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Considers E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) to be her generation's The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Attended and graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas., and later, the University of Kansas, where she received her education degree.

Daughter Gabrielle Stone with Christopher Stone.

Has appeared with her husband Christopher Stone in three films: The Howling (1981), कुजो (1983) and Huck and the King of Hearts (1994).

Has appeared with character actor Richard Lynch in three horror films: Alligator II: The Mutation (1991), Halloween (2007) and The Rain (2009).

I'm the girl next door who learned how to make life work the hard way. I lived it. Victim to victory. When you find the joy, you have to share it.

A dancer knows how to move naturally. Dancing allows me to do almost subliminal things as an actress that the audience might sense, but yet not be fully aware of.

I hope I never see a Pinto again in my life.

[Concerning Steven Spielberg's decision not to make an E.T. sequel] I never heard about that at the time, but when I did hear about it, yes. He actually asked me at one point what I thought, and I said, "Steven, I think you should leave it a classic."

[Concerning her role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)] I mean, what can you say about being involved in that film? "Thank you forever, God! Thank you that I'm involved in a film that still touches people's lives!" I have so many stories of how that film has touched people so deeply. I just feel really blessed to have been a part of it. Sometimes, after I'd been waiting in my dressing room for a week and a half without working, I didn't feel that way. But there's yin and yang in every experience.