Dedee Pfeiffer

Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer (born January 1, 1964) is an American film and television actress.

Early life

Pfeiffer was born on January 1, 1964, in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna (née Taverna), a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor. Her parents were both originally from North Dakota. Her paternal grandfather was of German ancestry and her paternal grandmother was of English, Welsh, French, Irish, and Dutch descent, while her maternal grandfather was of Swiss-German descent and her maternal grandmother was of Swedish ancestry. She is the younger sister of actress Michelle Pfeiffer.

Career

Pfeiffer began her acting career at the age of 21 with a 1985 appearance on Simon & Simon, an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. That same year, Pfeiffer played a hooker in Into the Night, a 1985 American comedy-thriller film directed by John Landis, starring Jeff Goldblum and Pfeiffer's sister Michelle. Pfeiffer's first nude role came in a 1989 shower scene for the supernatural horror film The Horror Show, and she later would go on to pose nude for Playboy magazine's February 2002 edition.