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Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress and movie producer. She received a Golden Globe Award for her part in the 1995 movie Casino. Her role in the movie Basic Instinct was also notable.
Stone won the title of Miss Crawford County in Meadville. She was a candidate for Miss Pennsylvania.[1] One of the pageant judges said she should quit school and move to New York City to become a fashion model.[1] In 1977, Stone left Meadville, moving in with an aunt in New Jersey. Within four days of her arrival in New Jersey, she was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York.
While living in Europe, she decided to quit modeling and become an actress. Stone was cast for a brief role in Allen's Stardust Memories (1980). She had many roles in movies in the 1980's. Being in Total Recall (1990) with Arnold Schwarzenegger helped her career. To promote the movie, she posed nude for Playboy.[2]
The movie that made her a star Basic Instinct (1992). She played a person thought to be a serial killer. In the movie's most notorious scene, her character is being questioned by the police. She crosses and uncrosses her legs, exposing her genitalia, which are not covered by underwear.[3] After Basic Instinct, she was listed by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.[4]
In November 1995, Stone received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
In 2003, she appeared in three episodes from the eighth season of The Practice. For her performances, she received an Emmy Award[5] for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Stone tried a return to the mainstream with roles in the movies Cold Creek Manor (2003) with Dennis Quaid and Catwoman (2004) with Halle Berry. Both movies were not well liked by either the public or critics.
Stone married Michael Greenburg in 1984. They separated in 1987 and the divorce was finalized in 1990.[6]
In 1993, Stone met William J. MacDonald (aka Bill MacDonald) on the set of the movie Sliver. MacDonald left his wife Naomi Baca for Stone and became engaged to her. They separated one year later in 1994.[7]
While working on the movie The Quick and the Dead in 1995, Stone met Bob Wagner and they became engaged.[8]
On February 14, 1998, Stone married Phil Bronstein, executive editor of the San Francisco Examiner.[9] They adopted a son, Roan Joseph Bronstein (born on May 22, 2000) in late May or early June of 2000.[10] They divorced in 2004.[11] After her divorce she adopted another two boys, Laird Vonne Stone[12] (born on May 7, 2005) and Quinn Kelly Stone [6][13] (born in June 2006).
Stone is a convert to Tibetan Buddhism.[14] She is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1980 | Stardust Memories | Pretty Girl on train | |
1981 | Les Uns et les autres | Girl with Glenn Senior | Uncredited |
Deadly Blessing | Lana Marcus | ||
1982 | Not Just Another Affair | Lynette | television film |
Silver Spoons | Debbie | (TV series) | |
1983 | Bay City Blues | Cathy St. Marie | (TV series) |
Remington Steele | Jillian Montague | (TV series) | |
1984 | The New Mike Hammer | Julie Eland | (TV series) |
Magnum, P.I. | Diane Dupree and Diedra Dupree | (TV series) | |
Calendar Girl Murders | Cassie Bascomb | television film | |
The Vegas Strip War | Sarah Shipman | television film | |
Irreconcilable Differences | Blake Chandler | ||
1985 | T. J. Hooker | Dani Starr | (TV series) |
King Solomon's Mines | Jesse Huston | ||
1986 | Mr. and Mrs. Ryan | Ashley Hamilton Ryan | Television pilot |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Jesse Huston | ||
1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Claire Mattson | |
Cold Steel | Kathy Connors | ||
1988 | Above the Law | Sara Toscani | |
Action Jackson | Patrice Dellaplane | ||
Badlands 2005 | Alex Neil | television pilot | |
War and Remembrance | Janice Henry | television miniseries | |
Tears in the Rain | Casey Cantrell | television film | |
1989 | Beyond the Stars | Laurie McCall | |
Blood and Sand | Doña Sol | ||
1990 | Total Recall | Lori Quaid | |
1991 | He Said, She Said | Linda Metzger | |
Scissors | Angie Anderson | ||
Year of the Gun | Alison King | ||
Diary of a Hitman | Kiki | Cameo | |
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | Serena Black | ||
1992 | Basic Instinct | Catherine Tramell | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress |
1993 | Sliver | Carly Norris | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female |
Last Action Hero | Catherine Tramell | One-second walk on | |
The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | (TV series) | |
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Host | documentary about Jean Harlow | |
1994 | Intersection | Sally Eastman | Razzie Award for Worst Actress |
The Specialist | May Muro (aka Adrian Hastings) | Razzie Award for Worst Actress Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female | |
1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Ellen 'The Lady' | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress |
Roseanne | Trailer Park Resident | (TV series) | |
Casino | Ginger McKenna | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance | |
1996 | Diabolique | Nicole Horner | |
Last Dance | Cindy Liggett | ||
1998 | Sphere | Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin | |
Antz | Princess Bala | voice | |
The Mighty | Gwen Dillon | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | |
1999 | Gloria | Gloria | |
The Muse | Sarah Little | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
Simpatico | Rosie Carter | ||
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Henny Penny | voice | |
2000 | Picking Up the Pieces | Candy Cowley | |
If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Fran | made-for-cable film Women in Film Lucy Award | |
Beautiful Joe | Alice 'Hush' Mason | ||
2002 | Harold and the Purple Crayon | Narrator | (TV series) |
2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Leah Tilson | |
The Practice | Sheila Carlisle | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series (TV series) | |
2004 | A Different Loyalty | Sally Cauffield | |
Catwoman | Laurel Hedare | ||
2005 | Higglytown Heroes | Nicky – Blind Art Teacher | voice |
Kurtlar Vadisi (Eng. Valley of the Wolves) | Lisa | Turkish TV serial | |
Will & Grace | Dr. Georgia Keller | (TV series) | |
Broken Flowers | Laura Daniels Miller | ||
2006 | Alpha Dog | Olivia Mazursky | |
Basic Instinct 2 | Catherine Tramell | Razzie Award for Worst Actress | |
Huff | Dauri Rathburn | (TV series) | |
Bobby | Miriam Ebbers | Hollywood Film Festival for Cast of the Year Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
Democrazy | Patricia Hill | short | |
2007 | When a Man Falls in the Forest | Karen Fields | |
If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Gloria Fremont | ||
2008 | The Year of Getting to Know Us | Jane Rocket | |
Five Dollars a Day | Dolores Jones | ||
2009 | Streets of Blood | Nina Ferraro | |
2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jo Marlowe | Four episodes[16](TV series) |
2011 | The Burma Conspiracy | Diane Francken | |
2012 | Gods Behaving Badly | Aphrodite | post-production |
The Mule | Sofie | post-production | |
Lovelace | Dorothy Boreman | filming | |
Attachment | TBA | Starts shooting in April 2012[17] | |
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