{"id":4514,"date":"2024-12-22T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T08:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2024-12-22T08:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T08:34:27","slug":"this-80s-icon-chose-to-cook-dinner-every-night-over-hollywood-at-60-she-is-a-businesswoman-has-2-grown-up-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/archives\/4514","title":{"rendered":"This \u201980s Icon Chose to \u2018Cook Dinner Every Night\u2019 over Hollywood \u2014 At 60, She Is a Businesswoman & Has 2 Grown-up Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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She started as a model but later became a household name with roles that defined an era. Despite her success, she walked away from Hollywood in search of a quieter, more fulfilling routine\u2026\n

Now, she is 60 and enjoying life as a businesswoman, wife, and mother of two grown-up kids.\n

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By the mid-\u201980s, her face had graced countless movie posters and magazine covers. However, at the height of her career, she stepped away from the limelight.\n

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The former actress in a movie scene, from a video dated November 5, 2016\n\n

Now, at the age of 60, this former screen siren has embraced her new roles. Instead of going to fancy parties every night, she finds happiness in making dinner for her family. Her life isn\u2019t about movie sales anymore. It\u2019s about the achievements of her two adult children and the successful business she\u2019s created.\n

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The former actress with her son on January 8, 2006\n\n

The former starlet was born on July 16, 1963, in New York City. At the time of her birth, her family had already been part of the entertainment industry. Her dad was considered a TV pioneer and a Broadway producer.\n

At ten years old, she was already taking classes at Juilliard. Unfortunately, she had to stop three and a half years later due to a knee injury. Unrelenting, she then ventured into modeling shortly after, at fourteen.\n

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The former star as a teenage model, circa 1970s\n\n

In the years that followed, she became a\u00a0well-recognized\u00a0model. She\u2019s been on four Seventeen Magazine covers, two Elle covers, and a British Vogue cover, alongside many other magazines.\n

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The model posing during a photoshoot, from a video dated September 2, 2022\n\n

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Her modeling career was going well, but a sudden shift in career came after she met a film agent at a party in New York. She began training with Robert Ravan, founder of The Actors\u2019 Circle in New York, and with Alice Spivak of H.B. Studios.\n

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The actress posing during a photoshoot, from a video dated September 2, 2022 | Source: YuoTube\/@VintageDiamonds\n\n

At first, the model was hesitant about making the sudden career switch. However, with some encouragement from her dad, she took the jump and accepted the challenge.\n

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The actress posing during a photoshoot, from a video dated September 2, 2022 | Source: YuoTube\/@VintageDiamonds\n

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Her name is Phoebe Cates the siren who made her movie debut in \u201cParadise\u201d in 1982, portraying the role of Sarah. In the same year, she starred in \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d when she was only 19 years old.\n

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Phoebe Cates in a scene from the 1982 film \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d from a video dated August 28, 2023\n\n

Her appearance on \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d made her a pop culture icon. She had a scene donning a bright red swimsuit, which until today,\u00a0people\u00a0\u2013 even\u00a0Jennifer Aniston\u00a0\u2013 continue to channel.\n

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Phoebe Cates in a scene from the 1982 film \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d from a video dated November 5, 2016\n\n

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At \u201cDane Cook Presents Feelin\u2019 A-Live: Fast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d A-list actors and actresses got together to re-enact the iconic 1982 movie virtually. Aniston played Linda Barrett, the character played by Cates back in the day.\n

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Phoebe Cates in a scene from the 1982 film \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d from a video dated November 5, 2016\n\n

At the virtual table read, Aniston took off her denim jacket, revealing that she was wearing a tank top and a red bikini under \u2013 almost the same as the bikini top Cates once wore in the movie.\n

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Jennifer Aniston during the star-studded table read of the teen classic \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d from a video dated September 19, 2020\n\n

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A year later, Cates was auditioning for a role in \u201cThe Big Chill\u201d\u00a0when she\u00a0met\u00a0Kevin Kline. While she didn\u2019t get the part, she did find a partner in Kline.\n

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Phoebe Cates in 1982\n\n

Their relationship didn\u2019t turn into something serious until two years later when they met again at the New York Public Theater. Kline reportedly asked Cates\u2019 former assistant to get him a date with her.\n

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Kevin Kline attends 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 29, 1983\n\n

Even then, however, their compatibility seemed questionable. She was a true New Yorker \u2013 bold, daring, and fun. She was a high-school dropout who chose to model and act and the daughter of a Broadway producer.\n

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Phoebe Cates during the filming of \u201cLace\u201d on December 7, 1983\n\n

Meanwhile, Kline was a Tony Award-winning actor from Juilliard with a liking for more serious things in life \u2013 like Shakespeare. \u201cShe\u2019s too happy to be with me,\u201d Kline once\u00a0admitted.\n

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Phoebe Cates on November 27, 1984\n\n

He wondered what they\u2019d ever talk about since Cates was so enthusiastic while he was a lot more serious. Ultimately, they did find things to talk about.\n

Kline and Cates got married in 1989 and have been together since. For the first few years of their marriage, she continued to act, including on the hit\u00a0comedy fantasy film\u00a0\u201cDrop Dead Fred.\u201d After having kids, however, things changed.\n

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Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline attend the premiere of \u201cCry Freedom\u201d on November 1, 1987\n\n

Kline is 16 years Cates\u2019 senior, but that didn\u2019t stop them from having a healthy, happy relationship. In fact, they found a lot to talk about and had much in common.\n

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Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline attend the premiere of \u201cThe January Man\u201d on January 9, 1989\n\n

In 1991, Cates gave birth to their first child, Owen Joseph. Their daughter Greta Simone was born three years later, in 1994.\n

Following the birth of their children, Cates decided to take a break from acting to focus on her young family. She had an agreement with Kline that they\u2019d never be out working at the same time so that one parent would always be home with their children.\n

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Greta Kline, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline and Owen Kline at the New York Film Festival Premiere of \u201cThe Squid and the Whale\u201d on September 26, 2005\n\n

Ultimately, Cates chose to stay with their children. She only made an exception in 2001, when her \u201cFast Times\u201d co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh asked her to appear in \u201cThe Anniversary Party.\u201d\n

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Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh at the premiere of \u201cThe Anniversary Party\u201d in 2001\n\n

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Even then, Cates\u00a0brought along\u00a0the entire family. Owen and Greta appeared alongside Cates and Kline in the film, co-written and co-directed by Leigh.\n

Despite decades together, Cates and Kline didn\u2019t have the most conventional start to their partnership. In fact, the actress admitted to her husband that before they met, she thought he was gay.\n

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Phoebe Cates in 1986\n\n

Speaking about it, Kline\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cBefore I met Phoebe, she\u2019d seen me in \u2018Sophie\u2019s Choice.\u2019 And when we first started dating, she said, \u2018You know, I\u2019d sort of assumed you were gay.\u2019\u201d\n

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Kevin Kline in 1978\n\n

When he asked her why, she said it was because he was a theatre actor and that he always seemed so clean. \u201cAnd you really used your hands a lot on that movie,\u201d she\u00a0added.\n

Now that they\u2019ve been married for over thirty years, Cates has no regrets about choosing the simple life over Hollywood. While she admits not everyone will be okay with her decision, she loves it.\n

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Kevin Kline, wife Phoebe Cates and their kids, Greta and Owen, on September 25, 2003\n\n

Cates also\u00a0noted\u00a0how she never hired any help at home, aside from a housekeeper who comes in to clean their house every so often. Other than that, Cates takes kitchen duties seriously and cooks dinner for her family every night.\n

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Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates at Madison Square Garden on January 13, 2014 in New York City\n\n

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The apples don\u2019t fall far from the tree \u2013 that\u2019s what the Kline family has proven with their\u00a0talented children. Owen is an actor-director, while Greta is a musician.\n

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Phoebe Cates with son Owen Kline on January 8, 2006\n\n

Owen has worked on\u00a0several films\u00a0through the years, including \u201cSquid and the Whale\u201d and \u201cFunny Pages.\u201d Meanwhile, Greta has worked on \u201cThe Squid and the Whale\u201d and \u201cThe Surface.\u201d\n

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