Angelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is former fashion model and Academy Award-winning American actress.

Biography and Career :

She is the daughter of the director John Huston and the ex-ballet dancer, Enrica Soma. During the Mccarthysm Protest in 1950, the Hustons moved to Ireland. This way, her childhood spent in Ireland was far away from the glamour in Hollywood until 1969. That year she took a part in her father's film "A Walk with Love and Death". The film was a failure. She kept on playing short parts for a few years.

Angelica's first success as an actress came out when she got an Academy Award with the "Prize's Honor". She was nominee for Oscar with the films: "A Love Story" (1989) and "The Grifters" (1990). She took the par t of Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" (1991) and in "Addams Family Values" (1993). In the 90's, she started her career as a movie director with: "Bastard out of Carolina" (1996) and "Agnes Browne" (1999).

When she was 21, in 1973, she begun a relationship with Jack Nicholson. This have lasted for 17 years.
Quotes :

- "Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day."

- "I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two."

- "I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck."

- "I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with."

Filmography :

- Casino Royale (1967) (double for Deborah Kerr's hands)
- Sinful Davey (1969)
- Hamlet (1969)
- A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (cameo)
- Swashbuckler (1976)
- The Last Tycoon (1976)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
- Rose for Emily (1982) (short subject)
- The Comic Book Kids (1982)
- Frances (1982)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- The Ice Pirates (1984)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- Good to Go (1986)
- Captain EO (1986)
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- The Dead (1987)
- John Huston and the Dubliners (1988) (documentary)
- A Handful of Dust (1988)
- Mr. North (1988)
- Lonesome Dove 1989 - television
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) (documentary)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
- Lonesome Dove (1989)
- The Witches (film) (1990)
- The Grifters (1990)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- The Player (1992) (cameo)
- Family Pictures 1993 - television
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Buffalo Girls 1995 - television
- The Perez Family (1995)
- The Crossing Guard (1995)
- Buffalo '66 (1998)
- Phoenix (1998)
- Ever After (1998)
- Agnes Browne (1999)
- The Golden Bowl (2000)
- The Mists of Avalon (2001) - television
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Blood Work (2002)
- Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Art School Confidential (2006)
- Huff (2006) - television
- These Foolish Things (2005)
- Material Girls (2006)
- Seraphim Falls (2006)
_{Angelica Huston Image : moma.org}

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Tags: 1951, california, actress, addams, family, jack nicholson	[edit tags]

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Category: Artists  - ( Artists Archive)

Date Added: 08 January '07

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