See Allison from "Hocus Pocus" now at 46

VINESSA Shaw faced the Sanderson sisters almost 30 years ago.


Twenty-nine years ago, a Halloween classic was born with the exit ofHOCUS POCUS. TheDisney The child's horror comedy film represents about three witches, the Sanderson Sisters, which are brought back to life in Salem, Massachusetts after 300 years and resume their plan to steal the youth of all the children of the city. Children who accidentally resuscitate witches - and must then face it - a young girl named Dani, played byBirch, his older brother Max, played byOmri Katz, and the Beguin of Max, Allison, which is played byVINESSA SHAW.

"It was essentially everything I could have dreamed of in a film like that,"Shaw saidEntertainment tonight in 2021. "I also watchedThe Wizard of Oz Again and again like a five and six year old child. So it looked like a modern version ofThe Wizard of Ozfor me. It was [one of] my favorite projects on which I worked. ""

While Shaw is still known for the scary film that she played in all these years, she also had a very successful career as an adult. Read the rest to learn more about his career today, his family life and his memories ofHOCUS POCUS.

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She has almost gone acting in her childhood.

Vinessa Shaw in
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Shaw was 17 whenHOCUS POCUS was released in 1993, and she had acted for some time before that. She appeared in the 1981 horror filmThe sweetness of the hearth and was in the 1992 comedyCoccinels, for example.

Shaw planned to move away from the action when she signed up at the Barnard College. But after being thrown awayStanley Kubrick's Film 1999Wide eyes, that inspired her to take the game seriously as an adult career.

"[The hat experience really wanted to do a room and go to acting lessons at the same time, then make you say KubrickYou are really good, and I can't wait to see where you are going to go-Seal the agreement for me, "Shaw wrote during a reddit "ask me anything" in 2014. "And that's the reason why I am still there. Otherwise, I think I would have done something different in school and that I went to be a social worker or something. But that Shows - if you have someone who cares about you - like the way Kubrick took care of me - then you can have the courage and confidence to continue your way. "

She has assumed many other roles.

Vinessa Shaw at the premiere of
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In addition toWide eyes, Shaw continued to play in the moviesWater weight,,40 days and 40 nights,,The hills Have Eyes,,3:10 in Yuma, andSide effects. She also had a recurring role in the television seriesRay Donovan. In 2021, Shaw was in three films:The flamboyant world,,We have to do something, and12 powerful orphans.

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She a mom.

Shaw married her husband,Kristopher Gifford, in 2017. The couple welcomed a son,Jack, in 2018. Before her birth, she announced her pregnancy withaHOCUS POCUS-The theme ads.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"After a long work with many complications, Baby Jack was finally born two and a half weeks after its due date at 2.20.2018 weighing 9 lb 9 oz !!!!"Shaw wrote on Instagram, announcing that her baby had arrived. "Needless to say, we are delighted with our new little addition!"

The former actor of kid shares moments of his life with her husband and son on Instagram occasionally. Fathers day this year,She posted a photo of Jack and Gifford And wrote: "Jack is so lucky to have a father like you. Kinler his curiosity, his love for the outdoors and ... empathy. It's not easy to be empathetic parents, but we are on the way!"

She has good memories to doHOCUS POCUS.

Vinessa Shaw at the Midsummer Scream Halloween and horror convention in July 2022
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Shaw looks very affectionatelyHOCUS POCUS, where she established lasting ties with some of her co-stars.They got together several times moreyears, often for fans' events.

"I love people continue to love this by looking at him like a child with their family, then they have children and it becomes just this multigenic film that everyone loves", "Shaw said Comicbook.com in 2021. "I could not ask anything more because I personally grew up watching Disney films and if I saw itHayley Mills In person, because she was in all these Disney films at the time, I think I would vanish. ""

She added: "It led me to love cinema because, until this point, I had really done nothing so great. I mean,Coccinels I was big enough for me, but three months on the set working on this film, it just shook my world. ""

Shaw saidEntertainment tonightLast year, she was impatient to participate inso anticipated HOCUS POCUS after , which should be released next month. It has never been confirmed that Alison would be back - Sarah Jessica Parker ,, Kathy Najimy , and Midler beet Everyone resumes their witch roles, but keep their eyes open for a possible surprise cameo.


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