 She subsequently played supporting roles in "Falling in Love Again" (1980) with Susannah York and "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen" (1981), none of which met with much critical or box office success.She appeared in a television commercial for Lux soap, and took acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, before appearing in three 1981 television movies – "Callie and Son", with Lindsay Wagner, "The Children Nobody Wanted" and "Splendor in the Grass".Pfeiffer obtained her first major film role as the female lead in "Grease 2" (1982), the sequel to the smash-hit musical film "Grease" (1978).