My Daughter Wouldn’t Speak to Me for Years, Until I Found the Birthday Card She Never Sent — Story of the Day

pop-culture fixture after “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” followed by hits like “Gremlins and Drop Dead Fred.”

Phoebe Cates, circa 1980 | Source: Getty Images

But just as her career was peaking, Cates began quietly stepping away — not because she had to, but because she wanted something different.

By the late 1980s, Cates was already signaling that Hollywood continue reading …