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Is Jamie Gertz tremendous?

She's Brat Pack adjacent, but was never "in" like them. IMO, she's more interesting. Not a traditional beauty and not even "hot" in an obvious way. But, interesting to look at and a distinct acting tenor.

Do you like Jamie Gertz or do you think she's trash, or just don't care one way or the other?

I brought this up because I was watching Less Than Zero for the first time in years.

by Anonymousreply 51May 15, 2021 2:58 AM

It behooves me to post in this thread.

by Anonymousreply 1May 14, 2021 5:18 AM

Married well. More money than God. Charmed life, minimal talent.

by Anonymousreply 2May 14, 2021 5:18 AM

She was in The Lost Boys, more than a lot of pigs can say.

by Anonymousreply 3May 14, 2021 5:36 AM

She was great on Square Pegs. I just watched it a few years ago. The running gag of the kid she sponsored somewhere in Africa was very funny. I remember one episode where they were rasing money to get the kid coolots. (I can't spell it)

by Anonymousreply 4May 14, 2021 5:56 AM

I liked her Midwestern kookiness. Better in comedies imho.

by Anonymousreply 5May 14, 2021 6:01 AM

She played the most annoying character in movie history in Twister. I still sometimes say in her country accent "HE'S NOT TALKIN' BOUT MAH BILLY?"

by Anonymousreply 6May 14, 2021 6:07 AM

There have been quite a few threads about her on DL, OP. Here's a link to one of the good ones.

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by Anonymousreply 7May 14, 2021 6:09 AM

There is no E at the end of her Jami.

by Anonymousreply 8May 14, 2021 6:10 AM

Not a traditional beauty? Well, if you mean that she doesn't look like every other bland white girl that you can see at any mall in Anywhere, USA, then you are correct. But with that enviable head of long raven hair, those big brown eyes and that bone structure, she was certainly a looker in her day.

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by Anonymousreply 10May 14, 2021 6:12 AM

sadly, I see or hear the words "tremendous" or "disaster" and I think of the forever ex president, those being two of his most overused words, not sure who Jamie Gertz is, but she has to be better than the orange guy.

by Anonymousreply 11May 14, 2021 6:17 AM

Shouldn't she be in the past tense? And the answer is NO, SHE NEVER WAS.

by Anonymousreply 12May 14, 2021 6:38 AM

She IS tremendous and she WAS tremendous.

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by Anonymousreply 13May 14, 2021 7:05 AM

She was miscast as a model in Less Than Zero.

by Anonymousreply 14May 14, 2021 7:07 AM

Boots St. Clair can blow it out her Gucci bag.

by Anonymousreply 15May 14, 2021 7:12 AM

Dead parent was a Billionaire. Case closed.

by Anonymousreply 16May 14, 2021 7:25 AM

Her husband is a billionaire r16

by Anonymousreply 17May 14, 2021 7:40 AM

She's always tried to out-Jew me. I hate her.

by Anonymousreply 18May 14, 2021 7:51 AM

I always loved Jami, the pilot episode of Square Pegs sent me into a laughing fit, where she dances to the song by the Waitresses.

by Anonymousreply 19May 14, 2021 8:05 AM

She looks like every JAP I see walking up Third Avenue. What “bone structure?” She has a long skinny face too; you al just never noticed because SJP was her co-star.

by Anonymousreply 20May 14, 2021 8:37 AM

Isn't Norman Lear her uncle?

by Anonymousreply 21May 14, 2021 8:37 AM

She's tremendously wealthy, courtesy of her husband.

Jami always seemed just about to break through in the '80s, but somehow never quite did. Her Muffy Tepperman was singled out by critics who otherwise were mixed regarding Square Pegs, and after its one season ended, she moved into film, very much a step up back then. She did some clunkers (Solarbabies, anyone?), then re-emerged circa 1987 in Less Than Zero (not well-received) and then in a huge hit in '88, Lost Boys.

In 1989 she married, and although she's appeared in various things since, I think her real career has been rich guy's wife and mother to three sons. Not a bad gig.

by Anonymousreply 22May 14, 2021 8:58 AM

She was discovered by Norman Lear in a "nationwide talent search." But Lear probably didn't look too hard — he likely found her in Northwestern's summer program for high school students, which I desperately wanted to attend but couldn't afford, and which Jami Gertz's name was plastered all over in the early '90s.

Square Pegs was an Embassy production, like Facts of Life. A vestige of Norman Lear's big '70s company that produced all his big hits.

by Anonymousreply 23May 14, 2021 9:17 AM

[quote]They also became owners of the NBA team Atlanta Hawks in 2015.

Has she commented on Georgia's deplorable Election Integrity Act of 2021 yet?

by Anonymousreply 24May 14, 2021 9:26 AM

[quote] not sure who Jamie Gertz is

Ewww. Who are you and why are you here?

by Anonymousreply 25May 14, 2021 10:17 AM

[quote] What “bone structure?”

The delicate kind.

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by Anonymousreply 26May 14, 2021 10:19 AM

[quote]She did some clunkers (Solarbabies, anyone?), then re-emerged circa 1987 in Less Than Zero (not well-received) and then in a huge hit in '88, Lost Boys.

The Lost Boys was in 1987, was made before and came out before Less Than Zero.

After Square Pegs, she went back and forth between TV and film, with guest spots on Diff’rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, and a starring role on the short-lived Dreams with John Stamos. Her pre-Lost Boys films included Endless Love, Alphabet City, Sixteen Candles, Mischief, Quicksilver, Crossroads and the aforementioned Solarbabies.

by Anonymousreply 27May 14, 2021 10:29 AM

"She was great on Square Pegs. The running gag of the kid she sponsored somewhere in Africa was very funny."

It was a Guatemalan child.

by Anonymousreply 28May 14, 2021 10:29 AM

I always thought Jami was great on Still Standing with Mark Addy as her husband. Her comedic timing was perfect, she was made for that role.

by Anonymousreply 29May 14, 2021 10:57 AM

She's really engaging in the Square Pegs interviews...

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by Anonymousreply 30May 14, 2021 11:21 AM

R29 I agree. Very underrated show.

by Anonymousreply 31May 14, 2021 2:47 PM

I thought she was hot back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 32May 14, 2021 3:07 PM

Oh hey R32. How you doing?

She has a gorgeous head of hair. Silky, bouncing, behaving. Easily photogenic bone structure as well.

I think she's a fair comedic actress and she truly cracked me up on "Square Pegs" years ago. She really played that character to the hilt at a very young age and did a fine job doing so.

She married very well and apparently her mother did too! Good for them.

by Anonymousreply 33May 14, 2021 3:13 PM

Her husband is totally self-made. When they got together, she had more money than he did.

by Anonymousreply 34May 14, 2021 3:30 PM

she’s rich now, right? But not from her acting, but from other endeavors or marriage?

by Anonymousreply 35May 14, 2021 3:35 PM

A small roll, but she was really great as the phone sex operator/Jerry's girlfriend on Seinfeld.

by Anonymousreply 36May 14, 2021 3:45 PM

Her husband, Tony Ressler, together with his brother in law Leon Black, became private equity billionaires through the Apollo and Ares groups. This happened after he and Jami got married. Leon Black had to step back after some shady dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.

by Anonymousreply 37May 14, 2021 3:52 PM

Her "comedy" acting in STILL STANDING was annoying - but most egregious was her Chicago accent......

But I love her in LOST BOYS and LESS THAN ZERO.

by Anonymousreply 38May 14, 2021 4:16 PM

Thought that she was so gorgeous. Was she a model first?

by Anonymousreply 39May 14, 2021 4:31 PM

My bad for "Jamie" rather than "Jami".

by Anonymousreply 40May 14, 2021 4:35 PM

I thought her acting in "Lost Boys" was extremely weak. She could barely say her name convincingly.

by Anonymousreply 41May 14, 2021 4:46 PM

Always liked her - she was on a serious run in the 80's and then it just sort of stopped. I remember she was a mom on some fat husband and wife sitcom (Still Standing) and though - oh...noooooo Jami...whyyyyy???

That sitcom was a vehicle for Mark Addy - yet another Brit they tried to shove down our throats.

by Anonymousreply 42May 14, 2021 4:51 PM

She dated Julian Lennon which is pretty cool. Julian later said that all they did was do coke and screw.

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by Anonymousreply 43May 14, 2021 4:56 PM

She played Gilda Radner and they were able to make Jami look like her rather easily.

If she were very pretty they wouldn’t have been able to do that.

by Anonymousreply 44May 14, 2021 5:06 PM

Unnecessarily cunty remark, R44. Gilda is/was a goddess.

by Anonymousreply 45May 14, 2021 5:23 PM

She totally played against type in the low-budget comedy Lip Service. Her character was a nymphomaniac and a loon. In this scene, she seduces some Asian guys.

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by Anonymousreply 47May 14, 2021 8:57 PM

She and Martha Plimpton gave excellent performances in Silence Like Glass, in which they played young cancer patients. A totally underrated film.

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by Anonymousreply 48May 14, 2021 8:58 PM

Listen To Me was another one I watched a lot as a youngster. This was before Kirk Cameron became a total right wing fundie.

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by Anonymousreply 49May 14, 2021 8:59 PM

I always get her confused with the young woman who claimed her dentist gave her AIDS

by Anonymousreply 50May 14, 2021 9:20 PM

That was Kimberly Bergalis about David Acer DDS

by Anonymousreply 51May 15, 2021 2:58 AM

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