Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins

American actress
Elizabeth Ann Perkins is an American actress. Her film roles have included About Last Night, Big, Avalon, and He Said, She Said, The Flintstones, Miracle on 34th Street, and her brief voice role as Coral in the Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Nemo .Wikipedia
BornNovember 18, 1960
HometownQueens, New York (state), United States
Net worth$5 million
Height5'8" (1.73m)
SpouseJulio Macat (m 2000 - present) , Terry Kinney (m 1984 - 1988)
ChildrenHannah Jo Phillips
ParentsJo Williams , James Perkins
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Robert De Niro almost played Tom Hanks's role in a classic comedy

Actress Elizabeth Perkins appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Wednesday where she revealed just how much different the 1988 classic Big could have been, and almost was. In the movie, Perkins plays the love interest of adult Josh, played by Tom Hanks. But that role nearly went to Robert De Niro. “Robert De Niro was actually cast in the role of Josh in the movie Big.” Perkins said. “Then it fell apart because he had a scheduling conflict, and then they went to Tom Hanks. It’s like a totally different movie in my brain with Robert De Niro.” Big may be best remembered for that classic scene in which Hanks and Robert Loggia play “Chopsticks” on a giant ground piano in a toy store. But for all of Hanks’s childlike playfulness in the role, Perkins revealed that it would have been a much, much different movie had De Niro stuck with it. “He was more moody. It was more of a — a little more of a horror movie. Robert De Niro wandering around the streets of New York,” Perkins said. “What Tom Hanks brought to it was so much lighter.”
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MOVIES & TV SHOWS

Super Sex
Super Sex
0h 8min
2016
Over Her Dead Body
Over Her Dead Body
R
1h 45min
1990
The Afterparty
The Afterparty
0h 35min
2022
The Moodys
The Moodys
0h 30min
2019
64%
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects
TV-MA
7h 1min
2018
92%
One Child
One Child
2016
One Child
One Child
2014
How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
0h 30min
2013
18%
The Thing About My Folks
The Thing About My Folks
PG-13
1h 37min
2005
45%
Must Love Dogs
Must Love Dogs
PG-13
1h 38min
2005
37%
Hercules
Hercules
4h
2005
The Ring Two
The Ring Two
PG-13
2h 8min
2005
20%
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper
1h 36min
2002
What Girls Learn
What Girls Learn
PG
1h 55min
2001
Cats & Dogs
Cats & Dogs
PG
1h 27min
2001
53%
Battery Park
Battery Park
0h 30min
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
If These Walls Could Talk 2
R
1h 38min
2000
Moonlight and Valentino
Moonlight and Valentino
R
1h 44min
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
PG
1h 54min
1994
60%
The Flintstones
The Flintstones
PG
1h 32min
1994
21%
For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good
1h 37min
1993
The Doctor
The Doctor
PG-13
2h 5min
1991
83%
Enid Is Sleeping
Enid Is Sleeping
R
1h 40min
1990
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said
PG-13
1h 55min
1991
35%
Avalon
Avalon
PG
2h 6min
1990
86%

AWARDS

YearAssociationsCategoryWorkResult
2009Emmy (Primetime)Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesWeedsNominated
2009Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesWeedsNominated
2007Golden GlobeBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture MadeWeedsNominated
2007Emmy (Primetime)Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesWeedsNominated
2007Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesWeedsNominated

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