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98 celebrities 5' tall have been found. Add to favourites (115 fans)Biography of Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968 (birth time source: The Complete Kylie Minogue by Simon Sheridan) is an Australian dance-pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the mid '80s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before she commenced her career as a pop artist in the late '80s. According to Warner Music Australia, Minogue has sold over 65 million records worldwide. Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Her popularity began to decline during the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. Minogue distanced herself from her earlier work and attempted to establish herself as an inde... Add to favourites (58 fans)Biography of Mary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (both born June 13, 1986) are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House. Though some people at first glance suppose they are identical twins, it is widely reported that they are fraternal. Both Olsen twins have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements. As a rule, they appear together, and have filmed movies worldwide. Early life Born in Sherman Oaks, California to David Olsen (b. 1953) and Jarnette (Jarnie) Fuller (b. 1954), Mary-Kate and Ashley Fuller Olsen started their acting careers on the television series Full House in 1987. They were hired at... Add to favourites (55 fans)Biography of Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was a three time Academy Award nominated American film actress. The source for her time of birth is her birth certificate. Early life and acting career Wood was born Natalya Nikolaevna Zakharenko in San Francisco, California, to Russian immigrants, Nikolai and Maria Zakharenko. Her parents changed their surname to "Gurdin", and by the age of 4 she was billed as Natasha Gurdin. Her mother tightly managed and controlled the young girl's career and personal life from her start in films at the age of five. She starred in multiple films as a child including both Miracle on 34th Street and The Ghost and Mrs Muir in 1947. Her father is described by Wood's biographers as a passive alcoholic who went along with his wife's demands. Her sister, Lan... Add to favourites (56 fans)Biography of Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. He was a leading figure in 20th century French philosophy.... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is married to Will Smith. Height : 5' (1.52 m) Early life Jada was born September 18 Jada Koren Pinkett in Baltimore, Maryland to Robsol Pinkett, Jr., who runs a construction company, and Adrienne Banfield, the head nurse of an inner-city clinic in Baltimore. Her parents divorced after only several months of marriage and her mother has since re-married twice; Jada's mother became pregnant with her while still in high school. Jada majored in theatre at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where she met fellow classmate Tupac Shakur with whom she developed a close friendship. In the documentary Tupac: Resurrection, Shakur says, "Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life." Also in this do... Add to favourites (55 fans)Biography of Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946 (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford)) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, author, actress and philanthropist. Family life She was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children born to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Owens. Her siblings are Willadeene Parton (a poet), David Parton, Denver Parton, Bobby Parton, Stella Parton (a singer), Cassie Parton, Larry Parton (who died shortly after birth), Randy Parton (a singer), twins Floyd Parton (a songwriter) and Freida Parton (a singer), and Rachel Dennison (an actress). Her family was, as she described them, "dirt poor", and lived in a rustic, dilapidated one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains, near Locust Ridge, Tenne... Biography of Jada Fire
Jada Fire (b. September 1, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American pornographic actress. Adult film career Since entering the industry, she has become best known for her large breasts (in particular her very large areolas), round buttocks, ability to ejaculate, and her performances in Gonzo style films, with lesbian, interracial, bondage or anal themes. Most of her films, like Hit That PHAT Ass 4, are based around women with large round buttocks, or—as they are often marketed—a Ghetto Booty, black on black themes. She also has filmed a significant number of interracial scenes. She was also on an episode of Hogtied. Many of her common male co-stars are Julian St. Jox, Byron Long, and Lexington Steele. In 2005 AVN nominated Jada (along with co-stars Katja Kassin,... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright, February 26, 1971) is a Grammy Award winning, American R&B, soul, and hip hop singer and songwriter, whose work encompasses elements of jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion. Early in her career she was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a diverse range of supporting roles. Early Life Badu was born Erica Abi Wright in Dallas, Texas, in 1971. She was one of three siblings raised by single mother Kollen Wright, a former theat... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Mackenzie Rosman
Mackenzie Ryann Rosman (born December 28, 1989) is an American child actress. She is best known for her role as Ruthie Camden on The CW's 7th Heaven. Rosman was born in Charleston, South Carolina and has some Cherokee Indian ancestry. In 1996, she got the part of Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven by personally greeting each person in the room by a hand-shake during her audition. In addition to her role on 7th Heaven, Rosman appeared in the independent film Gideon, starring Christopher Lambert, Charlton Heston and Shelley Winters. She has appeared in numerous television commercials starting at age four including a Tuff's Diaper commercial and a Nike shoe commercial. Her most recent commercial was Kmart advertisement that she did with 7H co-star Beverley Mitchell and George Stults. She also pla... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Danny Devito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983). This sitcom was not widely distributed outside of North America; in most other countries he is known primarily for his film work. He currently plays Frank Reynolds on the FX show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. DeVito is well known for his height - standing only 4'10". Some of his movies make in-jokes to this fact, such as his pairing up with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins. His short stature also helped him grab one of his most famous roles, The Penguin in Batman Returns. He also played the ringmaster in Big Fish to make Karl the Gi... Biography of Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: कल्पना चावला) (Punjabi: ਕਲਪਨਾ ਚਾਵਲਾ) (1 July 1961 – 1 February 2003), was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of seven crewmembers killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Early life Kalpana Chawla was born in a Hindu family in Karnal, Haryana, India. Kalpana in Sanskrit means "imagination of the mind" and thus also "creation." Her interest in flying was inspired by J. R. D. Tata, a pioneering Indian pilot and industrialist. Education Kalpana Chawla studied at Tagore Public School, Karnal for her earlier schooling and she pursued further studies aeronautical engineering at Pun... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967 in Severn, Maryland) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress who was popular during the 1990s. She has won six Grammy Awards. The RIAA named Braxton as one of the top selling artists of all time. Early life and career Braxton is the oldest of six children. She attended elementary school at Quarterfield Elementary School, and middle school at Corkran Middle School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She also attended Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Her father was a clergyman, and the Braxton children were raised in a strict religious household. Braxton's first performing experience was singing in her church choir. She attended Bowie State University to obtain a teaching degree but decided to pursue a musical career. 19... Biography of Anna Maria Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli (born Anna Maria Pierangeli) (June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971) was an Italian-born actress. Early years and MGM Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, she made her film debut with Vittorio de Sica in Domani è troppo tardi (1950), after being spotted by director Léonide Moguy. She was discovered by Hollywood, and MGM launched her in her first American film, Teresa (1951). Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this film also saw the joint debuts of Rod Steiger and John Ericson. Enthusiastic reviews for her eloquent and understated performance compared her to Garbo. Under contract with MGM throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a series of films. In The Light Touch with Stewart Granger, she indeed brought a light touch of innocence to the film. Plans for a film of Romeo and Juliet with he... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (IPA /ɑ̃ʁi də tuluz lotʁɛk/) (November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the decadent and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of provocative images of modern life. Youth Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa was born in Albi, Tarn in the Midi-Pyrénées Region of France, the firstborn child of Comte Alphonse and Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec. An aristocratic family that had recently fallen on hard times, the Toulouse-Lautrecs were still feeling the effects of the inbreeding of past generations; the Comte and Comtesse were first cousins, and Henri suffered from a number of congenital health conditions attributed to this trad... Biography of Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. Height: 5' (1.52 m) Early life Born Pia Alfreda Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey, of part Polish and Italian descent. She adapted part of her mother's maiden name (Zadorowski) as her stage name. She appeared as a child actress with legendary Broadway star Tallulah Bankhead in Midgie Purvis. She attended elementary and middle school in Forest Hills, New York, at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, the same parochial school as Ray Romano and David Caruso. Film career Zadora's first film appearance was in 1964's infamous Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, as Girmar, a young Martian girl. Her subsequent career made little headway until she met and then married Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis in 1977. Not long ther... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four time Grammy Award winning US rock singer with many million and multimillion selling records worldwide. Benatar was one of the top female rockers of the 1980s and early 1990s. Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski (AND-zhe-YEV-skee) in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, to a Polish/Irish family. She initially studied voice and opera, following in the footsteps of her mother while growing up in Lindenhurst, New York, on Long Island. After graduating in 1971 from Lindenhurst High School Benatar married her high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar that same year and took his name. Benatar immediately moved with her husband to Richmond, Virginia where she worked as a bank clerk and sang at n... Biography of Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatro on June 3, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan) is a singer, bassist, radio personality and actress. Early life Her father, Art Quatro, was of Italian descent and her mother, Helen Sanislay, was Hungarian. Quatro was raised Catholic. She is the aunt of actress Sherilyn Fenn, whose mother is Suzi's sister Arlene. Quatro began her musical career in the Pleasure Seekers and Cradle with her sisters Patti, Nancy, and Arlene. Patti herself later had her own band Fanny. She also has a brother Michael Quatro who is a musical maestro in his own right. She moved to the UK in 1971 after being discovered in Detroit by record producer Mickie Most, who had already earned fame with the band Sweet. Career Quatro's first single "Rolling Stone" was a flop everywhere exce... Biography of Amy Davidson
Amy Davidson (born September 15, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American television actress who is best known for her role as Kerry Michelle Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules. Although her character on 8 Simple Rules is younger than her on-screen sister (played by Kaley Cuoco), Davidson is six years older than Cuoco. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Amy attended Shadow Mountain High School. Amy began doing commercial work and her acting coach Gene Fowler encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, California at a young age. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Amy was cast in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen series, So Little Time. She has also guest-starred on the drama series Judging Amy and the American sitcom Malcolm In The Middle, and she also appeared in the movie The Truth About Jane. Most recently,... Biography of Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, December 14, 1883–April 26, 1969) was a famous martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as Kaiso (開祖, Kaiso?), meaning "founder", or Ōsensei, "Great Teacher". Early years Morihei Ueshiba was born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on December 14, 1883. During his childhood, the Ueshiba family lived in Maizuru, Kyoto. The only son of Yokoru and Yuki Ueshiba's five children, Morihei was raised in a somewhat privileged setting. His father was a wealthy landowner who also traded in lumber and fishing and was politically active. Ueshiba was a rather weak, sickly child and bookish in his inclinations. At a young age his father encouraged him to take up s... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Lacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert (born September 30, 1982) is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the TV drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls. Personal life Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, the daughter of Julie, a homemaker, and Tony Chabert, a French-speaking Cajun from Louisiana who worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company. She has a brother, T.J., and two sisters, Wendy and Crissy. Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in 1994 when she began work on Party of Five. Career Chabert made her start as young Cosette in Les Misérables on Broadway. Chabert was a member of the Broadway Kids which included Christy Carlson Romano, Chris Trousdale, a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Madeleine Renaud
Madeleine Renaud was a distinguished actress and a major figure in French theater in the 20th century. She was born on February 21, 1900 in Paris and died there on September 23, 1994. In 1940 Madeleine Renaud married the actor-director Jean-Louis Barrault (1910-1994). They often acted together and cofounded a number of theater companies. They toured extensively, including North and South America. Madeleine Renaud was the aunt (by marriage) of the actress Marie-Christine Barrault (b. 1944).... Biography of Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh actress and comedian. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Awards. She is best-known for starring in and writing her comedy sketch show, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. Background French was born in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales and educated at the independent St Dunstan's Abbey (now Plymouth College) boarding school on Craigie Drive in Plymouth, Devon, England. Her father, Denys, was a member of the Royal Air Force being stationed at RAF Valley. The RAF partly funded her private education but she did not enjoy her schooldays. She later won a debating scholarship that brought her to study at the ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Bella Thorne
Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress and model. An accomplished child model and actress with appearances in more than 20 films and television series and more than 40 commercials, she is best known for her role as the aspiring young dancer, CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up! Early life Bella Thorne was born on October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. She is the youngest of four children, Kaili (born in 1992), Dani (born in 1993), and Remy (born in 1995), who are also actors and models. Thorne, who is of Irish, Italian, and Cuban descent, spoke Spanish as her first language growing up. Career Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You. She has since app... Biography of Pola Negri
Pola Negri (Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec) (3 January 1897 - August 1, 1987) was a Polish film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films between 1910's and 1930's. Personal life Born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec on New Year's Eve, circa 1894 in Lipno, Poland. An only child born into a poor family, her mother had to make a living alone after Chałupiec's father was arrested by the Russians and sent to Siberia. In 1902 both moved to Warsaw, where they lived in extreme poverty. She trained as a dancer at the Ballet School in Warsaw and performed there until tuberculosis forced her to stop dancing. She turned to acting, and by the end of World War I had established herself as a popular stage actress in Warsaw, the capital, appearing in several films... Biography of Jordan Ladd
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd (born January 14, 1975) is an American actress. Height: 5' (1.52 m) Ladd was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd and David Ladd, a former actor. Her paternal grandfather was Alan Ladd, a famous film actor, and her paternal grandmother was Sue Carol (born Evelyn Lederer), a Hollywood talent agent and actress. At the age of two, Ladd began appearing in commercials. Her first commercial was for Polaroid. She began acting in film and television while in school, often working with her mother on films. After graduating high school, she took up acting professionally. Ladd turned to acting in independent films and has become known in the indie film circuit. Filmography Grindhouse (2007) - Shanna (segment Death Proof)/ ... Biography of Alaska (singer)
Alaska (born Olvido Gara Jova, June 13, 1963 in Mexico City) is a Spanish singer, dj, actress and writer famous in Spain and Latin America. She was of the main characters in the so called Movida the cultural movement following the Franco dictatorship in Spain. This movement in which music, arts, cinema and fashion erupted and collided to confirm the actual society Spain had become under Franco. She has participated since the last part of the seventies in several groups of different success: Kaka de Luxe 1977, Alaska y los Pegamoides 1980, Alaska y Dinarama 1983 and since 1989 the duet Fangoria. Her father was a Spaniard exiled during the Spanish Civil War and her mother a Cuban exiled by Castro. Some years before Francisco Franco died, her parents decided to move back to Spain. Al... Biography of Mae Whitman
Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988, Los Angeles) is an American television, movie and voice actress. She is best known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development. Her best known voice work includes playing the voice of Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, American Dragon: Jake Long as Rose/Huntsgirl and Tinker Bell in the Tinker Bell movies. Biography Mae Whitman was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeff Whitman, a personal manager and set construction co-ordinator. She started her career with a voice over for a Tyson Chicken commercial, a role her mother had also auditioned for. During this time, Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school, in Los Angeles. She la... Biography of Melissa Rauch
Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Bernadette Rostenkowski on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Early life and education Rauch was born in Marlboro, New Jersey. She has a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College. Career While studying, Melissa performed as a stand-up comedian around Manhattan, and soon made a name for herself on the New York City comedy scene with critically acclaimed appearances like her one-woman show called "The Miss Education of Jenna Bush," in which she portrayed the former President's daughter which played to sold out audiences. In 2009, Rauch played the recurring role of Bernadette on The Big Bang Theory, the girlfriend of Howard Wolowitz. Beginning in ... Biography of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946). In addition, he was Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–43) and King of Albania (1939–43). During his long reign, Victor Emmanuel III saw two world wars and the birth, rise, and fall of Fascism in the Kingdom of Italy. Early years Victor Emmanuel was born in Naples, Italy. He was the only child of Umberto I, King of Italy (Re d'Italia), and his consort, Princess Margherita of Savoy. Margherita was the daughter of the duke of Genoa. Unlike his paternal first cousin's son, the 6'6" tall Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Victor Emmanuel was short of stature even by 19th century standards, to the point that today he would appear dimin... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Willow Smith
Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000) is an American child actress and singer who is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the younger sister of Jaden Smith. She made her acting debut in 2007 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance. Apart from her acting she launched a music career in the fall of 2010 with the release of her single "Whip My Hair" and signing to Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation. The single peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Personal life Willow is the daughter of musician-actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith. She has two older brothers, Jaden Smith and Trey Smith; both are also child actors. In conjuncti... Biography of Patty Duke
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an Academy Award-, three-time Emmy Award- and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning American actress of stage and film. Early life Duke was born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, the daughter of Frances (née McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a handyman and cab driver. Her father was Irish American and her maternal grandmother was German. Duke experienced what could be termed a Dickensian childhood. Her father was an alcoholic, and her mother suffered from clinical depression and was prone to violence. When Duke was 6, her mother threw her father out. When she was 8, her mother essentially turned Duke's care over to her managers, John and Ethel Ross, who recognized her talent and promoted her as a child actress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Felicity Kendal
Felicity Ann Kendal CBE (born 25 September 1946) is an English actress, best known for her role as Barbara Good in The Good Life. Height: 4' 11¾" (1.52 m) Early life Felicity Kendal was born in Olton, Warwickshire, England, in 1946, and is the younger sister of Jennifer Kendal and the daughter of Geoffrey and Laura Kendal. Her father was an English actor-manager who made his living leading a repertory company on tours of India after the Second World War. They performed Shakespeare to audiences consisting mostly of schoolchildren. Her father had adopted his birthplace of Kendal, Westmorland as his stage name, his original surname being Bragg. Kendal was educated at six convents in India. Career Kendal made her stage debut aged 9 months, when she was carried on stage as a chang... Biography of Gloria Brame
Gloria Glickstein Brame (born August 20, 1955) is a U.S. writer and sex therapist based in Athens, Georgia. She has a PhD and MPH in Human Sexuality, and an M.A. in English literature. She is a licensed clinical sexologist. Her sex therapy practice specializes in consensual BDSM and sexual fetishism and sexual dysfunction. She is also a lifestyle dominant. A poet, blogger, writer and journalist, Brame is best known for two notable sex books: Different Loving: the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission and the more recent Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex. The latter book was selected as the "official guide to kinky sex" by the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She also founded the first on-line BDSM support group, a part of the Human Sexuality Forum on Co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaby Morlay
Blanche Pauline Fumoleau, best known as Gaby Morlay, born June 8, 1893 in Angers and died July 4, 1964 in Nice (cancer), was a French actress and comedian. She was the wife of French politician Max Bonnafous. Filmography 1922 : L'Agonie des Aigles de D. Bernard-Deschamps 1926 : Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs de Roger Lion 1928 : Les Nouveaux Messieurs de Jacques Feyder 1930 : Accusée, levez-vous ! de Maurice Tourneur 1931 : Faubourg Montmartre de Raymond Bernard 1931 : Après l'amour de Léonce Perret 1932 : Mélo de Paul Czinner, Romaine 1934 : Jeanne de Georges Marret 1934 : Le Bonheur de Marcel L'Herbier, Clara Stuart 1936 : Samson de Maurice Tourneur, Anne-Marie d'Andeline 1936 : La Peur de Victor Tourjansky 1937 : Le Messager de Raymond Rouleau, Marie 1937... Biography of Kim Fields
Kim Victoria Fields (born May 12, 1969 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress/producer Chip Fields and the older sister of actress Alexis Fields. Career Acting Before appearing on Facts of Life, Fields starred on a short-lived sitcom called Baby, I'm Back and appeared in a commercial for Mrs. Butterworth's pancake syrup. She later appeared on Good Times as a friend of Penny Gordon Woods. Her real life mother, Chip Fields, starred on Good Times as the mother of Janet Jackson's character, Penny. Interestingly the two Fields women never starred in the same episodes. Kim's episodes on Good Times were "The Snow Storm" and "The Physical". Fields claim to fame her Tootie character on the sitcom The Facts of Life. From 1979 to 1988, she played ... Biography of Rudi Bakhtiar
Rudi Bakhtiar (born Rudabeh Bakhtiar, Persian: رودابه بختیار , on June 21, 1966 in Fresno, California) is an Iranian-American journalist who has over a decade's experience working for major international news outlets CNN and Fox News Channel. Career Rudi Bakhtiar joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a general correspondent in January 2006, and held that role until July 2007. Prior to joining FNC, Bakhtiar worked for nine years at CNN, joining the network in 1996. During her time at the network, she held multiple positions, including anchoring on the CNN's spin-off network, Headline News, and as a co-anchor of CNN Student News, a 30-minute commercial free news program designed for use in the classroom. Throughout her ca... Biography of Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, pron. IPA: , (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955); birth name Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, GCIH) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s. She was nicknamed Carmen by her father, because of his love of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Carmen's legacy was instrumental in popularising samba. Life and career Carmen Miranda was born in the small northern Portuguese town of Marco de Canaveses to Portuguese parents. She was the second daughter of José Maria Pinto Cunha (1887 - 1938) and Maria Emília Miranda (1886 - 1971). Shortly after her birth, her father, José Maria, emigrated to Brazil and settled in Rio de Janeiro (the then capital), where he opened a barber's shop. In 1910, her mother followed, together with her ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Rozonda Thomas
Rozonda Ocelean Thomas (born February 27, 1971), best known by her stage name Chilli, is an American R&B singer and actress who rose to fame as one third of the successful R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop girl group TLC. Early life Rozonda Ocelean Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from B.E. Mays High School. Her father, Abdul Ali, was of East Indian descent and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of African American and Native American descent. Thomas, who had been raised by her mother, later allowed the Sally Jessy Raphael television talk show to air footage of her meeting her father for the first time in 1996. Career 1992 - present: TLC Main article: TLC (band) Thomas was first a dancer for Damian Dame. In 1991, she joined TLC, replacing founding member Crystal Jones, and was nickn... Biography of Michelle Dusserre
Michelle Dusserre, born December 26, 1968 in Long Beach, California, is an American former gymnast. She won a silver medal in Los Angeles in 1984.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lupe Vélez
Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944) was a Mexican American actress. Early life Vélez was born María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez in the city of San Luis Potosí, the daughter of an army officer and his wife, an opera singer. Her father refused to let her use his last name in theater, so she used her mother's maiden name. Lupe was educated at a convent school in Texas before finding work as a sales assistant. She took dancing lessons and in 1924, made her performing debut at the Teatro Principal. She moved to California that year and was first cast in movies by Hal Roach. Film career Vélez's first feature-length film was Douglas Fairbanks's The Gaucho (1927); the next year, she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, the young starlets deemed to be most promising for movi... Biography of Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae (born April 22, 1926) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life, in which she appeared from 1979 until 1986. She received a Best Actress Emmy Nomination in a comedy in 1982. She also appeared in two Facts of Life television movies, one in 1982, and the second one, a reunion film, in 2001. Personal life Rae was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Esther (née Ottenstein), who was a childhood friend of Golda Meir, and Meyer Lubotsky, a retail tire business owner. She had two sisters (one older and one younger), and graduated from Shorewood High School there. Rae attended but did not complete her studies at Northwestern University i... Biography of Natsumi Abe
Natsumi Abe (安倍 なつみ, Abe Natsumi?), born August 10, 1981 in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese singer and actress, and a former member of Morning Musume. Natsumi Abe was born in Muroran, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. Her nickname is Nacci or Nacchi. Her younger sister, Asami Abe, is also a J-pop singer. Abe was one of the first members of the group chosen in 1997. She was also the lead girl for many of the singles especially before Maki Goto joined, most notable in "Furusato" where all the other girls sang harmonies/back-up only. Abe has had a few solo songs including the theme for a commercial she was in, and "Otoko Tomodachi" from the album 4th Ikimasshoi!. She also has lead roles in Morning Musume productions like their play, Love Ce... Biography of Shari Lewis
Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop, first appearing on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York. Lewis' father was a founding member of Yeshiva University in New York City. Her parents encouraged her to perform, and by age 13 her father taught her to perform specialized magic acts. She also received instruction in acrobatics, juggling, piano and violin. She was taught ventriloquism by John W. Cooper. She also learned how to play the piano and violin at New York's High School of Music and Art, dance at the American School of Ballet, and acting with Sanford Meisn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fiorello Laguardia
Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945. He was popularly known as "the Little Flower," the translation of his Italian first name, Fiorello, and, most likely, a reference to his short stature. A Republican, he was a popular mayor and a strong supporter of the New Deal. La Guardia led New York's recovery during the Great Depression and became a national figure, serving as President Roosevelt's director of civilian defense during the run-up to the United States joining the Second World War. Background La Guardia was born in the Bronx to an Italian lapsed-Catholic father, Achille La Guardia, from Cerignola, and an Italian mother of Jewish origin from Trieste, Irene Coen Luz... Biography of Hope Sandoval
Hope Sandoval (born June 24, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Sandoval has toured and collaborated with other artists, including vocals on Massive Attack's "Paradise Circus" from their 2010 album Heligoland. Recent interest in her unique vocal style has been ignited by the release of "Gears of War 3" trailer, featuring Mazzy Star's "Into Dust". Early life and career Hope Sandoval grew up in a Catholic Mexican-American family in East Los Angeles, California. She attended Mark Keppel High School. In 1986, she formed the folk music duo Going Home with Sylvia Gomez, and recorded one album produced by David Roback, which is yet to be released. Opal and Mazzy Star Sandoval performed with the band O... Biography of Teena Marie
Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and producer. Marie, nicknamed Lady Tee, (sometimes spelled Lady T), was a protégée of funk legend Rick James, and was notable as one of the few successful white performers of R&B and the first white person to be signed to the Motown record label in 1979. She played rhythm guitar, keyboards and congas. She also wrote, produced, sang and arranged virtually all of her songs since her 1980 release, Irons in the Fire, which she said was her favorite album. She had a daughter, Alia Rose, who, as of 2009, sang under the name Rose LeBeau. Marie died of natural causes on Sunday, December 26, 2010, at home in Pasadena, California. Biography Early life Mar... Biography of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American two-time Academy Award-winning actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. Biography Early life Hayes was born Helen Hayes Brown in Washington, D.C. Her mother, Catherine Estelle (née Hayes), or Essie, was an aspiring actress who worked in touring companies. Her father, Francis van Arnum Brown, worked at a number of jobs, including as a clerk at the Washington Patent Office and as a manager and salesman for a wholesale butcher. Hayes' Irish Catholic maternal grandparents immigrated from Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine; her mother was a great-niec... Biography of Stella Parton
Stella Parton (born May 4, 1949) is an American Country Music singer and songwriter. She is the younger sister of country music icon Dolly Parton. With the help of her sister, Stella Parton became a successful Country singer in her own right during the late 70s. Her biggest hit was the 1975 song "I Want to Hold You In My Dreams Tonight". Early life She was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, the sixth of twelve children born to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Owens. Her siblings are Willadeene Parton, David Parton, Denver Parton, superstar country singer and actress Dolly Parton, Bobby Parton, Cassie Parton, Larry Parton, Randy Parton, twins Floyd Parton and Freida Parton, and Rachel Dennison (an actress). When she was just seven, she and sister Dolly went on a local Knoxville, Tennessee TV... Biography of Kitty Carruthers
Caitlyn "Kitty" Carruthers (born May 30, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her adopted brother Peter Carruthers. The duo captured four gold medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. In 1999, she and her brother were inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Competitive highlights (with Peter) 1980 U.S. Championships - 2nd Olympics - 5th 1981 U.S. Championships - 1st 1982 U.S. Championships - 1st World Championships - 3rd 1983 U.S. Championships - 1st 1984 U.S. Championships - 1st Olympics - 2nd... Biography of Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers (born September 20, 1925) is an American psychologist and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960. Personal life Brothers was born Joyce Diane Bauer in New York City, New York, the daughter of Estelle (née Rapaport) and Morris K. Bauer, both of whom were attorneys and had a law practice together. Her family is Jewish. Brothers graduated from Far Rockaway High School in Far Rockaway, Queens in 1943. She earned her PhD degree in psychology from Columbia University after completing her undergraduate work at Cornell University. She married Dr. Milton Brothers, an internist, in 1949, and they had a daughter, Lisa. Milton Brothers died of cancer in 1989. Joyce Brothers is a resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey. Career Brothers gained f... Biography of Lily Pons
Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-American coloratura soprano. Born Alice Joséphine Pons in Draguignan near Cannes, Pons first studied piano at the Paris Conservatory, winning the First Prize at the age of 15. During World War I, she played piano and sang for soldiers in Paris hospitals. She also sang at receptions in Cannes. In 1925, encouraged by soprano Dyna Beumer, she started taking singing lessons from Alberti de Gorostiaga in Paris. She successfully made her operatic debut in the title role of Léo Delibes' Lakmé at Mulhouse in 1928 and went on to sing several coloratura roles in French provincial opera houses. She was discovered by the impresario Giovanni Zenatello, who took her to New York where she auditioned for Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the general... Biography of Nicolette Larson
Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997) was an American singer best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love". This song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year. It was followed by four more Adult Contemporary hits, two of which were also minor pop hits. By 1985, she shifted her focus to country music, charting six times on the Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Her only Top 40 country hit was "That's How You Know When Love's Right", a duet with Steve Wariner. Music career Born in Helena, Montana, and enduring an early childhood of moving frequently due to her father's job with the U.S. Treasury Department, Larson's family finally settled in Kansas City, Missouri. Larson got her start singi... Biography of Linda Fratianne
Linda Sue Fratianne (born August 2, 1960 in Los Angeles-Northridge, California, U.S.) was an American Olympic figure skater, who won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977-1980). Early career Linda Fratianne's father was the former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Fratianne (died 2002). Her mother was Virginia Fratianne. Her parents were divorced. Throughout her figure skating career, she was coached by Frank Carroll. Fratianne was particularly known for her ability to easily and beautifully complete difficult triple jumps, and she became the first female skater to land two different types of triple jumps (toe loop and salchow) in her free skating programs in 1976 at the U.S. National Championships. Her strong free skating technique complemented her elegant style, which... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina (born October 11, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-American figure skater. She currently trains in Hackensack, New Jersey with her partner John Zimmerman and her coaches Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin. They turned professional, joining Stars On Ice. Kyoko Ina was born in Japan, but raised in New York. She started skating at the age of 4, at the rink at Rockefeller Center. She skated singles and pairs for Japan in the Junior ranks. Her first American partnership was with Jason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching of Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman in Monsey, New York. They excelled as a pair and placed 4th in the 1998 Winter Olympics. That same year they separated, with Jason marrying Yuka Sato. She and John Zimmerman then formed a skating partnership, and th... Biography of Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976), born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures. Ivy M Goldstein Jacobson rectified the Birth chart to 8:10 in her book Astrological Essays. For that, she used: · The death of his father @ age 6 Months · The death of his mother @ age 8 years and went to go live with his uncle · Left for America and work to support himself age @ 16 · Work for himself age @ 20 · Met his future wife age @ 20 · Married age @ 24 - formal orthodox ceremony – True Love – Wow! – Wow! – Wow! · Invested in Penny Arcade Business @ 30 · Went to France for Special film @ 39 that established his success · Death of wife @ 94 · Health issues @ 94 · Di... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terin Humphrey
Terin Marie Humphrey (born August 14, 1986) is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, Carly Patterson, Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool. Terin competed on bars and beam in the team finals, and contributed solid scores of 9.587 and 9.487 respectively. She also competed in the event finals on the uneven bars and won a surprise silver medal for her country. This was the best bars result by an American woman in the Olympics since Amy Chow took silver in the 1996 Olympics. Terin placed third at the 2004 US Gymnastics Championships in Nashville, TN, impro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patty Weaver
Patty Weaver (born September 23, 1955 (source: Imdb) Clarksburg, West Virginia) is an American actress who played the role of Gina Roma on The Young and the Restless on a contract basis from 1982 until August 2005, when she was dropped to recurring status, but still continues making appearances on the show. Before her role on The Young and the Restless, Weaver played the role of Trish Clayton Banning on Days of our Lives from 1974 to 1982. Before launching her acting career, Patty formed the rock 'n roll band called The Loved Ones. She has continued her singing career and has several record albums. She began her acting career by guest starring on television series Maude and All in the Family, she began her daytime acting career with a nine year stint on Days of Our Lives. Patty ke... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise (1927) and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won for multple roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937). She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later. Early life Born Laura Augusta Gainor in Philadelphia, Pennsy... Biography of Elena Zamolodchikova
Elena Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova (Russian: Елена Михайловна Замолодчикова; born on September 19, 1982 in Moscow, Russia), nicknamed "Zamo", was a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of six. In 1999 she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships, where she won the gold in vault, the bronze in the all-around. She was well-known for her risky double-twisting double-backflip on floor and was one of a handful of women to have successfully competed one. Competitive history At the 2000 European Championships in Paris, Zamolodchikova produced a stunning performan... Biography of Senta Moses
Senta Moses (born August 8, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Delia Fisher in the television series My So-Called Life and as Beakman's lab assistant Phoebe in Beakman's World. Moses has been in show business since she was 6 months old with a diaper commercial which she refers to as "embarrassing." She has since appeared in more than 100 national commercials. At the age of seven, she landed the role of “Molly” in the National Touring Company of Annie, appearing in 487 performances. While pursuing her high school diploma at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Senta co-starred in the blockbuster feature film Home Alone and its sequel, Home Alone 2, as McCaulay Culkin’s cousin. After graduation at age 16, Moses moved to California to attend USC’s School of The... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annette Crosbie
Annette Crosbie, OBE (born February 12, 1934) is a Scottish character actress. Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. Her big break came in 1970 when she was selected to play Catherine of Aragon in the major BBC television series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII. A few years later, Crosbie made a similar impact as another Queen, Victoria, in the ITV period drama, Edward the Seventh (1975). She played Cinderella's fairy godmother in The Slipper and the Rose, which was chosen as the Royal Film Première for 1976. In that motion picture, Crosbie sang the Sherman Brothers' song, "Suddenly It Happens". In Ralph Bakshi's animate... Biography of Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress. She is best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path and the films Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge and Vera Drake. She drew widespread critical acclaim as Vera Drake, earning her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a number of wins including the BAFTA and Venice Film Festival Awards for best actress in a leading role. Early life and education Staunton was born in Archway, North London, the only child of Bridie (née McNicholas), a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a road-worker and labourer. The family lived over Staunton's mother's hair dressing salon while Staunton’s father worked on the roads. Both of h... Biography of Chandra Wilson
Chandra Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is a two-time SAG Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy. Early life Wilson was born in Houston, Texas. She started her theater career at the age of five with the Houston-based Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS). Wilson attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and went on to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she earned a BFA in drama. Career Wilson's first regular network TV role was in the short-lived series Bob Patterson (2001), a post-"Seinfeld" vehicle for Jason Alexander. She also appeared on Law & Order, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos, and had a small role in Lone Star (1996). Wilson also had career in thea... Biography of Dana Hill
Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actor with a raspy voice and childlike appearance, which allowed her to play adolescent roles into her 30s. Hill is perhaps best known for playing Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Sherry Dunlap in Shoot the Moon. Early health issues Dana Lynne Goetz was born in 1964 to Sandy Hill and Ted Goetz. Her father was a director of commercials. A diagnosis of Type I diabetes at an early age ended a promising athletic future. A 1982 article in People Magazine reported that at age 10 Hill had placed third nationwide in the 880-yard run and fourth in the mile run. A few weeks later she collapsed on the track, which led to the diagnosis. The diabetes stunted her growth (at 1... Biography of Mignon Anderson
Mignon Anderson (March 31, 1892 – February 25, 1983) was an American silent film actress. Her career was at its peak in the 1910s. Career Born in Baltimore, Anderson's parents, Hallie Howard and Frank Anderson, were also actors. In 1911 she joined Thanhouser Studios in New Rochelle, New York. She was very diminutive and a blonde. Anderson starred alongside William Garwood in a number of short films including A New Cure for Divorce in 1912. Personal life and death Playing in Thanhouser films brought about an acquaintance with Morris Foster, also of that company. She was married to Foster from 1915 until his death in 1966. Anderson died in Burbank, California at the age of 90. Filmography The Winter's Tale (1910) Robert Emmet (1911) Silas Marner (1911) T... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Utako Wakamatsu
Utako Wakamatsu (born September 1, 1981 in Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater who competed internationally in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating for the countries of Japan and Canada. She originally competed for Japan as a single skater. As a pair skater, she competed for Canada with partner Jean-Sebastien Fecteau. She announced her retirement from competitive skating on April 24, 2007. She returned to Japan to finish her university degree. Competitive highlights Pairs career for Canada (with Fecteau) Event 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 World Championships 8th Four Continents Championships 2nd Canadian Championships 4th 2nd 3rd 4th NHK Trophy 5th 5th 3rd 4th Cup of Russia 5th Skate Canada WD 6th Skate Am... Biography of Annia Hatch
Annia Portuondo Hatch (born June 14, 1978 in Guantánamo, Cuba) is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics. Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five. She won her first Cuban National Championships at the age of ten; over the course of her career she would win the title a total of seven times. Competing for Cuba, Hatch made her debut at the World Gymnastics Championships in 1993. She placed tenth in the all-around. In 1995 she picked up three medals at the Pan Am Games, placing fourth in the all-around, second on the balance beam, and third on the vault and uneven bars. The following year, in 1996, she became the first Cuban gymnast ever to win a medal at the World Championships with a bronze on the vault. The result, however... Biography of Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school and made her first professional appearance on stage in 1964. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Cheever
Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. (born January 10, 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports cars, CART and the Indy Racing League. Cheever participated in 143 World Championship Formula One races and started 132, more than any other American, driving for nine different teams from 1978 through 1989. In 1997, he formed his own IRL team and won the 1998 Indianapolis 500 as both owner and driver. The team now competes in sports cars. Beginnings Cheever lived in Rome as a child and was introduced to motorsports at age eight when his father took him to a sports car race in Monza, Italy. He soon began racing go karts and won both Italian and European Karting championships at age 15. He worked his way up through the leve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno, born on November 19, 1970 in Westlake, Ohio, is an American pair skater. She first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992. They competed in two Olympics and won three national titles and three medals at the World Figure Skating Championships. Meno and Sand became engaged the day of their short program at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They were married July 22, 1995. Following their amateur career, the pair skated professionally in the Stars on Ice tour for six seasons. More recently, Meno and Sand had their first son, Jack, in 2004, and their second son, Matthew Kenneth Sand, on August 14, 2006. Meno also appeared in the 2006 FOX television ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her Squibs series of films. Life and career Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the Daily Mirror as the country's favourite world star. She was a consummate screen actress, whose sympathetic portrayals were often tinged with pathos. Her talent was most evident in the Squibs comedy series produced by George Pearson, while in his 1923's Love, Life and Laughter and 1924's Reveille, she demonstrated a serious side to her character. Her 1925 role as a wealthy heriess in Somebody's Darling was an attempt to break ou... Biography of Chen Xiexia
Chen Xiexia (simplified Chinese: 陈燮霞; traditional Chinese: 陳燮霞; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Xièxiá; Jyutping: Chan4 Sit3 Ha4; born January 8, 1983 in Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese weightlifter. She won three golds at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. and the first gold medal for China in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class, setting an Olympic Record by lifting a total of 212 kg. She also won 3 golds at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a world record of 120 kg in clean and jerk. At the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 1 of the Olympic Games, 152cm Xiexia, 25, yelled "jia you!" (come on!), and succeeded on all six attempts (snatch: 95 kg; clean and jerk: 117kg).... Biography of Aundrea Fimbres
Aundrea Aurora Fimbres (born June 29, 1983) is an American singer and dancer. Fimbres is a former member of the pop music group Danity Kane, from 2005 to 2009. She is a soprano and was known for her melismatic vocal runs, and falsetto registered harmonies and also for having the highest vocal range out of all her fellow band members. Early life Fimbres was born in Upland, California to parents of Mexican descent. The youngest child in her family, Fimbres attended both Claremont High School and Upland High School. Before Fimbres auditioned for Making the Band 3 she was three semesters short of completing a degree in education, with the intention of becoming a kindergarten teacher—a back up plan to singing she promised her parents she would have. Fimbres was singing from an early age... Biography of Kay Panabaker
Stephanie Kay Panabaker (born May 2, 1990), better known as Kay Panabaker, is an American film and television actress. She is the younger sister of fellow actress Danielle Panabaker. Early years Panabaker was born in Orange, Texas to Donna Panabaker and Harold Panabaker. Following in sister Danielle Panabaker's footsteps, she started acting at various community theatres in Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Atlanta, Georgia. In Naperville, Illinois, Kay attended Crone Middle School for sixth grade, and moved to Los Angeles, California at the start of seventh grade. In between projects, Kay focuses on her academics. She graduated from high school as valedictorian when she was 13 years old and received her Associate's Degree at age 15. Kay received two academic schol... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nurcan Taylan
Nurcan Taylan (born October 29, 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was born in Mamak, Ankara as the third child of a poor family originating from the town of Hafik in Sivas, Central Anatolia. Taylan was discovered at age of eleven by the Turkish national athlete and her later coach Mehmet Üstündağ as he was her teacher in physical education at the Mamak Secondary School in Ankara. Only 1.52 m (5 ft) tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women’s 48 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Nurcan Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist. She is student of physical education and sports and member of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes, OBE (born 18 May 1941) is an English actress and voice artist. Her earliest roles were in theatre and after several supporting roles in film and television she won a BAFTA Award for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993). Early life Margolyes was born in Oxford, England, the daughter of Ruth (née Walters), a real estate investor, and Joseph Margolyes, a physician. She grew up in a Jewish family, a descendant of immigrants from Belarus. She attended the local Oxford High School and later Newnham College, Cambridge. There, she began acting in her twenties, and also appeared in productions of the comedy troup Cambridge Footlights. Acting career With her distinctive voice, Margolyes first gained recognition for her work as a voice artist. She recorded a soft-porn ... Biography of Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963 (time birth source: a relative)) is an American writer and author of the novels The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002). She won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003. Early life The daughter of Don and Taylor Tartt, she was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and raised in the nearby town of Grenada. At age five, she wrote her first poem, and she was first published in a Mississippi literary review when she was 13. Enrolling in the University of Mississippi in 1981, she pledged to the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her writing caught the attention of Willie Morris while she was a freshman. Following a recommendation from Morris, Barry Hannah, then an Ole Miss Writer-in-Residence, admitted Tartt into his graduate short s... Biography of Jenna von Oÿ
Jenna von Oÿ (born May 2, 1977) is an American actress and country music singer best known for her roles as Six LeMeure on the NBC series Blossom, and Stevie van Lowe on the UPN sitcom The Parkers. Early life and career Born Jennifer Jean von Oÿ in Stamford, Connecticut, to Gloria and Frank von Oÿ. She attended Newtown High School. She began her acting career as a child in regional stage productions and commercials. Von Oÿ made her television acting debut in 1986 on an episode of ABC Weekend Special, followed by a guest roles on Tales from the Darkside and Kate & Allie. From 1990 to 1991, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Lenny. From 1991 to 1995, von Oÿ appeared in the role of Six LeMeure on the series Blossom. After the series ended, she attended film school at the Un... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yuka Sato
Yuka Sato (佐藤 由香 Satō Yuka?, born February 14, 1973) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 1994 World Champion, the 1990 World Junior Champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Personal life Yuka Sato was born in Tokyo. Both of her parents are former skaters. Her father, Nobuo Sato, competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics. Her mother, Kumiko Okawa, competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. In addition to being coached by her parents, Sato also worked with coach Peter Dunfield. Sato is a graduate of Hosei University. Sato is credited as a stunt performer in the 2007 figure skating comedy motion picture Blad... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elizabeth Manley
Elizabeth Ann Manley, CM (born August 7, 1965) is a Canadian figure skater. She is best known for her electrifying free program at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. She won silver medals at both the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1988 World Championships. Early life and training Born in 1965 in Trenton, Ontario, the fourth child and only daughter in her family, Manley began skating at an early age. Her father's military career necessitated occasionally moving, and when Manley was nine years old, her family moved from Trenton to Ottawa. Her parents divorced, and Manley was henceforth raised by her mother Joan, who invested much time and money in her daughter's figure skating career. Amateur career Manley finished in 13th place at the 1982 World Figure Skating Championships, but ... Biography of Natalie Lander
Natalie Jenette Lander (born March 28, 1983 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. She is the daughter of actors David Lander and Kathy Fields. She is known for her work in the game based on the animated movie Shrek the Third, the voice of Terra Branford in Dissidia Final Fantasy, the voice of Kinzie Kensington in Saints Row: The Third, and the voice of Kisala in the video game Rogue Galaxy. She was the fifth-place finisher on the TV series, Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, that aired on MTV. Filmography Video game roles Dissidia Final Fantasy - Terra Branford Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy - Terra Branford God of War III - Pandora Rogue Galaxy - Kisala Shrek the Third - Lady Of The Lake/Witch 2/Ogre Baby... Biography of Gracie Allen
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964), known as Gracie Allen, was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. For contributions to the television industry, Gracie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. Early life Gracie Allen was born in San Francisco, California, to George Allen and Molly Darragh, who were of Irish Catholic extraction. She made her first appearance on stage at age three and was given her first chance On Air by Eddie Cantor. She was educated at the Star of the Sea Convent School and during that time became a talented dancer. She soon began performing Irish folk dances with her three sisters, who were billed as "The Four C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Petra Burka
Petra Burka (born 17 November 1946) is a former world champion figure skater and now coach. Biography Burka was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 17 November 1946, the daughter of renowned figure skater Ellen Burka, and came to Canada with her parents in 1951. In 1961, she was the Junior Canadian Skating Champion and the Senior Canadian Champion between 1964-1966. In 1965 she won the World Figure Skating Championships, the first Canadian to win the event since Barbara Ann Scott in 1947. She represented Canada at the 1964 Olympics and won the bronze medal. She was also two times bronze medallist at the World Championships. Burka is credited as being the first woman to land a triple jump, a triple salchow at the 1965 Canadian Championships. Her other achievements were winning Can... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mildred Dunnock
Mildred Dunnock (January 25, 1901 – July 5, 1991) was an American theater, film and television actress. Early life Born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Western Senior High School, Dunnock was a school teacher who did not start acting until she was in her early thirties. She attended Goucher College where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. Career After a couple of roles in Broadway productions, Dunnock won praise for her performance as a Welsh school teacher in The Corn is Green (1940). The 1945 film version marked her screen debut opposite Bette Davis. During the 1940s Dunnock performed mostly on stage, in such dramas as Another Part of the Forest (1946) and Death of a Salesman (1949) and in the musical Lute Song (1946). She reprised her Salesman role in the 1951... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cecilia Colledge
Magdelena Cecilia Colledge (28 November 1920 – 12 April 2008) was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1938-1939 European Champion, and a six-time (1935–1938, 1946) British national champion. Colledge is credited as being the first female skater to perform a double jump, as well as being the inventor of both of the camel spin and the layback spin. Biography Cecilia Colledge grew up in London. Her father, Lionel, was a throat surgeon. Her brother Maule was in the Royal Air Force and died during World War II. Colledge began skating after watching the 1928 World Figure Skating Championships, which were held in London. Reports differ on her influence to begin skating; some state that she was inspired by Sonja Henie, others ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maisie Williams
Maisie Williams (born 15 April 1997 in Bath (source: Wikipedia in French)) is an English actress. Career Game of Thrones Her first role was that of Arya Stark, a tomboyish young girl from a noble family, in the 2011 HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. In the adult-themed drama, Williams was the first child actor whose character killed another onscreen, in the eighth episode "The Pointy End". She received acclaim for her performance with Zap2it calling her "wonderfully feisty" and the The Daily Telegraph "fantastic". Williams continued to garner praise in Season 2, and HBO submitted her for consideration as Outstanding Supporting Actress in the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. Her performance also resulted in 2012 Portal Awards for Best Supporting Actress/Television and Best Young Act... Biography of Kelly Stables
Kelly Michelle Stables (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress known for both stage and film acting. She is best known for her roles as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, and as Eden on The Exes. Personal life Stables was born in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri. She was a well-known cheerleader in her high school years, a fact which would be commemorated in an article in the magazine American Cheerleader. She graduated from Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia earning a bachelor’s degree in Communication with an emphasis in Television and Theatre Performance minor. By March 2005, corresponding with the release of The Ring Two in theaters, she married Kurt Patino. Stables welcomed baby boy Kendrick Kurt Patino on Sep... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Carly Rose Sonenclar
Carly Rose Sonenclar (born April 20, 1999) is an American singer, songwriter, and child actress. In December 2012, she became the runner-up on the second season of the American version of the The X Factor. She began her acting career in 2006, soon making her Broadway debut in Les Miserables as Young Cosette. Among other stage roles, she originated the role of Chloe (Alice's daughter) in the 2011 musical Wonderland on Broadway. She played a regular character in season 3 of the The Electric Company television series and has sung the U.S. National Anthem for major sporting events. Early life Sonenclar was born in New York City and resides in Mamaroneck, New York. She began singing at age two, imitating several of the performers on the early years of American Idol. She took numerous ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bailee Madison
Bailee Madison (born October 15, 1999) is an American child actress. She is most famous for her role in Bridge to Terabithia in which she plays May Belle Aarons, the younger sister of Jesse Aarons. She films a webshow with her babysitter and fellow actress, Samantha Droke. Madison also starred in the horror film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Sally Hurst, and appeared in the Adam Sandler film Just Go With It. Life and career Madison was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the youngest of seven children. Her older sister Kaitlin Riley is also an actress. She began her career when she was two weeks old in an Office Depot commercial. Since then, she has appeared in several national commercials for major companies including Disney, SeaWorld, and Cadillac. She also serves as a national spokes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lauren Potter
Lauren Elizabeth Potter (born May 10, 1990) is an American actress, best known for her role as Becky Jackson on the hit show Glee. Biography Potter was born May 10, 1990 in Inland Empire, California. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in Riverside, California, and is studying at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California, as of Fall 2011. Like her character on Glee, Lauren has Down syndrome. Career Potter portrays the character Becky Jackson, a cheerleader with Down syndrome, on the TV show Glee. Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) takes a special interest in Becky in part because Sue's older sister, Jean, also has Down syndrome. In November 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Potter to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, wh... Biography of Alma Reville
Alma Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982) was an English assistant director, screenwriter and editor. Life and work She was born in Nottinghamshire, England, the second daughter of Matthew Edward and Lucy Reville (née Owen). She is best known as the wife and collaborator of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while they were working together at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London, during the early 1920s. A talented editor, Alma worked on British films with directors such as Berthold Viertel and Maurice Elvey, though her main focus was her husband’s work. Cinema was the couple’s passion. She converted to Roman Catholicism before their marriage. Alma was one day younger than her husband. They married on 2 December 1926 at Brompton Oratory in London; t... Biography of Alex Borstein
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born February 15, 1973) is an American actress, voice actress, singer, writer, and comedienne. She is well known for her long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy, and as a cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv. A native of Deerfield, Illinois, Borstein is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where she studied rhetoric. She was trained in improvisational comedy at the ACME Comedy Theatre, near Hollywood, California, and was selected to join MADtv after being scouted by talent agents who noticed her work at the theatre. She was a writer and voice actor for several television shows, including Casper, Pinky and the Brain and Power Rangers: Zeo, before joining the cast of MADtv as a featured player, and later as ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of French Affair
French Affair is a German-French pop-dance band, established in 1999, which have found biggest popularity in German speaking countries. They scored a number of hits in Europe between 2000 and 2003, including "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)", "Do What You Like", "Sexy" and "Comme ci comme ça". Career The band's lead singer, Barbara Alcindor (often called herself French Affair), was born in Paris, and has worked as a fashion model in London. She met the Dreyer Brothers production team and signed with the BMG, before scoring a hit "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)" in early 2000. The single was a major hit in Europe, peaking within top 5 in many countries. It was followed by "Do What You Like", which also met with success, and a debut album, Desire. 2001 saw the release of a new trac... Biography of Kit Hoover
Catherine "Kit" Hoover (born July 29, 1970, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American television personality, sportscaster and broadcast journalist, best known for her stints on Fox News Channel and ESPN. It was announced in September 2010 that Hoover would begin co-hosting Access Hollywood with Billy Bush on September 13, 2010. She has been a correspondent for TV Guide; a host on TLC's Real Simple Real Life; a sideline reporter on Shaq Vs and host of Six Flags TV. MTV Hoover made her television debut as a cast member on Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure, the inaugural season of MTV's Road Rules in July 1995, a reality television series that followed five college-age cast members crisscrossing the country in a Winnebago. American Journal Following Road Rules, Hoover was hired as an... Biography of Marion Byron
Marion "Peanuts" Byron (pseudonym; née Miriam Bilenkin; 16 March 1911 in Dayton, Ohio – 5 July 1985 in Santa Monica, California) was a petite (5' (Imdb)), plucky American movie comedienne. She was born in Dayton, Ohio. After following her sister into a short stage career as a singer/dancer, she was given her first movie role as Buster Keaton's leading lady in the film Steamboat Bill Jr. in 1928. From there she was hired by Hal Roach to co-star in short subjects with Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy, and Charley Chase, but most significantly with Anita Garvin, where tiny (5') Marion was teamed with 6' Anita for a brief (3 film) series as a "female Laurel & Hardy" in 1928–1929. She left Roach before they made talkies, but she went on working, now in musical features, like the Vitaphone film... Biography of Agnes Chan
Agnes Chan or Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan (traditional Chinese: 陳美齡; simplified Chinese: 陈美龄; pinyin: Chén Měilíng; Cantonese Yale: Chan Mei ling; Japanese: アグネス・チャン), born on August 20, 1955 in Hong Kong, is a pop singer, a television personality (gaijin tarento), a Doctor of Education, a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist, and a novelist. Since 1988 Chan has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and also supports the Japan Committee for UNICEF, a private corporation unaffiliated with UNICEF. Career Agnes Chan began singing and playing guitar in her junior high years in Hong Kong, as volunteer work for fundraising events. She had a chance to record a cover of Joni Mitchell's "... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sharon Baird
Sharon Baird (born August 16, 1943) is an American actress and dancer who is best known for having been a Mouseketeer. Early life Sharon Baird was born in Seattle, Washington to Eldon Baird, an aerospace worker, and Nikki Marcus, a future talent agent. She has one younger brother, Jimmy Baird, also a former child actor. Sharon began dance lessons at age three, and won a "Little Miss Washington" contest at five. Her mother took her to California for the national competition and fell in love with the climate. So the family relocated to Los Angeles, where Sharon continued her dance lessons with tap great Louis da Pron among others. Career Sharon Baird appeared in her first film, Bloodhounds of Broadway, in 1950. At age nine she began regular appearances on The Colgate Comedy Hour tele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cristin Milioti
Cristin Milioti (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress best known for her work in Broadway theatre. She is the 2010 star of That Face and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress for her work in Stunning. In 2012, Milioti received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in Once. Her final performance as 'Girl' in Once was on March 24, 2013. On May 13, 2013, she became known for playing "The Mother" (credited as "The Girl with the Yellow Umbrella") in the hit U.S. sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Biography Milioti was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She attended Cherry Hill High School East, graduating in 2003. She took acting classes at New York University, giving a notable performance in A History of Tears. She obtained ... |
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