These Celebrity Parents Made Huge Sacrifices For Their Children

Phoebe Cates Disappeared From The Spotlight To Care For Her Kids

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Phoebe Cates was a popular actress in the eighties, appearing in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins. She seemed to have a very promising career ahead of her, but she dropped out of the spotlight in her mid-twenties after marrying fellow actor Kevin Kline.

A few years later the couple had two children, Owen and Greta. The pair decided that they wanted one of them to be with the children at all times. “We have agreed to alternate so that we’re never working at the same time,” Kline explained. “[But] whenever it’s been her slot to work, Phoebe has chosen to stay with the children.”