Phoebe Cates

 Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16th, 1963)is an American former actress who is most well-known for her roles in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984) and Drop Dead Fred (1991).Cates was born on July 16, 1963, in New York City,to a family of television and Broadway production insiders. The actress is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates (originally Joseph Katz) who was a prominent Broadway producer and a pioneer in the field of television and helped to create The $64,000 Question. Gilbert Cates, her uncle, produced many television specials. Many of these were co-produced by Cates's father. Cates is Eurasian Her father and maternal grandmother were of Russian Jewish descent, whereas her maternal grandfather was Chinese-Filipino. Her mother was born in Shanghai, China.Cates attended the Professional Children's School, and the Juilliard School.At the age of ten, Cates started modeling, appearing in Seventeen and other teen-oriented magazines. In the following years, she wanted to become a dancer. Then, she got an opportunity to study at the School of American Ballet, but quit after an injury to her knee when she was 14. After that, she started an unsatisfactory, brief career as a model. Cates declared that she didn't like the industry and said, "It was the same things every time." After a while, I did it for the money.