Jami Gertz

She is one of the wealthiest women in America. Her husband is a major partner in an investment firm and worth almost 1.5 billion dollars. They own the Atlanta Hawks and are co-owners of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Good for her! I love her.

I watched the awful movie "Twister" last night, and she was the only thing that made the film worth watching.

She’ll always be Muffy to me, but I’m glad current circumstances still make her social and financial above horse face SJP and I hope she rubs her big horse nose in it every chance she gets.

R4 I loved her on that show! Always trying to raise money for the Guatemalan child.

I'm one of the few who actually liked "Less Than Zero" and her performance. Granted, I didn't read the book.

Good for Jamie! I watched Less Than Zero on Christmas night and I thought she was terribly miscast as Blair. But still, I like the actress and am glad she is rich.

I hate this bitch. Couldn't bother to spare a square.

Her voice is an absolute ear ache.

I love how she basically played the same Type-A, over-the-top pre-Election Tracy Flick on Square Pegs and The Facts of Life and always upstaged whoever else was in the scene.

I created a thread about her several years ago and how super duper rich she is now. I grew up a big fan. She’s always been gorgeous and had the best hair.

Why do people always say she was bad in Less Than Zero? What was so miscast about her in the role? That she wasn’t a blonde?

Now theres a gal who took average looks and rode them straight to the top ! Kudos Miss Gertz !

R14 I LOVE her in Less Than Zero but she has two awful line-readings my friends still make fun of to this day. "You look pale and great" and "I'm gonna miss him so much!". People didn't think she was pretty enough to play Blair but I thought she looked lovely.

I also liked her in Less Than Zero. She was in a number of films in the '80s, usually as the girlfriend: Crossroads, Quicksilver, Less Than Zero, The Lost Boys, Listen to Me, Solarbabies.

Personally, I always thought she was attractive, and perfectly captured the rich girl of the mid-to-late '80s in Less Than Zero very well.

^Oh, ok R16. As for her looks, she’s gorgeous and has great bone structure.

Ok so she married into money, what an amazing effort.

Actually she married her husband in 1989. I don't even think he was that loaded then. She was a successful actress at the time and he was an up-and-coming executive.

Wasn't she supposed to be the original Monica on "Friends"?

I like her less now. Investment firms are shady. Typical Boomer.

She was good on the little noticed series The Neighbors about Martians.

I can’t spare a square.

I don’t have a square to spare.

No one would have guessed Square Pegs would be the start of two of the richest women in Hollywood with Jamie and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Hilarious in the drunk/haircut scene from Sixteen Candles, starting at the 3:50 mark...

She played the “Can’t Spare a Square” lady on Seinfeld

She was in the Julian Lennon video “Stick Around” with Michael J. Fox.

Jami and Mike in a Pepsi commercial

Very un-Muffy-like as sexy Vincent Spano’s foul mouthed little sister in 1984’s Alphabet City.

I always thought she looked adjacent.

I loved her in Still Standing.

Well in Less Than Zero she acted rings around Phoebe Cates in Bright Lights, Big City.

Loved the movie Silence Like Glass where she and Martha Plimpton portrayed cancer patients. It’s a bit melodramatic, but the performances are great.

Jami getting freaky with some Asian dudes.

From the linked article: When Marlo Thomas comes for Passover

"Even those who have grown up rich and famous in L.A. tend to be startled by the level of wealth on display at the Resslers' parties. "I was doing an episode of Ally McBeal with Marlo Thomas," Gertz recalls, "and I wanted to get home because I was having 70 people over for Passover."

Gertz invited Thomas to the Seder only to see her jaw drop when Thomas arrived at something closer to a state dinner. "She was just so stunned to come into this home," says Gertz. "She knew me as this actress playing her daughter. She had no idea I had this whole other side to my life."

i like her. She was great as the mom on Still Standing

Her husband wasn't wealthy when they first met, she had more money than he did.

That’s mentioned in the article at R39. She paid for their first home.

I recently saw Twister, a movie I loved in my teens.

Damn, it's bad. The only good scene is when the gang goes for steak and eggs at Lois Smith's house.

Twisted was bad even in 1996. The cheesy dialogue between Bill Paxton and Helen Cunt, Jami acting as if she was in a different movie, the flying cow, Cary Elwes chewing the scenery. Horrible movie.

Her husband's business partner (and also his brother-in-law) Leon Black at Apollo was involved with Jeffrey Epstein.

Everyone, including Bret Easton Ellis, says that she was horribly miscast as Blair because in the book Blair IS blond and tan which are her defining traits. Gertz is corpse white in the film and she tells McCarthy he needs a tan? Also, Blair's character played the LA game but ultimately knew it was all a scam, she was a tough girl. Gertz was a nervous, jittery coked out JAP in the film (which yes, is probably more true to life to what a real BH girl is like), and there was no sexual chemistry with Andrew McCarthy. McCarthy was on BEE's podcast and said she was the wrongly casted because she brought no sexual passion and Blair is walking sex.

She's aged well, hasn't gone overboard with fillers or surgery. Are their sons assholes? Can you grow up amid such wealth and turn out "normal"?

"Totally different head! Totally!"

Marlo Thomas is a billionaire herself, so I doubt she was all that impressed with Jami's house. Marlo's jaw dropped because of Jami's tacky display of wealth.

R49 = Phil Donahue, typing with a gun pointed at his head.

She was a terrible actress. She married well.

I fucking love this bitch and wish she would get back into acting just to satisfy my one-man fandom for her.

Jami co-starred in Sibling Rivalry, one of my guilty pleasures.

Solarbabies! Jami's best film! 1986 forever!

One of her first roles was a bit part as “Big Girl” in Endless Love.

Jason Patric got Joel Schumacher to hire her for Lost Boys from having previously worked with her on Solarbabies. The character of Star in TLB was written in the script as a blonde.

I love her every time I see her in something.

She was at her hotness peak in The Lost Boys

Loved her in The Lost Boys. Glad she didn't end up with Kiefer!

She never had an awkward phase. She's always been quite beautiful.

Remember the hot sweaty gyrating sax man from The Lost Boys? He made my loins tingle.

Parker Posey seems influenced by her

Of course, R63. It’s Timmy Cappello, Tina Turner’s sax man.

I will always remember her flinty tone.

It's impressive that she was brought in for recurring guest spots on The Facts of Life after 2/3 of the cast members were dumped after the first season.

Her name on Facts was "Boots". LMAO!

R20 Audition and book a role in a studio film or a become a recurring cast member on a network TV show and see how little effort it takes.

The poor thing dated Corey Feldman, John Cusack and Steven Seagal before she met her husband.

Still Standing, goddamn funny show.

R72 Those sound like publicity dates set up by the studio. But she did dodge a bullet by not becoming Mrs. Feldman

You all have very low standards for what is beautiful. She is very average looking.

“I gotta go, Julia, we got cows!”

R64 Bruce Springsteen should have pulled Jami on stage with him to dance with in the music video for Dancin’ In the Dark instead of Ms. Cox..

She overcame a dreadful stage name. Gertz is so unpleasant-sounding, and Jami with an “I” must have been a 10-year-old’s idea.

[quote]You all have very low standards for what is beautiful. She is very average looking.

Uh, yeah sure okay.

[quote] Jami with an “I” must have been a 10-year-old’s idea.

Disagree. Jami with an "i" is a lot less boring than the standard "Jamie".

She was horribly miscast as the boho hippie chick in "Lost Boys"

R78 Damn, she had amazing hair!

THIS ONE! Yes, this one listened to me and she learned. The others? They just thought I liked to hear the sound of my own voice. THIS ONE? She gets it. And now, I'll have all the flashy, geometrical, tasteless jackets I could ever want!

I really enjoyed The Neighbors.

In the youtube interviews at r4 and r6, it's obvious, and to her credit, Gertz has that classic, rich woman, understated elegance down pat - the long-sleeved turtleneck in the subdued color, the gorgeous necklace adding just the right hint of former-actor eccentricity and, of course, that most elusive of older woman hairstyles: a contemporary, standard hair bob, cut so it that escapes looking old-fashioned.

Perfect.

And to study what Gertz is wearing in those videos is to see a lesson that should be learned by more aging women in show business ( looking at you Jennifer Lopez) that is being fully covered actually can achieve for you a more younger, fresher appearance.

Yes, Lopez and Gertz are apples and oranges in what type of performers they were and are. Still, I recall my favorite look of Lopez is when she wore a gown to the Oscars where she didn't reveal her body, she was covered and she actually looked younger than when she's revealing everything.

She even landed Crossroads

Just saw her on an old "Facts of Life" rerun. Fucking hilarious as "Warnsie's" college friend. She was typecast but knocks it out of the park whenever she's on-screen.

I love Less than Zero but she was miscast as Blair.

R4 Classy lady, but damn I’m so jealous of her seeing Merritt Butrick naked. He was probably the first guy I had a crush on who was actually gay.

I liked her in the college debate movie LISTEN TO ME, which wasn't great (mostly due to Kirk Cameron's performance and on again/off again "southern" accent), but was still pretty watchable.

R85 Ralph looks cute there. I missed this movie somehow. I’ll have to watch it.

Jami would have the Hollywood dirt on every young actor in the 80s and everything that went on in 80s TV and movie sets.

I normally don't like names spelled intentionally different, but I do like hers with the four letters ending in "i" like Debi Mazar and Niki Taylor.

Just because she's married to someone rich does not mean she's one of the wealthiest women in America.

She dated Julian Lennon for a brief period of time.

It's interesting that Jami's compared upthread to her old costar, Sarah Jessica Parker. They're of similar age and background, but SJP is speculated to be worth about $150 million, a mere fraction of Jami's worth. And SJP has been the bigger breadwinner in her household than Matthew Broderick for some time now, despite his history in film and theatre.

SJP hustles a lot--a LOT--endorsing perfume, shoes, clothes, the GAP back in the day--and seems to constantly be working. So while $150 million is nothing to sneeze at, it's not a vast fortune compared to other celebs. I've read that she's very financially savvy and preoccupied with money, so I wonder if it bugs her.

R93 ever heard of no pre-nup

R68-big deal that she was brought back several times. She wasn't on the first season, and several incidental cast members were brought back over the seasons and played by the same actors.

Has anyone mentioned that she was miscast as Blair in "Less Than Zero" and she was also the "spare a square" woman on Seinfeld? OH, they have? Several times? I must be on Datalounge!

[quote]Marlo Thomas is a billionaire herself

Scamming children cancer charity donations is quite lucrative.

R97 the point made is obviously way over your miserable skull

Someone clue R99 in as to how Marlo inherited her families vast fortune from producing shows like Dick Van Dyke, Mod Squad, Andy Griffith and That Girl, please?

Marlo Thomas is a great humanitarian who has done a tremendous deal of good work for people. She's also a DL icon.

You WILL NOT trash her on here.

i'm kinda neutral on her. if she married rich rather than a self-made, i dont think thats a great attribute.

R102 I would worry less about how Jami has billions to spend and work on your use of a lower case "i"

R101 = Phil Donahue, typing with a loaded pistol pointed at his head.

[quote]I would worry less about how Jami has billions to spend and work on your use of a lower case "i"

That won't make you rich, cunt.

R105 types insufferable bottom

Insufferable bottom? Is that some old timey slang from the 80s?

R107 you got it lower-case i

Somebody used a lowercase "i!" On an internet forum! OMFG! Do you mean that there are people who, when typing their random thoughts quickly on THE INTERNET that they're not acting as if they're writing an academic research paper? That's is unbelievable! I have to lie down, it is just too much to bear!

The grammar and spelling queens are really not doing gay men any favors. Just playing into the old trope of being prisspot prissy faggots who are obsessed with nitpicking minor things. Very sad.

R109 even you can't stand you

r110/r111 you're not doing yourself any favors. We have enough prisspot fags around here.

[quote] Everyone, including Bret Easton Ellis, says that she was horribly miscast as Blair because in the book Blair IS blond and tan which are her defining traits.

He must be so proud of creating such a multilayered character.

[quote]She’ll always be Muffy to me

That's Chairperson Tepperperson to you.

R114 being a self-hating homosexual is actually and old timey thing

Jami Gertz was pretty but she never looked like an LA-based model of the late 80s. Robin Wright would have been a better fit for Blair in LTZ. She rocked the California golden girl look.

It's still not impressive, R68, R100.

R120 no one cares about impressing you

And yet you obviously care about my opinion. Strange.

R122 lower-case Insufferable bottom, who hurt you?

R122 thinks this is caring

I knew two girls in school who were exactly like Gertz's portrayal of Muffy.

"Pee-pulllllll.... pee-pullllll..."

--Muffy Tepperman

She seems to be living a good life. I’ve enjoyed her and her many roles and it appears that she is a very interesting person. I for one would love to have lunch with her.

[quote] Are their sons assholes? Can you grow up amid such wealth and turn out "normal"?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus's boys seem to have turned out OK.

"Still Standing" was horrible ... it was one of those "Male Pattern Optimism" shows like "According to Jim" and "The Honeymooners" where the schlub ends up with a much better-looking wife.

R129: [italic]Modern Family[/italic] is the gay equivalent of that kind of show.

Listen you queens, I carved out my own career, made my own fortune, and this IS my real nose.

BTW, brilliant defense of the thesis, R100! What was the tuition at Trump U, anyway?

Not to brag but Marlo is also the proud holder of the title "The Queen Bitch of Park Avenue".

back in the day, year 2001/2002 i remember being a audience member of her TV sitcom (forgot the name) and after the show ended, and the cast did their bows and left the set, she stayed behind talking to members in the audience including this one person (did she know them?) sitting right next to me, so i got to see her upclose...... anyway, she seemed very very down to earth, sweet, nice and yes, NORMAL!...

[quote]She dated Julian Lennon for a brief period of time.

See R30 for the video she appeared in.

When Jami married her husband, she had more money than him and paid for their first home and vacation. Any vast wealth that he accumulated was during their marriage, so yes, she is indeed one of the wealthiest women in America.

Underused in McDonalds ad

Watching the Jami interviews from the Square Pegs now (and thanks to whoever linked them upthread). She seems nice and down to earth, still the middle-class Jewish girl from Middle America (even as a billionaire). She mentions being close to SJP several times but always "back then," suggesting that they are close no longer and haven't been for years.

Does SJP have any long-lasting friendships with other women? I know she's got her coterie of gay men (Andy Cohen, John Benjamin Hickey, Isaac Mizrahi) but I almost never hear about female friends. And no, I don't believe she's actually close to the others from SATC, not for a moment.

R140 She probably had enough of backstabbing sabotaging girls to last her a lifetime during her Annie run that she never formed close personal relationships with woman again. That and it was impossible to ever be the attractive one in any friend pairing or group.

70 people for Passover? She sounds like trash. And then brags about someone else being floored by her wealth (coyly calling it "this other side of my life").

And she is ugly.

This thread is proof gay men are poor judges of the attractiveness of women.

R143 coming from a gay man judging the attractiveness of a woman

R142 she might sound like trash, but you sound downright charming. Single?

I know her socially. Lovely person. Gracious and an impeccable hostess. Never flaunts it. Totally genuine. The boys are all total mensch’s. She raised them right. A doll.

I guess my invite to her special Seder got lost in the mail.

SJP is a textbook fag hag. I doubt she has one woman friend.

Same with Kelly Ripped one.

[quote]Not to brag but Marlo is also the proud holder of the title "The Queen Bitch of Park Avenue".

But *I* am Queen Bitch Emerita.

Tracy Nelson and Claudette Wells are still friends

Anyone who claims to be friendly with John Benjamin Hickey is to be distrusted and treated with extreme caution.

Jamis isn't wealthy, her husband is. Until she brings something to the table, that isn't her money!

I liked her appearance on This is Us. I was hoping that she would have an ongoing recurring role. She made scenes with Chrissy Metz interesting for once.

I liked her appearance on This is Us. I was hoping that she would have an ongoing recurring role. She made scenes with Chrissy Metz interesting for once.

Dear r152,

You seem to be unfamiliar with US law and/or the post at r138.

Try again.

Love, Jami

I know Still Standing is a dumb sitcom, but it is funny when stoned, and Brian the son was hot

For the umpteenth time, her husband was not that wealthy when they married in 1989. Any capital the marriage accumulated since then belongs to both of them, especially since a) an investment banker can capitalize on a rich and famous wife and 2) she was an active participant in the purchase, management and investment of the Atlanta Hawks. That said, she’s not nearly one of the richest women in America.

They have a bird sanctuary in Georgia? How does that make them money?

My cousin’s friend who is a stylist to ALL the big names in bird sanctuaries says that friends close to Ms Summers suggested she import a family of guest workers just so her family could hunt, shoot, kill, and murder them. It’s what rich and famous people do. Then, they buy an acquittal.

I loved THE NEIGHBORS. The whole bit about the aliens adopting the names of famous athletes cracked me up to no end. Larry Bird, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Reggie Jackson (a teen Asian actor) & Dick Butkus (little kid) were all one alien family. And other aliens in the neighborhood were named Mary Lou Retton, Billie-Jean King, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, etc. IIRC the explanation was.....having picked up U.S. television/radio transmissions over years, the aliens assumed these to be very common, popular names in America (like John Smith) that would not stand out.

Jami's husband. He's quite the looker!

R162 Definitely BDE, lucky gal!

Jami and her husband have a school in their name are the most philanthropic couple in California.

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