- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Adrienne was born in and raised Oyster Bay, Long Island and did her first commercial when she was six months old, and has stayed at it with a brief hiatus or two ever since. She has also studied voice and dance, being continually involved in some phase of show business. She has done numerous television and radio commercials.
Adrienne is also a member of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company, and her professional credits include summer stock and off-Broadway productions including "W.H. Auden". After the success of Friday the 13th (1980), she appeared in its sequel and than became a voice actress (with voice roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), and many others). Her return to acting took place in 2009, with the science fiction/horror film Psychic Experiment (2010).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseRichard Hassanein(September 21, 1987 - present)
- Took a thirty year hiatus from acting because she was being stalked and terrorized by an obsessive fan after Friday the 13th (1980) was released. She only agreed to star in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) on the condition that her role be as small as possible.
- On January 25, 1990, King was in her home watching television in Cove Neck, Long Island, when she felt a deafening explosion and vibration. Immediately calling the police and her husband in New York City, she discovered it was in fact a crashed plane only 50 yards away from her home. The tragedy caused 73 fatalities (8 of the 9 crew members were killed) and King herself stated she assisted "in pulling body parts out of the trees", as emergency crews were struggling to get to the scene from windy roads and unhelpful weather. This was the Avianca Flight 52, a regularly scheduled flight from Bogotá to New York via Medellín, Colombia that crashed after running out of fuel. King was in traumatic shock therapy for two years and a lawsuit followed.
- Her real-life acting coach was Betsy Palmer, whom King remembers as being "highly influential".
- Is a gifted artist. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
- Excluding archival footage, King is one of only six actors to have appeared in more than one 'Friday the 13th' movie. The other five are Corey Feldman, Walt Gorney, Kane Hodder, Ken Kirzinger, and Betsy Palmer.
- [on being directed by Sean S. Cunningham in Friday the 13th (1980)] He's underrated as a director; he also doesn't give himself any credit as one. He kind of shirks it off as, "I just needed the money," or "I was about to lose my house so I made a scary movie." But the fact is, he surrounded himself with the best casting people from New York City, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss, who knew all the best young talent in New York. The pool of people they brought in, and of course Betsy [Betsy Palmer] and Walt Gorney, they were fabulous actors; so he was smart enough as a director. It was a long casting process; Sean was looking for certain dynamics, the kids next door. He realized that it's not going to be scary if you're not invested in the characters. Now you watch movies, and you hope they die. Right from the get-go you care about our characters, from the time Annie jumps in the truck.
- [on her Friday the 13th (1980) character] Alice is quiet, introspective, and artistic...she's human. Alice is a fighter but not a warrior until the situation calls for it. Then she discovers the strength within herself to become that survivor! She's able to harness her fears and get her focus - not brilliantly, mind you, but she manages to pull herself together and become that warrior when pushed to the edge. Alice realizes that she wants to live - desperately! Her survival instincts kick in and she finds that deep inner strength that gets her through the night. I believe this is why so many people relate to Alice. We never know what we're capable of until tested.
- [on the characters in Friday the 13th (1980)] You find at least one character that you can identify with; that's what Sean [Sean S. Cunningham] was going for. Whether it's Annie, who's timid, or Marcie, the vamp; or Kevin Bacon's Jack, or Harry Crosby's Bill - nobody didn't love Bill. You cared about them when they were killed, and that's what makes a good horror movie. You have to become invested, and then it becomes riveting.
- We're all survivors in some way, aren't we? We can all relate to having to get by and survive in this world, especially as things seem to be getting much tougher everywhere.
- [on special effects make-up artist Tom Savini] A genius...CGI can't hold a candle to him.
- Friday the 13th (1980) - $785 per week
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