21 January,2014 05:16 AM IST | | The Centerstage Team
Remember the charming mom from Stuart Little who takes care of a lost mouse like her own flesh and blood? Geena Davis turns 57 today. CS shares some facts about the Oscar-winning actress...
>> Her full name is Virginia Elizabeth Davis.
>> Geena was bullied in high school for her tall frame (she's six feet tall) but it later helped her get modelling assignments. She worked as a window mannequin after graduating from Boston University.
>> She was the assistant organ player in her church in Massachusetts during her teenage days.
>> Geena made her acting debut with a character role in Tootsie (1982) starring Dustin Hoffman. She got noticed in TV show âFamily Ties' in which she had appeared in two early episodes as the Keaton's trial housekeeper.
>> Geena married a plastic surgeon of Iranian descent after three failed marriages. She appeared alongside her second husband Jeff Goldblum in three films - Transylvania 6-5000, The Fly and Earth Girls Are Easy.
>> She had her first child - a girl - at the age of 46. Two years later, she had twin boys.
>> She joined the women's Olympic archery team in 2002 and finished in the 24th place out of 28 semi-finalists.
