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562 celebrities 5' 4" tall have been found. Biography of Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a American pop singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) She is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and the Grammy Award-winning "Toxic". In the early 2000s, Spears's success as a singer led her way to high-profile advertising deals and endorsements, as well as forays into other forms of media, including film and reality television. Her third and fourth albums, Britney and In the Zone, were released during this era. In 2004, she married back-up dancer and aspiring rap artist Kevin Federline, and the following year she gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston. Their second son, Jayden James, was born in 2006.... Biography of Emmanuelle Béart
Béart was born in Gassin, Var (not far from St. Tropez), on the French Riviera. She is the daughter of the French singer and poet Guy Béart, and actress Geneviève Galéa. In a recent trip to Croatia, she revealed that one of her grandmothers was Croatian. She obtained an acting role in the 1976 film Demain les mômes. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television then went to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year to attend drama school in Paris. A short time later she was cast in her first adult role in a film, and in 1986 she achieved fame with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the film Manon des Sources. For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for "Best Supporting Actress." She also won a "Best Actress" award at the M... Biography of Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003. She has been named the "sexiest" or "most beautiful" woman alive by several publications. Early life Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from a Jewish American family of Polish Jewish ancestry from the Bronx. Johansson's parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with Johansson's maternal... Biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest composers of classical music ever to have lived.... Biography of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. His full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso. One of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism. Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain, the first child of José Ruiz y Blasco and María Picasso y López. He was christened with the names Pablo, Diego, José, Francisco de Paula, Juan Nepomuceno, Maria de los Remedios, and Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad. Picasso's father was Jose Ruíz, a painter whose specialty was the naturalistic depiction of birds and who for most of his life was also a professor of art at the School... Biography of Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer, as well as an occasional actress. She is best known for her expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music, including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient music, electronica, folk, and classical music. She has won numerous awards, and has received 12 Grammy Award nominations and an Academy Award nomination. Her record label, One Little Indian, reported in 2003 that she has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Her most recent album, Volta, was released worldwide on 8 May 2007. She was ranked #36 on VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll".... Biography of Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born June 27, 1955 in Paris' 17th arrondissement) is a César Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated French film actress. She is of German-Algerian parentage, and performs in her native French, English, and German. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actress and was awarded the César award four times. Adjani grew up in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine to Kabyle Mohammed Adjani and a German Augusta Gusti. She was drawn to acting at a young age, playing in amateur theater by the age of twelve. Career She first gained fame as a classical actress for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes, but soon left the Comédie française she had joined in 1972 to pursue a movie career. After minor roles in sev... Biography of Martine Aubry
Martine Aubry (née Delors, born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille (Nord) since March 2001, and is considered a possible candidate for President of France in 2012. Aubry was born in Paris. Her father, Jacques Delors, was a former Minister of Finance under President François Mitterrand, and a former President of the European Commission. She joined the PS in 1974 and was appointed Minister of Labour by then-Prime Minister Édith Cresson, in 1991, but lost her position in 1993 after the RPR won the legislative elections. However, she became Minister of Social Affairs when Lionel Jospin was elected Prime Minister in 1997. She is mostly known for having pushed the controversial 35-h... Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: ), (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, and was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. His music and his reputation inspired — and in many cases intimidated — ensuing generations of composers, musicians, and audiences. While primarily known today as a composer, Beethoven was also a celebrated pianist. Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to Vienna, Austria, in his early twenties and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. Despite gradual hearing loss beginning in his twenties, Beethoven continued to produce notable masterpi... Biography of Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (born 23 January 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress, and director. Moreau was born in Paris, France to an English (dancer) mother and a French barman on January 23, 1928. She studied at the Conservatoire in Paris. In 1947, she made her theatre debut at the Avignon Festival. By her twenties, Moreau was already one of France's leading stage actresses at the Comédie-Française. After 1951 she began appearing in films with small or "bit" parts. By the late 1950s, after making many mainstream films, including several successes, she made Elevator to the Gallows with first-time director Louis Malle. Largely thanks to that film, she went on to work with many of the best known New Wave and avant garde directors. After 1959's sexy "Les Amants" (The Lovers) the media tagged he... Biography of Anne Sinclair
Anne Sinclair (born Anne-Élise Schwartz, 15 July 1948) is a French television and radio interviewer who hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel. She also covered the 2008 US presidential campaign for the leading French Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche and the French TV channel Canal+. Early life and education Sinclair was born in New York to Joseph-Robert Schwartz (changed to Sinclair in 1949) and Micheline Nanette Rosenberg, French-Jewish parents who fled from Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II. She is the granddaughter of Paul Rosenberg, one of France's biggest art dealers. After completing part of her secondary schooling in the US, she went on to finish in France. She then majored in p... Biography of Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states that were once part of the British Empire, and their overseas territories and dependencies. She holds each crown and title equally, however she is most directly involved with the United Kingdom, her oldest realm and the place of residence of the Royal Family. Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General. The 16 countries of which she is Queen are known as Commonwealth Realms, and their combined population is 12... Biography of Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (baptised as Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre. He acceded to the throne on May 14, 1643, a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his First Minister ("premier ministre"), Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661. Louis would remain on the throne till his death just prior to his seventy-seventh birthday in 1715. The reign of Louis XIV, known as The Sun King (in French Le Roi Soleil) or as Louis the Great (in French Louis le Grand, or simply Le Grand Monarque, "the Great Monarch"), spanned seventy-two years—the longest reign of any major European monarch. During that period of time he increased the power and influence of France in Europe, fighti... Biography of Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. She has her own production company, Flower Films. Barrymore made her screen début in Altered States (1980); she made her breakout role two years later in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses. In the late-1980s and early-1990s, Barrymore had various problems with alcohol and drugs, which somewhat damaged her career. She also posed nude for Playboy in 1995. She made a comeback with the thriller Poison Ivy (1992), and afterwards began to perform predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from big budget romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction, horror fil... Biography of Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. She has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Ryder made her screen debut in Lucas (1986) playing a teenage girl with a crush on the film's title character, Lucas. In 1988 she had what some may consider her breakout role in Beetlejuice as a Gothic teenager named Lydia. After making various appearances in film and television, Ryder received her breakthrough role in the cult classic high-school set black comedy, Heathers (1989) alongside Christian Slater. Since then, Ryder's acting career has developed greatly. Her performances in films such as Edward Scissorhands (1990), Mermaids (1990)... Biography of Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) (November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award-winning, American Singer, Dancer, and performer whose career has spanned from 1960 to present. Tina Turner's popularity and success in rock and roll throughout the 1980s and 1990s garnered her the title, "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". Tina Turner is noted for her energetic stage presence, and her physical trademarks, such as her long, well-proportioned legs, hair, and her instantly identifiable voice. Born in Nutbush, Tennessee, at age 16, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and became well known for her high energy performances with The Ike & Tina Turner Revue during the 1960s and 1970s. At the height of The Revue's success, Tina Turner developed a reputation as a consummate live entertainer. Although wel... Biography of Fergie (singer)
Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)), better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and actress. She is a former member of the kids' TV series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the TV show Great Pretenders. She is currently a vocalist for the hip hop/pop group The Black Eyed Peas, as well as a solo artist, releasing her debut album, The Dutchess, in 2006. Early life Ferguson was born in Whittier, California to Terri Gore and Patrick Ferguson in nearby Hacienda Heights. She has one sister, Dana, who is an actress. Her parents were Catholic and worked as schoolteachers, and Ferguson had a strict Catholic upbringing. During her youth, she was involved with members ... Biography of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany is the 265th and reigning Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, and as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on April 19, 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on April 24, 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on May 7, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship. He succeeded Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005. One of the best-known Catholic theologians since the 1950s and a prolific author, Benedict XVI is viewed as a defender of traditional Catholic doctrine and values. He served as a professor at various German unive... Biography of Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC (play /ʃəˈnaɪ.ə ˈtweɪn/; born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s with her album The Woman in Me (1995), and achieved worldwide success with her 1997 album Come On Over, which became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million copies worldwide and is the 9th best-selling album in the U.S. Her 4th album, titled Up! was released late 2002. To date it has sold 20 million copies worldwide. The source for her birth time is her autobiography. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Twain has also achieved major success as a songwriter, winning 27 BMI Songwriter awar... Biography of Sophie Davant
French journalist and TV host.... Biography of Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international Belgian-Canadian francophone singer, known for her vocal prowess and skilled technique. She often sings in Italian, Spanish, and English in addition to French. She has also sung once in Portuguese, though she is not fluent in the language. Biography Early life Lara was born to a Flemish father and a Sicilian mother. Her name comes from her parents' inspiration of the theme song of the film Doctor Zhivago. Although born in Etterbeek (Belgium), she spent her first five years in Catania, learning Italian as a first language, before moving back to Belgium, in Brussels. Lara began singing, dancing, and taking piano lessons at a very young age and began formal music lessons at the Royal Conservatory ... Biography of Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She ranks among the top selling recording artists in history, largely thanks to her multi-million selling third album, and she has won seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a child recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Her international debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill. Jagged Little Pill sold thirty million copies, making it the best-selling debut album of all time by a female artist. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, including Under Rug Swept and So-Called Chaos. These garnered weaker reviews and lower sales. ... Biography of Renée Zellweger
Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning American-Norwegian film actress. Early life Zellweger was born in Baytown, Texas. At the age of 9 years old, her family moved to Katy, Texas. She is the daughter of Emil Eric Zellweger (a Swiss immigrant and mechanical / electrical engineer) and Kjellfrid Iren Andreassen (a Norwegian immigrant of Sami origin from Tromsø), and graduated from Katy High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston in 1987. She was a cheerleader and gymnast, and participated in the drama club. After high school, she went to the University of Texas at Austin to major in English. Though she took a drama class only because she needed a fine arts credit to complete her degree, it made her appreciate how much she loved acting. During this time, s... Biography of Karen Cheryl
Karen Cheryl, born Isabelle Morizet on July 19, 1955 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is a French TV host and radio host, and a former singer (1975-2001). Discography 1975 : Garde-moi avec toi 1975 : Ma vie n'appartient qu'à toi 1975 : Aimée ou amoureuse 1976 : Samedi, dimanche et fêtes 1976 : Ne raccroche pas, je t'aime 1977 : L'amour que l'on se donne 1977 : Épouse-moi 1978 : Sing to me Mama / (There's a) Sweet Melody 1979 : Show me you're man enough 1979 : Tchoo Tchoo hold on the line 1980 : Making up, making love / The lady is me 1980 : La marche des machos / Chante pour nous Mama 1980 : Si / Docteur menteur 1981 : I hope it's me 1981 : Les nouveaux romantiques 1982 : Je me souviens / Naturell'ment 1982 : Oh chéri chéri 1983 : Twister ma peine (avec San... Biography of Olivia Del Rio
Olivia Del Rio (born April 16, 1969 in Rio Casca, Brazil) is a Mulatto/Brazilian pornographic actress. She grew up in Belo Horizonte with 15 brothers and sisters. She is married with 2 children. She allegedly derived her stage name from the legendary pornstar Vanessa del Rio, a personal favorite of Olivia's. Olivia is primarily known for her exotic beauty, large enhanced breasts, and her enthusiastic anal sex performances. Olivia has stated that she finds receptive anal sex "delicious", and has also commented that she doesn't feel that sex is complete until she has been sodomized. Per her own personal accounting, she had not experienced anal sex until she began performing in pornographic movies. Today she is living in Marseille, France and currently directs and produces her own movie... Biography of Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965), is a Golden Globe and Emmy-winning American actress and an Emmy-winning producer, with a portfolio of television, movie, and theatre performances. She is best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw, a newspaper journalist, on the HBO television series Sex and the City. Early life and career Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Stephen Parker, a Jewish American businessman, and Barbara, who may also have Jewish ancestry. Her parents divorced early on in Parker's life and her mother remarried Paul Forste, who was 19. Parker grew up with her mother, stepfather and seven siblings. As a young girl, she trained in singing and ballet, soon being cast in the Broadway production of The Innocents. Her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and then to D... Biography of Catherine Ringer
Catherine Ringer (born October 18, 1957, Suresnes, France) is a singer, musician, songwriter, and pornoactress. She is a lead member of the band Les Rita Mitsouko, along with Frédéric Chichin, whom she met in 1979. Solo Discography 1988 : Qu’est-Ce Que T’es Belle (duo with Marc Lavoine) 1990 : Tatie Danielle (soundtrack, music of Gabriel Yared) 1995 : Doux Daddy (soundtrack "Les Trois Frères") 1995 : Peut-Etre Ce Soir (from the album "Roots" by Coba) 1997 : Sinon, oui (soundtrack "Les Trois Frères", music of Archie Shepp) 1997 : Les Joyeux Bouchers ("Jazz à St Germain" with the Renegade Brass Band) 1997 : Eso Es El Amor (sountrack "Un Grand Cri D'Amour") 1998 : Rendez-Vous (from the album "Conscious Posi" by Coba) 1998 : Sa Raison d'être (from the album "Ensemble" ag... Biography of Pink (singer)
Alecia Moore (IPA pronunciation: ) (born on September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in 2000. Pink released her first record, the R&B based Can't Take Me Home, in 2000 via LaFace Records. In 2001, she participated in the worldhit single Lady Marmalade. Her pop rock-based second studio album, M!ssundaztood, was released in 2001 and is her biggest seller to date, including big hits like Get The Party Started, Don't Let Me Get Me and Just Like a Pill. 2003's Try This, her third album, failed to match the success of M!zzundaztood with Trouble as an only hit. After taking a break, Pink released her fourth studio album, I'm Not Dead (2006), which has been successful worldwide with the hit singles Stupid G... Biography of Michelle Williams
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Williams broke into stardom on the teen series Dawson's Creek and later graduated to full length features, such as Brokeback Mountain, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Born in Kalispell, Montana, she is the eldest of the five children of Larry Williams, a renowned commodities trader, and Carla Williams, a homemaker. She also has a half sister named Sara Williams, who is the vice principal of Loma Vista Elementary School, in Brentwood, California. When she was nine, her family moved to San Diego, California. At an early age, Williams took interest in acting. With her parents' disapproval, at age fifteen Williams emancipated herself from her pa... Biography of Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour (born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known French singers abroad. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed more than 1000 songs (including 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and sold well over 100 million records. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006. Film career Aznavour has had a long and varied parallel career as an actor, appearing in over 60 films. In 1960 Aznavour starred in François Truffaut's Tirez sur le pianiste, playing a character called Édouard Saroyan. He also put in a critically acclaimed performance in the 1974 movie And Then There Were None. Aznavour had an importan... Biography of Michèle Mercier
Michèle Mercier, (born January 1, 1939 as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier) is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Mario Bava, Peter Collinson and Ken Annakin. Her leading men have included Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Gabin, Charles Aznavour, Robert Hossein, Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis and Charlton Heston. Although she appeared in more than fifty films, it is for her role as "Angélique" that she is best known in France. The daughter of a French pharmacist father and an Italian mother, she initially wanted to be a dancer. The circumstances of war made this difficult and her parents saw it as only a whim; however, her d... Biography of Vanessa Marcil
Vanessa Marcil (born October 15, 1968) is an American actress known for her roles in the TV series General Hospital and Las Vegas. Early life Marcil, the youngest of four children, was born Sally Vanessa Ortiz in Indio, California, the daughter of Peter Ortiz, a contractor and self-made millionaire, and Patricia Marcil, an herbalist; her parents are separated. Marcil's father is Mexican and her mother is American of French, Italian and Portuguese ancestry. Marcil was named after actress Vanessa Redgrave. Career Marcil acted in a number of theatre productions before landing the role of Brenda Barrett on the soap opera General Hospital in 1992. She garnered three Daytime Emmy Award nominations (1997, 1998 and 2003) for her portrayal, winning in 2003 as "Outstanding Supporting Actr... Biography of Laurence Ferrari
Laurence Ferrari, born July 5, 1966 in Aix-les-Bains, is a French journalist.... Biography of Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is a Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, composer, actress, dancer and record producer. She is ranked as the ninth most successful artist in the history of rock and roll and the second most successful female recording artist of all time in the US according to Billboard. . In 2006, it was announced that Jackson was the "Most Searched in Internet History", and the "Most Searched for News Item", in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2007, Jackson was ranked the 7th richest woman in the entertainment business by Forbes Magazine, amassing a fortune of over $150 million. Personal life In 1984, at age eighteen, Jackson eloped with James DeBarge, a member of the singing group DeBarge. News of the couple's... Biography of Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Early life Moore was born to Peter Moore Smith, a military judge and army colonel, and Anne, a psychiatrist and social worker who emigrated from Dunoon, Scotland. She has a younger sister, Valerie, and brother, Peter Moore Smith III (born 1965). Growing up as an "army brat", she lived in twenty-three places across the United States and Germany. Moore attended Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her Bachelor's degree at the College of Fine Arts in Boston University. Career Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress before being cast i... Biography of Rose McGowan
Rose Arianna McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an Italian-born American actress. She is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. She played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series Elvis. In 2008, she was guest programmer and co-host of TCM's film-series program, The Essentials. She made her film debut in the 1992 comedy Encino Man, where she played a small role. Her performance as Amy Blue in the 1995 dark comedy film The Doom Generation brought her to a wider attention, and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. McGowan then appeared in the 1996 hit horror film Scream and starring alongside Ben Affleck in the 1997 thriller feature Going All the Way. Later, she appeared in ... Biography of Nina Hartley
Nina Hartley is an American pornographic actress and sex educator.... Biography of Dorothée (TV host)
Frédérique Hoschédé (born on 14 July 1953 in Paris, France), known as Dorothée, is a French singer and actress. She started her TV career in the Dorothée et Blablatus show. She also had a brief cinema career, playing in L'amour en fuite, François Truffaut's last film in the Antoine Doinel series, and in 1981 in Pile ou face by Robert Enrico. From 1982 to 1987, she presented the Récré A2 TV show on Antenne 2, then the Club Dorothée show (TF1) until 1997. Through popular TV shows for children like "Club Dorothée" famous in France for screening Japanese anime and tokusatsu shows like Choujuu Sentai Liveman and Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya which she had appearances in, she gained a huge fan-base among the generation born in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who still worship her though th... Biography of Edie Sedgwick
Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 15, 1971) was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s. In popular culture Sedgwick has been referenced in popular music, numerous times in addition to the works of her contemporaries described above. Rochester, NY garage band, THE PRIESTS refer to Edie Sedgwick in the lyrics to the song "She'll Never Know" from their debut CD, "THE PRIESTS", released on Garage-Pop Records in 2000.The Priests MySpace page The Cult wrote a song about her life called "Edie (Ciao Baby)" which was on their Sonic Temple album released in 1989. It was released as a single and video-clip starring an Edie-Double. The cover featured the famous "Ciao! Manhattan" cover shot. James Ray a... Biography of Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot (25 October 1931-28 February 2011) was a French actress. She began performing in 1954, making her film debut in Treize à table. She won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland. In 2002, she was awarded the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Piano Teacher. She collaborated with director Michael Haneke again, in the 2005 film Caché. Another of her famous roles is Nadia the prostitute in Luchino Visconti's epic Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960). Nadia's beauty drives a wedge between Rocco and his brother Simone (Renato Salvatori), who eventually rapes her. In contrast to their violent on-camera relationship, Girardot and Salvatori married in 196... Biography of Kat Deluna
Kat DeLuna (Born Kathleen Emperatriz de Luna in the Bronx, New York) is a bilingual American musician, of Dominican descent, who is signed to Epic Records. DeLuna was born November 17, 1987. Height: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m) At the age of 12, she was invited by the 'Queen of Merengue', Milly Quezada, to sing with her on stage in front of a big crowd of over thousand people. In April 2004, she opened for J Records musician Cassidy as part of the all Latino girl group Coquette. Kat and her family moved from The Bronx, US to the Dominican Republic, where she spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and realized her potential as a singer. Kat was accepted to the Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey under the vocal instruction of Dr. Jerry Forderhase. Kat is said to have a 5 octave vocal ra... Biography of Katie Price
Katie Price (born Katrina Alexandra Infield on May 22, 1978) is an English glamour model, television personality, magazine columnist and businesswoman commonly known as Jordan. Her personal life is regularly featured in British tabloids and celebrity-based magazines. She is married to pop singer Peter André and has two children (Harvey Daniel & Junior Savva) and is currently expecting her third child, a baby girl. Early life Price was born and brought up in the seaside town of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Her mother is English and her maternal grandmother is Jewish. She took the surname Price after her mother remarried following the split from her biological father when she was a child. Price has an older brother named Daniel and a younger sister, Sophie. Her decision to sta... Biography of Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia (pronounced im-brul-yah) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Willis in the popular Australian soap Neighbours (also responsible for launching pop singer Kylie Minogue). Two years after leaving the program, she launched a highly successful singing career with the international hit, "Torn". The subsequent debut album Left of the Middle (1998) sold 6 million copies worldwide. While following releases White Lilies Island (2001) and Counting Down the Days (2005) have been unable to match the commercial success of her debut, the latter became her first UK #1. Imbruglia is married to Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns. To date she has sold more than 8 million albums aro... Biography of Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America award winning American film director, writer and producer and founder World Cinema Foundation. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and the violence endemic in American society. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era. He earned an MFA in film directing from the NYU Film School. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Departed, which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards in 2007. Childhood Martin Scorsese was born in New York City. H... Biography of Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American model, author and actress and ex-wife of rock 'n' roll singer and musician Elvis Presley and mother of singer Lisa Marie Presley. Their marriage took place on May 1, 1967. Early life Priscilla's biological father, James Wagner, was a pilot who was killed in a plane crash when Priscilla was just an infant. Her mother, Norwegian-American Anna Lillian Iversen, then married Paul Beaulieu, a United States Air Force officer. Beaulieu took over the raising of Priscilla and is known as her father. The Beaulieus were stationed in West Germany at the same time as Elvis during his stint in the United States Army. Priscilla, an Air Force brat, was 14 years old when she met Elvis in Wiesbaden... Biography of Estelle Denis
Estelle Denis, born December 1976 in Paris, is a French journalist and TV host. She is the mate of Raymond Domenech.... Biography of Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit (Marathi: माधुरी दीक्षित) (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit to a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family on May 15, 1967) is an award winning Indian Bollywood actress and one of the biggest stars of the Indian film industry. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industry. Dixit has been praised for her beauty, acting talent and dancing skills. Film career Maduri Dixit made her acting debut in Abodh (1984). After a few minor and supporting roles her first major role was in Tezaab (1988) which launched her career. She then went on to star in the hit films Ram Lakhan (1989), Pari... Biography of Haile Selassie I
Emperor Haile Selassie I (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was de jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and de facto from 1916 to 1936 and 1941 to 1974. He is also widely known as the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement, founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s. To Ethiopians he has been known by many names, including Janhoy, Talaqu Meri, Abba Tekel, amongst others.... Biography of Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener, and pop cultural figure. She debuted in 1981 with the hit "Kids in America", which was number two in the UK Singles Chart. In 1986 she cracked the #1 spot in the United States with her hit "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Wilde was the first child of 1950s rock 'n' roller Marty Wilde (real name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, formerly of the British singing and dancing group, The Vernons Girls. Prior to the age of nine, she attended Oakfield Preparatory School, Dulwich. She moved with her family to Hertfordshire at the age of nine, where she was educated at Presdales School, Ware, before completing a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design in 1980. Wilde... Biography of Preity Zinta
Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, Urdu: پریتی زینتا. Pronunciation: /priːt̪ɪ zɪɳʈaː/ born 31 January 1975) is an award-winning Indian film actress who primarily works in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the Indian film industry. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Making her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), Zinta had her first commercial success with Soldier from the same year, and won a Filmfare Best Debut Award for both of the films. She was widely recognized with her performance as a teenage single mother in Kundan Shah's hit Kya Kehna (2000). After that, she went on to enact diverse... Biography of PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. PJ Harvey began her career as part of a trio (with drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Steve Vaughan). She has since recorded as a solo artist under the name PJ Harvey. Origins Harvey was born in Yeovil, Somerset and brought up in nearby Corscombe, Dorset. The daughter of a stonemason and a sculptor, Harvey grew up on a small sheep farm in Dorset. At an early age her parents introduced her to the blues, jazz and art-rock music which would later influence her the most strongly: "I was brought up listening to John Lee Hooker, to Howlin' Wolf, to Robert Johnson, and a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Captain Beefheart. So I was exposed to all these very compassionate musicians at a very young age, and that's always remaine... Biography of François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (September 4, 1768 (birth time source: Penfield, Astrodatabank) – July 4, 1848) was a French writer, politician and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. Early life and exile Born in Saint-Malo, the last of ten children, Chateaubriand grew up in his family's castle in Combourg, Brittany. His father, René de Chateaubriand (1718-86), was a former sea captain turned ship owner. His mother's maiden name was Apolline de Bedée. Chateaubriand's father was a morose, uncommunicative man and the young Chateaubriand grew up in an atmosphere of gloomy solitude, only broken by long walks in the Breton countryside and an intense friendship with his sister Lucile. Chateaubriand was educated in Dol, Rennes and Dinan. For ... Biography of Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE, (born on July 26, 1945) is an English stage, television and film actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards and assorted BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmy Awards during her career. Personal life Mirren was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov in Ilford, Essex, now a part of Greater London. She was the second of three children of a father of Russian origin and an English mother. Mirren's paternal grandfather, a Russian nobleman, tsarist colonel and diplomat, was negotiating an arms deal in Britain and was stranded there, along with his family, during the Russian Revolution. Her father, Vasily Petrovich Mironov, called himself Basil and changed the family name to Mirren in the 1950s. He played the viola with the London Philharmonic before World War II and, afte... Biography of Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945) is an American actress. Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award (and seven additional Golden Globe nominations), three BAFTA Film Award nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Farrow is also notable for her extensive humanitarian work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Her latest effort is "www.miafarrow.org", containing a guide on how to get involved with Darfur activism, along with her photos and blog entries from Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. Early life Farrow is the daughter of John Farrow, an Australian film director, and Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Both parents were practicing Ca... Biography of Danielle Mitterrand
Danielle Mitterrand (born Danielle Émilienne Isabelle Gouze 29 October 1924 – 22 November 2011) was the widow of former French President François Mitterrand, and was president of the foundation France Libertés Fondation Danielle Mitterrand. Biography When she was seventeen years old, her family (her parents were professors) aided the French Resistance and helped lodge men of the Maquis (French Resistance), and she became a liaison officer in the Resistance. She met François Mitterrand there, and married him after the Liberation three years later, on 28 October 1944. She created the France-Libertés Foundation in 1986, when she was First Lady, with the fusion of three smaller associations started in 1981. Danielle Mitterrand had three sons: Pascal (who died in childhood), Jean-Ch... Biography of Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci /ko.mə'neʧʲ/) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is one of the most well-known gymnasts in the world and, along with Olga Korbut, is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. Early life Comaneci was born in Oneşti, Romania, on 12 November 1961 as the daughter of Gheorghe and Ştefania-Alexandrina. Comaneci's pregnant mother was watching a Russian film in which the heroine of the story's name was Nadya, the shortened version of the Russian name Nadyezhda (which means, literally, "Hope"). She decided that her daughter would be named Nadia, too. Comaneci has a younger br... Biography of Sabrina Bryan
Sabrina Bryan (born Reba Sabrina Hinojos on September 16, 1984 in Yorba Linda, California) is an American singer, actress, and dancer best known as a member of the girl group, The Cheetah Girls and for starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name, and its sequel. She currently resides in Anaheim Hills, California. Early Life / Cheetah Girls Sabrina Bryan was born in Orange County, California. She is of Mexican descent on her father's side. She attended Chapman University in Orange, CA from 2003 until 2007, she studied Public Relations and Advertising. She was initiated into Delta Gamma there. Following the success of the Disney Channel original movie The Cheetah Girls, Bryan, along with Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams (the other stars from the movie), achieved g... Biography of Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on February 15, 1951) is an English actress probably best known today as the co-star of the James Bond film Live and Let Die and star of the TV series and film Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Early life Born in Hayes, London, England to John Frankenberg, an English Jewish obstetrician of Polish and German origin and his Dutch wife, she took the stage name of Jane Seymour at the age of 17. Acting career She has had a long career in both film and television, beginning in 1969 with an uncredited role in Richard Attenborough's film version of Oh! What a Lovely War. Soon afterward she married Attenborough's son, Michael Attenborough. Her first major film role was as Lillian Stein, a Jewish woman seeking shelter from the Nazis wi... Biography of Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. She is the daughter of legendary actress and singer Judy Garland and her second husband, film director Vincente Minnelli. Minnelli is from a well-known artistic family; her maternal lineage had entertainers in the family going back six generations. Her famous mother, Judy Garland, had success in film and in music, and her aunts had been part of a singing group, "The Gumm Sisters," with her mother. Her father, also from a theatrical family including circus performers, was an acclaimed film director. Minnelli's first film appearance was at the age of three in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime, starring her mother and Van Jo... Biography of Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, producer, and actress. She has also been a voice actress and a red carpet commentator. Griffin is a self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity." She is arguably best known for her role on NBC's Suddenly Susan. She is also known for her reality show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, and for guest co-hosting on The View. Taille : 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Griffin was born Kathleen Mary Griffin in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, and raised there and in nearby Forest Park. She is a 1978 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School. Career Stand-up comedy Griffin began performing in the early 1980s with the Los Angeles improv comedy troupe, The Groundlings. In an E! True Hol... Biography of Anggun (singer)
Anggun Cipta Sasmi (born April 29, 1974, in Jakarta) is a singer/songwriter of French nationality. Her name means "Graceful" in Indonesian. Anggun is also the highest-selling Asian artist outside Asia and made a history for being the first Asian artist to break into international music scene. She is best known in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, as well as in several parts of Asia. At a young age, Anggun decided to follow in her father, Darto Singo's footsteps, and become an entertainer. During her early years, she was influenced by rock sounds of native Javanese artists and the rock & roll icon, Elvis Presley. She was educated in Catholic schools because her father wanted Anggun to have a high quality education, although she is a Muslim. Anggun began performing at age 7 and re... Biography of Mia Kirshner
Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is an actress who works in movies and television series. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she is the daughter of Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist for The Canadian Jewish News, who was born in a displaced person camp in Germany in 1946. He met her mother, Etti, a Bulgarian Jewish refugee, in Israel. She is a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Education Mia Kirshner studied Russian literature and 20th-century movie industry at McGill University in Montreal. Career In 1993, she played a dominatrix in Denys Arcand's movie Love and Human Remains and won a Genie nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. The year after she starred in Atom Egoyan's Exotica. In 1995, she auditioned for the role of Jenny in... Biography of Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy award winning American actress. Woodward, who is married to Paul Newman, is also a television and theatrical producer. Early life Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, where she remained until she was in the second grade. Her family relocated to Marietta, Georgia. They moved once again when she was a junior in high school. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1947, in Greenville, South Carolina. Woodward won many beauty contests as a teenager. She majored in drama at Louisiana State University, where she was an initiate of Chi Omega sorority, then headed to New York City to perform on the stage. She was influenced to become an actress by her mother's love of movies. Her ... Biography of Alessandra Sublet
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Lisa Edelstein (born May 21, 1966) is an award-winning American actress and playwright. She currently stars as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on critically-acclaimed FOX drama, House. Early life Lisa Edelstein was born to Jewish parents Alvin and Bonnie Edelstein in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her father is currently a pediatrician in New Jersey. One of three children, she was raised in Wayne, New Jersey and attended Wayne Valley High School, graduating in 1984. She moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study theatre at New York University's Tisch School of the Fine Arts. While living in New York, she became involved in the club scene known only as "Lisa E.", and caused enough of a stir in the community to be dubbed New York City's "Queen of Downtown" by writer and fellow celebutante James St. Ja... Biography of Maria Ozawa
Maria Ozawa (小澤マリア, Ozawa Maria?), who used the name Miyabi (みやび?) early in her career, is a Japanese adult video (AV) actress known in Japan as an AV idol. Life and career Ozawa was born in Hokkaido, Japan on January 8, 1986. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French-Canadian. Since she attended an international school from Primary School to High School, she claims that her English reading and writing ability is better than her Japanese. While at school, she played hockey every day, and often went to karaoke after class. Ozawa had her first sexual experience at the age of 13, and learned the "48 sexual positions" through a book that she bought herself. In 2002, while still in high school, Ozawa appeared in a short (30 s... Biography of Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, writer, talk-show host, and comedian. At times in her career she has also been known as "Roseanne Arnold" and "Roseanne Thomas". On the opening credits of one final-season episode of her TV show, she was credited as "Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas". For several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she was known simply as Roseanne, but by 2005 had resumed referring to herself by her maiden name, Roseanne Barr. Early life She was born in Salt Lake City to a working-class Jewish family, the oldest of four children. In her 1989 biography, she described her family's partial involvement in Mormonism, saying that on "Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning I was a Jew; Sunday afternoon, Tuesday after... Biography of Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estévez (born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, director and writer. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Personal life Estévez was born in New York, New York, the eldest child of artist Janet (née Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen. His siblings are Career is perhaps most famous as part of the 1980s Brat Pack group of actors, having starred in The Breakfast Club, Young Guns, and St. Elmo's Fire (1985). He also appeared in the cult film Repo Man (1984), as the punk-rocker turned car-repossessor Otto. Estévez is probably most recognizable among younger audiences for his The Mighty Ducks movie series. Most recently, he has directed episodes of the TV series, Filmography Seventeen Going on Nowhere (1980) (TV) To Climb a Mountain (1981) (TV) In the Custody of Strangers (1982) (TV) T... Biography of Sinem Kobal
Sinem Kombal is a Turkish actress born August 14, 1987. She is 1m63 (5' 4¼") tall. Filmography Dünyayi kurtaran adam'in oglu (2006) .... Bianca ... aka Turks in Space (International: English title) "Selena" (2006) (mini) TV Series .... Selena "Nefes nefese" (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Asligül Okul (2004) .... Sebnem "Lise defteri" (2003) TV Series .... Inci "Hürrem Sultan" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Ayse "Dadi" (2001) TV Series .... Dilara... Biography of Shauna Sand
Shauna Sand, born September 2, 1971 in San Diego, California, is an American television actress and model, most famous for her appearance as a Playboy Playmate. Starting at the age of five, Shauna studied ballet, jazz, and theater. In her Playmate Profile, she claims to have been very independent and highly motivated at an early age and being a straight A student. At 11, she enrolled in The School of Creative and Performing Arts and by 13 she received a dance scholarship with Ballet West in Aspen, Colorado. She admits to being shy and not having much time for a social life. Shauna began modeling at the age of nine after being approached by a local photographer. She signed with the Elite/Petite agency in New York at the age of 15. She took time off from modelling and went to Paris and ea... Biography of Kirsten Prout
Kirsten Prout (born September 28, 1990) is a teenage actress born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She stars in ABC Family's drama Kyle XY as Amanda Bloom. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Kirsten started acting in grade three and has come a long way since then. She is now 16 years old and is going into the eleventh grade. She loves acting, but in her off-time, she expresses a love for art and Track and Field. Her outlook for the future is to go to a university while doing other movies on the side. Kirsten is recognized for her role in the film Elektra, in which she starred alongside stars such as Jennifer Garner and Goran Visnjic. She has also been in the SciFi TV show Stargate SG-1 as Nesa in the episode "Birthright". Filmography Tell me no lies (2007) as Samantha Cooper Kyle... Biography of Truman Capote
Truman Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.... Biography of Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris Griffin on Family Guy. He also voices Lieutenant Gibbs in Titan Maximum and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the Mass Effect video game series. Green is one of the creators and producers of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken, in which he also voices several characters. He has appeared in many other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, Can't Hardly Wait, Without a Paddle, as a child in Woody Allen's Radio Days, and in the horror films Stephen King's It and "Idle Hands". ... Biography of Cécile Duflot
Cécile Duflot (born 1 April 1975 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (source: her birth certificate)) is a French politician. She is Party Secretary (i.e. leader) of Europe Écologie–The Greens, a position she has held since November 2006 and is, with Jean-Luc Bennahmias, the only Green leader to have served two consecutive terms (although Dominique Planck served three non-consecutive ones). Biography The eldest daughter of a railway unionist and a physics and chemistry teacher (who was herself also a unionist), Cécile Duflot spent her childhood and adolescence in district of Montereau-Surville before returning to her native town, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, in the early 1990s. She is a town planner by profession, a graduate of the ESSEC (top French Business School), and holds a master's degree... Biography of Mae West
Mae West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol. Famous for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudeville and on the legitimate stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become renowned as a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry. One of the most controversial stars of her day, West encountered many problems including censorship. When her cinematic career ended, she continued to perform on stage, in Las Vegas, in England, on radio and television, and recorded Rock and Roll albums. Early life Born Mary Jane West in Woodhaven, a middle class section of Queens, New York City, her childhood was moved on to various parts of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. She was the... Biography of Erik Per Sullivan
Erik Per Sullivan (born on July 12, 1991) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Dewey, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm, on the FOX series "Malcolm in the Middle", which is well-known for its originality. He also played the only child in the movie Unfaithful and played an orphaned child in The Cider House Rules. He was also in the movie Christmas with the Kranks, playing the character of Spike. He played young Joe Dirt in the film of the same name. In the movie Finding Nemo he voiced Sheldon the Seahorse. Biography Sullivan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only child of Fred and Ann Sullivan; his mother is from Sweden. He currently lives in Milford, Massachusetts, where his family owns a Mexican restaurant called "The Alamo". He speaks fl... Biography of Betty White
Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, in commercials, and was also a talk show host and a game show host, but is best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Personal life White was born Betty Marion White in Oak Park, Illinois, the daughter of Tess, a homemaker, and Horace White, a traveling salesman and electrical engineer. She was raised in Los Angeles, California. White attended Horace Mann Middle School in Beverly Hills, California, and then went to Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California, where she graduated in 1940. She was pre... Biography of Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gábor (born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917(1917-02-06)) is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. Personal Gábor was born in Budapest, the second of three daughters (Magda, Sári, and Éva) born to Vilmos Gábor, a soldier, and Jolie Gábor (Janci Tilleman). She was named after the then top Hungarian actress Sári Fedák, who was also called Zsa Zsa because her daughter couldn't pronounce the name Sári. 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, although this has not been confirmed. Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school, Zsa Zsa won the Miss Hungary beauty contest, in 1936, but was disqual... Biography of Nancy Reagan
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Reagan was born in New York in 1921 and moved to California in the 1940s, where she became an actress before meeting her husband, Ronald Reagan. They married in 1952, and had two children. Reagan became First Lady of California in 1967 with her husband's gubernatorial victory, during which she promoted the Foster Grandparents Program, and assisted former Prisoners of War from Vietnam. Upon Ronald Reagan's ascension to the presidency in 1981, Nancy Reagan became the First Lady. Mrs. Reagan experienced a great deal of criticism early in her husband's first term, mainly dealing with her decision to replenish t... Biography of Renée O'Connor
Renée O'Connor (born Evelyn Renée O'Connor on February 15, 1971 in Katy, Texas) is an American actress, producer and director best known for playing the role of Gabrielle on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Renée O'Connor was born to Walter and Sandra O'Connor. Her mother and stepfather, Sandra and Eddie Wilson, own the restaurant "Threadgill's" in Austin, famous for being the site of Janis Joplin's first gig. She has an older brother named Chris, who is a grocery store manager, and her biological father Walter is a finance manager. Her first role was at age 8 as a caterpillar during a Theater on Wheels production. At age 12, she began studying acting at Houston's Alley Theatre, and later attended The High School for the Perfor... Biography of Caterina Scorsone
Caterina Scorsone (born October 16, 1981) is a Canadian actress. Scorsone was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is the middle child of 5 in her family. She has two older twin sisters, a younger sister and brother. Francesca Scorsone is Caterina's older sister and also an actress. Caterina attended the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto where she starred in "Oklahoma!" and a several other productions. In addition, she went to Trinity College and, most recently, in 2005, she finished her studies at the University of Toronto where she learned literary studies, comparative religions and obtained a poli-sci degree. Acting career Caterina's first TV appearances were as a child on the Canadian children's TV show Mr. Dressup. In that show Caterina was a regular guest. The ser... Biography of Thora Birch
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was one of the leading child actors of the 1990's, starring in movies such as Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). Since the 1990's she has moved on to more mature roles, with notable performances in films such as American Beauty (1999), and the acclaimed cult film Ghost World (2001). Early life and career Birch was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest child of Jack Birch and Carol Connors. Both her parents (who have managed her career and remain her managers right up to the present day) were former adult film actors and her mother appeared in the pornographic film, Deep Throat. Birch, who has a brother named Bolt Birch, is of Jewish, Nordic, and Italian descent. The family's original surname wa... Biography of Cassia Riley
Cassia Riley (born October 27, 1980, in Los Angeles, California) is a model and was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for April 2005 and was Pet of the Year Runner-Up 2006. Riley made her first appearance on the Howard Stern radio show in June 2005, her second appearance in June 2006, and her third appearance on December 11, 2006. In January 2006 she was rumored to have had relations with New York Yankees star Derek Jeter which she has denied on Howard Stern and in an interview with Chaunce Hayden for New York Magazine "Steppin' Out". Measurements: 34C-26-34 Height: 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight: 110 lb (50 kg) Eye colour: Hazel Hair colour: Brown Natural bust: Yes Orientation: Bisexual References ^ Stern Show Archive for 2/9/2006. marksfriggin.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. ... Biography of Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress. Early life Thompson studied dance as a girl, and would practice three to four hours every day. She was dancing professionally by the age of 14. Lea then won scholarships to several ballet schools, including The American Ballet Theatre and The San Francisco Ballet. She danced with the The Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Pennsylvania Ballet Company, and The Ballet Repertory. She was informed by Baryshnikov that she was "too stocky". Due to this (as well as some small nagging injuries) she decided to give up dancing in favor of an acting career. She moved to New York at the age of 20, and performed in a number of Burger King ads in the 1980s along with Elisabeth Shue, her eventual co-star in the Ba... Biography of Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra
Eliana (born Eliana Michaelichin (or Michaelichen) Bezerra on November 22, 1973 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian TV hostess, actress and singer. She is currently the hostess of the TV show "Tudo é Possível", broadcast at the Brazilian TV network Rede Record on Sundays at 1:30 p.m. History Childhood: 1969-1982 José Bezerra, a Ceará native born in the city of Solonópole, came to São Paulo and met Eva Michaelichen (a Brazilian descendant of Russians and Ukrainians ), born in Irati. José and Eva, who first met in a family home where they both worked, were married and had their first daughter Helena Duarte. At this time José worked as caretaker of a residential building in the São Paulo Garden in São Paulo (a job he still holds today) and Eva, to help with the family budget, was a m... Biography of Michelle Yeoh
Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (Traditional Chinese: 楊紫瓊; Simplified Chinese: 杨紫琼; pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; Cantonese (Yale romanization): yèuhng jí kìhng; born August 6, 1962) is a Malaysian actress and dancer, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990's. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997. She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films. Beginning of career Michelle Yeoh was born to an ethnic Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia on August 6, 1962. She was very sporty when she was young and had a passion in dance. She started to stu... Biography of Kavya Madhavan
Kavya Madhavan is a popular Malayalam cinema actress . Though she normally does regular unimportant heroine roles, she has proved her ability in handling serious roles as well. Life Kavya Madhavan belongs to the Shaliya community who are traditionally engaged in weaving. Born in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district, Kerala, India to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She started to learn dance while studying in Nileswaram Rajas High School. She was the kalathilakam (A title bestowed to the artist who proves her skills in most artistic fields during a Sub District youth festival.) in Kasargod. Career Kavya entered the industry as a child artist in the film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) doing the role of a School Girl. She came to public attention when she did the childhood part of... Biography of Keri Russell
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mission: Impossible III and Waitress. Early life Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California to David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive, and Stephanie (Stephens). She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. Russell grew up in Dallas, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado, moving frequently because of her father's job. Career Russell first appeared on television ... Biography of Rachel Miner
Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York) is a Broadway, film and television actress. She is a Scientologist. A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director/teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller. She briefly came under the media spotlight for her two-year (1998-2000) marriage to actor Macaulay Culkin. The marriage was noted for the relatively young age at which the two were wed. Career Television Miner's television credits include Vickie in Shining Time Station: 'Tis A Gift (1990), Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light (1990–1995) and a guest starring role as Laurel in a Sex and the City episode, Twenty-something Girls vs. Thirty-something Women (1999). Theatre Among... Biography of Brittany Snow
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American television and film actress. Personal life Snow was born and grew up in Tampa, Florida to Cinda, who works for Prentice Hall, and John Snow, who worked in insurance and now organizes Snow's schedule. She is also a close personal friend of High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale and John Tucker Must Die co-star Sophia Bush. She is a 2004 graduate of Gaither High School in Tampa, Florida. Snow is a Roman Catholic. She enjoys spending time with old friends and family and often visits her hometown of Tampa, Fl. In an October, 2007 People magazine interview Snow admitted that for the longest time she was anorexic. However, with the help of family, friends, and other help, she got back on track. She currently has family who live in Country... Biography of Sibel Kekilli
Sibel Kekilli (born June 16, 1980 in Heilbronn, Germany) is an award-winning Turkish-German actress. Height: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m) Life and career One day while at a Cologne shopping mall, she was noticed by a casting director who called her up for an audition for a role in a movie. Sibel won the leading role for Fatih Akın's planned movie against a field of 350 other hopefuls. This movie Gegen die Wand (Head-On) written and directed by Fatih Akın was a major public success and received several prizes at film festivals: The "Golden Bear" prize for the best movie at the "54. Berlinale" (Berlin International Film Festival) on February 14. The golden prize in the category for the best actress at the "Deutscher Filmpreis" ("German Film Prize") on June 18. The "Quadriga" pr... Biography of Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860 – May 18, 1911) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. Mahler was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day. He has since come to be acknowledged as among the most important late-romantic composers, although during his lifetime his music was never fully accepted by the musical establishment. With the exceptions of an early piano quartet, Das Klagende Lied, an early cantata, and Totenfeier, the original tone-poem version of the first movement of the second symphony, Mahler's entire output consists of only two genres: symphony and song. Besides the nine completed numbered symphonies, his principal works are the song cycles Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (usually rendered as 'Songs of a Wayfa... Biography of Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Huffman on August 23, 1931 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Early years Eden graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco in 1949, and was elected Miss San Francisco, 1951, a preliminary to Miss America. She changed from "Huffman" to "Eden" came at the behest of her manager who thought the name Huffman would not sell in Hollywood. Eden agreed to change her last name, but insisted on keeping her first name, stating that she could not answer to anything else. TV and film roles Eden made featured appearances on popular television shows such as I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, Bachelor Father, Gunsmoke, ... Biography of Debra Winger
Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an Academy Award- nominated American actress. Early life Born Mary Debra Winger in Cleveland Heights, Ohio to a Jewish family, she spent several years in Israel, and served in the Israel Defense Forces. After returning to the United States, she was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage as a result. She was left partially paralyzed and blind for ten months, although she was initially told that she would never see again. With time on her hands to think about her life, she decided that, if she recovered, she would move to California and become an actress. Career Her first acting role was as "Debbie" in the 1976 sexploitation film Slumber Party '57. Her next role was as Diana Prince's younger sister Drusilla (Wonder... Biography of Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (Hindi: करिश्मा कपूर, born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a National Film Award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Making her film debut in 1991, Kapoor went on to become one of the most popular actresses of her generation. During her career years, she has been part of many commercially and critically successful films, Raja Hindustani being the most notable of them, as it was one of the biggest hits of its decade, and won Kapoor her first Filmfare Best Actress Award. She surprised critics and audiences with her performances in art films such as Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001), for which she earned a Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) awards ... Biography of Stacy Ferguson
Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and actress. She is a former member of the kids' TV series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the TV show Great Pretenders. She is currently a vocalist for the hip hop/pop group the Black Eyed Peas, as well as a solo artist, releasing her debut album, The Dutchess, in 2006. Early life Ferguson was born to Terri Gore and Patrick Ferguson. She has one sister, Dana, who is an actress. Her parents were Catholic and worked as schoolteachers, and Ferguson had a strict Catholic upbringing. During her youth, she was involved with members of the Mexican gangs in Hacienda Heights. Ferguson attended Glen A. Wilson High Schoo... Biography of Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Aimee Alexandra Fairchild (born February 3, 1950) is an American actress. Early life Fairchild was born Patsy Anne McClenny in Dallas, Texas, to Edward Milton McClenny and Martha Jane Hartt. Her first job was as a stand-in for Faye Dunaway during location filming for the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967). She took her new first name, Morgan, from the 1966 David Warner film, Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment. Moving to New York City, she secured her first on-screen role, appearing as maniacal Jennifer Pace in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1973 until 1977. Career Fairchild moved to Los Angeles and was cast as Jenna Wade in the television series Dallas in 1978, appearing in one episode (the role was later played by Priscilla Presley). Penthouse magazine had... Biography of Paola Andrea Rey
Paola Andrea Rey (born December 19, 1979 in Bucaramanga, Santander) is a Colombian actress. She has worked in many telenovelas but her most familiar role would be in the popular Colombian telenovela, Pasión de Gavilanes. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career Before 1998, Rey never realized that in the short period time of two days she would officially be in the cast of an up and coming telenovela. In 1998, Rey starred as Graciela in Fuego Verde. To Rey and her family it was a surprise that she was even given the opportunity. Since Rey had no prior experience or references in the drama field, Rey decided to leave her industrial engineering career in La Sabana University, to take up drama courses. This decision left a good mark in her career because, in the end of the year Rey was rewarded a... Biography of Kristian Alfonso
Kristian-Joy Alfonso (born September 5, 1963 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American soap opera actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) She began her career as a figure skater and gold medal champion at the Junior Olympics. At the age of 13, a devastating tobogganing accident ended her skating career and Kristian began modeling. By the time she was 15 she had appeared on the cover of over 30 magazines, including Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. She was first seen on TV, playing opposite Rock Hudson in the TV movie The Starmaker in 1981. Her career took off in April 1983 when she started playing Hope Williams on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. During that time, her character fell in love with, and married, ruggedly handsome Bo Brady (Peter Reckell). Alfonso left the show in April 1987 for a... Biography of Jean Lefebvre
Jean Lefebvre (October 3, 1919 - July 8, 2004) was a French actor. He was born in Valenciennes, Nord in France and died in Marrakech, Morocco. Selected filmography Les tontons flingueurs (1963) Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) Relaxe-toi chérie (1964) Quand passent les faisans (1965) Le gendarme à New York (1965) Trois enfants dans le désordre (1966) Un idiot à Paris (1967) Un drôle de colonel (1968) Le bourgeois gentil mec (1969) La valise (1973) C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire (1974) Pas de problème (1975) Le maestro (1977) On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge (1982)... Biography of Fabienne Carat
Fabienne Carat, born August 24, 1979 in Pau, is a French actress ("Plus belle la vie" and "Bin'o Bine").... Biography of Julie Benz
Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. Benz grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Franklin Regional High School in 1984. She later graduated from New York University. Initially, Benz followed her mother and older siblings, Jeffrey and Jennifer, into the figure skating field, and competed in the 1988 US Junior Ice Skating Championship. Benz gave up her pursuit of ice skating after an accident. Benz achieved her first acting role in a local play in 1989. She is perhaps best known for portraying the vampire Darla in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she was the first character seen on screen and spoke the first line, and later in the spin-off series, Angel. She has acted in such films as Jawbreaker and As Good as It ... Biography of Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn (born February 1, 1965) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe award-nominated American actress and filmmaker, best known for playing Audrey Horne on the cult TV series Twin Peaks, for her roles in Ruby, Of Mice and Men, Boxing Helena and Rude Awakening, and for portraying actress Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Fenn was born Sheryl Ann Fenn in Detroit, Michigan. She comes from a family of musicians: her mother is keyboard player Arlene Quatro, her aunt is singer Suzi Quatro, her grandfather Art Quatro was a jazz musician, and her father, Leo Fenn, managed such rock bands as Suzi Quatro's The Pleasure Seekers, Alice Cooper, and The Billion Dollar Babies. Fenn is of Italian and Hungarian descent on her mother's side and of Ir... Biography of Irene Cara
Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959, in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is best known for her recordings of the songs "Fame" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She also starred in the 1980 film version of Fame. Personal Cara's father, Gaspar (died in 1994), was an Afro-Puerto Rican. Her mother, Louise Escalera, is of French and Cuban descent. She has two sisters and two brothers. Married Hollywood stuntman Conrad Palmisano in 1986. They divorced in 1991. Cara's age has been the ... Biography of Nicole Narain
Nicole Narain is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in January 2002 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese while her father is East Indian and Chinese-Guyanese. Measurements 34"B - 27" - 35" Height 5 ft 4 in Weight 110 lb She has appeared in music videos like R.L's song "Got Me a Model", LL Cool J's "Luv You Better", Mario Winans' "I Don't Wanna Know" and Fabolous' "Baby". Reports surfaced in 2005 of a sex tape involving Narain and actor Colin Farrell. A restraining order was sought by Farrell and granted which prevented the sale, distribution or display of the tape. Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 62 July 1998 - pages 48-49. Playboy's Book of Linge... Biography of Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. He is widely hailed as one of the best singers in heavy metal; renowned for his consistently powerful voice and for popularizing the "devil's horns" hand gesture in metal culture. He is currently collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice, which is going under the name Heaven and Hell. On January 17, 2007, he was inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame at Guitar Center on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard. Early years Ronnie James Dio was born Ronald James Pad... Biography of Heather Carolin
Heather M. Carolin, born Augsut 15, 1982, is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in April, 2002 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She is well-known in the soft-core pornography industry for her 100% natural red hair, a relative rarity in the business. Measurements 34"B - 22" - 30" Height 5 ft 4 in Weight 98 lb... Biography of Lynette Fromme
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American member of the Manson Family. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. After serving 34 years in custody, she was released from prison on August 14, 2009. Early life Fromme was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of William Millar Fromme, an aeronautical engineer, and Helen Benzinger, a homemaker. As a child, Fromme was a performer for a popular local dance group called the Westchester Lariats, which in the late 1950s began touring the U.S. and Europe, appearing on The Lawrence Welk Show and at the White House. Fromme was in the 1959 tour. In 1963, the family moved to Redondo Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles, in the South Bay, and Fromme ... Biography of Cheryl Ladd
Cheryl Ladd (born July 12, 1951) is an American actress and singer. Early life Ladd was born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota to Marion Wayne Stoppelmoor, an engineer, and Delores H. Katz, a waitress. Career Ladd was known as "Cherie Moor" when she performed on the album based on Hanna-Barbera's Josie and the Pussycats animated series. Her most famous role was Kris Munroe on Charlie's Angels, when she replaced Farrah Fawcett starting in the second season of the series (1977). She also starred in the 1994–1996 series One West Waikiki. In January 1980, she sang the national anthem prior to Super Bowl XIV. In 1996, Ladd released a children's book, The Adventures of Little Nettie Windship. She followed that up in 2005 with Token Chick: A Woman’s Guide To Golfing With T... Biography of Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Leigh Baskett (born June 12, 1985), better known by her birth name of Kendra Wilkinson, is an American television personality and glamour model. She is well known for her role on the E! reality-television show The Girls Next Door, on which her life as one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends was documented. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in three nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Her own reality series, Kendra, debuted in June 2009. Kendra Wilkinson was born in San Diego, California, and is of English and Irish descent She is the elder of two children; her younger brother is Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for t... Biography of Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948) is a Tony Award-winning African American actress, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show. Rashād is also a black activist. Rashād was born in Harris County, Texas, to Andrew Arthur Allen and Vivian Ayers. She has one younger sister, Debbie. Her family spent one year in Mexico growing up, and consequently Rashād speaks both English and Spanish fluently, as well as Portuguese. She graduated from Howard University (where she later taught drama), and is a prominent member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the oldest historically Black collegiate sorority. Rashād first became notable on the stage with a string of Broadway credits, including roles in the... Biography of Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski; born May 28, 1977) is an American television host and television personality. She was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback (2001) and is a current co-host on the daytime talk show The View (since 2003). Early life Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of Roman Catholic-school teacher and lawyer Elizabeth DelPadre and architect Kenneth Filarski. She has one brother, Kenneth, Jr., a lawyer and aspiring musician. As a child, she lived in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island. Hasselbeck was raised Roman Catholic and attended St. Mary School in Cranston, followed by St. Mary Academy - Bay View in Riverside, Rhode Island, where she graduated in 1995. She then attended Boston College, where she... Biography of Mena Suvari
Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, model, designer and spokeswoman. She is perhaps best known for her work in American Beauty (1999) and the first two American Pie films. Early life Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island to Ando Süvari, an Estonian psychiatrist, and Candice, a Greek American nurse. By the age of twelve, Suvari was modeling; she starred in a Rice-a-Roni commercial by the age of thirteen. Attended Providence High School, in Los Angeles, California, class of 1997. Suvari spent her early years in an stone mansion, built in 1870, that she insists was haunted. She and her brothers saw several apparitions over the years, all of which she believed were friendly. The family later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where her three ol... Biography of Siti Nurhaliza
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin DIMP, JSM, SAP, PMP, AAP (born January 11, 1979) is a multiple-award winning Malaysian pop singer-songwriter. She is currently the most successful Malaysian singer in the industry. Unlike artists who have left Malaysia and reached international stardom, she became an international icon as her career blossomed locally. To date, she has garnered more than 100 local awards as well as international awards. Biography Early childhood (1979 – 1995) Siti Nurhaliza was born in Kampung Awah (Temerloh), Pahang on 11th January 1979. Siti is the fifth child in the family of of eight siblings. She comes from a musically inclined family. Her grandfather was a famous violinist, and her mother was a famous local traditional singer. From the age of 5, she follow... Biography of Ginger Lynn
Ginger Lynn (born Ginger Lynn Allen, December 14, 1962) is an American pornographic actress, remembered for her work in the 1980s. She also had occasional roles in low budget B-movies. AVN has ranked her at #7 in a list of the 50 greatest pornstars of all time. After ending her porn career, she began using her full name of Ginger Lynn Allen and found work in a variety of B movies. She had a late career comeback to the porn industry and made a short series of movies. During this two-year period she toured the country doing interviews for radio shows and appearances at adult stores. Early life Lynn was born Ginger Lynn Allen in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of 18-year-old dock supervisor Wayne Allen and 19-year-old switchboard operator Marilyn née McBride. Life in the Allen household ... Biography of Manju Warrier
Manju Warrier (born on 1 November 1978) was an Indian actress specialising in Malayalam cinema. She is married to actor Dileep and has a daughter named Meenakshi. Selected filmography Pathram (1999) Kannezhuthi Potttum Thottu (1998) Summer in Bethlahem (1998) Thooval Kottaram Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu Sammanam Daya Kaliyattam Pranayavarnangal Erattakkuttikalude Achan Innalakalillathe Thirakalkkappuram Kaliveedu Kanmadam Dillivaala Rajakumaran Kudamattom (1997) Aaram Thamburan (1997) Ee puzhayum kadannu (1996) Sallapam (1996) Saakshyam(1996)... Biography of Sydney Penny
Sydney Penny (born August 7, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American Daytime Emmy nominated actress best known for the roles of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap opera All My Children and Samantha "Sam" Kelly on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is of part Cherokee Native American descent and raised in Chatsworth, California. An early acting appearance was on the miniseries The Thorn Birds when she was only 12 years old as young Meggie. She also appeared as Dani in "The New Gidget" and as a pigeon-obsessed youngster in an episode of the cop series TJ Hooker. She also voiced Lucy Van Pelt on "It's Magic, Charlie Brown" (1981). She played the role of Julia Santos Keefer on the soap opera All My Children, from 1993 to 1996, with guest appearances in 1997 and 2002 ... Biography of Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) She was born in New York City, New York, to Peter Masterson and Carlin Glynn. She attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University. Her first movie appearance was in the original 1975 movie The Stepford Wives at the age of eight. She has starred in such movies as Fried Green Tomatoes, Bed of Roses, Benny & Joon, Radioland Murders, Some Kind of Wonderful and Bad Girls. More recently, she appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Rebecca Hendrix. She has also appeared on the stage, being nominated for a 2003 Tony Awards as Best Actress in the Maury Yeston's musical Nine: The Musical directed by David Leveaux. Masterson made... Biography of Alexz Johnson
Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian actress and singer/songwriter best known for screen roles in Final Destination 3 , So Weird and for playing the lead role of Jude Harrison in the hit teen drama series Instant Star . Early life Alexz Johnson was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada as the sixth of what would become ten children in her family. One of her sisters is a stage actress, and her brother Brendan is a musician with whom she often collaborates. She also has a brother named Zak who owns a Green Day fan site. From the age of two, Alexz would frequently sing for her large extended family; and by the age of seven, she was receiving vocal training, participating in festivals with her local youth choir, and giving solo performances at sc... Biography of Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Jean-Pierre Bouvier is a French climber born May 6, 1957 in Taverny.... Biography of Alina Kabaeva
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva Tatar: Älinä Marat qızı Qabayeva, Russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, born May 12, 1983 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR of Tatar parents). She is a rhythmic gymnast from Russia. Kabaeva is known for her extreme natural flexibility. She stands at 1.66m (5'4) and weighs 48kg (106lbs). Alina is Russia's most successful rhythmic gymnast to date, and is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics. Kabaeva started rhythmic gymnastics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1987 at age 4. Her first coach was A. Malkina. Her father was a professional football (soccer) player and the family was constantly following him to differ... Biography of Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (Polish pronunciation: (18 June 1949 – 10 April 2010) was the President of the Republic of Poland from 2005 to 2010, a politician of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice, PiS). Kaczyński served as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005, the day before his presidential inauguration. He was the identical twin brother of the former Prime Minister of Poland and current Chairman of the Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński. On 10 April 2010, he and his wife Maria Kaczyńska were killed when a Tupolev Tu-154 crashed while attempting to land at Smolensk-North airport in Russia. There were no survivors on the plane, which was carrying senior Polish government officials on a trip to commemorate the 70th anniv... Biography of Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American theater, television, and film actress. She was born Beatrice Neuwirth to Jewish American parents Lee, a mathematician, and Sydney Anne, an artist, in Princeton, New Jersey. She began to study dance at the age of five, and chose it as her field of concentration when she attended Juilliard in New York City in 1976 and 1977. During this period, she performed with the Princeton Ballet Company in Peter and the Wolf, The Nutcracker, and Coppelia and appeared in community theater musicals. Neuwirth made her Broadway debut in the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line in 1980. She has been featured in revivals of Little Me (1982) Sweet Charity (1986), for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress... Biography of Michelle Vieth
Michelle Vieth Paetau (November 19, 1979, Marshalltown, Iowa) is an American-born Mexican actress of telenovelas. She was married to actor Héctor Soberón from 2002 to 2003. Her family moved to Acapulco when she was three, and at the age of 15 she was invited to be an extra in the telenovela Acapulco, cuerpo y alma. Chilean producer Valentín Pimstein invited her to a casting for Televisa, however it was suggested that she first enroll in the Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) to study acting and modeling. Two years later, she auditioned for Mi pequeña traviesa and she obtained the leading role. In 2003, she was one of the celebrities living in the house of Big Brother VIP Mexico, and the fourth member to be expelled from the show. After her divorce from Héctor Soberón, an explicit ho... Biography of Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress of stage, television and film. Early life Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois to a car salesman father and a bartender mother. Tunney is Irish American; her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American. Tunney is Roman Catholic, and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. Robin graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in the class of 1990. She then went on to study acting at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Career At the age of eighteen, Tunney moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained several recurring TV roles on Class of '96, Law & Order, Dream On, and Life Goes On. Her breakthrough role was as a suicidal teenager in Empire Records before receiving the leading role as a Gothic wi... Biography of Kirsten Storms
Kirsten Renee Storms (born April 8, 1984, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actress best known for her role as Isabella "Belle" Black in the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives from 1999 - 2004. Storms currently stars on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and its prime-time spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift portraying Maxie Jones Early life and career Storms was born in Orlando, Florida. She is the daughter of Mike (a sportscaster) and Karen Storms (who is a successful acting coach and teacher, www.stormsacting.com). She has a younger sister named Gretchen and an older brother named Austin ( an Army paratrooper/medic). At the age of 5, Storms was discovered by a talent scout while performing in a showcase at an acting school for children. The talent scout convinced her parents in... Biography of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958 in Lombard, Illinois) is an American actress and singer of Italian descent. Mastrantonio's first credited screen appearance was in Brian DePalma's Scarface as Gina Montana, sister of Al Pacino's Tony Montana. She achieved prominence in her Academy Award nominated role in The Color of Money, opposite Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Her other featured roles of the 1980s include Slam Dance, opposite Tom Hulce and The January Man with Kevin Kline. She starred in writer/director James Cameron's science fiction blockbuster The Abyss with Ed Harris. Her most famous role, however, may be Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, in which she was cast as a late replacement for the pregnant Robin Wright. She has since limited her roles to tho... Biography of Letitia Dean
Letitia Dean (born 14 November 1967 in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire) is an English actress, probably best known for her role as Sharon Rickman in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. Height 5' 3½" (162 cm) Early life Letitia Dean was born in Hertfordshire to parents Leslie and Ellie Dean, in a cottage rented on the grand estate of the late British romantic novelist Barbara Cartland, known as Camfield Place. The youngest of three children, Dean picked up a penchant for performing at an early age. Both Dean and her older brother Stephen attended dance school in the village where they lived and they also performed a dance act together on stage. This later prompted Dean's successful application to attend the Italia Conti Theatre School at ten years old, and later the Sylvia Young Theat... Biography of Alain Giresse
Alain Giresse (born August 2, 1952 in Langoiran, Gironde) was a French professional football (soccer) midfielder. He played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (fourth place) and the 1986 FIFA World Cup (third place). He also was a member of the Euro 84 winning team.... Biography of Marlee Matlin
Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who is almost completely deaf. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Matlin was born in Morton Grove, Illinois to Libby and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She was raised in a Jewish family in Morton Grove, Illinois. Matlin graduated from John Hersey High School in nearby Arlington Heights and attended Harper College She lost all hearing in her right ear, and 80% of hearing in her left ear at the age of eighteen months. Career Matlin made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre version of The Wizard of Oz, and continued to appear with the same children's theatre group throughout her childhood. Her film debut, 1986's Children of a Lesser God, brought her a ... Biography of Carolina Dieckmann
Carolina Dieckmann, born September 16, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian model and actress. Height: 5' 3¾" (1.62 m) Filmography (Source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225867/ ) Sexo com Amor (2008) (post-production) .... Luisa Onde Andará Dulce Veiga? (2007) "Cobras & Lagartos" .... Leona / ... (165 episodes, 2006) - Episode dated 17 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Leona - Episode dated 16 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Leona - Episode dated 15 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Leona - Episode dated 14 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Leona - Episode dated 13 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Leona (160 more) "Senhora do Destino" .... Isabel / ... (163 episodes, 2004-2005) - Episode dated 11 March 2005 (2005) TV ... Biography of Olivia Palermo
Olivia Palermo (born February 28, 1986) is currently a cast member on the MTV reality television series The City. The daughter of a Connecticut real estate developer named Douglas Palermo, Palermo came to New York to attend the New School. She has been noted as a former socialite and has graced the cover of New York Magazine as the It-Girl in 2007. Palermo was born in New York and was raised between New York City and Connecticut. Growing up as an athlete, Palermo participated in sports such as ice hockey, skiing, lacrosse and tennis. She studied abroad in Paris before returning to New York to complete her undergraduate degree in Communications Studies at The New School. She is currently dating German model, Johannes Huebl. Career Palermo made her debut on the New York social sce... Biography of Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan, born December 24, 1973) is the American author of the bestselling, young adult Twilight series, which revolves around the relationship between mortal Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen. The Twilight books have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. A film adaptation of Twilight was released domestically on November 21, 2008. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel, The Host. Personal life Stephenie Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Stephen and Candy Morgan. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with five siblings: Seth, Emily, Jacob, Paul, and Heidi. She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she ... Biography of Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio Dosamantes (born June 17, 1971) is a Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated Mexican singer and actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Daughter of Mexican actress Susana Dosamantes, Rubio was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Her music is popular in Latin America, Spain, Italy and the United States. English-speakers may recognize her from her 2002 hit single "Don't Say Goodbye". Paulina Rubio has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Paulina Rubio released her latest album Ananda on September 19th, 2006 in th U.S. and on September 18th, 2006 worldwide. It reached the #1 spot in the U.S. and countries all over Latin America. It reached #25 on U.S. Billboard's "Billboard Hot 200" albums chart, and it reached the #1 spot on Billboards "Top Latin Albums." Ni Una Sola Pa... Biography of Chiaki Kuriyama
Chiaki Kuriyama (栗山 千明, Kuriyama Chiaki?), born October 10, 1984 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and model. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career Chiaki was one of most popular models of the mid-1990s child model boom in Japan. In 1997, she appeared in her break in the photobooks Shinwa-Shoujo (Girl of Myth) and Shoujokan (Girl's Residence), photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. Shinwa-Shoujo became a best-seller but, as it contained some nudity, was discontinued by the publisher in 1999 after the institution of new anti-child pornography laws. She also posed as a model for the child fashion magazines Nicola (1997-2001) and Puchi Lemon (1996-2001). She first achieved widespread recognition as an actress in Japan for her starring roles in th... Biography of Lisa Ann Walter
Lisa Ann Walter (born August 3, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, writer and film producer. She has appeared in such films as the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, Bruce Almighty, Shall We Dance, and War of the Worlds as Cheryl. Walter also created and starred in the short-lived 1996-1997 sitcom, Life's Work. She is a judge on ABC's reality television series The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?. life Walter was born in rural Pennsylvania and raised in suburban Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., where she remembers "always liking to show off" as a child. Her father was a geophysicist at NASA and indulged his own love of performing after-hours in local community theater. Eventually, Walter studied drama at Catholic University of America where... Biography of Roma Downey
Roma Downey (born on May 6, 1960 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an actress and producer, best known for her role as Della Reese's employee, Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel (1994–2003). Her most famous prior roles were as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 USA TV movie A Woman Named Jackie and as the Amazon leader in Hercules and the Amazon Women. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Twice divorced, she has a daughter, Reilly Marie Anspaugh (b. 1996). She married Mark Burnett on April 28, 2007 in their Malibu home. The wedding was officiated by Roma's Touched By An Angel co-star Della Reese, an ordained minister. Burnett is the creator of The Apprentice, Rock Star and Survivor reality series, and, coincidentally, served as a British soldier in Northern I... Biography of Régine Cavagnoud
Régine Cavagnoud (June 27, 1970 - October 31, 2001) was a French alpine skier. The 2001 Super-G World Champion, she was killed in a training accident. Career Régine Cavagnoud was born in Thônes, Haute-Savoie. Her career as professional skier was plagued by injuries. She finally secured a World Cup race victory in her 10th year of competition, a downhill race held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 21 January 1999. That was the first World Cup downhill race victory by a Frenchwoman in 17 years. All in all, she had nine World Cup victories, four of them Super-G, three downhill and two giant slalom. Her last World Cup victory occurred on 21 Mar 2001 in the giant slalom in Courchevel, France. She topped the Super-G World Cup rankings in 2001 and was ranked third overall for the World Cup se... Biography of Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts) is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. Kerrigan began skating at age six. She grew up with brothers who played hockey, and often joined in herself. She describes herself as having been a "tomboy". She won her first figure skating medal at age nine. Kerrigan was coached by Evy and Mary Scotvold. Her first placement at a major international competition was at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, when the United States team scored a medal sweep in the ladies' event. Kerrigan received the bronze medal behind Kristi Yamaguchi and Tonya Harding. She received a bronze medal in the 1992 Winter Olympics (Yamaguchi won the gold), and the silver medal at the 1992 World Championships... Biography of Talia Shire
Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946), is an American actress. Her name is in honor of her ancestral country (Italy). Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Born Talia Rose Coppola in Lake Success, New York; she is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola. She was married to composer David Shire, with whom she had a son, Matthew Orlando Shire. She has two other sons, actors/musicians Jason Schwartzman and Robert Carmine, from her second marriage to the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Shire first became famous for her role of Connie Corleone in The Godfather and its sequels. Later she portrayed "Adrian" the plain looking girlfriend, and later wife, of boxer Rocky Balboa (played by Sylvester Stallone) in the Rocky movies before Adria... Biography of Mia Sara
Mia Sarapocciello (born June 19, 1968 in Brooklyn Heights, New York) is an American actress who uses the stage name Mia Sara. She is best known for her roles as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as Melissa Walker, Jean-Claude Van Damme's wife in Timecop. Born in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Sara is a graduate of St. Ann's School. She has two Wheaten Terriers, enjoys flying and holds a Private Pilot license. In March 1996, Sara was married to Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) with whom she performed in Bullet to Beijing. In June 1997 they had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002. Career Sara got her first major role playing opposite Tom Cruise in Legend, but is best known for her role as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend... Biography of Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is a double Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career. Early life Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a father who was a college dean and former psychiatric social worker for the U.S. Army, and a mother who worked as a nurse. She had two brothers: Greg and Don Wiest. Wiest's original ambition was to be a ballerina, but in late high school she switched her sights to acting in theatre. She made her film debut in 1980, but did not make a name for herself as a film actress until teaming up with Woody Allen during the 1980s. Stage career Wiest's early career was in ... Biography of Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has starred on Broadway, in films and on television beginning in the 1950s. Early life Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey but attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, NY, graduating in 1942. Eva was inducted into the high school's hall of fame in 2006. She studied acting at Bowling Green State University, while a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. There is also a theatre on Bowling Green campus named after her. Early television career In the late '40s, she began doing extensive work in radio and television before winning the Drama Critics Award for her Broadway stage role in the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful (1953), in which she co-starred with such formidable actors as Lillian ... Biography of Mamie van Doren
Mamie Van Doren (born February 6, 1931 some sources say 1933) is an American actress and sex symbol. Early life She was born Joan Lucille Olander in Rowena, South Dakota, the daughter of Warner Carl Olander (March 30, 1908-June 4, 1992) and Lucille Harriet Bennett (January 21, 1912-August 27, 1995). She is of three-quarters Swedish ancestry; the remainder is mixed English and German. Her mother named her after Joan Crawford. In 1939, the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. In May 1942, they moved to Los Angeles. In early 1946, Joan began working as an usher at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The following year, she had a bit-part on an early television show. She also sang with Ted Fio Rito's band and entered beauty contests. In the summer of 1949, at age 18, she won the titles "Mis... Biography of Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe winning American actress who is particularly known for biographical film roles portraying women in American culture. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Bassett was born in New York city on August 16, 1958, then relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida, as a child. She and her sister D'nette were raised by their social worker mother, Betty. As a young child, her interest in entertaining developed, as she and her sister would often put on shows, reading poems or performing popular music for their family. At "Boca Ciega High School", Bassett was a member of the debate team, student government, drama club, choir, and was a cheerleader. Bassett attended Yale University and received her B.A. in African... Biography of Alain Robert (Spider-Man)
Alain Robert (born August 7, 1962 in Digoin, France as Robert Alain Philippe) is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man," Robert is an urban climber, free solo climbing rocks and up the vertical, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers. Overview While other famous urban climbers sometimes used clamps or suction cups, Robert uses no tools or safety devices of any kind. Using only his bare hands and climbing shoes, Robert has scaled more than 70 giant structures around the globe including many of the world's tallest structures. Robert began climbing as a young boy, scaling rock cliffs in the area around his home. His buildering career began at the age of 12 when he forgot his keys and was locked out of his parents' eighth-floor apartment. Instead of waiting for them to return home, A... Biography of Natalee Holloway
Natalee Ann Holloway (born October 21, 1986) disappeared on May 30, 2005, during a high school graduation trip to Aruba, a Caribbean country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. An American student from Mountain Brook, Alabama, Holloway graduated from Mountain Brook High School on May 24, 2005, shortly before the trip. The disappearance caused a media sensation in the United States. Holloway was scheduled to fly home later on May 30; however she failed to appear for her flight. Holloway was last seen by her classmates outside Carlos'n Charlie's, a Caribbean chain restaurant and nightclub in Oranjestad, with locals Joran van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. When questioned, the three men denied knowing what became of Holloway. Upon further investigation by authorities, Van ... Biography of Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actress, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal of Louisa Fenn on Boston Public and Karen Filippelli on The Office. Early life Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of media mogul Quincy Jones and his former wife, actress Peggy Lipton. Her father is an African-American and her mother is Jewish, descended from immigrants from Ireland and Russia. Jones attended Hebrew school and made the National Honor Society. In his autobiography, Jones' father recalled how he would often find his 5-year-old daughter under the covers after bedtime with a flashlight reading five books at a time. Around the same age, Jones was already playing classical concerts and winning awards. Her mother told Entertain... Biography of Melyssa Ford
Melyssa Savannah Ford (born on November 7, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is an Canadian model and actress. She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology. Ford's father is Afro-Bajan and her mother is Russian and Norwegian. She is currently dating songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox. Career Music video director Little X discovered Ford while she was a bartender at a Toronto nightclub and helped her launch her modeling career. She has been in several music videos, magazines such as XXL, King and had several television and film appearances. In March 2004, she hosted BET's How I'm Livin' series, and was the host of BET's lifestyle show entitled BET Style. That same year, she was featured in Maxim magazine and is currently in their online Girls of Maxim gallery. She is ... Biography of Trish Stratus
Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18, 1975, IPA: /strætɛˈdʒiːʌs/), better known by her stage name Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, retired professional wrestler and television personality from Canada. After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratus began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in March 2000. Early in her career, she was involved in sexually themed angles, such as managing the team T & A and a storyline affair with Vince McMahon. As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her wrestling skills and popularity strengthened. Because of this, she was a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time "WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed "Diva of the Decade". Af... Biography of Irina Kazakova
Irina Kazakova, born October 11, 1968, is a Russian athlet, specialist of marathon.... Biography of Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American stage, film and television actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer/actress, Judy Garland and Sidney Luft who was Judy's third husband and manager. As Garland's daughter, Lorna is the half-sister of Liza Minnelli. Childhood and early life Lorna was born on November 21st, 1952 to parents Sid Luft and Judy Garland. Shortly before giving birth, Judy became convinced she would die giving birth to her daughter Lorna, and even planned a farewell party, inviting many A-listers in Hollywood. Her fears turned out to be unfounded as she gave birth to Lorna through a caesarean procedure. Luft debuted on her mother’s CBS television series, The Judy Garland Show and was soon asked to join the family act... Biography of Kayleigh Pearson
Kayleigh Emma Pearson (born 25 June 1985 in Bath, England) is an English model. She was the winner of FHM's (For Him Magazine) High Street Honeys competition in 2003. Kayleigh sent a snap of herself to her soldier boyfriend to boost his morale while he was stationed in Iraq. She also posted the photo to competition judges, which has proved to be a wise decision. Height: 163cm She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2004 and 2005, and came 67th in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006. She is contracted to model agency IMM. She attended Bewdley High School and Sixth Form Centre from 1996 until 2001. She studied sports science at University College Worcester. In 2006 she had her breast size increased from 34B to 34DD/E.... Biography of Cécilia Cara
Cécilia Cara is a French actress and singer. Cécilia was born on June 5, 1984 in Cannes, on the French Riviera. Before making it big in France, Cécilia was still a 15-year-old attending secondary school. She started learning ballet at the age of 3, and at the age of 5 she began singing in the school choir and soon proved to be very gifted and talented. Thanks to different shows and singing contests, she improved her voice and progressively gained self-confidence. For two years in a row, she won first prize in a contest in Nice. She became very popular in her region and she soon gained popularity all over France with a TV show launching young artists. She finally came in 4th out of 500 candidates. Around the same time, a new musical was being born in France "Roméo et Juliette, de la H... Biography of Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress and tabloid talk show host, perhaps best known for her long-running Ricki Lake talk show and starring in the original version of the film Hairspray. In Fall 2007, Lake is expected to return to TV as the new host of ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos. (source: prnewswire.com/06-27-2007 Early life Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York to Jill, a homemaker, and Barry Lake, a pharmacist. She attended Ithaca College and the Professional Children's School. Early career Lake first appeared to audiences when she played the hefty Tracy Turnblad, the main character of the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. Her role as the overweight Red Cross recreation worker "Holly the Donut Dolly" in the television series Chi... Biography of Amber Benson
Amber Nicole Benson, born on January 8, 1977, is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as "Tara Maclay", on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Early life Benson was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She had a mixed Christian and Jewish upbringing. Career Feature and animation films While still working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Benson wrote, directed, produced, edited, and acted in a digital video feature called Chance (2002) which also featured James Marsters. After her time on Buffy, Benson began production on a series of animation film for the BBC with co-creator Christopher Golden and animation studio Cosgrove Hall. Ghosts of Albion: Legacy (2003) and its sequels are available on the BBC Cult website (http://www.bbc... Biography of Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine Wright; her maternal grandfather was architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Baxter's father was a prominent executive with the Seagrams Distillery Co. and she was raised in New York City amidst luxury and sophistication. At age ten, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. By the age of thirteen, Anne had appeared on Broadway. During this period, Baxter learned her acting craft as a student of the famed teacher Maria Ouspenskaya. Career Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs... Biography of Robert Blake
Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is an American actor most famous for starring in the U.S. television series "Baretta." Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early years He was born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi in Nutley, New Jersey, the son of Giacomo Gubitosi (January 14, 1906–August 15, 1956) and Elizabeth Cafone (born December 28, 1910). His brother was James Gubitosi (October 26, 1930–January 30, 1995) and his sister Giovanna Gubitosi. His father was born in Italy, arriving in the United States in 1907, and his mother was an Italian-American born in New Jersey. They married in 1929. In 1930, James worked as a die setter for a can manufacturer. Eventually, James and Elizabeth began a song-and-dance act. In 1936, the three children began performing, billed as "The Three Little Hil... Biography of Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were notorious outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States during the Great Depression. Their exploits were known nationwide. They captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1935. Though the gang was notorious for their bank robberies, Barrow preferred to rob small stores or gas stations. The gang was believed to have killed at least nine police officers, among several other murders. Though the public at the time believed Parker to be a full partner in the gang, and thus its crimes, her role in the Barrow Gang crimes has long been a source of controversy. Gang member... Biography of Peggy Fleming
Peggy Gail Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American figure skater. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion (1966-1968). Fleming has been a television commentator on figure skating for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic Games. Life and career Fleming was born in San Jose, California, the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Deal) and Albert Eugene Fleming, a newspaper journalist. She began skating at age nine when her family moved to Cleveland and soon began skating in earnest on the advice of her father. In 1961, when Fleming was twelve years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while on route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Champio... Biography of Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her 1953 Christmas song "Santa Baby". Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".. She took over the role of Catwoman for the 4th series of the 1960s Batman TV series, replacing Julie Newmar who was unavailable for the final series. Early life Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith on a cotton plantation in the tiny town of North, South Carolina. She said her mother was of Cherokee and African-American descent and her father of German and Dutch descent. She also claimed she was conceived by rape. Kitt was raised by Anna Mae Riley, an African American woman whom she believed was her mother. After Riley's death, she was sent to live ... Biography of Sung Hi Lee
Sung Hi Lee (born April 1, 1970) is a Korean American model who appears mostly in soft-core nude photoshoots. She has appeared in Playboy magazine as well as in numerous other magazines and some commercial advertising. Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Hair color Black Eye color Brown Measurements 33B-23-33.5 Weight 106 lb (48 kg) Born in Eunpyong-Gu (Gija-Chon), a borough of Seoul, Lee moved to the United States in 1978. She attended Ohio State University on a scholarship for three years. Lee has worked as an actress, appearing in films such as the erotic-thriller A Night On the Water (1998), Error in Judgment (1998), Chain of Command (2000), Nurse Betty (2000), This Girl's Life (2003), Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003), and The Girl Next Door (2004). S... Biography of Moira Kelly
Moira Kelly (March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an American actress. She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, NY. She attended Connetquot Senior High School in Bohemia, Long Island, graduating in the class of 1986. Later she attended Marymount Manhattan College. Kelly is notable for playing Mandy Hampton in the first season of the White House television drama The West Wing, as well as for providing the voice of Nala in Disney's The Lion King, The Lion King 1 1/2, and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. She also has appeared in the movies Chaplin, With Honors, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and, in arguably her best-known film appearance, as figur... Biography of Suzanne Pleshette
Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937 in New York City) is an American actress, best known as "Emily Hartley" on The Bob Newhart Show in the '70s. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Born to Eugene Pleshette, manager of the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York and dancer Geraldine Kaplan, she is a cousin of Knots Landing actor John Pleshette. Pleshette graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. She then attended Syracuse University. Acting career Pleshette has been in over two dozen made-for-television films and numerous film dramas of the late '50s, '60s and '70s. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award several times, most notably for Dr. Kildare. Pleshette is a former Broadway leading lady, having replaced Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker opposite Pat... Biography of Farrah Franklin
Farrah Franklin (born Destiny Farrah Franklin on May 3, 1981 in Fresno, California to an Italian father and an African American mother) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, model and former member of Destiny's Child. Early life Franklin was born in Iowa, raised in Fresno and Los Angeles. Growing up, she performed in various church choirs and in off Broadway musicals. In addition to performing, Franklin regularly mentored under privileged girls at Penny Lane, one of the world’s largest group homes in Los Angeles, in her spare time—something that she reportedly continues to do this day. Destiny's Child In 1999, Franklin was hired to be an extra in the music video for Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills.” It was there that she became acquainted with group members Kelly Ro... Biography of Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace or Noomi Norén, born December 28, 1979 in Hudiksval, Sweden, is a Danish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636426/ ) Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009) (filming) .... Lisa Salander Män som hatar kvinnor (2009) (post-production) .... Lisbeth Salander ... aka Mænd som hader kvinder (Denmark) ... aka The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (International: English title) Flickan som lekte med elden (2009) (post-production) .... Lisbeth Salander ... aka The Girl Who Played with Fire (International: English title) "Labyrint" .... Nicky (12 episodes, 2007-2008) - Födelsedag (2008) TV episode .... Nicky - Vendetta (2007) TV episode .... Nicky - Utmätning (2007) TV episode .... Nicky - Skuld (2007) TV episode .... Nicky - Spelets r... Biography of Anne Hidalgo
Anne Hidalgo, born June 19, 1959 in San Fernando, near Cadix in Spain, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Biography of Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host and singer, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Born in Los Angeles, Mullally moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 7. Her father, Carter Mullally, Jr., was a contract player with Paramount Pictures during the 1950s and her mother was a model. She studied ballet from the age of six and performed in a ballet company during high school. She revealed on a March 2006 episode of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she spent her summers in Los Angeles because of her mother's work. Following her graduation from Casady School, she attended Northwestern Univ... Biography of Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (born August 27, 1943) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated Golden Globe-winning American film and television actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Weld was born Susan Ker Weld in New York City, on 27 August, 1943 (a Friday). Her father, Lathrop Motley Weld, was a member of the wealthy Weld Family of Boston; he died when she was three and left her widowed mother, Aileen Ker, and two older siblings in difficult financial circumstances. Weld's mother capitalized on her daughter's beauty and put her to work as a child model to support the entire family. Using Weld's résumé from modelling, her mother secured an agent and Tuesday (an extension of her childhood nickname, "Tu-Tu") Weld made her acting debut on television at age twelve and her feature film debut at age t... Biography of Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams (born August 22, 1947) is an American actress best known for starring in the TV series Laverne & Shirley and the eponymous "Shirley". Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Williams was born Cynthia Jane Williams in Van Nuys, California, to John and Lillie Williams. She has a sister Carol Ann Williams. She graduated from Birmingham High School. Among her classmates were famed financier Michael Milken and fellow actress Sally Field. Cindy also attended Los Angeles City College and went on to become a movie actress in the early 1970s. She has appeared in 19 movies, but is best known for starring in the TV series Laverne & Shirley. Career Williams picked up important film roles early in her career: George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt 1972; as Ron Howard's high school s... Biography of Donna Mills
Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller on December 11, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress, primarily for her roles on soap operas and television. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) The naturally blonde-headed Mills began her career in the 1960s, playing, Laura Donnelly, on the daytime serial, Love is a Many Splendored Thing (a role she played from 1967 to 1970), and later as Michele Lee's least popular sister-in-law and homewrecker, Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner, on the long-running 1980s soap opera, Knots Landing (a role she played from 1980 to 1989). She even had a recurring role as Josie Bissett's mother on Melrose Place. Youth She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and began her career onstage in the late 1950s, first gaining prominence as ex-nun ... Biography of James Madison
James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), was an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution. As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution (said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights), and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". As a political theorist, Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special inte... Biography of Betty Grable
Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American dancer, singer, and actress. Her iconic bathing suit photo became the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in Life 100 Photos that Changed the World. Grable's legs were famously insured by her studio for $1,000,000 per leg at Lloyds of London. Early life She was born Elizabeth Ruth Grable in St. Louis, Missouri to John C. Grable (1883-1954) and Lillian Rose Hofmann (1889-1964). She was the youngest of three children. Most of Grable's recent ancestors were American, but her distant heritage included Dutch, Irish, German and English. She was propelled into acting by her mother. For her first role, as a chorus girl in the film Happy Days (1929), Grable was only 13 years old (legally u... Biography of Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Louise Spearritt (born April 1, 1981) is an English actress and former singer. She was previously a member of the successful pop group S Club (7). Personal life and early career She was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the youngest of three children and is the younger sister of former model and fashion designer Tanya Spearritt. Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt, from Lowestoft was a professional football player who played for Ipswich Town F.C. in the 1960s. At the age of 3, Spearritt modelled in a Mothercare catalogue. When she was 12, she landed a part in the Great Yarmouth Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society's production of Annie. Thereafter she successfully auditioned for the National Youth Music Theatre, and became part of the company. While with the NYMT she met future S Club ... Biography of Heinz Weixelbraun
Heinz Karl Weixelbraun, born May 19, 1963 in Spittal an der Drau, is an Austrian actor. He is famous as Christian Böck in TV serie Inspector Rex. Height: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m) Kommissar Rex (English Inspector Rex) is a popular Austrian-made police television drama, aired from 1994 to 2004 even though new series are being released. The series is set in Vienna and focuses on the three-man staff of an office of the Kriminalpolizei - the Austrian Crime Squad - specifically a Mordkommission, or Homicide Commission. In addition to the three policemen, the office is staffed by a German Shepherd called Rex who functions variously as a cadaver dog, a sniffer dog (for both contraband and narcotics) and as another pair of eyes and ears for his team. The original team at the office consisted of ... Biography of Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer, primarily for her roles on movies, soap operas and television. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) The naturally blonde-haired Fabares is best known for her roles as Donna Reed's daughter and oldest child, Mary Stone, on the long-running The Donna Reed Show (a role she played from 1958 to 1963), and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the long-running 1990s sitcom Coach. Born Michele Ann Marie Fabares in Santa Monica, California, she is the niece of Nanette Fabray, who changed the spelling of her last name, though Shelley kept the original form. She got her big break in the role of the teenage daughter in the long-running television family sitcom, The Donna Reed Show. Her national po... Biography of Izabella Miko
Izabella Anna Mikołajczak (born January 21, 1981), better known as Izabella Miko, is a Polish actress and model. Miko was born in Łódź, Poland to Grażyna Dyląg and Aleksander Mikołajczak, both of whom were actors. She grew up in Warsaw, where she studied to be a ballerina. An American choreographer invited her to study in New York City on a scholarship, and she traveled there with her mother on her fifteenth birthday. Three of Miko's best-known roles are Cammie in Coyote Ugly (2000), Carrie in HBO's Deadwood, and as a dancer in The Killers video for Mr Brightside. She also played the role of Sara Johnson in Save The Last Dance 2. Miko was ranked #48 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001. She also played roles in films like Minimal Knowledge (2002), Bye B... Biography of Inna (singer)
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born October 16, 1986) best known only as Inna, is a dance singer from Mangalia, Romania. She debuted in 2008 with the album Hot, produced by Play & Win. The main single from the album, the eponymous "Hot", reached number one in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Malta, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Greece and Ukraine. The second single promoted from the album, "Love", reached number 16 in Kiss FM's Fresh Top 40 in its debut week. She was nominated for best singer and best single at the Eska Awards in Poland. Inna also released a single titled "Deja Vu", in collaboration with Bob Taylor (aka Fizz), that was a major hit in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Russia, The Netherlands and Hungary.Her fourth single from her debut album was Am... Biography of Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jewish parents Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's clothing, and Rose (Winters), a singer. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was three years old. She studied in the Hollywood Studio Club, sharing the same bedroom with another beginner: Marilyn Monroe. Career As the New York Times obituary noted, "A major movie presence for more than five decades, Shelley Winters turned herself into a widely respected actress who won two Oscars". Winters originally broke into Hollywood as "the Blonde Bombshell," but quickly tired of the role's limitations. She washed off her makeup and played ag... Biography of Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August 1947, in Fort Recovery, Ohio) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for the song "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo". Derringer was also "Weird Al" Yankovic's producer and additional guitarist for five years, before rhythm guitarist Jim West became sole guitarist. Life and career When he was just 17, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. Derringer also recorded and played with a version of Johnny Winter's band called "Johnny Winter And ..." and both Edgar Winter's White Trash and The Edgar Winter Group. Derringer also had a successful solo career, and his solo ver... Biography of Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English actress, known for her work on British television. Early life Her father, Frank Vallely Holden, was a Petty officer in the Merchant Navy, from Liverpool. Her mother, Judith Mary Harrison, was a secretary from Gloucestershire. Her father left her mother when Amanda was four. Her mother married Leslie, whom Amanda regards as her real father, shortly afterwards. Her parents bought a guesthouse in Alum Chine in Bournemouth. Amanda went to school at Swanmore Secondary School in Hampshire for five years. She then studied Drama at the Jellicoe Theatre, now part of Bournemouth and Poole College. She gained two A levels, and went to the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green. TV career She is best known for her role as t... Biography of Sal Mineo
Salvatore "Sal" Mineo, Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was a Golden Globe-winning American film and theatre actor, best known for his Academy Award-nominated performance opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause. Mineo, born in The Bronx, the son of a Sicilian coffin maker, was enrolled by his mother in dancing and acting school at an early age. Acting career Mineo had his first stage appearance in The Rose Tattoo (1950), a play by Tennessee Williams. He also played the young prince opposite Yul Brynner in the stage musical The King and I. After a few more film and television appearances his breakthrough was Rebel Without A Cause in which he played John "Plato" Crawford, the sensitive teenager smitten with Jim Stark (played by James Dean). Mineo's biographe... Biography of Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel (born May 30, 1971) is a Tony Award-winning American actress, singer and songwriter who achieved fame for her performances as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the Tony award-winning musical Wicked and as Maureen Johnson in the Broadway and film versions of Rent. Early life Born in Queens, New York with the birth name Idina Kim Mentzel, Menzel is the daughter of Helene and Stuart Mentzel, who worked as a therapist and a pajama salesman respectively. She was raised in Syosset, New York with her younger sister Cara and later changed her surname (Mentzel) because of constant mispronunciation. When Menzel was 15-years-old, her parents divorced and she started working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer, a job which she continued throughout her time at New York Univ... Biography of Danica McKellar
Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975), is an US American actress and mathematician. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years. As a result of this unusual combination of interests, McKellar has a Erdős–Bacon number of 6. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Born in La Jolla, California, McKellar moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was eight. McKellar and sister Crystal McKellar have maintained a friendly competition to see who gets more acting jobs. Indeed, when the actress who would play Winnie had to be chosen, the last two actresses under consideration for the role were the McKellar sisters. The Wonder Years McKellar had a leading role in The Wonder Years, an Emmy Award winning American television dramedy creat... Biography of Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey E. Bregman (born May 29, 1963) is an American soap opera actress. She is best known for the role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless (1983 to 1995, 2000, 2001–present) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1995–1999, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2007) and for her role as Sarah Smythe on The Young and the Restless (2010). Personal life She was born in Munich, Germany to American musical arranger, record producer and composer Buddy Bregman and actress Suzanne Lloyd. She lived in Great Britain until the age of 10 when her family relocated to California. She has been acting since she was 11 years old. In 2004, Bregman launched her own yoga inspired clothing line "Bountiful Buddha" which sold popularly at friend Lisa Rinna's boutique "Belle Gray" in Los Angeles. Bergma... Biography of Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a classic R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Imperial Records era (1949-1962) Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a fat back beat. It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. Fats Domino then released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, who ... Biography of Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí, (or incorrectly as Anahi in English) born May 14, 1983, is a Mexican actress and singer. Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla was born on May 14, 1983 in Mexico City. Anahi has an older sister who used to be an actress. Anahi became famous for playing Mia in Rebelde and for being a member of the well known group RBD. She had a relationship with Christopher Uckermann for eight months and eventually broke up because they were better off as friends. Anahi considers her RBD members as her brothers and sisters. She has said that her other than Dulce acts like the group's baby. Anahi also dated Derrick James while they were filming Rebelde. Discography Solo albums and singles With RBD -Studio albums- Information Hoy es Ma... Biography of Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke, actress and director (born May 28, 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA), made her film debut in 1968 in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter with Alan Arkin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She then went on to co-star regularly with Clint Eastwood in his films, The Gauntlet, Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy, Sudden Impact, and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Sondra Locke began a romantic relationship with Clint Eastwood during the filming of Josey Wales. They lived together for 12 years. Her autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly includes a harrowing account of her years with Eastwood. When their relationship ended in 1988, Locke brought suit against Eastwood. Their settleme... Biography of Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. Early life Born in New York City and educated at Queensborough Community College, she appeared on Broadway starring in Chicago, Bob Fosse’s Dancin and Dreamgirls. Also she was a choreographer for Whitney Houston’s world tour from 1988–1992. Career Since the early '90s, Alexander has concentrated on film and TV, playing the character Catherine Duke on NewsRadio and the recurring character Jackie Robbins on ER. She is well known for her starring role as a mother addicted to drugs named Fran in The Corner. She has made guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, La Femme Nikita. She currently portrays the character Alexx Woods, a medical examiner i... Biography of Angel Boris
Angel Lynn Boris (born August 2, 1974 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) is an American model, actress and singer. Measurements 34" - 22" - 34" Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight 110 lb (50 kg) While working for Hawaiian Tropic, she appeared in a Playboy pictorial featuring the women of Hawaiian Tropic, and in July 1996 she became Playboy's Playmate of the Month. She appeared in many Special Editions of the magazine and has also appeared nude in other magazines and websites. She has also acted in several films and has appeared on numerous television shows. She worked as a booth babe for Eidos Interactive at the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). She is married and has a son. Major Film Roles The Still Life (2005) as "Cindy" The Deviants (film) (2004) as "Cecilia the Sex-... Biography of Oksana Baiul
Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: Оксана Баюл) (born November 16, 1977) is a Ukrainian professional figure skater. She is the 1994 Olympic Champion. Oksana Baiul was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in what is present-day Ukraine. She was only 13 when her mother, Marina, died of ovarian cancer. She had already lost her loving maternal grandparents as well. Her father had departed from her life after her parents' divorce when she was a baby, and her stepfather had no interest in raising her. After living with friends and sleeping on a cot at her hometown ice rink, she was eventually taken in by the top-ranked figure-skating coach in Odessa, Galina Zmievskaya, with whom Baiul subsequently lived while training. Zmievskaya's pupil and ... Biography of Giovanna Ralli
Giovanna Ralli is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome, January 2, 1935 (Source: Imdb). She won one Nastro d'Argento for her supporting role in C'eravamo tanto amati. Filmography I bambini ci guardano by Vittorio De Sica (1942) Variety Lights di Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini (1950) La lupa by Alberto Lattuada (1953) Villa Borghese by Gianni Franciolini (1953) Racconti romani by Gianni Franciolini (1955) Le ragazze di San Frediano by Valerio Zurlini (1955) Il bigamo by Luciano Emmer (1956) Il generale della Rovere by Roberto Rossellini (1959) Era notte a Roma by Roberto Rossellini (1960) La monaca di Monza by Carmine Gallone (1962) La fuga by Paolo Spinola (1964) What Did you Do in the War, Daddy? by Blake Edwards (1966) Il mercenario by Sergio Corbu... Biography of Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is a Golden Globe Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated American actress and television director. Early life Mason was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Edward Marion Mason, Jr., and his wife Catharine Kentwood-Mason. She has a younger sister, Linda (b. 1943). She grew up on Elmont Lane in Crestwood, MO. Mason is a graduate of Nerinx Hall High School and Webster College, both in Webster Groves, MO. Marriage and films She was married to playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, and starred in several movies based on his writings, including The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, Only When I Laugh, The Cheap Detective, and Max Dugan Returns. Chapter Two (1979) was based on her relationship with Simon up to their marriage. They divorced in 1984. Nominati... Biography of Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas (the source for her time of birth is http://www.facebook.com/mirandalambert?sk=wall)) is a two time Grammy Award nominated American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was releas... Biography of Ming-Na
Ming-Na Wen (Simplified Chinese: 温明娜; traditional Chinese: 溫明娜; pinyin: Wēn Míngnà; born November 20, 1963) is a Chinese American actress. She has been credited with and without her surname, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it. Early life Ming-Na was born on Coloane Island, Macau, to Chinese parents and moved to the United States as a young girl with her mother; her parents divorced when she was a toddler. She attended high school in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University, the same university that ER producer John Wells attended. She married American film writer Kirk Aanes in 1990, but divorced in 1993 without children... Biography of Adriana Esteves
Adriana Esteves, born December 15, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. Television 2007 - Toma Lá Dá Cá - Celinha 2005 - Belíssima - Stella Assumpção (voz - participação especial) 2005 - A Lua me disse - Heloísa Queiroz 2004 - Senhora do Destino - Maria de Nazaré Esteves Tedesco/Lourdes - 1ª fase 2003 - Kubanacan - Lola 2002 - Coração de Estudante - Amélinha (Amélia Mourão) 2000 - O Cravo e a Rosa - Catarina Batista 1998 - Torre de Babel - Sandrinha (Sandra da Silva) 1997 - A Indomada - Eulália de Mendonça e Albuquerque - 1ª fase/Lúcia Helena de Mendonça e Albuquerque - 2ª fase 1996 - Razão de Viver - Zilda (SBT) 1995 - Decadência - Carla 1993 - Renascer - Mariana 1992 - Pedra sobre Pedra - Marina Batista 1990 - Meu Bem, Meu Mal - Patrícia Melo 1... Biography of Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924–June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) The second of two sons (his brother Robert J. Serling later became a novelist), Rod was born in Syracuse, New York to Samuel and Esther Serling, but was raised in Binghamton, New York, where he later graduated from Binghamton High School. Though brought up in a Jewish family, Serling became a Unitarian Universalist. Military service Rod Serling served as a U.S. Army paratrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January 1943 to January 1945. He was seriously wounded in the wrist a... Biography of Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC series, Wives and Daughters and Deceit. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Annis was born in London and was convent educated. She began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes. While becoming an increasingly well-known face on screen, she has enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She gained notoriety for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film interpretation of Macbeth, particularly her recita... Biography of Geneviève Bujold
Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is an Oscar-nominated Canadian actress. Early life Related to 19th century Quebec strongman/weightlifter Louis Cyr, Bujold was raised by strict Roman Catholic French-Canadian parents who sent her to a convent school for her full 12 years of education. She disliked the school and its strict discipline, and eventually left it to pursue an acting career. Dramatically trained at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Art, she got her big break while on tour with a theatrical company in Paris, when French director Alain Resnais selected her for a role opposite Yves Montand in La Guerre est finie (1966). This led to her staying in France for a time where she made more films with noted French directors such as Louis Malle. Career ... Biography of Susan Ward
Susan Ward (born April 15, 1976) is an American actress and model. Career Ward began modeling at the age of 13, leaving school and moving to New York to do so, deciding to try her hand at acting several years later. After a few years of small TV jobs on All My Children and NBC's short-lived Malibu Shores, she landed her first main role as the heroine on Aaron Spelling's daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, where she played the virginal Meg Cummings. In 1999, she began to pursue a movie career, and starred as the psychotic Brittany Foster in the erotic thriller The In Crowd. The movie was a commercial disappointment in theaters, but found some success on cable and home video. The following year, Ward played a supporting role in the hit movie Shallow Hal. She has also acted in three ot... Biography of Jayma Mays
Jayma Suzette Mays (born 16 July 1979) is an American television and film actress. Mays was born in Grundy, Virginia. After graduating from Grundy Senior High School, she attended Radford University, graduating with a degree in Performing Arts. In 2004, she made her first television appearance on Joey. The following year, she made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Red Eye. Mays' other credits include House, Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Ghost Whisperer and Ugly Betty. Jayma was in other movies, such as: Bar Starz, Flags of Our Fathers and Blind Guy Driving. She also starred in the spoof film Epic Movie. She played characters called "Charlie" on two different TV shows in the 2006-2007 season: a waitress who befriends Hi... Biography of Peaches Geldof
Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof (born 16 March 1989) is a British socialite and occasional broadcaster. Background Geldof was born in London in 1989, the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. She is the granddaughter of Hughie Green. Her sisters are Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983) and Pixie Geldof (born 1990), and she also has a younger half-sister, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence, (born 1996). She grew up in Chelsea, and sat AS-level exams in 2006 in History Of Art, Classical Civilisation, Politics, and English at Queen's College, London. She currently lives in Islington. Life in the spotlight Geldof wrote and presented her own reality TV programme, Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind in 2005, which was followed up with Peaches Geldof... Biography of Cathy Downs
Cathy Downs (born March 3, 1924; died December 8, 1976) was an American film actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Born in Port Jefferson, New York, Downs began her film career with a small role in The Dolly Sisters (1945) and the following year played the title role in My Darling Clementine. Following the success of the latter, Downs was cast in a prison drama For You I Die (1947), an Abbott & Costello comedy The Noose Hangs High, and several western films. By the beginning of the 1950s she was appearing in lower budget films, including some science fiction films, with one of these films Missile to the Moon marking her last screen appearance, in 1958. She worked sporadically in television during the 1960s but was unemployed for several years before her death in Los Angeles, Californ... Biography of Kathleen Robertson
Kathleen Robertson (born July 8, 1973 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actress best known for her role of Clare Arnold on Beverly Hills, 90210. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Robertson began acting when she was 10, launching a television and film career in Canada. During this time, she attended the prestigious Hamilton High School and Hillfield Strathallan College. Her first continuing series was in the Canadian television program Maniac Mansion, from 1990-1993. She played Tina Edison, the eldest of three children and daughter to Dr. Fred Edison (Joe Flaherty). She did not debut on the big screen until her small role in the Brenton Spencer film Blown Away. She was cast as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210, where she remained until 1997. Her ex-boyfriend, director Gregg Araki, cast her ... Biography of Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie Bedelia (born March 25, 1948) is an American actress. Bedelia was born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin in New York City, New York, the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, a journalist. She is the sister of Kit Culkin; she is also the aunt of actors Macaulay, Quinn, Kieran, Christian, Shane and Rory Culkin. Bedelia was nominated for a Golden Globe for her starring role in 1983's Heart Like a Wheel as drag racer Shirley Muldowney. Other well-known performances came as the wives of Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988) and Harrison Ford in Presumed Innocent (1990). Bedelia appears in two Stephen King film adaptations: Salem's Lot and Needful Things. Filmography They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) ... Biography of Katie Lohmann
Katie Lohmann (born 29 January 1980 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is a model, actress, and most notably a Playboy Playmate for the month of April 2001. Measurements 32D - 22 - 32 Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight 103 lb (47 kg) She is the youngest of three children, with a brother and a sister. Her father, Dan, is a successful accountant and her mother, Sharon, is the head of payroll for Citibank. They were divorced in 1992. Lohmann discovered early on that she loved performing on stage. Her first performance was singing a song from the Walt Disney classic The Little Mermaid, at the age of eight, and she received a standing ovation. In 1989 a casting call took place for the new Disney Mickey Mouse show MMC. Although she had never worked on a TV show, Katie felt that this would be th... Biography of Laura Ramsey
Laura Ramsey (born November 14, 1982) is an American film and television actress. Ramsey was born in Brandon, Wisconsin, where she attended Laconia High School and subsequently moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She was discovered while waiting tables in a Los Angeles restaurant on Sunset Blvd. Ramsey was first cast in the reality show-based film, The Real Cancun (2003) where she had a sexual encounter on screen. The Real Cancun broke ground with this as they were the first to show sex on camera without showing nudity, before starring as Natalie Day in The Days, a television series that ran briefly on ABC in 2004. Filmography The Real Cancun (2003) - Herself The Days (2004) - Natalie Day Lords of Dogtown (2005) - Gabrielle Inside Out (2005) - Miranda Crue... Biography of Sandra Dee
Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 (or 1944) - February 20, 2005) was an American film actress best known for her role as "Gidget." Birth and background Born Alexandria Zuck to Mary Cimboliak, who was of Rusyn ancestry, and John Zuck, in Bayonne, New Jersey, Dee was a professional model by the age of four. She progressed to television commercials and then made her first film, Until They Sail, in 1957. There is some confusion as to her actual birth year, with evidence pointing to both 1942 and 1944; this likely stems back to her mother's practice of misreporting her age. Career In 1958 she won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" (along with Carolyn Jones and Diane Varsi). Her film career flourished, and she became known for her wholesome ingenue roles in such films as Imit... Biography of Joan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an Emmy-nominated American film actress who also achieved success later in life as a television actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Bennett, the youngest of three daughters, was born in Palisades Park, New Jersey, the daughter of stage actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison, and the younger sister of actresses Constance and Barbara Bennett (the mother of Morton Downey, Jr.). Bennett and her siblings were also the grand-daughters of prominent stage actor Morris W. Morris, who was of Afro-Caribbean descent. Morris, who was born in Jamaica (West Indies), was an American Civil War veteran who served in the "Blacks" division of the Louisiana Native Guards. Career Bennett made her first film appearance i... Biography of Mitch Gaylord
Mitchell ("Mitch") Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Van Nuys, California to a Jewish family. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 & 1984 U.S. National Championships, and the 1984 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship. In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Gaylord led the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's gymnastics team. There, Gaylord became the first American gymnast to score a perfect 10.00 in the Olympics. He also won the silver medal in vault, the bronze in parallel bars, and the bronze in the rings. Gaylord invented techniques performed on the horizontal bar named after himself: the "Gaylord" and the "Gaylord II," which are still performed by gymnasts today. Gaylord appeared in several movies and TV... Biography of Nilda Fernández
Nilda Fernández (October 25, 1957 in Barcelona) is a French-Spanish a singer-songwriter. Discography 1987 - Madrid - Madrid 1. Madrid Madrid 2. La Gitana 1991 - Nilda Fernández 1. Entre Lyon et Barcelone 2. Mes Yeux Dans Ton Regard 3. Croisière Sur Le Nil 4. Rendez-Vous Manqués 5. L'invitation A Venise 6. Nos Fiançailles 7. Luisita 8. Madrid Madrid 9. Bellissima 10. Mon Amour 11. Viendras-Tu Avec Moi- 1992 - 500 años 1. Entre Lyon y Barcelona 2. Mi amor en tu querer 3. Ay, ay, ay 4. Madrid Madrid 5. La invitación a Venecia 6. Yo le decía 7. Luisita 8. Bellísima 9. Mon amour 10. Dime donde estarás 1993 - Nilda Fernández 1. Ne me fais pas mal 2. De Londres 3. Cadermere femme 4. La gitana 5. Ultime rêve de l'amour 6. Ma ville 7. Sinfanai retu 8. Parce que je t'aime 9. M... Biography of Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress, known for her films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie and her Oscar-nominated role in Yentl. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Irving was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of film and stage director Jules Irving (née Jules Israel) and actress Priscilla Pointer. Irving's brother is writer/director David Irving (not the British holocaust denier of the same name), and her sister is singer Katie Irving. Irving is of Jewish descent on her father's side and has Welsh and Cherokee ancestry on her mother's. She was raised in Christian Science. In the late '60s and early '70s, Irving attended the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she appeared in a number of their productions. She also trained... Biography of Adam Lamberg
Adam Matthew Lamberg (born September 14, 1984) is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing David "Gordo" Gordon in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire from 2001 to 2004. Lamberg was born in New York City, the son of Suzanne, a public high school teacher, and Marc Lamberg. His father is Jewish and his mother is French Canadian; Lamberg considers himself a "cultural Jew." He attended P.S. 183 on the Upper East Side and Wagner Middle School. In 1998 he enrolled in the Bronx High School of Science but left after his sophomore year to audition, and consequently begin filming the Lizzie McGuire show. In New York, Lamberg has appeared in plays such as Nine Armenians, Asylum, The Gathering, and Adam Baum and the Jew Movie. He was Kirstie Alley's son in the ABC TV movie Radiant ... Biography of Sabrina Lloyd
Sabrina Lloyd (born November 20, 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American film and television actress. She was raised in Eustis, Florida. Two of her most high-profile roles were as Wade Welles in the science fiction series Sliders and as Natalie Hurley in the ABC sitcom Sports Night Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Sabrina Lloyd was born in Fairfax, Virginia. At age 12, she began acting by scoring the role of Pepper in a Mount Dora production of Annie. When she was 15, she participated in a student exchange program which allowed her to spend a year in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. While there, she got some training at the Brisbane Royal Theatre Company. She went on to perform exclusively in theater until she was 18. Lloyd moved to New York when she was 18 to pursue a film ca... Biography of Rianna Loving
Rianna Loving, born September 13, 1980 in Burbank California, is an American actress. Filmography "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987) "Undressed" (1999) "The Andy Dick Show" (2001) "American Family" (2002) "All That" (1994).... Biography of Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. Appearing in over 40 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in Laurel and Hardy's Another Fine Mess, The Devil's Brother (aka Fra Diavolo), and Chickens Come Home, and appeared briefly in The Bohemian Girl playing a part that was suddenly truncated by her mysterious early death. Early life Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and was a bright student who achieved good academic results. She intended to become a school teacher. However, in her late teens, she began entering beau... Biography of Adrienne Frantz
Adrienne Frantz (born June 7, 1978 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Ambrosia "Amber" Moore on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, which she now plays on The Young and the Restless. While on B&B, she also played Amber's sister, April Knight, briefly in 2003. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, she left the show later that year for her role as the villainess turned sympathetic heroine Amber on The Bold and the Beautiful. In 2001, she won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress. Frantz played the role on B&B until 2005, when she left to focus on a music career. As of May 2006 she is currently recording her debut album with producer Dani... Biography of Caroline Quentin
Caroline Quentin née Jones, (born June 11, 1961, in Reigate, Surrey) is a British actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career Quentin has had an extensive television and acting career and has become a very well-known actress. Her early work included appearing on the stage when she was in the chorus of the original cast of Les Misérables. Quentin became well-known for her television appearances in Men Behaving Badly, playing Dorothy, and playing Maddy Magellan in Jonathan Creek for many years. In July 1996, Quentin released a single, a cover of The Exciters hit Tell Him, with her Men Behaving Badly co-star Leslie Ash under the name of 'Quentin and Ash'. The single reached number 25 in the UK Charts and disappeared 3 weeks later. Quentin has also appeared in the 2001 telemovie Hot Mo... Biography of Stacie Orrico
Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is a Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Early life Stacie Orrico was born in Seattle, Washington to Italian-American parents. Orrico is one of five children: her siblings are Jesse, Rachel, Alicia and Joshua. Music career Orrico got her start in 1998 at the age of 12 by attending a Christian music festival Praise in the Rockies, held in her then-home state of Colorado. Orrico inadvertently entered a high-stakes talent competition, and won. A ForeFront Records executive was on hand and approached her for a record deal (she eventually did sign with them). Since then, she has released two albums. The first was Genuine (see 2000 in music), created at the young age of fourteen. It sold over... Biography of Mickie James
Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearing on its Raw brand. Ring name(s) Mickie James{ Alexis Laree Princess Alexis Queen Alexis Superball Vicki Adams Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Billed weight 124 lb (56 kg/8.9 st) James began her professional wrestling career in 1999 as a valet on the independent circuit, where she was known under the name Alexis Laree. She trained in several camps to improve her wrestling abilities before working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June 2002, where she gained national attention. After only a few appearances, she joined a stable called The Gathering and was written into angles with the group. She is also the first and only woman to be ... Biography of Laura Innes
Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1959) is an American actress and director. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career Innes was introduced to professional theater by her father, who frequently took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. Following his advice to "do what you love", she attended Northwestern University where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and earned a degree in theater. Her first stage credits were in Chicago at the renowned Goodman Theatre, where among other roles she played Stella opposite John Malkovich's Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. Other major stage credits include Two Shakespearean Actors with Eric Stoltz at Lincoln Center, Our Town at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Three Sisters at the La Jolla Playhouse ... Biography of Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Harden, one of five children, was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Beverly (née Bushfield), a housewife, and Thaddeus Harold Harden, a Texas native who was an officer in the Navy. One of her siblings is also named Thaddeus. Harden's family frequently moved because of her father's job, living in Japan, Germany, Greece, California and Maryland. She graduated from Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Maryland in 1976, the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in theatre, and the graduate theatre program at New York University with a Master of Fine Arts. Career Harden debuted on Broadway in Tony Kushner's Angels in America in 1993. For her film work, she won a Best Suppo... Biography of Marisol Nichols
Marisol Nichols (born November 2, 1973) is an American actress known for her role in the sixth season of 24 as Special Agent Nadia Yassir. She is also known for her portrayal of Audrey Griswold in Vegas Vacation and for being the spokesperson for Bally Total Fitness. Nichols was born to Hungarian and Mexican American parents and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She is the oldest of the three and has two younger brothers. At age 12 she started using alcohol and drugs but has been sober since she was 17. In an interview with AskMen.com, Nichols stated "I remember being 17 and looking around at some of the people that I was hanging out with, and I had this realization that if I didn’t knock this off now it would become my life." Nichols, a Scientologist, is an active advocate of Crimino... Biography of Lee Priest
Lee Andrew Priest McCutcheon, also known as “The Blond Myth” (born July 6, 1972 in Newcastle, Australia) is a IFBB professional bodybuilder. Background Priest was raised together with his two-year older sister by their mother, who also practices bodybuilding in Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia where he attended Platsburg Primary school. Priest has gained popularity in the bodybuilding world due to his down-to-Earth manner, laconic sense of humour and willingness to talk to and help young up-and-coming bodybuilders. At 162 centimetres, he is one of the shortest professional bodybuilders. When not competing, he weighs as much as 130 kilograms, but he cuts down to 90 kilograms in competition season. On July 1, 2000 he married Cathy LeFrancois, a female bodybuilder, from whom he h... Biography of Laura Leighton
Laura Leighton (born Laurie Miller on July 24, 1968) is an American actress. She was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa and is a 1986 graduate of West High School in Iowa City (ironically located on Melrose Avenue). In 1988, she assumed her grandfather's surname. Filmography Laura Leighton is probably best known for starring on Melrose Place from 1993 to 1997 as Jane Mancini's sister, Sydney Andrews. She originally appeared in a one-off guest appearance during the show's first season and was asked back for the second season. During breaks on filming of Melrose, Laura starred in the movie, In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy as Laurette Wilder, a woman from the wrong side of the tracks who falls for a rich boy, much to the disgust of his grandparents, and Deadly Encounter as Joan... Biography of Chelan Simmons
Chelan Simmons (born October 29, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Simmons was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of three children (one younger brother and an older sister) and has been a natural performer since the age of two. Her first movie role was as 'Its' first victim in the horror movie It (1990) in which she played Laurie Ann Winterbarger. Her most recognizable roles are in movies such as Final Destination 3 (2006) as Ashley Freund, and also in other movies like Carrie (2002) and Monster Island (2004). She has also guest starred in episodes of Smallville and Supernatural. Filmography Untitled Friday the 13th Sequel (2009) (in-production) The Christmas Cottage (2007) (pre-production)- Mrs.Placerville 1977 Ogre (2007) (TV) (post-production)- ... Biography of Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American Emmy and Gemini Award-winning actress and comedienne. She is well known for her comedy work on SCTV and for her film roles as Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice, Kate McCallister in Home Alone, Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas and the series of mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest. Career She started her acting career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City in Toronto. She was an understudy for Gilda Radner until she left for Saturday Night Live. Two years later, this theatre troupe created the television series SCTV, on which she became a regular performer. Memorable O'Hara characterizations on the show included Las Vegas scorcher (I wanna bear your children!) Lola Heatherton, buzzer-happy gam... Biography of Monica Brant
Monica Brant (born October 26, 1970) is an IFBB professional figure competitor and a former fitness competitor. She is well-known for competing in and becoming the 1998 Ms. Jan Tana Pro Fitness Champion and 1998 Ms. Fitness Olympia Champion. Originally born in Ft. Hood, Texas and raised on a 20 acre ranch in a small town outside of San Antonio called Castroville. Her mother is a professional horse training business and Monica started learning how to help her around the stables, riding and showing ponies and horses since the age of 5. By the time she was 14, she was giving riding lessons and training horses on her own with occasional advice from her mom. Along with volleyball and track in high school, she competed in many events: Western Pleasure, barrels and pole bending, English Pleasu... Biography of Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Marisol Ali (born January 24, 1979) is an American actress and R&B singer, perhaps best known for her role as Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Early life Ali was born in Long Island, New York, daughter of Sonia, a nurse, and Sheriff Ali, a police detective. Her mother is a native of Panama and her father is of mixed Black and Indian descent from Trinidad and Tobago. She has two younger sisters, Anastasia and Kimberly. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. She attended Marymount High School in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, and The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. In 2002, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard University. Career By the age of seven, Ali had begun her singing career. She ... Biography of Yvonne de Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo (born Margaret Yvonne Middleton) (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American film and television actress, best known for her role as "Lily Munster" on the 1964-1966 CBS television series The Munsters. Early life The daughter of an aspiring actress, Marie De Carlo, and a salesman, William Middleton, De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia. "I was named Margaret Yvonne - Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own." Her father abandoned her family when she was 3. As a teenager, “Peggy” was taken by her mother to Hollywood where she enrolled her in dancing school. Unable t... Biography of Hayley Mills
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mills is the younger daughter of the actor Sir John Mills and the playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is also the younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, who appears on the U.S. soap opera Passions and played the Nanny in Nanny and the Professor. Mills was 12 when she was discovered by J. Lee Thompson, who was looking for a boy at first to play the lead role in Tiger Bay. Walt Disney's wife, Lillian Disney saw her performance and suggested that Hayley be given the lead role in Pollyanna. That role of the "glad girl" who moves in with her aunt catapulted Mills to super-stardom in the United States and earned Mills a special Oscar. Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and... Biography of Chantal Jouanno
Chantal Jouanno (born July 12 1969 in Vernon (Eure, France) ) is a French politician. She has been Secretary of State for Ecology in the French Government of François Fillon since January 21, 2009. She replaced Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. She is a close ally of president Sarkozy and former president of ADEME. She is a former karate champion, being twelve times French champion in her category.... Biography of Daniela Denby-Ashe
Daniela Denby-Ashe (born 9 August 1978, London) is an English actress. Early life Daniela Denby-Ashe was born in London in 1978, and she has a brother two years her junior. Denby-Ashe is of exclusively Polish descent. Her father, Mirosław Pszkit (pronounced "Pshkeet"), was born in Poland and came to the United Kingdom aged 12. Denby-Ashe's mother was born in the UK and raised in France, but had Polish parents. Because of this, Denby-Ashe is fluent in French and Polish, as well as English. When her parents were getting married, they used the telephone directory to search for a suitable English-sounding surname, as some people wouldn't learn how to pronounce Pszkit. One found "Denby", the other "Ashe" and as they couldn't decide which to use, they decided to double-barrel the two su... Biography of Isabelle Duchesnay
Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) was an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France. She and her brother Paul Duchesnay were a successful pair in the sport, winning a world championship in 1991 and an Olympic silver medal in 1992. Raised in Canada, the Duchesnays started skating at an early age. Their first major success came at the 1982 Canadian Nationals, where they placed second in the junior competition. Over time, the Duchesnays' skating became more innovative and revolutionary. After the Canadian Federation of Figure Skating criticized their skating, they decided to leave the Canadian team. In 1985, they began skating for their mother's homeland of France instead. The Duchesnays' 1988 Winter Olympics programs were considered unusual.... Biography of Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque. Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Early life Paulette Goddard was born Marion Pauline Levy. She was an only child, born in Whitestone Landing, Queens, Long Island. Her father, Joseph Russell Levy, was Jewish, and her mother, Alta Mae Goddard, was Episcopalian. Her parents divorced while she was young, and she was raised by her mother. Her father virtually vanish... Biography of Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick (born August 9, 1985, Portland, Maine) is an American film and stage actress. She is known for her prominent roles in the 2003 film Camp and the 2007 film Rocket Science, and her supporting role in the 2008 film Twilight. Career Kendrick claims to have "caught the bug" at the age of ten, when her parents would drive her from her hometown of Portland, Maine to New York so that she could attend auditions. Her first appearance was the role of Dinah in the Broadway musical High Society in August 1998, at the age of twelve, which earned her Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations, the latter of which made her the second-youngest nominee ever. Afterwards, she featured in a number of other theatre productions, including the musical A Little Night Music,... Biography of Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska (pronounced /ˌvaʃiˈkɔvska/ or pronounced /ˌvaʃiˈkofska/), Vah-shee-KOV-ska/Vah-shee-KOF-ska; born October 14, 1989) is an Australian actress. She became known for her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment, after which she ventured into American film. A series of smaller parts led to starring roles in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), Gus Van Sant's film Restless (2011), and Cary Joji Fukunaga's adaptation of Jane Eyre (2011). Background Wasikowska was born and raised in Canberra. Her mother, Marzena Wasikowska, is a photographer from Poland, while her father, John Reid, is an Australian painter-and-collagist. She is the middle child of three, having an older sister and a younger brother. Her pare... Biography of Alice Braga
Alice Braga (born April 15, 1983) is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in several films, most notably as Angélica in 2002's highly acclaimed City of God. In 2007 her first U.S. blockbuster, I Am Legend, was released. Early life Braga was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Her exposure to the world of acting came at an exceedingly early age. As both her mother, Ana Maria Braga, and aunt, Sônia Braga, are actresses, Alice often accompanied the two to film sets and it did not take long for her to develop an appreciation for all things theatrical. She started out her career by appearing in school plays and even a few commercials, but it wasn’t until she was a teenager that she began seriously pursuing roles in television and movies. Career In 1998, Braga made her debut in a Portuguese-l... Biography of Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (8 August 1919 – 11 November 2010), was an Italian Academy Award-winning movie producer. Biography He was born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples, and grew up selling spaghetti produced by his father. His studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome were interrupted by the Second World War. Since his first movie, L'ultimo Combattimento, (1940) he has produced nearly 150. In 1946 his company, the Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, moved into production. In the early years, De Laurentiis produced neorealist films such as Bitter Rice (1946) and the Fellini classics La Strada (1954) and Nights of Cabiria (1956), often in collaboration with producer Carlo Ponti. In the 1960s, Dino De Laurentiis b... Biography of Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri, also known as JD, (born Jermaine Dupri Mauldin September 23, 1972 in Atlanta), is an American record producer and rapper. Music career Dupri has pursued a recording career of his own resulting in hits such as "Money Ain't a Thang" (1998, with Jay-Z), "Welcome to Atlanta" (2001, with Ludacris), "It's like That" (2005, with Mariah Carey), and "Gotta Getcha" featuring Johnta Austin. He became involved in a dispute between Eminem and Dr. Dre in 2002. So So Def, a label specializing in Southern hip hop, R&B, and bass music, was originally distributed through Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment. In 2003, Dupri was appointed president of Arista Black Music and moved So So Def and its artists there. In 2004, Dupri was appointed President of Urban Music at Virgin... Biography of Emma Samms
Emma Samms (born Emma Samuelson on August 28, 1960, in London) is a British television actress. Emma Samuelson trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Ballet School but had to stop dancing at 15 after an injury to her hip. She then decided to train as an actress, changing her name to Emma Samms as there was already an Emma Samuelson registered at actors union Equity. Career Samms has played Holly Sutton Scorpio on the daytime soap opera General Hospital in three stints: 1982 to 1985; 1992 to 1993; and again in 2006. During her early 90's tenure with the show, she also played the role of Holly's lookalike half-sister, Paloma, who was a heroic revolutionary. Paired with Tristan Rogers, she became one half of one of General Hospital's most popular and successful couples - Robert and... Biography of Kaila Yu
Kaila Yu (Chinese: 于麗萍, pinyin: Yú Lìpíng), born May 16, 1979 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese American nude model and pop singer. She gained popularity through modeling in import car shows. Kaila is known for her appearances in Import Tuner, Playboy, FHM, and her roles in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, House of Style, and Dark Blue. She began college at UC San Diego and later transferred to UCLA in order to live in Los Angeles to pursue modeling and singing. Kaila was born (Elaine Yang)in Taiwan. When she was three years old, her family moved to the Inland Empire, a region in Southern California where she attended Pioneer Jr. High School and Upland High School graduating class of 96. Pressure from her parents led her to take piano classes, ballet lesson... Biography of Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1936) is a Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She is also best known for a being a "regular" on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. Early life Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Canada, the only child of Lithuanian immigrants. In 1948 her family moved to Los Angeles where she attended high school and began studying acting and appearing in high school plays. Career Upon graduation, she landed an agent and appeared in an episode of Roy Rogers, followed by a spot on the series Adventures of Superman in 1953. That same year, she landed a role in the Academy Award-nominated musical Seven Brides for Se... Biography of Yvette Mimieux
Yvette Carmen Mimieux (b. January 8, 1942) is a now-retired American movie and television actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California to a French father and Mexican mother. (Some sources say she was born in 1939 - .) In 1960, Mimieux appeared in the hugely popular teen movie Where The Boys Are as well as George Pál's 1960 film version of H.G. Wells' classic 1895 novel, The Time Machine, co-starring Rod Taylor. The Time Machine was followed by The Light in the Piazza (1962) with Olivia de Havilland. In 1963, Mimieux appeared in Diamond Head and Toys in the Attic. At 5'4", 107 lbs, with 34"-21.5"-35" measurements (according to 1963's Movie Life Yearbook), Mimieux was widely regarded as a sex symbol during the 1960s. This perhaps affected her acting career, in which serious roles b... Biography of Alison Sweeney
Alison Ann Sweeney (born September 19, 1976) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Sweeney is best known for her portrayal of Samantha "Sami" Gene Brady on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives. In this role, she has earned four Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award. She has been on Days since January 6, 1993. A teenage actress on the soap, she took fellow Days star Bryan Dattilo to her high school prom. Her television debut was at age 5 in a Kodak advertisement. In the 1990s, Sweeney struggled with her weight. She eventually was a dress size 12, not obese by medical standards, but still quite larger than her television peers. She documented all the tabloid talk and personal anguish in her 2004 memoir, All The Days of... Biography of Virginie Caprice
Virginie Gervais is a French model and porn star. She was born in Versailles, France to an Italian father and an German mother. In 2005, she was the winner of FHM France's "High Street Honeys" competition. It was later discovered that she made an adult film before being famous, which appeared soon on the Internet and quickly propelled her to fame. In 2002, a German porn producer contacted Virginie. He proposed that she appear in his next film... X, Anmacherinnen 15: Enge Spalten. Recently, she started her own website, www.virginiecaprice.com, and appeared with the new model name Virginie Caprice, as her success continues and increases her appearances in TV commercials, music videos, films and magazines. Moreover, in 2007 she participated in another X-rated film, the recent Story of Virg... Biography of Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko Aylesworth (born December 9, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film and television actress, probably best known for her work on the television series 24. She is of Dutch, Welsh, and Japanese ancestry. Aylesworth moved to Seattle, Washington when she was 13 years old. She went on to study at the University of Washington. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career Beginning her career on the soap opera One Life to Live, Aylesworth also had minor roles in Random Hearts, and You've Got Mail. After guest starring roles in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Now and Again, and The West Wing, Aylesworth was part of the 2001 series All Souls, which was cancelled during its first season. In 2002, Aylesworth joined the cast of another series, American Embassy which also failed to... Biography of Louise Redknapp
Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (born Louise Elizabeth Nurding, November 4, 1974) is an English singer and television presenter, known as a member of the girl group Eternal and subsequently as a solo singer (billed simply as "Louise"). Among UK sport fans she is known as the wife of English footballer-turned-pundit Jamie Redknapp. In the July 2004 edition of FHM, she was named Sexiest Woman of the Decade. Music career Eternal While out illegally clubbing (at the age of 16) Nurding met music producer Denis Ingoldsby who was forming a girl band. She subsequently introduced him to her friend Kéllé Bryan. Bryan and Nurding, together with sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, formed Eternal in 1993. They performed a mixture of heavy R&B, soul, pop and dance. Eternal's debut single "Sta... Biography of Barbara La Marr
Barbara La Marr (Reatha Dale Watson) (July 28, 1896 in Yakima, Washington – January 30, 1926 in Altadena, California) was a popular American stage and motion picture actress, cabaret artist and writer. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Career After marrying and moving with her husband to New York City, La Marr found employment writing screenplays and her association with movie makers led to her returning to Los Angeles and making her film debut as an actress in 1920. Over the next few years she acted frequently in films, and was widely publicised as "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World". With this, she rapidly shot to stardom. La Marr made the successful leap from writer to actress in Douglas Fairbanks' The Nut (1921), appeared in over 30 films, wrote seven successful screenplays for Unite... Biography of Jane Pauley
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television journalist, and has been involved in news reporting since 1975. She is most known for her 13 year tenure on NBC's "Today" program and later 12 years of "Dateline NBC," and has acknowledged publicly her struggle with mental health and bipolar disorder. Early life and career Pauley competed in debate and public speaking tournaments while enrolled at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis. Pauley graduated from Warren Central High School in 1968. She subsequently earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where she was involved in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. After college, she worked from 1972 to 1975 at WISH in Indianapolis and from 1975 to 1976 at WMAQ in Chicago; from there she jo... Biography of Kyla Pratt
Kyla Alissa Pratt (born September 16, 1986), is an American actress and occasional singer. She is a native of Culver City, California, and sometimes she is credited as Kyla A. Pratt. Kyla is also the eldest of five children. Biography Kyla Pratt was born in California. Her first real acting experience came on a Friends episode, "The One Where Rachel Quits." She plays the little girl that Ross argues with in the Brown Bird meeting. She also starred in the 2001-2006 series One on One, where she played the role Breanna Barnes. Disney Channel Projects/Film Career Pratt has been involved in many Disney Channel projects, such as The Proud Family television show, The Proud Family Movie as the voice of Penny Proud and starred as Brandy in Smart Guy. Pratt also sang in the cover version o... Biography of Bijou Phillips
Bijou Lily Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an American actress, fashion model, and singer. Some of her larger film roles include Bully, Havoc, Hostel: Part II, and Tart. Early life Bijou Phillips was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his then-wife Geneviève Waïte, a South African model. Her older brother is Tamerlane Phillips and her half-siblings are Mackenzie Phillips, Jeffrey Phillips, and Chynna Phillips. The name "Bijou", which is French for "jewel," was taken from the song "My Petite Bijou" by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She was a child Equestrienne champion. Phillips began modeling at the age of 13. Emancipated from her parents the following year, Phillips lived on her own in New York City. Phillips was the y... Biography of Landry Allbright
Landry Alexandra Allbright (born August 1, 1989) is an American film and television actress. Allbright was born in San Dimas, Los Angeles, California. She got her start as the fifth Bridget Forrester on CBS's daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful. She played Nicolas Cage's young daughter in the 1997 big screen hit Con Air. She gained further recognition as Malcolm's first girlfriend, Julie Houlerman, on Fox's off-beat single-camera sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. She had a minor role in Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas adaptation. She also had a recurring role as the love interest of Jack's son on Will & Grace. Allbright has also made guest appearances on The Invisible Man, Spin City, Judging Amy, 7th Heaven, Without a Trace, Six Feet Under, The Guardian, and The West Wing... Biography of Lisa Hartman
Lisa Hartman (born June 1, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an actress. She made her first big splash in television in 1977 in the TV flop Tabitha; the belated spin-off of the 1960s sitcom Bewitched. Lisa played the now grown-up Tabitha Stephens, who tried making it on her own without using her magic powers. After that series' cancellation, she did several TV series guest spots and appeared in the 1981 CBS TV remake of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls. She played singer/actress Neely O'Hara, a role portrayed in the original 1967 film by Patty Duke. She then starred in the primetime soap Knots Landing as rock singer Ciji Dunne (1982 – 1983). After the Ciji character was murdered, fan outcry was so strong, Hartman was rehired to return to the series the following year, this time as Ci... Biography of Jean Robic
Jean Robic (born June 10, 1921 in Vouziers (Champagne-Ardenne) – died Claye-Souilly, October 6, 1980 ) was a French road racing cyclist, who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961, and died in a car accident near Claye-Souilly. Robic is best known for winning the Tour de France in 1947, when he went against tradition and attacked the race leader, Pierre Brambilla, on the last day. Robic secured enough of an advantage by accelerating on the Côte de Bon Secours on leaving Rouen that he was able to secure overall victory when the race finished that day in Paris. Robic was easily recognised for much of his career by the leather crash helmet that he wore, a precaution he took in a career notable for frequent crashes and injuries. The helmet won him... Biography of Gail Porter
Gail Porter (born March 23, 1971 at the Simpson's Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland), sometimes known by her married name Gail Hipgrave, is a British television presenter who became widely known after presenting Fully Booked in the late 1990s. Porter has tended to present family-friendly television programmes, or ones aimed directly at children, for example The Movie Chart Show, Top of the Pops, and Live & Kicking, work for CITV , and other programmes such as The Big Breakfast and Gail Porter's Big 90s for VH1 . Recently she presented three series of Dead Famous. In the late-'90s she began to pose for photos in men's magazines such as FHM. Probably the best-known product of her many photo-sessions is one particular still in which she is seen completely nude from behind, but turni... Biography of Carmen Sevilla
Carmen Sevilla (born October 16, 1930 in Seville) is a popular Spanish actress, singer and TV presenter. She made her film debut in 1948 in Jalisco Canta en Sevilla. Other roles include Academy Award nominee La venganza (film) , Buscando a Mónica (1962) and the 1956 French film Don Juan.. She played Mary Magdalene in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings (film). In 1972 she played Octavia in the English-language film Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Charlton Heston. She received a Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (Cinema Writers Circle) lifetime award in 2004. Filmographie (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786443/ ) "Ada Madrina" (1999) TV series .... Ada "Viuda blanca, La" (1986) TV series .... Alejandra Rostros (1978) .... The Woman Apolítico, El (1977) ... aka The Ap... Biography of Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, and Maytime). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Oscars (The Love Parade, One Hour With You, Naughty Marietta and San Francisco), and recorded extensively, earning three Gold Records. She later appeared in grand opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing grand opera to movie-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early years Jeanette Anna MacDonald was born June 18, 1903 a... Biography of Tammy Lynn Michaels
Tammy Lynn Michaels (born Tammy Lynn Doring November 26, 1974, north of Lafayette, Indiana), also known by the surname Etheridge after exchanging vows with Melissa Etheridge, and is an American actress. Michaels was a regular cast member on the Warner Brothers Network television show Popular and guest-starred on the Showtime drama The L Word. Career Michaels developed a passion for acting in junior high school and after graduating moved to New York to pursue it. She attended AMDA and completed three semesters but suffered a leg injury and withdrew from the school before graduation. While working as a bartender at a restaurant she was discovered by a talent scout. After moving to Los Angeles, Michaels landed the role of Nicole Julian on Popular. In 2002, Michaels guest-starred ... Biography of Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress. Early life Crain was born in Barstow, California to George A. Crain (a school teacher) and Loretta Carr; she was of Irish heritage on her mother's side, and of English and distant French descent on her father's. She moved to Los Angeles as a young child. An excellent ice skater, Crain first attracted attention when she was crowned Miss Pan Pacific at L.A.'s Pan Pacific Auditorium. Later, while still in high school, she was asked to make a screen test opposite Orson Welles. She did not get the part, but in 1943, at the age of 18, she appeared in a bit part in the movie The Gang's All Here. Career In 1944 she starred in Home in Indiana and In the Meantime, Darling. Her acting was critically panned, ... Biography of Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson started her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea-Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea. In the late 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides. The result ... Biography of Skyler Shaye
Skyler Shaye (born October 14, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Cloe in the 2007 film Bratz: The Movie. Shaye was born Skyler Anna Shuster in Los Angeles, California, the god daughter of acting veteran Jon Voight. At age fifteen she was emancipated from her parents, and in 2003 she began her own production company, Skye Entertainment. Shaye began acting as a child. Her first film acting role was in the 1996 independent horror film The Whispering as a ghost girl. Afterward, she went on to play various minor roles in theatrical motion pictures, including the dark comedy Manhood and the universally panned SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, as well as Berkeley and The Legend of Simon Conjurer. She's also done work on various television shows, such as playing the rol... Biography of Leila Arcieri
Leila C. Arcieri (born December 18, 1973) is an American actress and model. She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss California pageant and has appeared in the many films such as XXX, Wild Things 2, and Daddy Day Care. Early life Arcieri was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of an Italian American father and African-American Mother. Arcieri spent the better part of her childhood in Sebastopol, located in California's wine and redwood country. Shyness was a major obstacle in Leila's early life, one that she tried to overcome by throwing herself into high-school cheerleading. Upon graduating from high school, she moved to San Francisco, where she dabbled with both graphic design and photography before becoming a make-up artist. Career Arcieri was crowned Miss San... Biography of Sarah Clarke
Sarah Clarke (born February 16, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on the Fox Network's television show, 24. Early life Clarke was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Carolyn, a homemaker, and Ernest Clarke, an engineer. Clarke attended Indiana University, where she studied Fine Arts and Italian. While a student at IU, Clarke became a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was initiated into the Beta chapter in 1990. Clarke first became interested in acting while studying abroad during her senior year in Bologna, Italy. Upon returning to the United States, she began studying architectural photography. She received free acting lessons in return for taking photographs of a cultural arts center, and she studied acting at Circle in th... Biography of Barbara Payton
Barbara Payton (born Barbara Lee Redfield, November 16, 1927 - May 8, 1967) was an American film actress. Early life and career Born Barbara Lee Redfield in Cloquet, Minnesota, she was the daughter of restaurateurs, and raised in Odessa, Texas. In 1945, at age seventeen, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she began appearing in bit parts. After being discovered by James Cagney and his producer brother William, Payton starred in Cagney’s Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye in 1950. She signed a contract with Cagney’s production company. From 1955 to 1963, there were several skirmishes with the law - passing bad checks, public drunkenness, mental illness, drug abuse, and, ultimately, prostitution. She was pa... Biography of Alona Tal
Alona Tal (born October 20, 1983) is an Israeli television actress. Career Tal started her career fresh out of the Israeli army, with a children's musical video tape, in which she played an evil witch. Following that, she appeared in a commercial for a laundry detergent. After that she got the lead role in the Israeli film Lihiyot Kohav (Being a Star). During the filming of the movie, she was offered two roles in two different Israeli television shows, and she took both. The first was a soap opera named "Tzimerim" about the life of a family that runs a hotel; the second one was "The Pyjamas", a sitcom about a struggling band, determined to make it in the real world. This sitcom ran for four seasons, and gave Tal the chance to show her musical talent. Although she was the main ch... Biography of Estelle Parsons
Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an Academy Award-winning American theatre, film and television actress. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Early life Parsons was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elinor Ingebore (née Mattson), who was a native of Sweden, and Eben Parsons. She attended the Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine. After graduating from Connecticut College in 1949, Parsons initially studied law and then worked as a singer with a band before settling on an acting career in the early 1950s. Career Moving to New York, she worked as a writer, producer and commentator for The Today Show. She began performing Off-Broadway in 1961, and received a Theatre World Award in 1963 for her performance in Whisper into My Good Ear/Mrs.... Biography of Kona Carmack
Kona Carmack (born Jennifer Konaluhiole Carmack on October 1, 1976, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American model and actress who was born and raised in Honolulu. She studied marketing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and graduated from USC in 2004. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in February 1996. She is of Irish, Spanish, Filipino, Chinese, and Hawaiian descent. Measurements 34" B - 24" - 34" Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight 107 lb She has lived in Israel, Milan, and Tokyo.. She is now a graphics designer, working for the Vinokur Advertising Corporation of Los Angeles, California. Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 13 July 1997 - pages 13-20. Playboy's Playmates in Bed February 1999 - pages 26-27. Play... Biography of Linda Darnell
Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American film actress. Born Monetta Eloyse Darnell in Dallas, Texas, and one of five children, Darnell was a model by the age of 11 and was acting in theater by the age of 13. She was chosen by a talent scout to go to Hollywood but was sent home to Dallas when the scout discovered she had lied about her age. By 1939, Darnell had returned to Hollywood and immediately began to secure good roles, appearing in such films as Blood and Sand, Hangover Square and My Darling Clementine. She was cast, uncredited, as the Virgin Mary in The Song of Bernadette in 1943, in a controversial move by producer Darryl F. Zanuck. In 1947, Darnell won the starring role in the highly anticipated movie Forever Amber, based on a bestselling historic... Biography of Katerina Graham
Katerina Alexandre "Kat" Graham (born September 5, 1989) is a Swiss born American actress, singer, dancer, and model. She has appeared in numerous television shows and film productions, as well as music videos. In 2009, she began appearing in a supporting role as Bonnie Bennett in The CW television network show, The Vampire Diaries. Personal background Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Joseph, is Liberian, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish of half Russian and half Polish ancestry. Graham was born in Geneva, while her father was working as a journalist for the United Nations. Graham's father was a music executive and the godfather of two of Quincy Jones' children, while her grandfather was a UN Ambassador, serving for 40 years i... Biography of Gévrise Émane
Gévrise Émane, born July 27, 1982 in Yaoundé, Cameroun, is a French judoka. She won gold medal in World Judo Championships in Brazil in 2007.... Biography of Gülcan Karahanci
Gülcan Kamps (née Karahancı, born 20 September 1982 in Lübeck, Germany) is a German TV personality of Turkish descent. Gülcan was born on 20 September 1982 in Lübeck. After finishing her Abitur (A-level) at Lübeck, she decided to embark on a career in management economics. During this time, she was chosen by VIVA from among a pool of 1000 hopefuls in a VJ search. In 2004, teaming up with Mustafa Sandal she got onto the European top 10 music charts with Aya Benzer. In 2004, she placed 2nd in Maxim Magazine's women of the year in television. She also placed 60th in FHM Germany's 100 sexiest women and 71st for 2005. Since 2004, Gülcan has been involved in many charitable purposes such as with UNICEF for the "1 Viennese Tulip Ball". Since January 2005, she has moderated the interact... Biography of Natalia Rodríguez
Natalia Rodríguez Gallego (born December 11, 1982) is the full name of the Spanish singer Natalia. She was a contestant on the successful Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo in 2001, where she finished 14th. She is the Spanish Pop Princess. In 2002, she released her highly successful album No soy un ángel (I'm Not an Angel), produced by British dance producers Xenomania. She was transformed into the Spanish Britney Spears, and the first single off the album, Vas a volverme loca. In 2003, Natalia released Besa mi piel (Kiss My Skin), which equally was a success. On this album, she included 4 of her own compositions (including the first single, also called 'Besa Mi Piel'). In 2004, she released Natalia, her third album. The first single was track penned by Lucie Silvas called Sombras ... Biography of Faye Emerson
Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983) was an American film actress. She is remembered as an actress in many Warner Bros. films beginning in 1941. She was born in tiny Elizabeth in Allen Parish in south central Louisiana. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's ex in The Mask of Dimitrios. In 1948, she made her move to television, acting in various anthology series, such as The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse and Goodyear Television Playhouse. She served as host for several short-lived talk shows and musical/variety shows including Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948), The Faye Emerson Show (1950), Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951), Author Meets the Critics (1952) and Faye and Skitch (1953). She also made numerous guest appe... Biography of Niki Gudex
Niki Gudex (born 19 July 1978, Guildford, England) is an Australian professional mountain biker from Sydney. She competes in both downhill and cross country disciplines. In addition to being a professional mountainbiker, Gudex is also a model and a graphic designer. In the Australian edition of FHM magazine she has been listed in the 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.... Biography of Corinne Rey-Bellet
Corinne Rey-Bellet (2 August 1972 – 30 April 2006) was a Swiss alpine skier. Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 and won a total of five World Cup races. She retired in 2003 because of a series of injuries to her right knee. Death Rey-Bellet was shot and killed in her parents' home in the Swiss village of Les Crosets, Canton Valais on Sunday, 30 April 2006 by her husband Gerold Stadler. She was three months pregnant. Her brother Alain, who was to have been married the following Friday, was also killed, and her mother Verena was severely injured. Corinne's two-year-old son, Kevin, home at the time of the attack, was left unharmed, and Corinne's father was not home at the time. A warrant was issued for the arrest of her h... Biography of Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes, (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the Harlem Renaissance saying that "Harlem was in vogue." Ancestry and childhood Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, the second child of school teacher Carrie (Caroline) Mercer Langston and her husband James Nathaniel Hughes (1871–1934). Both parents were mixed-race, and Langston Hughes was of African American, European American and Native American descent. He grew up in a series of Midwestern small towns. Both his paternal and maternal great-grandmothers were African... Biography of Patti Page
Patti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore (some sources give Muskogee), Oklahoma) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. She is the best-selling female artist of the 1950s and was among the first to cross over from country music to pop. Her recording career spans the years 1947 to 1981. Page continues to perform live and was billed as "The Singing Rage, Miss Patti Page". Early life and rise to success She was born into a large and poor family. Her father worked on the MKT railroad, while her mother and older sisters picked cotton. They went without electricity, so young Clara could not read after dark, as she related on TV many years later. Clara Ann Fowler became a featured singer on a 15-minute radio program on radio station KTUL, T... Biography of Jade Villalon
Jade Valerie Villalon, also known by her stage name, Jade Valerie (born August 12, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. She is sometimes known as Jade from Sweetbox. She was the former lead singer of Sweetbox until she quit in September 2007, to pursue her own career under her new stage name. She had been with the band for 7 years between 2000 and 2007, solidifying the success of the band which previously had a hit with Everything's Gonna Be Alright in 1998 when the frontwoman was Tina Harris. For main information on her former pop group, see Sweetbox. Personal life Villalon was born in San Diego, California to a Filipino father and an American born mother of German and Irish descent. She was raised in Japan from the age of three, but spent the majority of her ch... Biography of Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole on April 1, 1952 in Houston, Texas) is an American dancer and actress. Early life and career Born to William West Toole Jr. and Dorothy Geraldine Niland, Annette began acting at a very young age, doing guest appearances in shows such as My Three Sons (1960), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955), and The Partridge Family (1970). 1970s-1980s Her first major role was as Robby Benson's tutor/girlfriend in the college basketball opus One on One in 1977. In 1981, she starred in the HBO onstage production of Vanities. Later on in 1982, she played Nick Nolte's loyal girlfriend in 48 Hours. In the same year, she appeared opposite Nastassja Kinski in Cat People. 1983 saw her play the part of Lana Lang in Superman III opposite Christopher Reeve. In 1985... Biography of Carole Montillet
Carole Montillet-Carles (born April 7, 1973) is a French alpine skier. Career She became a member of the Villard de Lans ski club in Grenoble. In 1994 and 1998, finished 14th in the Super-G at the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and Nagano respectively. In January 2002 Montillet was chosen by the Comité national olympique et sportif français to be the flag bearer for the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City. Her victory in the downhill ski event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was her first major triumph. It was also the first gold medal won by a Frenchwoman in Alpine Skiing since Marielle Goitschel's triumph in the women's slalom event in Grenoble in 1968. She dedicated this to her former teammate Régine Cavagnoud, who was killed in a training accident in 2001. ... Biography of Patricia Girard-Léno
Patricia Girard-Léno (born April 8, 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles. She competed for France in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, U.S. in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal. She also won a gold medal in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris in the 4x100 m relay. Height 1.63 m Weight 48 kg... Biography of Anna Wing
Anna Wing (born 30 October 1914) is an English actress. She has had a long career in television and theatre. She was born in Hackney, London, and started out as an artist's model and later, during the Second World War, worked in East End hospitals. At 30, she married the actor Peter Davey, by whom she had a son, the actor-director Mark Wing-Davey, but the marriage ended in divorce after three years. She later had a long relationship with the poet Philip O'Connor. She is well remembered for portraying the Beale and Fowler family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC television series EastEnders from the show's inception in February 1985, until the character was killed off in July 1988. Anna quit her role in the hit show as she was unhappy with the direction it was going, but has since reflec... Biography of Amanda Detmer
Amanda Jeannette Detmer (born September 27, 1971) is an American actress who has appeared in various films and television shows. Personal life Detmer was born in Chico, California, the daughter of Susan, a reading teacher, and Melvin Detmer, a singing cowboy. She attended California State University, Chico for her undergraduate education; deciding to complete her Master of Fine Arts from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts before seriously embarking on a career in show business. Career Detmer made her onscreen debut in 1995 with the television movie Stolen Innocence, and her big screen debut playing Miss Minneapolis in the beauty pageant-set comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. She has also made notable film appearances in Final Destination, Saving Silverman, The Majestic and Big Fat Liar. In ... Biography of Nathalie Pechalat
Nathalie Pechalat, born December 12, 1983 in Rouen, is a French artistic skater.... Biography of Jane Badler
Jane Badler (b. December 31, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known known for her role as Diana, the chief antagonist in the 1980s sci-fi saga V. Badler spent her teen years in Great Neck, New York, moving to Manchester, New Hampshire, when she was in high school. Badler won the title Miss New Hampshire and competed at the 1973 Miss America Pageant. Subsequently, she enrolled at the prestigious Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois to study drama. Film career Her first television role was on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live as Melinda Cramer Janssen from 1977 to 1981. She returned to the role in 1983. During her original stint, she also appeared in an episode of the primetime series Fantasy Island. Badler also starred on another... Biography of Kate O'Mara
Kate O'Mara (b. August 10, 1939, Leicester) is an English film and television actress. Born as Kate Carroll, the daughter of John Carroll and actress Hazel Bainbridge. She was educated at the Aida Foster School, beginning an early career as a speech therapist, but switched gears to acting. O'Mara had an out of wedlock son, Chris (b. 1963), whom she was forced to give up for adoption but was later reunited with him. She made her debut in a stage production of The Merchant of Venice in 1963. Although she was one of Hammer Studio's Glamour Girls (The Vampire Lovers, The Horror of Frankenstein), O'Mara these days is best known for her work in television series. Prominent roles in dramas such as The Brothers (as Jane Maxwell), Triangle (as Katherine Laker) and Howards' Way (as Laura Wilde... Biography of Dileep (actor)
Padmanabhan Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam: ദീലീപ്) (born 27 October 1968), better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian film actor and producer. He started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal. He rose into prominence as a lead actor during the early 2000s. Dileep, who began his career as a mimicry artist, excels in films particularly of the comedy genre. He went on to produce the highest grossing film in Malayalam cinema, Joshi's Twenty:20 (2008). Early life Dileep (Gopalakrishna Pillai) was born Padmanabhan Gopalakrishnan on 27 October 1968 in Edavanakkad, Aluva, Ernakulam district, Kerala to Padmanabha Pillai and Sarojam. He studied in S.N.V Sadanam School & Vidyadhiraja Vidya Bhavan High School, then joined Aluva U.C. College, a... Biography of Gwen Verdon
Gwyneth Evelyn “Gwen” Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an American dancer and actress. Early life & career Verdon was born in Culver City, California, the second child of Gertrude Lilian (née Standring; October 24, 1896-October 16, 1956) and Joseph William Verdon (December 31, 1896-June 23, 1978), who were British emigrants to the United States by way of Canada. Her brother was William Farrell Verdon (August 1, 1923-June 10, 1991). The Verdon family could be described as "showpeople." Her father was an electrician at MGM Studios, and her mother was a former vaudevillian of the Denishawn dance troupe, as well as a dance teacher. As a child, Gwen was afflicted with rickets, leaving her legs so badly misshapen she was called "Gimpy" by other children and spent her early... Biography of Ingrid Pitt
Ingrid Pitt (born November 21, 1937) is an actress best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Background Born Ingoushka Petrov in Poland to a German father and a Jewish mother, during World War II she and her family were imprisoned in a concentration camp. She survived, and in Berlin, Germany in the 1950s met and married an American soldier and ended up living in California. After her marriage failed, she returned to Europe but after a small role in a film, she headed to Hollywood where she worked as a waitress while trying to make a career in the movies. Her natural hair colour is brown, though she frequently has lightened it to blonde. Acting career In the early 1960s Pitt was a member of the prestigious Berliner Ensemble, under t... Biography of Beth Ehlers
Beth Ehlers (born July 23, 1968 in Queens, New York) is a Daytime Emmy-nominated American actress. Personal life Born in Queens, Ehlers eventually moved closer to Manhattan and attended Satellite Academy, a performing arts school, as a child. Ehlers briefly attended Syracuse University before focusing on her acting career. In 1991, Ehlers married Dr. William Parsons. Ehlers became involved with Mark Derwin, her co-star on Guiding Light shortly after marrying Parsons and they later divorced in 1992. On March 22, 1996, she married Matthew Christian, who is a sports video editor. Beth and Matthew have two sons, Henry Jack Christian, who was born on May 21, 1999 and Will, born July 16, 2001. Career Ehlers grew up in New York City and begin appearing in television commercials at... Biography of Peggy Ann Garner
Peggy Ann Garner (February 3, 1932 – October 16, 1984) was an Academy Award-winning American cinema and theater actress. Born in Canton, Ohio, Garner's mother pushed her into the limelight, and entered her in talent quests while Garner was still a child. By 1938 she had made her first film appearance and over the next few years appeared in several more films including Jane Eyre (1944) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). She reached the height of her success at the age of 13 in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) winning an Academy Juvenile Award largely on the basis of this performance. Like many child performers, Garner was unable to make a successful transition into adult film roles. She guest starred steadily in televisions roles beginning in the early 1950s and continuing through the... Biography of Shae Marks
Christy Shae Marks (born June 1, 1972) is an American model and actress. Stats Measurements Bust: 34" D Waist: 23" Hips: 34" Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight 105 lb (48 kg/7.5 st) She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana where she spent most of childhood. According to her Playmate Profile, she was a tomboy growing up. Soon after her tenth birthday, Marks' family moved to a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia. While in high school she played soccer and tennis and was involved in swimming and cheerleading. After graduating from high school she studied for a career in journalism at West Georgia University, but later became disillusioned with it, left the field and moved back to New Orleans. She was discovered by Playboy when she was only 20 years old at the World Gym in Houston,... Biography of Charlotte Ross
Charlotte Ross (born January 21, 1968) is an Emmy-nominated American actress, who is perhaps most widely known as a cast member of NYPD Blue from 2001 to 2004. Early years Ross was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. Her first theater performance was at the age of 8 in My First Mouthpiece. As a young woman, she performed in productions at her hometown theater. She attended New Trier High School and later moved to Los Angeles. Career Ross appeared on Days of Our Lives as Eve Baron Donovan from 1987 to 1991; her work on the soap opera led to two Emmy nominations. Her television credits also include The Heights, The Five Mrs. Buchanans, Drexel's Class, Married... with Children, Pauly, Law & Order, Trinity, Beggars and Choosers, Frasier, and Jake in Progress. She also co-sta... Biography of Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Jesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and she won an additional silver and 2 bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions. Trillini won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15-8 to Margherita Granbassi in the semi final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her team mates Elisa Di Francisca, Margherita Granbassi and Valentina Vezzali. Other achievements 2006 World Fencing Championships, foil 2006 World Fencing Championships, team foil... Biography of Susan Seaforth Hayes
Susan Seaforth Hayes (born Susan Seaforth on July 11, 1943 in Oakland, California) is an American actress. Career Seaforth Hayes grew up in the Hollywood environment; her mother, Elizabeth Harrower, was an actress and writer who eventually became a part of the writing team of The Young and the Restless. Although Seaforth Hayes had a number of featured roles on primetime television, and was active in theater as a teenager, she is perhaps best known for her role as Julie Olson Williams on the American daytime television soap opera Days of our Lives. Seaforth Hayes played the role from 1968 to 1984 and again from 1990 to 1993, 1994, and 1996. She returned to the show with her real-life husband Bill Hayes (who also plays her husband on the show) in 1999, with recurring appearances sinc... Biography of Shavon Kirksey
Shavon Kirksey, born August 8, 1989 in San Francisco, California, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2058323/ ) A Thousand Words (2009) (post-production) .... Teenager Dragonball Evolution (2009) .... Emi ... aka Dragonball Evolution (Japan) ... aka Dragonball: Evolution (USA) "Private Practice" .... Maya Bennett (2 episodes, 2007) - In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together (2007) TV episode .... Maya Bennett - In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor... (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Maya Bennett "Grey's Anatomy" .... Maya Bennett (2 episodes, 2007) - The Other Side of This Life: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... Maya Bennett - The Other Side of This Life: Part 2 (2007) TV episode (credit only) .... Maya Benn... Biography of Lisa Ray
Lisa Ray (Hindi: लीसा रे), born 4 April 1972 in Toronto, Canada, is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on 23 June 2009 and started her first cycle of treatment on 2 July 2009. Early life Lisa Ray was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Bengali Indian father and a Polish mother and grew up in the suburb of Etobicoke, Toronto. She excelled academically, doing five years of high school in four, while attending three different high schools: Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Richview Collegiate Institute and Silverthorn Collegiate Institute. She spoke Polish to her maternal grandmother and watched movies of Federico Fellini and Satyajit Ray with her cinephile dad. Ray was spotted by an agent in a crowd... Biography of Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995) was an English film actress, director, and a pioneer in the field of women filmmakers. Early life She was born in Camberwell, London (allegedly under a table during a World War I zeppelin raid), the daughter of actress Connie O'Shea (aka: Connie Emerald) and music hall entertainer, Stanley Lupino, one of the Lupino family. Career rise Encouraged to enter show business by both her parents and a first cousin once-removed, Lupino Lane, Ida Lupino made her first film appearance in 1931, in The Love Race and worked for several years playing minor roles. It was after her appearance in The Light That Failed in 1939 that she was taken seriously as a dramatic actress. Her parts improved during the 1940s and she began to describe herself a... Biography of Esther Rantzen
Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born 22 June 1940 (1940-06-22) (age 68)) is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for her long stint in That's Life! and her child protection activities as founder of the charity ChildLine. Esther Rantzen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England into a Jewish family. She was educated at the North London Collegiate School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she read English and performed with the Drama Society. After training in typing and shorthand, she was recruited by BBC Radio as a trainee studio manager. She began her television career as a clerk in the programme planning department, then obtained her first production job working as a researcher on the BBC One late-night satire programme, BBC3, created by Ned Sherrin. Ha... Biography of Isabelle Delobel
Isabelle Delobel (born June 17, 1978) is a French figure skater. She currently competes in ice dance with Olivier Schoenfelder. They are the 2007 European champions. They have been skating together since 1990. Competitive highlights (with Schoenfelder) Post-2000 Event 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 Winter Olympic Games 16th 4th World Championships 13th 12th 9th 6th 4th 5th 4th 1st European Championships 10th 7th 4th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd French Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st French Masters 1st 1st 1st 1st Grand Prix Final 5th 6th 6th 4th 3rd Trophee Eric Bompard 5th 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st NHK Trophy 4th 3rd 1st Cup of Russia 3rd Skate America 3rd 2nd Bofrost Cup on I... Biography of Constance Bennett
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. Known as much for her elegant persona as for her acting career, Bennett was one of Hollywood's most luminous stars, delivering amusing, madcap, and occasionally arch performances that belie her ornamental reputation. Early life She was born in New York City, the daughter of actor Richard Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison, whose Afro-Caribbean descendant father was the stage actor Morris W. Morris. Her younger sisters were actress/dancer Barbara Bennett and actress Joan Bennett. Career Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, Constance, the first Bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in New York-produced silent movies before a meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood... Biography of Vera Miles
Vera Miles (born Vera June Ralston; August 23, 1929) is an American actress known from such classic films as The Searchers, Psycho and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Early life Miles was born in Boise City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Burnice (née Wyrick) and Thomas Ralston. She grew up in Pratt and in Wichita, Kansas where, as a teenager, she worked nights as a Western Union operator-typist and graduated from Wichita North High School. She was crowned Miss Kansas in 1948. Career: 1950-57 Her success as a beauty queen prompted Miles' move to Los Angeles where, in 1950, she soon began landing small roles in film and television. These included a minor part as a chorus girl in Two Tickets to Broadway (1951), a musical starring Janet Leigh, with whom Miles would go on to co-star n... Biography of Jeanne Valérie
Micheline Yvette Voituriez, best known as Jeanne Valérie, born August 19, 1941 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0885510/ ) Villa del venerdì, La (1992) .... Luisa's Mother ... autre titre : Husbands and Lovers ... autre titre : In Excess Pelle, La (1981) .... Principessa a Capri ... autre titre : Peau, La (France) ... autre titre : The Skin Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes (1969) .... Brigitte ... autre titre : Joe Caligula (France: short title) Amore è come il sole, L' (1969) .... Irina "Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore" (1969) TV mini-series .... La Regina Enrichetta Maria Diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare, I (1968) .... Ursula ... autre titre : No Diamonds for Ursula (USA) Attentato ai tre grandi... Biography of Frances Fisher
Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is an English-American actress. Biography Personal life Fisher was born in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England, daughter of Olga (née Moen), a homemaker, and William I. "Bill" Fisher, Sr., an oil refinery construction superintendent. Before she reached the age of fifteen, Fisher moved nine times because of her father's job. Upon completing high school in Orange, Texas, Fisher worked as a secretary until she moved to Virginia to perform at the Barter Theatre. Fisher has a daughter Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood with actor Clint Eastwood. Fisher serves on the national board of directors of Screen Actors Guild. Career Fisher first made a name for herself playing Detective Deborah Saxon on the soap opera The Edge of Night from 1976 to 1981; Fis... Biography of Patti Catalano
Patti Catalano, born April 6, 1953 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, was an American field and track champion.... Biography of Jarosław Kaczynski
Jarosław Kaczyński pronounced (born June 18, 1949) is a conservative Polish politician who was Prime Minister from July 2006 to November 2007. He presently is the chairman of the Law and Justice party, which he co-founded in 2002. He has a Doctor of law degree. After the 2007 electoral defeat of PiS Kaczyński stepped down from office as Prime Minister, after the first meeting of the new Sejm. Early career Jarosław Kaczyński was a member of the Solidarity Trade Union in the 1980s. He was the executive editor of Tygodnik Solidarność weekly in 1989-1991. In 1991, he created the centrist Christian Democratic "Porozumienie Centrum" party, and later on he became its chairman (until 1998). During 1991-1993 and 1997-2005 he was a member of the Polish Parl... Biography of Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida (石田 ゆり子 (石田 百合子), Ishida Yuriko?, October 3, 1969 -) is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of "San" in Princess Mononoke. She is older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress. She graduated from Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition. Filmography Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 (1987) (Video) Gokudo no onna-tachi: Saigo no tatakai (1990) 3-4x juugatsu (Boiling Point (film)) (1990) Kanojo ga kekkon shinai riyu (1990) 101-kai me no puropozu (1991) Seishun dendekedekedeke (1992) Haruka, nosutarujii (1993) Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994) Mononoke Hime (1997) Over Time (1999) (TV-Series) Himitsu (1999) Oyajî (2000) (TV-Series) Eien no ko (2000) (T... Biography of Darlene Conley
Darlene Conley (July 18, 1934 – January 14, 2007) was an American actress. Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal of larger-than-life fashion industrialist Sally Spectra on The Bold and the Beautiful. Conley played the Emmy Award-nominated role from 1988 until her death nineteen years later. Darlene's character Sally is the only soap opera character to be displayed at Madame Tussaud's wax figures galleries in Amsterdam and Las Vegas. Conley, an Irish American, was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Conley was employed with the travelling theater group the Chicago Uptown Circuit Players and Playwrights Company. She earned a bit part in t... Biography of Eilen Herlie
Eileen Herlie, born March 8, 1918 in Clarkston, Glasgow (source: British Entertainers, the astrologial profiles, third edition), is a Scottish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379047/ ) "All My Children" .... Myrtle Lum Fargate / ... (66 episodes, 1976-2008) ... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title) - Episode #1.9900 (2008) TV episode .... Myrtle Fargate - Episode #1.9774 (2007) TV episode .... Myrtle Fargate - Episode #1.9753 (2007) TV episode .... Myrtle Fargate - Episode #1.9629 (2007) TV episode .... Myrtle Lum Fargate - Episode #1.9603 (2007) TV episode .... Myrtle Lum Fargate (61 more) "One Life to Live" .... Myrtle Fargate (1 episode, 2000) - Episode dated 8 November 2000 (2000) TV e... Biography of Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny (born 15 July 1975) is an English actress. Halfpenny is possibly best known for her role as Kate in the British TV drama EastEnders, from 2002-5. She has appeared on television regularly since the early 1990s in serials such as Byker Grove, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Waterloo Road. A native of Leam Lane, Gateshead, she attended St Edmund Campion there. She is a former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (1994-1996) and she also went to drama school First Act Theatre in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne and to the Reavley Theatre School in Felling, Gateshead. Career Halfpenny had a part in The Round Tower as Rosie Cotton. She began her acting career in the BBC television children's drama series Byker Grove, set in the Benwell area of Newcastl... Biography of Atsushi Ito
Atsushi Itō (伊藤淳史 ,Itō Atsushi?)(also Atsushi Itoh) is a Japanese actor, born November 25, 1983 in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He started acting at the age of three in education programs. He is 162 centimeters tall and a Sagittarius. He is currently studying at Hosei University Business Faculty. He is frequently cast as geeky or otaku characters. Profile Name: Atsushi Ito Japanese: 伊藤淳史(いとう あつし) Birthdate: November 25, 1983 Birthplace: Funabashi, Chiba, Japan University: Hosei University Major: Business Height: 162cm Weight: 49kg Shape: B78, W61, H80 Size of foot: 24.5cm Star sign: Sagittarius Blood Type: A Family: Younger Brother/actor Taka... Biography of Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain, born March 29, 1981 as Jessica Howard, is an American actress originally from Northern California, who has appeared in several television shows, including ER, Veronica Mars, Close to Home, and Law & Order: Trial By Jury. Biography In 2008, she made her film debut as the title role in Jolene, and she will also appear in Al Pacino's upcoming film Salomaybe? and Stolen Lives. Her first major projects are Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and John Madden's The Debt. Chastain attended The Juilliard School in New York City, where she was an active participant in the drama department and starred in several theatrical productions and student film projects. Chastain appeared in a recent edition of Vanity Fair. She will play the lead role in the psychological thriller ... Biography of Patty Wagstaff
Patty Wagstaff (née Patricia Rosalie Kearns Combs) (born September 11, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an aerobatic pilot from the United States. Wagstaff traveled all over the world as a child: her father was a pilot for Japan Airlines, and Wagstaff would travel to Southeast Asia, Australia and Alaska to prepare for her own career as a pilot. Her first lesson was on a Cessna 185; since then, she has earned licenses to fly multiple aircraft, including helicopters. Her sister, Toni, is a pilot for Continental Airlines. Stats Height: 5' 4" Weight: 112 lbs. Eyes: Green Hair: Brown In 1985, Wagstaff qualified for the US Aerobatic Team and competed until 1996. She was the top U.S. medal winner, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in international competition for several years. In... Biography of Angell Conwell
Angell Conwell (born August 2, 1983 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American actress and model. Angell moved to Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 2. She attended Seven Oaks Elementary School in Columbia where she was the first African-American student body president. In 1994 she moved to Los Angeles to film the TV pilot "On Our Own". She also starred in films such as Soul Plane and Baby Boy and appeared in TV productions and series like What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway, One on One and Cuts. Filmography Movies Frankenhood (2008) (post production) Show Stoppers (2007) (post-production) Portal (2008) (post production) Half Past Dead 2 (2007) Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up (2005) Sugar Valentine (2004) Soul Plane (2004) BraceFace Brandi (2002) Th... Biography of Jill Trenary
Jill Trenary (born August 1, 1968) is an American figure skater. She was a 3-time U.S. champion and won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1990. Trenary was originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota. At the age of 16, she relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado to train with noted coach Carlo Fassi. She won the U.S. junior title in 1985 and placed 5th in her first senior championships in 1986. At the U.S. championships in 1987, Trenary upset reigning world champion Debi Thomas to take her first senior national title. She went on to place 7th in her first World Championships. In 1988, Thomas regained the U.S. title, with Trenary finishing second. Trenary placed 4th at the 1988 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1988 World Championships. Trenary again won the U.S. Championships in... Biography of Jacques Fouroux
Jacques Fouroux (July 24, 1947 – December 17, 2005) was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987. Player Fouroux, who played as a scrum half, played for his hometown team FC Auch, as a youngster and at the end of his career (1976–1980). He started as as senior with US Cognac until 1970 and played for La Voulte until 1976. He made his international debut in 1972 although it took him another four years to become a regular starter, as he was in competition with another, more sober, scrum-half Richard Astre of Béziers. At 5 ft 3 ins tall, he was one of the smallest players ever to play international rugby. His size, combined with his supremely confident, almost arro... Biography of Gale Anne Hurd
Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is a Hollywood film producer. Hurd is the daughter of a Los Angeles businessman and grew up in Palm Springs, California. She formed her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, in 1982. Hurd has produced many movies including The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), and Armageddon (1998). Many of her films were directed by former husband, James Cameron, to whom she was married from 1985 to 1989. In 2003, she was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology at Telluride, Colorado along with Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Partial filmography (producer) The Terminator (1984) Aliens (1986) Alien Nation (1988) The Abyss (1989) Tremors (1990) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The... Biography of Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie (born August 14, 1978 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian actress who is best known for her portrayal of Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She has played the character since the series began in 1988 and, along with fellow original cast member Ray Meagher, holds the Guinness Record for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series. In addition to 20 years on Home and Away, Ritchie has appeared in commercials, a mini-series and an Australian film. In 1986 she was cast as Molly, the child lead in the Nine Network-PBL mini-series, Cyclone Tracy, starring Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann. In 2006 Ritchie played Nicole in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride. She has also been involved with the Campbelltown Music... Biography of Kelly Packard
Kelly Chemane Packard (born January 29, 1975 in Glendale, California) is an American actress who starred in the TV shows Baywatch, California Dreams, and Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Packard also appeared as a contestant, and won $3,200, on Card Sharks as a child during "Kids Week." She also appeared on infomercials for Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo product, "Billy Blanks Boot Camp.", and also for Gripping Eyewear Trucolor glasses. Packard converted and was baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints as a teenager. She married and was sealed to Darrin Privett in 1997. Her daughter, Aubrey Lin, was born on April 6, 2004. According to the game-show news site Buzzerblog, Packard began co-hosting the new late segment of GSN Live on September 15, 2008.... Biography of Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey (born Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey on 10 September 1958) was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister. Fahey was born the eldest of three daughters (Maire and Niamh being the other siblings) to Helen and Joseph Fahey in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, (her parents had both come from Co Tipperary). Fahey lived in Dublin for about two years, before her family moved to Yorkshire, United Kingdom where her father Joseph was posted as a soldier in the British Army. The family subsequently moved to Germany, then returned to the U.K. where Fahey was sent to a convent school in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended schools in Stroud, Gloucester and Kent in England. When she was fourteen she and her family moved to ... Biography of Rossana Podestà
Rossana Podestà (born June 20, 1934) is an Italian former actress. Life She was born in the Italian colony of Libya, where she spent her first years in Tripoli and later moved to Rome after World War II. She still lives in Italy, in Dubino (Sondrio province), together with the famous mountain climber, explorer and journalist Walter Bonatti.. Actress career Her most memorable role was as Helen in Helen of Troy, produced by Robert Wise in 1956. She could not speak English so she learned her lines by rote with a voice coach. The movie gave Podestá an international importance and was done with a young Brigitte Bardot. Rossana Podestá worked even in the movie "Ulisse" of Mario Camerini and in the sixties and seventies did some romantic and love movies ("Paolo il caldo", "Il prete s... Biography of Nancy Travis
Nancy Travis (born September 21, 1961) in New York city, is an American actress. She is known for supporting roles in both movies and television. Career Travis's first job after graduating high school was in the play "It's Hard to be a Jew" at The American Jewish Theatre in New York. She was an intern at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival where she played minor roles and understudied leading actresses. After that, Travis appeared in a stage version of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and was a founding member of the Off-Broadway theater company Naked Angels. She appeared in their Frank Pugliese play "Aven U-Boys", as well as in "King of Connecticut" and "I'm Not Rappaport". She has also starred in Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa." During the 1990s, Travis starred in seve... Biography of Maureen Teefy
Maureen Teefy (born October 26, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American film and theatre actress who has appeared in such movies as Grease 2, Fame, and Supergirl. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Maureen Jane Teefy was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of eight sisters, Maureen won admittance to the Children's Theater School of Mineapolis summer program at age 15 where she received actor's training and later taught dramatics in the local Howe Elementary School. In 1972, she graduated from Washburn High School. Acting career Maureen's first screen role was a small part as a U.S.O. singer in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy hit 1941 and after, in this same year she appeared in more two minor productions, Fyre and Scavanger Hunt. Her most famous role was in... Biography of Beatrice Lillie
Bea Lillie (May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989) was a comic actress. She was born as Beatrice Gladys Lillie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Following her marriage in 1920 to Sir Robert Peel, she was known in private life as Lady Peel. Early career She began performing in Toronto and other Ontario towns as part of a family trio with her mother and older sister, Muriel. Eventually, her mother took the two girls to London, England where she made her West End debut in 1914. She was noted primarily for her stage work in revues and light comedies, frequently paired with Gertrude Lawrence, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley. Beatrice (or Bea) Lillie, as she would be known professionally, took advantage of her gift for witty satire that made her a stage success for more than 50 years. In her revues, she... Biography of Gala León García
Gala Leon Garcia (born December 23, 1973 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional female tennis player from Spain. WTA Tour titles (1) Singles (1) Legend Grand Slam (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) WTA Tour (1) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 28 May 2000 Madrid, Spain Clay Fabiola Zuluaga 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Singles finalist (4) 1998: Maria Lankowitz (lost to Patty Schnyder) 2000: Sopot (lost to Anke Huber) 2001: Knokke-Heist (lost to Iroda Tulyaganova) 2001: Sopot (lost to Cristina Torrens Valero) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gala_Le%C3%B3n_Garc%C3%ADa"... Biography of Melinda Messenger
Melinda Jayne Messenger (born 23 February 1971 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English television presenter and was one of the UK's most successful glamour models. Messenger was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the middle child between two brothers, Jamie and Warren. Her parents Terry and Avis divorced when she was aged five. After attending local schools, she spent six months working as a flight attendant for Britannia Airways. Messenger later joined a local marketing company, rising to become customer services manager, overseeing a staff of 50. Modelling career Deciding she wanted to become a model, her agent at the Jason Paul Modelling Agency suggested she enhance her breasts, which she enlarged to a 34DD cup. She then took a job modelling for Gloucester-based double glazing company G... Biography of Denise Milani
Denise Milani, born April 24, 1980 in Frystek-Mistek, is a Czech model. She lives in California. External link: http://www.myspace.com/denisemilani... Biography of Joe Feeney
Joe Feeney (August 14, 1931 - April 16, 2008) was an American tenor singer who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show television program. Born to an Irish-American family in Grand Island, Nebraska; Feeney first started singing as a boy soprano in his hometown's church choir and after high school, he landed a guest appearance on the show Youth Opportunity Hour. His mother Mary supported him in all of his activities. While he attended to his studies at the University of Nebraska, where he was also football quarterback, he entered several singing contests, which included a spot on the Arlene Francis program, Talent Patrol. In 1956 while he was working at radio station WOW in Omaha, the station manager sent recordings of Feeney's voice to the Welk offices in Santa Monica, California where ... Biography of Iris Adrian
Iris Adrian (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American film actress. Born in Los Angeles, California as Iris Adrian Hofstadter, Adrian won a beauty pageant and worked with the Ziegfeld Follies, before she entered films at the end of the silent era in Chasing Husbands (1928). During the 1930s she specialised in playing glamorous gold-diggers and gangsters' "molls", and played supporting roles in numerous features. She was considered a versatile actress, who could play drama or comedy, and she was also regarded as a capable dancer, dancing in a couple of films with George Raft. She also appeared on several radio programs, including serving as a regular on the Abbott and Costello Show. She continued to act regularly without achieving star status and by the end of the 1960s h... Biography of Lisa Faulkner
Lisa Tamsin Faulkner (born 18 February 1973) is an English actress and television personality. Early life Faulkner was educated at Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames. When Faulkner was 16, her mother, Julie, died of cancer. She has discussed in several interviews her feelings about her mother's death. Career At the age of 16, she was approached by a modelling scout while she was waiting on the platform of a London tube station. She was not playing the banjo or busking as many people think, something which she referred to as "a myth" when asked about it on ITV1's Daily Cooks Challenge. In 1992, she made her first acting appearance in The Lover, starring Jane March. At age 21, Lisa played the part of Alison Dangerfield in the British TV drama Dangerfield. She also st... Biography of Paula Patton
Paula Maxine Thicke (née Patton; born December 5, 1975) is an American actress. She is mostly known for her appearances in the films Idlewild (2006), Déjà Vu (2006), Mirrors (2008), Precious (2009), and Just Wright (2010). Early life and career Patton was born Paula Maxine Patton in Los Angeles to a Caucasian mother, Joyce, a school teacher, and an African-American father, Charles Patton, a lawyer. She started college at UC Berkeley, transferred to USC Film School after her first year, and graduated magna cum laude. Shortly after completing her studies, she won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. Later she worked for the Discovery Health Channel as producer for the show Medical Diaries. Career Patton's first acting role was in 2005's Hitch, which starred Will ... Biography of Kerry Robertson
Kerry Robertson, born September 30, 1945 in Paris, Texas, is an American journalist, newscaster and talk-show host.... Biography of Patricia Quinn
Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens (born May 28, 1944) is an actress best known for her role as Magenta in the perennial cult-hit film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Hers were the red lips that appeared in the film's opening song Science Fiction/Double Feature (although the singing voice was that of Richard O'Brien). She has appeared in many film and television roles including the Rocky Horror semi-sequel, Shock Treatment (1981), as well as I, Claudius (1976), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), and the 1987 Doctor Who serial Dragonfire. Background Quinn was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She began her career as a Playboy Bunny in London, and met the man who would become her first husband, Don Hawkins, when she was 19 years old, in 1963. The marriage ended in divorce, bu... Biography of Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham (born 31 May 1948) is a Canadian-born English actress. Bellingham is possibly best known for being a panelist on Loose Women. She is also well known for her starring roles as Faith Grayshot in Second Thoughts and Helen Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small. She was born in Montreal due to her father working for the airline BOAC, and was brought up in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England and was educated at Aylesbury High School. She got her big break as a nurse in an ITV afternoon soap opera of the 1970s, General Hospital. She also went topless for her role in Confessions of a Driving Instructor. Her most famous role was in the 1980s as the head of the family in the Oxo television adverts. Other prominent roles included the James Herriot drama All Creatures Gr... Biography of Big Brother Karen
Karen Fowler, divorcee, was a contestant on Big Brother 1. She was most remembered for asking to divorce her husband on national television. She had also asked the television audience to vote for her to leave the Big Brother house since she missed her kids. Karen was marked for banishment in Week 6, and was banished on Day 43. Brittany revealed that Karen had moved to Los Angeles and settled there with her family.... Biography of Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, March 1, 1958, Bristol, England) is an English singer-songwriter, popular during the 1980s. Career Although born in Bristol, Kershaw grew up in Ipswich and after leaving Northgate High School in 1976, Kershaw worked as a shop assistant and in the Department of Employment for several years, during which time he played guitar and sang in a number of underground Ipswich bands. However, when the last of these, Fusion, split up in 1982, he embarked on a full time career as a songwriter and performer. In 1983, he signed a recording contract with MCA Records, a deal which spawned his debut single, "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". At the beginning of 1984, Kershaw released his breakthrough song "Wouldn't It Be Good", featuring a music video of Ker... Biography of Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a British stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer (notably of "Send in the Clowns" in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music). With a career spanning seven decades, Johns is often cited as the "complete actress", who happens to be a trained pianist and singer. She is also an accomplished dancer, and was qualified to teach ballet by the age of ten. Early life Johns was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the daughter of Alys Maude (née Steele-Payne), a pianist, and Mervyn Johns (1899-1992), the British stage and film actor. Her roots are in West Wales, and she was born in Pretoria while her parents were performing on tour there. Career Johns made her 1938 film debut in the movie version of Winifred Holtby's novel, South Riding. In 1944... Biography of Faustine Merret
Faustine Lucie Merret (born March 13, 1978 in Brest) is a French windsurfer, who became Olympic champion at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the windsurfing class. She also has won several medals at World and European championships in the mistral and RS:X windsurfing classes. Achievements 2006 RS:X - Women's Windsurfer 2006 RS:X World Championships 2006 RS:X - Women's Windsurfer Qingdao International Regatta 2006 RS:X - Women's Windsurfer Holland Regatta 2004 Mistral - Women 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 Mistral - Women 2004 Mistral European Championships 2004 Mistral - Women SPA Regatta 2004 Mistral - Women 2004 Mistral World Championships 2004 Mistral - Women Athens Eurolymp Week 2004 Mistral - Women Sail Melbourne 2003 Mistral - Women 2003 Mistral World... Biography of Eva Bartok
Eva Bartok (June 18, 1927 - August 1, 1998) was an actress born in Hungary. She began acting in films in 1950 and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She is best known for appearances in Blood and Black Lace, The Crimson Pirate and Ten Thousand Bedrooms. She died on August 1, 1998. Bartok spent several years in a German concentration camp, eventually marrying a Nazi officer. After the war, the marriage was annulled on the grounds of coercion of a minor. Three decades after the affair, she claimed that her daughter Deana, born in 1957 during her marriage to actor Curd Jürgens, was actually fathered by Frank Sinatra, during a brief affair they had in 1956. (Jurgens and Sinatra were born one day apart, in December 1915.) She also had a publicized affair with the 3rd Marquess of Milfo... Biography of Julio Jimenez
Julio Jiménez Muñoz (born October 28, 1934 in Ávila) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. Known as a climbing specialist, Jiménez captured six King of the Mountains jerseys at the Grand Tours. In 1965, he became one of (now) four riders to complete the Tour/Vuelta double by winning both Tour's mountains competition in the same year. Major Accomplishments 1963 King of the Mountains – Vuelta a España 1964 – Kas-Kaskol King of the Mountains – Vuelta a España 2 stages – Vuelta a España Tour de France 2nd, King of the Mountains 7th, General Classification 2 stages 1965 – Kas-Kaskol Tour de France King of the Mountains 2 stages King of the Mountains – Vuelta a España 1 stage – Vuelta a España 1966 – Ford-France-Hutchinson Tour de France ... Biography of Tamara Podemski
Tamara Podemski, born October 16, 1977 in Toronto, is a Canadian actress. She is the sister of Tamara Podemski and Sarah Podemski, and married Darrell Dennis (10 juin 2001 - 28 mai 2006, divorced). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687947/ ) "New Amsterdam" .... Young Lenape Woman (1 episode, 2008) - Pilot (2008) TV episode .... Young Lenape Woman "Rabbit Fall" .... Gabrielle (4 episodes, 2007) - Lost and Found (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Gabrielle - The Weetigo (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Gabrielle - The Great Rabbit (2007) TV episode .... Gabrielle - Dog Island (2007) TV episode .... Gabrielle Four Sheets to the Wind (2007) .... Miri Smallhill "Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis" (2006) TV mini-series .... Deborah 'Chicky' Etienn... Biography of Norma Talmadge
Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was one of the greatest film stars of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 20s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. Her most famous film was Smilin’ Through (1922), but she also scored artistic triumphs teamed with director Frank Borzage in Secrets (1924) and The Lady (1925). Her younger sisters Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge were also movie stars. Norma married millionaire and film producer Joseph Schenck and they successfully created their own production company. After reaching fame in the Film studios on the East Coast, she moved to Hollywood in 1922. A specialist in melodrama, Norma Talmadge was one of the most elegant and g... Biography of Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor of film, stage, and screen. Early life Michael Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee to Virginia (1929) and William Jeter (1922), a dentist. Jeter was a student at Memphis State University when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He pursued his initial stage career in Baltimore, Maryland, as he had heard it was hard to get work in New York without an equity card. Career His woebegone look, extreme flexibility and high energy led Tommy Tune to cast him in the Off-Broadway Cloud 9 and, on Broadway, in a memorable role in the musical Grand Hotel, for which he won a Tony Award in 1990. Much of his film and television work specialized in playing eccentric, pretentious or wimpy characters like The F... Biography of Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910), is a two-time Academy Award-winning German film actress. Of living people who have won Academy Awards, she holds the earliest-awarded Oscars. She is also the oldest of Academy Award winners at 98. The daughter of Heinrich Rainer by his spouse Emmy née Koenigsberger, Luise was born in Düsseldorf, Germany and educated in Vienna. She made her first appearance on the stage at the Dumont Theatre in Düsseldorf in 1928. She next appeared at various theatres in Jacques Deval's play Mademoiselle, Sydney Kingsley's Men in White, George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Luigi Pirandello's comedy Six Characters in Search of an Author, and she was a member of Max Reinhardt's company in Berlin. Luise Ranier also acted in Max Reinhar... Biography of Monica Raymund
Monica Raymund (born July 26, 1986) is an American stage performer and actress best known for playing Ria Torres in the TV show Lie to Me. Personal life A graduate of Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida, Raymund graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City. Her father, Steve Raymund, is board chairman and retired CEO of Tech Data Corp., a Clearwater-based distributor of computer components and software. Her mother, Sonia, is "a community volunteer co-founder of the Soulful Arts Dance Academy in St. Petersburg." Her father is a "Jewish California native" and her mother is from the Dominican Republic. She also has a brother, Will. In high school, she participated in the "Broadway Theater Project in Tampa and at the North Carolina School of the Arts in W... Biography of Ryoko Shinohara
Ryoko Shinohara (篠原 涼子 Shinohara Ryōko, born August 13, 1973 in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro. She is perhaps most famous among anime enthusiasts for providing the theme song to the Japanese version of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. The single produced by Tetsuya Komuro sold over 2 million copies. She released singles regularly until 1998, then concentrated on her acting career, which is successful today. By 2004 she was one of the most popular actresses in Japan. She married on December 8 2005 to actor Masachika Ichimura, 24 years her senior. She gav... Biography of Apollonia Kotero
Apollonia Kotero, born Patricia Kotero on August 2, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, is an actress, singer, former model and talent manager. Kotero, born in Santa Monica, California, is of Mexican descent. Apollonia is perhaps best known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been the lead singer in the girl group Apollonia 6. Career Early career Kotero initially pursued fame and fortune via work as an actress, singer and a model. After winning the Miss San Pedro beauty competition and a stint as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1980s, Kotero began acting in roles both in television shows and films such as CHiPs, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston, and Knight Rider. In 1982, she appeared in the videos for "The Other Woman"... Biography of Jessica Tandy
Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British-American stage and film actress. Early life Youngest of three siblings, Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. Her mother, Jessie Helen (née Horspool), was the head of a school for mentally handicapped children, and her father, Harry Tandy, was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer. Her father died when Tandy was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income. Tandy was educated at the Dame Alice Owen's School in the London Borough of Islington. Career She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's "King Lear". Sh... Biography of Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1909– February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street. From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. Early Life Keeler was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1909, to a Irish Catholic family. She was the sister of minor actresses, Helen and Gertrude Keeler. Her father was a truck driver, and when she was three years old, her family packed up and moved to New York City where he knew he could get better pay. But it was not enough: there were six children, and ... Biography of Renée Falconetti
Renée Jeanne Falconetti (July 21, 1892 – December 12, 1946), sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti, Marie Falconetti, Renée Maria Falconetti, or, simply, Falconetti, was a French stage and film actress, notable for her role as Joan of Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Born in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, Falconetti became a stage actress in Paris in 1918. By the time Dreyer watched her act in an amateur theater and selected her as his leading lady in his up-and-coming production La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, she was already a celebrated stage artiste, and had appeared in one film, La Comtesse de Somerive (1917), directed by Georges Denola and Jean Kemm. Her portrayal of Joan of Arc in La Passion is widely considered one of the most astonishing ... Biography of Lee Arenberg
Lee Arenberg (born July 18, 1962) is an American actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Pintel, one of Captain Barbossa's crew of miscreants, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Career He has guest starred on all the Star Trek spin-offs Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. In both his first and last appearances ("The Nagus" and "United"), he coincidently played a character named Gral (one was a Ferengi and the other a Tellarite). In 1992 Lee appeared on the TV series Night Court. Arenberg also played the recurring role of bookie Mike Moffit in two episodes of Seinfeld. In one episode, he and George Costanza had a parking dispute, while in another his thumbs were accidentally broken w... Biography of Carlo Aquino
Carlo Aquino is a Filipino actor, born September 3, 1985 in Quezon City. Formerly an exclusive contract star of ABS-CBN Star Magic, but now appears in some shows of GMA Network. He reach his biggest break on Television is when he lead the role of Oscar in the remake series Sinasamba Kita aired on GMA Network. Filmography Television Year Title Role 2008 Rakista (TV5) Caloy Eugenio 2008 Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA7) Ernie Balboa 2007 Sinasamba Kita (GMA7) Oscar 2006-2007 Makita Ka Lang Muli (GMA7) Leo 2006 Bituing Walang Ningning (ABS-CBN 2) Norman "Oman" Fidel Gonzales 2005 Ganda ng Lola Mo (QTV) 2005 Qpids (ABS-CBN 2) himself 2004-2005 Krystala (ABS-CBN 2) Giwal 2003 Ang Tanging Ina (ABS-CBN 2) Dimitri/Tri 2002-2003 Berks (ABS-CBN 2) Aries 2001-2002 Sa Puso K... Biography of Nives Zegna
Nives Zegna, born July 11, 1933 in Luino, is an Italian former TV host, and Miss Italy in 1956.... Biography of Ingrid Fèvre
Ingrid Fèvre, born in Auxerre May 29, 1975, is a French weightlifter. She won France Championship in 1994.... Biography of Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10 1965) is an American-born Scottish singer-songwriter and actress. Early life Pidgeon was born to English parents in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, while her father was a visiting professor at MIT. Her family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1970. She thus holds dual United States/United Kingdom citizenship. Growing up in Edinburgh, she was a teenage friend of singer Shirley Manson. Pidgeon attended drama college and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. After some promising work as an actress in the United Kingdom, she moved to the United States. Career From 1986 to 1990, Pidgeon was the lead singer of the British folk/pop band Ruby Blue. Pidgeon left Ruby Blue, shortly after the band had signed a major record lab... Biography of Edith Scob
Edith Scob (born 21 October 1937) is a French actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes Without a Face. Edith Scob has had several roles in European film and television and is married to Georges Aperghis. Filmography Year Title Director Extra 1958 La Tête contre les murs Georges Franju 1959 Eyes Without a Face Georges Franju 1960 The Line of Sight Jean-Daniel Pollet 1961 The Boat Emile Denys de La Patellière 1961 The House Burning Julien Duvivier 1962 Thérèse Desqueyroux Georges Franju 1963 Judex Georges Franju 1969 The Milky Way Luis Buñuel 1971 The Old Daughter Jean-Pierre Blanc 1973 Erica Minor Jean-Pierre Blanc 1976 The Acrobat Jean-Daniel Pollet 1977 Everybody's Hell Andre Cayatte 1977 The Voca... Biography of Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970 in Milan) is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. Career Dettori's father bought him a palamino pony when he was 12 and he used to practise on it for an hour every night. When he was 13 Dettori left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey. The following year he went to Great Britain where he apprenticed with trainer Luca Cumani at Newmarket in 1985 and soon became a stable jockey. In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first win came at the age of 16 in Turin in November 1986, while his first in Britain was the following June. Further success f... Biography of Franco Menichelli
Franco Menichelli (born August 3, 1941 in Rome) is an Italian gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received bronze medals in floor exercise and team combined exercises, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in floor exercises, a silver medal in rings and a bronze medal in parallel bars. Awards Menichelli was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2003.... Biography of Bakary Koné
Bakari Koné (born September 17, 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian football striker who plays for the Côte d'Ivoire national team and French Ligue 1 side OGC Nice. The Early Years Like many other Ivorian stars, he began his career at the famed youth academy at ASEC Abidjan, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou in his home country. He stayed in the academy for five years before joining the first team squad and turning professional in 1999. During his time with the ASEC first team Bakari won the Ivorian League three times, and also the African Supercup before moving on. In 2002 he joined Qatari club Al-Ittihad, staying in the Gulf for just six months, before moving to France where he joined the then Ligue 2 outfit FC Lorient following a successful trial. It was here that Koné... Biography of Kumiko Aso
Kumiko Aso (麻生久美子, Asō Kumiko?), born Kumiko Hiramaru (平丸 久美子 Hiramaru Kumiko, born 17 June 1978 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Filmography Hafez (2007) Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007) The Uchoten Hotel (2006) Yajikita (2005) Hasami otoko (2005) Casshern (2004) Eiko (2004) Zeburaaman (2004) Aoi kuruma (2004) Samurai Resurrection (2003) Slow Is Beautiful (2003) Iden & Tity (2003) Last Scene (2002) 11'9"01 September 11 (2002) Inochi (2002) Luxurious Bone (2001) Red Shadow: Akakage (2001) Rush! (2001) Kairo (2001) Stereo Future (2001) Himawari (2000) Kaza-hana (2000) Ring 0: Birthday (2000) Pop Beat Killers (2000) Second Chance (1999)... Biography of Clare Kramer
Clare Elizabeth Kramer (September 3, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Glory, the main villain in Season 5 of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Early life and career Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Kramer spent most of her childhood in Delaware, Ohio, located just north of Columbus. After graduating from high school, she attended New York University and received a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She moved to Los Angeles in December 1999. Kramer's film roles include: The Thirst (as a vampire, this time a former drug-addict); The Skulls III (as a competitive swimmer who follows in her brother's footsteps by joining the title organization); Roger Avary's adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction; and Jessica Bendinger's cheerl... Biography of Miho Konishi
Miho Konishi (小西美帆 Konishi Miho; born 13 August 1977 Gifu Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465165/ ) # "Danryû" (2007) TV series (unknown episodes) # "Imo tako nankin" (2006) TV series .... Taiko Katahira (unknown episodes) # Kindaichi shônen no jikenbo - Kyuketsuki densetsu satsujin jiken (2005) (TV) .... Junko Nekoma # "3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei 6" (2001) TV series .... Hanako Watanabe (unknown episodes) # "San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei 5" (1999) TV series .... Hanako Watanabe (Home Economics) (unknown episodes)... Biography of Luiza Possi
Luiza Possi (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi. In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with the band that was opening the show do Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo. The audience consisted of 12 thousand people, and the singer played the song "O Vento", Jota Quest, only the sound of the piano and his voice. In 2001, Singer went with some bands playing in an informal way, until Joe participated in the Program, aired on Rede Globo, beside his mother, Zizi Possi, and performed the song "Angel" theme from the movie City of Angels. Next day he received invitations to write and sign contracts. Luiza stayed with his father, who was then president of Indie Records, his first album was reco... Biography of Gail Kim
Gail Kim (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-born professional wrestler of Korean descent, valet, model, and actress. She is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment. In WWE, she is a former one time Women's Champion, having won the title on her debut match for WWE. Kim has also worked with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she was the inaugural Women's Knockout Champion; this made her the only woman to have held both the WWE and TNA Women's Championships. Ring name(s) Gail Kim La Felina Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Billed weight 125 lb (57 kg) Early life and training Kim attended the York Memorial Collegiate Institute in Toronto, partaking in numerous sports and twice being named "Athlete of the Year". Upon her graduation, she began studying kinesiology a... Biography of Marion Jollès
Marion Jollès, born on December 8, 1981 in Saint-Étienne, is a French journalist and TV host.... Biography of Torû Furuya
Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹, Furuya Tōru?) is a veteran narrator and seiyū (voice actor) born on July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Furuya is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray (both in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels), Hyouma Hoshi (Kyojin no Hoshi), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya), Yamcha (Dragon Ball), Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon). He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月 昇, Sōgetsu Noboru?) in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almark's role (but used his re... Biography of Jacklyn Zeman
Jacklyn Zeman (born March 6, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey), sometimes credited as Jackie Zeman, is an American actress. She has been playing RN Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital since 1977. Jacklyn portrayed the character on a contract basis from 1977 to 2007, and on a recurring basis from 2007 to present. In the 1990s, Zeman was the spokeswoman for Excedrin aspirin and currently works with the Home Shopping Network, designing and presenting a signature line of jewelry. On Wendy Riche: "God love her, I think she was an awesome producer. I would like to go on record as saying that when Wendy Riche was producing GENERAL HOSPITAL it had heart, and soul, and storylines that will resonate for the rest of my life. I just think she has so much to offer. That woman is amazi... Biography of Lenna Kuurmaa
Lenna Kuurmaa (born September 26, 1985 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian singer-songwriter and actress. She is a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja. She played the second lead role of Maya in the Estonian film Kuhu põgenevad hinged (English: Where Souls Go) and plays Angela in the Estonian serial Kodu keset Linna.... Biography of Valerie Singleton
Valerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter, best known as one of the presenters of the popular children's series, Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent The Arts Educational School, in Tring, Hertfordshire, to which the school had relocated from London at the outbreak of the Second World War. Early life Singleton wanted to be a dancer and for two years attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She won a scholarship for her first term and began her career as an actress at the New Theatre in Bromley. In 1959, she starred in the sitcom The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull. Blue Peter She joined the BBC in 1961 as a continuity announcer and in 1962 joined Blue Peter where she stayed until 1972. She continued until 19... Biography of Nicki Aycox
Nicki Lynn Aycox (born May 26, 1975) is an American actress. Aycox was born in Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. She played the piano and sang in beauty pageants as a child and does charity work. She speaks fluent German. Has a younger brother named Steve. Her mother's name is Margaret and her grandmother's name is Lillie. She has an aunt and an uncle named Louise and Steve Clements. She speaks fluent German, loves British and Australian men - according to an interview in Jack magazine - and is known to have Native American heritage. She is known for her roles as Syl on the series Dark Angel, a psychic cheerleader in Jeepers Creepers 2 and Stella Vessey on the dramedy Ed. She also had a stint as the unreliable sister of Detective Rush on the series Cold Case and as Pvt. Brenda ... Biography of Brian Harvey
Brian Harvey (born Brian Lee Harvey, 8 August 1974) is an English musician and formerly lead singer of pop band East 17. Harvey was born in Walthamstow, London, and attended Sir George Monoux School from 1988-90. Career Harvey was initially slated to be a backup singer and dancer for East 17, but during the initial recording session he was heard singing along by the recording staff and was promptly instated as the lead singer of the band. Harvey's vocal style emulated R&B and New Jack Swing vocalists from the U.S. His vocals put him into a position of the band's frontman, or main member, which was shared with the band's creator, songwriter, instrumentalist, rapper and singer Tony Mortimer. Throughout the course of the band's career the two leads had many disagreements, from ... Biography of Olga Baclanova
Olga Vladimirovna Baclanova, or Baklanova, (19 August 1896 or 1900 – 6 September 1974) was a Russian-born actress, who achieved prominence during the silent film era. Born in Moscow, Russia, Baclanova was the daughter of Vladimir Baklanoff and his wife Alexandra, herself an actress in early Russian films. Baclanova studied drama at the Cherniavsky Institute before being accepted into the prestigious Moscow Art Theatre in 1912. Over the next decade she appeared in Russian films, and also performed extensively on stage, touring and performing in many countries of the world. After a 1925 performance in New York she decided to follow a life and career in the United States when the company returned to Moscow in 1926. A statuesque blonde, Baclanova quickly established herself as a popular ... Biography of Morgan Brittany
Morgan Brittany (born as Suzanne Cupito on December 5, 1951, Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television actress. Under her birth name, she appeared on TV in a 1960 episode of Lloyd Bridges's Sea Hunt; in the 1962 film Gypsy as "Baby" June, (June Havoc). She also appeared on Bridges's CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show. She appeared, under her birth name as well, in a 1967 episode of The Andy Griffith Show as "Mary Alice Carter", whom Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) asks out for his first date. She also appeared in the 1968 film, "Yours, Mine and Ours" portraying Louise Beardsley. She began her career as a child in 1960 in an episode of the original Twilight Zone series ("Nightmare as a Child"). In 1976 she portrayed Vivien Leigh in the biopic Gable and Lombard. She... Biography of Angela Goethals
Angela Bethany Goethals (born May 20, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her recurring guest appearance on 24 and her roles in the TV sitcom Phenom and the movie Home Alone. Early life and career Goethals was born and raised in New York City, New York, the daughter of Rosalind, a teacher and single mom who raised Angela and her sister Sara. She is a great-great-granddaughter of George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal, and namesake of New York's Goethals Bridge. Goethals was a cheerleader in High School and was introduced to the acting world by actress Jeanie Hackett, a family friend, who took her to several auditions. At the age of nine she got her first professional acting job, as the understudy to Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Widow Claire, an of... Biography of Robinne Lee
Robinne Lee (born 16 July 1974) is an American actress. She appeared in Hotel for Dogs with Don Cheadle and Emma Roberts and with Will Smith in Seven Pounds. Lee was born in Mount Vernon, New York of Jamaican and Chinese ancestry on July 16 1974. A graduate of Columbia Law School, Lee began her acting career as a part of the ensemble cast of the romantic comedy Hav Plenty in 1997, which was shown at Toronto Film Festival. In 2003, Lee appeared in Deliver Us From Eva with LL Cool J and the action comedy National Security with Martin Lawrence. In 2007, Lee completed a ten episode appearance on Tyler Perry's House of Payne and shot an independent film, "This is Not a Test". She appeared in R&B singer Usher's video for his 2004 single Confessions Part II. After that she started a relationsh... Biography of Holland Taylor
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress known for her film, television and theatre work. Her television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, senator's wife Margaret Powers on Norman Lear's The Powers That Be, Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men. Early life Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, the daughter of Virginia, a painter, and C. Tracy Taylor, an attorney. She is the youngest of three girls in the family and her sisters are Patricia and Pamela. Taylor attended high school at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, then majored in drama at Bennington College in 1964, before moving to New York City to become an actress. Career Taylor's long car... Biography of Joan Chen
Joan Chong Chen (Chinese name: simplified Chinese: 陈冲; traditional Chinese: 陳冲; pinyin: Chén Chōng; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer. She became famous in China for her performance in the 1979 film Little Flower and came to international attention for her performance in the 1987 Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, Saving Face and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. Biography Early life and career Born in Shanghai, China as Chen Chong, the majority of her family worked as pharmacologists (her grandparent Changshao Zhang was educated at UCI and later a visiting ... Biography of Shae-Lynn Bourne
Shae-Lynn Bourne (born January 24, 1976 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice dancer. She and partner Victor Kraatz became the first North American ice dancing world champions in 2003. Bourne began skating at age seven. She first competed in pair skating events with partner Andrew Bertleff. She later changed to ice dancing and found a partner in Victor Kraatz. The team has had quite a few coaches, among them Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Dubova, Uschi Keszler, and Nikolai Morozov. Bourne skated for the club CPA Brossard. The final training location was Newington, U.S.. Bourne and Kraatz were the first ice dancers to include hydroblading elements in their routines. They became known for their deep edges and soft knees, but later became famous for fast and difficult footwork se... Biography of Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, RN, (born February 3, 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon. She entered the entertainment industry after coming second in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, and has steadily gained popularity ever since. Miriam was managed by Gold Label after previously being contracted with Capital Artists and Cinepoly Records, and her manager was the revered Paco Wong. In late 2006, she left Gold Label and joined Amusic, the company co-founded by Leon Lai, in 2007. Miriam is currently co-hosting Minutes to Fame (Season 3) with Sammy Leung. Singing career As ... Biography of Marie Marchand-Arvier
Marie Marchand-Arvier, born April 8, 1985 in Laxou, Meurthe-et-Moselle, is a French alpine skier.... Biography of Lauryn Williams
Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States. Williams was born and raised in suburban Pittsburgh and Detroit, Michigan. She attended the University of Miami. Williams is a silver medalist in the 100 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a 4-time medalist at the World Championships in Athletics, where she won (together with Angela Daigle, Muna Lee and Me'Lisa Barber) a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay in 2005 and 2007, as well as gold and silver in the 100m in 2005 and 2007 editions of the meet. In the Beijing Olympics of 2008, Williams ran the anchor leg in the relay, but a mix-up in the semi-final with team-mate Torri Edwards caused Edwards to drop the baton. Williams picked... Biography of Norah Baring
Norah Baring (26 November 1905 – 8 February 1985), born Norah Minnie Baker, was an English film actress most famous for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Murder! (1930). She is also known for playing the female lead in Anthony Asquith's silent thriller A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929). Originally she studied art before succumbing to the footlights and soon became well known to London theatre goers. Selected filmography Underground (1928) Parisiskor (1928) The Celestial City (1929) The Runaway Princess (1929) A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) Murder! (1930) Should a Doctor Tell? (1930) Two Worlds (1930) At the Villa Rose (1930) Should a Doctor Tell? (1931) The Lyons Mail (1931) Strange Evidence (1933) The H... Biography of Skye Sweetnam
Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer/songwriter and actress. Skye came onto the music scene in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." Over a year later, her debut album, Noise from the Basement, was released including the singles "Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One". Sweetnam is also known for singing theme songs and contributing to Disney albums. In 2006, she was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her second album was released on October 30, 2007 entitled Sound Soldier. Skye was born on May 5th, 1988, to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam. She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with her sister, Aurora, and her brother, Cameron, Sweetnam was born and raised in the small town of Bolton, Ontario, where she studied dancing... Biography of Una Merkel
Una Merkel (December 10, 1903, Covington, Kentucky – January 2, 1986) was an American film actress. Merkel resembled the popular actress Lillian Gish, and her resemblance allowed her to begin her career as a stand-in for Gish in 1920's Way Down East (she also did stand-in work for Gish in 1928's The Wind). She appeared in a few films during the silent era, including the two-reel Love's Old Sweet Song (1923) filmed by Lee DeForest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process, and co-starring Louis Wolheim and Donald Gallaher. However, she spent most of her time in New York City working on Broadway. Merkel returned to Hollywood and achieved her greatest success with the advent of "talkies". She played Ann Rutledge in the film Abraham Lincoln (1930) directed by D. W. Griffith. During the 1930... Biography of Georgina Spelvin
Georgina Spelvin, born Michelle Graham on March 1, 1936, is a former American pornographic actress who is best known for her appearance in the classic film The Devil in Miss Jones. Before Devil As a child, Michelle Graham fell victim to an attack of polio, but she recovered enough of her mobility to become a dancer. She began her professional career as a chorus girl in New York and was featured in the Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity, and The Pajama Game. She made her first movie, The Twilight Girls, a softcore lesbian film, in 1957. Michelle becomes Georgina When her friend, actor Harry Reems, introduced her to adult film director Gerard Damiano, Graham moved away from the mainstream into porn. The stage name she adopted is a variation on George Spelvin, ... Biography of Jennifer Salt
Jennifer Salt is an American actress and screenwriter, born September 4, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport. Her best-remembered role was as Eunice Tate-Leitner on the comedy Soap. A notable early role was in 1969's Midnight Cowboy, as Joe Buck's hometown lover Crazy Annie. While living with actress Margot Kidder in Malibu in the early-1970s, she worked in tandem with American director Brian DePalma in the films The Wedding Party and Sisters, and appeared with Cornell Wilde and a young Scott Glenn in the Emmy Winning TV film "Gargoyles". She is currently retired from acting, and pursuing her writing career, including episode scripts for Nip/Tuck and other programs. Notable credits Midnight Cowboy Brewster McClou... Biography of Hind Dehiba
Hind Dehiba (born 17 March 1979) is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. In January 2007 Dehiba was arrested on Charles de Gaulle International Airport together with her coach and husband Fodil after vials containing human growth hormone were found in her luggage. Both were released, but Fodil Dehiba will be investigated for illegal drug trafficking. In 2006 Dehiba was found guilty of EPO doping, and received an IAAF suspension from February 2007 to February 2009. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 2004 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th 3000 m 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd 1500 m World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th 1500 m 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 4th 1500 m European Cha... Biography of Genevieve Cortese
Genevieve Cortese (born January 8, 1981) is an American actress known for her breakout role on the television series Wildfire as Kris Furillo and as Ruby on Supernatural. Before making her television debut as Kris Furillo, Genevieve was known as an experienced stage actress. She has performed in regional productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Crimes of the Heart, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Genevieve holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in drama and a bachelor of arts in English from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Cortese has three younger siblings (one sister and two brothers). Cortese's nickname is "Gen". Filmography Film Year Role Notes Mojave 2004 Amber The Dead Zone July 10, 2005 Chloe Episode #4... Biography of Ina Claire
Ina Claire (October 15, 1893 – February 21, 1985) was an American stage and film actress. Career Born Ina Fagan in Washington, D.C., Claire began her career appearing in vaudeville. She performed on Broadway in the musicals Jumping Jupiter and The Quaker Girl (both 1911) and Lady Luxury, and starred on Broadway in plays by some of the leading comic dramatists of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including the roles of Jerry Lamarr in Avery Hopwood's The Gold Diggers (1919), Mrs. Cheyney in Frederick Lonsdale's The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1925), Lady George Grayston in W. Somerset Maugham's Our Betters (1928), and Enid Fuller in George Kelly's The Fatal Weakness. Her last stage appearance was as Lady Elizabeth Mulhammer in T. S. Eliot's The Confidential Clerk (1954). She was particularly ... Biography of Lady Isabella Hervey
Lady Isabella Frederica Louisa Hervey (born 9 March 1982) is a British socialite, model, and actress. She is the youngest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and his third wife Yvonne Marie Sutton, half-sister of the 7th Marquess of Bristol, and Lord Nicholas Hervey, both deceased, and sister of the 8th Marquess of Bristol and Lady Victoria Hervey. She was educated at Woldingham School and is probably most well known for receiving a gold medal on the Channel 4 reality TV show The Games (2004), and for appearing as a contestant on ITV's Celebrity Love Island (2005). In 2005, she was named "face of Playboy UK". With the shoot taking place during a heatwave, she said “I nearly died, the sweat was dripping off me. I was very pleased not to be wearing very much.” Her childhood hasn't ... Biography of Maurice Garin
Maurice-Francois Garin (Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy, 3 March 1871, died Lens (or Haute-Savoie), France, 19 February 1957) was a road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. Origins Arvier, in Italy, the birthplace of Maurice Garin Garin was born the son of Maurice Clément Garin and Maria Teresa Ozello in the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, close to the French border. The name Garin was the most common in the village, which was French-speaking, belonging to five of the seven families. They married in 1864 when he was a 36-year-old labourer and she a 19-year-old employee of the town's hotel. They had four daughters and five sons, of whom two were ... Biography of Virginie Guilhaume
Virginie Guilhaume, born November 30, 1977 in Paris, is a French journalist, reporter and TV host. She has worked with Michel Drucker, Guillaume Durand and Thierry Ardisson. Virginie Guilhaume is the daughter of Philippe Guilhaume, a former President of channels Antenne 2 and FR3. She hosts TV Show Nouvelle Star on M6 in 2009 (Nouvelle Star (a.k.a. A La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star for the first series), is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia and broadcast by M6 in France.). It was hosted by Benjamin Castaldi for the first three series. He also hosted 13 episodes of Series 4. Virginie Efira presented the remainder of Series 4, as well as presenting Series 5 and 6). TV host 2007 La St Valentin en chansons (France 2) Tu... Biography of Vilma Bánky
Vilma Bánky (January 9, 1898 – March 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-born American silent film actress, although the early part of her acting career began in Budapest, spreading to France, Austria, and Germany. Early life She was born Vilma Koncsics on January 9, 1901 to János Koncsics and Katalin Ulbert in Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary. Her father was a bureau chief under Franz Joseph's Austro-Hungarian Empire. Shortly after her birth, her father was transferred to Budapest, and the family relocated. She had two siblings – an older brother, Gyula (who would later go on to work in Berlin as a writer and cinematographer), and a younger sister, Gisella. After graduation from secondary school, Bánky took courses to work as a stenographer, but was offered a role in a film. Acting had been her ... Biography of Kym Marsh
Kimberley Gail Marsh (formerly Ryder, born 13 June 1976) is an English actress and singer. Born in Whiston, Merseyside and raised in Garswood, Ashton in Makerfield in St Helens, Merseyside, She first came into the public eye in 2001 after appearing as a contestant on ITV's talent show Popstars where she made the final line-up for the band Hear'Say along with four others. Marsh left the group in 2002 and now plays Michelle Connor in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street. Music career Solo singing career After a while out of the spotlight, Marsh emerged again, signing a solo record deal with Island Records. Her first single, Cry, went to number two in the UK singles chart, whilst her 2nd single Come On Over made #10. In July 2003, Marsh released her debut solo album which ... Biography of Aubrey O'Day
Aubrey Morgan O'Day (born February 11, 1984 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, and former member of the girl group Danity Kane. On an October 2008 episode of the reality show Making the Band, O'Day was declared no longer a member of the girl group. O'Day has also modeled for magazines such as Blender and Playboy, and has acted on Broadway. Early life O'Day developed a passion for entertaining at age five, after performing on stage for the first time. "I lived on the stage, and even at six, slept behind the seats of the theatre," she stated in an interview. According to her mother, when O'Day was six, she was at a performance of The Nutcracker and started to cry. Her mother asked her during intermission what was wrong... Biography of Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Ann Sanderson (born 28 March 1984 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English actress who is best known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera Coronation Street. During her time at Coronation Street and since, she has also forged a career as a glamour model and television presenter on programmes such as CD:UK, Junior Eurovision and Ministry of Mayhem. Career Sanderson joined Coronation Street in 1999 and left in Autumn 2005, when her character left Weatherfield to become a stylist for Status Quo. Prior to this, she had appeared in children's drama Children's Ward and in 2004, the hit fitness DVD Coronation Street - Funk fit. Since leaving Coronation Street, Sanderson has appeared in episodes of the BBC television series' Holby City and New Street Law alongside fell... Biography of Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American actress. Early life Sidney, born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, was the daughter of Rebecca (née Saperstein), a Romanian Jew, and Victor Kosow, a Russian Jewish immigrant who worked as a clothing salesman. The area from which Victor Kosow came from is today in Belarus. Her parents divorced by 1915 and she was adopted by her stepfather, Sigmund Sidney, a dentist. Her mother became a dressmaker and renamed herself Beatrice Sidney. Now using the surname Sidney, she became an actress at the age of fifteen as a way of overcoming shyness. As a student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney appeared in several of their productions during the 1920s and earned praise from theater critics. In 1926, she was seen by a ... Biography of Franco Cagnotto
Franco Giorgio Cagnotto (born June 2, 1947) is a former diver from Italy, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1964. He is considered to be one of the world's most prolific divers during the 1960s and 1970s. Cagnotto was born in Turin. At the age of eight, he began to train with this uncle, professional diver Lino Quattrini. Just eight years later he found himself competing in the 1964 Summer Olympics, kicking off an Olympic career of sixteen years. Cagnotto was best off the springboard, but medaled in the platform as well. After Tokyo, he competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but it was during his third Olympic effort in the 1972 Munich Games that he earned a silver medal for his performance on the springboard and a bron... Biography of Dale Evans
Dale Evans was the stage name of Lucille Wood Smith (October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001), an American writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Biography Early life Born Lucille Wood Smith in Uvalde, Texas, her name was changed in infancy to Frances Octavia Smith. She had a tumultuous early life, eloping at the age of 14 with her first husband, Thomas F. Fox. She bore one son, Thomas F. Fox, Jr., when she was 15. Divorced in 1929 at age 17, she married August Wayne Johns that same year, a union that ended in divorce in 1935. She took the name Dale Evans in the early 1930s to promote her singing career. She then married her accompanist and arranger Robert Dale Butts in 1937. In 1947 she married Roy Rogers. The marriage was hi... Biography of Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева), former Pyleva (Russian: Пылёва), née Zamorozova (Russian: Заморозова), (born July 7, 1975 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian biathlete. At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze medal in the team relay. Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition during the 2004/05 season in the sprint and pursuit events. Doping offense and disqualification in 2006 At the 2006 Winter Olympics she wo... Biography of Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey (July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998) was an American television and film actress. Biography Career Born Beulah Irene Herwick in Venice, California, she began her acting career after being introduced to a casting agent from MGM. After a successful screen test, she was signed by the studio and made her screen debut in the 1933 film The Stranger's Return, opposite Lionel Barrymore. Though signed by MGM, Hervey was loaned out by the studio and appeared in several films including United Artists' The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) and With Words and Music, released by Grand_National_Films_Inc.. In 1936, Hervey left MGM and signed with Universal Pictures. While at Universal, Hervey appeared in The League of Frightened Men (1937) and Destry Rides Again (1939) with Marlene Diet... Biography of Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough (pronounced /ˈhʌf/; born July 20, 1988) is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography. ABC's 20/20 called her one of the "very best dancers on the planet." Hough's brother, Derek, is also on Dancing with the Stars and is a three-time winner himself. Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in December 2007. Her self-titled debut album was released May 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200. It sold 67,000 copies its first week, and has sold over 320,000 total copies. On October 12, 2008, she released a holiday album,... Biography of Sylvia Sydney
Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American actress. Early life Sidney, born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, was the daughter of Rebecca (née Saperstein), a Romanian Jew, and Victor Kosow, a Russian Jewish immigrant who worked as a clothing salesman. The area from which Victor Kosow came from is today in Belarus. Her parents divorced by 1915 and she was adopted by her stepfather, Sigmund Sidney, a dentist. Her mother became a dressmaker and renamed herself Beatrice Sidney. Now using the surname Sidney, she became an actress at the age of fifteen as a way of overcoming shyness. As a student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney appeared in several of their productions during the 1920s and earned praise from theater critics. In 1926, she was seen by a ... Biography of Sheldon Lee
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Virginie de Clausade, born April 22, 1981 in Paris, France, is a Belgian actress, TV host, author and producer. She works with French TV channels Paris Première, TF1, France 2. She lives with her husband Luc-Charles and has a son, Mercutio, born August 8, 2008. Filmography Actress 2001 : Les Rois Mages, réalisé par Didier Bourdon et Bernard Campan Producer 2005 : Foon, réalisé par Les Quiches (productrice associée) Television As actress 2000 : Disparitions (épisode n°46 de Julie Lescaut), réalisé parAlain Wermus 2001 : Le blouson rouge (épisode de Commissariat Bastille), réalisé par Gilles Béhat 2001 : En toute innocence (épisode de Commissariat Bastille), réalisé par Jacques Malaterre 2001 : Feux croisés (épisode n°3 de Commissariat Bastille), réalisé par Gill... Biography of Karin Dor
Karin Dor (born February 22, 1938, Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz. Dor was born as Kätherose Derr. She was married to George Robotham, a U.S. stunt-director, from 1988 until his death in 2007. The couple lived in Los Angeles and Munich. Her previous marriage was to Harald Reinl (1954-68); she had a child by that marriage. In 2008 she was back on stage again in Munich in Man lebt nur dreimal ("You Only Live Thrice"). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233312/ ) # "Das Traumschiff" .... Ellen Barner (1 episode, 2010) - Indian Summer (2010) TV episode .... Ellen Barner # Ich ... Biography of Rita Figueroa
Rita FigRita "La Guera" Figueroa, born June 1, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American boxer. External link: http://www.womenboxing.com/biog/rfigueroabio.htm... Biography of Marie Collonvillé
Marie Collonvillé (born 23 November 1973 in Amiens) is a French heptathlete. She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April 2005.... Biography of Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer. Early life Hutton was born as Elizabeth June Thornburg, a daughter of railroad foreman Percy E. Thornburg (1896–1939) and his wife, the former Mabel Lum (1901–1967). Her father abandoned the family for another woman and they did not hear from or see him again until they received a telegram, in 1939, informing them of his death from suicide. Along with her older sister Marion, Betty was raised by her mother, who took the surname Hutton and was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones. The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move, and eventually they moved to Detroi... Biography of Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom (16 March 1893 — 12 January 1981) was an English screen, stage, and television actress. Career Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train in 1926. Her best-known stage role was the wealthy murder victim in Ladies in Retirement (1939), a role she repeated in the 1941 film version. Her other theatre credits included The Innocents and Romeo and Juliet. Elsom made her first screen appearance during the silent film era (she frequently co-starred with Owen Nares) and appeared in nearly 100 films throughout her career. She met her first husband, director Maurice Elvey, when he cast her in his ... Biography of Lena Nicole
Lena Nicole, October 1, 1986 in Corona, California, is an American model.... Biography of Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905 – May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance) and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio (a total of 266), and is also the most honored of the Warner directors, having won four Academy Awards. After Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David DePatie founded DePatie-Freleng Enterpr... Biography of Marilyn Michaels
Marilyn Michaels (born February 26, 1943) is an American comedic actress, impressionist and singer. She auditioned and won an RCA recording contract, singing the follow-up song to Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her", entitled, "Tell Tommy I Miss Him". This was followed by contracts with Warner Bros. Records and ABC Paramount. Career Marilyn Sternberg was born in Manhattan and attended the High School of Music and Art as a music major, but in her sophomore year she switched to art. Michaels began her career singing with her mother, Fraydele Oysher, when she was seven. At the age of 15 she was soloist in her father's choir, the late Metropolitan Opera basso, Harold Sternberg. The cantor was her uncle, Moishe Oysher. In 1961 she changed her name to Toni Michaels. She began singing... Biography of Lorraine Pearson
Lorraine Pearson (born Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson, 10 August 1967, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom (source: Imdb)) is a British singer and a member of the pop group, Five Star. Pearson does most of the talking in interviews, and is regarded as spokesperson of the group. Pearson now writes books (her novel Her, Me and Reality was published in 1989), but still appears with Stedman and Denise on stage.... Biography of Max Steiner
Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was a Vienna-born American composer of music for theatre productions and films. He was one of the first composers who primarily wrote music for motion pictures, and as such is often referred to as "the father of film music". Along with such composers as Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman and Miklós Rózsa, Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films. Steiner composed hundreds of film scores, including The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944), all of which won him Academy Awards. He was nominated for the Academy Award a total of twenty six times, a record surpassed only by Alfred Newman and John Williams for the most nominations received by a composer. Thre... Biography of Aiko Nakamura
Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子, Nakamura Aiko?, born December 28, 1983 in Osaka), is a female Japanese tennis player. She is the second-highest ranked Japanese tennis player on the WTA rankings, at 47 overall (August 6, 2007), after Ai Sugiyama. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Weight 123 lbs. (56 kg) Like her role-model Monica Seles, she has a double-handed forehand and backhand, but serves right-handed. She won 2 ITF singles and 2 double ITF titles. Her career highlights also include the final in 2006 at the Japan Open in Tokyo, when she lost to Marion Bartoli of France 2–6, 6–2, 6–2.... Biography of Lieve Slegers
Lieve Slegers (born 6 April 1965 in Turnhout, Vlaanderen) is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on 28 April 1996 clocking 2:28:06. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10.000 metres, where she was eliminated in the qualifying heats. Slegers also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.... Biography of Lu Chen
Chen Lu (simplified Chinese: 陈露; traditional Chinese: 陳露; pinyin: Chén Lù) (born 24 November 1976) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China. Amateur career Chen was born in Changchun, China in 1976 as the daughter of an ice hockey coach and a table tennis player. She was one of the most decorated figure skaters of the 1990s winning two Olympic medals, four World medals, and nine national titles. Her success brought attention to Chinese figure skating and spurred more Chinese success. Early success As a young skater in the early 90's, Chen demonstrated both athletic and artistic potential. In fact, she often out-jumped many... Biography of Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland (5 March 1932 – 10 November 2006) was an English actress best remembered for her role as Jean Abbott on Bless This House, which she played from 1971 to 1976. Early life Coupland was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1932, and originally wanted to be a ballet dancer, but she could not fulfill this ambition due to a horse-riding accident. Her music career began at the age of 11. Barney Colehan, a BBC producer, heard Coupland sing and invited her onto one of his radio shows. By the time she reached 14, she was singing full time at the Mecca Locarno in Leeds, and the following year, moved to London with her parents, where she became a resident singer at Mecca's Tottenham Court Road ballroom. During the 1940s and 1950s, she became a leading singer of the day, singi... Biography of Rebecka Hemse
Ingrid Rebecka Elisabet Hemse (born August 4, 1975 in Södertälje, Stockholms län, Sweden (source: Imdb)) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Martin Beck's daughter Inger. She works on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 2008 she did a role as Ofelia in Staffan Valdemar Holm's theatre play Hamlet and she also did the role as Karoline in the play Kasimir och Karoline. In 2009 she did a role as Sanna Rönne in Final. Earlier Hemse has played Clara in Riddartornet (2004), Mária Jefimovna Grékova in Platonov (2005), the princess from Athens in Fedra (2006) and Agnes in August Strindberg's Ett drömspel (2007). Filmography Beck – Levande begravd (2010) Beck – I Guds namn (2007) Beck – Det tysta skriket (2007) Beck – Den svaga länken (200... Biography of Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos (February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute. She was convicted and sentenced to death for six of the murders and executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002. Early Life Childhood Wuornos was born as Aileen Carol Pittman in Rochester, Michigan, on February 29, 1956. Her mother, Diane Wuornos, was 15 years old when she married Aileen's father, Leo Dale Pittman on June 3, 1954. Less than two years later, and two months before Wuornos was born, Diane filed for divorce. Aileen had an older brother named Keith, who was born in February 1955. Wuornos never met her father, because he was in prison for the rape a... Biography of Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Bautista Burke (born May 3, 1984 in Redwood City, California) is a two-time Emmy nominated professional dancer. She is known for being the first two-time champion of ABC's American version of Dancing with the Stars with celebrity dance partners Drew Lachey (February 2006) and Emmitt Smith (November 2006). In Season 4, she went to Week 9 with Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering. In Season 5, she was partnered with Las Vegas Legend Wayne Newton, who was eliminated in Week 3. In Season 6, she made it to the finals and placed 3rd with actor Cristián de la Fuente. In Season 7, she was eliminated in Week 8 with partner Maurice Green, the former "World's Fastest Man." In Season 8 she is paired with Gilles Marini, best known for his cameo in the Sex and the City movie. Early life Burke... Biography of Amy Stiller
Amy Stiller (born August 9, 1961) is an American actress and screenwriter. She is a stand up comedian, in New York City, and also a Bikram Yoga instructor. She was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of the comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (Stiller and Meara), and the older sister of actor Ben Stiller. Stiller is married to voice actor Rodger Bumpass, who is known for his portrayal of Squidward Tentacles in the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. Filmography * Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) * Vampire's Kiss (1989) * Elvis Stories (1989) * That's Adequate (1990) * Monsters (anthology TV series) "One Wolf's Family" (1990) * Highway to Hell (1992) * Reality Bites (1994) * The Daytrippers (1996) * The Cable Guy (199... Biography of Audrey Chauveau
Audrey Chauveau, born October 30, 1979 in Paris, is a French comedian, actress and TV host.... Biography of Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr (born 25 December 1942, in Algiers, Algeria) is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1967. She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971. Grand Slam tournaments Durr is best remembered for winning the singles title at the 1967 French Championships. She defeated Maria Bueno in a quarterfinal before defeating Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final. In addition to her singles championship, Durr won seven Grand Slam wo... Biography of Rebecca Grant (American actress)
Rebecca Grant (born on December 11, 1968 in Buffalo, New York), is an American actress. Grant is a graduate of the University of New York at Buffalo with a joint major in psychology and communication (1992). She was a hostess on NFL Under the Helmet and Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors television programs. Video game and comic book character Rebecca Grant modeled for the Dungeon Siege III character Katarina. Katarina is the illegimate daughter of Hugh Montbarron and a Lescanzi witch. She fights with a long-range rifle or a pair of shotguns at close range. She was trained as a witch with spells and potions. Rebecca can also be seen as Katarina in advertisements, and the official Dungeon Siege website. The comic book by Dark Horse comics, was made into an electronic version and printed ve... Biography of Brenda Joyce
Brenda Joyce (February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009) was an American film actress. She was born as Betty Graffina Leabo in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Although she appeared in many B-movies of the 1940s, she is best-remembered as the seventh actress to play Jane in the Tarzan series of films. She succeeded Maureen O'Sullivan in the series and appeared in the role five times. Her first four appearances as Jane were opposite Johnny Weissmuller. However, her last performance as Jane, in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), was with Lex Barker as Tarzan. Joyce and Karla Schramm from the silent era were the only two actresses to play Jane opposite two different actors playing Tarzan. She retired from acting in 1949. Personal life She was married to Owen Ward from 1941 until their divorce ... Biography of Eunice Gayson
Eunice Gayson is a British actress born in Croydon on 17 March 1928. She is best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love). Originally, Gayson was going to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but the part went to Lois Maxwell instead. Gayson was originally to have been a regular in the Bond film series, but her character was dropped. Like nearly all of the actresses who appeared in the first two Bond films, Gayson's voice in Dr. No and From Russia with Love was overdubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl, though Gayson's real voice can still be heard in original trailers for Dr. No. As the first female to be seen in Dr. No, she is officially the very first actress to play a Bond girl. Gayson also played a majo... Biography of Marie-France Dubreuil
Marie-France Dubreuil (born August 11, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and husband Patrice Lauzon, she is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist. Dubreuil was born in Montreal, Quebec. She began skating with Lauzon in 1995. The pair has captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. However, they had to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after she suffered an injury from a fall during a lift attempt at the end of a program that required Lauzon to carry her off the ice afterwards. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary. They started out the next season strongly by winning the Skate Canada and NHK Trophy events, qualifying them for the Grand Prix Final. They ... Biography of Li Nina
Li Nina (Chinese: 李妮娜; pinyin: Lǐ Nīnà, born January 10, 1983 in Benxi, Liaoning) is a Chinese aerial skier who won silver at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. She placed 5th at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won the last three World Championships in aerials. Her nickname is 'Snow Princess'.... Biography of Patricia Roc
Patricia Roc (7 June 1915, London - 30 December 2003, Locarno, Switzerland), born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold, was a British film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, Canyon Passage (1946). She also appeared in Jassy (1945), The Brothers (1947) and When the Bough Breaks (1947). Early life The adoptive daughter of a Dutch-Belgian father, André Riese, a wealthy stockbroker, and a half-French mother, she was educated at private schools in London and Paris, before joining RADA in 1937. She did not learn that she was adopted until 1949. Movie career Roc began as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Al... Biography of Maureen Connolly
aureen Catherine ("Little Mo") Connolly Brinker (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969) was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year. Biography Connolly was born in San Diego, California, U.S. As a child, she loved horseback riding, but her mother was unable to pay the cost of riding lessons. So, she took up the game of tennis. Connolly's career began at the age of 10 on the municipal courts of San Diego. Her first coach, Wilbur Folsom, encouraged her to switch from a left-handed grip to right and she soon became a baseline specialist with tremendous power, accuracy, and a strong backhand. After Folsom she was coached by Eleanor 'Teach' Tenant who had also previously coached Alice Marble the Wimbledon champ... Biography of Sia Furler
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (pronounced /ˈsiːə/) (born 18 December 1975), also simply known as Sia, is an Australian soulful jazz-styled pop singer and songwriter. At the 2009 Aria Awards, she won the award for Best Music DVD and Some People Have Real Problems was nominated for Best Breakthrough Artist Album. She is noted for her work with Zero 7 and her three major label solo albums. Career Sia Furler, born in Adelaide, South Australia, was part of the Australian acid jazz and indie formation, Crisp, which released two albums, Word and the Deal and Delirium. Sia later released her own solo album entitled OnlySee in 1997 on a now-defunct independent record label. Furler did not achieve commercial success until her move to the United Kingdom where she embarked on a solo ... Biography of Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Dawn Locke (born January 3, 1978) is an American singer and plus-size fashion model who has recorded in the dance, pop and adult contemporary music genres. She gained fame with her participation in the 2003 American Idol television series, and in 2007 garnered media attention for her participation in Celebrity Fit Club. Locke is a co-host of a daytime show tentatively called The Revolution which is scheduled to air in January 2012 on ABC . Early life Locke was born in Hartsville, Tennessee, to Donald and Christine Locke, and is the second of two children, with an older brother named Ashley. She and her brother spent most of their life in Gallatin. At age five, Locke began singing in church. Her parents divorced when she was eight years old. Locke grew up admiring such... Biography of Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama (杉山愛, Sugiyama Ai?) (born July 5, 1975 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992. In her career, she won 6 singles titles and 37 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1 with Frenchwoman Julie Halard-Decugis and 2 partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters). Sugiyama has the all-time record, for both male and female players, for the most consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances which currently stands at 62 making her one of the most consistent tour players. She is the very first Asi... Biography of Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (Tamil: வித்யா பாலன்; born 1 January 1978 in Palghat (now Palakkad), Kerala (source: Imdb)) is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films. Balan made her movie debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko in 2003. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut as well as her first Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. She subsequently essayed a variety of character roles, receiving her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). She subsequently ... Biography of Guy Lombardo
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist. Forming "The Royal Canadians" in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven." The Lombardos are believed to have sold between 100 and 300 million phonograph records during their lifetimes. Early life Lombardo was born in London, Ontario to Italian-Canadian immigrants, Gaetano Sr. and Lena Lombardo. His father, who had immigrated to Canada from Italy and worked as tailor, was an amateur singer with baritone voice and had four of his five sons learn to play instruments so they could accompany him. Lombardo a... Biography of Cindy Bremser
Cynthia ("Cindy") Mae Bremser (born May 5, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented her native country in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing fourth. She won the silver medal in the 1,500 metres at the 1983 Pan American Games.... Biography of Anna Lee
Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith, 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was an English actress. Career Lee studied at the Royal Albert Hall, then debuted with a bit part in the film His Lordship (1932). When she and her first husband, director Robert Stevenson, moved to Hollywood she became associated with John Ford, appearing in several of his films, notably How Green Was My Valley, Two Rode Together and Fort Apache. She worked for producer in the horror/thriller Bedlam (1946) and had a lead role opposite Brian Donlevy and Walter Brennan in Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die! (1943), a wartime thriller about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Lee made frequent appearances on television anthology series in the 1940s and 1950s, including Robert Montgomery Presents, The Ford Theat... Biography of Chandra Leigh
Chandra Leigh, born on November 9, 1979 in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1346700/) 2011 My Big Redneck Wedding (TV series documentary) (researcher - 10 episodes) – Lindsay and Russell (2011) (researcher) – Sara and Joe (2011) (researcher) – Intervention: Bonnie Johnson and Batten Family (2011) (researcher) – Baby: Ashley and Lee (2011) (researcher) – Kim & Mike (2011) (researcher) See all 10 episodes » 2002-2011 The Bachelor (TV series) (cast coordination assistant - 17 episodes) – Episode #15.11 (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – After the Final Rose (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – The Women Tell All (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – Episode #15.9 (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – Episod... Biography of Charlotte Roche
Charlotte Elisabeth Grace Roche (born 18 March 1978 in High Wycombe, England) is a German television presenter, actress, singer and author. As a writer Roche's book Feuchtgebiete (in English Wetlands) was the world's best-selling novel in March 2008. Partly autobiographical, it explores cleanliness, sex, and femininity and had sold over 500,000 copies in Germany by the end of the first quarter of 2008. For supporters it is an erotic literary classic; for critics it is cleverly marketed pornography. As a singer Roche featured in the single 1. 2. 3. ... with Bela B., from Bela's début album Bingo. Life and career Roche, who is bilingual in English and German, is the daughter of an engineer and a politically and artistically active mother. She has lived in Germany since the ag... Biography of Frédéric Dambier
Frédéric Dambier (born December 26, 1977 in Tours) is a French figure skater. He is a four-time French national silver medalist and competed at two Olympic Games. He twice placed fourth at the European Figure Skating Championships. He is the first French skater to land a quadruple salchow in competition. Dambier started skating when he was about six or seven years old when a neighbor took him to the small ice rink of Joué les Tours. He landed his first triple jump, the salchow, at 14, and his first quad salchow when he was 19. He was coached by Annick Gailhaguet, Pierre Trente, Diane Scotnicka and Li Ping, and his choreographers included Olga Leonovich and Shanti Rushpaul. After retiring from competitive skating in August 2006, Dambier participated in numerous ice shows including Hol... Biography of Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi (桃井 かおり Momoi Kaori; born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada (The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979), Shohei Imamura (Why Not?, 1981), Shunji Iwai (Swall... Biography of Barry Fitzgerald (actor)
Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 – 14 January 1961) was an Irish stage, film and television actor. Life He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. He is the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry's College, Dublin, before going on to work in the civil service, while also working at the Abbey Theatre. By 1929, he turned to acting full-time. He was briefly a roommate of famed playwright Sean O'Casey and starred in such plays as O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock and the premiere of The Silver Tassie. Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to star in another O'Casey work, The Plough and the Stars (1936), directed by John Ford. He had a successful Hollywood career in such films as The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (194... Biography of Miriam Jordan
Miriam Jordan, born on March 3, 1904 in London, died on December 4, 1987 in Great Worley, was a British actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430113/) 1983 Die fünfte Jahreszeit (TV mini-series) – Judas (1983) 1949 My Own True Love Miss Robinson (uncredited) 1934 Two Heads on a Pillow Evelyn Smith/Evelyn Adams 1933 Un rêve à deux Gerry Marsh 1933 I Loved You Wednesday Cynthia Williams 1933 Dangerously Yours Claire Roberts 1932 Sherlock Holmes Alice Faulkner 1932 6 Hours to Live Baroness Valerie von Sturm... Biography of Dawn Wells
Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18, 1938, in Reno, Nevada) is an American actress, best known for her television work in the 1960s, particularly her role as Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom Gilligan's Island, which first ran on CBS from 1964-1967, and has been continuously rerun in American television markets over the subsequent decades. The "Mary Ann" character was based on the "Dorothy Gale" character of The Wizard of Oz, a typical American girl stranded in an exotic locale. Dawn's fresh, wholesome looks made for a good contrast to those of the island's glamorous "movie star," Tina Louise. Early life and career Wells attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She later transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in ... Biography of Stéphanie Bouvier
Stéphanie Bouvier (born 15 November 1981 in Dijon) is a short track speed-skater. She represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to represent France at the 2010 Winter Olympics.... Biography of Jana Cova
Jana Cova (born April 13, 1980), is a Czech pornographic actress and nude model of Polish descent. Born in Prague, Cova grew up in the countryside in the Czech Republic where she "had a great childhood". She initially started working as a bikini model, then started doing nude and eventually softcore modeling. She has stated that part of her slow transition into movies was because "I wasn't ready for movies for about a year. I felt stupid in front of the camera." Cova has appeared in several pornographic movies (interacting exclusively with women for a long time) and high-profile men's magazines including Hustler, Penthouse, High Society, Perfect 10, Leg Show, Mayfair, Frenzy and Club International. She was the cover model and Penthouse Pet of April 2003. In April 2005, she signed ... Biography of Jingjing Guo
Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶; pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng, born October 15, 1981) is a female diver from the People's Republic of China. Height: 1.63m Weight: 49kg Career Born in Baoding, Hebei province, on October 15, 1981, she started training in competitive diving in 1988. She took up diving when she was six-years-old at the Baoding Training Base. In 1992, she was selected to dive for the Chinese national team. Her current coach is Zhong Shaozhen. Guo represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Wu Minxia before finally winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 metre women's springboard. She is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team afte... Biography of Tommy Tibbs
Tommy Tibbs, born on July 23, 1934 in Lancaster, Ohio (birth time source: Gauquelin), is an American boxer.... Biography of Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp (June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s, and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s. Born as Evelyn Pauline Knapp in Kansas City, Missouri in 1906, Knapp started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film At The Dentist's. In 1932, Knapp was one of fourteen girls, including Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars". Knapp achieved success in cliffhanger serials, which were popular at the time. She played the title character in the 1933 serial The Perils of Pauline. One of her better known film roles was opposite Ken Maynard in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe. Her career flourished through 1941, but slowed afterward. In 1943, she played her last role, which... Biography of Élodie Bourgeois-Pin
Élodie Bourgeois-Pin, born on March 2, 1982 in Champagnole, is a French cross-country skier.... Biography of Ayumi Morita
Ayumi Morita (born on March 11, 1990 in Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese female tennis player. She reached her career high ranking of No. 97 in the world on April 28, 2008. At the junior level, she reached a career high ranking of No. 3.... Biography of Audrey Tcheuméo
Audrey Tcheuméo, born on April 20, 1990 in Bondy, is a French judoka. On April 21, 2001, Audrey Tcheuméo became champion at the European Championship.... Biography of Polly Moran
Polly Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952) was an American actress and comedian. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moran started out in vaudeville, and widely toured North America, as well as various other locations that included Europe and South Africa. An attractive Irish beauty in her youth she left vaudeville in 1914 after signing for Mack Sennett at Keystone Studios where she honed the style of brash loud-mouth knock-about comedy for which she later became known. She proved effective at slapstick and remained with Sennett for several years until she was signed by MGM. She partnered with the famous Broadway star Marie Dressler in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927), and the two went on to appear in several films together such as Chasing Rainbows (1930) and Caught Short (1930). After D... Biography of Martha MacCallum
Martha MacCallum, born January 31, 1964 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, is an American news anchor on the Fox News Channel. She joined the network in 2004, and is based in the New York City bureau. She previously hosted The Live Desk with Trace Gallagher at 1:00 p.m. ET. Currently, she co-hosts with Bill Hemmer America's Newsroom at 9:00 a.m. ET. Career MacCallum began her career as a reporter for Corporate Finance magazine. Before her television career with Fox, she was an anchor/reporter on CNBC's Morning Call with Martha MacCallum and Ted David in addition to Checkpoint, an evening show which examined the business side of security and war. Prior to those shows, she frequently contributed to The News with Brian Williams, Today, NBC affiliates, and CNBC World. In addition, MacCallum also c... Biography of Sabrina Javor
Sabrina Javor (or Sabrina Jávor, born 29 December 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American-born Hungarian-British actress. Early life She was born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles in the Cedars Sinai Hospital. Her mother is the American actress Deborah Kim Javor and her father, George (or György) Jávor is Hungarian. She was born in Los Angeles, California. After her birth the family moved to Hungary, where her mother played in a Hungarian sitcom Família Kft. She studied in Switzerland at the Le Rosey and later at Bedale's School in England. She graduated at the Drama Centre London in 2005. She played a role of a Hungarian waitress in the episode of British sitcom How Not To Live Your Life, she spoke Hungarian there. She speaks English, Hungarian and French. She played in se... Biography of Sandra McCoy
Sandra Christina McCoy (born August 14, 1979) is an American actress and dancer who is best known for her role in the 2005 thriller Cry Wolf. Early life Sandra McCoy was born in San Jose, California (where she was also raised) to a Filipino/Irish family. Her mother, Madeline McCoy, was a high school P.E. teacher, tennis coach, and aerobics instructor. Her father, Gary McCoy, was the director of database management at the county Sherrif's Department and a private pilot. Her brother, who was two years her junior, enjoyed playing basketball and wrestling. All three passed away in the fall of 1993 in a tragic airplane accident that left McCoy as the sole survivor. McCoy has trained in dance and gymnastics since she was eight years old, and was on the cheerleading squad at Independence H... Biography of Apo Lazaridès
Apo Lazarides (born October 16, 1925 – died October 30, 1998), was a French champion cyclist. Born Jean Apotre Lazarides in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestry, as a boy he cycled in the mountains. During the German occupation of France in World War II, the teenaged Lazarides used his cycling skills to surreptitiously transport supplies to members of the French Resistance . Nicknamed "Apo", a short version of his middle name, his cycling abilities saw him compete in major races throughout France and although there was no Tour de France during the war, some events were held. In the years following liberation by the Allies, racing quickly began in earnest and in 1946 Lazarides finished fifth in the "Ronde de France" then won the most important competition of the year, the... Biography of Laetitia Le Corguiller
Laëtitia Le Corguillé (born July 29, 1986 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French cyclist and Olympic athlete who won the silver medal in BMX at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.... Biography of Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. She began her career in theater during the 1970s and shortly thereafter began a career in television, garnering ten nominations and winning one Emmy Award. Her most famous television project was her role on the 1990s NBC drama Sisters. She has also appeared somewhat sporadically in films from the late 1970s up until today, including prominent roles in such films as Dangerous Liaisons, Citizen Ruth, and Liar Liar among others. Throughout her career she has remained active in theater, earning five Tony Award nominations and winning two over the last three decades. She most recently starred as Lily Charles in the short lived ABC dramedy series Pushing Daisies. Early life Kurtz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of a... Biography of Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewan Burke (born 25 August 1988 in Islington, London) is an English singer and winner of the fifth series of UK television singing talent show The X Factor. Burke had previously auditioned for the 2005 series of the show, where she reached the last seven in her category but was not selected for the live shows. Burke's prize, as winner, was a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco record label, which is co-owned Sony Music Entertainment. The contract has a stated value of £1 million, of which £150,000 is a cash advance and the remainder is allocated to recording and marketing costs. On 15 December 2008, Burke became the current European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 copies of her debut single, "Hallelujah", in ... Biography of Jacques Marinelli
Jacques Marinelli, born December 15, 1925 in Le Blanc-Mesnil, is a French cyclist. He was mayor of Melun (1989-2001).... Biography of Bill Hartack
William John Hartack Jr. (December 9, 1932 – November 26, 2007) was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" (actually Hartack detested being called "Willie" because of his dislike for fellow jockey Willie Shoemaker) during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Small in stature, at age 17 he stood 5 ft. 4 in. (1.63 m) and weighed 111 lb (50 kg), a size that enabled him to pursue a career as a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. By his third season of racing, Hartack was the United States' leading jockey, going on to win that honor on three more occasions. He and Eddie Arcaro are the only two jockeys to ever win the Kentucky... Biography of Kathrin Hoelzl
Kathrin Hölzl (born July 18, 1984 in Berchtesgaden) is a German alpine skier and the reigning World Champion in the giant slalom. She competed in the 2007 World Championships, and has been appearing in the World Cup since 2001, when she competed in her first race in Val d'Isère.... Biography of Nicole Whitehead
Nicole Whitehead (born November 5, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American model. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 2004. Prior to that, she was Cyber Girl of the Week for January 28, 2002 and then Cyber Girl of the Month for May 2002.... Biography of Irlene Mandrell
Ellen Irlene Mandrell (born January 29, 1956) is an American musician, actress and model. She is the younger sister of country singers Barbara Mandrell and Louise Mandrell. Mandrell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. She first rose to prominence as a model for Cover Girl, and later appeared on the top-rated yet short-lived Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters. After that left the air, she appeared on Hee Haw for a number of years. She has also appeared on two episodes of The Love Boat, and worked as a commercial spokesperson for a wide range of products. She has also competed in auto racing. Since the late 1990s, Mandrell has hosted the annual Irlene Mandrell Celebrity Shoot to raise money for Wish Upon a Star, Inc. and the Boy Scouts of America. The event, previously held in Br... Biography of Andrea Tantaros
Andrea K. Tantaros, born on December 30, 1978 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a political analyst and commentator on Fox News, Fox Business Channel and writes for the New York Daily News and Newsmax magazine. Her columns appear in the New York Daily News every Thursday. Early life A daughter of an immigrant Greek family, Andrea Tantaros is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, although she grew up in the Trexlertown suburb. During her teenage years, she worked as a waitress in her family's restaurant. She is a 1997 graduate of Parkland High School; going on to attended Lehigh University (2001 graduate), where she majored in journalism and French and wrote political commentary for the college newspaper., and then pursued further studies at The Université de Paris in France. She is pr... Biography of Christina Amphlett
Christine Joy Amphlett (born 25 October 1959 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) was the lead singer of Australian rock band Divinyls. She is also known as Chrissy Amphlett. She grew up in Geelong as a singer and dancer. She left home as a teenager and travelled to England, France and Spain where she was imprisoned for three months for singing on the streets. In May 2001, Divinyls' "Science Fiction", written by Amphlett and lead guitarist Mark McEntee, was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. Amphlett and McEntee barely spoke after the band had separated in 1996, but resumed contact when they were inducted in the 2006 ARIA Hall of Fame, eventually announcing a new tour and album. Divinyls Main article: Diviny... Biography of Lindsey McKeon
Lindsey Johnson McKeon (born March 11, 1982 in Summit, New Jersey) is a two-time Daytime Emmy-nominated American actress. She is best known for her role as Marah Lewis on CBS's soap opera Guiding Light. She previously starred on Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Katie Peterson from 1996-2000. An only child, McKeon was raised in Los Angeles, California. In her spare time, McKeon enjoys swimming, horseback riding, skiing and reading the works of Shakespeare, John Irving and Maya Angelou. McKeon has appeared as a series regular in FOX's The Opposite Sex and had a recurring role on Boy Meets World. Additional television credits include the lead in Class Warfare, a USA Network movie-of-the-week, and episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Grounded for Life, Maybe It's Me, Special... Biography of Audrey Kitching
Audrey Kitching (born July 26, 1985) is an American fashion model, designer, hair stylist, makeup artist, and Buzznet correspondent residing in Los Angeles, California. Kitching has modeled for various magazines and clothing lines including Skelanimals. Kitching was born Audrey Lynn Kitching in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was raised there but also grew up in New Jersey. In late 2007, she moved to Los Angeles. “I used to fly out here all of the time for photo shoots,” she says, “so it just got to the point where it made more sense to move out here. I figured that things would happen a lot faster if I did, and it turns out I was right.” Kitching has covered New York Fashion Week for MTV, and was featured in an exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum in Philadelphia. Filmography (so... Biography of Anthony Kalloniatis
Anthony Steven Kalloniatis (born August 23, 1967), now known professionally and legally as Ant, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Ant prefers his name spelled in all capital letters. A native of Londonderry, New Hampshire, Ant performed at comedy clubs across the nation beginning in 1991. In 1995, he was a semi regular cast member on the WB series Unhappily Ever After, spending 4 seasons on the sitcom. With the end of that show and looking for ways to supplement his income, Ant recruited several men to become internet models. His involvement in the voyeur cam business is documented in the 2001 film WebCam Boys, which he also co-produced and debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. Ant appeared as a contestant on Last Comic Standing, and has appeared in six of ... Biography of Natalia Verbeke
Natalia Verbeke Leiva, (born February 23, 1975 in the neighborhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Spanish actress, of Argentine origin. Biography Verbeke spent her childhood in Argentina until she was 11-years old, when she moved to Madrid, Spain to join her family, a decision made by her father due to the political and social crisis that Argentina experienced during that time. In Madrid, Verbeke studied at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático and at the Escuela Guindalera with Juan Pastor. Verbeke also attended "Interpretation for professionals" by John Strasberg, in addition to studying contemporary dance with Josefina Tomás and flamenco dance with Miguel Sandoval, Carmen Romera, and Victor Ullate. In 1998, Verbeke debuted in cinema with Un buen novio (A Goo... Biography of Cynthia Gibb
Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, U.S.) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. Biography Gibb grew up in Westport, Connecticut and got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her her first film role in his 1980 movie Stardust Memories. In the 1986 war film, Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods, she portrayed an American nun in El Salvador who was raped and murdered. Gibb's best known TV role was on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Susan "Suzi" Martin Wyatt Carter from 1981-1983. She was also a ... Biography of Dora Meszaros
Dora Meszaros, born on October 2, 1977 in Budapest, is an Hungarian model and playmate.... Biography of Cissy Houston
Emily "Cissy" Drinkard Houston (born September 30, 1933) is a Grammy Award winning American soul and gospel singer. She led a very successful career as a backup singer for such artists as Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin, and is now primarily a solo artist. She is the mother of singer and actress Whitney Houston and aunt of Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick. Early years Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston was the youngest of eight children of parents Nicholas (aka Nitch) and Delia Drinkard. In 1938 when Houston was 5 years old her mother, Delia, suffered a stroke and died of cerebral hemorrhage three years later. Her father later died of stomach cancer in 1951 when Houston was 18. As a child, Houston joined her sister Anne and brothers Larry and Nicky ... Biography of Yuko Ogura
Yuko Ogura (小倉 優子, Ogura Yūko?, born November 1, 1983 in Mobara, Chiba) is a Japanese idol, singer, actress and model who typically aims for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look. In Japan, she is mostly called by her nickname Yūkorin (ゆうこりん?). Ogura regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one "Princess Apple-Momoka" (りんごももか姫) of the apple-shaped planet Korin (こりん星). This is apparently an in-joke dating back to her middle school days. Having an alternate name was trendy at one point, and one of her friends told her that she looked like a Momoka. She liked the name and still uses it today. She is known outside of Japan for her so... Biography of Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Anastasia Yuryevna Zavorotnyuk (Russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Заворотнюк; born April 3, 1973) is a Russian actress, TV presenter, and jury member on the TRK Ukraine, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation. Biography Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was born on April 3, 1971 in Astrakhan. Her mother, People's Artist of Russia's Valentina Borisovna Zavorotnyuk, worked in the Astrakhan Youth Theatre. Her father, Yuri Andreevich Zavorotnyuk, worked on television, and was a member of the Academy of Russian Television. Even from early childhood, Anastasia decided to play in the theater and insist on her dream: in her spare time making music and dan... Biography of Julie Cox
Julie Cox (born September 15, 1973 in Ely, England) is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Princess Irulan in the Sci Fi channel's 2000 Dune miniseries and its 2003 follow-up, Children of Dune. In 2007, she was the female lead in The Riddle, a feature film also starring Vinnie Jones, Sir Derek Jacobi and Vanessa Redgrave. Cox also stars in The Oxford Murders (2008) alongside Elijah Wood and John Hurt. Cox portrayed the Childlike Empress in the 1994 film The NeverEnding Story III. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185107/ ) "New Tricks" .... Jacinta Felspar (1 episode, 2008) - Couldn't Organise One (2008) TV episode .... Jacinta Felspar The Oxford Murders (2008) .... Beth ... aka Crímenes de Oxford, Los (Spain: Castilian title) ... aka Cr... Biography of Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay Williams (クリスタル・ケイ・ウィリアムズ, Kurisutaru Kei Wiriamuzu?) (born February 26, 1986), better known by her stage name Crystal Kay (クリスタル・ケイ, Kurisutaru Kei?), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. After releasing her debut single "Eternal Memories" (1999) Kay gained fame for her third studio album, Almost Seventeen (2002), which debuted at number-two on the Japanese Oricon charts. Almost Seventeen eventually sold over 400,000 copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Kay is currently signed to Epic Records a sub-label of Sony Music Japan. As of July 20... Biography of Kristina Anapau
Kristina Anapau (born October 30, 1979) is an American actress and model. Private life Anapau was born and raised on the island of Hawaii, the daughter of a scientist and an artist. Shortly after graduating from high school at fifteen and entering the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, she was cast in the Oahu-filmed television movie Escape From Atlantis; that was the start of her career in show business. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Skidmore College in New York. Before gaining success as a film and TV actress, Anapau had intended to become a classical ballerina, having trained seriously since the age of 5. Career Anapau will next be seen in Black Swan, the new film from director Darren Aronofsky, opposite Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, and Barb... Biography of Aya Ueto
Aya Ueto (上戸 彩, Ueto Aya?, born September 14, 1985) is a Japanese actress, singer, idol, and tarento. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th All-Japan National Young Beauty Contest, where she won the Judges' Special Choice Prize. She made her acting debut at the age of thirteen in the film Satsujinsha Killer of Paraiso and in 1999, she and fellow participants of the Young Beauty Contest Mami Nejiki, Mai Fujiya, and Manami Nishiwaki formed the unsuccessful girl group Z-1. In 2002, after their disbandment, Ueto continued her music career as a solo singer under the label Pony Canyon, where she debuted with the single "Pureness". Ueto's breakthrough came when she was cast as a girl suffering from gender identity disorder in the sixth se... Biography of Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo?, born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer originally employed at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the Executive Corporate Officer Director of Kojima Productions. He is the creator and director of a number of successful games, including the Metal Gear series, Snatcher, and Policenauts and also produced both the Zone of the Enders and Boktai series. Kojima is consistently named by fans and industry experts alike as being one of the most influential and innovative video game directors and writers of all time. Newsweek named Hideo Kojima as one of the top ten people of 2002. In 2008, Next-Gen placed him #7 in their list of "Hot 100 Developer 2008." In ea... Biography of Jane Child
Jane Child (aka Jane Hyslop) (born 15 February 1967, Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian dance-pop singer, producer and musician. Career Child is best known for her 1990 hit song "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", which peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for three weeks in the spring of that year. She was known for her eclectic fashion style, which included spiked hair with long braids and wearing a chain linking a nose ring to an earring. Her follow-up single, "Welcome to the Real World", was a modest hit, peaking at #49. The song was featured in the 1988 film Married to the Mob. These originated from her self titled debut album, which peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200. In 1992, she contributed a track titled "Mona Lisa Smiles" to the soundtrack of Freejack, a sci-fi action thrille... Biography of Kira Eggers
Kira Eggers (born November 29, 1974, Kvistgaard) is a model from Copenhagen, Denmark. She was named #34 in FHM magazine's list of the Top 100 Sexiest Women of 2004 and is currently guest-starring in several episodes of Hotel Erotica Cabo. Eggers has been writer for the Pornmagazine Rapport, the internet portal Jubii, and the Danish version of FHM. In May 2007 she launched her new website (KiraEggers.com) under the affiliate program Revenue Cash . She has appeared on numerous Danish television shows including the Danish version of Big Brother VIP.... Biography of Stephanie Gatschet
Stephanie Lucile Gatschet (born March 16, 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, who has appeared on the soap operas Guiding Light (as Tammy Winslow) and currently All My Children (as Madison North). Career She is best known for her portrayal of Tammy Layne Winslow, the daughter of Cassie Layne Winslow and ex-husband, Rob Layne, on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light a character she portrayed from July 2002 to March 2007. As a child, Gatschet took ballet, piano, and acting lessons. Her professional career began at the age of nine, when she appeared in her first play, Oedipus the King, at a local Philadelphia theatre. After performing in a few local plays, Gatschet began to appear in theatrical productions off-Broadway in New York. She also began to make commercia... Biography of Danielle Polanco
Danielle Polanco (born October 26, 1985 in Bronx, New York) is an elite dancer and choreographer. She is probably best known for being the leading lady in Omarion's music video Touch and for playing in the 2008 movie Step Up 2 the Streets, in which she portrayed Missy Serrano. Polanco has an impressive resume; she has choreographed for Beyonce and Janet Jackson and has also appeared as a dancer in numerous music videos for top artists such as Beyonce, Amerie, Janet Jackson, and Usher. Danielle is a member of the House of Ninja. She is of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. She's from and still lives in the Bronx borough of New York City. Most recently, she can be seen in the Broadway revival of West Side story as one of the Shark girls. She is the dance captain for the show. Filmograph... Biography of Maureen Tucker
Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker (born August 26, 1944, in Levittown, New York) is a musician best known for having been the drummer for the rock group The Velvet Underground. Career The Velvet Underground Main article: The Velvet Underground Tucker first began playing the drums at age 19. When she was asked to join the Velvet Underground, Tucker was working for IBM as a keypunch operator. The band's original percussionist, Angus Maclise, had left in November 1965 because he refused to play before a paying audience, and Tucker was drafted because Velvets guitarist Sterling Morrison remembered her as the younger sister of one of his college friends who played the drums. Tucker's style of playing was unconventional. She played standing up rather than seated (for easier access to the bass... Biography of Sonia Bompastor
Sonia Bompastor (born 8 June 1980) is a French football player who currently plays for the Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side. Bompastor can also play in the left back position. Bompastor began her football career joining US Mer in 1988. In 1992, she joined US Thoury. In the same year, Bompastor earned selection to nationally recognized Clairefontaine academy joining alongside a select group a female players. After her stint at Clairefontaine, she joined Tours EC, now the women's section of professional club Tours FC. In 2000, she joined Division 1 Féminine club La Roche ESOF and performed well enough to earn a move to Montpellier. At Montpellier, Bompastor earned domestic and individual honors, which ... Biography of Kina Grannis
Kina Grannis (born August 4, 1985) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. Grannis was the winner of the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest. As a result of winning, she earned a recording contract with Interscope Records and had her music video played during the commercials of Super Bowl XLII. Her progress in the competition was covered in The Orange County Register and The Wall Street Journal. Grannis has also been featured on FOX News Los Angeles, Good Day L.A. and Yahoo!. Biography Early life and career beginnings Grannis is of Japanese, English, Irish, French, Dutch, Welsh and Scottish descent. She grew up in Mission Viejo, California, where her love in music rooted. In elementary school she composed and submitted piano compositions to district art competitions,... Biography of Marilyn Waltz
Marilyn Ardith Waltz (November 5, 1931 in Waukesha, Wisconsin – December 23, 2006 in Medford, Oregon) was an American actress and model. Measurements Bust: 36C" Waist: 23" Hips: 34" Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Weight 113 lb (51 kg; 8.1 st) As Marilyn Waltz, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954 and April 1955 issues. She was the first of two women to become a three-time Playmate. However for the first of her Playboy appearances, Marilyn was billed as Margaret Scott. For many years thereafter, many assumed that Marilyn and Margaret actually were two different people. It wasn't until the mid 1990s that the two were revealed to be the same person. While looking through photos in preparation for 1996's The Playmate Book, Hugh Hefner no... Biography of Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan, born on October 6, 1947 in Toulouse (source: Didier Geslin), is a French fillm director, actress, and screenwriter. Filmography (director) (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0206655/ ) 2012/II Raspoutine (filming) 2011 Raspoutine (TV movie) (filming) 2011 Bouquet final (TV movie) 2008-2010 Collection Fred Vargas (TV series) – Un lieu incertain (2010) – L'homme à l'envers (2009) – L'homme aux cercles bleus (2009) – Sous les vents de Neptune (2008) 2010 Ni reprise, ni échangée (TV movie) 2009 Folie douce (TV movie) 2009 Mourir d'aimer (TV movie) 2008 Marie-Octobre (TV movie) 2008 Château en Suède (TV movie) 2008 Nous n'irons plus au bois (TV documentary) 2008 Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur (TV documentary) 2008 Diane, fe... Biography of Sarah Alexander
Sarah Alexander (née Smith; born 3 January 1971) is an English actress, known for her roles in various British comedy series such as Armstrong and Miller, Smack the Pony, Coupling, The Worst Week of My Life and Green Wing. Biography Early life Sarah Alexander was born in Hammersmith, London, England. Her father, Frank Smith, was a television producer and director who worked on factual programmes such as Panorama, allowing her to be brought up in a television environment. She attended the Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith. At 19, she left home after her A-levels and travelled to the Edinburgh Festival in the hope of getting her start in acting. Her parents were opposed and wanted her to continue onto university. Sarah turned down a place at Manchester University to take up... Biography of Audrey Prieto
Audrey Prieto (born June 13, 1980 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a female freestyle wrestler from France. She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics.Prieto lost in 1/8 of final with Anita Schätzle.... Biography of Tory Burch
Tory Burch, born on June 15, 1966 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, is an American model and fashion designer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2374582/ ) 2008 America's Next Top Model (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode) – The Fiercee Awards (2008) (special thanks) 2004 Just a Clown (short) (special thanks) Hide HideShow ShowSelf (5 titles) 2010 Fashion Forward: Making It (TV movie) Herself 2010 Xposé (TV series) Designer / Herself – Episode #4.130 (2010) … Herself/Designer 2009 Gossip Girl (TV series) Herself – Dan de Fleurette (2009) … Herself 2008 Stylista (TV series) Herself - Designer – Shop it Like it's Hot (2008) … Herself - Designer 2005 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series) Herself – Episode dated 4 April 2005 (2005) … Herself... Biography of Samantha Brown
Samantha Elizabeth Brown (born March 31, 1969) is an American television host, notable for her work as the host of several Travel Channel shows including Girl Meets Hawaii, Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America, Great Weekends, Passport to China, and Samantha Brown's Asia. Personal life Brown was born in Dallas, Texas. Her family soon moved to Derry, New Hampshire, where she grew up and graduated from Pinkerton Academy. She took 12 years of voice lessons, attended Chapman University, and transferred to Syracuse University to study musical theater. As stated in one of her episodes in Passport to Europe, she is of Scottish and German descent. In January 2006, Brown announced her engagement to Kevin O'Leary of Cambridge, Maryland, who is a specialist in computer... Biography of Samantha Harris
Samantha Harris (born November 27, 1973) is an American television hostess. Most notably, she was the co-host of seasons two through nine of Dancing with the Stars with Tom Bergeron. Early and Personal life Born Samantha Harris Shapiro in Hopkins, Minnesota her late father, Richard Shapiro, was a rock 'n' roll promoter; and her mother, Bonnie Harris Shapiro, was a dancer. In 1972, the two founded one of the country's first renaissance festivals, King Richard's Faire, which continues to this day. On September 23, 2007, Harris gave birth to her daughter Josselyn Sydney Hess and missed the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars for season five. She returned on October 15, 2007. Drew Lachey, winner of season two, filled in for the first three weeks of competition while Harris was o... Biography of Ida Ljungqvist
Ida Ljungqvist (born September 27, 1981) is a Tanzanian-Swedish model. She was named Playboy's Playmate of the Month for March 2008 and the 2009 Playmate of the Year. She is the first African-born and second Swedish model to be named a Playmate of the Year. She is also the first Playmate of the Year to publicly dedicate her title to philanthropic work through non-profit charities and organizations. Ljungqvist was born in Tanzania to a Tanzanian mother and a Swedish father. She was discovered by 2007 Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood at a bebe store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Ljungqvist co-hosted the Playboy New Year's Eve Party 2009 in Miami, Florida alongside several other playmates. Personal life Due to her father's work for UNICEF, Ljungqvist travele... Biography of Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (born 10 August 1956, in Albury, Australia) is a former professional tennis player. Career Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments. She turned pro in 1973 and joined the WTA Tour. She reached the finals of the Australian Open in January 1977, losing to fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid. She was a semifinalist twice at the French Open, in 1979 and 1980. She also reached the semifinals of the US Open in 1976. Balestrat won six singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in 1979. Partnering with Helen Gourlay Cawley, she won the Australian Open women's doubles in January 1977. She had career wins over Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, E... Biography of Helen McRory
Helen McCrory (born 17 August 1968) is an English actress. She portrayed Cherie Blair in both the 2006 film The Queen and the 2010 film The Special Relationship. She also portrayed Narcissa Malfoy in the final three installments of the Harry Potter movies. Early life Helen McCrory was born in London, England to Ian McCrory, a diplomat, and to Anne McCrory. She is the eldest of three children, consisting of a younger sister, Catherine, and a younger brother, Jon. She was also raised overseas in Norway, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Paris and Madagascar. She was educated at Queenswood, a boarding school in Hertfordshire, before spending a year living in Italy. Once she returned, McCrory then began studying acting at Drama Centre London, part of the University of the Arts, Lond... Biography of Kimiko Date
Kimiko Date Krumm (クルム伊達 公子, Kurumu Date Kimiko?, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she won over 200 tournament matches, including the Japan Open four times. In 1994, she was ranked in the top-ten women players in the world. In 1992, the WTA awarded her the "Most Improved Player Of The Year" and the Japan Men's Fashion Association named her "Most Fashionable." After playing in her second Olympic Games, she announced her retirement on 24 September 1996. Yet, she came back on court nearly 12 years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008. After the comeback, she has won several ITF titles before reaching her first WTA Tour title at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, thus becoming ... Biography of Scarlet Salem
Scarlet Salem (born on April 22, 1982 in Melrose, Minnesota, USA) is an American Independent actress and model. Biography Scarlet Salem is a model and actress from Minnesota. She began modeling in 2007 working steadily in print, fashion, and various websites. Her life long love of the horror genre led to her auditioning for an independent horror film called 'Pajama Party Massacre'. She got the role and loved the experience so much that she sought out other film work. To date she has worked on over two dozen projects with titles such as: 'Terror Overload', 'Killer Biker Chicks', 'Resist Evil Trilogy', 'Strip Club Slasher', and 'Camp Kill'. In addition to film work, Scarlet can also be seen in various commercials and makes many appearances at film festivals and horror conventions al... Biography of Christine Citti
Christine Citti, born October 25, 1962 in Paris, is a French actress, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. She is the sister of actor Marc Citti. Filmography Actress * 1986 : La Galette du roi de Jean Michel Ribes : Irina von Stoffen * 1986 : Pékin central de Camille de Casabianca : Valérie * 1994 : Consentement mutuel de Bernard Stora : la sœur de Jeanne * 2000 : L'Envol de Steve Suissa : la mère de Stan * 2005 : Suzanne et les vieillards de Viviane Candas : Suzanne * 2006 : Camping de Fabien Onteniente : Madame Chatel * 2006 : La Tourneuse de pages de Denis Dercourt : Mme Prouvost * 2006 : Quand j'étais chanteur de Xavier Giannoli : Michèle * 2007 : Suzanne de Viviane Candas * 2007 : Disco de Fabien Onteniente : Coco * ... Biography of Frank Iero
Frank Anthony Iero Jr (born October 31, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist, co-lead guitarist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance as well as the vocalist of the post-hardcore band Leathermouth. Early life He was born in Belleville, New Jersey and grew up in Kearny, New Jersey. As a child he suffered numerous bouts of bronchitis and ear infections which meant he spent a lot of his childhood in hospital and to this day he still suffers from Epstein-Barr Virus which is usually to blame for his illnesses and absences on tour. Frank is also lactose intolerant and has other various food allergies. He went to Rutgers University on a scholarship, but dropped out to go on tour with My Chemical Romance. Iero's parents split when he was young and he grew up living... Biography of Molly Quinn
Molly Caitlyn Quinn (born October 8, 1993) is an American actress whose works have included theatre, film, and television. Life and career Quinn is of Irish descent and was born in Texarkana, Texas. She began taking weekly acting lessons from retired director and producer Martin Beck after performing in her community's performance of The Nutcracker at age six. In the sixth grade, she auditioned at the Young Actors Studio where she performed for the programs' director, Linda Seto, as well as representatives from the Osbrink Talent Agency. After six months of "intensive training", Quinn signed a contract with the Osbrink agency. Subsequently, she signed with Management 360. Performance credits Film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Teenage Girl My One and Only (20... Biography of Genene Jones
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care. She used injections of digoxin, heparin and later succinylcholine to induce medical crises in her patients, with the intention of reviving them afterward in order to receive praise and attention. These medications are known to cause heart paralysis and other complications when given as an overdose. Many children however, did not survive the initial attack and could not be revived. The exact number of murders remain unknown, as hospital officials allegedly first misplaced then destroyed records of her activities to prevent further litigation after Jones' first conviction. While working at the Bexar County Hospital (now The University Hospital of San ... Biography of Alexis Flores
Alexis Flores (born July 18, 1975) is a Honduran fugitive wanted for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of five-year-old Iriana DeJesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2000. Flores is the 487th fugitive to be placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Background Flores was born in Honduras in 1975, although has used dates of birth ranging from 1975 to 1982. Flores has claimed he received a large surgical scar on his neck as a result of an injury sustained in a Hurricane Mitch in Honduras in 1998. Kidnapping and murder In summer of 2000, "Carlo" or "Carlos", an itinerant homeless drifter was looking for work and a place to stay in Hunting Park, Philadelphia. He was given a shelter, clothing, and work as a handyman by local resident Jorge Contreras. A five-year-old Iria... Biography of Mao Asada
Mao Asada (浅田 真央 Asada Mao?, born September 25, 1990) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist, the 2008 & 2010 World champion, the 2008 & 2010 Four Continents champion, a two-time (2005–2006 & 2008–2009) Grand Prix Final champion, the 2005 World Junior champion, the 2004–2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time (2006–2009) Japanese national champion. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she became the first woman to land three triple axel jumps in the same competition. As of May 2011, she is ranked 9th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU). Personal life Mao Asada was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She was named after the Japanese actress Mao Daichi. She attended Nagoya International School u... Biography of Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera (born Marian Gracia Rivera on August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Filipina actress and occasional singer-dancer. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.'s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang ako in the lead that was aired in GMA Network. In 2007 she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar. She released two studio albums Marian Rivera Dance Hits and Retro Crazy sold 75,000 copies. She currently signed with GMA Network. Personal life Marian Rivera was born in Madrid, Spain to Francisco Javier Gracia Alonso, a Spaniard, and Amalia Rivera , a Filipina of Caviteña and Spanish descent. Career Rivera first starred in an afternoon soap operas for TAPE Inc. and GMA Network including Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako, Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat and... Biography of Alison Arngrim
Alison Margaret Arngrim (born January 18, 1962; New York, New York, U.S.) is an American actress, stand-up comedian and author. Arngrim's father, Thor Arngrim, was a well-known Hollywood manager. Her mother, Norma MacMillan, was a well-known voice actress, who provided the voices for characters on Casper the Friendly Ghost, Gumby, Davey and Goliath, Underdog, and many other beloved animated programs. Her brother Stefan Arngrim was also a child actor. Arngrim is possibly best known as a former child star, playing the role of Nellie Oleson in the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie. She had originally auditioned for the role of Laura Ingalls, and later Mary Ingalls, on Little House on The Prairie, but received the role of Nellie Oleson. She appeared in guest roles on t... Biography of Mollie King
Mollie Elizabeth King (born 4 June 1987) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for being a member of girl group, The Saturdays. In the band, King has successfully enjoyed ten top-ten and five top-five singles on the UK Singles Chart and three top-ten albums on the UK Albums Chart. Before The Saturdays, King used to be a member of another girl group, Fallen Angelz which she appeared on The X Factor with; where she gained positive comments from the judges. King is currently signed to Fascination and Polydor Records. Not only does King use her vocals as an instrument, she plays the guitar. Before joining The Saturdays King uploaded weekly videos of her singing on YouTube, where she hoped for someone to spot her and sign her to a record label. King has had a number of sponsorsh... Biography of Cathy Shim
Cathy Shim (born July 18, 1980; Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean-American actress and film producer. She has appeared in a variety of television shows, most notably Reno 911!, MADtv and Drake & Josh. She can currently be seen in 3Way, a lesbian web series. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631397/ ) 2010 Players (TV series) Officer Naughty – The Intervention (2010) … Officer Naughty 2010 The Cleveland Show (TV series) – Love Rollercoaster (2010) 2010 The Strip (TV movie) Sunny 2009 Demoted Olivia 2009 The People I've Slept With Nikki 2009 Glenn Martin DDS (TV series) Wendy's Teammate – Korea Opportunities (2009) … Wendy's Teammate (voice) 2009/I The Revenant Sophia Chang 2009 L'art de la guerre 3 - Le châtiment (video) Reporter Cara... Biography of Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Newman is best known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in soap opera General Hospital, as Kat Gardener in ABC's Eastwick, and as Dr. Tess Fontana in Syfy's Eureka. Career Early work Newman started performing at age 11 in the debut of Israel Horovitz's play, A Rosen by Any Other Name. She worked consistently around Detroit, acting in many of the regional theaters. Newman's elementary education took place at the Jewish Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit where she starred in the role of Ado Annie Carnes in the 8th grade play of Oklahoma. After Hillel, Newman attended the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills (also the alma mater of actress Selma Blair) and spent her summers at the Interlochen ... Biography of Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy (born January 26, 1931 in Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.) was an American film actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Shortly out of high school she was signed to appear in films for Paramount Pictures in the late 1940s. Murphy first gained fame appearing alongside actor Marlon Brando as the “good girl” that tries to reform him in The Wild One in 1953. The following year, she appeared in Beachhead with Tony Curtis, as well as in the Humphrey Bogart thriller The Desperate Hours as Fredric March’s daughter. She co-starred with director Ray Milland in his Western film A Man Alone. Murphy appeared in dozens of television series including Perry Mason, I Spy and Ironside. She was long absent from the big sc... Biography of Miki Ando
Miki Ando (安藤 美姫 Andō Miki?, born December 18, 1987) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World Champion, 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion, and a three-time (2004, 2005 & 2010) Japanese National Champion. Ando is the first and only female skater to complete a quadruple jump successfully in competition. She accomplished this at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final in The Hague. As of 11 May 2011, the International Skating Union (ISU) ranks her 1st in the world. Personal life Ando was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1987. In 2006, she joined Toyota and also entered Chukyo University as an adult learner, from which she graduated in March 2011. Career Early career She began skating in 1996 at the age of eig... Biography of Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967) is an American film and television actress, producer and director. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson, and her brother is actor John G. Preston. Early life Preston was born and raised in Macon, Georgia by her mother, an artist and art therapist, and her father, a geo-technical engineer. A young Carrie Preston discovered her true calling in performing arts. She began performing in community theater shows at age 8, and by age 12 she had begun her own front-yard theater company with other neighborhood kids. Preston later obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Evansville, followed by a diploma from the Juilliard School in New York. Career Preston has worked with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, on a number of projects. Emerson pl... Biography of Maria Mutola
Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972) is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. Career Teenage years Mutola was born in the Chamanculo district of Maputo. Her father was employed by the railways and her mother was a market vendor. As a young girl she excelled in football. She played with boys, as there were no leagues or teams for girls. In 1988, at only fifteen years of age, she was encouraged to take up athletics by one of Mozambique's foremost literary figures, the poet Jose Craveirinha, who was a keen sports fan. His son Stelio, himself a former national long jump record holder, was Mutola'... Biography of Marta (footballer)
Marta Vieira da Silva (born February 19, 1986 in Dois Riachos, Alagoas), commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian female football forward who plays for the Western New York Flash of Women's Professional Soccer. She is also a member of the Brazil women's national football team. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year four times (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) and was the inaugural winner of that award's successor, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, in 2010. She was a member of the Brazilian National Teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also awarded the Golden Ball (MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. In the 2007 Women's World Cup, she won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top ... Biography of Torri Edwards
Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977 in Fontana, California) is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4×100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one World Championship gold. Edwards qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games at 100m meters and 4x100m relay. Early career Edwards states that she began sprinting when she joined her school team in junior high . Edwards was an average sprinter when she attended Pomona High School, with her best state meet finish ever coming her senior year when she was fourth in the 200m. Edwards would then attend the University of Southern California. That track season, she won the Pac-10 titles in both the 100m and 200m for USC. She stat... Biography of Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American author and columnist based in New York City. She is best known for writing a column that was anthologized in a book, Sex and the City, which in turn became the basis for a popular television series and its subsequent film adaptations. Personal life Bushnell was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. While attending high school there, she was accompanied to her senior prom by Mike O'Meara, now a nationally syndicated radio host. She attended Rice University and New York University in the 1970s, and became known in New York City as a socialite and party-goer. She often frequented Studio 54. In 2002, Bushnell married Charles Askegard, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. The couple lives in Manhattan. Career At age 19,... Biography of Shannon Bex
Shannon Rae Bex (born March 22, 1980) is a singer, dancer, and a former member of the musical group Danity Kane. The group was founded by P. Diddy through the MTV reality television series Making the Band 3. Danity Kane's debut album debuted at #1 on August 22, 2006, as did their second album Welcome to the Dollhouse on March 18, 2008. Early life Bex was born in Bend, Oregon, and has an older brother. She started dancing at the age of six and began training in ballet. A year later, she danced in The Nutcracker under James Canfield for the Oregon Ballet Theatre. It was not until the age of twelve that Bex started to train in other styles of dance like lyrical, modern, and jazz. Her family moved to Bend, Oregon for her high school years, where she attended Mountain View High School.... Biography of Minea Blomqvist
Minea "Minni" Blomqvist, (born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish National Ladies Team from 2001–2003 and played in the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships. She was a two-time member of the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002 and 2003 winning all her matches in the winning 2003 side and she represented Europe in the 2003 Vagliano Trophy. She played as an amateur on the Telia Tour four times in 2000 and 2001 missing the cut each time. In 2002 she played in three Telia Tour events and recorded two top twenty finishes plus a win at the Sparbanken Ladies Open. In 2003 she played... Biography of Charlotte Hudson
Charlotte Hudson (born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England on 4 January 1972) is a presenter on the Sky One television series Brainiac: History Abuse, a spin-off from the award-winning Brainiac: Science Abuse. She can still be seen in the original Science Abuse series hosting the "I Can Do Science, Me" segment. Hudson can also be seen appearing in the comedy sketch show Bruiser alongside the likes of Mitchell & Webb, Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, and Matthew Holness. After attending Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, she started in television co-presenting Watchdog with Anne Robinson. She has also appeared as an actress in various UK TV shows (see her CV at her management site). She regularly appears as a guest on Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Brother's Big Mouth. She also pr... Biography of Taís Araújo
Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo (born on November 25, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. She was the first black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian telenovela, Xica da Silva (1996), in Rede Manchete. She was also a protagonist on another telenovela, Da Cor do Pecado (2004) in Rede Globo channel. Araújo became the first black actress to be a protagonist of a telenovela in prime time of the largest Brazilian television network, Rede Globo. She is the main actress of the soap Viver a Vida. She said this is very important, saying: "When I was little, I did not have anything that looked like me! Now a black girl can have references on TV, including as a standard of beauty." Selected filmography 2009 - Viver a Vida .... Helena Toledo 2009 - Adrift ... Biography of Hillary Fisher
Hillary Fisher (born March 5, 1985) is an American model from Augusta, Georgia. Achievements Miss Sport Football 2011 Miss Playboy Club Of The Year 2011 Face Of Playboy Intimates 2010 Miss Sunset Tan 2009 Playboy Cyber Girl Of The Month - September 2009 Playboy Cyber Girl Of The Week - May 5, 2009 Playboy's Top 10 Supermodels 2009 Top 4 Miss Hawaiian Tropics US Finals 2007 Miss Hawaiian Tropic South Carolina 2007... Biography of Tamala Jones
Tamala R. Jones (born at Pasadena, California, November 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game. She currently stars on the ABC television show Castle as Dr Lanie Parish, the medical examiner. Early life Jones was born in Pasadena, California, the oldest of three children and the only girl. She began her career as a model, appearing in magazine and television commercials. Career Her début acting role was a guest appearance on the teen sitcom California Dreams. She had her first major television role playing a student in the short-lived ABC drama Dangerous Minds. Jones had co-starring roles on the 1998-2002 series For Your Love and the short-lived The Tracy Morgan ... Biography of Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes. Early life Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Tamil father and and Bengali mother from India. Her father, Avu, is an architect and her mother, Swati, is an obstetrician/gynecologist. She explains that she has been known as Mindy ever since her mother was pregnant with her when her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the U.S. and wanted a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. The name Vera is the ... Biography of Nikki Griffin
Jeanne Nicole "Nikki" Griffin (born April 16, 1978) is an American actress. Life and career Though Jeanne Nicole Griffin was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, most of her childhood was spent living in Germany. She came back to the United States as a teenager and went to high school at the New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. In high school, Nikki developed her love for films. She took film class at her high school, where she was taught by Marc Matney (who is known for his voice-over work in foreign films). After she graduated from high school, Nikki and her friend moved out to Los Angeles to try and make it into the business. Although her friend left after a short period of time, Nikki stayed in LA because she knew that she wanted to become an actress. Nikki landed ... Biography of Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1967 in the Bronx, New York) is an American actress of Dominican heritage. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the TV comedy Scrubs. Early life A native of The Bronx, Reyes has three sisters, including a twin sister named Joselin, who played a paramedic on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Reyes grew up on Bainbridge Street from the age of 13 to the age of 25 or 26. She attended Hunter College in Manhattan, where she began her acting career. Career Reyes had a short stint on The Sopranos as the girlfriend of Paulie Walnuts. She also made a brief appearance on the American television series Oz, where she played the wife of the blind Correctional Officer Eugene Rivera. She made an appearance in the Law & Order episode "Siste... Biography of Perdita Felicien
Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is a noted Canadian hurdler. Early life Felicien carries her mother's maiden name, whose origins are in the tiny Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. Her mother named her "Perdita" after a contestant on the television game show, The Price is Right. Felicien grew up in Pickering, Ontario, where, as a student, she began competing in track and field events at her school. At first, she competed in the 100m dash. Inspired by the success of World and Olympic champions Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin from Canada, Felicien dedicated herself to hurdling and won the Ontario high-school hurdling championship in 1997. She repeated as the Ontario champion in 1998 and that year added the first of two consecutive Canadian junio... Biography of Eula Valdez
María Julia Amorsolo "Eula" Valdez (born December 11, 1968) is a Filipina actress, best-known for her role in 1980's blockbuster Bagets 1 and 2 and also by playing "Amor Powers" in Pangako sa ’Yo and "Selina Matias" in the remake of Mula Sa Puso. TV heiress In 1992, she became part of Afternoon Daytime Television In Lira, on GMA-7 She did Movies as a supporting role but her high point was in 2000. when she became a household named Protagonist Antagonist in the Hit Soap Opera Pangako Sayo which is helmed as the Fourth Soap Opera to be the heart of Philippine Daily Viewing and the First International top rating soap of Asia and Nationwide, as she played the Protagonist/Antagonist Amor Powers the series ran from 2000-2002 and re-aired internationally, in 2003 she played opposite Vina Mo... Biography of Little Willie John
William Edward John (November 15, 1937 - May 26, 1968) was better known by his stage name Little Willie John. Many sources erroneously give his second name as Edgar. He was an American R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s and is best known for his popular music chart successes with songs such as, "All Around the World" (1955), "Need Your Love So Bad" (1956) and "Fever" the same year, the latter covered in 1958 by Peggy Lee. Biography He was born in Cullendale, Arkansas, one of ten children, his family moving to Detroit, Michigan when he was four so that his father could pursue factory work. In the late 1940s, the eldest children, including Willie, formed a gospel singing group, and Willie also performed in talent shows, which brought him to the notice of Johnny Otis a... Biography of Park Shin-hye
Park Shin Hye (born February 18, 1990) is a successful South Korean actress, singer and model. She debuted first in the 2003 Lee Seung-Hwan music video "Ggot - Flower." In addition she received two trophies from SBS Drama Awards. She is best known for the role of "Go Mi Nam" in the popular television drama You're Beautiful and "Lee Gyu Won" in her other drama, Heartstrings. Early Life and Education Park Shin Hye was born on February 18th, 1990 in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Her family consists of her parents, an older brother and her. She studied at Hak-Kang Elementary School and when she was in 6th grade, she auditioned for pop singer Lee Seung-Hwan's music company "Dream Factor" in Seoul. There, she began training as an actress, singer and playing piano and guitar. Shin Hye... Biography of Béatrice Thiriet
Béatrice Thiriet, born on May 4, 1960 in Paris, is a French musician and composer. Works Classical music Opera 2001 : Nouvelles Histoires d'Elle, opéra de chambre créé au XXe Théâtre (prix Nadia et Lili Boulanger à l'Académie des Beaux arts). Songs 2006 : Vogelstar, mélodie pour chœur et orchestre, sur un poème de W A Mozart 2000 : Lettres d'algérie, collage pour soliste, chœur et orchestre de chambre d'après les Lettres d'Algérie publiées aux éditions Gallimard. Symphonies 2005 : L'Invitation au voyage, cinq mouvements pour orchestre 1987 : Mondial Symphonia Theater 1987 : Sports et Musiques Chamber music 2003 : Fortune Cookies, quatre opus pour piano et poésie murmurée Films Au Cul du Loup de Pierre Duculot (2012) Le... Biography of Rita Ora
Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born November 26, 1990), better known as Rita Ora, is a Kosovar-British mezzo-soprano, recording artist, and actress. In 2009, she appeared on the BBC's Eurovision: Your Country Needs You where she auditioned to be the British contestant for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Later in 2009 she signed to Roc Nation. She is of Kosovar Albanian ethnicity. Biography Early life and career beginnings Rita Ora was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) and moved to the United Kingdom the same year of her birth. She grew up in West London and attended St Cuthbert with St Matthias CE Primary School in Earls Court, following which she graduated from Sylvia Young Theatre School and then St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College. She began singing from a young age. In 2004, ... Biography of Beatriz Recari
Beatriz Recari Eransus (born 21 April 1987 in Pamplona) is a Spanish professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Beatriz enjoyed a successful amateur career with wins at the 2004 Spanish Amateur Championship and the 2005 French Amateur Championship. In 2004, she won the European Team Championship with Team Spain, and in 2003, finished runner-up at the British Girls Amateur Championship. In 2005, she was a member of the PING Junior Solheim Cup Team for Europe. Professional career While attending the University of Navarra, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour in November 2005 and turned professional at age 18. She won her first tournament as a pro at the 2009 Finnair Masters at Helsinki, where she holed out for an eagle two from ... Biography of Nicky Whelan
Nicky Whelan (born 10 June 1981) is an Australian actress and model best known for her role as Pepper Steiger in the Australian television series Neighbours. She is the granddaughter of AFL Brownlow Medallist Marcus Whelan. Career Before Neighbours, Whelan hosted a number of shows, including Coxy's Big Break (Seven Network), Beyond the Boundary (Network Ten), Melbourne Woman (Seven Network), and played the fictional celebrity "Chrissie Grant" on Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, a spin-off of All Aussie Adventures. Whelan is also known as the face of the rural Victorian city, Shepparton, and she hosted the night racing at Moonee Valley for eight years. Whelan has also posed for a number of Australian magazines, including FHM (in October 2007), Ralph (in November 2005) and I... Biography of Anna Levandi
Anna Anatolevna Levandi (née Kondrashova) (Russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди (Кондрашова), born 30 June 1965 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater who represented the Soviet Union in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist and four time European bronze medalist. She competed at two Winter Olympic Games. Following her marriage, she took her husband's surname and moved to Estonia. She works as a coach in Tallinn. Personal life Anna Kondrashova was born in Moscow, then part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. She is married to Allar Levandi, an Estonian Olympic Nor... Biography of Reagan Dale Neis
Reagan Dale Neis (born September 24, 1976 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her lead role in the The WB sitcom, Maybe It's Me and co-starring in the Fox sitcom, A Minute with Stan Hooper. She has also guest starred on Joey and Malcolm in the Middle and co-starring in the 2006 film Material Girls. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1998 Naked Frailties Liz 2001 Go Fish Staci 1 episode: "Go Four-Point Plan" Maybe It's Me Molly Stage 22 episodes (2001–2002) Malcolm in the Middle Laura 1 episode: "Evacuation" 2002 Stark Raving Mad Kitten Video Malcolm in the Middle Nikki 1 episode: "Forbidden Girlfriend" 2003 3 episodes: "Malcolm Holds His Tongue"; "Long Drive"; "Kicked Out" A Minute with Stan Hooper Chelsea 13 episo... Biography of Willy den Ouden
Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden (1 January 1918, Rotterdam – 6 December 1997, Rotterdam) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the world record for the 100 m freestyle swimming for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956. Den Ouden first came in the international limelight when she participated at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won to of the five contestable silver medals in swimming. Four years later at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she and her compatriots Tini Wagner, Rie Mastenbroek and Jopie Selbach won the gold medal in the women's 4x100 m freestyle relay. However, den Ouden was far more successful between these two Olympic games. On July 9, 1933 in Antwerp, she broke Helene Madison's two-year old world record on the 100 m freestyle, setting it at 1:06.... Biography of Ella Chen
Chen Chia-Hwa (陳嘉樺), more commonly credited as Ella, born on June 18, 1981 in is the oldest member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. Her name 'Ella', which means courage, was given after the personality test given by HIM Management Co. Career See also: S.H.E's musical career, S.H.E's television and film career On August 8, 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search of new artists to sign under their label. When she travelled with her sister to Taipei for a holiday, Ella discovered that her older sister had registered her for a singing competition. Intimidated by the long line of contestants and worried of facing ridicule for her tomboy personality, Ella almost gave up before the first round. Her older si... Biography of Mayte Garcia
Mayte Jannell García (play /ˈmaɪteɪ/; born 12 November 1973) is a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop star, Prince. Born on a military base in Alabama, García's parents (who are of Puerto Rican and Egyptian ancestry) relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments. Mayte appeared on the American television program That's Incredible! at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany the same high school that Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis. Personal life and background Garcia was born to Janelle "Nelle" Garcia who is of Puerto Rican and Egyptian descent and her father Ret. Major John Garcia of... Biography of Salli Richardson
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles. Early life Richardson-Whitfield was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of an African American mother and an Irish-Italian father. She has three brothers Josh Richardson, Chad Richardson, and Nalin. Salli Richardson played tennis in high school, and launched her acting career in the Kuumba Workshop theater there. She graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 1985. Career Richardson's acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has also guest-starred in numerous television shows, such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover,... Biography of Inger Miller
Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica. She attended John Muir High School and later the University of Southern California. Miller was a Tournament of Roses Princess in the 1990 court. She originally won the bronze medal in the 60 meters at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but she tested positive for excessive caffeine after the race. Her results from the tournament were nullified and she received a public warning. She was 1999 World 200 m champion; 1999 World Champs 100m silver medalist; 1996 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist; 4x100m relay gold medalist at 1997 World Champs; 2003 World Outdo... Biography of Asin (actress)
Asin Thottumkal (Malayalam: അസിന് തോട്ടുങ്കല്, Asin Tōṭṭuṅkal ?; born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian film actress, model and stage performer who acts primarily in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with the Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for the film. Its remake M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi (2004) was her debut in Tamil and it was a huge success and she was nominated for Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award She received her second S... Biography of Kimmie Meissner
Kimberly Claire "Kimmie" Meissner (born October 4, 1989) is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 World Champion, the 2007 U.S. National Champion, and the 2007 Four Continents Champion. She is the first American and the first lady to simultaneously hold the World, Four Continents, and National titles. In 2005, Meissner became the second American woman to land the triple Axel jump in national competition. She was a member of the 2006 Olympic team and was the youngest American athlete to compete at those Games. She finished 6th at the Olympics in February 2006 and won the World Championships the following month. She is a spokesperson for the Cool Kids Campaign, an organization that helps children with cancer. Personal life Kimberly Meissner, nicknamed Kimmie, was born in Tow... Biography of Silke Möller
Silke Möller, née Gladisch (born June 20, 1964 in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985. She and teammates Sabine Rieger, Marlies Göhr, and Ingrid Auerswald ran a time of 41.37 seconds. During her career Möller always stood in the shadows of Göhr, Marita Koch, and Heike Drechsler. Only in 1987, while still using her maiden name Gladisch, did she beat them: at the track and field world championship of 1987 she won two titles – in the 100 metres sprint and the 200 metres sprint, as well as second place with the 4 x 100 metres relay team. With these results she was... Biography of Elena Sokolova
Elena Sergeevna Sokolova (Russian: Еле́на Серге́евна Соколо́ва; born February 15, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. Sokolova is a three-time Russian national champion (2003–2004, 2006), a three-time European medalist (2003–2004, 2006) and the 2003 World Silver Medalist. In the 2006 Olympic Games, she stumbled badly and only finished 14th. She redeemed herself in the 2006 World Championships by coming in 4th with a personal best score of 177.85. Her almost-flawless free skate surpassed Sasha Cohen's. Her coach is Viktor Kudriavtsev and her choreographer is Alla Kapranova. Programs Season Short Program Free Skate 2006-2007 Turando... Biography of Marie-Ange Casalta
Marie-Ange Casalta, born on August 6, 1978 in Toulouse, is a French journalist and TV host. She married radio host and TV producer Romuald Boulanger in 2009.... Biography of Susana Giménez
Susana Giménez, née María Susana Giménez Aubert (born January 29, 1944 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress, ex-vedette, ex-model, television host and a former theatre dancer and singer. She is also a very succesful businesswoman. Most of her filming career was in adult-oriented comedies, acting opposite Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, and fellow vedette Moria Casán. Giménez is the host of a highly-rated television variety show in Argentina, similar in format to those of Verónica Castro (in Mexico), Yolandita Monge (in Puerto Rico), Raffaella Carrà (in Italy and Spain) and Oprah Winfrey (in United States). Giménez entered into the Guinness Book of Records because all the letters and phone calls she received in her show. In 1997 she was awarded with the Golden Martín Fierro Award. ... Biography of Claudia Wells
Claudia Grace Wells (born July 5, 1966) is an American actress. Life and career Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she spent her early childhood years growing up in Punto Fijo, Cariubana, Falcón, a Venezuelan city, later graduating from high school in San Francisco, California, where she was also raised. After appearances in TV shows, Wells played Jennifer Parker, Marty McFly's girlfriend, in the 1985 film Back to the Future. She almost didn't end up in the first film of the successful franchise. According to Wells, in an interview with Yahoo.com online entertainment series "The Yo Show," she had been cast, but a pilot she had done for ABC had been picked up, and she was contractually forced to drop out of "BTTF." During that time, Eric Stoltz had been shooting for 8 weeks with another ac... Biography of Michaël Grégorio
Michaël Grégorio, born on June 10, 1984 in Wittenheim, is a French impersonator, humorist, singer, and showman. Official site: http://www.michaelgregorio.fr/... Biography of Gillian Jacobs
Gillian Jacobs (play /ˈɡɪlɪən/; born October 20, 1982) is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community. Personal life Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. She made her name locally at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. There she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, which led to her being cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York, to study acting at The Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. Jacobs is of Irish, Scottish, Ge... Biography of Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn Liddell (born in Los Angeles, California, on September 22, 1979), better known by her stage name Emilie Autumn, is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and violinist. Autumn draws influence for her music—the style of which she has alternatively labeled as "Victoriandustrial" and glam rock—from plays, novels, and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backing band The Bloody Crumpets, Autumn incorporates elements of classical music, cabaret, electronica, and glam rock with theatrics, burlesque, and "flamboyant" outfits. Outspoken about bipolar disorder and her experience in a modern-day psychiatric ward, she has written an autobiographical novel, 2010's The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls. Growing up in Malibu, California, she began lear... Biography of Raima Sen
Raima Sen (Bengali: রাইমা সেন; born Raima Dev Varma on 11 November 1979) is an Indian film actress. Early life She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura. Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur. Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda. Raima's maternal great-grandfather Adinath Sen was a prominent Kolkata businessman, whose father Dinanath Sen - a relative of former Union Law Minister Ashoke Kumar Sen- was th... Biography of Jessica (entertainer)
Jessica Jung (Korean name: Jung Soo-yeon; Hangul: 정수연; Hanja: 鄭秀妍; born April 18, 1989) is a Korean-American singer, dancer, actress and model. She was born in San Francisco and is fluent in both English and Korean. She is a member of the South Korean nine-member girl group Girls' Generation. She is the older sister of f(x)'s Krystal. Early life Jessica Jung was born on April 18, 1989 in San Francisco, California. She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Casting System and joined the company in 2000. She had been trained for seven years as a trainee before debuting with Korean girl group Girls' Generation Her younger sister, Krystal Jung, is a member of the Korean girl group f(x), also created by SM Entertainment. Career Girls' Generati... Biography of Tamlyn Tomita
Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) is a Japanese-born American actress. She has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series. Early life Tomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita. Her father then later became a Los Angeles Police Officer, rising to the rank of sergeant. He succumbed to cancer in 1990. Tomita is a graduate of Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She is one-quarter Filipino (her mother is Filipino mestizo: half Filipina, half Japanese). Before becoming an actress, she won the title of Queen at the Nisei Week Pageant in Los Angeles in 1984, and Miss Nikkei International in 1985. Acting career In 1986, Tomita made her acting debut in The Karate Kid, Part II, playing Ralph Macchio's character's... Biography of Jeanine Mason
Jeanine Marie Mason (born January 14, 1991) is an American dancer specializing in contemporary dance. She is best known for her 2009 appearance as the winner of the fifth season of the television show So You Think You Can Dance - which airs on the Fox Network - becoming the youngest person to win the competition. She had a small role (her acting debut) on the Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush as a vampire slayer hunting down the vampire James (James Maslow). Personal Although Mason was born in Miami, Florida, she grew up in a dance-oriented family in Pinecrest, Florida. Mason began her dance training at the age of three in ballet and flamenco, and went on to study jazz, acrobatics, hip-hop, modern, and contemporary dance. So You Think You Can Dance At the age of 18, Mason competed on... Biography of Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian Argentine football striker and manager. He is known for his time with the successful Juventus side during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At club level he also played for River Plate and Napoli. On the international level, he first appeared for the Argentine national team, winning the Copa América. Later in his career, he played for the Italian national team and took part in some of the 1962 World Cup. After his retirement as player, he coached several teams in Argentina, including the national side. Sívori's footballing talent was acclaimed and he won the coveted European Footballer of the Year in 1961. Playing style Encyclopædia Britannica describe his playing style as "audacious and brilliant". Sívori uti... Biography of Tiffany (South Korean singer)
Tiffany (Korean name: Hwang Mi-Young; Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黄美英; Born Stephanie Hwang on August 1, 1989), is an American born South Korean singer, dancer, show host, event MC, promotional model and musical actress. She is a member of the nine-member South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, as one of the main vocalists and main rapper. Early life Tiffany was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Diamond Bar, California as the youngest of three siblings. She was born in the same hospital as her fellow Girls' Generation member, Jessica. She was auditioned at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the company on October 2004 in Los Angeles. Tiffany also speaks fluent English and Korean as well as little Chinese, and Ja... Biography of Charo (actress)
María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza (born January 15, 1951), better known as Charo, is a Spanish-American actress, comedienne, and flamenco guitarist, best known for her flamboyant stage presence, her provocative outfits, and her trademark phrase ("cuchi-cuchi"). Date of birth Official documents in Murcia, Spain (where she was born) and the United States indicate she was born in 1941, but Charo has insisted she was born in 1951 and persuaded a United States court to uphold the 1951 birth year as official. The performer has said in past interviews that her parents allowed her to falsify her age to appear to be older after marrying 66-year-old band leader Xavier Cugat when she was 15. Further complicating the question is the fact that contemporary press reports gave her age at m... |
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