Phoebe Cates was one of the hottest actresses in the 80s, and her topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High is legendary.
Were you a fan of Phoebe Cates?
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Phoebe Cates was one of the hottest actresses in the 80s, and her topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High is legendary.
Were you a fan of Phoebe Cates?
by Anonymous | reply 129 | October 11, 2020 4:19 PM |
Rockin that Hostess at Benihana look that was popular in the eighties
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 20, 2018 5:43 AM |
As a gay man, she's objectively beautiful but does nothing for me otherwise.
As a teenager watching this film, there was a thrill of seeing boobies in a movie because they were Forbidden and much rarer in the days before the Internet made porn ubiquitous.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 20, 2018 5:43 AM |
I wanted her deeply in me.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 20, 2018 5:45 AM |
She appealed to straight men, gay men and lesbians.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 20, 2018 5:47 AM |
I thought she was at her best in Drop Dead Fred.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 20, 2018 5:49 AM |
Why are her nipples brown? She was young when that photo was taken and had not yet had children so what's the deal? Was she preggers at some point and had an abortion?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 20, 2018 5:49 AM |
Isn't she part East Asian?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 20, 2018 5:57 AM |
Late 80s interview. Just after her marriage.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 20, 2018 6:01 AM |
R7, from Wiki: "Her father and maternal grandmother were of Russian-Jewish descent, and her maternal grandfather was Chinese-Filipino. Cates' mother was born in Shanghai, China.
Her skin is fair so I would assume her nipples would also be light but what do I know.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 20, 2018 6:06 AM |
She's aged well.
Teri Hatcher had sort of a similar look but didn't age well.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 20, 2018 6:22 AM |
Phoebe was really lovely. Fast Times was by far her most iconic role IMO, but I would guess that her biggest paycheck was likely for the two Gremlins films. It seems odd that she was never terribly successful as an actress. She was really excellent in Fast Times in particular - a film that really has stood the test of time. Who knows - Hollywood has always been competitive. She often gave off an apathetic vibe - perhaps casting agents saw the same attitude. I always loved her (in honesty, watching her films years after they were released - I still can't believe that she was born in 1963!!!).
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 20, 2018 6:24 AM |
She's from a showbiz family so she probably didn't give a fuck about her career. She had fun for a bit and then decided to settle down, start a family and pursue other interests. Didn't she have a business selling home goods or something?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 20, 2018 6:30 AM |
I liked her later roles in Bodies Rest and Motion and The Anniversary Party
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 20, 2018 6:34 AM |
Certainly, every gay man wants to make sweet, sweet love to that woman and her obscene mammary glands.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 20, 2018 6:36 AM |
Someone posted a great story about her on an old thread. They saw her on a NYC street, apparently a few blocks from where her store was located. They shouted, "Which one of you bitches is my Mother!" from Lace. They reported that at first she was stunned, then she just started to laugh.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 20, 2018 6:41 AM |
R6, Men have different colored nipples and so do women.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 20, 2018 6:54 AM |
Yes R17, but men's nipples don't change color and darken when they become pregnant.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 20, 2018 7:47 AM |
I also remember the topless reveal in that 80s comedy about a woman impersonating a man.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 20, 2018 7:54 AM |
She had a rare fungal disease called Nippletosis that she caught during a photo shoot in the jungles of darkest Africa. She caught it from a very large gentleman who had taken her on a tour of some ancient ruins during her rest time, where they made love amidst the stones. The very next day when she took her top off for the photo shoot, it was discovered that her nipples had become discolored and that was when she converted to Presbyterianism. She discussed all this in the interview Playboy did with her in 1990.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 20, 2018 8:23 AM |
R20 just one of the guys?
"It's OK everybody, it's alright. He has tits."
A film like this would never get made today as it would be considered trans phobic, when in the 1980s it was one of many teen sex comedies and nothing really special.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 20, 2018 8:31 AM |
See? Her tits are young and beautiful...those huge water balloons that doctors put in are ugly.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 20, 2018 8:41 AM |
LOVED her hit single "Poetry Man."
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 20, 2018 9:15 AM |
Princess Baraboo
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 20, 2018 9:27 AM |
[quote]LOVED her hit single "Poetry Man."
[quote]—How Come She Didn't Record More?
I have SNOW idea.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 20, 2018 9:28 AM |
The actress, Joyce Hyser, from Just One of the Guys dated Bruce Springsteen. His other ex, music photographer Lynn Goldsmith had a similar look.
Joyce was so cute, she looks a lot like DL fave Susanna Hoffs.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 20, 2018 10:12 AM |
I've obtained an exclusive photo of poster R6 seeing tits for the first time.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 20, 2018 10:24 AM |
Actually R28, I saw tits for the first time when I hit puberty and looked in the mirror.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 20, 2018 3:04 PM |
I thought she was gorgeous when i saw her for the first time in Gremlins. And DDF is one of my fave movies. I can't believe it took me so long to check out Fast Times. Was Private School a big hit when it came out??
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 20, 2018 3:18 PM |
The topless horseback riding scene in Private School was filmed off Potrero Road in Thousand Oaks.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 20, 2018 3:35 PM |
She’s still lovely. She has a nice boutique on upper Madison Avenue.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 20, 2018 3:51 PM |
Wasn’t her real last name Katz?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 20, 2018 3:54 PM |
Any fans of Shag: The Movie around here? It's one of my favorite lazy Sunday afternoon films. But it's a funny coincidence how both she and Bridget Fonda decided to prematurely retire from acting in 2001.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 20, 2018 4:15 PM |
She used to say she was 1/4 Chinese. Now it’s “Chinese Filipino.” Lots of people who claimed they were part Chinese or part Japanese are actually part Filipino. For some reason, they don’t like to admit this. It’s so dumb. Chinese or Japanese isn’t “better” than Filipino.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 20, 2018 4:22 PM |
R36 Shag Fun fact: Kevin Kline, her then fiancé, came to visit her on set, just before leaving for London to film "A Fish called Wanda"
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 20, 2018 4:29 PM |
She was quite popular as a model in the Asian markets. When I was stationed in Japan in the late eighties, her face was everywhere. One magazine even had a contest between who was the most beautiful-Brooke Shields or Phoebe.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 20, 2018 4:46 PM |
She and Kevin Kline both come from wealth
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 20, 2018 5:31 PM |
She married Kevin Kline talk about the most random couple
by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 20, 2018 5:39 PM |
What’s random? They’re both from wealthy families, both went to Juilliard, both are half Jewish, both were actors, both can sing. They have a lot in common
by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 20, 2018 6:02 PM |
I loved her in the TV miniseries, Lace.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 20, 2018 6:05 PM |
I just understand why breeder boys get all hot and bothered by those fat bags.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | November 20, 2018 6:07 PM |
Lace.... Which one of you bitches is my Mother....
by Anonymous | reply 45 | November 20, 2018 6:08 PM |
Mmmm nice tits. I'd love to have sucked that guy from gremlins though.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 20, 2018 6:08 PM |
She starred in Paradise (a Blue Lagoon ripoff) with Willie Aames. When I went to see it the entire audience consisted of an adult male (me) and three teenaged girls.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 20, 2018 6:12 PM |
R47 and all you girls probably screeched over Willie's Aames full-frontal.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | November 20, 2018 6:22 PM |
What’s weird about her brown nipples? She’s part Asian, and Asians have brown nipples. Some dark haired white people do too.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 20, 2018 6:28 PM |
R39 what was it like being bisexual or gay in the military in Japan in the 1980s? Did you have sex with men at all, secretly, or did you just jerk off a lot instead?
by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 20, 2018 6:29 PM |
Someone once told me that he went to see Private School for Phoebe, but when her co-star, uber-babe Betsy Russell, appeared onscreen, he was like, “Phoebe, who?”
by Anonymous | reply 51 | November 20, 2018 6:32 PM |
She doesn't seem to age... still looks beautiful, and not much older than OP's photo.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 20, 2018 6:34 PM |
Songstress Phoebe singing one of the songs from the Private School soundtrack...
by Anonymous | reply 53 | November 20, 2018 6:35 PM |
Some modeling shots when she was with Elite modeling agency.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | November 20, 2018 6:56 PM |
R35 if kevin kline was your father you wouldn't be so not cute looking either
by Anonymous | reply 55 | November 20, 2018 7:02 PM |
Every lesbian 's fantasy chick.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | November 20, 2018 7:08 PM |
Betsy Russell’s boobs have got to be fake. No jiggling whatsoever.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | November 20, 2018 7:09 PM |
The daughter looks just like a cross between Phoebe Cates & Kevin Kline without the plastic surgery & cosmetic dentistry her parents had.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | November 20, 2018 7:13 PM |
R11 Well, she's part Asian like Keanu Reeves. They age slower.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | November 20, 2018 7:19 PM |
[quote]Betsy Russell’s boobs have got to be fake
They are now. Don’t think they were back then.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | November 20, 2018 10:34 PM |
I think equal time requires male nudity from another Phoebe Cates film. Consider is the Datalounge Fairness Doctrine.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | November 20, 2018 10:39 PM |
Looking like she did in the 80s, and then backing out of the business entirely - she's got to have some #metoo stories.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | November 21, 2018 12:31 AM |
I always thought she was stunning. And I blame her for my fondness for brunettes.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | November 21, 2018 12:49 AM |
It's always a shame when actresses have to lower themselves to nudity.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | November 21, 2018 12:49 AM |
Well, she can't do topless no more.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | November 21, 2018 12:51 AM |
LOL, R31.
R34, yes but her uncle was also named (Gil) Cates. He was famous for producing many Academy Awards shows, so either the family changed their name before she was born or he and his brother decided to do so when they went into showbiz.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | November 21, 2018 12:51 AM |
Remember when Phoebe Wallingford flashed her tits on AMC? THAT was hot!
by Anonymous | reply 70 | November 21, 2018 1:06 AM |
R50, I hated it...constantly being on the lookout for Naval Investigative Services sending spies to the bars, not being able to share the details of your weekend with anyone. Glad that portion of my life is over...being forced into the closet like that shaves years off, imo...
by Anonymous | reply 72 | November 21, 2018 2:49 AM |
Kevin Kline claims he and Phoebe met when she auditioned for Meg Tilly's role in The Big Chill.
However, their chemistry @R70's photo is interesting. (Poor Brooke Adams)
by Anonymous | reply 73 | November 21, 2018 3:16 AM |
Interesting that Phoebe was up for that Big Chill role as she and Meg both have Chinese ancestry,
by Anonymous | reply 74 | November 21, 2018 3:23 AM |
R73 I know what you mean. Brooke Adams looks like a third wheel here.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | November 21, 2018 3:25 AM |
It's also interesting that Brooke Adams played as one of her potential mothers in Lace (1984).
by Anonymous | reply 76 | November 21, 2018 3:47 AM |
Oh snap! You can tell how enamoured Kev is with Phoebes in R71’s pic where she’s playfully shaking his rather large finger.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | November 21, 2018 4:14 PM |
I wonder if she regrets turning roles down
by Anonymous | reply 78 | November 27, 2018 9:13 PM |
Doubtful. She probably has a very pleasant life.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | November 27, 2018 9:16 PM |
I love you R63.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | November 27, 2018 9:24 PM |
Kevin Kline's family owned a pharmacy in St. Louis, where he grew up. They were comfortable but not uber wealthy. He graduated from St. Louis Priory High School in 1966, all-boys and Catholic.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | November 27, 2018 9:30 PM |
Kevin Kline was all over Broadway, other New York stage productions and then Hollywood starting in the '70s. He might not be as well known now, but he was definitely considered a star, and I always thought he was hot. He dated a string of well-known personalities before his marriage, including both Patty Lupone and Linda Ronstadt. I remember at the time of his wedding to Cates the notion that it was understandable based on her looks, but that he was marrying "down" based on her somewhat lowbrow career.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | November 27, 2018 9:38 PM |
R67 well, her son dry humped a bookcase in THE SQUID AND THE WHALE when he was only 13.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | November 27, 2018 10:13 PM |
She's good friends with Jennifer Jason Leigh
by Anonymous | reply 84 | November 29, 2018 3:15 AM |
R64 Probably but I don't think she ever really enjoyed being an actor and once Kline was supporting her there was no reason to continue.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | November 29, 2018 3:19 AM |
r84, that pic looks more than just friends. They are naked under that blanket.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 29, 2018 6:09 PM |
R42, Cates attended Juilliard? That's certainly news to me. Then again, you said "went to Juilliard." Perhaps you were referencing her meeting a friend for lunch who happened to be a student there.
R70, I DO remember that infamous scene from AMC and my loins were never the same thereafter. Phoebe Tyler's tits should be duly enshrined in the Soapsonian Institute!
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 29, 2018 6:24 PM |
[quote]Cates attended Juilliard? That's certainly news to me. Then again, you said "went to Juilliard." Perhaps you were referencing her meeting a friend for lunch who happened to be a student there.
The SHADE of it all!
by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 29, 2018 9:32 PM |
She would be so much more attractive now if she did something with her hair.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 29, 2018 9:35 PM |
Phoebe did attend Juilliard. Just because it's news to you doesn't make it false.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 29, 2018 9:36 PM |
R91, let's establish the facts here. If you think Cate's taking afterschool dance classes at Juilliard from the ages of 10-13 (which I just verified) deserves to be referred to as "attending Juilliard," then I suggest you inform Juilliard four year degree degree holders, Bebe Neuwirth, Christine Baranski, Jessica Chastain, Andre Braugher, Ving Rhames, Viola Davis, Jeanne Tripplehorn, William Hurt, Laura Linney, Frances Conroy, Marcia Cross, and from the inaugural graduating class, Ms. Patti Lupone--of this newfangled nomenclature.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 29, 2018 10:04 PM |
One of the most jerked off to 80s girls
by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 5, 2018 1:58 AM |
If she was modeling for the Elite agency, then presumably she was ‘had’ by John Casablancas.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 5, 2018 2:14 AM |
my bro got her drunk bak in the day and fukd her in the bak of his pick up …… said she was hot but even then her puss was floppy
by Anonymous | reply 96 | December 8, 2018 5:03 AM |
One of the more exotic 80s girls.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | December 17, 2018 1:23 AM |
When was that taken?
by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 17, 2018 3:22 AM |
^ It was taken at the NYC premier of "The Extra Man." 2010
by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 17, 2018 3:29 AM |
OP=Kevin Kline.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | December 17, 2018 3:33 AM |
Do you think when really conventionally good looking people have meh looking children they are dissappointed?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 17, 2018 3:38 AM |
Not necessarily. They may enjoy remaining "the pretty one".
by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 17, 2018 7:59 AM |
Cold degenerate eyes. But otherwise probably a lovely lady
by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 17, 2018 8:27 AM |
You bitches are slipping, no one mentioned her RIDICULOUS "I hate Christmas speech" from Gremlins that she parodied with the hilarious "I hate President's Day speech" in Gremlins 2
by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 17, 2018 9:49 AM |
hard to believe kevin kline has milked her hot udders all these years
I love him
extra man was tre fab
by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 17, 2018 11:55 AM |
She was a big teen model. I remember her in my sister's 17 magazine. I kind of had a crush on her. She was gorgeous. Loved her in Fast Times and "Bright Lights Big City"
by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 17, 2018 12:11 PM |
even tho I was gay, I enjoyed lookin at her big fat titty udders..
by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 17, 2018 1:48 PM |
R108 - But they weren’t big. They were perky B cups.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 18, 2018 1:30 AM |
I used to masturbate to Judge Reinhold masturbating to Phoebe Cates.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 18, 2018 3:12 AM |
I always felt that Mia Sara and Jennifer Connelly were prettier than Phoebe.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 18, 2018 3:22 AM |
2008 interview with Phoebe talking about her store.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 18, 2018 3:31 AM |
I used to jack off on my hot big bro's bed thinking bout his fascination of sucking off her big fat tasty long nipples...
by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 18, 2018 6:00 AM |
Phoebe had more charisma than Jennifer Connelly and Mia Sara
by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 18, 2018 6:02 AM |
I visualize her doggie style, men form a line behind her, mostly college footballers, fukin her and workin them hanging tittys over hard.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 19, 2018 10:32 AM |
r112, Kevin sounds like a controlling jerk.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 21, 2018 11:29 PM |
She’s half Asian. That’s why she looks “exotic” and has dark nipples.
THE IGNORANCE.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | August 11, 2019 2:49 AM |
Is that Blanche's sassy grandson in the "Just One of the Guys" clip shown at R22?
And you can just imagine Kevin's woody in the publicity pics with poor Brooke Adams. Brooke did get Tony Shaloub as ...sort of... a consolation prize.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | August 11, 2019 3:34 AM |
Cates projected about as much personality as a bath mat.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | August 11, 2019 3:57 AM |
R20 I remember that movie. Actress is known more for being Bruce Springsteen’s girlfriend. Her name was Joyce. Can’t remember her last name.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | September 15, 2019 6:20 AM |
Gremlins 2 is seriously one of the best sequels ever. It never gets enough credit. And John Glover sending up YOU KNOW WHO is eerie, prescient and brilliant. One of the great supporting turns.
Phoebe didn't have a long run but she made enough movies that people will remember her forever - Fast Times and Gremlins 1 & 2 alone.
But she also starred in other movies that have become cult classics and faves, like Shag: The Movie and Private School, with Matthew Modine, which is finally coming to Blu-ray in October.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | September 15, 2019 6:38 AM |
Her kids were in the movie The Anniversary. She looked good then to.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | September 15, 2019 6:40 AM |
My sister was a big 17 magazine fan in her teens like someone mentioned above. Phoebe was in it month after month. Very popular teen model.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | September 15, 2019 2:03 PM |
[quote]R36 Any fans of “Shag: The Movie” around here?
My friend calls it [italic]Shit: The Movie[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 128 | October 11, 2020 3:48 PM |
I always thought she looked like a cabbage patch kid. Don't care for her "infamous" tits nor her terrible acting.
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