Rolling Stone staff (November 21, 2006). "Escape Your Family: Sneak Upstairs!". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 15, 2009 . Retrieved January 23, 2014. In 2015, Cates provided the voice of her Gremlins character Kate Beringer for the video game Lego Dimensions. [32] Personal life edit The team behind the new documentary Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies seem like the right people to make the call on this distinction. Director Danny Wolf and executive producer Jim McBride (best known as Mr. Skin) have assembled this new film exploring the rich history of nude scenes– both male and female– in cinema. When we asked them what they consider to be the most famous nude scene of all time, McBride singled out three that have to be in contention: In June 1984, Cates made her stage debut in the Off-Broadway play The Nest of the Wood Grouse, a comedy by Soviet writer Viktor Rozov, at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. [22] [23] Cates said that while doing the play she "felt a certain freedom and a certain connection with acting that I had never really felt before". [24] Cates appeared Off-Broadway again two years later in Rich Relations, written by David Henry Hwang, at the Second Stage Theatre. [25] In December 1989, Cates made her Broadway debut in a revival of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. [26] [27] Cohen, Matthew Isaac (2009). "British performances of Java, 1811–1822". South East Asia Research. IP Publishing Ltd. 17 (1): 87–109. doi: 10.5367/000000009787586389. S2CID 147291754.

In 2001, Cates briefly returned to acting for one film, The Anniversary Party (2001), as a favor to her best friend and former Fast Times at Ridgemont High castmate Jennifer Jason Leigh, who directed it. [31] In 1994, Cates starred in the fact-based comedy-drama Princess Caraboo (1994) with her husband Kevin Kline. It was Cates' last film before she shifted her focus away from acting to raising her children, Owen and Greta. [29] Schmidt, Sara (March 26, 2017). "Where is the Gremlins cast today?". Screen Rant. p. 4 . Retrieved November 1, 2017. American Greed: Fraudster of the Opera | Frozen Assets: The Ice Capers". Cnbc.com . Retrieved July 16, 2013.director/producer Gilbert Cates. Phoebe is of Russian Jewish, and one quarter Chinese, descent. She studied at Miss Hewitt's school and at the Professional Later that year, Cates starred in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), featuring what Rolling Stone has described as "the most memorable bikini-drop in cinema history". [18] She said that she had "the most fun" filming that movie. [14] Cates was set to play Steve Martin's daughter in the successful comedy Father of the Bride (1991), but her pregnancy with her first child forced her to drop out. [30]

I think Danny and I are both in agreement about Phoebe Cates in Fast Times is probably our favorite. I’ve always said myself, it’s my favorite nude scene of all time. You know, her beauty, her popularity to young guys like me when that came out. The cars moving in stereo, the slow motion, the water spraying on her, the fact that it was in one of the great movies of all time -- [it] always will go down as my favorite nude scene. … I [also] tell people a lot, too, when they ask me what’s the most famous nude scene of all time? You touched on Titanic with Kate Winslet, because so many people saw it. The movie was rated PG. I think that’s probably a movie that almost… more people saw that than almost any nude scene of all time.I think, and we have it in the movie, that famous Sharon Stone Basic Instinct [scene]. To me, that’s the most famous nude scene of all time, because everyone remembers it. It’s been parodied. You mention Basic Instinct, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Of course that had to be in our documentary. That’s one of the all-time greats. Cates attended the Professional Children's School, and the Juilliard School. [12] [13] At age ten, she started modeling, appearing in Seventeen and other teen-oriented magazines. A few years later, she wanted to become a dancer, and eventually received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet, but quit after a knee injury at age 14. [13] She then began a short, successful career as a model. [14] She said that she disliked the industry: "It was just the same thing, over and over. After a while, I did it solely for the money." [13] Career edit a b c d e f g Hammer, Josh (June 14, 1982). "Paradise Star Phoebe Cates Hangs Her Own Film with a One-Word Review—'rip-Off' ". People.com . Retrieved December 8, 2012. Producers of the film, Robert Lantos and Stephen J. Roth first selected Aames and later, after a screen test, agreed on Cates for the role of Sarah. [5] The film marked the acting debut of Cates, who was 17 years old at the time of filming. Cates's starring role involved several fully nude scenes. She was also selected to sing the movie's theme song. [6] The film was shot on location at various settings in Israel including Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee. [7] [8]Paradise was filmed in Israel from March to May 1981. [16] In the film, Cates performed several full-frontal nude scenes and several rear scenes while still a minor (age 17). The movie had a plot similar to The Blue Lagoon (1980). She also sang the film's theme song and recorded an album of the same name. In a 1982 interview, she recalled having trouble with the career change: As a model, she had to be conscious of the camera; but as an actor, she could not. [13] She later regretted being in the film: "What I learned was never to do a movie like that again." [14] She claimed that the film's producers used a body double to film nude close-ups of her character without telling her. [13] According to her co-star Willie Aames, "She will have nothing to do with the film. She's really upset about it. She won't do any promotion with me." [17] Villasanta, Boy (June 23, 2010). "Pinoys who made it in Hollywood". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011 . Retrieved May 28, 2011.

Nevertheless, Aames agreed to promote the film because, as he admitted, "Aside from those parts that bother me, it's a damn good film." [9] Cates felt differently and refused to have anything to do with promotion, such as screenings and parties. [10] [9] According to Aames, Cates was "really upset" by the film and was worried it would kill her career. [9] Critical reception edit Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada Wakin, Daniel J. (June 3, 2005). "Heiress Is Identified as Victim in Case Against Arts Patron". The New York Times . Retrieved June 12, 2019.Mosel, Tad (December 10, 1980). "THEATER; In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life". The New York Times . Retrieved April 19, 2021. In 1984, Cates starred in the TV mini-series Lace, based on a novel by Shirley Conran. She played the role of Lili "to get away from a sameness in her movie portrayals". [19] During her audition, she so impressed the writer that he wanted to hire her on the spot. [19] She struggled with the portrayal of a bitter movie star because, despite her character's vicious persona, she wanted the audience to sympathize with her. [20] She did not read Conran's novel, on which the movie was based, because she did not want to have a "fixed image". [20] Her best-known line in the film, "Which one of you bitches is my mother?", was named the greatest line in television history by TV Guide in 1993. [21] She also starred in the sequel mini-series Lace II.