Evi Quaid

At 60 years old, Evi Quaid has this physical status:

Helena "Evi" Quaid (née Motolanez; born August 2, 1963) is an American film producer.

She is the mother of actor Randy Quaid's wife.

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Early years and education

Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, to Juanita Burkedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid (1923 – February 8, 1987), an electrician. Quaid is of the English, Scotish, and Cajun roots. Quaid is the first cousin, twice removed, of cowboy entertainer Gene Autry, who is portrayed in his father. Randy Quaid grew up in Bellaire, Texas, a small city surrounded by Houston and southwest Houston. He is Dennis Quaid's older brother.

He took a drama class on a whim in high school but didn't expect that the lectures would be fun. However, after the third day, he was captivated by the course and decided to make acting his profession a priority. He continued to study acting at the University of Houston. Quaid performed in what became his first film after his instructor led him to audition for Peter Bogdanovich, who was filming for The Last Picture Show.

Personal life

Quaid was married to Ella Marie Jolly, a former model, on May 11, 1980, and they had a daughter, Amanda Marie, who was born May 29, 1983. They were married on September 9, 1986, and divorced on August 24, 1989. "I went through this adolescent thing" during their break, he said. I didn't want to be tied down to a family."

On the set of the film Bloodhounds of Broadway, in which Madonna appeared, Quaid met Evi Motolanez in December 1987. They married on October 5, 1989 at the San Ysidro Ranch, a Montecito, California resort. Dennis, his future sister-in-law Meg Ryan, and his six-year-old daughter Amanda were among those present.

Quaid began supporting Donald Trump and argued that the outcome of the 2020 United States presidential election was a result of widespread election manipulation. Trump thanked Quaid for supporting his assertion three weeks after the election on Twitter.

Quaid, a resident of Brokeback Mountain, has sued the film as "a low-budget, art house film with no chance of profiting" in order to guarantee Quaid's professional acting work at lower rates than market rates.

Quaid and his wife were arrested in 2009 in Santa Barbara for allegedly defrauding an innkeeper by using an invalid credit card to pay a $10,000 bill. The two children were released on bail and later paid the majority of the bill. However, they continued to fail to appear in court, and arrest warrants were issued for their arrest. They were eventually dismissed from court the following year because of a lack of evidence. In comparison to being sentenced to 240 hours of community service, his wife, Evi, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of fraud and was put on probation for three years.

Quaid and his wife were charged with burgilation in September 2010 after they spent five days in a vacant house they once rented in Santa Barbara. The Quaids said that the house was mistakenly transferred to a third party by the use of a fake signature. Warrants were released after they failed to appear in court, and as a result, they forfeited their bail.

Quaid and his wife migrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they applied for asylum under the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, saying they feared for their lives in the United States. In a story published by Vanity Fair, border agents arrested the couple for outstanding warrants in the United States. Quaid gave a press interview, and later, the couple's asylum-seeking tale was outlined. Based on her parents' names, Quaid's wife Evi was granted Canadian citizenship in 2011, and Randy sought permanent residence as the husband of a Canadian. This request was turned down in January 2013.

Quaid began living in Montreal in 2013 and was briefly detained for not checking in as a non-resident. In 2014, the Quaids sued the US State Department for revoking their passports. Quaid's court appeals in Canada had been exhausted by 2015, and he had been told he was to be deported. The couple crossed the Canadian border into Vermont, where they were detained by US Customs one week before arriving in Vermont. Both couples were arrested pending an extradition hearing ordered by the State of California.

The Vermont judge found inconsistencies on the state of California's lawsuit and dismissed the extradition request, voiding the extradition request. The Quaids were released and allowed to remain in Vermont without restriction. Quaid, with his counsel on his side, said in a press conference that the reason he was released was because the California judge had issued an arrest warrant before the suspected criminal charges were committed. In principle, the Quaids were subjected to arrest if he travelled to another state, but they traveled to California without incident in 2017. As his wife grew up in Vermont, Quaid and his wife decided to make it their permanent home.

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Acting career

Randy Quaid has appeared in over 90 films. Quaid was a student at the University of Houston, and Peter Bogdanovich saw him first in Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Exhibition. Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd) converts into a late-night indoor skinny-dip at a swimming pond, enhancing his character. What's Up, Doc? is one of Bogdanovich's films in which he appeared. Paper Moon and Paper Moon.

Quaid's first major critically acclaimed role was in The Last Detail (1973). Larry Meadows, a young United States Navy sailor serving a tough sentence for petty theft, was on his way to prison for a harsh punishment. Jack Nicholson played him as a sailor who was supposed to be transported to prison. Quaid was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 1976, he appeared opposite Marlon Brando in The Missouri Breaks. Quaid played a key role in Alan Parker's Midnight Express, about Americans and an Englishman detained in Turkey in 1978.

Quaid appeared opposite Charles Bronson in the 1975 action film "British Prison Breakout" based on true events. Quaid was also the lead actor in Martians Go Home and Cold Dog Soup, as well as in Goya's Ghosts as the King of Spain.

In 1987, he received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in LBJ's The Early Years. Quaid said he had wanted to play Johnson since becoming an actor. "I responded to him and his wants and needs in a way I've never done with any other person," he said. Quaid continued to explain what he learned about Johnson's political views: he even attempted to describe what he found to be Johnson's political views:

He appeared in Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein in 1992, opposite Patrick Bergin as Victor Frankenstein. "I wanted to make the monster not just a monster but a disfigured man," Quaid said. I wanted to emphasize the human qualities of the person. He is basically fighting for equal rights. "He wants everything a man would like." Quaid appeared in Kingpin, a 1996 film starring Amish bowler Ishmael, as well as a role as pilot in the blockbuster science fiction film Independence Day, which came out the same year. Bill Murray had appeared in Quick Change in 1990. Quaid appeared in four of the National Lampoon's Vacation film series as Cousin Eddie, jovial redneck relative (through marriage) to Beverly D'Angelo, wife of Chevy Chase's Clark Griswold.

Quaid was featured in Days of Thunder (1990) as the third installment of the series, as a dedicated businessman and passionate car dealer who wants his team to be top-notch for fans and sponsors. Quaid appeared in a Vacation spin-off, a made-for-television film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 (2003), marking his final appearance in the franchise to date. As rancher Joe Aguirre, he was instrumental in Brokeback Mountain in 2005. Quaid appeared in Real Time (2008), the first time the Slamdance Film Festival was held in Canada. He has been named recipient of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for his acclaimed appearance.

Quaid's legal issues prevented him from working for nearly ten years after his participation in Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009). Quaid was not asked to reprise the role of Cousin Eddie in Vacation 2015, although the name is vaguely mentioned. He returned to perform with Rob Margolies' weight loss comedy All You Can Eat (2018), which premiered at the SOHO International Film Festival in June 2018. Quaid was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film" at the Northeast Film Festival in September 2018.

Quaid appeared in the two-part television film version of John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men in 1981, portraying Lenny. Quaid's other television appearances include a season as a Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast member (1985-1996), the role of gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in the miniseries Streets of Laredo (1991–1992), and Davis Rules (1991–1992).

He received the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nomination for his role as Elvis Presley's boss, Colonel Tom Parker, in the critically acclaimed CBS television network miniseries Elvis.

He appeared in the highly rated television films Category 6: Destruction (2004) and Category 7: The End of the World (2005) and starred in Last Rites, a made-for-cable Starz/Encore. This is the premiere film in the United States. In radio and television commercials for fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, Quaid played Colonel Sanders. Quaid's voice-over duties included Capitol One Credit Card, US Air, Miller Beer, and a guest appearance in The Ren and Stimpy Show (as Anthony's father in the second season's "A Visit to Anthony" series). He narrated the 2006 PBS series Texas Ranch House.

Quaid appeared on stage in Frank's world premiere of Sam Shepard's The God of Hell, which was produced by the Actors Studio Drama School in New York in 2004. Quaid's portrayal of Frank, a Wisconsin dairy farmer whose home is invaded by a volatile government employee who wants to take over his farm, was well-received and praised by New York City's top theatre critics. It was the second time Quaid appeared in a Shepard performance, the first being the long-running Broadway hit True West.

A five-member hearing committee of Actors' Equity Association, the labor union that represents American stage actors, barred Quaid from serving for life and fined him more than $81,000. Quaid appeared in Lone Star Love, a Western-themed adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which Quaid played Falstaff, which resulted in the sanctions. The musical was supposed to arrive in Broadway, but the producers cancelled it.

According to Quaid's "oddball behavior," all 26 members of the musical cast suspect Quaid "physically and verbally insulted his colleagues" and that the show was canceled rather than continuing to Broadway. Quaid's counsel, Mark Block, said the allegations were inaccurate and that "the producers, who did not want to give Randy his creative rights to creative approval... or financial participation..." Block said Quaid left the union before the performance started, and that Quaid did not object to the process because he wanted due process. Quaid's response to the allegations was "I am guilty of just one thing: giving a performance that elicited such deep emotion from the actors and producers that they have no knowledge of my creative process that they even think I am Falstaff."

Music career

Quaid has performed in concert, mainly through his band Randy Quaid & The Fugitives. In March 2011, the group unveiled "Star Whackers," the group's first album. The Quaids premiered Star Whackers, a companion film to the Quaids, in Vancouver on April 23, 2011.

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