Phoebe Cates & Tim Roth "Bodies, Rest, & Motion" 4/3/93 - Bobbie Wygant Archive. September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021 . Retrieved April 19, 2021 – via YouTube. In 1988, Cates told an interviewer, "There are simply not that many good parts in film", but that theater had "tons of good women's roles....I think of theater as what I like to do most....I've only felt happy as an actress for about two years. I rarely watch my film work." [28] In 1994, Cates starred in the fact-based comedy-drama Princess Caraboo (1994) with her husband Kevin Kline. It was Cates' last film before she shifted her focus away from acting to raising her children, Owen and Greta. [29]

In summer 1984, Cates co-starred in the box office hit Gremlins (1984) for executive producer Steven Spielberg, the highest-grossing film of her career. She reprised her role of Kate Beringer in the sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). Mosel, Tad (December 10, 1980). "THEATER; In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life". The New York Times . Retrieved April 19, 2021. Rich, Frank (June 15, 1984). "STAGE: ROZOV'S 'NEST OF THE WOOD GROUSE' ". The New York Times . Retrieved April 19, 2021.a b "Angela Lansbury leads 'Lace' cast" by Julianne Hastings, Stars and Stripes, March 7, 1984. p. 12.

In 2015, Cates provided the voice of her Gremlins character Kate Beringer for the video game Lego Dimensions. [32] Personal life edit Rolling Stone staff (November 21, 2006). "Escape Your Family: Sneak Upstairs!". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 15, 2009 . Retrieved January 23, 2014.American Greed: Fraudster of the Opera | Frozen Assets: The Ice Capers". Cnbc.com . Retrieved July 16, 2013. In June 1984, Cates made her stage debut in the Off-Broadway play The Nest of the Wood Grouse, a comedy by Soviet writer Viktor Rozov, at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. [22] [23] Cates said that while doing the play she "felt a certain freedom and a certain connection with acting that I had never really felt before". [24] Cates appeared Off-Broadway again two years later in Rich Relations, written by David Henry Hwang, at the Second Stage Theatre. [25] In December 1989, Cates made her Broadway debut in a revival of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. [26] [27] Paradise Star Phoebe Cates Hangs Her Own Film with a One-Word Review—'rip-Off' ". People. 1982-06-14. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27 . Retrieved 2013-05-19. a b "'Lace' miniseries is soap-opera tangle" by Associated Press, Star-News, February 24, 1984. p. 5C Producers of the film, Robert Lantos and Stephen J. Roth first selected Aames and later, after a screen test, agreed on Cates for the role of Sarah. [5] The film marked the acting debut of Cates, who was 17 years old at the time of filming. Cates's starring role involved several fully nude scenes. She was also selected to sing the movie's theme song. [6] The film was shot on location at various settings in Israel including Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee. [7] [8]