Phoebe Cates

For many people including actors and actresses, acting is the best field to market themselves. Actors and actresses will go to any extent just to maintain their financial status in public. However, there are few like Phoebe who understands that acting is a career just like any other and are always ready to quit when time is right. Today, Phoebe is known as a great businesswoman and store owner, because, she knew the right time to leave her acting, singing and modelling careers.

Well, how well do you know about Phoebe Cates? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Phoebe Cates’s net worth in 2021, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Phoebe Cates to date.

Biography and Early Life

Looking at Phoebe, it would be hard to believe she is in her late 50s considering her birth year is 1963, 16^th July. She looks like she is in her early 40s thanks to her jovial and smiley face. Phoebe is American by birth as she was born in New York City in the United States of America to Lily and Joseph Cates.

At the time of her birth, her parents were television and Broadway production insiders. Her father was originally known as Joseph Katz and he was a major Broadway producer as well as a pioneering figure in television. Her uncle Gilbert Cates was also in the film industry and always worked together with Cates dad. Her maternal grandmother and her father were both of Russian-Jewish descent while her maternal grandfather was of Chinese-Filipino ancestry. On the other hand, her mother was born and raised in Shanghai, China, giving Phoebe mixed ethnicity.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Phoebe Cates in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Phoebe Cates’s age is 58 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 16 July 1963. Though, she is 5′ 6″ in feet and inches and 170 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 132 lbs in Pound and 60kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Brown and hair color is Brunette.

Education

Cates was born and raised in New York City and that’s also where she started her early years in school. First, she attended Hewitt School, after some time, she was enrolled to Professional Children’s School for her K-6-12 studies. Her parents however decided to transfer her once again to Julliard School. Cates started modelling at the age of 10 years. She was so good in it that teen-oriented magazines like Seventeen and many others started featuring her.

Later on, she developed interest in dancing and luckily, School of American Ballet gave her a scholarship but unfortunately, she received a serious injury at the age of 15 which forced her to quit from dancing. This made her go back to her modelling career and although it was a success, Cates says the industry was too boring and therefore, she decided to quit.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

In 1979, she met Stavros Merjos and the two fell in love and started dating. In the 1980s, they started sharing an apartment in Greenwich Village but there is nothing much known of what happened to their relationship but it seems it didn’t work out. At her line of work, she met Kevin Kline when she was still dating Stavros, and Kevin was also in another relationship. However, two years later, they became romantically involved and tied the knot in 1989. She decided to change her name to Phoebe Cates Kline.

They were blessed with two kids named Owen Joseph and Greta Simone Kline. Their kids appeared with them in The Anniversary Party in 2001. Owen was also featured in The Squid and the Whale in 2005 while Greta decided to pursue a career in music and goes by the stage name Frankie Cosmos. The family live in Upper East Side of Manhattan, NY.

Is Phoebe Cates Lesbian?

Phoebe Cates is not a lesbian. She has been in two notable relationship one which led to a marriage that has lasted to date more than 20yrs later. That is enough to prove she’s not a lesbian.

Professional Career

After Cates got tired with her modelling and dancing career, she joined the film industry. Although her father’s career was in show business, her daughter’s decision of being an actress didn’t fascinate him at all. She started her acting career in 1982 in a film known as Paradise which was filmed from March to May 1981 in Israel. She took several full-frontal nude scenes in the film while was still a minor aged 17 years.

Phoebe was also the singer of the main theme song and she later recorded an album using the same name. Later on, she confessed to have regretted being part of that movie especially because of the nude roles she played. Later on in 1982, she was cast in Fast Times at Ridgemont High as a starring. This was the best of her work and she confessed to have enjoyed doing the film and it also marked the beginning of her successful career in acting.

Awards

Since cate started her career in the film, music and modelling career, she has never won any award or nomination. This however doesn’t mean that she didn’t fulfil her dreams. As a matter of fact, se enjoyed every phase of her life.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Phoebe Cates in 2021

We might not know how much Cates earns per year but her net worth says a lot. As of 2021, she has an estimated net worth of $40 million much of which she has earned from her modelling and acting career as well as in her current business.

Not many people are able to make tough decisions as Phoebe has made over the years. She does what she wants and what the world dictates and nothing is more fulfilling in life than that.