Phoebe Belle Katz Cates (born July 16, 1963) is an American film actress who, by her description, has retired from acting to become a full-time mother. She is the daughter of director Joseph Cates and his Filipina wife of mixed Chinese and Spanish descent and the niece of Gilbert Cates , also a director. She is a native of New York City, where she attended the Children's professional Acting School. She is also the god-daughter of actress Joan Crawford.

She was famous in the early and middle 1980s for her acting in a handful of teen-orientated movies, and her face made the covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat, 16 , Teen Beat and others.

In 1989 she married actor Kevin Kline. In 1991 she was going to participate in Father of the Bride, but became pregnant and could not act in the movie.

Selected Filmography

• Paradise (1982)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
• Lace (1984, TV)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Date with an Angel (1987)
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
• Shag (1989)
• I Love You to Death (1990)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• Bodies, Rest and Motion (1993)
• Princess Caraboo (1994)
• The Anniversary Party (2001)

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