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Rebecca De Mornay

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Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred in Risky Business. De Mornay is also known for her roles in The Slugger's Wife (1985), Runaway Train (1985), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Backdraft (1991), and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). De Mornay's other major film credits include The Three Musketeers (1993), Never Talk to Strangers (1995), Identity (2003), Lords of Dogtown, Wedding Crashers (both 2005), and Mother's Day (2010). On television, she starred as Wendy Torrance in the miniseries adaptation of The Shining (1997), and as Dorothy Walker in Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015–19).

Infobox

Born
Rebecca Jane Pearch (1959-08-29) August 29, 1959 (age 66)[a]Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Other names
Rebecca George
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1975, 1981–present
Spouse
mw- Bruce Wagner (m. 1986; div. 1990)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Wally George (father)Julie De Mornay (mother)
Relatives
Eugenia Clinchard (grandmother)

Tables

Rebecca De Mornay film work · Filmography › Film
1982
Role(s)
Understudy
Notes
Credited as Rebecca de Mornay
1983
Role(s)
Lana
Role(s)
Cathy Pitkin
1985
Role(s)
Debby Palmer
Role(s)
Sara
Role(s)
Thelma
1987
Role(s)
Beauty
1988
Role(s)
Elizabeth "Ellie" DeWitt
Role(s)
Robin Shea Moran
1989
Role(s)
Anna Schuman
1990
Role(s)
Captain Moreau, USAF
1991
Role(s)
Helen McCaffrey
1992
Role(s)
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
Notes
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1993
Role(s)
Jennifer Haines
Role(s)
Milady de Winter
1995
Role(s)
Dr. Sarah Taylor
Notes
Executive producer
1996
Role(s)
Louise
Notes
Credited as Rebecca DeMornay
1999
Role(s)
Det. Louise Petrone
A Table for One
Role(s)
Ruth Draper
2000
Role(s)
Derian McCall
2003
Role(s)
Caroline Suzanne
Notes
Credited as Rebecca DeMornay
2004
Role(s)
Aunt Nina
2005
Role(s)
Philaine
Role(s)
Mrs. Kroeger
2007
Role(s)
Celia Lane
Role(s)
Mrs. Pimental
2010
Role(s)
Patsy Loski
Role(s)
Natalie "Mother" Koffin
2011
Role(s)
Dr. Bach
Role(s)
Maddie Slate
2012
Role(s)
Rachel Finch
2015
Collar
Role(s)
Mayor Ramona 'Nomi' Billingsley
2016
Role(s)
Vivian Hill
2018
Periphery
Role(s)
Vi Warner
2020
She Ball
Role(s)
Aggie
2024
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1982
One from the Heart
Understudy
Credited as Rebecca de Mornay
1983
Risky Business
Lana
Testament
Cathy Pitkin
1985
The Slugger's Wife
Debby Palmer
Runaway Train
Sara
The Trip to Bountiful
Thelma
1987
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty
1988
Feds
Elizabeth "Ellie" DeWitt
And God Created Woman
Robin Shea Moran
1989
Dealers
Anna Schuman
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Captain Moreau, USAF
1991
Backdraft
Helen McCaffrey
1992
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1993
Guilty as Sin
Jennifer Haines
The Three Musketeers
Milady de Winter
1995
Never Talk to Strangers
Dr. Sarah Taylor
Executive producer
1996
The Winner
Louise
Credited as Rebecca DeMornay
1999
Thick as Thieves
Det. Louise Petrone
1999
A Table for One
Ruth Draper
2000
The Right Temptation
Derian McCall
2003
Identity
Caroline Suzanne
Credited as Rebecca DeMornay
2004
Raise Your Voice
Aunt Nina
2005
Lords of Dogtown
Philaine
Wedding Crashers
Mrs. Kroeger
2007
American Venus
Celia Lane
Music Within
Mrs. Pimental
2010
Flipped
Patsy Loski
Mother's Day
Natalie "Mother" Koffin
2011
A Fonder Heart
Dr. Bach
Apartment 1303 3D
Maddie Slate
2012
American Reunion
Rachel Finch
2015
Collar
Mayor Ramona 'Nomi' Billingsley
2016
I Am Wrath
Vivian Hill
2018
Periphery
Vi Warner
2020
She Ball
Aggie
2024
Peter Five Eight
Brenda
Saint Clare (film)
Rebecca De Mornay television work · Filmography › Television
1986
Role(s)
Slew Foot Sue
Notes
Episode: "Pecos Bill"
Role(s)
Claire Dupin
Notes
Television film
1990
Role(s)
Captain Moreau
Notes
Television film
1991
Role(s)
Flo March
Notes
Television film
1993
Role(s)
Linda Kaines
Notes
Television film
1994
Getting Out
Role(s)
Arlene Holsclaw
Notes
Television film
1995
Role(s)
Woman
Notes
Episode: "The Conversion". Also directed the episode.
1997
Role(s)
Wendy Torrance
Notes
Miniseries
1998
Role(s)
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Notes
Television film
1999
Role(s)
Nora Mahler
Notes
Television film
ER
Role(s)
Elaine Nichols
Notes
5 episodes
2000
Role(s)
Lainey Berman
Notes
Television film
2001
Role(s)
Kim McCormack
Notes
Television film
2002
Role(s)
Elizabeth Parris
Notes
Television film
2003
No Place Like Home
Role(s)
Liz
Notes
Television pilot
Role(s)
Sabrina Fithian / Jill Foster
Notes
2 episodes
2004
Role(s)
Hannah Rose
Notes
4 episodes
2006
Role(s)
Tessa McKellen
Notes
Episode: "Manipulated"
2007
Role(s)
Cissy Yost
Notes
5 episodes
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
Role(s)
Mary Hatfield
Notes
Unaired pilot
Role(s)
Barbara Cotchin
Notes
Episode: "A ia la aku"
2015–2019
Role(s)
Jessica Jones
Notes
Dorothy Walker
2016, 2021
Role(s)
Lucifer
Notes
Penelope Decker
2024–2025
Role(s)
NCIS
Notes
Carla Marino
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1986
Tall Tales & Legends
Slew Foot Sue
Episode: "Pecos Bill"
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Claire Dupin
Television film
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Captain Moreau
Television film
1991
An Inconvenient Woman
Flo March
Television film
1993
Blind Side
Linda Kaines
Television film
1994
Getting Out
Arlene Holsclaw
Television film
1995
The Outer Limits
Woman
Episode: "The Conversion". Also directed the episode.
1997
The Shining
Wendy Torrance
Miniseries
1998
The Con
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Television film
1999
Night Ride Home
Nora Mahler
Television film
ER
Elaine Nichols
5 episodes
2000
Range of Motion
Lainey Berman
Television film
2001
A Girl Thing
Kim McCormack
Television film
2002
Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth Parris
Television film
2003
No Place Like Home
Liz
Television pilot
Boomtown
Sabrina Fithian / Jill Foster
2 episodes
2004
The Practice
Hannah Rose
4 episodes
2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tessa McKellen
Episode: "Manipulated"
2007
John from Cincinnati
Cissy Yost
5 episodes
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
Mary Hatfield
Unaired pilot
Hawaii Five-0
Barbara Cotchin
Episode: "A ia la aku"
2015–2019
Jessica Jones
Dorothy Walker
13 episodes
2016, 2021
Lucifer
Penelope Decker
3 episodes
2024–2025
NCIS
Carla Marino
2 episodes
Rebecca De Mornay music video work · Filmography › Music videos
1985
1985
Year
1985
Artist
Starship
Song
"Sara"
Role
Sara
Year
Artist
Song
Role
1985
Starship
"Sara"
Sara

References

  1. Sources vary on De Mornay's birth year. Sources have given either a 1959, or 1962 birth year.
  2. "Actress Rebecca De Mornay and Julie De Mornay"
    https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-rebecca-de-mornay-being-hugged-by-her-mother-julie-news-photo/644197892
  3. UPI
    https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/08/29/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-29-Rebecca-De-Mornay-Liam-Payne/8331566781621/
  4. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-tv-arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-16f5296fd513d9f32d8942718cfea995
  5. "Passages"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160403164254/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20123972,00.html
  6. Today
    https://www.today.com/popculture/rebecca-de-mornay-arrested-suspected-dui-1C9487858
  7. UPI
    https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/08/29/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-29-Rebecca-De-Mornay-Liam-Payne/8331566781621/
  8. The Press Democrat
    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106710109/
  9. Thomson 2010, p. 98.
  10. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/filmgrph/rebecca_de_mornay.htm
  11. TV Guide
    https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rebecca-de-mornay/bio/3000029537/
  12. People
    http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087128,00.html
  13. Kiehn 2003, p. 258.
  14. Independent Star-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/31754108/
  15. Turner Classic Movies
    https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/46543%7C0/Rebecca-De-Mornay#biography
  16. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/24/schools.news1
  17. Discogs
    https://www.discogs.com/release/4471407-Kandy-2-Amazing-Pop-Machine-King-Of-Kung-Fu-Originalmusik-Aus-Dem-Spielfilm-Goodbye-Bruce-Lee-Sein-L
  18. Pop Cult Master
    https://popcultmaster.com/2018/04/13/a-blast-through-the-past/
  19. The New York Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110103042846/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/17592/Rebecca-De-Mornay/biography
  20. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/movies/harry-dean-stanton-looks-at-the-actors-life.html
  21. "Notes on the New Harry Dean Stanton Documentary"
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/notes-on-the-new-harry-dean-stanton-documentary/
  22. Vox
    https://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9784398/jessica-jones-feminism
  23. The Tao of Harry Dean Stanton: Alcohol, Cigarettes, and Knowing "You're Nothing"
    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/the-tao-of-harry-dean-stanton
  24. From Teen Crushes to Couch Jumping, Tom Cruise's Dating History Has Been a Heck of a Ride
    https://parade.com/1226899/jessicasager/tom-cruise-dating
  25. New York Magazine
    http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/books/reviews/n_9418
  26. Winnipeg Free Press
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/movies/rebecca-de-mornay-joins-films-killer-cast-56534662.html
  27. "Knowing Rebecca de Mornay Like Only Leonard Cohen Can"
    https://archive.today/20120919013317/http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/priv1.htm
  28. "Star Tracks"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160403170429/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20133489,00.html
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