In 1984, Cates starred in the horror-comedy "Gremlins" and the miniseries "Lace." "Gremlins" grossed $212.9 million at the box office, and Phoebe reprised the role of Kate Beringer in 1990's "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" and the 2015 video game "Lego Dimensions." She then appeared in the miniseries "Lace II" (1985), the films "Date with an Angel" (1987), "Bright Lights, Big City" (1988), "Shag" (1989), and "Heart of Dixie" (1989), and the TV movie "Largo Desolato" (1990). Her second film was 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," in which she was responsible for what "Rolling Stone" magazine described as "the most memorable bikini-drop in cinema history." In 2005, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in its National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 1983, Phoebe appeared in the film "Private School" and the TV movie "Baby Sister," and she performed the songs "How Do I Let You Know" and "Just One Touch" on the "Private School" soundtrack. After a while I did it solely for the money." CareerĪfter becoming dissatisfied with modeling, Cates decided to try acting, and she made her film debut in 1982's "Paradise." Though she was initially uncertain about the job because it required nudity, her father encouraged her to do the movie, telling her, "What are you going to do, model for the rest of your life? What are you so hung up on nudity for?" Besides starring in the film, Phoebe also sang the theme song and recorded an album entitled "Paradise." Cates alleged that producers of the movie filmed naked close-ups of her character using a body double without her permission, and she refused to do any promotion for the movie. Phoebe said of her modeling career, "It was just the same thing, over and over. Cates began modeling at age 10 and appeared in teen magazines such as "Seventeen." A few years later, she decided that she wanted to focus on dance, and she earned a scholarship to the School of American Ballet but had to drop out after injuring her knee at age 14. Her mother, Lily, was born in China, and her father, Joseph (whose original surname was Katz), was a Broadway and television producer who was involved in the creation of the game show "The $64,000 Question." Phoebe grew up with older sister Valerie and younger sister Alexandra, and she attended the Professional Children's School and the prestigious Juilliard School. Phoebe Cates was born Phoebe Belle Cates on July 16, 1963, in New York City.
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