Talk:Michelle Pfeiffer

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Contents 1 Addrienne Barbeau 2 Images 3 Birth 4 Pfeiffer - Jewish? 5 filmography

[edit] Addrienne Barbeau

Despite only being a voice-over... do you think it'd be fair to list Andrea Barbeau as her succesor as Catwoman, as opposed to Halle Berry?

[edit] Images

That's a pretty crappy image of Michelle Pfeiffer! - Ta bu shi da yu

But at least there were no copyright problems with Image:Michellepfeiffer.jpg as with the current one. See Salma Hayek, Teri Hatcher, Nicole Kidman, Rosamund Pike, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz etc. etc. (also their talk pages) for details. <KF> 11:52, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birth

The top of the article says '58, but she's also in the 1957 births category. Which is it? — mæstro ^t/c, 08:38, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pfeiffer - Jewish?

Isin't Pfeiffer a Jewish surname?

I know she's not Jewish but what's the connection?

It is often a Jewish name, but Michelle Pfeiffer is pretty clearly not Jewish, unless there's something weird I'm unaware of. She of mixed Dutch, German, Irish, Swedish and Swiss descent (it's in the article too). You know, I guess it's possible she may have a Jewish ancestor somewhere down the line (I.e. maybe from her German heritage?) but by the time it got down to Pfeiffer, she's mostly or almost completely or just completely non-Jewish. Vulturell 06:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

its rather common that ethnic dutch, germans and swedes have jewish names, Bergman is a good example. Pfeiffer sounds swiss by the way.

Contd. after the answer.

Well, like you say, she's obviously not. It is hard to believe that she is. But, certain names tend to be exclusively Jewish and Pfeiffer seems like one of those names. Also, if it was just a one off thing where the name entered the family line at some point, for it to have endured seems strange as well. Anyhoo, thanks.

I'm pretty sure Pfeiffer is a German surname, though I don't doubt it may also be considered a common Jewish one. Michael 04:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

My surname is Pfeifer. I am from Germany (catholic).

Ah, here is the answer to your "Pfeiffer" mystery. Michelle's father, Richard Pfeiffer, was born in North Dakota in 1933. His father, William Pfeiffer, was born in Minnesota in 1904. His father, also William Pfeiffer was born in 1863 in Colbe, Satle Province, Saxony, Germany (his wife, American-born, was also of German ancestry). His father, Ernst Pfeiffer, was born in 1831 in Germany. Pfeiffer's paternal grandfather is of full German descent, and at least on his mother's side, the family was Catholic. I'm sure his father's side was too - the Pfeiffers. See this family tree [1]. Pfeiffer's mother's tree - which doesn't get into the whole "Taverna" side though - is linked to on the page. Mad Jack 08:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Michael 05:37, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

she can be ethnically italian, if the grandparents came from Ticino or Grigioni, aka Italian Switzerland...

Taverna can be a name from Canton Ticino or Canton Grigioni, parts of italian Switzerland...

[edit] filmography

Most of the ones I've seen on Wikipedia list the most recent work first. Which way is it supposed to be? - IstvanWolf 05:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)