Kim Greist

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|5|12|mf=y}}{{cite book |last1=Monaco |first1=James |title=The Encyclopedia of Film |date=1991 |publisher=Perigee Books |isbn=978-0-399-51604-7 |page=234 |chapter=Greist, Kim}}{{cite book |title=International Television & Video Almanac 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-900610-72-1 |page=190}}

| birth_place = Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1983–2001

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Kim Greist (born May 12, 1958) is a retired American actress and model. Her credits include C.H.U.D. (1984), Miami Vice (1985), Brazil (1985), Manhunter (1986), Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Punchline (1988), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), Roswell (1994) Houseguest (1995), and Judging Amy (2001).

Career

Greist trained for the stage and spent some of her late teenage years as a professional model in Europe.{{Cite web|url= https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/stamford/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-stamfords-kim-greist/448467/ |title= Happy Birthday to Stamford's Kim Greist |work=dailyvoice.com |date=2016-05-12}} She then returned to the United States at age 20 and launched her acting career in the off-Broadway comedy Second Prize: Two Months in Leningrad in 1983.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/20/theater/stage-second-prize-at-perry-street.html |title=Stage: 'Second Prize' at Perry Street | first=Frank | last=Rich | date=1983-10-20 | work=The New York Times}}

Her later stage credits included appearances in the New York Shakespeare Festival.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1964 |title="Twelfth Night or What You Will": page at Off Broadway Database (lortel.org) |access-date=2021-04-01 |archive-date=2012-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819222710/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1964 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Greist's first film appearance was in the horror film C.H.U.D. (1984).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kim_greist |title= Kim Greist |work=rottentomatoes.com |access-date=17 March 2025}} In 1985, she made a guest appearance in the 1985 Miami Vice episode "Nobody Lives Forever" (S01E21), and also starred alongside Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, and Ian Holm in the Terry Gilliam film Brazil (1985).

Other films in which she appeared during the 1980s included Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986), Throw Momma from the Train (1987),{{cite web | first=Janet|last=Maslin|authorlink=Janet Maslin | title=Throw Momma from the Train| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE5D81139F932A25751C1A961948260 | work=The New York Times | date=1987-12-11}} and Punchline (1988). She continued to appear in films and television into the 1990s, with roles in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Roswell (1994). She played Emily Young opposite comedians Sinbad and Phil Hartman in the film Houseguest (1995).

In 2001, her last acting role was in an episode of Judging Amy called "The Last Word". Greist resides {{as of|lc=quintessential|2012}} in her hometown of Stamford, Connecticut.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1984 \|C.H.U.D. \|Lauren Daniels \|
1985 \|Brazil \|Jill Layton \|
1986 \|Manhunter \|Molly Graham \|
1987 \|Throw Momma from the Train \|Beth Ryan \|
1988 \|Punchline \|Madeline Urie \|
1990 \|Why Me? \|June Daley \|
1993 \|Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey \|Laura Burnford-Seaver \|
1995 \|Houseguest \|Emily Young \|
1996 \|Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco \|Laura Seaver \|
1998 \|{{sortname\|The\|Rose Sisters\|nolink=1}} \| \|
1999 \|Rockin' Good Times \|Samantha \|Short
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Hiding Place\|nolink=1}} \|Holly \|
2000 \|Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth \|Mrs. Peacock \|Video
2001 \|Zoe \|Mrs. Callahan \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1984

|C.H.U.D.

|Lauren Daniels

1985

|Brazil

|Jill Layton

1986

|Manhunter

|Molly Graham

1987

|Throw Momma from the Train

|Beth Ryan

1988

|Punchline

|Madeline Urie

1990

|Why Me?

|June Daley

1993

|Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

|Laura Burnford-Seaver

1995

|Houseguest

|Emily Young

1996

|Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

|Laura Seaver

1998

|{{sortname|The|Rose Sisters|nolink=1}}

1999

|Rockin' Good Times

|Samantha

|Short

2000

|{{sortname|The|Hiding Place|nolink=1}}

|Holly

2000

|Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

|Mrs. Peacock

|Video

2001

|Zoe

|Mrs. Callahan

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1985 \|Miami Vice \|Brenda \|"Nobody Lives Forever"
1988 \|Tales from the Darkside \|Claire \|"Going Native"
1989 \|Wiseguy \|Kay Gallagher \|Recurring role (4 episodes)
1990 \|Monsters \|Sarah / Mandy \|"The Bargain"
1991 \|Payoff \|Justine Bates \|TV film
1992 \|Duplicates \|Marion Boxletter \|TV film
1994 \|Roswell \|Vy Marcel \|TV film
1994–95 \|Chicago Hope \|Laurie Geiger \|Recurring role (7 episodes)
1996 \|Last Exit to Earth \|Eve \|TV film
1999 \|H-E Double Hockey Sticks \|Marie Antoinette \|TV film
2000 \|Touched by an Angel \|Shawn Sullivan \|"With God as My Witness"
2000 \|Diagnosis: Murder \|Lou Tyler, P.I. \|"The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A."
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|X-Files}} \|Lisa Underwood \|"Invocation"
2001 \|Judging Amy \|Michelle Crouse \|"The Last Word"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1985

|Miami Vice

|Brenda

|"Nobody Lives Forever"

1988

|Tales from the Darkside

|Claire