Rebecca De Mornay Biography

Rebecca De Mornay born Rebecca Jane Pearch is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Lana in Risky Business (1983).

De Mornay is also known for her roles as Thelma in The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Sara in Runaway Train (1985), Helen McCaffrey in Backdraft (1991), and Peyton Flanders in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992).

She has also had roles in other film including The Three Musketeers (1993), Never Talk to Strangers (1995), Identity (2003), Lords of Dogtown; Wedding Crashers (both 2005), and Mother’s Day (2010).

On television, De Mornay starred as Wendy Torrance in the miniseries adaptation of The Shining (1997), and as Dorothy Walker on Marvel’s Jessica Jones (2015–18).

Rebecca De Mornay Education

De Mornay attended the independent Summerhill School in Leiston, Suffolk, England. She later trained as an actress in New York at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Rebecca De Mornay Age

She was born on August 29, 1959 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. She is 63 years old as of 2022.

Rebecca De Mornay Height

De Mornay stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Rebecca De Mornay Family

De Mornay is the daughter of Julie (née Eagar) and Wally George (né George Walter Pearch), a disc jockey and later television host. Her paternal grandmother was vaudeville performer and child film actress Eugenia Clinchard.

De Mornay’s parents divorced when she was two years old. At the age of five, she took her stepfather’s surname.

Rebecca De Mornay Father

Her father, Wally George, was a conservative radio and television commentator. Calling himself the “Father of Combat TV,” George was a fixture on Southern California television for three decades (1950s-80s) as the host of Hot Seat, which began as a local show on KDOC Channel 56, a local Southern California based UHF TV station in Anaheim, Orange County, California in 1983.

He was also nicknamed “Mr. Conservative” and “Mr. America” in the 1960s-90s and he represented the strong conservative fan base of Orange County and the Coachella Valley of California where he was also on their local TV stations.

Rebecca De Mornay Husband

De Mornay was married to writer Bruce Wagner from December 16, 1986, untill their divorce in 1990.

Rebecca De Mornay Leonard Cohen

De Mornay dated and was briefly engaged to singer Leonard Cohen. She co-produced Cohen’s 1992 album The Future, which is dedicated to her with an inscription that quotes Rebecca’s coming to the well from the chapter 24 Book of Genesis and giving drink to Eliezer’s camels, after he prayed for the help.

Rebecca De Mornay Daughters | Rebecca De Mornay Children

De Mornay is a mother of two daughters with ex-boyfriend Patrick O’Neal: Sophia (born November 16, 1997) and Veronica (born March 31, 2001).

Rebecca De Mornay Net Worth

De Mornay has an estimatrd net worth of $11 million.

Rebecca De Mornay Salary

She earns an estimated salary of about $50,000 to $100,000 annually.

Rebecca De Mornay Risky Business

De Mornay’s star-making role was in 1983 in Risky Business, as a call girl who seduces a high-school student played by Tom Cruise.

Rebecca De Mornay Plastic Surgery

It is belived that De Mornay injected her face with Botox.

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