
  • Moved to Europe with her family at age 5 after the death of her stepfather, Richard De Mornay.
  • As a result of living throughout Europe during her childhood, is fluent in French and German; after graduating from high school in Austria, moved back to the United States. 
  • Studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. 
  • Worked as an apprentice to Francis Ford Coppola at his Zoetrope Studios prior to making her on-screen debut in 1982 with a minor role in his big-budget flick One From the Heart.
  • Breakthrough role was as call girl Lana in 1983's wildly popular Risky Business.
  • Appeared in the music video for Jefferson Starship's 1985 hit "Sara." 
  • Forayed into stage acting in 1988, in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Born Yesterday.
  • Made a memorable cameo appearance in 2005's blockbuster comedy Wedding Crashers.
  • Rebecca De Mornay Relationships:
  • Patrick O'Neal - Ex-husband
  • Leonard Cohen - Ex-fiancé
  • Tom Cruise - Ex-significant Other
  • Wally George - Father
  • Peter De Mornay - Half Brother
  • Julie De Mornay - Mother
  • Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal - Daughter
  • Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal - Daughter
  • Eugenia Clinchard - Grandmother
  • Bruce Wagner - Ex-husband
  • Richard De Mornay - Stepfather

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