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9071 celebrities heights in our database on November 21, 2009. The celebrities 5' 2" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
186 celebrities 5' 2" tall have been found. Biography of Alyssa MILANO
Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the sitcom Who's the Boss? and on the supernatural series Charmed. At the beginning of her career, Alyssa was known mainly for her role as Samantha Micelli on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992). She tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1992), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Confessions of Soro... Biography of Charles MANSON
Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934; first proper name Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult-like commune that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders, which members of the commune carried out at his instruction. Though there was no evidence Manson personally killed any of the victims, he was also found guilty of the murders themselves, through the joint-respo... Biography of JENIFER
Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli (born on 15 November 1982 in Nice), better known as simply Jenifer, is a pop singer who has, since 2002, had a number of hit singles in the French and Swiss charts. Jenifer was raised with her younger brother Jonathan, by her mother and father, Michel and Christine Dadouche-Bartoli. She comes from a modest background. She participated in the Graines de star television broadcast in 1997, but this was a failure. Jenifer decided to go to Paris and attend the cast... Biography of Eva LONGORIA
Eva Jacqueline Longoria-Parker (born March 15, 1975) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She has also become an internationally recognized model after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines. Longoria announced her engagement to French NBA guard Tony Parker on November 30, 2006. They married on July 6, 2007. The cere... Biography of Salma HAYEK
Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican actress, Daytime Emmy-winning director, and a film and television producer. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. Early life and career in Mexico Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico to Sami Hayek, a L... Biography of Elizabeth TAYLOR
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (born February 27, 1932) is an iconic two-time Academy Award-winning British-American actress. Her trademark violet eyes are framed by a double row of eyelashes. Known for her acting skills and beauty, she is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. Life and career Taylor was born in Hampstead... Biography of Bianca BEAUCHAMP
Bianca Beauchamp (born October 14, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian "adult" model, known for her glamour and latex modeling. Bianca "Stéphanie" Beauchamp was born in Montreal to a French Canadian father and an Italian mother. She was named after Bianca Jagger. At age 18 she met and began to model for Martin Perreault, a photography student and waiter. While continuing her modeling, she studied French Literature and Teaching at CEGEP. She began a teaching internship at her fo... Biography of PRINCE
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, TAFKAP, or simply The Artist), is an iconic, award-winning American musician. He is best known for performing under the name Prince. His music has spanned myriad styles; from his early material, rooted in R&B, funk, and soul, he has constantly expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including New Wave, pop, rock, blues, jazz, and hi... Biography of Hilary DUFF
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show Lizzie McGuire, Duff went on to have a film career, and her most commercially successful pictures include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004). She reportedly earned $15 million in 2005. Duff has expanded her repertoire into pop music, with three RIAA certified-platinum albums and over thirteen milli... Biography of Tori AMOS
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawley. Together they have one daughter, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few music stars to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for emotionally intense songs that cover a w... Biography of Alejandra GUZMAN
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968) is a Latin Grammy Award winning-Mexican rock singer and actress, the daughter of Mexican actress Silvia Pinal and Venezuelan rock and roll singer Enrique Guzmán. She has a young daughter, Frida, named after Frida Kahlo. Alejandra Guzman was born in Mexico City. After traveling with her mother's theater troupe, Guzmán recorded her debut album in Bye Mama after deciding she wanted to focus on singing. She has had a dedicated fanbase thr... Biography of Angus YOUNG (AC/DC)
Angus McKinnon Young (born on 31 March 1955, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist and songwriter who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. Young is known for his hard-edge style lead (and signature vibrato), wild stage energy, and schoolboy clothing. Angus Young was brought up in Cranhill, Glasgow along with older brothers Malcolm, George and Alex, who all became musicians. Angus started playing guitar when he was five years old — a... Biography of Honoré de BALZAC
Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850), born Honoré Balzac, was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His work, much of which is a sequence (or Roman-fleuve) of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad, often satirical panorama of French society, particularly the petite bourgeoisie, in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815—namely the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). Along... Biography of Paula ABDUL
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American television personality, jewelry designer, multi-platinum Grammy-winning singer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. In the 1980s, Abdul's career rose rapidly, from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a Pop-R&B singer with a string of top hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. According to Abdul, she has sold over 53 million record...
Biography of KAJOL
Kajol Devgan, née Mukherjee (Bengali: কাজল দেবগন Kajol Debgôn, Marathi: काजोल देवगण, IPA: , ITRANS: kajol), born August 5, 1975 in Mumbai, India, popularly known as Kajol, is six-time Filmfare Award-winning popular Bollywood actress and is one of India's most successful actresses. Film Background Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family (film) Touted as one of the best actresses... Biography of Elisha CUTHBERT
Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known as the former co-host of the Canadian children's television series, Popular Mechanics for Kids, and for her role as Kim Bauer in the American action-thriller television series 24. She had her first lead role in the 2004 feature film The Girl Next Door. Cuthbert was born in Calgary, Alberta to Patricia, a homemaker, and Kevin Cuthbert, an automotive design engineer. She has two younger siblings, Jonathan and Lee-A... Biography of Dannii MINOGUE
Danielle Jane Minogue (born October 20, 1971), known as Dannii Minogue, is an Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress and fashion designer. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian television talent show Young Talent Time and in the long-running Australian soap Home and Away, before commencing her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s. Minogue achieved early success with hits such as "Love and Kisses" and "This Is It", though by the release... Biography of Rachel BILSON
Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time dramedy series The O.C. Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film The Last Kiss and will star in the 2008 thriller Jumper. Early life Bilson was born in Los Angeles, California to a Jewish American father (writer/director/producer Danny Bilson) and a Phi... Biography of Lily ALLEN
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter best known for songs such as "Smile" and "LDN," and for her collaboration with Common entitled "Drivin' Me Wild." She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Her single "Smile" reached number one on the UK singles charts in July 2006. In December 2006 her debut album Alright, Still was voted the third best album of the year by Mixmag. In 2007 it was nominat... Biography of Youri GAGARINE
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin IPA: ; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first man in space and the first human to orbit the Earth. He also received many medals from his home country, for his first tour in space. Early... Biography of Fiona APPLE
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known as Fiona Apple. Early life Apple is a member of a family rich with roots in entertainment. Born in New York City, she is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her older sister, Amber Taleullah, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart. Her brother Spencer is a director and directed the video for her single "Parting Gift". Her half brother Garett Maggart st... Biography of Julie CHRISTIE
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1941) is an Academy Award-winning English film actress. She was also a pop icon of the Swinging London era of the 1960s. Early life Christie was born in Assam, India, then part of the British Empire, as one of two children. Her mother, Rosemary Ramsden, was a Welsh-born painter and childhood friend of actor Richard Burton. Her father, Frank St. John Christie, ran the tea plantation around which Christie grew up. She had a brother and a half-sibling from ... Biography of Lena KATINA (TATU)
Lena Katina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Катина) (born on 4 October 1984 in Moscow) is one of the two members of the Russian music duo t.A.T.u.; the other being Yulia Volkova. She is known for being the "good girl" of the duo. Childhood She is the eldest of three children, and the only child of Sergey Katin, a renowned Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina. Her younger, ... Biography of Katie MELUA
Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, surname pronounced IPA: /ˈmeluˌɑː/; born 16 September 1984) is a British-Georgian singer, song-writer and musician. She was born in Georgia, but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of songwriter Mi... Biography of Jean HARLOW
Jean Harlow (b. Harlean Harlow Carpenter, March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Platinum Blonde" for her famous hair, Harlow starred in several films mainly designed to showcase her magnetic sex appeal and strong screen presence before transitioning to more developed roles and achieving massive fame under contract to MGM. Known as "The Baby" to family and close friends, Harlow's enormous popularity and "laughing vamp" image were... Biography of Sarah POLLEY
Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress, singer and film director. She has starred in such films as The Sweet Hereafter, for which she also contributed several songs as lead vocalist, Guinevere, Go, My Life Without Me, and Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sarah Polley is the youngest of five children born to Michael Polley, a British-born actor (he attended acting classes with Albert Finney in England before moving to ... Biography of Shirley TEMPLE
Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is an American former child actress. She starred in over 40 films during the 1930s. She was later a diplomat and is now retired. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Temple began dance classes at Meglin's Dance School in Hollywood in 1931, at the age of 3. Her film career began when a casting director from Educational Pictures visited her class. Although Temple hid behind the piano in the studio, she was chosen by the director, invited to audition, a... Biography of Lisa BONET
Lisa Michelle Boney (born November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet, is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the character Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, and its spinoff A Different World. Early life Bonet was born in San Francisco, California to an African American father, Allen Boney, and a Jewish American mother, Arlene. Her parents divorced when she was young. She lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles, where she attended Birmingham High Scho... Biography of Emma BUNTON (SPICE GIRLS)
Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Emma is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, Spice Girls. Emma was known as "Baby Spice", in the group, as she was the youngest member, had an "innocent" demeanour, and often wore "baby doll" dresses. Bunton was born in Finchley and grew up in Woodside Park, both in Barnet, London. Her parents, Pauline, a karate instructor, and Trevor, a milkman, split up when she w... Biography of Alexis AMORE
Alexis Amore (born December 29, 1978 in Lima, Peru) is a Latina pornographic actress, exotic dancer and model. Amore and her parents moved to Redondo Beach, California when she was nine years old. She attended a Christian high school in Hermosa Beach, and she was a cheerleader during her time there. At fifteen, she began her modeling career as a model for Nordstrom and was featured in their fliers and publications. She continued modeling for catalogs. She had a breast augmentation prior to be... Biography of Alyson STONER
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American actress and dancer. Early life Alyson Stoner trained at the O'Connell Dance Studio (in Holland, Ohio) and the Margaret O'Brien Modeling Studio. Consequently, she received several awards for acting, modeling, and dance (including the award for best model of the year at the IMTA convention). After choreography training in Los Angeles, Stoner famously appeared as a background dancer in the music video for Missy Elliott's "W... Biography of Melissa Joan HART
Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Early life Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, on Long Island, to Paula and William Hart, and grew up in Sayville, New York. Her stepfather (since 1994) is television executive Leslie Gilliams, and her stepmother is Lisa Hart. Hart was named after the Allman Brothers song "Melissa", while h... Biography of Petula CLARK
Petula Clark, CBE (born November 15, 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist to date, and is cited as such in the Guinness Book of World Records. She also holds the distinction of having the longest span on the international pop charts of any artist — 51 years — from 1954, when "The Little Shoemaker" made th... Biography of Christina MILIAN
Christina Milian (born Christine Flores on September 26, 1981) is an American actress and Grammy Award-nominated R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and former MTV host. She has released three studio albums and one compilation album. She has also had four solo top five singles (and also a top ten featuring credit single) in the UK as well as hits in the rest of Europe and North America. As an actress, Milian appeared in the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing opposite Nick Cann... Biography of Alley BAGGETT
Alley Baggett (born July 14, 1973) is a Fillipino-American-- glamour model. She was born and raised near Houston, Texas. Growing up in a small town, Baggett was on the cheerleading squad, played basketball and participated in track. Baggett originally aspired to be a traditional model, but was turned down because of her height (5'2"). Her big break came when she auditioned for well known photographer Harvey Butts (no relation to Seymore). Baggett burst onto the national scene in May 1995 when... Biography of Beverly d'ANGELO
Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. D'Angelo began work in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in Rockabye Hamlet (also known as Kronborg: 1582) a musical based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Although the production was a failure, running less than a month, D'Angelo's performance as Ophelia attracted positive attention. After gaining minor roles in movies including Annie Hall, D'Angelo had a string of hit movies in the late 1970s,... Biography of Nia PEEPLES
Nia Peeples (born December 10, 1961 in Hollywood, California) is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. She is best known for her television work prior to her musical career. She portrayed Nicole Chapman on the hit TV series Fame, hosted the short-lived American version of Top of the Pops as well as her own video music program called Party Machine, and portrayed Texas Ranger Sydney Cooke in the CBS hit series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1999-2001. In 1988 she hit #1 on the Hot Dance M... Biography of Sally FIELD
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actress. She is also a two-time Emmy Award winner who became a household name at age 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom, The Flying Nun. She is currently starring as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC hit drama, Brothers & Sisters, as a grieving matriarch who helps out in the family business. Her newest film, Two Weeks came out in early 2007. Early life Field was born in Pasadena, California. Her par... Biography of Sonia BRAGA
Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is an internationally known Brazilian actress. She was born in 1950 in Maringá, Paraná Brazil. In 1975, she became famous in Brazil with the telenovela Gabriela (based on the book Gabriela, Cravo e Canela by Jorge Amado). She made another notable Jorge Amado adaptation, when she played the lead role in the film Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos ("Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands") in 1976. She made appearances in several Brazilian blockbuster films such ... Biography of Linda BLAIR
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress most famous for her role as the possessed child in the 1973 film The Exorcist and its sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she moved with her parents to Westport, Connecticut when she was two years old. As a young child, Linda Blair began her career by model, then later started acting in commercials, including one for Gulden's Mustard that ran for years. B... Biography of Eva GABOR
Eva Gabor (in Hungarian Gábor Éva) (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungary-born Jewish-American actress. Early life Gabor was born in Budapest, the daughter of Vilmos and Jolie Gabor (Janci Tilleman). Her elder sisters were Magda Gabor and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Gabor's maternal family was Jewish and her maternal grandparents died in the Holocaust. Biographers speculate that her paternal family were originally Jewish as well, but converted to Roman Catholicism in order to assimilate, althou... Biography of Carole LOMBARD
Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942), born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in a number of classic films of the 1930s. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m). Ancestry and early life Her parents were Frederick C. Peters and Elizabeth Knight. Lombard's paternal grandfather, John Claus Peters, was the son of German immigrants, Claus Peters and Caroline Catherine Eberlin. One distant branch of L... Biography of Joan RIVERS
Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, gruff voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers is the National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a board member of God's Love We Deliver. Like the ground-breaking Phyllis Diller, Rivers' act relied heavily on poking fun at herself. A typical Rivers joke about her unattractiveness: "I used to stand by the side of the r... Biography of Holly HUNTER
Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Height : 5' 2" (1m57) Early life Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Opal Marguerite (née Catledge), a housewife, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer representative. Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after which she moved to New York City and roomed with Frances McDormand, both aspiring actors. When she first moved to... Biography of Paul SIMON
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Simon is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both as half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. In 2006, Time magazine called him one of the "100 people who shape our world." As of 2007, he resides in New Canaan, Connecticut. Early life and career Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey to Jewish American parents: Belle, an English teacher, and Louis Simon, a bandleade... Biography of Missy ELLIOTT
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known as Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, and record producer. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) With record sales (including singles) of over 24 million worldwide and 7.6 million domestically, she is the highest selling female rapper of all time. She is the only female rapper to have six certified platinum albums by the RIAA, including one double platinum plaque. Elliott is known for a series... Biography of Jimmy SOMERVILLE
Jimmy Somerville (born June 22, 1961) is a gay Scottish pop singer, born and raised in Glasgow. He had considerable success in the 1980s with the pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards, and has also had a successful solo career. In 1983, Somerville co-founded the synth pop group Bronski Beat, who proceeded to have a number of hits in the British charts. Their biggest hit, "Smalltown Boy", which reached #3, was considered groundbreaking because of its lyrical content regarding homophobia. ... Biography of Louise BROOKS
Louise Brooks (14 November 1906 – 8 August 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. She became, at the end of her life, a writer and critic of the silent film era. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Born Mary Louise Brooks in Cherryvale, Kansas, she was a daughter of a lawyer who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined any "squalling brats" she produced could take care of themselves. Although she inspi... Biography of Sissy SPACEK
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Spacek was born in Quitman, Texas to Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent, and Virginia Frances (Spilman). Her paternal grandparents, Mary Cervenka and Arnold A. Spacek (who served as Mayor of Granger, Texas in Williamson County), were of Moravian/Czech/Bohemian descent. Spacek's mother was from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. ... Biography of Lisa Marie SCOTT
Lisa Marie Scott (born February 1, 1974) is an American model and actress. She was born in Pensacola, Florida to an American serviceman (of Scottish and Swiss descent) and his Japanese wife, from the island of Okinawa. Ms. Scott is known through her appearances in Playboy magazine. She first appeared as the Playmate of the Month for February 1995 (US edition), and has continued to appear in Playboy magazines, videos, and television. She had a short career playing smaller roles in some Hollywood ... Biography of Gloria ESTEFAN
Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957 (error on Wikipedia in English) in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. Her single "Don't Wanna Lose You" (1989) was certified Platinum in the U.S. and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Gloria also has number one hits on the pop, dance, adult contemporary, latin and salsa charts. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Known as the “Queen of Latin Pop”, Estefan is one of the world’s... Biography of Loretta LYNN
Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14, 1932 (source IMDB, some sources give 1934 or 1935) is an American country singer-songwriter and was one of the leading country female vocalists during the 1960s and 1970s and overall is revered as a country icon. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Born to Melvin "Ted" Webb (1906–1959) and Clara Marie (Ramey) Webb (1912–1981) and named in honor of Loretta Young, Loretta Webb was the second of eight children; her youngest sister is country singer Cry... Biography of Rachael Leigh COOK
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress. She came to fame after her role in the 1999 teen romantic comedy, She's All That, and has since appeared mostly in lower-profile films. Early life Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Thomas H. Cook, a social worker and former stand-up comic, and JoAnn, a cooking instructor and weaver. Cook attended school at Laurel Springs School and Minneapolis South High School. She began working as a print model at the age of 10, mos... Biography of Beverley MITCHELL
Beverley Ann Mitchell (born January 22, 1981) is an American actress and country music singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Reverend Lucy Camden-Kinkirk on the television series 7th Heaven. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Career Mitchell's debut role was in the TV movie Big Brother Jake (1990). Her first important film role came with The Crow: City of Angels (1996). Shortly after this, she appeared on the WB network as one of the new faces on 7th Heaven (1996), and has starred on the ... Biography of Elisabeth SHUE
Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, into an upper class, well-educated family and grew up in Bergen and Essex counties in New Jersey. Her parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade. Her father, who was active in Republican politics, once unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Shue graduated from Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jers... Biography of Valerie BERTINELLI
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born on April 23, 1960) is an American film and television actress best known for her role as Bonnie Franklin's smart and lovable daughter, Barbara Cooper, on the long-running television series One Day at a Time. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early years Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Italian parents Nancy and Andy (a General Motors executive) Bertinelli. Along with her one older and two younger brothers, the family lived in Claymont, Delaware and Clarks... Biography of Keyshia COLE
Keyshia Miesha Cole, (born October 15, 1981) in Oakland, California is a Grammy Award nominated American, R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer known for her soulful voice. She released her platinum selling debut album The Way It Is in 2005, and her second album Just Like You in 2007. Keyshia was born to an African-American mother, Frankie, and an Italian father, Sal (deceased). Her mother's drug addiction led to her becoming a foster child adopted by Yvonne Cole at the age of 4. She has... Biography of Marie-France PISIER
Marie-France Pisier is a French actress, director and screenwriter. She was born on May 10, 1944 in Dalat, Vietnam. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Filmography Pisier has appeared in more than 70 films including: Cousin, cousine (1975) as Karine The Other Side of Midnight (1977) as Noelle Page Love on the Run (1979) as Colette Tazzi Chanel Solitaire (1981) as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel Why Not Me? (1999) as Irene Time Regained (1999) as Madame Verdurin... Biography of Dana PLATO
Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Plato's career declined after her departure from the show, with appearances in low-budget films, including some softcore pornography. She had longstanding personal problems and committed suicide on May 8, 1999. Childhood Plato was born on November 7, 1964, in Maywood, California to Linda Strain (although other so... Biography of Danica PATRICK
Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American auto racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series. She is from an Irish-American family and was raised in Roscoe, Illinois. Danica Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. In May 2006, she published her autobiography, Danica: Crossing the Line. Early Racing Career Danica Patrick began go-karting in 1992 at Sugar River Raceway outside of Brodhead... Biography of Fernanda VASCONCELLOS
Fernanda de Vasconcellos Galvez, born September 14, 1984 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress and model. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1876320/ ) "Desejo Proibido" .... Laura (29 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 8 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Laura - Episode dated 7 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Laura - Episode dated 6 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Laura - Episode dated 5 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Laura - Episode date... Biography of Nia LONG
Nia Long (born Nitara Carlynn Long on October 30, 1970) is an American actress and occasional music video director. She is best known for her roles in Big Momma's House, Soul Food, and Are We There Yet?. Early life Long was born in Brooklyn, New York to Talita and Doughtry "Doc" Long, an Afro-Trinidadian couple. Her father was a high school teacher and her mother was an art teacher and a bus driver. Her stage name, Nia, is one of the seven days of Kwanzaa, which means "purpose" in Swahili. H... Biography of Anna CHLUMSKY
Anna Chlumsky (born December 3, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. She entered show business at an early age modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign. She is best known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl. She was in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain with Christina Ricci, in which they "clown around" on a "haunted" mountain. Chlumsky graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 and had worked in New York City as a researcher for Z... Biography of Ayn RAND
Ayn Rand (IPA: /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/, February 2 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. ... Biography of William WALLACE
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-76 - 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who is renowned for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Wallace was originally only a minor landowner however, along with Andrew Murray he won a decisive victory over the English at Stirling and became Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. After several years in hiding Wallace was eventually found in Scotland and handed over to Edward I of England... Biography of Amy Jo JOHNSON
Amy Jo Johnson (born October 6, 1970 in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and musician. She is best known for her role as Kimberly Hart, the first Pink Ranger of the Power Rangers franchise in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In her early life, Johnson became interested in gymnastics and after training for years, decided to aim for the Olympic Games. She eventually reached Class One - the highest status in gymnastics - and participated in competitions h... Biography of Thandie NEWTON
Thandiwe Adjewa "Thandie" Newton (born on November 6, 1972 in Zambia) is an English BAFTA Award-winning actress. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Newton was born in Zambia, to a Zimbabwean health-care worker, Nyasha, and a white English lab technician and artist, Nick Newton. The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved" in Ndebele and the name "Thandie" is pronounced TAN-dee. Newton played a character named "Beloved" in the film adaptation of the Toni Morrison novel Beloved in 1998. According to ... Biography of Ayumi HAMASAKI
Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, Hamasaki Ayumi?, born October 2, 1978) is an award-winning J-pop singer. Also known as Ayu, Hamasaki is one of Japan's most popular pop singers and has been dubbed the "Empress of J-Pop". Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a career in entertainment. Since her 1998 debut with the single poker face, she has sold more than 45 million records in Japan alone, with the releases of her eight full-length studio albums, one ... 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... Biography of Merle OBERON
Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award-nominated British film actress. Early life Oberon was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Her mother, Charlotte, was an Anglo-Sinhalese nurse; her father, Arthur, was a British railway engineer. Merle was her mother's second child. Charlotte had abandoned her first daughter, Constance, and refused to take care of another child born out of wedlock. She insisted that Arthur marry her... Biography of Ellen MACARTHUR
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman who, on February 7, 2005, broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. Early life She acquired her early interest in sailing by reading Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books and is the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust which owns and operat... Biography of NAYANTARA
Diana Mariam Kurien (born in 1984 in Kerala, India), popularly known by her stage name Nayanthara (Malayalam :നയന് താര), is a south Indian actress and has acted in Malayalam,Tamil, Telugu and movies. Career Nayanthara was born on 8th November 1984 as an Orthodox Syrian Christian in Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. She did her schooling at various parts of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) as her father was an Air Force Official. She jo... Biography of Christina VIDAL
Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina in which she played the title character. Early life Vidal was born in Whitestone, an area in Queens, New York, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents Anne, a secretary, and Manuel Vidal, Jr. a business and tax consultant. She attended the Performing Arts School Of New York. When she was 17 she joined a girl group called Gemstone (along w... Biography of Emilie de RAVIN
Emilie de Ravin (pronounced ) (born 27 December 1981) is an Australian actress. She is known for starring in the hit ABC drama Lost as the character Claire Littleton. Height : 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life De Ravin was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia (a town to the south east of Melbourne). Having studied ballet since the age of nine, she was accepted into the highly selective Australian Ballet School at fifteen. There, she performed in productions with the Australian Ballet Company ... Biography of Ann BLYTH
Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and singer, most often cast in Hollywood musicals, but who also succeeded in the dramatic roles she was given. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Blyth was born in Mount Kisco, New York to parents who divorced shortly after her birth. She was raised a devout churchgoing Roman Catholic by her mother. Career Blyth began her acting career initially as "Anne Blyth", changing the spelling of her name back to th... Biography of Ani DIFRANCO
Ani DiFranco (pronounced /ˈɑːniː/) (born Angela Maria Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is known as a prolific artist (having released nineteen albums) and is seen by many as a women's rights and feminist icon. DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York to mother Elizabeth and father Dante, both graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She started playing Beatles covers at local bars and busking with her guitar teacher, ... Biography of Anne RICE
Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. Best known for her Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematical focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early years Rice was born a... Biography of Jodie MARSH
Jodie Louisa Marsh, (born 23 December 1978) is an English glamour model and TV personality. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared on her own reality TV show, Totally Jodie Marsh. She has been involved in many feuds with fellow celebrities. Early life Marsh was born in Brentwood, Essex, England to a middle-class family, her father John Marsh running his own scaffolding business. She has one younger brother, Jordan. In her autobiography Keeping It Real published ... Biography of Simone SIMON
Simone Simon (April 23, 1911 – February 22, 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. Early life Simone Simon Pas-de-Calais, France. She was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin, a French engineer, and Erma Maria Domenica Giorcelli, an Italian housewife. She grew up in Marseille. She went to Paris in 1931 and worked briefly as a singer, model and fashion designer. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Career Simon made her screen debut in Le Chanteur inconnu (The Unknown ... Biography of Sasha COHEN
Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26, 1984) is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 U.S. National Champion, 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and 2006 Olympic silver medalist. Height: 157 cm (5' 2") Personal life Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her mother, Galina Feldman, is a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine and a former ballet dancer; her father, Roger Cohen, is a Jewish American business consultant who used to practice law. Sasha att... Biography of Michelle KWAN
Michelle Wing Kwan (Traditional Chinese:關穎珊; Pinyin: Guan Yingshan; Cantonese IPA: ; ) (born 7 July 1980) is an American figure skater. She has won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, and two Olympic medals. She has remained competitive for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history. Known for her consistency and expressive artistry on ice, she is widely considered to be one of the greatest figure skaters of all time. Height : 1m... Biography of Emily BROWNING
Emily Jane Browning (born December 7, 1988) is an Australian actress, probably best known for her role as Violet Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Browning was born in Melbourne. She says she learned her American accent from the television show Sesame Street on the ABC. She has two younger brothers, Nicholas and Matthew. She remains based in Melbourne and was taking a break from acting to complete her education at Eltham High ... Biography of Alison GOLDFRAPP
Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13, 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English singer-songwriter with the band Goldfrapp. Goldfrapp was born in London and raised in Alton, Hampshire, the youngest of six children. At age 19, she moved to Belgium to work as a singer for a theatrical composer and on her return to England, attended Middlesex University's School Of Art, where she studied Fine Art. It was at Middlesex that she was discovered by Orbital during a now inf... Biography of Nancy GRACE
Nancy Ann Grace (born October 23, 1959) is an American legal commentator, television host, and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a victims' rights standpoint, with an outspoken style that has won her both praise and condemnation. She is the host of Nancy Grace, a nightly current affairs show on CNN's Headline News, and she was the host of Court TV's Closing Arguments. She also co-wrote the book Objection! -- How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity... Biography of Kathryn ERBE
Kathryn Erbe (born July 5, 1965 or July 2, 1966) is an American actress, known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order. Erbe is a veteran of film, stage, and television, and has been a working actress since she graduated from New York University in 1989. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Erbe was born in Newton, Massachusetts, daughter of Elsbeth and Richard Erbe, a research geneticist. While an undergraduate student at NYU, Erbe was cast as Lyn... Biography of Crystal GAYLE
Crystal Gayle is an American country singer best known for her Grammy Award winning crossover hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She accumulated 18 No. 1 Country hits during the 1970's and 1980's. She is also famous for her nearly floor-length hair and was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983. She is the sister of singer Loretta Lynn (15 years her senior) and the distant cousin of singer Patty Loveless. Early years Crystal Gayle was born Brenda Gail Webb in Pa... Biography of Debbie ALLEN
Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor, choreographer, film director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is best known for her role as Lydia Grant in the hit television series, Fame. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Allen earned a B.A. degree in classical Greek literature, speech, and theater from Howard University and holds honorary doctorates from both her alma mater and the Nort... Biography of Alison LOHMAN
Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American actress. She made her mark on Hollywood in 2002 with a leading role in the drama White Oleander. She has since starred in several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men, Big Fish and Flicka. She also had roles on several television shows, like 7th Heaven, Crusade, Tucker and Pasadena. Early life Lohman was born and raised in Palm Springs, California, the daughter of Diane (née Dunham), a bakery owner, and Gary Lohman, an archit... Biography of Tonya HARDING
Tonya Maxine Harding (born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater and celebrity. Despite a tough childhood in an unstable family, as well as being plagued by asthma, she became an elite figure skater. She won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and placed second in the 1991 World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition. She became notorious for her part in the conspiracy to harm competitor Nan... Biography of Jane MARCH
Jane March (born Jane March Horwood in Edgware, London, England on March 20, 1973) is an English film actress, who has had lead roles in all of the films she has appeared in, and has made films in several countries. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Personal history March is Eurasian. Her mother Jean is half-Vietnamese and half-Chinese, and her father Bernard is English of Spanish descent. She was a top teenage fashion model prior to becoming an actress. At age 14, she won a local "Become a Model... Biography of Annabella SCIORRA
Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra (born March 24, 1964) is an American film and stage actress who has starred in a number of films and television series. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Sciorra was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to a veterinarian father and mother of Italian descent. At age eleven, her family moved to New York City, where as a teenager she began taking acting lessons. She attended South Shore High School in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sciorra formed The B... Biography of Taylor DAYNE
Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman, March 7, 1962) is an American pop vocalist, dance artist, and actress. Career Dayne, who was born in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, came to prominence in the late 1980s and continued to appear at the top of the charts through the 1990s. Her most recent U.S. dance chart Billboard number-one song was "Beautiful" in March 2008. She remains a pop favorite in the U.S. and abroad. Dayne began singing professionally after graduating from high school, singi... Biography of Foxy BROWN
Inga Fung Marchand, born September 6, 1979 (a 2006 police report cited her birth year as 1978), better known as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper known for her solo work as well and numerous collaborations with other artists, and her brief stint as part of hip-hop music group The Firm. Born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York of mixed Afro-Trinidadian and Asian descent She has released three solo albums, Ill Na Na in 1996, followed by Chyna Doll in 1999, and Broken Silence in 20... Biography of Debbie REYNOLDS
Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, singer, and dancer. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903-1986), a carpenter for Southern Pacific Railroad, and Maxine N. (née Harman; 1913-1999). Reynolds was a Girl Scout and a troop leader. A scholarship in her name is offered to high-school age Girl Scouts. Her family moved to Burbank, California,... Biography of Carol KANE
Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American actress. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Kane's parents are Joy, a jazz singer, dancer, and pianist, and Michael Kane, an architect, who worked for the World Bank. Her family was Jewish, with her grandparents having immigrated from Russia. Her parents divorced when she was twelve years old. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York and made her professional theatre debut in a 1966 productio... Biography of Wanda SYKES
Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall, is an Emmy-winning American stand-up comedian and actress. She is well known for her blunt observations on current events, the differences between the sexes and races, and life in general, as well as for her roles on the Emmy winning series, The New Adventures of Old Christine, opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Barb and on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, as herself. Early life Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia to an Army colo... Biography of Kellie MARTIN
Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American television actress. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Career A native of Riverside, California, Martin loved to perform for her close-knit family. She began her acting career at age seven, when her aunt Rhonda, a nanny for actor Michael Landon's children, helped Martin land a guest spot on the Landon produced series Father Murphy. Among many roles in motion pictures, made-for-TV movies and television series, she is perhaps most famous fo... Biography of Natasha Gregson WAGNER
Natasha Gregson Wagner (born on 29 September 1970 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Richard Gregson and movie actress Natalie Wood and the adopted daughter of actor Robert Wagner. She left Emerson College to pursue an acting career. She married D.V. DeVincentis on October 11, 2003. She is the half-sister of jewelery maker, Courtney Brooke Wagner, with whom she shares a mother, and stepsister of TV personality and Hollywood reporter, Katie Wagner. ... Biography of Alice GUY-BLACHE
Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early years Alice Guy was born to French parents who were working in Chile where her father owned a chain of bookstores. Her mother returned home to give birth to Alice in Paris. For the first few years of her life she was left in the care of her grandmother in ... Biography of Patricia HEATON
Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing lead character and Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. She recently made a return to television opposite Kelsey Grammer in the FOX comedy series Back To You. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Childhood and family Heaton was the second youngest of five children born to an Irish American Roman Catholic family in Bay Village, Ohio, a... Biography of Oksana KAZAKOVA
Oksana Kazakova (Russian: Оксана Казакова, born April 8, 1975, St. Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic and European figure skating champion. With partner Artur Dmitriev, she won the gold at the 1998 Olympics. Biography Kazakova began skating at age 4. Before skating with Dmitriev, she skated with Dmitri Sukhonov. The pair finished 15th at the 1993 World Championships. Artur Dmitriev's partner Natalia M... Biography of Liz PHAIR
Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her signature guitar, which she is often seen playing (and is prominent upon the cover of her self-titled fourth album), is a Fender Duo-Sonic. Her album Exile in Guyville was chosen as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Early life Phair was born in Connecticut, but was raised in Winnetka, Illinois. Phair was adopted, as was her older br... Biography of Anna FRIEL
Anna Friel (born July 12, 1976) is a Golden Globe-nominated English actress from Rochdale, in Greater Manchester. She currently stars as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, the female lead in the American television series Pushing Daisies. Early life Anna Louise Friel was born July 12, 1976 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. She attended Crompton House Secondary School, in Shaw and Crompton. The daughter of two teachers, Friel became interested in acting at an early age and received frequent ... Biography of Taryn MANNING
Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer and singer/songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat. Early life Manning was born in Tucson Arizona (source: German Wikipedia and Imdb). Her parents divorced in 1981, and her mother, Sharyn, worked as a secretary and waitress in order to support Taryn and her older brother Kellin. Her father, Bill Manning, a musician and hotel manager, was the cousin of Archie Manning. When she was 14, her trouble... Biography of Dulce MARIA
Dulce María (born Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón, December 6, 1985) is a Mexican actress, singer and songwriter born in Mexico City, Mexico. Early life Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón was born on December 6, 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico. She began acting in commercials since she was five. Dulce became well known for playing Roberta Pardo on Rebelde and for being a member of the pop band RBD. She is close to her RBD members. She has stated that she will release a book that she states are her poe...
Biography of Miki KOMORI
Miki Komori, born August 12, 1982 in Tokyo, is a Japonese model and actress.... Biography of Lesley GORE
Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 in New York City as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American singer-songwriter of the "girl group era". She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit, "It's My Party," which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of 1963-1967. Career: 1960s and 1970s Gore was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey in a Jewish family. She was a junior at the Dwight School for Girls in nearby Englewood when "It's My Party" beca... Biography of Susanna HOFFS (THE BANGLES)
Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American vocalist and rhythm guitarist best known for being a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles. Early life Hoffs was born on the Westside of Los Angeles, California to a Jewish family. Her mother played records of The Beatles for Hoffs when she was a child and she began playing the guitar in her teens. She eventually joined with Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson, which would later become The Bangles. Hoffs attended Palisades High S... Biography of Debra PAGET
Debra Paget (born August 19, 1933) is an American actress and entertainer who made a name for herself in the 1950s and early-1960s in a variety of feature films including Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments and Love Me Tender, the film début of Elvis Presley. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life and career Debra Paget was born in Denver, Colorado to show-business parents. Her birth name was Debralee Griffin; she later took the stage name of Paget from two of her ancestors, Lord and ... Biography of Patti LUPONE
Patti LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is a Tony Award-winning American singer and actress. Early life LuPone was born in Northport, New York, the daughter of Angela Louise (née Patti), a college library administrator, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school administrator. LuPone’s great-grand-aunt was the celebrated 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti. One brother is actor, dancer, and director Robert LuPone, and her other brother, William, is a teacher. When they were young, they performed on ... Biography of Brenda BLETHYN
Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 20 February 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning English film, stage, television and voice actress, and writer. Blethyn performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from comedies and dramas to historical films and crimes. She is best known for her films released in the 1990s and 2000s, including Secrets & Lies (1996), Little Voice (1998), Saving Grace (2000), and Pride & Prejudice (2005). Early life Born Brenda Anne Bott... Biography of Pauline COLLINS
Pauline Collins OBE (born 3 September 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated English actress who is best known for playing Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs and for playing the title role in Shirley Valentine. Early life and career Collins was born in Exmouth, Devon of Irish Catholic extraction and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Before turning to acting, she worked as a teacher until 1962. She made her stage debut at Windsor in A Gazelle in Park Lane in 1962 and her We... Biography of Anna NALICK
Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe (2 AM)," was released on April 19, 2005. Early years She says in her Columbia Records biography that ever since she was a little girl she wanted to be a performer and that she actually began to write songs in fifth grade. Reportedly, while showing off her talents to her third grade teacher, her teacher told her that... Biography of Namie AMURO
Namie Amuro (born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese singer, dancer, and former child actor/singer.At one time known as the "Queen of J-pop", Amuro has transcended fads and controversy to become one of Japan's most prolific and enduring musical acts. Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group, Super Monkey's. Largely unsuccessful, the group grew popular during their final year together with the single, "Try Me ~Watashi wo Shinjite~" (1995). Amuro would leav... Biography of Zola BUDD
Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 meters, and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships. Budd's career as a pioneer in women's distance running was as unusual as it was meteoric, in that she always trained and raced barefoot.... Biography of Jasmine GUY
Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is most well known for her starring role as Southern belle Whitley Gilbert in the television series A Different World. Born to an African-American father and a Portuguese mother, Guy was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the former Northside High School (which merged with North Fulton High School to form North Atlanta High School). Her mother's name is Jaye Rudolph, and her f... Biography of Amy POEHLER
Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16, 1971 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American comedienne and actress. She is a cast member and parody news anchor on the NBC television program Saturday Night Live. In 2008, Poehler starred in the film Baby Mama. Early life Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eileen, a teacher, and Bill Poehler. She has a younger brother, Gregory, who was a copyright lawyer in New York before moving to Stockholm, Sweden with his wife. A 1993 gr... Biography of Lisa LOEB
Lisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. In 1994, she had her first hit with the song "Stay (I Missed You)". The song today still remains her biggest hit and most well-known song. Recently, she has moved into other endeavors, such as television. In 2006, she had her own reality TV show on the E! channel. Early years Loeb was born to Jewish parents in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in Dallas, Texas where she attended The Hockaday School, an all-girls... Biography of Katherine HELMOND
Katherine Marie Helmond (born July 5, 1928, Galveston, Texas) is an American film, theater and television actress. Career Television Helmond first came to fame as “Jessica Tate”, the matriarch on Soap. She was a lead player on the controversial ABC series from 1977 until it was cancelled in 1981. In 1984, she took the role of “Mona Robinson” on the sitcom Who’s the Boss? with Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Tony Danza. The show was a ratings success, running for eight... Biography of Gioia BRUNO
Gioia Bruno (born Carmen Gioia Bruno June 11, 1963, sometimes professionally credited as just Gioia) is a popular music singer, most noted as a member of the vocal group Exposé. Early life and career Bruno was born in Bari, Italy. She was raised in New Jersey. At the age of 16, she started singing in night clubs with bands, after being encouraged by her friend David Fields to make serious efforts with her musical career. After high school, she decided to move to Florida. When performing a... Biography of Michala BANAS
Michala Elizabeth Laurinda Banas (born November 14, 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand), is a New Zealand actress. Her debut television performance was as Louisa in miniseries Mirror, Mirror. From 2001-2003 she played Marissa Taylor in Always Greener. In 2002, she had a small part in Scooby-Doo. In 2003, Banas released a single, Kissin' The Wind, which peaked at #28 on the ARIA Singles Chart. McLeod's Daughters In 2004, Michala Banas joined the cast of McLeods Daughters as the character ... Biography of Aurélie VANECK
Aurélie Vaneck, born June 15, 1983 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, is a French actress. She is Ninon, is French TV soap Plus belle la vie (2004 -). Aurélie Vaneck is the grand-daughter of actor Pierre Vaneck and the sister of Thibault Vaneck. Filmographie Short movies 2002 : Ben et Thomas de Jon Carnoy 2004 : L'audition (co-auteur et comédienne) de Vincent Jouan Television 2004 : Le Tuteur de Pierre Grimblat 2004 : Blandine l'insoumise de Claude d'Anna 2004 : Plus be... Biography of Melissa REEVES
Melissa Reeves (born Melissa Brennan on March 14, 1967) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Eatontown, New Jersey. Her first television role was as Jade Perkins on Santa Barbara (TV series) from 1984 to 1985. She originated the role of the adult Jennifer Horton (later Jennifer Deveraux) on Days of Our Lives in 1985 (prior to which, the character had been a young child) and played her until 1995. She abruptly left Days during the show's thirieth anniversary, ostensibly to spend ... Biography of Susan LUCCI
Susan Victoria Lucci (born in Scarsdale, New York, December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Her salary is reportedly over $1 million a year. Early life Susan Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. She attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended M... Biography of Ellen Victoria FUTTER
Ellen Victoria Futter, born September 21, 1949 in Manhattan, New York, is an American attorney and president of Barnard College for Women. Barnard College is a women's liberal arts college founded in 1889. Barnard is affiliated with Columbia University, but Barnard maintains an independent campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, and separate faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment. The four acre (16,000 m²) ca... Biography of Elizabeth PENA
Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1961 or 1959) is an American actress. Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (née Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario Peña, a Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who co-founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble. Peña graduated from New York's famed High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates include Ving Rhames (with whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder) and Esai Morales (with whom s... Biography of Jessie WALLACE
Jessie Wallace (born Karen Jane Wallace on September 25, 1971 in Enfield, Greater London) is an English actress. Karen Jane Wallace was born at 204 Durants Road, Enfield, North London. After schooling, Wallace trained as a make-up artist and worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years. She met and became friends with actor Iain Glenn, who helped her apply for London drama college The Poor School, from where she graduated in 1999. While undertaking auditions - including for Andrew... Biography of Max LINDER
Max Linder (December 16, 1883 – October 31, 1925) was an influential French pioneer of silent film. Birth and early career Born Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle in Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France to a Jewish wine growing family, he grew up with a passion for the theater and as a young man joined a theater troupe touring the country. While working in Paris on the theater stage and in music halls, Leuvielle became fascinated with motion pictures and in 1905 took a job with Pathé Frères that saw him ... Biography of June HAVER
June Haver (June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005), was an American film actress, who was born in Rock Island, Illinois as Beverly Jane Stovenour. "June" was her nickname and her surname became "Haver" when her mother divorced and remarried. Career Haver began singing on stage at the age of six. Working regularly as a band singer by her teens, she performed with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. In 1943 20th Century Fox had hired her, with her first starring role as Cri-Cri in Home In Indiana (1944). Later... Biography of Malinda WILLIAMS
Malinda Williams (born December 3, 1975) is an American actress. Personal life Williams was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She grew up in Westfield, New Jersey and attended Union County College in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Williams was married to actor Mekhi Phifer and the two share a son together. The couple is now divorced. She is currently in a relationship with photographer and former Boogie Down Productions member and solo artist D-Nice. She resides in Westfield, New Jersey. Career ... Biography of Trista REHN
Trista Nicole Sutter (née Rehn) (born October 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is a prominent former participant in the ABC reality television shows, The Bachelor (in which she was runner-up to Amanda Marsh) and The Bachelorette. She has also appeared on NBC's Fear Factor and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. The Bachelorette As part of her participation in The Bachelorette, Sutter was paid $1 million by ABC for affording the network the right to televise her December 6, 2003 marriage ... Biography of Stacey FARBER
Stacey Helene Farber (born August 25, 1987) is a Canadian actress who is best known for playing Eleanor "Ellie" Nash (since 2002) in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, airing on CTV in Canada and on The N in United States. In her role as Ellie Nash, she plays a young journalist who has problems with depression and cutting.... Biography of Barbara MANDRELL
Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows (1980-82) that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s. She is the only female in country music history to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice, and she has also won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" twice. Barbara Man...
Biography of Richard BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, and visionary. He was the second president of Mensa. He lends his name to a family of complex carbon structures called Buckminsterfullerene also known as Bucky Balls. Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question "Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?" Considering himself an average individ... Biography of Terry MOORE
Terry Moore (born Helen Luella Koford, January 7, 1929) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Born January 7, 1929 in Glendale, California, as Helen Luella Koford, Moore grew up in a Mormon family in Los Angeles, California. She worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland (1940). The studios later changed her name to Judy Ford, Jan Ford and then January Ford. In the 1940s she was a hot sexpot of Hollywood. In the 1950s she was considered in equal running ... Biography of Joan BENOIT
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced. As a result she was the first ever women's Olympic marathon champion. Career Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover from a broken leg suffered while slaloming. At Bowdoin College she excelled in athletics and then entered the 1979 Boston Marathon as a relative unknown. ... Biography of Connie STEVENS
Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Biography She was born Concetta Rosalie Anna Ingoglia in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of Peter Ingoglia (known as musician Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley. Connie adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own. Her parents were divorced and she lived with grandparents. At age eight, she started attending Catholic boarding schools. Actor John Megna is her half-brother. Coming from a musical fami... Biography of Jennifer KIRK
Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Kirk (born August 15, 1984) is an American retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2000 World Junior Champion and the 2002 Four Continents Champion. Jennifer Kirk was born in Newton, Massachusetts. She trained at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California with her coaches Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi. Prior to skating, she was a gymnast until she turned nine. She also studied ballet and once performed with the Boston Ballet. She placed 4th at the 2005 U... Biography of Rosa BLASI
Rosa Blasi (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. Biography Early life Blasi was born in Mt. Prospect, IL to Rocco and Joyce Blasi. Blasi is classically trained as a mezzo soprano. She also comes from a strong theatre background; ranging from the esteemed Piven Performance Company, as well as The Second City, to starring in numerous musicals and touring with Kenny Rogers. Rosa Blasi has one sister (Tasha) and one brother (Rocky). Career Blasi's television debut was a recu... Biography of Beth HEIDEN
Elizabeth ("Beth") Lee Heiden-Reid (born 27 September 1959) is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Short biography Her first year in high school, Heiden was a tennis and soccer player, and later that year she ran a national record in the mile for her age group, and ran in states for both the eight hundred and th... Biography of Terri RUNNELS
Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels (born October 5, 1966) is a former WCW and WWE professional wrestling manager, and TV host. She is best known for her eight-year career with World Wrestling Entertainment, and as the former wife of Dustin Runnels. Career 1980s-mid 1990s Runnels was originally a make-up artist for CNN, and worked in the same studios in which episodes of WCW were taped. When WCW was purchased by Ted Turner in 1988, booker Ole Anderson invited her to become part of the roster. ... Biography of Diana BIANCHEDI
Diana Bianchedi, born in Milan November 4, 1969, is an Italian fencer.... Biography of Sandy DENNIS
Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American award-winning theater and film actress. Biography Early life Dennis was born in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Yvonne, a secretary, and Jack Dennis, a postal clerk. She had a brother, Frank. She was a high school classmate of Dick Cavett and attended the Nebraska Wesleyan University and University of Nebraska. Dennis grew up in Kenesaw and Lincoln, Nebraska, appearing in the Lincoln Community Theater Group ... Biography of Pam FLETCHER
Pam Fletcher, born January 30, 1963 in Concord, Massachusetts, is a former American athlete, Alpine skier.... Biography of Hope LANGE
Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage, film, and television actress. Early life Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding Ridge, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange, was a musician and the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld and conductor for Henry Cohen. Her mother, Minnette (née Buddecke), was an actress before becoming a restaurant owner. Following her father’s death, Lange worked as a waitress in her m... Biography of Moet MEIRA
Moet Meira, born October 5, 1975 in Memphis, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003633/ ) Shadow: Dead Riot (2006) .... Luisa Brooklyn Lobster (2005) (uncredited) .... Jodi Searching for Bobby D (2005) .... Stripper #1 Funny Valentine (2005) .... Evangelika "Hope & Faith" .... Carla (1 episode, 2005) - The Gooch (2005) TV episode .... Carla "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Belinda (1 episode, 2004) ... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: pr... Biography of Emily COOK
Emily Cook, born July 1, 1979 in Boston, is an American freestyle skier.... Biography of Kacey AINSWORTH
Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1970 in London) is an English actress, best known for playing the long-suffering Little Mo in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Kacey Ainsworth, is the only soap actress who has won three Soap Actress awards in one single year in 2002. She won these awards at the British Soap Awards, Inside Soap Awards, TV Quick and Choice Awards and at the National Television Awards, all held in 2002. She made her final appearance in EastEnders in May 2006. Although she has n... Biography of Adele SILVA
Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980 in Norbury, Greater London) is an English actress and television personality. She was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has been on stage and television since she was a child. Career Silva's first TV appearance was as Squeak in the 1989 Doctor Who story Survival. As a young girl she also appeared in Mr Majeika, The Bill and EastEnders. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale. She first... Biography of Vivien CARDONE
Vivien Elisabeth Cardone (born April 14, 1993) is an American child actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Delia Brown on The WB's Everwood. Early life Cardone was born in Port Jefferson Village, Long Island, New York. Her father, Mark, is a Long Island Residential Home Builder and her mother is a homemaker. Vivien is the second oldest of four children. Her older sister Olivia is also an actress. She has a younger brother named Dallas and a younger sister named Lydia. Vivien was ... Biography of Conchita CAMPBELL
Conchita Elizabeth Campbell (born October 25, 1995) is a Canadian actress. Campbell is known for her role as Maia Skouris on the hit USA channel miniseries and show The 4400, on which she portrays a child who's been missing for decades and returns unaged and with psychic ability to foretell the future. Campbell has also made two guest appearances on CTV's hit show Cold Squad. She starred on Wilder Days with Peter Falk and Tim Daly in 2003. She starred in the 2004 film Pursued opposite Gil ... Biography of Justina MACHADO
Justina Machado (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She is perhaps well known for playing Vanessa Diaz in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. Early life Machado was born in Chicago, Illinois, where her family moved to from Puerto Rico. There her parents met and were married. The couple had two children and subsequently divorced. Her mother remarried and had three children. Machado was very active in drama, always participating in her school plays. In 1986, she attended Lane Te... Biography of Lauren CHAPIN
Lauren Chapin (born May 23, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former child actress, most famously remembered for her role as youngest child "Kathy Anderson" (nicknamed "Kitten") in the television show Father Knows Best, which was produced between 1954 and 1960. Chapin was awarded five Jr. Emmy's for Best Child Actress. She currently manages singers and actors and performs in a live inter-active version of Father Knows Best for cruise lines, conventions and other events. She i... Biography of Valentin ANGELMANN
Valentin Angelmann, born March 7, 1910 in Colmar, died in 1981, was a French boxer.... Biography of Erma BOMBECK
Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-60's until the late 90's. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers. From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife with broad, and sometimes eloquent, humor. By the 1970s, h... Biography of Juliet MILLS
Juliet Maryon Mills, (born 21 November 1941) is an English character actress, born to the famous theater family of actor Sir John Mills and playwright Mary Hayley Bell. Mills is best known for her role as a friendly nanny with magical powers in the 1970s American television series Nanny and the Professor, and acting in the film Avanti! with Jack Lemmon. From 1999 to 2007, she played a darker magical character in the American daytime drama Passions. Nominated for many awards, she won the 1974 Emm... Biography of Miriam HOPKINS
Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Career Born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Bainbridge, a town in southwestern Georgia near the Alabama border, Hopkins attended a finishing school in Vermont and later Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. At the age of 20, she became a chorus girl in New York City. In 1930, she signed with Paramount Pictures, and made her official film debut in Fast and Loose. Her first great succ... Biography of Janet LYNN
Janet Lynn Nowicki (born Janet Nowicki April 6, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist. Amateur career Lynn began to skate almost as soon as she could walk and took part in her first exhibition performance at the age of four in a group number at Chicago Stadium. By age seven, she was living away from home part of the year, staying with the slightly older skater Jada Steinke to be close to her coach Slavka Kohout, who worked out of Rockton, Illinoi... Biography of Jessica GOLDAPPLE
Jessica Goldapple, born May 26, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, is a Canadian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325121/ ) "Mentors" .... Anne Frank (1 episode, 2001) - Dear Diary (2001) TV episode .... Anne Frank Satan's School for Girls (2000) (TV) .... Kim "Student Bodies" .... Francesca 'Flash' Albright (65 episodes, 1997-2000) ... aka Vice-versa (Canada: French title) - Chris' Death (2000) TV episode .... Francesca 'Flash' Albright - The Triangle (20... Biography of Kathryn GRAYSON
Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress and operatic soprano singer. Trained as an opera singer from the age of twelve, Grayson was contracted to MGM and established a career in films from the early 1940s. Most of her films were musicals and after several supporting roles, she was given lead roles in such films as Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953). She was paired with Howard Keel and Mario Lanza in some of her films. When movie musicals fell out of favor with ... Biography of Camile VELASCO
Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco (born September 1, 1985), is an American singer and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series, American Idol. She is one-fourth Irish, one-fourth Spanish, and half Filipino. Born in Makati City, Philippines, Camile Velasco's family later moved to Haiku, Maui—located in the islands of Hawaii. Prior to American Idol, Velasco was a struggling songwriter/composer who worked at her parents' IHOP Restaurant in Kahului. Sh... Biography of Belle CHRYSTALL
Belle Chrystall, born April 25, 1910 in Fulwood near Preston, died June 7, 2005, was an English actress, the spouse of Roy Proctor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160779/ ) "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Becky Sharp / ... (2 episodes, 1950) - Vanity Fair (1950) TV episode .... Becky Sharp - Hobson's Choice (1950) TV episode .... Maggie Hobson The House of the Arrow (1940) .... Ann Upcott ... aka Castle of Crimes (UK) Poison Pen (1940) .... Sucal Hurrin The... Biography of Nikki McKIBBIN
Nikki McKibbin (born Katherine Nicole McKibbin on September 28, 1978 in Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.) is an American rock music singer-songwriter who finished third in the debut season of the reality television series American Idol. Prior to American Idol, McKibbin appeared in the first season of Popstars. In May 2007 she released her debut album, Unleashed. American Idol In 2002, Nikki appeared on American Idol, placing third. With the exception of 1960s week, Nikki was in the bottom three ev... Biography of Judy BLUMBERG
Judith Ann Blumberg (born 13 September 1957 in Santa Monica, California ) is a former American ice dancer. She and Michael Seibert won the 1981-1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the 1983-1985 World bronze medalist. They placed 7th at the 1980 Winter Olympics and 4th at the 1984 Olympics. They are the 1988 World Professional Champions. After she retired, Blumberg did commentary for CBS Sports, and was a motivational speaker. Blumberg is currently the Ensemble Director for the Ice T... Biography of Camille MANA
Camille Mana (born September 1, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Orange County, CA, she is of Filipino/Chinese descent. Camille graduated from University of California, Berkeley in six semesters with a degree in Economics. Best known for her role as Lisa on UPN's long-running sitcom One on One opposite Kyla Pratt, Robert Ri'chard, and R&B star Ray J. Mana appeared in the Miramax Films dramedy Smart People playing Missy Chin, released April 11, 2008. She also co-starred in the teen com... Biography of Amanda COETZER
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971 in Hoopstad, South Africa) is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa. Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo. Coetzer entered the top-20 on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next 10 years. She developed a reputation for regularly beating players who were higher ra... Biography of Fu MINGXIA
Fu Mingxia (Chinese: 伏明霞; pinyin: Fú Mingxiá; born 16 August 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China). She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall (5'2"). Early life and career At an early age, Fu learned to swim at a nearby river under the instruction of her father, Fu Yijun. She started gymnastics at age 5 but soon switched to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at the age of 9 to train in Beijing. She was later professionally c... Biography of Alex PARKS
Alex Parks (born Alexandra Rebecca Parks, 26 July 1984, Mount Hawke, Cornwall, England) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for winning Fame Academy in 2003, for her singles, and for the albums, Introduction and Honesty. Career Her song "Maybe That's What It Takes" was released on 17 November 2003 and peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart the following week. Her debut album Introduction was subsequently released and sold over 500,000 copies. Honesty was eventually re... Biography of Dani PEDROSA
Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer . Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 51kg (112.4lbs). Career Early days Dani Pedrosa started riding bikes at the early age of four, when he got his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, which had side-wheels. His first racing bike was a minibike repl... Biography of LAYLA EL
Layla El (born June 25, 1978) is a British dancer, model and professional wrestler of North African heritage, currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as a WWE Diva, and appears on the Raw brand. Before joining WWE in 2006, Layla El was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the NBA, and has also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards. Billed height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Billed weight 54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st... Biography of Evanna LYNCH
Evanna Lynch (born 16 August 1991 in Termonfeckin, Ireland) is an Irish actress, known for playing Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Personal life Evanna is from Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland. She lives with her father Donal, mother Marguerite, elder sisters Máiréad and Emily, and younger brother Patrick. As of September 2008, she is in her fifth year at Our Lady's College, Greenhills, an all girls' Catholic school located in Drogheda, Ireland. While filmin... Biography of Alexa Ray JOEL
Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985) is an American singer and pianist. She is the daughter of popular pianist, singer, and songwriter Billy Joel and his second wife, model Christie Brinkley. Her middle name is in honor of musician Ray Charles. Alexa Ray Joel began writing songs at a very early age. Growing up in a musical household, she developed a gift for singing and songwriting and was always encouraged by her parents. Her deep love of music stems from as early as the tender age of two... Biography of Kristin CAVALLARI
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari (born January 5, 1987 (source: Imdb)) is an American reality television celebrity and actress. Early life Kristin Cavallari was born in Denver, Colorado, the younger of two children. When her parents divorced, her older brother moved with their father to Laguna Beach, California, while she moved with their mother to Barrington, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. After having trouble adjusting to a new life with a stepfather and stepbrother, Cavallari moved t... Biography of Beth DITTO
Beth Ditto (born 19 February 1981 in Searcy, Arkansas) is an American singer for the indie rock band The Gossip. Ditto is know for her distinctive lyrics and powerful vocals as well as her outspoken and unconventional lifestyle offstage. Career Ditto came to wider public attention in November 2006 when she was selected by NME as the coolest person in rock—being placed at number one in the magazine's annual "Cool List." The magazine cited her "non-conformity" as the reason for her selection ...
Biography of Tia TANAKA
Tia Tanaka (born March 15, 1987) is a Vietnamese-American pornographic actress and adult model; her mother is Vietnamese/French and her father is Vietnamese. Tanaka was born in Indonesia and emigrated to the United States at the age of one with her mother. She lived in New York and later moved to California. Tanaka attended high school with Kitty Jung and Jasmine Mai. Jung suggested that Tanaka enter the pornographic industry. She shot under the names Sasha Lei and Mulan Wang, until Ed Pow... Biography of Becki NEWTON
Rebecca Sara "Becki" Newton (born July 4, 1978) is an American actress. Newton is currently a regular cast member of Ugly Betty. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Becki Newton was raised in Guilford, Connecticut. She began performing musicals and plays at local theaters, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a BA in European History. She then moved to New York City and landed several roles in television commercials, such as one done for Olive Garden. She cur... Biography of KT TUNSTALL
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations before winning a BRIT Award, and a Grammy Award nomination. She is also the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award. Early years Tunstall was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 June 1975 to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish ... Biography of Trista SUTTER
Trista Nicole Sutter (née Rehn) (born October 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former participant in the ABC reality television show, The Bachelorette. She has also appeared on ABC's The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars and NBC's Fear Factor. The Bachelor Rehn appeared as a contestant on the first season of ABC's The Bachelor, where she was runner-up to winner Amanda Marsh. The Bachelorette After her appearance on The Bachelor, Rehn was selected to be featured in the gen... Biography of Zoe KRAVITZ
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress known for her roles in The Brave One (2007) with Jodie Foster and No Reservations (2007) with Catherine Zeta-Jones. She is the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. Early life Kravitz was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. Her paternal grandmother, late actress Roxie Roker, was a Black Bahamian American, her maternal grandfather an African Amer... Biography of Jennifer ULRICH
Jennifer Ulrich, born October 18, 1984 in Berlin, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1457472/ ) Schweitzer (2009) (post-production) .... Susi Sandler "Stolberg" .... Alissa Eberstein (2 episodes, 2009) ... aka Kommissar Stolberg (Germany: new title) - Die falsche Frau (2009) TV episode .... Alissa Eberstein - Schüsse vorm Salon (????) TV episode .... Alissa Eberstein "Tatort" .... Arzu Korkmaz (1 episode, 2009) - Familienaufstellung (2009... Biography of Lucy HALE
Lucy Kate Hale (born June 14, 1989) is an American actress and singer from Memphis, Tennessee. Hale appeared on the reality show American Juniors in 2003. She was part of the vocal quintet formed with the top 5 finishers. She had guest roles on shows such as Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The O.C., and How I Met Your Mother, in the last as Robin Scherbatsky's younger sister Katie. In Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 she portrayed Effie, Lena's little sister. ... Biography of Hikaru UTADA
Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru), born January 19, 1983 in New York, New York, USA, known by her stage name Utada (English pronunciation: /ˈuːtədə/) in America and Europe, and as Hikki (ヒッキー, Hikkī?), is a Japanese American singer and songwriter, arranger, and record producer. Before her First Love album (1999), she sold several records with mediocre success. After First Love's release, which wen... Biography of Charlotte CAFFEY
Charlotte Irene Caffey (born 21 October 1953 in Santa Monica, California) is an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter, best known for her work in the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat". She remained friends with fellow band member Belinda Carlisle. From 1988 till 1992, she led her own band, The Graces, with Meredith Brooks and Gia Ciambotti, who released a 1989 album, Perfect View. Caffey also co-wrote the theme song to the television series, Clueless, with An... Biography of Arlette CHABOT
Arlette Chabot (born Chartres, 21 July 1951) is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. She currently is head of the editorial team of France 2. Chabot began her career at France Inter in 1974, where she was a speaker and headed the political services of the redaction. In 1984, she joined TF1 and headed its political service until 1990. She joined FR3 and became head redactor of the political and economical service. From 1992, she held the same office at France 2. From 1994 t... Biography of Tina COLE
Tina Cole (born Christina Yvonne Cole) is an American actress and singer who was born on August 4, 1943, in Los Angeles, California. She is best known as an actress for her role as Katie Miller Douglas on the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons. She was also a member of the "King Family Singers." Biography/ family life She is the daughter of Yvonne King and Buddy Cole. She has a sister, Cathy Green. She has four grown children. She is now the director of the Sacramento Children's Theatre. Tina... Biography of Ali BONGO
Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on February 9, 1959) is a Gabonese politician who is currently President-elect of Gabon following his victory in the 2009 presidential election. Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense fr... |
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