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Christopher Reeve Biography

(1952–2004)

Related Works

Films
1977 Gray Lady Down
1978 Superman

1980 Superman II
1980 Somewhere in Time
1982 Deathtrap
1982 Monsignor
1983 Superman III
1984 The Bostonians
1985 The Aviator
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 Street Smart
1988 Switching Channels
1992 Noises Off
1993 Remains of the Day
1994 Morning Glory
1994 Speechless
1995 Village of the Damned
Television
1975 Love of Life (series 1974–6)
1982 I Love Liberty
1983 Celebrity Daredevils
1985 Anna Karenina
1988 Superman's 50th Birthday: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988 Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1989 Our Common Future
1989 Things That Go Bump In the Night
1989 Vincent: A Dutchman
1990 The Rose and the Jackal
1990 Avonlea
1992 Mortal Sins
1992 Nightmare in the Daylight
1993 Earth Journeys With Christopher Reeve
1993 The Sea Wolf
1994 Money For Nothing
1995 Above Suspicion
1997 In the Gloaming (director)
1998 Rear Window
2004 The Brooke Ellison Story (director)

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Related People

Dana Reeve

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Readers Digest Interview with Christopher

Film and stage actor, director, born on September 25, 1952 in New York City, USA. He studied at Cornell University and the Juilliard School in New York, and had various stage and television roles before becoming universally known as the star of Superman and its sequels (1978, 1980, 1983, 1987). Later films include Noises Off (1992) and Morning Glory (1994).

In May 1995 Reeve became paralysed from the neck downwards and wheel-chair bound following a horse-riding accident. He also required a respirator to assist his breathing for the rest of his life. He became very involved in campaigns supporting handicapped children and paraplegics, and founded the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation in 1998 to promote research into spinal cord injuries, testifying before a Senate subcommittee in favor of federal funding for stem cell research.

Reeve continued to work after ongoing rehabilitation. He acted again in films, including a television production of Rear Window (1998) and directed two television films with health themes, In the Gloaming (1997) and The Brooke Ellison Story (2004). His autobiography Still Me appeared in 1998.

Christopher Reeve died from cardiac arrest on October 10, 2004. He was survived by his wife Dana and son William, as well as his two children, Matthew and Alexandra from his previous relationship. Sadly, his wife Dana was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and died in March 2006 at the age of 44.