Elisabeth Shue
"Jennifer Parker" (2,3)
REAL NAME: Elisabeth J. Shue BORN: October 06, 1963, Wilmington, Delaware EDUCATION: Wellesley College, Harvard University. SPOUSE: Davis Guggenheim CHILDREN: Miles William Guggenheim (11-12-97)
ELISABETH SHUE was raised in South Orange, New Jersey and is the sister to Melrose Place star Andrew Shue. She says that her motivation to pursue a acting career was to get attention, because she grew up with three brothers and it was a way for her to express herself as an individual.
She began her career in commercials while still a student at Wellesley College. She studied acting with acting coach Sylvie Leigh at the Showcase Theater in New York. She put her studies on hold when she landed a regular role on the critically acclaimed television series Call to Glory with Craig T. Nelson. She then auditioned for and won the leading role opposite Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid.
Though her career had taken off, she refused to forego a college education altogether, and earned admission to Harvard University where she continues to work towards the completion of her degree in Political Science between film projects. While juggling a film career and an education, Shue completed several pictures, including Adventures in Babysitting and Cocktail (with Tom Cruise).
Sometime around 1989, she filmed the popular themepark ridefilm Body Wars for Disney's Epcot Center, in which she starred with Tim Matheson.
Also around that time, she was cast as Jennifer Parker for the two Back to the Future sequels, replacing Claudia Wells. A few years later, she starred with her Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd, in the critically acclaimed film Twenty Bucks.
In 1993, Elisabeth enjoyed a smashing Broadway debut in "Some American Abroad" at the Lincoln Center. Her other stage credits include Tina Howe's "Birth and After Birth", which led her to participate in the development of a new theater group called The Cooperative.
Her television credits include guest appearances on HBO's Dream On and ABC's Anything But Love.
In her spare time, she enjoys gymnastics, soccer, baseball, football, tennis, basketball, and spending time with her dog, Sonny. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, producer Davis Guggenheim, and their son Miles.
Careerography
FEATURE FILMS
???? Domino ???? Higgins and Beech ???? The Monkey Wrench Gang ???? The Night of the Iguana 2000 Hollow Man ![]()
2000 Gossip (voice, uncredited) ![]()
1999 Molly ![]()
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1998 Cousin Bette ![]()
1998 Palmetto ![]()
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1997 Deconstructing Harry ![]()
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1997 The Saint ![]()
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1996 The Trigger Effect ![]()
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1995 Leaving Las Vegas ![]()
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1995 The Underneath ![]()
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1993 Twenty Bucks ![]()
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1993 Heart and Souls ![]()
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1991 Soapdish ![]()
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1991 The Marrying Man ![]()
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1990 Back to the Future Part III ![]()
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1989 Back to the Future Part II ![]()
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1988 Cocktail ![]()
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1987 Adventures in Babysitting ![]()
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1986 Link ![]()
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1984 The Karate Kid ![]()
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1983 Somewhere Tomorrow ![]()
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GUEST APPEARANCES
1993 Dream On: "Oral Sex, Lies, and Videotape" ![]()
MADE FOR TV/CABLE MOVIES
2001 Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy & Isabelle ![]()
1994 Blind Justice ![]()
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1994 Radio Inside ![]()
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1987 Double Switch 1984 Call to Glory ![]()
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TELEVISION SERIES
1984 Call to Glory THEATRE
2001 A Streetcar Named Desire Broadway 1990 Some Americans Abroad Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Terry Neal's Future The Floating Living Room Theatre THEMEPARK ATTRACTIONS
1989 Body Wars (Epcot Center)
Fan Club Information
Back to the Future...The Fan Club
P.O. Box 880
Athens, AL 35612-0880
U.S.A.
Phone/FAX: 205-230-6288
Email: time@traveller.com
Website: http://www.bttf.com/fanclub/
