Death Becomes Her
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Zemeckis
Meryl Streep
Bruce Willis
Goldie Hawn
Isabella Rossellini
Carrie Yazel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Story about a vain actress, married to a plastic surgeon, and an author of beauty books, who both attempt to gain eternal youth, only to discover some unpleasant side effects.
Cast
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Meryl Streep
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Bruce Willis
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Goldie Hawn
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Isabella Rossellini
Carrie Yazel
Kenneth Hughes
Mary Ellen Trainor
Glean Lewis
Colleen Morris
Clement Von Franckenstein
Paulo Tocha
John Ingle
Ian Ogilvy
Edmond Alan Forsyth
Ernsest Harada
Michael Mills
Matt Sergott
Mark Davenport
Bob Swain
Sonia Jackson
Dave Brock
John Enos
Debra Jo Rupp
Donna Ekholdt
William Frankfather
Nancy Fish
Anya Longwell
Meg Wittner
Jonathan Silverman
Danny Lee Clark
Bob Gaynor
Ron Stein
Jon Joyce
Sergio Trujillo
Eric Clark
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Sydney Pollack
Phillip Cooper
Petrea Burchard
Keith Mcdaniel
Susan Kellermann
Cheryl Baxter
Tammy Gantz
Mimi Kennedy
Lydia Peterkoch
Bonnie Cahoon
Alex P Hernandez
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Michael Caine
Carol Ann Susi
Jean St. James
Charles Mcgowan
Kevin Caldwell
Jim Jansen
Stuart Mabray
Joel Beeson
Jeff Adkins
Alaina Reed-amini
Jerry Whitman
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Michael Higgins
Jacquelyn K Koch
Cameron English
Tim Donelan
Lacy Darryl Phillips
Regan Patno
Kay Yamamoto
Louise Rapport
Don Hesser
Thomas Murphy
Stephanie Anderson
Jill C Klein
Paul Thorpe
Randy Crenshaw
Kenneth Knaff
Adam Storke
Melissa Martin
Michael Nickles
Michelle Johnson
Crew
Gino Acevedo
Jon Alexander
Rick Alexander
Sandra Almond
David Leroy Anderson
Lance Anderson
Jon Antunovich
Leslie Arvio
Craig B Ayers
Geoffrey Aymar
Debra Bainum
Gordon Baker
Joe Baker
Donna Baltron
Julia Bartholomew
Tom Bartholomew
Kevin Bartnof
Carol Bawer
Randall K Bean
Adam Beason
Catherine Bell
Dan Bentley
John Berger
Linda Berger
Patricia Bersci
Tom Bertino
David Bifano
Michael Birznieks
Josh Bleibtreu
Kathryn Blondell
James Bolt
Scott Bonnenfant
Mike Boudry
Steve Boyd
Joan Bradshaw
Joan Bradshaw
Max Brehme
Barbara Brennan
Richard Bruns
Clyde E Bryan
Don Burgess
Don Burgess
Gary Burritt
Norman Cabrera
Deborah Cahn
Michael Caine
Anne Calanchini
Charles L Campbell
Colin Campbell
Geoff Campbell
Stuart Canin
Ron Cardarelli
Steven Cardarelli
Larry Carow
Jackie J Carr
Kevin Carrigan
Rick Carter
Tom Case
Janine Cavoto
Steve Chandler
Doug Chiang
Don Clark
Jeff Clark
Peter Clarson
Charlie Clavadetscher
Richard L Cohen
Susan Adele Colletta
Leslie Cook
Jack Cooperman
Jack Cooperman
Lauren Cory
Thomas R Cranham
Shirley Crawford
Erin Cummins
Mike Cummins
Dean Cundey
Dean Cundey
Andy D'addario
David D'ovidio
Jennifer Darling
Peter Daulton
Sandy De Crescent
Burr Debenning
Richard Delabio
Debbie Denise
Marty Dobkousky
Rob Doherty
Jeff Doran
Lisa Drostova
Lee Drygas
Stephen J Eads
Maggie Earle
Timothy Eaton
Selwyn Eddy
Jerry Edeman
Donna Ekholdt
Donna Ekholdt
Donald Elliott
Mike Ellis
Marty Ewing
Rachel Falk
Bill Faruer
Laurie Faso
Melissa A. Feinberg
Sharon Felder
Bob Fernley
Efrain Figueroa
Robert Fillis
Robert Finley Iii
D G Fisher
Jerry Fitzpatrick
Dan Flannery
Charles Fleischer
Ron Fode
Jon Foreman
Thomas W Foster
Carl Frederick
Bruce Fuselier
Karlene Gallegly
George Gambetta
Jason Garcia
Sandra Garcia
Albert Gasser
Steve Gawley
Tim Geideman
Susan Germaine
Brian Gernand
Gary Gero
Alec Gillis
Tim Gonzales
Marilyn Graf
Ben Graham
John E Gray
Lisa Hackler
Joanne Hafner
Jim Hagedorn
Jennifer Hall Lee
Kevin Haney
Jack Haye
Michael Heath
J. Roy Helland
Bud Heller
Gilbert S Hernandez
Robert Hernandez
Robert Hill
Guy Himber
Hilda Hodges
Deborah Hopper
John Horn
Sandy Houston
Skook Houston
Christopher Hunt
Peg Hunter
Steven Jarrard
Brad Jeffries
Elliot Jennings
Nils C Jensen
Johnny Johnson
Keith Johnson
Joanna Johnston
Keii Johnston
Doc Kane
Joann Kane
William B. Kaplan
Kenneth Karman
Sandra Karpman
Jeffrey Katelman
Ron Kelley
Ian C Kelly
Barbara Anne Klein
Max Kleven
Laurel Klick
Martin A Kline
David Koepp
David Koepp
Sandy Kraft
Brad Kuehn
Dana J Kuznetzkoff
Kevin Landry
Michael Lantieri
Elizabeth Lapp
Louisa Leschin
Scott Leslie
Jeff Light
James Lim
Pauline Arthur Loomis
Dwight Lowell
David Lowery
June Kyoko Lu
Sid Lucero
Angie Luckey
Joshua Lusby
Michael P Lynch
Sherry Lynn
Mike Mackenzie
Greg Maloney
Don Malouf
Shari Malyn
Kurt Marshall
Pat Marshall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Visual Effects
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 31, 1992
Released in United States on Video February 10, 1993
Kevin Kline was replaced by Bruce Willis prior to production. Actress Tracey Ullman's role, as a love interest of Bruce Willis, was cut out of the final version.
Began shooting December 9, 1991.
Completed shooting April 7, 1992.
Released in United States Summer July 31, 1992
Released in United States on Video February 10, 1993
Nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a Golden Globe (1992) award for best actress -- musical or comedy (Meryl Streep).