Both films made little noise at the box office.After a return to the stage in a 1995 Los Angeles production of John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone," Perkins headlined the female ensemble of the feature romantic comedy, "Moonlight and Valentino" (1995), as well as appeared in several more TV features including the NBC movie "Cloned" and Showtime's "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women" (both 1997). However, despite this almost instant big screen success, by 1993 she was beginning a lengthy career in TV movies - starting with the ABC pic, "For Their Own Good." The following year she stepped barefoot into Wilma Flintstone's role in the live action adaptation of "The Flintstones," and also took on the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street" (both 1994) in the role made famous by Maureen O'Hara. She was critically-acclaimed for her role in Barry Levinson's ensemble piece "Avalon" (1990), and likewise wowed audiences by portraying a terminal cancer patient opposite William Hurt in "The Doctor" (1991). With that tour de force performance, the offers began pouring in.Starring opposite all the mid-80s hunks of the day, she played gal pals to Judd Nelson in "From the Hip" (1987) and Jeff Daniels in "Sweet Hearts Dance" (1988) before truly breaking out as the buttoned up business executive transformed by child-man Tom Hanks in "Big" (1988). Her hilarious scenes sparring with Jim Belushi's Bernie Litgo were the best in the film. Starring as Demi Moore's wisecracking friend Joan in "About Last Night." (1986), Perkins was a scene-stealer from the film's open, showcasing a great bitchy energy. She appeared at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in the summer of 1985 before she got her first offer to branch out into film - in a part that would make her a name virtually overnight. She caught her first break in 1983 with a role in the touring company of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," debuting with the production on Broadway the following year. She graduated with a BFA in Acting in 1981, and became active in local theater productions including a run with the Steppenwolf Theater.Perkins moved on to New York stages, beginning to build up a resume with performances at off-off Broadway venues like the experimental theater La Mama ETC. Her outgoing tendencies found a more suitable home at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago. She attended Northfield Mount Herman boarding school in Western Massachusetts eventually being expelled after skipping class, smoking pot in the bathroom, and generally spending too much time trying to be the center of attention. Following the split of her parents - a first generation Greek American businessman and a concert pianist - Perkins was raised on a farm outside of Brattleboro, VT. Elizabeth Perkins was born, in Queens, NY.
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