Cynthia Cleese

Cynthia Christine Cleese (born 17 February 1971) is a British born American actress.

The daughter of British actor John Cleese and American actress Connie Booth, she is best known for A Fish Called Wanda (1988), where she played daughter Portia to Cleese's character Archie Leach. She was credited as Cynthia Caylor, using her maternal grandmother's maiden name.^[1]

She again starred with her father in the 1997 film Fierce Creatures. She played the supporting role of Pip, the small-mammals keeper at the Marwood Zoo. In this film, which was co-produced and co-written by John Cleese, she is credited with her own name rather than a stage name. In the film, she repeats her father's well-known Black Knight line, "It's just a flesh wound!"

References

1. Lovece, Frank (18 July 1988). "John Cleese's 'Wanda' Lust". New York Post. Retrieved 2013-11-21. I didn't want Cynthia started in acting with the name Cleese because there'd be such expectations. So she's taken her mother's mother's name.

External links

• Cynthia Cleese at the Internet Movie Database
• Article about her life and her role in Fierce Creatures