Dedee Pfeiffer

{{Infobox person

| name = Dedee Pfeiffer

| birth_name = Dorothy Diane Pfeiffer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|1}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/deedee_pfeiffer|title=DeDee Pfeiffer - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}

| birth_place = Midway City, California, U.S.

| spouse = Kevin J. Ryan (2009–2013){{cite web|title=Romance is Kevin sent |url=http://www.sundayworld.com/entertainment/showbiz/romance-is-kevin-sent |website=Sundayworld.com |date=November 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006202649/http://www.sundayworld.com/entertainment/showbiz/romance-is-kevin-sent |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}

| family = Michelle Pfeiffer (sister)

| years_active = 1985–present

| occupation = Actress

}}

Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer (born January 1, 1964) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in films include Vamp (1986), The Allnighter (1987) and The Horror Show (1989). Pfeiffer later starred as Cybill's daughter, Rachel, in the CBS sitcom Cybill (1995–1998) and as Sheri DeCarlo-Winston in the NBC/The WB sitcom For Your Love (1998–2002). In 2020, she began starring as Denise Brisbane in the ABC crime drama series, Big Sky.

Early life

Pfeiffer was born on January 1, 1964, in Midway City, California,{{cite book|author=Mr. Skin|author-link=Mr. Skin|year=2005|title=Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked|page=436|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0312331444|access-date=May 26, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMMP94fw3mgC&q=%22Midway+City&pg=PA436}} the daughter of Donna (née Taverna), a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor. She is the younger sister of actress Michelle Pfeiffer. She also has an older brother, Rick, and a younger sister, Lori.{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/name/dedee-pfeiffer-p56465 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718024015/http://www.allrovi.com/name/dedee-pfeiffer-p56465 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=DeDee Pfeiffer – Movie and Film Biography and Filmography |website=AllRovi |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=June 11, 2011 }} Her parents were originally from North Dakota.

Career

Pfeiffer began her acting career at the age of 21 with a 1985 appearance on Simon & Simon. The same year, Pfeiffer made her film debut in Into the Night starring her sister, Michelle Pfeiffer. The following years, Pfeiffer had starring roles in a number of films, mostly critically panned, include Vamp (1986), The Allnighter (1987) and The Horror Show (1989). She had secondary roles in films Frankie and Johnny (1991) and Up Close & Personal (1996) starring her sister, and well as Falling Down (1993) and My Family (1995). From 1995 to 1997, she was regular cast member on the CBS sitcom Cybill playing Cybill Shepherd's daughter, Rachel Robbins Blanders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p56465|title=Dedee Pfeiffer | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}} From 1998 to 2002, Pfeiffer starred in the NBC/The WB sitcom, For Your Love. Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on Hotel, Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld, Wings, Ellen, and Friends. Pfeiffer posed nude for the February 2002 issue of Playboy magazine.

Apart from a couple of brief appearances, Pfeiffer took a long break from acting in 2010, almost ten years, battling alcohol addiction.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/health/big-skys-dedee-pfeiffer-details-rebirth-after-battling-alcohol-addiction-help-is-there/|title='Big Sky' 's Dedee Pfeiffer Details 'Rebirth' After Battling Alcohol Addiction: 'Help Is There'|website=Peoplemag}} During that time, she earned her master's degree in social work and worked in the field.{{cite web|publisher=Desert Sun|date=November 10, 2022|title=Actress Dedee Pfeiffer opens up about recovery journey ahead of Betty Ford Center 40th anniversary|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2022/11/10/actress-dedee-pfeiffer-opens-recovery-journey-ahead-betty-ford-center-40th-anniversary/8323658001/#:~:text=She%20graduated%20from%20UCLA%20with,Kelley.|access-date=2023-01-31}} In 2020, Pfeiffer returned to acting, playing the role of Denise Brisbane in the ABC crime drama series Big Sky, created by her brother-in-law David E. Kelley.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/the-big-sky-dedee-pfeiffer-cast-david-e-kelley-pi-drama-series-abc-1202859787/|title='The Big Sky': Dedee Pfeiffer Cast in David E. Kelley's PI Drama Series for ABC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 13, 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 13, 2020}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="4"| 1985

| Into the Night

| Hooker

Moving Violations

| Cissy

Toughlove

| Kristen Marsh

| TV movie

The Midnight Hour

| Mary Masterson

| TV movie

rowspan="2"| 1986

| Dangerously Close

| Nikki

Vamp

| Allison/Amaretto

1987

| The Allnighter

| Val

1988

| Brothers in Arms

| Stevie

rowspan="2"| 1989

| The Horror Show

| Bonnie McCarthy

Red Surf

| Rebecca

1990

| Tune in Tomorrow...

| Nellie

rowspan="4"| 1991

| A Climate for Killing

| Donna

Providence

| -

Drive

| The Girl

Frankie and Johnny

| Frankie's Cousin

1992

| Highway Heartbreaker

| Emily

| TV movie

rowspan="4"| 1993

| Falling Down

| Sheila Folsom

Running Cool

| Michele

King's Ransom

| Catherine

| Video

The Sandman

| Lana Hawkins

1994

| Double Exposure

| Linda Mack

rowspan="2"| 1995

| My Family

| Karen Gillespie

Deadly Past

| Kirsten

rowspan="2"| 1996

| Up Close & Personal

| Luanne Atwater

A Kiss So Deadly

| Catherine Deese

| TV movie

1999

| The Sky Is Falling

| Emily Hall

rowspan="2"| 2000

| Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

| Leslie Edmonds

| TV movie

Radical Jack

| Kate

| Video

rowspan="2"| 2004

| Blue Demon

| Marla Collins

| Video

A Killer Within

| Sarah Moss

2006

| Hoboken Hollow

| Rhonda Simmons

rowspan="3"| 2007

| Seventeen and Missing

| Emilie Janzen

| TV movie

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie

| Harlin

| Video

AVH: Alien vs. Hunter

| Hilary

| Video

rowspan="2"| 2008

| Fix

| Daphne

Journey to the Center of the Earth

| Emily Radford

| Video

2009

| Secret at Arrow Lake

| Sarah Williams

rowspan="2"| 2010

| Jack's Family Adventure

| Emily Vickery

| TV movie

Flatline

| Psychotherapist

2011

| L.A., I Hate You

| The Casting Director

2016

| ShowRunner

| Marilyn Brenner

| Short

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="2"| 1985

| Simon & Simon

| Jennifer

| Episode: "Slither"

Code Name: Foxfire

| Bonita

| Episode: "La Paloma"

rowspan="2"| 1986

| CBS Schoolbreak Special

| Queenie

| Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?"

Hotel

| Angela Holly

| Episode: "Child's Play"

1989

| Midnight Caller

| Sally Porter

| Episode: "Baby Chase"

1990

| Dream On

| Mary

| Episode: "And Sheep Are Nervous"

rowspan="2"| 1993

| Jack's Place

| Allison

| Episode: "Play It Again, Jack"

Murder, She Wrote

| Sally Brigs

| Episode: "Murder in White"

rowspan="2"| 1994

| Seinfeld

| Victoria

| Episode: "The Opposite"

Wings

| Joan

| Episode: "The Spark and How to Get It"

1995–97

| Cybill

| Rachel Robbins Manning

| Recurring Cast: Season 1-4

1997

| Ellen

| Lisa

| Episode: "Social Climber"

1998–2002

| For Your Love

| Sheri DeCarlo-Winston

| Main Cast

1999

| Hollywood Squares

| Herself/Panelist

| Recurring Guest

2002

| Friends

| Mary Ellen Jenkins

| Episode: "The One with the Pediatrician"

2003

| One on One

| Colleen Bay

| Episode: "I Hear White People"

2004

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Karen Brady

| Episode: "Swap Meet"

2005

| Wanted

| Lucinda Rose

| Recurring Cast

2005–06

| The Dead Zone

| Linda Finney

| Guest Cast: Season 4-5

2006

| CSI: NY

| Grace Thomason

| Episode: "Open and Shut"

rowspan="2"| 2007

| Burn Notice

| Cara Stagner

| Episode: "Fight or Flight"

Without a Trace

| Donna

| Episode: "Claus and Effect"

2008

| ER

| Annie Raskin

| Episode: "Haunted"

2009

| Supernatural

| Kate Milligan

| Episode: "Jump the Shark"

2020–2023

| Big Sky

| Denise Brisbane

| Main Cast

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Awards ! Category ! Recipient ! Outcome
1996 \| Screen Actors Guild Award \| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series \| "Cybill" \| {{nom}}
2009 \| Boston International Film Festival \| Boston International Film Festival for Indie Soul Special Recognition Award \| "Laredo" \| {{won}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Awards

! Category

! Recipient

! Outcome

1996

| Screen Actors Guild Award

| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| "Cybill"

| {{nom}}

2009