Portrait of Phoebe Cates

Acting

Phoebe Cates

Career

Active from 1982 to 2014, with a break from 2002 to 2013, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gremlins
Gremlins
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Phoebe Cates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.6, average 3.6
  • Politics
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Realistic Dialogue 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (2014)

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title ยท average score 59
The Anniversary Party
The Anniversary Party (2001)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sophia Gold

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 56
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Bodies, Rest & Motion
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
GoodWatch score 57

as Carol

Drop Dead Fred
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
GoodWatch score 40

as Elizabeth

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kate Beringer

I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death (1990)
GoodWatch score 56

as Disco Girl

Largo Desolato
Largo Desolato (1990)

as Marguerite

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 52
Shag
Shag (1989)
GoodWatch score 57

as Carson McBride

Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

as Aiken Reed

Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
GoodWatch score 46

as Amanda

Date with an Angel
Date with an Angel (1987)
GoodWatch score 36

as Patty Winston

Lace II
Lace II (1985)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Lili

Lace 2
Lace 2 (1985)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lili

Gremlins
Gremlins (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

as Kate

Lace
Lace (1984)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Lili

Private School
Private School (1983)
GoodWatch score 38

as Christine Ramsey

Baby Sister
Baby Sister (1983)
GoodWatch score 37

as Annie Burroughs

Paradise
Paradise (1982)
GoodWatch score 29

as Sarah

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
GoodWatch score 71

as Linda Barrett