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Jami Gertz should’ve had a much bigger career

Less Than Zero, Square Pegs, Boots!

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by Anonymousreply 54March 6, 2021 1:43 PM

QUE ?

by Anonymousreply 1February 23, 2019 12:21 AM

Behoove!

by Anonymousreply 2February 23, 2019 12:23 AM

Star!

by Anonymousreply 3February 23, 2019 12:24 AM

What show is that GIF from, OP?

by Anonymousreply 4February 23, 2019 12:25 AM

Less Than Zero. She’s got Madonna’s suit look before Madonna.

And she’s great in it.

by Anonymousreply 5February 23, 2019 12:27 AM

I love Jamie Gertz. Unfortunately for her, she is often compared to one of her similar-looking contemporaries, Phoebe Cates.

by Anonymousreply 6February 23, 2019 12:27 AM

Unfortunately, neither she or Phoebe could act their way out of a paper bag

by Anonymousreply 7February 23, 2019 12:34 AM

Bitch couldn't spare a square.

by Anonymousreply 8February 23, 2019 12:34 AM

Jami was breathtaking in Less Than Zero

by Anonymousreply 9February 23, 2019 12:36 AM

I recall reading she married some rich guy.

by Anonymousreply 10February 23, 2019 12:38 AM

I couldn't buy her as sexy in Less than Zero after Square Pegs

by Anonymousreply 11February 23, 2019 12:39 AM

Wasn’t she snorting and fucking her way across Hollywood in the 80s? Maybe she burned the wrong bridges.

by Anonymousreply 12February 23, 2019 12:43 AM

She's married to a billionaire and they own the Atlanta Hawks. I doubt she cares.

by Anonymousreply 13February 23, 2019 12:45 AM

She's married to a billionaire. I doubt acting is a priority for her anymore.

by Anonymousreply 14February 23, 2019 12:45 AM

A greedy Jewess, no way

by Anonymousreply 15February 23, 2019 12:50 AM

She was pretty funny as the mom in a sitcom a few years ago.

by Anonymousreply 16February 23, 2019 12:52 AM

She was very average looking and not a very good actress I always wondered why she had a career at all. Pheobe Cates on the other hand was a terrible actress and a stone cold fox.

by Anonymousreply 17February 23, 2019 12:55 AM

Don’t forget her iconic role in Lost Boys, who will get that role in the TV show?

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by Anonymousreply 18February 23, 2019 12:56 AM

I agree OP. But as others noted, she married well and got out while she was still hot. She has kids that she actually gets to see and spend time with (versus having to disappear off to a movie set for months at a time + publicity tours) so I'm thinking she's probably enjoying life.

by Anonymousreply 19February 23, 2019 12:58 AM

She was unforgettably brilliant as Muffy Tepperman in "Square Pegs."

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by Anonymousreply 20February 23, 2019 12:58 AM

I liked her on The Facts of Life during season 5

Lighbulb!

by Anonymousreply 21February 23, 2019 12:59 AM

I love her and randomly always have. Boots St. Clair is such a deliciously drag name anyway.

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by Anonymousreply 22February 23, 2019 1:03 AM

She was in a sitcom for a few years.

by Anonymousreply 23February 23, 2019 1:08 AM

She married a billionaire. I'd pick that over having to keep yourself surgified and available for HW-type scumbags.

by Anonymousreply 24February 23, 2019 1:16 AM

She did that show Still Standing a few years ago with Mark Addy....it was pretty funny....and Sally Struthers as her mother in law was a hoot.....it ran on CBS for 5 years.

by Anonymousreply 25February 23, 2019 1:48 AM

[quote] it ran on CBS for 5 years.

Which means she added some extra millions to those billions

by Anonymousreply 26February 23, 2019 1:55 AM

...and its in syndication, so the checks keep rolling in.

by Anonymousreply 27February 23, 2019 2:14 AM

She married him BEFORE he became a billionaire. Good for her. Always liked her. Her chin was a bit strong but still a pretty girl.

by Anonymousreply 28February 23, 2019 2:23 AM

Also reminds me of Teri Hatcher and Alyssa Milano.

by Anonymousreply 29February 23, 2019 2:27 AM

Phoebe Cates showed her tits and sucked on a carrot in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and therefore became the object of Gen-X teenage boy fantasies forever after. I don't think Jamie Gertz did anything quite so memorable. But she did look good wearing a beret.

by Anonymousreply 30February 23, 2019 2:29 AM

Loved her in Twister

by Anonymousreply 31February 23, 2019 2:31 AM

Phoebe Cates is another actress who hardly works and married well....shes been married to Kevin Kline forever and runs her own boutique.

by Anonymousreply 32February 23, 2019 2:44 AM

No one's going to mention.....?

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by Anonymousreply 33February 23, 2019 2:46 AM

She was gorgeous in The Lost Boys, as was Jason Patric. His hair and eyes remind me of Henry Cavill.

by Anonymousreply 34February 23, 2019 3:41 AM

The casting of Less Than Zero was so odd to me - not really how I pictured any of those people in the book. I'd say The Lost Boys is her most memorable role. Recently rewatched it and yeah, Patric was beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 35February 23, 2019 4:12 AM

Phoebe Cates is from a wealthy, wealthy, old-money NYC family. Her mother got taken for millions by Madoff.

Gertz pops up now and again. She had a stint on Entourage, I remember. I saw her on This is Us, too.

by Anonymousreply 36February 23, 2019 4:26 AM

She was also one of the drunk gals who chopped off the hair of Tits McGee after it got stuck in a door

by Anonymousreply 37February 23, 2019 9:40 PM

^In sixteen candles

by Anonymousreply 38February 23, 2019 9:41 PM

I loved Neighbors,her 2 season series where weird martians move in next door. Jami has a BILLION bucks so she is set!

by Anonymousreply 39February 24, 2019 3:07 AM

2 billion, it seems.

by Anonymousreply 40February 24, 2019 3:08 AM

Average looking and ordinary, nothing special about her. But good for her snagging the billionaire!

by Anonymousreply 41February 24, 2019 6:50 AM

R41 Jamie didn’t snag a billionaire - When she married him she actually had more money than him. I believe she bought their first house. She was a successful actress and he was just getting started in finance. They came up together. Now they are billionaires and own the Atlanta Hawks.

by Anonymousreply 42February 24, 2019 7:03 AM

Oh thanks for the clarification R42, I misunderstood

by Anonymousreply 43February 24, 2019 7:15 AM

R42 Imagine owning a whole basketball team and having a stable of studs at you beck and call and the opportunity to make pop inspection to ensure athletic cups are being worn correctly through close inspection. Lucky woman indeed.

by Anonymousreply 44February 24, 2019 2:23 PM

Here's a 20 minute piece with Jamie from 2017 (think). Her reflections of being cast on Square Pegs and more. I love here stories and how down to earth and honest she is about entering the "biz" and more.

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by Anonymousreply 45February 24, 2019 3:06 PM

She was in one of my favorite terrible but awesome movies Sibling Rivalry. Kristie Alley, Scott Bacula, Sam Elliot, Ed O'Neil, Bill Pullman and DL favorite Carrie Fisher.

by Anonymousreply 46February 24, 2019 3:34 PM

It behooves me to say ....

Happy for her fortune.

Would be happier if she acted.

She’s such a unique performer.

by Anonymousreply 47March 6, 2021 3:32 AM

I LOVE THIS BITCH

by Anonymousreply 48March 6, 2021 3:33 AM

She wasn't beautiful or photogenic. Nice looking woman, sexy, maybe she was a good actress although I haven't seen enough of her work to judge, the only think that comes to mind is "The Lost Boys" where she couldn't do much with the role she had.

Normally when I see a gal who isn't beautiful playing a beauty I wonder who she's sleeping with, but in the case of "The Lost Boys" I'm absolutely sure it wasn't the director.

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by Anonymousreply 49March 6, 2021 3:42 AM

I rewatched all the Square Pegs episodes during the lockdown and I'm shocked at how bad Sarah Jessica Parker is in it. She's definitely the weakest link in the show. It's funny how she went on to become the breakout star of the show.

by Anonymousreply 50March 6, 2021 4:02 AM

While I know that Jami played the same character on The Facts of Life as she played on Square Pegs, it really was a great character.

Muffy/Boots is a character I'd love to see revisited now - maybe a Netflix re-Boots!

by Anonymousreply 51March 6, 2021 12:15 PM

I luf huh.

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by Anonymousreply 52March 6, 2021 1:13 PM

R6 as a little kid, I used to get Jami mixed up with Meredith Salenger. I think it was due to the Two Coreys connection.

So weird and sad to realise that half the cast of DREAM A LITTLE DREAM are now dead, and it only came out in 1989.

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by Anonymousreply 53March 6, 2021 1:41 PM

As a baby lesbian, choosing between Star the vampire and Lainey Diamond was impossible. Throw Jennifer Connelly in CAREER OPPORTUNITIES in, too. All had beautiful dark hair & eyes, soft and pretty but deep voices, amazing skin, dazzling yet kind smiles, gorgeous breasts...it was a lot.

IRL Jami won, big-time. Jennifer has done pretty well, too. Meredith however is now the second wife of an out-of-touch murderous hobbit, who is financially forcing her to raise his kids while he jerks off on his Funko Pops and tweets instead of writing jokes. She could have done so much better.

by Anonymousreply 54March 6, 2021 1:43 PM
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