Phoebe Cates Pictures

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Phoebe was born Phoebe Belle Katz in New York City, New York to Lily and director and producer Joseph Cates (born Joseph Katz).

Cates achieved icon status in 1982 for her popular role in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High",in particular the classic topless scene in which she sheds her bikini top in a slow motion fantasy sequence. (Pictures opposite)

Her later film roles were more modest and largely oriented toward younger audiences, who will always remember her best as the female lead in the two Gremlins movies, and the 1991 film Drop Dead Fred which she starred alongside British actor Rik Mayall. Her face made the covers of US teen magazines such as Seventeen, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others.

In 1991, she was scheduled to be in the smash US movie "Father of the Bride", along side US comedy legend Steve Martin but was forced to drop out due to pregnancy.

In 1989 Phoebe married actor Kevin Kline, whom she had originally met while auditioning for the part that Meg Tilly ultimately won in "The Big Chill"l . Kevin and Phoebe have two children, Owen Kline, born in 1991 and Greta Kline who was born in 1994.

In 2005, Phoebe opened her own boutique called "Blue Tree" on New York 's Madison Avenue

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