Editing Michelle Pfeiffer (section)

==Early life==
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer was born on April 29, 1958, in [[Santa Ana, California]], the second of four children of Donna Jean (née Taverna), a housewife, and Richard Pfeiffer, an air-conditioning contractor.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-unstoppable-michelle-pfeiffer-vol-51-no-17/ | title=The Unstoppable Michelle Pfeiffer | publisher=Time, Inc | date=May 10, 1999 | magazine=People | access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> She has an older brother, Rick, and two younger sisters, [[Dedee Pfeiffer|Dedee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/name/dedee-pfeiffer-p56465 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718024015/http://www.allrovi.com/name/dedee-pfeiffer-p56465 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=DeDee Pfeiffer – Movie and Film Biography and Filmography |website=AllRovi |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=June 11, 2011 }}</ref> and Lori.<ref name="yahoo"/> Her parents were both originally from [[North Dakota]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Tim |author-link=Timothy Egan |date=August 6, 1995 |title=Michelle Pfeiffer, Sensuous to Sensible |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/movies/michelle-pfeiffer-sensuous-to-sensible.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408114331/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/movies/michelle-pfeiffer-sensuous-to-sensible.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=February 4, 2014 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Her paternal grandfather was of German ancestry and her paternal grandmother was of English, Welsh, French, Irish, and Dutch descent, while her maternal grandfather was of Swiss-German-Italian descent and her maternal grandmother of Swedish ancestry.<ref name=tcat>{{cite web |title=Michelle Pfeiffer – Pfeiffer: 'I'm A Multi-Cultural Mutt' |website=Contact Music |date=February 1, 2008 |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/pfeiffer-im-a-multi-cultural-mutt_1058208 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927220351/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/pfeiffer-im-a-multi-cultural-mutt_1058208 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000201/bio |title=Michelle Pfeiffer |website=IMDb |access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> The family moved to [[Midway City, California|Midway City]], another Orange County community around seven miles (11&nbsp;km) away, where Pfeiffer spent her early years.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUWTsTnOLDIC&q=michelle%20pfeiffer%20santa%20ana&pg=PA48 |title=Orange County: Then & Now |first=Chris |last=Epting |publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2011 |access-date=April 25, 2011|isbn=978-0-7385-8115-6}}</ref>

Pfeiffer attended [[Fountain Valley High School]], graduating in 1976.<ref name="Egan" /> She worked as a check-out girl at [[Vons]] supermarket, and attended [[Golden West College]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAwx9lRs1gQC&q=michelle%20pfeiffer%20santa%20ana&pg=RA1-PA19 |title=Glamorous Movie Stars of the Eighties Paper Dolls |first=Tom |last=Tierney |publisher=Courier Dover Publications|year=2002|isbn=978-0-486-42191-9}}</ref> where she was a member of [[Alpha Delta Pi]] sorority. After a short stint training to be a court [[Shorthand|stenographer]], she pursued an acting career.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Michelle Pfeiffer biography |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/michelle-pfeiffer/ |magazine=Hello! Magazine |access-date=May 5, 2011}}</ref> Pfeiffer won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978 and finished sixth in the [[Miss California]] contest the same year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zDZcAAAAIBAJ&dq=michelle-pfeiffer&pg=5187%2C2637035 |title=Burbank Gal is Chosen as State Titlist |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Merced-Sun Star |publisher=The McClatchy Company |date=April 17, 1978 |access-date=July 18, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021}}</ref> After her appearances in these pageants, Pfeiffer acquired an agent and began to audition for television and film roles.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AF4EAAAAMBAJ&q=michelle%20pfeiffer%20Miss%20Los%20Angeles&pg=PA130 |title=Beauty and the Beast |magazine=Los Angeles Magazine |date=November 2002 |first=Steve |last=Erickson |publisher=Emmis Communications|issn=1522-9149|volume=47|number=11 |access-date=April 25, 2011}}</ref>