The Jennifer Tilly Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jennifer Tilly

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Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958) is an American actress and poker player. She is an Academy Award nominee, and a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jennifer Tilly's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jennifer Tilly, 2005 World Series of Poker, 2007 World Series of Poker, 2008 World Series of Poker, 2009 World Series of Poker, 30 Beats, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong, Bailey's Billion$, Bart Got a Room, Bartok the Magnificent, Belmont Secondary School, Bride of Chucky, Bruno (2000 film), Bullets Over Broadway, Celebrity Poker Showdown, Child's Play (film series), Cord (film), Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Deal (2008 film), Do Not Disturb (1999 film), Drop Dead Diva, Embrace of the Vampire, Family Guy, Far from Home (1989 film), Frasier Crane, GLAAD Golden Gate Award, Gina Gershon, Happy End (2003 film), High Spirits (film), Hill Street Blues, Home on the Range (2004 film), House Arrest (film), Inconceivable (film)…and more pages!

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 19 février 2013
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• EAN13: 9781486470372
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Jennifer Tilly 2005 World Series of Poker 2007 World Series of Poker 2008 World Series of Poker 2009 World Series of Poker 30 Beats Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong Bailey's Billion$ Bart Got a Room Bartok the Magnificent Belmont Secondary School Bride of Chucky Bruno (2000 film) Bullets Over Broadway Celebrity Poker Showdown Child's Play (film series) Cord (film) Dancing at the Blue Iguana Deal (2008 film) Do Not Disturb (1999 film) Drop Dead Diva Embrace of the Vampire Family Guy Far from Home (1989 film) Frasier Crane GLAAD Golden Gate Award Gina Gershon Happy End (2003 film)

High Spirits (film) Hill Street Blues Home on the Range (2004 film) House Arrest (film) Inconceivable (film)

1 8 11 16 21 26 28 44 47 49 51 54 58 62 64 67 73 79 81 83 85 87 94 96 118 121 133 134 140 141 144 152 157 160

Jericho Mansions Johnny Be Good Johnny Chan Key West (TV series) Let It Ride (film) Liar Liar Lil' Pimp Louella Parsons Made in America (film) Monsters, Inc. Monsters University Moonlighting (TV series) Moving Violations Music from Another Room (film) No Small Affair Out of Practice Phil Laak Play It to the Bone Poker Royale Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Poker Superstars season 3 results Pro-Am Poker Equalizer Relax...It's Just Sex Remote Control (1988 film) Rented Lips Return to Babylon Saint Ralph Scorchers (film) Seed of Chucky Sister Mary Explains It All Stephens College Stockard Channing Stuart Little (film) Texada Island The Cat's Meow The Civilization of Maxwell Bright The Crew (2000 film) The Fabulous Baker Boys

162 163 165 169 171 173 177 179 182 184 197 201 211 213 215 217 220 224 226 233 238 243 245 246 247

248 250 253 255 259 262 268 275 278 281 287 289 291

The Getaway (1994 film) The Haunted Mansion (film) The Initiation of Sarah (2006 film) The Magnificent Ambersons (film) The Making of Plus One The Pompatus of Love The Wrong Guy Tideland (film) Tiffany (Child's Play) World Series of Poker World Series of Poker bracelet

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly

Born

Occupation

Years active

Height

Spouse(s)

Partner(s)

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly, 2006

Jennifer Elizabeth Chan September 16, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Actress

1983–present

5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)

Sam Simon (m. 198–41991)

Phil Laak (2005–present)

[1] Jennifer Tilly(born September 16, 1958) is an American actress and poker player. She is an Academy Award nominee, and a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly.

Early life Tilly was bornJennifer E. Chanin Harbor City, Los Angeles. She is the first child of Harry Chan, a used car [2] salesman, and Patricia (nae Tilly), a Canadian schoolteacher and former stage actress. Her father was of Chinese [3][4][5][6] descent and her mother was of Irish, Finnish, and Native-American ancestry. Following her parents' divorce when she was five, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, on rural Texada Island, British Columbia. Her mother divorced again when Tilly was 16, and moved to Victoria, where Tilly attended Belmont [7][8] [9] High School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Stephens College in Missouri.

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Jennifer Tilly

Career

Acting Tilly had small roles in television series and movies beginning in 1983. She had a recurring guest role onHill Street Bluesas Gina Srignoli, a mobster's widow who becomes romantically involved with detective Henry Goldblume. She played Frasier Crane's seductive-but-ditzy date on an episode of the fourth season ofCheersand appeared as a similar character on the eleventh season ofFrasier. She appeared as Garry's girlfriend onIt's Garry Shandling's Show, which aired on Showtime. She was also cast as a high end prostitute in the short lived comedyKey West, alongside Fisher Stevens. Tilly's breakthrough film role was as a singing waitress inThe Fabulous Baker Boysin a part that was specially written for her by Steve Kloves. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen'sBullets Over Broadway(1994). In 1994, she also had a small role inThe Getawaywith Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Tilly starred inBound, which portrays a lesbian relationship her character has with Gina Gershon. She played Samantha Cole in the Jim Carrey hitLiar Liar. In 2000'sDancing at the Blue Iguana, she played a stripper and part-time dominatrix. She portrayed gossip columnist Louella Parsons in the 2001 Peter Bogdanovich filmThe Cat's Meow. Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work as killer doll Tiffany for two of theChild's Playseries. In the most recent installment,Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, providing the voice for Tiffany and also playing an exaggerated version of herself. She is a semi-regular cast member onFamily Guy, voicing the Griffin family's neighbor, Bonnie Swanson, Joe Swanson's wife who was pregnant for most of the show's run until she finally had her baby duringFamily Guy's current post-2005 cancellation era. She has also done voice-over work for the filmsMonsters, Inc.,Stuart Little and Home on the Range, as well as the children's seriesHey Arnold. In Disney'sThe Haunted Mansion, she portrays Madame Leota (a head in a crystal ball). She has been active in the theatre, winning a Theater World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway playOne Shoe Off. She had a starring role in the seriesOut of Practice, which starred Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing. The series was cancelled in May 2006. About this time, Tilly started dividing her time between her film career and professional poker. By the end of 2008, she returned to her film and television career. In 2009, Tilly made her Chinese film debut in the Christina Yao-directedEmpire of Silverplaying Mrs. Landdeck.

Poker

Jennifer Tilly

Tilly right after her win at the 2005 World Series of Poker $1,000 Ladies Only Event–No Limit Hold'em.

Nickname(s)

The Unabombshell, J Tilla the Killa

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Jennifer Tilly

Residence

Bracelet(s)

Money finish(es)

Highest ITM Main Event finish

Title(s)

Final table(s)

Money finish(es)

Los Angeles, California

World Series of Poker

1

9

None

World Poker Tour

None

None

4

On June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em event, outlasting 600 other players. She followed up this accomplishment on September 1, 2005, by also winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Tilly [10] has appeared in the GSN Poker Royale series. She appeared in the third season of Poker Superstars but was eliminated in the preliminary round. Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006, on Bravo. Tilly was knocked out in third place by Bravo's online poker champion Ida Siconolfi when herA♣K♥failed to improve against Ida's starting hand ofK♣K♠ESPN's. Tilly appears as a celebrity, rather than a poker pro, in Pro-Am Poker Equalizer. She often wears low-cut tops with push-up bras to expose lots of cleavage while playing poker. This is meant as a distraction to less serious players, saying, "the thing is, if people arereallyplaying poker, they don’t care. Nothing looks better to them than a pair of aces. They’re not looking atyour pair. They’re looking at [11] their pair." Tilly also appears in theWorld Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Editionvideo game [12] (along with boyfriend, Phil Laak) that was released in 2007 by Activision.

In a television interview in 2005, Tilly stated that at that point in her career she was more interested in pursuing [13] poker than acting. By December 2008, Tilly announced her retirement from poker as a career. In her monthly column inBluff Magazineshe said: "I love poker but greatness in poker is an elusive dream. There are too many variants. Trying to find validation in poker is like trying to find a virgin in a whorehouse. I'm not giving up poker [14] entirely–gambling is an addiction after all. I'm just going to treat it more like a hobby and less like a career." [15] Since January 2010, she appears to have resumed her poker career. [16] As of July 2012, Tilly's live tournament winnings exceed $590,000.

Personal life [17] From 1984 until 1991, Tilly was married to Sam Simon, developer and producer ofThe Simpsons. [18] Jennifer Tilly has an older brother, Steve, and two younger sisters, Meg and Rebecca.

Filmography

3

1995

1994

1994

1997

Voice only

1996

1996

1996

Allegra James

1996

Monica Moran

Mona Lisa

Miranda

Mrs. Camille Stout

Nina

Herself

Charlene

Cathryn

Mary Crippa

Tiffany

Piloff

Lynn Holden

Lisa

Amy Hopkins

Edie Piper

Tarzaan

Patty Mae

Samantha Cole

Cindy Figler

1998

Violet

Stacy

Igiyook

Okie Girl

1997

Title

Inside Out

Film

Rented Lips

1999

He's My Girl

Marika

Kily Griffith

Fran Carvey

Far from Home

Olive Neal

Connie Hisler

Amy

Vicki

Rena Rushton/Kathy Payne

Melissa

No Small Affair

High Spirits

Remote Control

Mona

Amy

Tara Ricotto

Voice only

Made in America

Shadow of the Wolf

Scorchers

House Arrest

Liar Liar

Bullets Over Broadway

The Doors

Hoods

Relax...It's Just Sex

Bride of Chucky

Let It Ride

1988

Stuart Little

Do Not Disturb

Bartok the Magnificent

The Pompatus of Love

Bird of Prey

Embrace of the Vampire

The Muse

Man with a Gun

The Getaway

American Strays

Bound

1991

1989

1992

1988

1991

1993

1989

Year

Jennifer Tilly

1985

1988

1984

1987

1987

Talbot

Notes

Role

Johnny Be Good

1994

Moving Violations

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

Music From Another Room

1997

1994

1995

The Wrong Guy

Goosed

Double Cross

Edie & Pen

Uncredited

1999

4

1988

1999

1998

1999

1998

1998

1999

Bart Got a Room

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

Tideland

2003

2001

2003

Perfect Opposites

Grace

Home on the Range

Second Best

2000

1999

2000

2001

2001

2000

Jennifer Tilly

2011

2009

2010

2009

2010

2000

2008

2010

2009

Dot

Donna Cherry

Edna

Gillian Stevens

Sebeva

Louella Parsons

Carole

Hooker

Ringside Fan

2003

2004

Ginger Quail

Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein

2005

2004

2007

2004

2004

2001

2005

2005

2004

2006

2005

2008

Saint Ralph

Madame Leota

Ball in the House

Jo

Celia Mae

Made in Romania

2009

2003

2001

Jericho Mansions

Elyse Steinberg

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

2008

Voice only

Voice only

2004

Voice only

Nurse Alice

Salome 'Sally' Marsh

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Bailey's Billion$

Bruno

Cord

Play It to the Bone

El Padrino

2004

Empire of Silver

Seed of Chucky

Love on the Side

Lil' Pimp

Return to Babylon

2008

Inconceivable

The Haunted Mansion

Imps

The Cat's Meow

Happy End

Hollywood North

Monsters, Inc.

The Making of Plus One

The Secret Lives of Dorks

Miss Perry

Tiffany/Herself

Karen 'Razor' Jones

Melinda

Alma Kerns

Dolores

5

Helen

Herself

Dr. O'Shannon

Queen Gunhilda

Intervention

The Poker Movie

Mrs. Landdeck

Dirt

Fast Sofa

The Crew

Mrs. Rundell

Miss De La Croix

Dolores Pennington

Amber

Clara Bow

Ms. Stewart

Erika

Herself

30 Beats

Deal

The Caretaker

Moonlighting

Remington Steele

2005–2006

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Webbers

Cheers

2002

1993

1986

1989

1985

TV film

14 episodes

Crystal

Kim

TV film Voice only

TV film

Role

Lola

Blitzen / Eva Wilson

Bonnie Swanson

Moyra Luciano

Philomena Rostovich

TV film

Candi Pearson

Celia Mae

Episode: "Suspended/Ernie in Love" Voice only

Nurse Saundra

Miranda Webber

Out of Practice

Sister Mary Explains It All

Frasier

Tina Abbot

Family Guy

Heads

Hey Arnold!

2013

1993

1997

1999–present

2000

Episode: "Second Time Around"

Episode: "Plastic Fantastic Lovers"

2004

2001

Jennifer Tilly

Episode: "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele "

The Initiation of Sarah

The Kid

Voice only

TV film

TV film

Savannah Sumner/Savannah Sumners 13 episodes

2012

2011

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2010

RuPaul's Drag Race

Modern Family

Darlene

Drop Dead Diva

Ginny

Herself

Terpsie Pratt

The Simpsons

Episode "Frenemies"

Episode: "Miss Right Now"

Episode: "Dream Big"

2012

2011

Episode: "Treehouse"

6

Monsters University

Title

TV film

Acting awards b Theater World Award, Most Promising Newcomer–One Shoe Off Dramalogue Award–Vaniti Gemini Award For Best Actress–Heads b Fanta Festival Best Actress–Bride of Chucky b Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Best Actress–Bound b Golden Gate Award–GLAAD Media Award for media professionals who increase the understanding of the LGBT community bFlorida Film Festival Award Artistic Achievement Award bDVD exclusive Award Best Actress (in a DVD Premiere Movie) bEyegore Award Eyegore bSan Diego Film Festival Award Achievement in Acting

Notes

Voice only

Herself - Guest Judge

Episode: "Take My Life, Please!"

Episode "Gone Abie Gone"

Dr. Eugenia Hunter

Waitress

Awards and nominations

1993

Year

Bella Mafia

2006

2001

Television

Key West

Fanny Minafer