Introduction
Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer (born January 1, 1964) is an American film and television actress.
Early life
Pfeiffer was born on January 1, 1964, in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna (née Taverna), a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor. She is the younger sister of actress Michelle Pfeiffer. Her parents were both originally from North Dakota.
Career
Pfeiffer began her acting career at the age of 21 with a 1985 appearance on Simon & Simon, an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. That same year, Pfeiffer made her movie debut in Into the Night, a 1985 American comedy-thriller film directed by John Landis, playing a prostitute opposite Jeff Goldblum and her sister Michelle. Pfeiffer's first nude role came in a 1989 shower scene for the supernatural horror film The Horror Show, and she later went on to pose nude for Playboy's February 2002 edition.
Along with acting on stage, Pfeiffer starred in many films and on TV. One of her best-known TV roles is on Cybill Shepherd's television series Cybill, as her daughter, Rachel Blanders, from 1995–1997. She also starred in the TV series For Your Love from 1998 to 2002. She starred with Susanna Hoffs in the 1987 film The Allnighter and has made guest appearances on the TV shows Simon & Simon, Ellen, Seinfeld, Friends, Dream On, CSI: NY, and The Dead Zone, among others.
In 2020, Pfeiffer will play the role of Denise Brisbane in the ABC crime drama series Big Sky which was created with her brother-in-law by David E. Kelley.