what happen to ava gardner in the 1940s and marilyn monroe in the 50 also seem to take place for modern day actress michelle pfeiffer in the 80 represent her remarkable good look get in the way of her be take seriously a an accomplished and superbly talented actress . anyone look for validation of pfeiffer dramatic ability need look no further than her work in 1991 frankie and johnny or 92 love field ( a personal favorite of mine ) while those look to see what a splendid comedic actress she can be and when give the right part and should check out 1988 marry to the mob . in this one and she play angela demarco and the widow of a recently ice mob hit man and who move from her garishly tacky long island home to start a new life for herself and her son and while be pursue by mob bos dean stockwell and fbi man matthew modine . while this movie have lot go for it ( a very amusing script while offbeat character while sudden sharp turn to unexpected violence and a in director jonathan demme previous effort something wild while and hilarious yet menace performance by stockwell and mercedes ruehl and a his jealous wife from hell ) and michelle steal the show easily . notice how perfectly she nail angela undereducated and long island italian accent and and the many fine mannerism that she bring to the role to really flesh out this spunky and surprisingly bright character . once upon a time and long ago and oscar be hand out to actress for comedic role such a this one . have this film be make 60 year ago and michelle mighta be a contenduh .