Her height is 5' 7½" (1.71 m).
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She is of German, Dutch, Swedish, Swiss and Irish descent.
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She was born at 8:11am.
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She shares her birthday with actress Uma Thurman, comedian Jerry Seinfield and tennis star Andre Agassi.
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She studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
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She studied acting under Geraldine Page at workshop at LA's Ahmanson Theater.
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She won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant.
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She learned to tie maraschino cherry stems in knots with her tongue when she was a teenager, working at Vons Grocery Store in California.
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Her son's name is John Henry Kelley, was named after her husband father, who has the exact same name.
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Val Kilmer wrote poetry for her.
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She is in the horn section of B.B. King's "In The Midnight Hour" music video.
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She can be seen in the music video, "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio.
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Her name, Michelle was misspelled as 'Michele' in the credits of her film, Callie & Son (1981) (TV).
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In 1983, while she was auditioning for her role in Scarface, she accidentally cut Al Pacino with broken glass.
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She was offered the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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She turned down the role Sharon Stone plays in Basic Instinct (1992).
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She replaced Annette Bening for the role of Catwoman in the movie, Batman Returns(1992).
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In 1995, Michelle was ranked #3 in the Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.
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In 1997, Michelle was voted Best Dressed Female Movie Star.
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In October, 1997, Michelle was ranked #39 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
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In the movie, The Prince of Egypt (1998), she does her own singing.
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In 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1999 she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.
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She is the first person to appear on People Magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World a record 6 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999) and the first person to appear on the cover of the special issue twice (1990 and 1999).
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In 2000, the character of Catwoman/Selina Kyle, whom she played in Batman Returns (1992), was ranked #3 in Empire's "69 Sexiest Movie Character of All Time".
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She has turned down the role of the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia, although she was the only major Hollywood actor offered the role.
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