Born Nov. 18, 1960, in Queens, N.Y., Elizabeth Perkins is a graduate of Chicago's esteemed Goodman School of Drama. Returning to the Big Apple in the early '80s, she spent time with the ensemble touring company of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs."Shifting gears in 1986, Perkins bowed on the silver screen as Demi Moore's razor-tongued best friend in About Last Night.... Two years later, Perkins landed her breakthrough role starring opposite Tom Hanks in the box-office hit Big, and she wowed critics with her fine portrayal of a terminal cancer patient in 1991's The Doctor. But her biggest success came with the live-action version of The Flintstones (1994).
Perkins tackled series television in 2000 with the short-lived "Battery Park" but had better luck in 2005 with the highly rated cable series "Weeds." For her supporting work on the show, she earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nods.
Cats & DogsWhen a professor (Jeff Goldblum) develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies in director Lawrence Guterman's family-friendly comedy as the feline... Read More
BigPenny Marshall directs this whimsical comedy in which 12-year-old Josh yearns to be a grown-up, and when he makes that wish at a Coney Island fortunetelling machine, he awakens the next morning as a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks). Josh lands a job at a Manhattan toy company, where his child's-eye view... Read More
My Sister's KeeperKathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins and Lynn Redgrave deliver compelling performances in this Hallmark Hall of Fame family drama based on a true story. Two sisters (Bates and Perkins) have a special yet complicated relationship. They lead completely different lives -- Bates's character has a severe form... Read More
The FlintstonesModern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred (John Goodman) helps Barney (Rick Moranis) adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes... Read More
Moonlight and ValentinoThis intimate drama centers on newly widowed college professor Rebecca Lott (Elizabeth Perkins), who can't cope with her husband's untimely death in spite of support from her best friend (Whoopi Goldberg), her younger sister (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her ex-stepmother (Kathleen Turner). The star-studded... Read More
Hop (2011) | PG | |
Weeds (2005) | TV-MA | |
Must Love Dogs (2005) | PG-13 | |
The Ring Two (2005) | UR | |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) | PG-13 | |
Hercules (2005) | NR | |
Speak (2004) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Finding Nemo (2003) | G | |
My Sister's Keeper (2002) | NR | |
R | ||
PG | ||
What Girls Learn (2001) | PG | |
28 Days (2000) | PG-13 | |
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) | R | |
I'm Losing You (1998) | R | |
Cloned (1997) | PG-13 | |
Moonlight and Valentino (1995) | R | |
The Flintstones (1994) | PG | |
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) | PG | |
Indian Summer (1993) | PG-13 | |
For Their Own Good (1992) | NR | |
He Said, She Said (1991) | PG-13 | |
The Doctor (1991) | PG-13 | |
Avalon (1990) | PG | |
Love at Large (1990) | R | |
Big (1988) | PG | |
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) | R | |
From the Hip (1987) | PG | |
About Last Night... (1986) | R | |
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