Phoebe ventured into the acting world as a teen in 1982, snagging a role in Paradise. That same year, starred in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, making headlines with her famous bikini scene. Her costar ...

Paradise was a flop, but later that year, Cates starred in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in 1982, a picture that immortalized her in cinema history. Only 18 years old, Cates played the “mature” Linda ...

While she acted in Drop Dead Fred, Bodies, Rest & Motion and Princess Caraboo in the years that followed, she made her final film appearance in The Anniversary Party in 2001. The movie was written, ...