Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue Bio

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Born Oct. 6, 1963, in Wilmington, Del., Elisabeth Shue began performing in commercials as a teen, hawking everything from Hellmann's Mayonnaise to Burger King -- work she continued as she pursued her studies at Wellesley and Harvard.

Despite a promising beginning with a role on the TV series "Call to Glory" (1984) and as Ralph Macchio's girlfriend in The Karate Kid, Shue's career had begun a nosedive before the actress reached her late twenties. After starring in Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Cocktail (1988), Shue found decent roles almost impossible to come by.

That all changed in 1995, however, when Mike Figgis cast her as a prostitute who takes up with a drunk (Nicolas Cage) in Leaving Las Vegas. Shue received an Oscar nomination for the role and has since worked consistently in films such as Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry and Hollow Man.

Elisabeth Shue Biography - Yahoo! Movies

All her life, Elisabeth Shue consistently proved she was able to do the impossible, playing on all boys’ soccer teams while growing up, and enrolling at Harvard University. The actress made her mark playing lovable goody-goodies in films such as the iconic underdog favorite, “The Karate Kid” (1984), “Adventures in Babysitting” (1987) and “Back to the Future 2” (1989) – all of which pigeon-holed her in girl-next-door roles for years. Perhaps Shue’s most impressive feat was bouncing back aft - movies.yahoo.com

Elisabeth Shue

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" .... Virginia (2 episodes, 2009) - Seinfeld (2009) TV episode .... Virginia - Officer Krupke (2009) TV episode (as Elizabeth Shue) .... Virginia - www.imdb.com

Elisabeth Shue - Biography

Being born into a well-established and well-educated family doesn't necessarily mean much. Despite such family accolades, Shue's parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade. Owing to the occupational demands of her parents, Shue and her siblings found plenty of time to get into trouble in their suburban neighborhood, but Elisabeth soon enrolled in Wellesley College, an all-female institution which kept her out of trouble.During her studies, she found a way to make a little extra money by acting in te - www.imdb.com

Elisabeth Shue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her mother, Anne Harms (née Wells), was a bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the Chemical Banking Corporation. Her father, James Shue, is a lawyer and real estate developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage Corporation and was active in Republican politics, having once unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey.[1][2][3] Her younger brother, Andrew, is also an actor. Shue grew up in Bergen and Esse - en.wikipedia.org