Rebecca De Mornay
Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch; August 29, 1959)[1][2], although some sources in the past have given 1962.[3][a] is an American actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred as Lana in Risky Business. De Mornay is also known for her roles in The Slugger's Wife (1985), Runaway Train (1985), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Backdraft (1991), and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992).
For the Seinfeld character, see Rebecca DeMornay (Seinfeld).
Rebecca De Mornay
Her other film credits include The Three Musketeers (1993), Never Talk to Strangers (1995), Identity (2003), Lords of Dogtown, Wedding Crashers (both 2005), and Mother's Day (2010). On television, she starred as Wendy Torrance in the miniseries adaptation of The Shining (1997), and as Dorothy Walker on Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015–19).
Early life[edit]
De Mornay was born Rebecca Jane Pearch in Santa Rosa, California, the daughter of Julie[9] and Wally George (né George Walter Pearch), a disc jockey and later television host.[10] According to the Associated Press, De Mornay's age is the subject of dispute,[4] though it was announced in Santa Rosa's Press Democrat that her parents had a daughter born on August 29, 1959, at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.[11] Her paternal grandmother was vaudeville performer and child film actress Eugenia Clinchard.[12]
Her parents divorced in 1960, and she took the surname of her stepfather, Richard De Mornay, after her mother married him in 1961. She spent her early years in Pasadena, California, until her stepfather died of a stroke on March 2, 1962, aged 48.[13] After his death, De Mornay and her half-brother Peter were raised by her mother, who relocated the family to Europe, where they lived in several different locations.[14] She attended the independent Summerhill School in Leiston, Suffolk, England[15] before completing her studies at a private high school in Germany.[14]