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9071 celebrities heights in our database on November 21, 2009. The celebrities 5' 5" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
391 celebrities 5' 5" tall have been found. Biography of Yasmine BLEETH
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968 in New York City) is an American TV and film actress. Bleeth is famous for her role as Caroline Holden on the worldwide-syndicated TV series Baywatch, where she played an always red-swimsuit-clad and barefoot professional lifeguard. Family Bleeth's American father, Philip, is Jewish of Russian and German ancestry, while her mother, Carina, was a Pied-noir . Her mother was a former fashion model, while her father was a professional photographer.... Biography of Charlie CHAPLIN
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. KBE (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comedy actor, becoming one of the most famous performers in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director and musician. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent film era: he acted in, dir... Biography of Brigitte BARDOT
Brigitte Bardot (born September 28, 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, nationalist, singer, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. In the 1970s after her retirement from the entertainment industry, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, which she continues today. During the 1990s she was outspoken about her political views on such issues as immigration, Islam in France, miscegenation, and homosexuality. Bardo... Biography of Demi MOORE
Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico) is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and became one of the best known actresses in 1990s Hollywood. After quitting school, Moore went to work as a pin-up girl, modelled for European photographers, and worked at a collection agency. In the early 1980s, Moore posed for a series of photographs featuring full frontal nudity. These photos went unnoticed until af... Biography of Sylvia SAINT
Silvia Saint (born February 12, 1976) is a Czech pornographic actress. In 1996, she was Penthouse Pet of the Year in the Czech edition of the magazine[2], and between 1997 and 2001, she appeared in over 200 pornographic movies. Before entering into the pornography arena, Silvia studied management and was employed as a manager of a large hotel in the Czech city of Zlin. She was Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1996 (Czech edition), and after her introduction to the American porn industry, in 1997,... Biography of Nicole SCHERZINGER
Nicole Elikolani Prescovia Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978), is an American singer, dancer, songwriter and occasional actress best known for her work as the lead vocalist for The Pussycat Dolls. Scherzinger was born in Hawaii, to a Filipino father and Hawaiian/Russian mother. Her mother, Rosemary, separated from her father and then moved to Louisville, Kentucky with her German American stepfather Gary Scherzinger, and sister Ke'ala. She has described her upbringing ... Biography of Cécile de MENIBUS
Cécile Moharic, best known as Cécile de Ménibus, born September 16, 1970 in Chartres, is a French journalist and TV host. She is well known to work with Sébastien Cauet for the French TV show "La Méthode Cauet" (2003 - ).... Biography of Jamel DEBBOUZE
Jamel Debbouze (Arabic: جامل دبّوز) (born June 18, 1975) is a French actor, comedian and producer of Moroccan descent, born in Paris. In 1992, he got his first role in Nabil Ayouch's short film Les Pierres bleues du désert. Many people know him from the French television series H and his standup comedy show, Jamel Comedy Club. In 2001, he sold 400,000 videotapes of Jamel en scène. In 2002, he was the best paid actor in France. [edit] Fa... Biography of Sofia ESSAIDI
Sofia Essaïdi (born August 6, 1984) is a Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. From March 12 to August 7, 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Tunisia and Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday.... Biography of Kay PARKER
Kay Parker (born Kay Rebecca Taylor on August 28, 1944, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom) is a pornographic actress, best known for her depictions of incest scenes in the Taboo series. She is member of the XRCO and the Adult Video News (an adult-industry publication) Hall of Fame. Adult film career Kay Parker was reportedly introduced to the adult film industry during the late 1970s by actor John Leslie who suggested Parker to take part in one of Leslie's upcoming films at that time. ... Biography of Roman POLANSKI
Roman Raymond Polanski (pl. Roman Rajmund Polański; born August 18, 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a celebrated Academy Award-winning director of both art house and commercial films, making such films as Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Pianist (2002). Polanski is one of the world's best known contemporary film directors and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of his ti... Biography of Emma DAUMAS
Manuelle "Emma" Daumas is a young French songwriter and performer, particularly well known for her participation in Star Academy. Born on November 23, 1983 in Avignon, Daumas grew up in a family of music lovers. Her passion for music led her to write several songs by the age of 12: her parents then allowed her to record her first song Stupid boy. After the piano, she took lessons in guitar, and enrolled at the academy of Villeuneuve-lès-Avignon at the age of 15. She frequently entered contest... Biography of Woody ALLEN
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. His large body of work and cerebral film style, mixing satire, wit and humor, have made him one of the most respected and prolific filmmakers in the modern era. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, philosophy, psychology... Biography of Ursula ANDRESS
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Golden Globe award winning Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her role as the first Bond girl. Biography Ursula Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Berne, Switzerland, to a Swiss mother and a German father. Her father, Rolf Andress, was a German diplomat. He disappeared during World War II. Andress has four sisters and one brother. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, and German. Andress started her career... Biography of Victoria BECKHAM ADAMS
Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams), (born April 17, 1974 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English singer, songwriter and fashion designer best known as a former member of the Spice Girls. While with the Spice Girls, she was known as 'Posh Spice.' In 1997, Adams started dating footballer David Beckham of the famous team Manchester United, and their relationship attracted a great deal of media interest. The couple married at Luttrellstown Castle in Dublin, Ireland on July 4, 1999. Beckham's tea... Biography of Juliette GRECO
Juliette Gréco (born February 7, 1927) is a French actress and popular chanson singer. Personal history Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier to a Corsican father and a mother active in the Résistance, in the Hérault département of southern France. She was raised by her maternal grandparents. Gréco also became involved in the Résistance, and was caught but not deported because of her young age. She moved to Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris in 1946 after her mother left the country for Indoch... Biography of Eliza DUSHKU
Elizabeth Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel as Faith, as well as the main character in the series Tru Calling. Early life Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts to Philip R. Dushku (born June 1, 1941), an Albanian-American administrator-... Biography of Patricia KAAS
Patricia Kaas (born December 5, 1966 in Forbach, France) is a French singer and actress. Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, jazz and chanson. Since the appearance of her debut album Mademoiselle chante… in 1988 Kaas has sold more than 14 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in, e. g., Germany, Russia, Finland, and Korea with her third album Je t... Biography of Hélène SEGARA
Hélène Ségara (born Hélène Rizzo February 26, 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France) is a French female singer. She was born to an Italian father and a Armenian mother. She got a role in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris, in which she played the role of Esmeralda. On August 30, 2003, she married Mathieu Lecat, they have two sons: Raphaël (born 1 February 1990) and Matteo (born on May of 2003). On November 4, 2006, Hélène took part in the Concert for Tolerance in Agadir, Morocco, where she pe... Biography of Nastassja KINSKI
Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, January 24, 1961) is a prolific German actress, having appeared in more than 60 movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of 'Tess Durbeyfield' in Roman Polanski's film Tess and her parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move, Paris, Texas, and Faraway, So Close. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s Nastassja Kinski was widely regarded as an international sex symbol. Born in Berlin, Kinski is the da... Biography of Sharon TATE
Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. During the 1960s she played small roles in television, before starting her film career. She appeared in several films that highlighted her beauty, and after receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers. Tate's celebrity status increased following her marriage to the film director, Roman Polański, and fashion magazines featured ... Biography of Alicia SILVERSTONE
Alicia Silverstone, (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith and later starred in Hollywood films such as Clueless and Batman & Robin. Early life Alicia Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, to Monty Silverstone, a real-estate investor, and Didi Radford, a former flight attendant. Silverstone's father is English-born and her mother is Scottish. Her father, a native of East London,... Biography of J. K. ROWLING
Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has gained international attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 325 million copies worldwide. In February 2004, Forbes magazine estimated her fortune at £576 million (just over US$1 billion and still is at the same spot in 2007), making her the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books. I... Biography of Kirsten DUNST
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series. Early life Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are separated. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother,... Biography of Fran DRESCHER
Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress. She is famous for her nasal voice, "machine-gun" laugh, and Queens accent. Early life and career Drescher was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City to a Jewish family of Eastern European origin. She grew up in Queens with her parents Sylvia and Morty Drescher and was a studious girl who was quite popular in school. Drescher attended Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens. At 15 she met the man sh... Biography of LeAnn RIMES
LeAnn Rimes (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American country music singer. Rimes emerged with the single "Blue" when she was only 13 years old, and by age 24 she had sold over 37 million albums. She has won an American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards. She holds three important records in the music industry, as the current youngest person to win a Grammy and her version of "How Do I ... Biography of Aristote ONASSIS
Aristotelis Sokratis (also Ari) Onassis (January 20, 1906 – March 15, 1975) was the most famous shipping magnate of the 20th century. Life Onassis was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir, Turkey) to a middle-class Greek family. At the time of his birth, Smyrna had a very significant and prosperous Greek population. After being briefly occupied by Greece (1919-1922) in the aftermath of the allied victory in World War I, the city was re-captured by Turkey; the Onassis family holdin... Biography of Barbra STREISAND
Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards. Streisand has ranked as the best selling female album artist of all-time in the United States, according to the RIAA, for over thirty years.. She is considered one of the most successful fema... Biography of Heather LOCKLEAR
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, primarily on soap operas and television, probably best known for her roles as William Shatner's sexy, young partner and Richard Herd's daughter, Off. Stacy Sheridan in the successful 1980s crime drama T.J. Hooker, as John Forsythe's and Linda Evans's no angelic, selfish niece, Sammy Jo Carrington on the popular 1980s soap, Dynasty (a role she played from 1981 to 1989), as another bad girl Amanda Woodw... Biography of LIO
Lio is a Belgian singer and actress, born as Wanda Ribeiro de Vasconcelos in 1962 in Mangualde, Portugal. In 1968, she and her family moved to Belgium. She was an enormous pop icon in francophone Europe during the 1980's. In 1982 the American music duo Sparks worked with her on the album Suite Sixteen, on which some of her previous songs were translated into English. She has an extensive discography and has collaborated with several important French music artists, including Etienne Daho and J... Biography of Sienna MILLER
Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an American-born English actress and model. Early life Miller was born in New York City. She moved to England as a child and attended the Heathfield school in Ascot, Berkshire and later studied for a year at the Lee Strasberg Institute with luminaries like Will Lee and Koni Summer in New York City. Miller was born to hippie parents. Her father, Edward Miller, is an American banker born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Jo Miller, is a S... Biography of Courteney COX
Courteney Bass Cox Arquette (born Courteney Bass Cox on June 15, 1964) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her role as Monica Geller in the long-running television series Friends. She now plays Lucy Spiller, an executive editor of a tabloid magazine, on the popular drama Dirt on FX Networks. Early life Cox was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an affluent Southern family: her late father, Richard L. Cox, was a businessman and her mother, also named Courteney (née Bas... Biography of Gina LOLLOBRIGIDA
Gina Lollobrigida (born July 4, 1927) is a Golden Globe-nominated Italian actress who was born Luigina Lollobrigida in Subiaco, Italy. Lollobrigida is one of four daughters of a furniture manufacturer (her sisters are Giuliana, Maria and Fernanda). She spent her youth in a picturesque mountain village. In her youth, Gina did some modeling, and from there she went to participate successfully in several beauty contests. At around this time, she began appearing in Italian language films. In 1947... Biography of Michelle RODRIGUEZ
Michelle Rodriguez (born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress, best-known for her roles in the television series Lost and movies The Fast and the Furious, S.W.A.T., and Resident Evil. Early life Rodriguez was born to Walter Rodríguez (who is Puerto Rican) and Carmen Milady Pared (of the Dominican Republic), and has a total of ten half-siblings or siblings. She was raised by her devoutly religious maternal grandmother. Rodríguez moved to t... Biography of Kareena KAPOOR
Kareena Kapoor (Hindi: करीना कपूर, born 21 September 1980) nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning prominent Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Making her acting debut with Refugee (2000), for which she won a Filmfare Best Debut Award, Kapoor had her first commercial success with her second release, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001). Her performance as a cosmetic beauty in Karan Johar's melo... Biography of Whoopi GOLDBERG
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955), is an American actress, comedian and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel); she has also won two Golden Globe Awards. Whoopi Goldberg was born on November 13, 1955 in New York City. Later in life, a DNA test... Biography of Hélène ROLLES (HELENE)
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French humorist, actor, writer and singer.... Biography of Naomi WATTS
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British-Australian actress known for her roles in Mulholland Dr., the film remakes of The Ring and King Kong, as well as her Academy Award-nominated role in the film 21 Grams. Early life Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England, and lived there until the age of eight. Her parents, Peter and Myfanwy Watts, separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven, her father died. She has one brother, Ben Watts, a year older and now a phot... Biography of Jayne MANSFIELD
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s, like Marilyn Monroe, Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films that emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, dramatic hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes. She was a recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a Theatre World Award for two early screen and stage performances. Though Mansfield appeared in several popu... Biography of Evangeline LILLY
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian Golden Globe-nominated actress. She is best known for her role as Katherine "Kate" Austen in ABC's hit drama Lost. Early life Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada to a devoutly Christian family. Her father is a home economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty consultant. Lilly also has a younger sister, whom she has described as "the actor in the family." During her childhood, the family did not have a television. ... Biography of Eva PERON
Maria Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the Spanish language diminutive Evita, which translates into English as "Little Eva" or "Beloved Eva". Born out of wedlock in rural Argentina in 1919, at age 15 Eva Duarte made her way to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires where she pursued a car... Biography of Vladimir Ilyich LENINE
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known by the alias Lenin (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Soviet Union, and the primary theorist of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.... Biography of MEL B (SPICE GIRLS)
Melanie Janine Brown (born May 29, 1975 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) (aka Mel B) is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl band the Spice Girls, one of the most successful female groups of all time. She was given the nickname "Scary Spice" by the British media because of her outrageous, "in-your-face" attitude, her manner of dress (which often consisted of leopard-print outfits) and her voluminously curly hair. ... Biography of Harry HOUDINI
Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungarian-American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator. Birth Harry Houdini was born into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. His given name is found spelled differently in different sources and a... Biography of Marianne FAITHFULL
Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. Faithfull's early work in pop and rock music was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse in the 1970s. After a long absence, she returned with the landmark album, Broken English. With a recording career that spans over four decades, Faithfull has continually reinvented her musical persona, experimenting in vastly different musical genres and collaborating with such varied ... Biography of Bon SCOTT (AC/DC)
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (July 9, 1946 – February 19, 1980) was a Scottish born Australian rock musician. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and immigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six. Scott is most well-known for being the lead singer and co-lyricist of hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. AC/DC's most successful album with Bon Scott is Highway to Hell released in 1979. After his death, AC/DC and their new lead singer, Brian Johnso... Biography of Jeane MANSON
Jeane Manson, born Jean Manson, (born October 1, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American model, singer and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1974 issue. (The pictorial opens with her nude in the ocean while lying in the sand.) Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. Jean's father was a writer; her mother was a signer. She attended The American School in Mexico, where she spent much of her childhod, and graduated from Orange Coast College in Cal... Biography of Rachel McADAMS
Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the Hollywood films Mean Girls, The Notebook and Wedding Crashers, which all proved to be successful at movie theaters. Early life McAdams was born in London, Ontario and grew up in nearby St. Thomas. Her father, Lance, is a truck driver, and her mother, Sandra, is a nurse. She has a younger brother, Daniel, and a younger half-sister, Kayleen. She took up competitive figure skating at the age of four a... Biography of Donatella VERSACE
Donatella Versace (born May 2, 1955) is an affluent Italian fashion designer, like her famous brother, Gianni Versace, the founder of the Versace clothing empire. Her current title is Vice-President of the Versace Group and Chief Designer of the fashion line. She holds a great amount of Versace stock, totalling 20% of the entire stock market assets of Versace. Her brother, Santo Versace, owns 30%. Donatella's daughter Allegra Versace got 50% of the company stocks after Gianni Versace died, the t... Biography of Anne HECHE
Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: ) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio to Donald Heche, a Baptist minister and choir director, and Nancy. In her book, Call Me Crazy, Anne claimed that her father molested her during her childhood, giving her herpes. Her father later disclosed his homosexuality to his family, before dying of AIDS in 1983. In that same year, Anne's older brother Nate, who was also an actor, was killed in a car accident ju... Biography of Kate BOSWORTH
Kate Bosworth (born January 2, 1983) is an American actress. After appearing in 1998's The Horse Whisperer, Bosworth became well known with a leading role in 2002's Blue Crush, and has since appeared in several notable films, including Superman Returns, where she played Lois Lane. Early life Born Catherine Ann Bosworth in Van Nuys, California as the only child of Hal Bosworth, an executive for Talbots, and Patricia Potter, a homemaker. She was born with sectoral heterochromia, resulting in a... Biography of Glenn CLOSE
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. Her success, which has been abundant over the span of her career, has not only allowed her to become a one time Emmy Award- winning TV movie actress, but also a three time Tony Award-winning stage actress. Apart from winning those awards Glenn Close has received nominations for seven Emmys, seven Golden Globes and five Oscars.... Biography of David PUJADAS
David Pujadas was born in Barcelona on December 2, 1964 to a Spanish father and a French mother. A former news broadcaster for TF1's LCI, he now is an anchorman France 2's weeknight newscast, Le Journal de 20 Heures, at 8:00 CET in Metropolitan France. He has anchored these newscasts since September 2001, when he replaced Claude Sérillon, on orders from Olivier Mazerolle, the new France 2 news director. The newscasts Pujadas presents are repeated in Canada on TV5 Monde weeknights at 6:30 N... Biography of Aretha FRANKLIN
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years "The Queen Of Soul", but many also call her "Lady Soul," as well as the more affectionate "Sister Ree." She is renowned for her soul recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as one of the top vocalists ever, due to her ability to inject whatever she may be singing about with passion, so... Biography of Lucy PINDER
Lucy Katherine Pinder (b. 20 December 1983 in Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a glamour model. She was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach in the summer of 2003; as a result of photographs taken that day, she signed a professional modeling contract with The Daily Star. In the 2005 UK edition of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World Lucy was a new entry in the poll and finished 16th overall. She appeared at 35th place in the 2006 poll. Unlike most g... Biography of Sinéad O'CONNOR
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. She is Ireland's second biggest-selling female artist, after Enya. Early life O'Connor was born in Dublin and was named after Sinéad de Valera, wife of Irish President Éamon de Valera and mother of the doctor presiding over the delivery, and Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. She was the middle of five children, sister to Joseph, Eimear, John, and Eoin. Joseph O'Connor is now a notable n... Biography of Joan CRAWFORD
oan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977), was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking her at number ten. Starting as a dancer, she was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played in small parts. By the end of the '20s, as her popularity grew...
Biography of Aamir KHAN
Aamir Khan (/ɑːmɪr xɑːn/; Hindi: आमिर हुसेन ख़ान, Urdu/Persian: عامر حسین خان) (born March 14, 1965 as Aamir Hussain Khan) in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed and a prominent National Film Award-winning Indian film actor, producer and director. Appearing as a child actor in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan's career started e... Biography of Dalene KURTIS
Dalene Kurtis (born November 12, 1977 in Apple Valley, California) is an American model. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 2001 and Playmate of the Year for 2002. She grew up in Barstow, California. Dalene began her modeling career by entering and winning a Venus Swimwear contest. She then debuted in Playboy magazine as the Miss September 2001 Playboy Playmate after being spotted at the Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant. Kurtis' Playmate pictorial was the first Playmate of the... Biography of Christina APPLEGATE
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox television network sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, such as Anchorman and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the upcoming ABC sitcom Samantha Who? and recently starred on Broadway in a revival of the musical Sweet Charity. Early... Biography of Tara REID
Tara Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), The Big Lebowski (1998), and My Boss's Daughter (2003). Early life Reid was born in Wyckoff, New Jersey to Donna and Tom Reid, both of whom are teachers and day care centre owners. She attended Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School then went to Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakies, New Jersey. She has a younger siste... Biography of Zhang ZIYI
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí) (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China) is one of the most well-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall. Born in Beijing, China, Zhang joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 11, and at 15 she entered China's prestigious Central Academy of D... Biography of ANN-MARGRET
Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a five-time Golden Globe Award-winning, Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy-nominated American actress, singer and dancer. Early life Ann-Margret was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland, Sweden to Anna Aronsson and Gustav Olsson, a native of Ornskoldsvik. She had a Lutheran upbringing and grew up in a small town "of lumberjacks and farmers high up near the Arctic Circle." Her father worked in the United States during his youth, and immigrated ... Biography of Alain PROST
Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1993 after becoming Formula One World Champion for the fourth time. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix . Prost now races on ice in the Andros... Biography of Cara WAKELIN
Cara Wakelin is a Canadian model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in November, 1999 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She appeared on the cover, and in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar as the model for June. The calendar was the inaugural Playmates at Play calendar and it was shot on the grounds of the Playboy Mansion in 2004. This was Playboy's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmate... Biography of Poppy MONTGOMERY
Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue (born 19 June 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. Her brother is named Jethro Tull, after Jethro Tull. Her sisters are named Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle and Marigold Sun - all named after flowers, as Poppy is. She has stated the reason for her siblings interesting names was that her parents "were big hippies." She chose her mother's maiden name, Montgomery, as her stage name. She left Australia at 16 to be with he... Biography of Billie HOLIDAY
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer. Billie Holiday had a difficult childhood, which greatly affected her life and career. Much of her childhood is clouded by conjecture and legend, some of it propagated by her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, published in 1956. This account is known to contain many inaccuracies. Her professional pseudonym was taken from Billie Dove, an actress she admired, and Clare... Biography of Michel BLANC
Michel Blanc (born April 16, 1952 in Courbevoie, France) is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of hypochondriacs. Height: 1m65 Filmography As actor unless otherwise specified * 1974 : Que la fête commence, directed by Bertrand Tavernier * 1975 : La Meilleure Façon de marcher, directed by Claude Miller * 1975 : Attention les yeux, directed by Gérard Pirès * 1975 : Un bol d'air * 1976 : Je t'aime… moi non plus, directed by Serge Gainsbourg ... Biography of William FAULKNER
William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. He is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. Faulkner's writing is often criticized as being dense, meandering and difficult to understand because of his heavy use of such literary techniques as symbolism, allegory, multiple narrators and points of view, non-li... Biography of FAUDEL
Faudel (born Faudel Belloua on June 6, 1978 in Mantes-la-Jolie) is a French singer of Algerian descent, considered the "Prince of Raï". He grew up in the suburbs of Paris, where he picked up his musical talents from his grandmother who taught him traditional Algerian music. His first public singing experience was during a family wedding celebration in Oran, Algeria. Faudel started to cover the popular tracks by Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami at 12, after which he soon fronted the popular band "Les Et... Biography of Ashley BASHIOUM
Ashley Bashioum (born December 30, 1983) is an American actress. She starred on The Young and the Restless as Mackenzie Browning from 1999 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2005. She briefly dated Stephen Colletti from Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.... Biography of Angie DICKINSON
Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931, Kulm, North Dakota) is a Golden Globe award winning American television and film actress, best known for her role as the sultry Sergeant Leann (not Suzanne) "Pepper" Anderson in the 1970s crime drama, Police Woman. Youth Dickinson was born Angeline Brown, the second of three daughters born to Frederica and Leo H. Brown. Leo was a small-town newspaper publisher. Her first job was selling Hershey's Kisses for five cents, so her sisters could buy ice cr... Biography of Sean LENNON
Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of musicians and peace activists John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Kyoko Chan Cox and Julian Lennon are his half-siblings. Early life and education Sean Lennon was born in New York City on October 9, 1975, his father's 35th birthday. After Sean's birth, John became a house husband, doting on his young son until his own murder in 1980. Sean was educated at the exclusiv... Biography of Stacey DASH
Stacey Dash (born January 20, 1966, in The Bronx, New York) is an American film and television actress of African American and Aztec Indian descent. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Career Stacey Dash started her career as a child actress on the television series, Sesame Street. She later appeared in shows such as The Cosby Show, where she acted beside friend Lisa Bonet, and in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Dash's first substantial television role was in the 1988 television series, TV 101 which also... Biography of Barbara WALTERS
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News as the first female evening news anchor. Walters was first known as a popular TV morning news anchor for over 10 years on NBC's Today, where she worked with Hugh Downs and later hosts Frank McGee and Jim Hartz. Walters later spent over 20 years as co-hos... Biography of Niccolo PAGANINI
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He is one of the most famous violin virtuosi, and is considered one of the greatest violinists who ever lived, with perfect intonation and innovative techniques. Although nineteenth century Europe had seen several extraordinary violinists, Paganini was the preeminent violin virtuoso of that century—it was rumored by his contemporaries that he had sold his soul to the devil f... Biography of Mel LISBOA
Mel Lisboa Alves (born January 17, 1982) is a Brazilian actress born in Porto Alegre. A precocious child, she began dating at 11, got her first tattoo at 13 years and various small piercings. She started seeing a psychotherapist at 15 and debuted on television as the protagonist in the series Presença de Anita on Brazil's TV Globo, at the age of 19. She acted in telenovelas (Desejos de Mulher — "Woman's Desires" and Como uma Onda — "Like a Wave"), theatre (Moças de Fino Trato) and TV speci... Biography of Phil SPECTOR
Harvey Phillip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American record producer and songwriter whose fame reached its height in the 1960s. The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s' girl group sound and clocked in over twenty-five Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965. In later years he worked with such artists as Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, George Harrison and the Ramones with similar success, including production work on the Academy Awar... Biography of Coralie TRINH THI
Coralie Trinh Thi (born April 11, 1976 in Paris, France) was a French pornographic actress of French and Vietnamese ethnicity. She is most famous for her acting, writing and directing of the movie Baise-moi. Filmography 2000: Baise-moi pour lequel, elle est également co-réalisatrice. 1998: Déjà mort d'Olivier Dahan 1998: Sombre de Philippe Grandrieux 1996: Parfait Amour ! de Catherine Breillat sous le pseudonyme de "Coralie Gengenbach". 1995: En avoir ou pas de Laetitia Masson... Biography of Meagan GOOD
Meagan Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2007) Meagan Good was born in Panorama City, California. Good stated in an interview with the magazine, Sister2Sister, that they were one of the first black families in that area of California. She recalls being trea... Biography of Charlotte CHURCH
Charlotte Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed on 21 February 1986) is a Welsh pop singer and television presenter who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical singer. To date, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide. Early life Church was born in Llandaff, a district of Cardiff, Wales. She was raised a Roman Catholic by her mother, Maria, who was separated from Church's biological father. Church was legally adopted by her mother's second husband, James Church. She had he... Biography of Jami GERTZ
Jami Gertz (born October 28, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. Acting career She is also best known for her early roles in the movies The Lost Boys, Quicksilver, Less Than Zero, the short-lived 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, as well as the 2000s CBS sitcom Still Standing with Mark Addy. Other appearances Gertz also had supporting roles in the 1996 blockbuster Twister, the 1984 teen film Sixteen Candles, the 1986 film Crossroads and a 1994 episo... Biography of Brian JOHNSON (AC/DC)
Brian Johnson (born October 5, 1947) is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC since April 1980. He currently lives in Sarasota, Florida. In 1972, Johnson formed the glam rock band Geordie and became their lead singer. However, after a few hit singles, the band split up in 1978. Johnson reformed Geordie in 1980, however, just after a record deal had been signed, he was asked to audition for AC/DC. A few days after the audition... Biography of Jillie MACK
Jillie Mack, born December 25, 1957, is an American actress and the wife of actor Tom Selleck. Filmography "ER" (1 episode, 2002) - Chaos Theory (2002) TV Episode "Fired Up" .... Eleanor (1 episode, 1997) - Are We Not Friends? (1997) TV Episode .... Eleanor "Frasier" .... Charlotte (1 episode, 1996) - Police Story (1996) TV Episode .... Charlotte Adventures of Nicholas at Roaring Camp (1996) (TV) (voice) .... Brittany Silverfox (1991) (TV) .... Joanie "Hooperman" (1 ep... Biography of Mylène DEMONGEOT
Mylène Demongeot (born September 29, 1935 in Nice) is a French actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) She gained fame and adulation for her portrayal of Abigail Williams in the French-German movie Les Sorcières de Salem (1957). The blonde Actress has played in adventures like Milady de Winter in The three Musketeers and in Comedys like the Fantômas-Adventures directed by André Hunebelle. In USA she has co-starred to David Niven in Otto Premingers Bonjour Tristesse. Filmography 1953 : Les Enfa... Biography of Barbara HERSHEY
Barbara Hershey is an American actress, known for her many film roles. Born Barbara Lynn Herzstein on February 5, 1948 in Hollywood, California to an Irish American mother and a Jewish American father who was a horse-racing columnist, Hershey attended Hollywood High School. Her debut was guest starring in three episodes of Gidget in 1965, which she followed up by being cast in the television series The Monroes (1966). She found working on The Monroes to be such a dispiriting experience that s... Biography of Jennie GARTH
Jennifer Eve Garth (born April 3, 1972 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American actress, best known for her role of Kelly Taylor in Beverly Hills, 90210 and of Valerie Kelly Tyler in What I Like About You. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Jennifer Eve Garth was born in Illinois to John and Carolyn Garth, who each already had three children from different marriages. She grew up on a 25-acre horse ranch in Arcola, Illinois with her six older half-siblings: Johnny, Chuck, Lisa, Cammie, Wendy and... Biography of Vanessa GLEASON
Vanessa Gleason (born August 31, 1979 in San Diego, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 1998. While most playmates say their families were supportive of their decision to pose nude, Vanessa readily admitted that she was disowned by her parents and that they threw her out of the house. She was able to live at the Mansion for a year due to her contract, and she has since reconciled with her parents. Trivia Is an animal rig... Biography of Tia TEXADA
Tia Nicole Tucker, most commonly known as Tia Texada, (born December 14, 1971 in Louisiana) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is probably best known for portraying the role of Sgt. Maritza Cruz from the American television show Third Watch.... Biography of Olivia de HAVILLAND
Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award winning British actress and is the last surviving principal cast member from Gone with the Wind. She is the sister of Academy Award winning actress Joan Fontaine. Early life De Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, and is the elder daughter of Walter de Havilland, a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan, and the former Lilian Augusta Ruse, an actress known by her stage name of Lilian Fontaine, whom he married i... Biography of Felicity HUFFMAN
Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the ABC hit show Desperate Housewives which debuted in 2004, and for which Huffman won an Emmy Award. A year later, her role as a transwoman in the independent film Transamerica was praised by many critics and earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. Early life Huffman was born in New York to Grace Huf... Biography of Emmylou HARRIS
Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative rock musician, occasional singer-songwriter but is better known as an interpreter of other people's songs. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early years Emmylou Harris was the daughter of a career military father, a Marine Corps officer who was reported Missin... Biography of Buster KEATON
Buster Keaton (born Joseph Frank Keaton, October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American silent film comic actor and filmmaker. His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" (referencing the Nathaniel Hawthorne story about the "Old Man of the Mountain" ). His career as a performer and director is widely regarded to be among the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema. He was recognized as... Biography of Josh HUTCHERSON
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American film and television actor. He began performing in the early 2000s, appearing in several minor film and television roles, before gaining wider exposure with major roles in the 2005 films Little Manhattan and Zathura, the 2006 comedy RV, the film adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia as Jesse Aarons and Firehouse Dog as Shane Fahey. Early life Hutcherson was born in Union, Kentucky to Michelle and Chris Hutcherson. He has a younger br... Biography of Alisha KLASS
Alisha Klass (born January 3, 1972 in Chino, California) is an American pornographic actress. Measurements: 34C-24-34 Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) When Klass was 2, her mother was killed by her father, who in turn killed himself. Her grandmother subsequently raised Klass. After graduating from high school, she went to Las Vegas to become a stripper and "sex worker." After ending her job as a sex worker, she graduated with a degree in fashion from the Fashion Institute of Design and Mercha... Biography of Frankie VALLI
Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1937 in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as the lead singer of The Four Seasons, a music act of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day. Valli scored over 25 Top-40 hits with The Four Seasons, a handful of Top-40 hits dubbed as a solo act in the late 1960s, one dubbed as "The Wonder Who?" in 1965 and again in the mid to late 1970s. Together they made the hit single December, ... Biography of Richard DREYFUSS
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Taille : 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Norman, an attorney and restaurateur, and Geraldine, a peace activist. Dreyfuss is Jewish and his surname is of Yiddish origin, a variant spelling meaning tripod. His surname is pronounced "DRAY-fuss". For years, though, the public mispronounced it as "DRY-fuss" until he corrected them. He has said that accordin... Biography of JoJo STARBUCK
JoJo Starbuck (born Alicia Starbuck, February 14, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American figure skater. With partner Kenneth Shelley, she is a three-time United States pair skating champion (1970-1972). From 1975-83, Starbuck was married to Pittsburgh Steelers and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw. She was Bradshaw's second wife. Starbuck also had a minor career as an actress, performing in New York Stories (1989), The Cutting Edge (1992), and the TV movie Beauty and the Bea... Biography of Roselyn SANCHEZ
Roselyn Sanchez (born April 2, 1973) is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer, model, film and television actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Sánchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four siblings, having three older brothers. Her father works in business. Sanchez received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both dancing and acting and would put on shows for her family. In 1991, at the age of 18, Roselyn moved to New York ... Biography of Brahim ASLOUM
Brahim Asloum (Arabic: إبراهيم اسلوم) born January 31, 1979 in Bourgoin Jaillieu) is a French boxer, who won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Asloum began his professional career in 2001 and went on a streak of 19 consecutive victories to earn a shot at WBA Flyweight Title holder Lorenzo Parra. Parra dominated the fight, dropping Asloum in the 2nd and taking a unanimous decision.... Biography of Barbara STANWYCK
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was a four-time Academy Award-nominated, three-time Emmy Award-winning, and Golden Globe-winning American actress of film, stage, and screen. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens in New York City to Catherine Ann McPhee, a Canadian immigrant from Nova Scotia, and Byron E. Stevens, an American. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York. When she was two, her mother, who was pregnant at the time, died after bei... Biography of Joe PESCI
Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an Italian-American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer. Early life Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey to Edwardo Francesco Pesci, a forklift driver and bartender, and Mary DeLores Mesce, who worked part-time as a barber. Pesci's father worked for General Motors. Pesci started out working as a barber in the 1960s, following in his mother's footsteps. He released an album entitled L... Biography of Dorothy DANDRIDGE
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress category and the third African American to receive a nomination in any category overall (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). In the 1950s, Dandridge was the first African American female to appear at the Las Vegas Frontier and the Waldolf-Astoria, as well as the first to be on the front cover of Life Magazine.Career... Biography of Kyra SEDGWICK
Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. In 2007, Sedgwick won Best Actress for lead role in a dramatic TV series at the Golden Globes for her role in The Closer. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Sedgwick was born in New York City, daughter of Patricia (née Rosenwald), a speech teacher, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. On her father's side, she is a descendant of Judge Theodore Sedgwick; Endicott Peabody,... Biography of Jason ALEXANDER
Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Alexander was born in Newark, New Jersey to Josh and Ruth Greenspan. He has a half-sister, Karen Van Horn, and a half-brother, Michael Greenspan. Alexander is Jewish. Alexander is a 1977 graduate of Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey. He had als... Biography of Tia MOWRY
Tia Dashon Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Mowry was born in Gelnhausen, West Germany to Darlene Flowers, who managed her children's careers and also worked as a security guard, and Timothy Mowry, who was in the armed services and later became a police officer in California. Her mother is African American and her father is Ita... Biography of Britt EKLAND
Britt Ekland (born October 6, 1942) is a Swedish actress, long resident in the UK. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Ekland became famous as a result of her 1964 whirlwind romance and marriage to British actor and comedian, Peter Sellers, who proposed after seeing her photograph in the paper. She stood by him after he suffered a series of massive heart attacks shortly after their marriage, and in 1965 they had a daughter, Victoria. The couple made two films together, After the Fox in 1966 and The Bobo... Biography of Anna PAQUIN
Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is an Academy Award-winning and Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated New Zealand actress who was born in Canada. Her breakthrough performance was in The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting actress as the second youngest winner in history. She was nine years old when the movie was made, and has continued acting since. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the child of Brian, a Canadian hi... Biography of Patsy KENSIT
Patricia Jude Frances Kensit (born 4 March 1968 in Hounslow, Middlesex) is an English actress and singer, and is also well-known for her three celebrity marriages. Career Aged four, Kensit appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye frozen peas. In 1972 she had her first role in a movie "For The Love Of Ada". Her next film role was two years later in The Great Gatsby starring with Mia Farrow - whom she would later portray in the 1995 biopic Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story. A pup... Biography of Jaime PRESSLY
Jaime Lynn Pressly (born July 30, 1977) is an Emmy Award winning American actress and model. She currently plays Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Personal life Pressly was born in Kinston, North Carolina to James Liston Pressly and Brenda Sue Smith. She has a sister, Jessie Pressly and a brother, Jim Pressly. Pressly spent 11 years studying gymnastics and dancing. By the time she was 14, she was already the spokeswoman for her modeling agency, "Internationa... Biography of Carla GUGINO
Carla Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress best known for her roles of Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and the title character of the TV series Karen Sisco. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life She was born in Sarasota, Florida to an Irish-Italian father and a mother of English descent. Her mother moved the family to Paradise, California, when she was four years old. Despite moving around California a great deal as a child, Carla Gugino remained a straight-A student and... Biography of Anna FARIS
Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American actress, best known for her leading role of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Personal life Faris, the daughter of Jack and Karen, and sister of Bob Faris, grew up in Edmonds, Washington, north of Seattle. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young and she gave her first professional acting performance at age 9 at the Seattle Repertory Theater. After atten... Biography of Ally SHEEDY
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American screen and stage actress, possibly best known for her roles in the "Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. Early life Sheedy was born in New York City to John J. Sheedy, Jr., a Manhattan-based advertising executive, and Charlotte Baum, a notable press agent who was involved in women's and civil rights movements. Her parents divorced in 1971. She has two siblings, Patrick and Meghan. Sheedy, who is Jewish, att...
Biography of Amrita RAO
Amrita Rao (Marathi: अमृता राव. IPA: , born June 7, 1981) is an Indian model and Bollywood actress. Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras (2002), which went unnoticed. However, she grew into prominence when she starred in Ken Ghosh's love-story, Ishq Vishk (2003) and earned her first Filmfare nomination in the Best Female Debut category. Delivering acclaimed performances and commercial success with films lik... Biography of Sharleen SPITERI (TEXAS)
Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) is a Scottish singer. She fronts the band Texas. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Spiteri was born in Glasgow to father Eddie, a violin-playing merchant seaman of Maltese descent and mother Vilma, a singer of German/Irish roots. When she was young the family moved from the Glaswegian suburbs to nearby Balloch, Dumbartonshire, close to the banks of Loch Lomond. At school her nickname was ‘Spit the Dog’, after the gobbing mutt on the TV show Ti... Biography of Lili TAYLOR
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American theater, film and television actress. Taylor, the second youngest of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois to Marie, a professional babysitter, and Park Taylor, a folk artist and hardware store operator. She grew up in a "warm family environment" and has described herself as being a "tomboy" and "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood. Taylor graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, 1985. Thereafter, she a... Biography of Cass ELLIOT
Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing nine albums. Elliot was found dead in her hotel room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium. Early life and career Ellen Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up there and in Alexandria, Virgi... Biography of Deborah COMPAGNONI
Deborah Compagnoni (born June 4, 1970) is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. Career Deborah Compagnoni was born in Bormio, northern Lombardy. Compagnoni soon was noticed for her great talent. Her career was always marked by great successes, by also by great accidents. After her first great victory, the World Junior Title in Giant slalom, and her first podium in World Cup, she broke her right knee in the Val d'Isére downhil...
Biography of Allison MACK
Allison Mack (born July 29, 1982, in Preetz, Germany) is an American film and television actress. Mack currently stars as Chloe Sullivan on the WB/CW series Smallville. She and co-star Kristin Kreuk have become close friends. Mack was born in Germany to American parents, Mindy and Jonathan Mack. Her father was an opera singer performing there. The Mack family moved back to the United States when Allison was two years old. She began her acting career at the age of four in commercials for... Biography of Ione SKYE
Ione Skye Leitch (born September 4, 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is an actress. She is the daughter of Scottish singer Donovan and American model Enid Karl. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Her most well-known performance was in the 1989 film Say Anything. She made her film debut in River's Edge in 1986, and played the title character in The Rachel Papers (1989). In 1992, she played the role of Elanore Grey on the short-lived TV show Covington Cross. More recently, she appeared as Mrs. Veal in an... Biography of Rolonda WATTS
Rolonda Watts (born July 12, 1959 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an African-American actress and former television talk show host. She was the host of The Rolonda Show, a syndicated talk show that ran for four seasons in the 1990s. Early life Watts was born in a family of educators. Her mother, Velma Gibson Watts, was an associate dean at Wake Forest University and her father, Roland Watts, was chairman of Winston-Salem State University's Fine Arts Department. Watts attended Winston-S... Biography of Samaire ARMSTRONG
Samaire (pronounced Sa-mee-rah) Armstrong (born October 31, 1980) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Emily on Entourage and as Anna Stern on The O.C. Early life Armstrong was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Scottish father, Hunter Armstrong, and an Italian mother, Sylvia. Her mother designs spas for resorts and her father teaches soldiers close combat training. Her first name, pronounced or Sa-mee-rah is Gaelic. The first 3 months of her life her parents pronounced her nam... Biography of Miley CYRUS
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Cyrus is better known for starring as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in the television series Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel. Cyrus became a sensation after Hannah Montana debuted in March 2006. Following the success of the show, in October 2006, a soundtrack CD was released in which she sang eight songs from the show. In December 2007, she was ranked #17 in the list of "Forbes Top...
Biography of OCEANE
Océane, born January 6, 1975 in Paris, is a French pornographic actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Awards 2001 : Hot d'Or, best French pornographic actress... Biography of Kelly HU
Kelly Ann Hu (Chinese name: 胡凱麗; Pinyin: Hú Kǎilì) (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model who held the Miss Teen USA 1985 title. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird feeder; the two divorced during Hu's childhood. She is of English, Chinese, Filipino and Hawaiian descent. She attended Maʻemaʻe Element... Biography of Virna LISI
Virna Lisi (b September 8, 1937) is an Italian film actress. She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi. Lisi began her film career in her teens, in 1953. Cast more for her stunning looks than her talent, her early films included La Donna del Giorno (1956), Eva (1962), and the Italian-made spectacle Romolo e Remo (1961). Virna in The Secret of Santa Vittoria, one of her european films in the sixties.The pert and sexy star also made a decorative dent in Hollywood comedy as... Biography of Michelle BRANCH
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single "The Game of Love", which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life and solo care... Biography of Devon AOKI
Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10, 1982) is an American supermodel and actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Aoki was born in New York City and grew up in California, attending high school in London. Her Japanese American father, Rocky Aoki, a former Olympic wrestler, is the owner of the Benihana restaurant chain. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewellery designer of English and German heritage. Her brother, Steve Aoki, is a well-known Los Angeles, California DJ, and is the head ... Biography of Felipe MASSA
Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by the Ferrari team. He is under contract to race for Ferrari until the end of the 2010 season. Early career Massa, a Brazilian whose grandfather came to Brazil from the city of Cerignola, Italy, was born in São Paulo. Massa began karting when he was 8 years old, finishing fourth in his first season. He continued in national and international championships for 7 years, and in 1998 he moved into Fo... Biography of Mia HAMM
Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. Playing for many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, she scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of the sport (158). Hamm eventually became one of the most famous women athletes in the world, an iconic symbol of women's sports, and an inspiration and role model to a generation of sports-minde... Biography of Lauren HOLLY
Lauren Michael Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences and as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, co-starring Jim Carrey. Early life Lauren Holly was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Her father is an English literature professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Both of her parents were educators, her mother is Michael Ann Holly, an eminent art historian, who was a professo... Biography of Jodi Ann PATERSON
Jodi Ann Paterson (born July 31, 1975) is an American model, actress and former beauty queen. Measurements 32" D - 23" - 34 ½" Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Weight 112 lb She was born in Balikpapan, Indonesia and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, United States. Her mother is of Indonesian descent and her father is of European-American descent. Paterson, who attended Thurston High School, first came to prominence in 1994 when she won the Miss Oregon Teen USA 1994 title and competed in the... Biography of Maria BELLO
Maria Elaine Bello (born April 18, 1967) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Bello was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania to an Italian American father and a Polish American mother. She grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School (Radnor, PA). Later she attended Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but took an acting class during h... Biography of Christel KHALIL
Christel Khalil (born November 30, 1987 in Los Angeles, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. Khalil is best known for her role as the first actress to portray Lily Winters Romalotti on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She played the role from August 15, 2002 until September 2, 2005. Soon after she left the soap, Khalil was replaced by Davetta Sherwood. Sherwood was let go seven months later by Lynn Marie Latham in favor of Khalil, who officially returned to t... Biography of Karine RUBY
Karine Ruby (January 4, 1978 – May 29, 2009) was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Ruby was killed on May 29, 2009 after a climbing accident on Mont Blanc when the top climber, Gilles Monchard, of five roped climbers fell into a crevasse, pulling Ruby and French climber Simone Ouest to their deaths. References ^ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Ja... Biography of Holly WITT
Holly Witt (born December 10, 1968 in Lima, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress. She was named Playboy Playmate of the Month for November, 1995 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Measurements 34 - 23 - 34 Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Weight 112 lb (51 kg) Prior to that Holly worked at a local Hooters for a few months in Arlington, TX next to the Ballpark in Arlington. Notable TV guest appearances Howard Stern playing "Herself" January 24, 1997 Her appearanc... Biography of Mel BROOKS
Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is a multi-award winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., to Polish-Jewish parents Maximillian Kaminsky and Kate "Kittie" Brookman. Brooks' grandfather, ... Biography of Elissa LANDI
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England. Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing... Biography of Lola FALANA
Lola Falana (born Loletha Elaine Falana on September 11, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American dancer and actress of Cuban and African American descent. Falana's father left Cuba to become a welder in the United States, where he met his wife. Lola spent most of her childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) By the age of three she was dancing, and by age five she was singing in the church choir. By the time she was in junior high school, she was already dancing in... Biography of Virginia MADSEN
Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. During the 2000s, she once again became known after an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the film Sideways. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois to Cal Madsen, a fireman, and Elaine (née Melson), an Emmy-winning poet, producer and playwright who often works for PBS; Madsen's mothe... Biography of Destiny DAVIS
Destiny Davis is an American model. Eager for success, Destiny Davis graduated high school at only age 16, leaving for Las Vegas to become a certified lifeguard at a posh resort. After winning a bikini contest in Las Vegas, good friend and Playboy Playmate Angela Melini sent pictures of Destiny Davis into Playboy magazine. She was chosen to be Playboy Playmate, January, 2005. Later she appeared in several episodes of E! Reality television series The Girls Next Door in August 2005. In a Pla... Biography of Luciana VENDRAMINI
Luciana Regina Vendramini, born December 10, 1970 in Jaú, São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress and model. Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m). Filmography Television 2004 - Da Cor do Pecado .... Gracielle 1998 - Sai de Baixo - episódio Contatos Imediatos da Terceira Idade .... Priscila Você Decide - episódios: Verdades e Mentiras (1998), Gente Jovem (1997), O Estripador (1995) e O Gosto da Vingança (1995) 1996 - O Rei do Gado.... Marita 1995 - Malhação .... Paulinha 1991 - Vamp .... Jade Roch... Biography of Kari WUHRER
Kari Samantha Wührer (born April 28, 1967) is an American actress and singer, sometimes credited as Kari Salin. Early life Wührer was born in Brookfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Karin (née Noble), a payroll accountant, and Andrew Wührer, a police officer and car salesman. She has three siblings and is of German and Cherokee descent. As a teenager, she sang in nightclubs, sneaking out of the family home to perform. Wührer began studying acting at the age of 13 at the Wooster School. She ... Biography of Meghan HEFFERN
Meghan Heffern (born October 3, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian actress. Filmography Intern Academy (2004) The Fog (2005) Insecticidal (2005) Whistler (2006) Flight 93 (2006) American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) (direct-to-DVD)... Biography of Yoko MITSUYA
Yoko Mitsuya (三津谷葉子) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. Profile Name: Yoko Mitsuya (三津谷葉子) Birthdate: November 8th, 1984 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Blood type: O Height: 165cm Bust: 87cm (E cup) Waist: 60cm Hips: 88cm Shoe size: 25cm Hobbies: Cooking, reading manga, drawing, talking, walking Ability: Classical ballet Favorite foods: Bread, rice Favorite colors: White, black, blue Information... Biography of Delta BURKE
Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956 in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the sitcom Designing Women. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Miss Florida Burke attended Colonial High School in Orlando, Florida, where she was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." After graduation, she won the Miss Florida title for 1974. Burke was paired with Miss Georgia, Gail Nelson, in the Miss America pageant in 1974, and wo... Biography of Nicole APPLETON
Nicole Marie Appleton (born December 7, 1974) is a pop singer and a member of All Saints. She was formerly a member of Appleton along with her older sister Natalie. Appleton was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has three older sisters; Lori, Lee, and Natalie. While growing up she lived in Toronto, New York City, and London . In 1983 enrolled in the Sylvia Young Theatre School and it was there were she met Melanie Blatt and they immediately became best friends. In 1995, Nicole and her... Biography of Jaime BERGMAN
Jaime Bergman (born on September 23, 1975 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January, 1999 and its 45th Anniversary Playmate. In addition to her magazine appearance she has starred in several Playboy videos, is featured in Maxim magazines Girls of Maxim gallery. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Bergman was the St. Pauli Girl for 1999, the first of the Playmate national spokesmodels for the beer brand. From 2000 to 20... Biography of Clea DUVALL
Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American film and television actress known for playing characters outside the mainstream. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life DuVall was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Rosemary (née Hatch) and Stephen DuVall. Her mother divorced her husband when Clea was twelve. After her mother remarried, DuVall dropped out of high school and moved into her own apartment. She sought entertainment in movies and television progra... Biography of Nathan LANE
Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents. He was named after a paternal uncle, a Jesuit priest. His father, Daniel, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was 11; his mother, Nora, was a manic-depressive housewife and secretary who died in 2000. He has two bro... Biography of Emma CAULFIELD
Emma Caulfield (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress known for her role as ex-demon Anya on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Emma M. Chukker was born in San Diego, California to a mother who worked as a professional singer. Emma began her acting career at a young age. In high school while she studied drama, she took parts in plays at the local La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre. Her talent for acting was immediately recogniz... Biography of Cassidy RAE
Cassidy Rae (born June 7, 1976) is an American actress who was born in Clermont, Florida. Cassidy starred in the made-for-television movie Crowned and Dangerous with Yasmine Bleeth in 1997. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Selected filmography Models, Inc. (1994) Evolver (1995) Lying Eyes (1996) Crowned and Dangerous (1997) Hyperion Bay (1998) Extreme Days (2001)...
Biography of Amy ADAMS
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress best known for her award-nominated roles in the films Junebug and Enchanted. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy, the daughter of American parents Kathryn and Richard Adams, who was a U.S. serviceman stationed in Italy. She grew up as one of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado and attended Douglas County High School. Adams was raised in the Mormon religion, althou... Biography of Erika CHRISTENSEN
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the drama Six Degrees on ABC. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Personal life Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Kathy, a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, an insurance worker/human-resources executive. She has an older half-brother, Nick, two younger twin brothers, Dane (who appeare... Biography of Sharon GLESS
Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, who's primarily on soap operas, movies and television, who is of Irish descent, whose trademark is also starring in long-running roles in television (the eighth actor behind Lucille Ball, Robert Wagner, William Shatner, Bill Bixby, Michael Landon, Lee Majors and James Brolin, among many others). Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) In the three decades of Gless's career, she is best known for her role as Christine Cag... Biography of Fenella FIELDING
Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1927) is an English actress popular in the 1950s and 1960s and known chiefly for her seductive image. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Fielding was born Fanella Feldman in London, of Romanian Jewish descent and is the elder sister of Lord Feldman. She was not related to the late actor, Marty Feldman, as has been occasionally misreported. Career Fielding began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. She appeared in such film... Biography of Brenda VACCARO
Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Vaccaro was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents Christine M. Pavia and Mario A. Vaccaro (originally a lawyer), both of whom were pioneers in Italian cuisine. She was raised in Texas, where her parents co-founded Mario's Restaurant (a nationally recognized restaurant) and where Vaccaro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High S... Biography of Elena ANAYA
Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Anaya was born in Palencia, Spain. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía) and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella (Talk to Her). Her best-known mainstream film role was as a vampire in 2004's Van Helsing, playing Dracula's bride, Aleera. She is also featured in Justin Timberlake's ... Biography of Billie PIPER
Billie Piper (born 22 September 1982) is an English actress and pop singer. She was originally named Lianne Piper, but her parents decided later that they would choose Billie. She began her career as a pop singer in her teens and was well known for her marriage to DJ Chris Evans but is now best known for portraying Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she is set to reprise in 2008. In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at #6 in i... Biography of Edie FALCO
Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is a three-time Emmy award winning American television, film and stage actress best known for her lead role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's award winning hit series The Sopranos. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Family Falco was born in Brooklyn, New York to Frank Falco (an Italian-American commercial artist, who is, at present, a sculptor) and Judith Anderson (a retired Swedish actress) . Falco's siblings are Joseph, Paul and Ruth. Her uncle is novelist, playwright and ... Biography of C JEROME
Claude Dhotel, best known as C. Jérôme, born December 21, 1946 in Paris, died March 14, 2000, was a French singer and later, TV host and radio host.... Biography of Jeannie MILLAR
Jeannie Millar, born August 11, 1974 in Bangkok, is a Thai actress. Filmography (source: http://imdb.com/name/nm0587673/ ) "Entourage" .... Pool girl (1 episode, 2005) - Neighbors (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Pool girl "Black Scorpion" (1 episode, 2001) ... aka Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion (Canada: English title) - An Officer and a Prankster (2001) TV episode Facade (2000) (as Jeannie Mae Miller) .... Girl on Beach ... aka Death Valley The Awakening of Gabrie... Biography of Aileen CELESTE
Aileen Celeste Gomez, best known as Aileen Celeste, born September 16, 1979 in Caracas, is a Venezuelan actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Filmography "Decisiones" .... Luisa (1 episode, 2007) ... aka Decisiones de famosos (USA: Spanish title) - El cuerpo del forastero (2007) TV Episode .... Luisa "Por todo lo alto" .... Victoria Bermúdez de Torres (1 episode, 2006) - Episode #1.1 (2006) TV Episode .... Victoria Bermúdez de Torres "Mujer con pantalones" (2005) TV Series .... Es... Biography of Joel GREY
Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an Tony and Academy Award winning American stage and screen actor. Career Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award. Additional Broadway credits include Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), and Wicked (2003). In 1995, he performed in The Wizard of Oz in Co... Biography of Finola HUGHES
Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1960 in London) is an English actress of Irish and Italian extraction who is best known for her portrayal of Anna Devane on the soap operas General Hospital and All My Children, and her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Dr. Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. Hughes also appeared on the sitcom Blossom,... Biography of Erika ALEXANDER
Erika Alexander (born November 19, 1969 in Winslow, Arizona) is an American actress. Alexander got her big break as Pamela "Pam" Tucker on the critically-acclaimed NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show. She later starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990 civil rights epic, The Long Walk Home. Perhaps her most memorable role was as Maxine 'Max' Shaw on the FOX sitcom, Living Single, a role she played for five years. Erika's role as Pam Tucker brought a fresh spin to The Cosby Show. She played a gi... Biography of Nicole SHERZINGER (PUSSYCAT DOLLS)
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978 (source: Imdb)) is an American pop/R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, producer and occasional actress best known for her role as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls. Early life Scherzinger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Filipino father and a Hawaiian/Russian mother. Her mother Rosemary was 18 at the time of Nicole's birth and lived in an inner city neighborhood and separated from her father wh... Biography of Scott CAAN
Scott Andrew Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American actor. Early life Caan was born in Los Angeles, California to actor James Caan and Sheila Ryan, an actress and former model. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Germany. His parents divorced a year after his birth; he has four half-siblings from his father's other marriages. Caan was a roadie for the rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain, and was a member of the hip-hop group The Whooliganz (with producer and fe... Biography of Bianca RINALDI
Bianca Rinaldi (born Bianca de Carvalho e Silva Rinaldi on October 15, 1974 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress best known for her roles in telenovelas, especially A Escrava Isaura. Born in São Paulo, Brazil. She trained as a gymnast from ages 8 to 13. She began her TV career in 1990 when she was chosen to be a "Paquita" for Xuxa's Show. Her career on the show lasted until 1995 when she left to pursue an acting career on Brazilian TV and theater. She received critical acclaim by Braz... Biography of Patricia CORNWELL
Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American author. She is widely known for writing a popular series of crime novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. In 2002, Cornwell claimed to have solved the mystery of the Jack the Ripper murders by accusing noted artist Walter Sickert, though her conclusions and methods have been widely criticized. Early life A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cornwe... Biography of Bärbel SCHLEKER
Bärbel Schleker, born November 5, 1977 in Esslingen am Neckar, is a German actress, famous for her role as Yvonne Kuballa in Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin"), a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Be... Biography of Parker POSEY
Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress. She became known during the 1990s, after a series of roles in several well-reviewed independent films. As a result, she has often been referred to as the "Queen of the Indies". Early life Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Lynda, a chef, and Chris Posey, who owned a Chevrolet dealership. She has a fraternal twin brother, Christopher. Posey's unisex first name was a tribute by her father to 1950s super... Biography of Emppu VUORINEN (NIGHTWISH)
Erno “Emppu” Matti Juhani Vuorinen (born June 24, 1978 in Kitee, Finland) is a Finnish guitarist, mostly famous as a member of symphonic power metal band Nightwish. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then he has played in various bands including Nightwish, of which he is a founding member, Brother Firetribe and Altaria. Emppu most often supports the keyboard or orchestral parts of Nightwish songs, Marco Hietala easing back to allow the higher pitched guita... Biography of Tamera MOWRY
Tia Dashon Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry in the sitcom Sister, Sister. Early life Mowry was born in Gelnhausen, West Germany to Darlene Flowers, who managed her children's careers and also worked as a security guard, and Timothy Mowry, who was in the armed services and later became a police officer in California. Her mother is African American and her father is Italian American; the two met... Biography of Mary URE
Eileen Mary Ure (February 18, 1933 - April 3, 1975) was a Scottish actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Born in Glasgow, where she studied at the School of Drama, she would go on to train for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Known for her beauty, Ure began performing on the London stage and quickly developed a reputation for her abilities as a dramatic actress. While starring in John Osborne's play, Look Back in Anger, she began a relationship with the married O... Biography of Emilie DEQUENNE
Émilie Dequenne (born 29 August 1981 in Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium) is an actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta. Taille : 5' 5" (1.65 m) Gave birth to her first child, a daughter Milla, in Belgium on July 17, 2002. Selected filmography Rosetta (1999) — Rosetta Le Pacte des loups (English: Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) — Marianne de Morangias Oui, mais... (English: Yes, But... Biography of Jamie Lynn DiSCALA SIGLER
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981), previously also known as Jamie-Lynn DiScala, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the acclaimed HBO television series The Sopranos. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Born in Queens, New York to a Jewish American father Steve (whose mother and father came from Greece's Sephardic Jewish community and Romania's Ashkenazi Jewish community, respectively); and a Cuban mother Connie. Connie converted to Judaism. Sigler ... Biography of Dyan CANNON
Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen on January 4, 1937) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Cannon was born in Tacoma, Washington to a Baptist father and a Jewish mother, Claire Portnoy, who had immigrated from Russia.She attended West Seattle High School. Career Cannon received two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress, one for Bob & Carol & Ted & A... Biography of Dana BARRON
Dana Barron (born April 22, 1966 in New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American actress who has starred in film and on television. She is well known for her role as Audrey Griswold in the 1983 hit comedy classic National Lampoon's Vacation (and its eventual sequel National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure) and in the 1987 action film Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. Dana appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1984-1985 as Michelle Boudin. She starred in ... Biography of Kate MULGREW
Katherine Kiernan "Kate" Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, most famous for her roles as Mary Ryan on Ryan's Hope and Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. Mulgrew has performed in over 30 television shows, 23 plays, nine movies, six audio books, and one television documentary. Early life Mulgrew was born in Dubuque, Iowa to Thomas James "T.J." Mulgrew II, a businessman, and Joan Kiernan Mulgrew, an artist. Born into an Irish Catholic fami... Biography of James CAGNEY
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who won acclaim for a wide variety of roles, including the career-launching The Public Enemy, and won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1942 for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Like James Stewart, Cagney became so familiar to audiences that they usually referred to him as "Jimmy" Cagney — a billing never found on any of his films. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Cagney eighth a... Biography of Audie MURPHY
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was an American soldier in World War II, who later became an actor, appearing in 44 American films.He also found success as a country music composer. In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. medals, five from France, and one from Belgium. Murphy had a successful movie... Biography of Brooke ADAMS
Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949 in New York) is an American actress. Adams attended the High School for the Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet. After playing small roles in television and low-budget movies, Adams' performances in Days of Heaven and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (both 1978) brought her positive reviews. She has also starred in the films Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange (1985), and Gas Food Lodging (1992). From 1995 she temporari... Biography of Judy DAVIS
Judy Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy Award-winning Australian actress. Personal life Davis was born in Perth and had a Catholic upbringing. She was educated at Loreto Convent and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1977. She has been married to actor and fellow NIDA graduate Colin Friels (who was also in the film High Tide with her) since 1984. They have two children, Jack and Charlotte. Career First coming to pr... Biography of Valérie BARLOIS
Valérie Barlois, born May 28, 1969 in Melun, is a former French fencer (Epée).... Biography of Collien FERNANDES
Collien Fernandes was born on September 26th, 1981 in Hamburg, Germany to a Portuguese father of Indian descent and a Hungarian mother. She has one sister, Elaine, who is younger. Collien was a member of bands Yam Yam and Suco e Sol. She is also a television host for the channel VIVA as well as acting. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) In 2003 she was in the main Cast of the movie "Autobahnraser. In 2004, Collien Fernandes co-starred in the German film Nacht der lebenden Loser, Die (Night of the Livi... Biography of Alice KRIGE
Alice Maud Krige (born June 28, 1954) is a South African actress known for introducing the role of the Borg Queen in the Star Trek motion picture, First Contact. She reprised her role for the final episode of Star Trek Voyager. Personal life Krige was born in Upington, South Africa, the daughter of Pat, a psychologist, and Louis Krige, a physician. She left for London in 1976. Initially she had plans to become a clinical psychologist but turned to acting after an experience in an acting clas... Biography of Leighton MEESTER
Leighton Marissa Claire Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress and aspiring Singer-Songwriter, best known for her role as Blair Waldorf in the TV show Gossip Girl. Her first acting role on a television program was on NBC's legal drama Law & Order in 1999. Other series in which Meester has appeared include Surface, Entourage, CSI: Miami, 8 Simple Rules, 24, 7th Heaven, and House. Career Meester became interested in acting when she appeared in a local production of The Wizard of O... Biography of AMERIE
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1978), better known as Amerie, is a multiracial (African American & Korean) American R&B singer. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily written and produced by Rich Harrison. "1 Thing", the lead single from her second album, Touch, introduced her native D.C.'s go-go elements, on which she expanded with the 2007 album Because I Love It. Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to an African-American father and a Korean mother. He... Biography of Mitzi KAPTURE
Mitzi Gaynor Donahue (born May 2, 1964 in Yorba Linda, Orange County, California) is an American actress, also credited and more popularly known as Mitzi Kapture. (Mitzi Gaynor was a popular stage and film actress in the 1950s). Kapture began her career in films, most of which were not huge commercial successes. She went on to make a few television guest appearances (MacGyver, 1st & Ten) before she gained international exposure with her first major television role as Sergeant Rita Lee Lance i... Biography of MARGARET du ROYAUME-UNI
The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones; née Windsor; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and the younger sister of the current monarch of each of the Commonwealth Realms, Elizabeth II. She held the title Countess of Snowdon by marriage. Princess Margaret was always a controversial member of the British Royal Family. As a young woman, she was a figure of glamour in post-war Britain and the Commonwealth.... Biography of Tippi HEDREN
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress with a career spanning six decades. She is perhaps best known for her role as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on six films, notably Pacific Heights (1990). Early life Hedren was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the d... Biography of Paula GARCES
Paula Maria Santos Garcés (born March 20, 1974) is a Colombian-born film and television actress. Early life Garcés' father was a fisherman and her mother was a dance teacher. Moving from her birthplace of Medellin, Colombia to the United States at a young age, Garcés started acting in commercials through her talent agent, Diego Santiago, her father's best friend. Garcés later pursued a mini-stint career in kickboxing and being a personal trainer in New York City. She is married to Antonio He... Biography of Nathalie TAUZIAT
Nathalie Tauziat (born October 17, 1967, in Bangui, Central African Republic) is a former professional tennis player from France. Height 1.65 m (5 ft 4 in) Weight 54.5 kg (120 lb) Career Tauziat turned professional in 1984 and lived in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera during the early stages of her career and later moved to Bayonne in the southwest of France. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. He... Biography of Mary Ann MOBLEY
Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi). She is a former Miss America, actress, and television personality. She married actor Gary Collins in 1967. Their daughter, Mary Clancy Collins, is a Senior Vice President with MGM Television. Career After serving her reign as Miss America 1959, she embarked on a career in film and television. She appeared in movies, including two with Elvis Presley; and on such television shows as Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. She als... Biography of Claudette ORTIZ
Claudette Ortiz (born July 21, 1981 in Willingboro, New Jersey) is an American soul singer of African American and Puerto-Rican descent, most famous as the soprano in the R&B group City High although she has built somewhat of a name for herself as a solo artist. Early life Ortiz was born and raised in Willingboro, New Jersey. She started singing at an early age and upon reaching high school age, she met future bandmates Robby Pardlo and Ryan Toby. Ryan Toby had some entertainment industry ex... Biography of Stephanie ZIMBALIST
Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress. Early life Born in New York City, New York, Zimbalist comes from a highly successful and renowned family. Her father is Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., the actor, her grandfather Efrem Zimbalist was a concert violinist, teacher and composer and her grandmother, Alma Gluck was a leading soprano. Her late step-aunt, Marcia Davenport was an author and historian. Her paternal heritage is Jewish, though her father had converted to become... Biography of Elizabeth BANKS
Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is an American actress. Personal life Banks was born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. As a young child, she was a contestant on the Nickelodeon game show Finders Keepers. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992 and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1996). In 1998 she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater. In 2003, Banks married Max Handelman, who had been her boyfriend... Biography of Teri POLO
Teri Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress known for her role of Pamela Byrnes in the movie Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequel Meet the Fockers (2004). She was one of the stars in the sitcom I'm with Her. Personal life Polo was born Theresa Elizabeth Polo in Dover, Delaware, the daughter of Jane, a homemaker, and Vincent Polo, a stereo systems designer. Polo studied ballet beginning at age five. By age 13 she was attending New York's School of American Ballet. After winning a m... Biography of Lorissa McCOMAS
Lorissa McComas (b. November 26, 1970 in Columbus, Ohio) is a brunette lingerie, nude and softcore model frequently featured in Playboy during the 1990s. She had a large breast enhancement to give her a 34D-23-34 figure on her 5'5" frame, and started a successful "Strip-o-gram" business after college. After running into prudery in Ohio she left for Los Angeles to pursue a modeling and acting career. The majority of her work consisted of nude modeling and acting in a variety of softcore produc... Biography of Sydne ROME
Sydne Rome (born March 17, 1951) is a United States-born, Italy-based film actress. Her first name is often misspelled Sydney or Sidney. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Born in Akron, Rome grew up in a wealthy family in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Her father was president of a very successful Akron area plastics corporation. She started her career as early as 1969 in the British movie Some Girls Do. She then appeared in a series of Italian films, often playing the young, seemingly innocent American abroa... Biography of Susan OLIVER
Susan Oliver (February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990), stage name of Charlotte Gercke, was an Emmy-nominated American actress, television director and flyer. Early life and family Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child. In June 1949, Oliver joined her mother in Southern California, where Ruth Hale Oliver was in the process of becoming a we... Biography of Rimi SEN
Rimi Sen (Bengali: রিমি সেন) (b. on September 21, 1981 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. Her real name is Shubhomitra Sen. She is also a Odissi dancer and performed in the dance troupe of the eminent Kolkata-based Odissi exponent, Aloka Kanungo. Sen moved to Mumbai to become a film actress. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coca-Cola advertisement, impressing Priyadarshan, the director of the... Biography of Nicole BOBEK
Nicole Bobek (born August 23, 1977) is an American figure skater. She was the U.S. Champion in 1995, and won a bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships the same year. An only child, Bobek has been raised by her mother Jana since birth. Her parents divorced shortly before Nicole was born, and she has never met her father. Skating Career Bobek's fondness for skating started at age three. She first came to national prominence by placing 2nd at the novice level of the U.S. Champ... Biography of Josie BISSETT
Josie Bissett (October 5, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Jane Andrews Mancini on the TV series Melrose Place. Bissett was born in Seattle, Washington, U.S.. She has been married to Rob Estes since 1992 and they have two children, Mason Tru and Maya Rose. In August 2006, Estes was quoted during an appearance at a Television Critics Association meeting as saying that Bissett had "kicked him out of their home over 7 months earlier", that Bissett wanted a divorce, and tha... Biography of Marion ROSS
Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Early life Born Marian Ross in Albert Lea, Minnesota, she grew up there, and in nearby Waconia and Willmar. At the age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee. After completing her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts,... Biography of John OATES
John William Oates (born April 7, 1949 in New York) is an American musician and producer best known as the mustachioed half of the successful rock and soul duo Hall & Oates. Background John Oates was raised in North Wales, PA, and attended North Penn High School in suburban Philadelphia. He is married to Aimee Oates, and his son Tanner John Oates was born on June 19, 1996. John Oates is of Italian descent on his mother's side and Spanish-Moorish on his father's side. In about 1972 he and... Biography of Kelly CARLSON
Kelly Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her current role as Kimber Henry on Nip/Tuck. In 2001 she was listed on Tear Sheet Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful list, and in 2003 her career picked up with a role on Nip/Tuck. Carlson is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota. In addition to acting, she has also modeled, including ad campaigns with Miller Lite, Rembrandt, and Oliver Peoples sunglasse... Biography of Natalie APPLETON
Natalie Jane Appleton (born May 14, 1973) is a pop singer and member of All Saints. During All Saints' five years of inactivity, she was a member of Appleton with her younger sister Nicole . Biography In addition to Nicole, Natalie has two older sisters, Lori and Lee. Natalie was born in Mississauga, Ontario but the family lived in Toronto, New York City, and London while the girls grew up. She attended high school in New York and eventually quit to sing at a Borscht Belt country club at ... Biography of Jon ANDERSON
Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. He is also an accomplished solo artist, and has collaborated for over 20 years with the Greek musician Vangelis, creating the duo "Jon & Vangelis". Early life and childhood Jon Anderson was born in the town of Accrington, Lancashire, England, in a family of Irish ancestry, his parents being Albert and Kathleen Anderson. He was later to drop the "... Biography of Tracy AUSTIN
Tracy Ann Austin Holt (b. December 12, 1962, in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 women's professional tennis player from the United States who won the women's singles title at the U.S. Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut short her career. Her older sister, Pam, and her older brother, Jeff, were also professional tennis players, as were brothers Doug and John Austin. She is the sister-in-law of fitness author Den... Biography of KELLY KELLY
Barbara Jean "Barbie" Blank (born January 15, 1987) is an American model and professional wrestling valet, dancer, and wrestler, better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly. She is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand. Billed height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Billed weight 108 lb (49 kg/7.7 st) Early life Blank was a broadcast journalism student and a Hawaiian Tropic bikini model before she entered professional wrestling. World Wrestling Entertainment Oh... Biography of Genie FRANCIS
Genie Francis (born Eugenie Ann Francis on May 26, 1962 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA) is an actress best known for her portrayal of Laura Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital, a role she played from 1976 to 2006. Personal life Francis's father, Ivor Francis, a Canadian actor of English descent, died in 1986 from the effects of multiple strokes. He played a brief role on General Hospital as an adoption counselor when his daughter was also on the show. Her mother, Rosemary Daley,... Biography of Sidney LUMET
Sidney Lumet (born June 25, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, with over 50 films to his name, including the critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men (1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. He won an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005, for his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers, and the art of the motion picture". Personal life Lum... Biography of Autumn REESER
Autumn Alicia Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C.. Personal life Reeser was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Kim (née Handel) and Tom Reeser, the executive director of the television channel KOCT. Reeser performed musical theater in her hometown from the age of six until she left at seventeen. After graduating from Carlsbad High School, she moved to Los Angeles to study at UCLA.... Biography of Robin GIVENS
Robin Simone Givens (born November 27, 1964 in New York, New York) is an American actress. Early life and career Robin Simone Givens was born to Ruth and Reuben Givens in New York City on November 27, 1964. Robin was raised with her younger sister by their mother, Ruth in suburban Westchester County, New York. Her mother helped her daughters by encouraging their creativity; this influenced their interest in art. As a young artist, Robin played violin for a short while. She chose acting inste... Biography of Madeleine CARROLL
Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress, immensely popular in the 1930s and 1940s, who was renowned for her great beauty. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) She was born as Edith Madeleine Carroll at 32 Herbert Street (now number 44) West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England. Widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women in films, Carroll's aristocratic blonde allure and sophisticated style were first glimpsed by Br... Biography of Debi MAZAR
Deborah "Debi" Mazar (born August 15, 1964) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her trademark Jersey Girl-type appearances, and as edgy, sharp-tongued women in independent films. Early life Mazar was born in Queens, New York, the daughter of Nancy and Harry Mazar. Her father was born in the Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, to a Jewish family, while her mother was a Catholic who converted to Judaism and later became a Buddhist and for a period of time was a Jehovah's Witness. Caree... Biography of Carly SCHROEDER
Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin in the General Hospital spin-off, Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire. In 2007, she played the lead in Gracie, a film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of actors Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue. As of May 2008, Schroeder is pursuing several projects including "P... Biography of Jacqueline COURTNEY
Jacqueline Courtney (born Sharon Courtney on September 24, 1946 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an American soap opera actress, who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s but has since retired from the genre. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Courtney first had short stints on daytime dramas The Edge of Night and Our Five Daughters. She became famous for her role (and subsequent abrupt departure) as Alice Matthews Frame on Another World; she played the role from the show's debut in May 1964 until July 197... Biography of Susan GEORGE
Susan Margaret George was born on July 26, 1950, in London, England, UK. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Career Susan George has been acting since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. Her most notable roles include those of Amy, alongside Dustin Hoffman, in Straw Dogs (1971), and Mary Coombs in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974). In the early 1970s George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial, roles and, to an extent, became type-c... Biography of Tara FITZGERALD
Tara FitzGerald (born 18 September 1967 in Sussex) is an English actress. Early life She is the daughter of Sarah FitzGerald, an artist and photographer, who is Irish and her father Michael Callaby was English. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Freeport, in the Bahamas, where her sister Arabella was born in 1968, but the family returned to London when Tara was three. Her mother and father separated when she was four, and along with her mother and sister, Tara moved in with her unc... Biography of Peter LORRE
Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964), born László Löwenstein, was an Hungarian - born actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner in many American films. He made an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.... Biography of Kimberly WYATT
Kimberly Wyatt (born February 4, 1982) is an American dancer and member of the modern burlesque pop/R&B group the Pussycat Dolls. Early life Wyatt was born in Warrensburg, Missouri, a university town near Kansas City. Her father is a trucker and her mother travels with him. Before dancing, she attempted Tee-Ball, basketball and Brownies, which ended unsuccessfully. Wyatt began dancing at the age of seven. When she was fourteen, she earned a scholarship to study in New York's Joffrey Ballet a... Biography of Sarah MILES
Sarah Miles (b. 31 December 1941, Ingatestone, Essex, England) is an English theatre and film actress. She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Shortly after her drama studies, Miles had her film debut in 1962 as a precocious schoolgirl in Term of Trial (1962), opposite Laurence Olivier. The following years she became a popular actress of British New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963) and in Michelangelo Ant... Biography of Carol VORDERMAN
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960 in Bedford), is an English television personality best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown. Vorderman was born in 1960 to a Dutch father and Welsh mother. Her parents broke up three weeks after her birth in Bedford and her mother took the family back to her home town of Prestatyn, North Wales, where Vorderman and siblings grew up in a single parent household. Their mother remarried in 1970 to an Italian ... Biography of Harlan ELLISON
Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Ellison's most famous stories were published wit... Biography of Lisa LING
Lisa Ling (born August 30, 1973, in Carmichael, California) is an American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View (from 1999-2002), host of National Geographic Channel's Explorer, reporter on Channel One News, and special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN. Biography Early life and career Ling started in television when she was chosen as one of the four hosts of Scratch, a nationally-syndicated teen magazine show based in Sacramento. At 18, she ... Biography of Jane CURTIN
Jane Therese Curtin (born on September 6, 1947 Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States ) is an Emmy Award (and 8-time Emmy-Award nominee) winning and Golden Globe winning American actress and comedienne. Curtin is well known for being one of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. Curtin was also in a Saturday Night Live inspired movie, The Coneheads. Career She holds an associate degree from Elizabeth Seton Junior College in New York City. Curtin lives in Connecticut with her husband, Patrick... Biography of Molly PARKER
Molly Parker (born mid-June, 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actress notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and for her roles in the HBO television series Deadwood and Six Feet Under. She has one son, William, born on 13 October 2006. She first came to public attention in the 1996 Lynne Stopkewich film Kissed, in which Parker starred as a sympathetically portrayed necrophiliac. She received a Genie Award for her performance. Parker has... Biography of Maggie SMITH
Dame Margaret Natalie “Maggie” Smith, DBE (born December 28, 1934) is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her screen debut in 1958 and is still performing after 50 years. She is a two-time Academy Award-, five-time BAFTA Award-, two-time Golden Globe- and one-time Emmy-winner. Early life Smith was born in Ilford,Essex, the daughter of Margaret (née Hutton), a Glasgow-born secretary, and Nathaniel Smith, a Newcastle upon Tyne-born public health pathologist who worked at Ox... Biography of Samantha MATHIS
Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990). She was with actor River Phoenix the night he died of a drug overdose at the Viper Room in Hollywood in 1993. Biography Early life Mathis was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of actress Bibi Besch, and granddaughter of actress Gusti Huber. Her parents divorced when she was 2 years old, Mathis was raised by her mother. She reloca... Biography of Kadee STRICKLAND
Katherine Dee "KaDee" Strickland (born December 14, 1975) is an American actress. Well-known in her hometown of Patterson, Georgia when she was a child, she began acting during high school. Strickland studied the profession in Philadelphia and New York City, where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television and theater projects, among them The Sixth Sense (1999). Her participation in the 2003 Hollywood films Anything Else and Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant parts ... Biography of Azura SKYE
Azura Skye (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress known for her role as 'Jane' in the two season TV Show Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane and for her appearance as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Early life and family Skye was born Azura Dawn Storozynski in her grandmother's home in Northridge, California. Her parents being amateur gemologists, she was named after azurite, a semi-precious mineral. Azure is a color - often associated with the sky - thus the ... Biography of Jo FROST (SUPERNANNY)
Joanne A. "Jo" Frost (born June 27, 1971) is an English nanny and the central figure of the reality television programme Supernanny. She has also written three books on the subject of child care. She is married to Nick frost and he does the naration on the supernanny tv show UK. Frost was born in London to an English father and a Gibraltar-born mother. Jo has more than 15 years experience in child care, working as a nanny in the United Kingdom and the United States, including her work with fa... Biography of Jessica CAPSHAW
Jessica Capshaw (born August 9, 1976) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as attorney Jamie Stringer on the ABC legal drama The Practice. Capshaw was born in Columbia, Missouri, the daughter of actress and producer Kate Capshaw (née Kathleen Sue Nail) and Robert Capshaw, a sales manager, marketing director, business executive, and high school principal. She is the stepdaughter of director Steven Spielberg. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1994 and Brown Univer... Biography of Maureen STAPLETON
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an Academy Award-winning American actress in film, theater and television. She also won an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Early life Stapleton was born in Troy, New York to Irene Walsh and John P. Stapleton and grew up in a strict Irish American Catholic family. Her father was an alcoholic and her parents separated during her childhood. She had a brother, Jack. Stapleton began actin... Biography of Amy PIETZ
Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American actress. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the adopted daughter of Nancy, a nurse, and Arnold Pietz, a truck driver. She attended the Milwaukee High School of the Arts and graduated from DePaul University. Pietz is known for her role of Annie Spadaro in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City, which aired from 1995 to 1999. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the role in 1999. She later starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Ro... Biography of Linda PURL
Linda Purl (born September 2, 1955 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American actress and singer, best known for portraying Ben Matlock's daughter Charlene Matlock in the first season of Matlock. Early life and education abroad Purl was raised in Japan, becoming the only foreigner to train at the Toho Geino Academy. While at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, Purl performed in several plays, gaining the role of Louis in The King and I, Bet in Oliver!, and the role of Helen in The Miracle Worker. ... Biography of Ashley HARKLEROAD
Ashley Harkleroad (born May 2, 1985), is an American tennis player. Born in Rossville, Georgia, Harkleroad reached a career-high ranking of No. 39 on June 9, 2003. She is currently ranked 60 in singles and 145 in doubles, as well as 54 in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships. Her career prize money to date is $878,621 Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 54.8 kg (121 lb/8.63 st) Career Ashley Harkleroad turned pro on June 12, 2000, and was quickly billed as the next American tennis ... Biography of Carol SMILLIE
Carol Smillie (surname pronounced "smiley") (born December 23, 1961 in Glasgow) is a highly successful female Scottish television personality, with many programmes to her credit. Carol is probably best known for presenting the award winning BBC series Changing Rooms. Carol rose to fame when she became the first UK hostess of the international television game show Wheel of Fortune. Carol has also appeared onstage in The Vagina Monologues and is the author of Carol Smillie's Working Mum's Handbook... Biography of Miranda RICHARDSON
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA- and Golden Globe Award-winning English stage, film and television actress. Early life Richardson was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, the daughter of Marian Georgina (née Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. The second daughter in a middle-class family, she revealed a talent for acting from an early age. She had originally intended to study veterinary medicine, but... Biography of Alexia DECHAUME-BALLERET
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born May 3, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992. In her career, she reached three WTA Tour finals, at Taranto in 1990 she lost to Raffaella Reggi and to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady in 1991, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Her best Grand Slam performanc... Biography of Hasna BENHASSI
Hasna Benhassi (Arabic: حسنة بنحسي; born June 1, 1978) is a Moroccan middle distance athlete. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she finished second to Kelly Holmes in the women's 800 meters. In August 2005 she won a silver medal in the 800 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She placed 8th in the 800 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Achievements 800m silver medal - World Championships (2005) 800m silver med... Biography of Kathleen QUINLAN
Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures. Biography Personal life Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director. She was raised in Mill Valley, California, where she attended Tamalpais High School and began her acting career. She has been married to actor Bruce Abbott si... Biography of Al JARDINE (BEACH BOYS)
Alan Charles "Al" Jardine (born September 3, 1942 in Lima, Ohio) is a founding member of the Beach Boys, their occasional lead vocalist, and one of their guitarists. Jardine's family moved from Ohio to San Francisco, California, and later to Hawthorne, California. In high school, he met a fellow student, Brian Wilson, and played stand up bass on the Beach Boys' first recording, the 1961 song "Surfin'." It was long assumed that he quit soon after its release to attend college (pre-dental), but... Biography of Christine ELISE
Christine Elise (born February 12, 1965) is an American film and television actress. Elise was born Christine Elise McCarthy in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of artists. She graduated from the prestigious Boston Latin School in 1983. Elise had a recurring role in the final season of China Beach which she has often cited as her best professional experience. She starred as "Kyle" in the 1990 film Child's Play 2. She also had recurring roles on Beverly Hills 90210 and ER. She appeared in t... Biography of Patricia CLARKSON
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning actress. Personal life Clarkson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Jackie Clarkson (née Brechtel), a prominent local New Orleans politician and councilwoman, and Arthur Clarkson, a school administrator who worked at the Department of Medicine of Louisiana State University. Clarkson studied drama at Fordham University, where she graduated summa cum laude, and earned her M... Biography of Malia JONES
Malia Jones (born March 27, 1977) is a model and surfer from Hawaii. She is credited with furthering the interest of young girls in the sport of surfing. Malia is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, and German descent. Biography Malia was born in Loma Linda, California while her father was in dental school. She returned to Kailua, Hawaii at age two. Malia has been on a surfboard since she was a baby and has no memory of learning to surf her first wave. She began to surf competitively in her ea... Biography of Claire BLOOM
Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume; February 15, 1931) is an English film and stage actress. Biography Early life Bloom was born in the North London suburb of Finchley, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Grew) and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales. Her paternal grandparents, originally named Blumenthal, as well as her maternal grandparents, originally named Griewski, were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Bloom attended secondary school at the independent Badminton School in ... Biography of Kat SHOOB
Katherine Elizabeth Shoob (born 8 November 1983 in Rochford, Essex) is an English television presenter who was often found presenting on the ITV1 quiz show The Mint. Kat was a DJ on Capital Radio London with Bam Bam & Streetboy between 7pm & 10pm weeknights during March 2007. Early life and career Kat mainly grew up in Whitchurch, Shropshire. After moving to London, her TV career started on price-drop tv as an auction assistant, where she introduced upcoming products and modelled products s... Biography of Donna d'ERRICO
Donna D'Errico (born March 30, 1968) is an American actress and model. She was chosen Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 1995. D'Errico was born in Dothan, Alabama and spent her childhood in Columbus, Georgia. She is a 1986 graduate of Pacelli High School in Columbus. D'Errico's greatest fame is derived from her role on the television series Baywatch. She was also a host of the show Battlebots and starred in Candyman: Day of the Dead. For a time, D'Errico ran Zen Spa, a day spa in... Biography of Talia BALSAM
Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959 (1959-03-05) in New York City), the daughter of actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten, is an American TV and movie actress. She has appeared as Anthony LaPaglia's estranged and devious wife on Without a Trace on CBS. Most recently she has appeared in Mad Men (which stars her husband, John Slattery) in the Episode titled Babylon as Roger Sterling's wife Mona. She was married to actor George Clooney from 1989 to 1993 and to actor John Slattery since December... Biography of Anja BOCHE
Anja Boche, born October 8, 1981 in Schwerin, is a German actress and comedian. Filmography 2004: Die Dreigroschenoper 2004: Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari 2005: Einsatz in Hamburg 2005: Die Rettungsflieger 2004: Der Vater meiner Schwester 2007: Notruf Hafenkante 2007: Einfache Leute 2007–: Wege zum Glück 2008 : Marie kann zaubern Theater Auf der Reeperbahn... (St. Pauli Theater, Hamburg) Die Dreigroschenoper (St. Pauli Theater, Hamburg) 2004/2005 Wilde...
Biography of Yuki UCHIDA
Yuki Uchida (born in Tokyo on November 16, 1975, blood type O, 1m65) is a japanese actress, model and (ex) singer, and was a popular japanese idol in the 90's. She began her carrier as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company "Lotte", then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama "Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta". She became a swimsuit model for the swimwear company Unitika in 1993, and got popular as an idol, partly due to her then unusual tomboyish look with short hairs... Biography of Raquel BEAUDENE
Raquel Beaudene (born September 26, 1986) is an actor known for playing the young estelle in Alfonso Cuarón's film adaptation of Great Expectations. Filmography Boys on the Run (2001) .... Raindrop Boys and Girls (2000) .... Young Jennifer Burrows Smart House (1999) (TV) .... Gwen Patroni Carnival of Souls (1998) .... Young Alex Grant ... aka Wes Craven Presents 'Carnival of Souls' Great Expectations (De Grandes Espérances) (1998) .... Estella - Age 10 "Nash Bridges" .... Amanda Robbi... Biography of Laraine NEWMAN
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedian and actress. Newman was born in Los Angeles, California and attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. She began her comedy career as a founding member of The Groundlings and is most well known for being an original cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live, appearing on the show from its inception in 1975 through 1980. She originated the character of The Valley Girl among others. According to the book Saturda... Biography of Amandine THIRIET
Amandine Thiriet, born October 17, 1978 in Epinal, is a French actress.... Biography of Colleen HASKELL
Colleen Marie Haskell (born December 6, 1976) was a contestant on the first season of the American reality show Survivor. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland to John and Patricia Haskell. Colleen attended Walter Johnson High School and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Survivor Haskell's most notable role is likely her role as a contestant on the original season of Survivor. She was a castaway on the Pagong tribe, a tribe composed primarily of young adults, especially when compared... Biography of Neil MITCHELL (WET WET WET)
Neil Mitchell (born 8 June 1965, Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute) is a Scottish musician, best known as the keyboard player for Wet Wet Wet. Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band comprises Marti Pellow (vocals), Tommy Cunningham (drums, vocals), Graeme Clark (bass, vocals) and Neil Mitchell (keyboards, vocals). A fifth, unofficial member, Graeme Duffin (lead guitar, vocals), has been with them si... Biography of Marie POISSONNIER
Marie Poissonnier (born 4 May 1979) is an French pole vaulter. She finished twelfth at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi and won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis. Participating at the 2004 Olympics, she failed to qualify from her pool. Her personal best jump is 4.46 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Saint-Etienne.... Biography of Leslie GROSSMAN
Leslie Erin Grossman (born 25 October 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Grossman is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Cherry on the television series Popular. She was raised in Los Angeles, and attended Crossroads School, a high school for the performing arts, where she directed plays. She started acting in her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. Leslie is good friends with Steve McDonald of Redd Kross, aka "Mr. Silly." Grossman also starred in What I Lik... Biography of Lisa GUERRERO
Lisa Coles Guerrero (born April 8, 1964) is an American sportscaster, actress, host and model. Early years Guerrero was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Walter Coles Guerrero who was an American of Chilean descent. Her mother was from Chile. Guerrero spent her childhood living in San Diego and Huntington Beach, California. In 1972, when Lisa was 8 years old, her mother died. To cope with the loss, her father enrolled her in theater therapy. Her father ran a family business ... Biography of Nicole de BOER
Nicole de Boer (born December 20, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1998 to 1999 and as Sarah Bannerman on The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. Career De Boer's early work of note was a recurring role on the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall as Laura, the on again/off again girlfriend of Bobby Terrance (Bruce McCulloch). She subsequently appeared (as a different character) in their 1996 film Br... Biography of Lucie DECOSSE
Lucie Décosse (born 6 August 1981 in Chaumont) is a French judoka. Medals She won several gold medals: 2002: European Championships 2005: World Championships 2007: European Championships She also won silver at the 2006 European Championships and bronze at the 2005 European Championships.... Biography of Maria BARTIROMO
Maria Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is a business news anchor and interviewer. Since 1993 she has worked for CNBC television, where she is currently co-host of the Closing Bell program from 3 to 5pm ET on weekdays, as well as host and managing editor for the nationally syndicated Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo program. In 2007, NewsBios.com named her one of the 100 most influential business journalists in the United States. Bartiromo is also a columnist and writer for s... Biography of Joey Lauren ADAMS
Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in over 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith, particularly Chasing Amy. Early life and career Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father was a lumber yard owner. She moved to Hollywood in 1988. Begining her film career with a small part in Exorcist II: The Heretic in 1977, it wasn't until 1993 that Adams's first movie breakthrough role came in Richard Li... Biography of Christina COLE
Christina Cole (born May 8, 1982) is an English actress. She trained at the Oxford School of Drama and most notably, starred as the lead character, Cassie Hughes, in the Sky One UK television series Hex. After leaving Hex during the second season, Cole went on to appear in the critically acclaimed Jane Eyre TV serial, for the BBC, and plays a witch for the second time in her guest appearance as Lilith in the Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code." Other roles include a cameo in the Jame... Biography of Martin SPANJERS
Martin Ryan Spanjers (born February 2, 1987) is an American actor known for his role as Rory Joseph Hennessy in the ABC television sitcom 8 Simple Rules. Spanjers was born in Tucson, Arizona, the son of Sara, an artist, and Frank Spanjers, a facilities administrator. He has an older brother, Matt. Spanjers auditioned for the starring role of Malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle, almost getting it, but did get a guest spot in the show's pilot episode. Although he didn't make it to Malcolm, he was ... Biography of William CALLEY
William Laws Calley, Jr. (born June 8, 1943, in Miami, Florida) is an American war criminal. While serving as a U.S. Army officer, he was found guilty of ordering the March 16, 1968, My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War. Early life By all accounts William Calley came from a normal background. Nicknamed "Rusty", he stood at five foot four inches tall and was reportedly undistinguished, other than the fact many people who knew him described him as "nice". His father was a United States Navy ... Biography of Dorothy LAMOUR
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress and singer. She is probably best-remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a string of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Early life Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise (née LaPorte) and John Watson Slaton, both of whom were waiters. Her parents' marriage lasted only a few years, with her mother re-marr... Biography of Lynn WHITFIELD
Lynn Whitfield (born May 6, 1953) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress most famous for her 1991 portrayal in film of dance and performance pioneer Josephine Baker. Other winning roles include A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Eve's Bayou (1997). Early life Whitfield was born Lynn Butler-Smith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Jean (née Butler), an officer of a finance agency, and Valerian Smith, a dentist. Whitfield is a member of the incorporated sorority Alpha Kapp... Biography of Ara CELI
Ara Celi (born 31 May 1974) is an American actress active in American film and television. She had a starring role in the minor 1997 dance movie Looking for Lola, but she is probably best known for her role as Ampata Gutierrez aka "Inca Mummy Girl" from season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also 1997). Celi, a Latina, was born Araceli Valdez in El Paso, Texas, one of six children. She attended J. M. Hanks High School, graduating in 1992. While at Hanks, she apperared in student productions ... Biography of Zena MARSHALL
Zena Moyra Marshall (b. January 1, 1925 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a British actress known in British film and television. Marshall's film career dates from 1945, with a small role in Caesar and Cleopatra, with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. Her exotic looks resulted in being cast in 'ethnic' roles, such as Italians and Asian women. Arguably, it is as the Chinese Miss Taro, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962), for which she is best known (despite being five years older than leading man Sea... Biography of Barbara EDWARDS
Barbara J. Edwards (born June 26, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American model and actress known for her appearances in Playboy magazine and B-movies. She was Playmate of the Month for September 1983 and Playmate of the Year for 1984. Filmography Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) Playboy Playmate DVD Calendar Collection: The 90's (2004) Playboy: California Girls (2000) Playboy: Playmates Revisited (1998) Playboy Video Centerfold: Kerri Kendall (1990) Another Chance (1... Biography of Stella STEVENS
Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1936) is an American actress, film producer, film director and pinup model who began her acting career in 1959. Early life Stevens was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the daughter of Dovey Estelle (née Caro) and Thomas Ellett Eggleston. She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on December 1, 1954, probably in Memphis, Tennessee, with whom she had her only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens. She and Herman Stephens divorced three... Biography of Patricia ROUTLEDGE
Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and singer. In addition to her roles in British television, she has had a long and successful career in musical theatre, as well as in film. Early life and education Routledge was born in Birkenhead. She was educated at Mersey Park Primary School, Birkenhead High School, an independent girls' school, and the University of Liverpool. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and launched her acting career... Biography of Taylor DOOLEY
Taylor Marie Dooley (born February 26, 1993) is an American teen actress. She is well-known for her starring role as Lavagirl in the movie The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. Early life Dooley was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan of Irish, German, English, and Sioux Native American descent on her father's side and of Belgian, German and English descent on her mother's side; she has a younger brother named Drew. Dooley was raised a Christian and grew up in Glendale, Arizona, where ... Biography of Danielle WINITS
Danielle Winitskowski de Azevedo, best known as Danielle Winits (December 5, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. TV filmography Novelas 2006 - Páginas da Vida - Sandra Ribeiro 2003 - Kubanacan - Marisol 2001 - O Clone - Shirley 2000 - Uga Uga - Tatiana 1998 - Corpo Dourado - Alicinha 1995 - A Próxima Vítima - Ana (jovem) 1995 - Cara e Coroa - Diana 1995 - Malhação - Melissa Brown 1993 - Olho no Olho - Dominique Minisséries 2002 - O Quinto dos Infernos - ... Biography of Alan LADD
Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American film actor. Early life Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to an American father (Alan Ladd, Sr.) and an English-American mother (Ina Raleigh Ladd). His father died when the boy was four, and his mother relocated to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter. The family moved again, to North Hollywood, California. There Ladd became a high school swimming and diving champion. Burdened with a hated ... Biography of Nichelle NICHOLS
Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Nichols; December 28, 1932) is an American singer, actress, and voice actress. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting. Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series, as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of commander. In 2006, she added executive producer to her résum... Biography of Stephanie CHAVES-JACOBSEN
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (born in Hong Kong, June 22, 1980) is a television actress. Her mother is Portuguese and her father Chinese-Norwegian-English. She moved to Australia at the age of 12 and after attending high school in Sydney, Chaves-Jacobsen went to Sydney University where she graduated with majors in philosophy and English literature. She says she received her biggest break when she was cast in a major role as the enthusiastic young medical intern Charlotte Adams on the Australian soa... Biography of Heather MACRAE
Heather MacRaen, born October 5, 1946 in New York, is an American singer and actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534287/ ) The Namesake (2006) .... Nurse Patty "Sex and the City" .... Judge (1 episode, 2004) - The Ick Factor (2004) TV episode .... Judge "The Sopranos" .... Administrator (1 episode, 2002) - The Strong, Silent Type (2002) TV episode .... Administrator "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Andrea Mason / ... (2 episodes, 2001-2002) ... ak... Biography of Jenny WADE
Jenny Wade is an American actress born on October 6, 1980 in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 2008 Feast 3: The Happy Finish Honey Pie Post-Production Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds Honey Pie Complete 2007 The Strip Melissa Pushing Daisies Hallie Hundin CSI: NY Fern Lazar No Reservations Leah 2006 Love is the Drug Erin Sutherland Feast Honey Pie 2005 Rumor Has It... Nikki... Biography of Carlo BERGONZI
Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is an Italian operatic tenor. Although he performed and recorded various bel canto and verismo roles, he is above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including a large number of his lesser-known works which he helped revive. Essentially a lirico-spinto tenor, Bergonzi is greatly admired for his pointed diction, beautiful legato and elegant phrasing. Bergonzi was born in Vidalenzo, near Parma. He began his vocal studies at age 14. During World W... Biography of Soledad MIRANDA
Soledad Rendón Bueno (July 9, 1943 – August 18, 1970), better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda (or sometimes Susan Korday), was an actress. She was born in Seville, Spain to Portuguese parents of Roma ancestry. She frequently starred in the films of Jess Franco, such as Count Dracula and Vampyros Lesbos. She died in a car crash on a Lisbon highway; shortly before her death, she had been offered a contract by Artur Brauner, a major German producer. Early life Soledad M... Biography of Samantha EGGAR
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939 in Hampstead, London) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning English actress. She was born to an English father (Ralph, a major in the British Army) and a mother (Muriel) of Dutch and Portuguese descent and was educated at a convent. She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted on film in 1962 in The Wild and the Willing. Also in 1962 she played Ethel Le Neve in the film Dr... Biography of Marion DAVIES
Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American film actress. Davies is best remembered for her relationship with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Even during her career, her high-profile social life often obscured her professional career. In her posthumously published memoirs, Davies claimed she wasn't an actress, knew nothing about politics, and described herself as a "silly, giggly idiot," but this is in keeping with her modest, self-deprecating personality. ... Biography of RAMBHA
Rambha or Vijaya Lakshmi (Telugu:విజయలక్ష్మి/రంభ), born June 5, 1976 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, is an Indian film actress. Her first screen name was Amritha but changed to Rambha. She has acted in over 100 South Indian films and also in a number of Bollywood films. She had done several successful films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She was popular in Bollywood movie... Biography of Tammin SURSOK
Tammin Pamela Sursok (born August 19, 1983) is an actress and musician. She is known for the roles of Dani Sutherland on Home and Away and Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless. She also launched a singing career (under the name Tammin), with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", released on November 14, 2004 and debuting in the top 10 of the Australian singles chart the following week. Early life Tammin Sursok was born on 19 August 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and at th... Biography of Shohreh AGHDASHLOO
Shohreh Aghdashloo, born 11 May 1952 is an Academy Award-nominated Iranian-American actress. Early life Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran as Pari Vaziri-Tabar ("Aghdashloo" is the name of her former husband, famous Iranian painter Aydin Aghdashloo), to a wealthy Shiite Muslim family. Aghdashloo started acting at the age of 20. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she was offered her first film role in Gozāresh (The Report) directed by renowned director Abbas Kiarostami, whi... Biography of Leticia SPILLER
Letícia Spiller, born June 19, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. She was the spouse of Marcello Novaes (1995 - 2000) and has a son, Pedro. She is now the girl friend of Daniel Mazzuca. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818784/ ) "Casos e Acasos" .... Cléo (1 episode, 2008) - Quem Passou a Noite Comigo? Quem é Amanda? Quem mandou o Bombom? (2008) TV episode .... Cléo "Duas Caras" .... Maria Eva (112 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode #1.210 (2008) TV episod... Biography of Madeleine CHRISTIE
Madeleine Christie, born January 18, 1904 in Edinburgh, is a Scottish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160349/ ) "Body & Soul" .... Sister Godric (5 episodes, 1993) - Episode #1.5 (1993) TV episode .... Sister Godric - Episode #1.4 (1993) TV episode .... Sister Godric - Episode #1.3 (1993) TV episode .... Sister Godric - Episode #1.2 (1993) TV episode .... Sister Godric - Episode #1.1 (1993) TV episode .... Sister Godric "May to December" ..... Biography of Hila BRONSTEIN
Hila Bronstein (born July 26, 1983 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a German singer and songwriter, who rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis. She's currently working on a solo career. Early life Bronstein was the second daughter born to an Israeli drummer, Amir Bronstein, and his wife, African singer Mary-Christine, in Tel Aviv. In 1985, at the age of two, Hila's family left the country to move to Amsterdam, Netherlands, before eventually settling down in Frankfurt am Main, Germany t... Biography of Angela CARTWRIGHT
Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England) is an English-born American actress, primarily known for her roles in movies and television. The naturally black-haired Cartwright is best known as a child actress for her roles in the film The Sound of Music (Brigitta), as Danny Thomas's daughter, Linda Williams, in the 1950s TV series, Make Room For Daddy (a role she played from 1957 to 1964), and in the US television series as Guy Williams's and June Lockhart... Biography of Nikki DELOACH
Ashlee Nicole DeLoach (born September 9, 1979) is an American actress known as Nikki DeLoach. She played the role of M.J. on the FOX television series North Shore. DeLoach was born in Waycross, Georgia. In 1993, she was one of the newest Mousketeers on the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club along with Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera. In 1998, she was a member of the teenybopper pop girl group, Innosense. The group was an opening ac... Biography of Melissa COATES
Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1971 (source : Imdb)) is a professional wrestler, fitness model, and former bodybuilder. She has also appeared in the first two seasons of the GSN show Extreme Dodgeball. Career A former Jr. Canadian tennis champion, training with weights to help with her tennis performance led to her interest in bodybuilding; Coates can bench press 250 pounds. She first became interested in wrestling during the Hulk Hogan / Randy Savage / Miss Elizabeth saga in the late 1980... Biography of Melissa ARCHER
Melissa Jean Archer (born December 2, 1979) is an American soap opera actress. Archer was born in Dallas, Texas (U.S.). She was hired to play the role of bad girl Natalie Balsom on One Life to Live in 2001. Over time, the audience learned that Natalie was really Victoria Lord's long lost daughter with Clint Buchanan; she is Jessica's half fraternal twin sister. This, coupled with the character's love affair with Cristian Vega (David Fumero), slowly turned her good. Filmography (source: htt... Biography of Sammy WINWARD
Samantha Kate Winward (born 12 October 1985, Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English actress, singer and model who attended Turton High School Media Arts College, in Bromley Cross, South Turton. She is best known for playing Katie Sugden in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. Winward previously dated her Emmerdale co-star, Kelvin Fletcher, and later got engaged to footballer David Dunn. Their daughter Mia was born at home in Edgworth, Lancashire on June 12, 2005. Sammy and David later split i... Biography of Roxann DAWSON
Roxann Dawson (born September 11, 1958) is an American actress, producer and director, best known as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Early life Dawson was born Roxann Caballero in Los Angeles, California. She has no middle name. Career A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley earning a B.A. in Dramatic Art in 1980, Dawson's first professional acting job was in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line. She continued a stage career through the 1980... Biography of Takeshi KITANO
Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi?, born January 18, 1947 in Umejima, Adachi, Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost exclusively by the name Beat Takeshi (ビート{... Biography of Aravane REZAI
Aravane Rezai (born March 14, 1987) is an Iranian-French tennis player born in St. Etienne, France to Iranian parents. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball-girl. Career 2001 and 2005: Women's Islamic Games She competed for Iran at the Women's Islamic Games winning Gold in 2001 and 2005. 2006: U.S. Open At the 2006 U.S. Open, she reached the fourth round, her career best Grand Slam singles result. Her current ranking as of May 30, 2007 is 43rd. ... Biography of Joi LANSING
Joi Lansing (born Joyce Rae Brown), (April 6, 1929 - August 7, 1972) was a film and television actress. Early life Lansing's father was a shoe salesman, Jack Glenn Brown, and her mother a housewife, Virginia Grace Shupe Brown. Lansing began modeling in her teens because of her figure. Movie actress A model and actress, Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. She appeared in skimpy costumes and bikinis; yet, no... Biography of B.D. WONG
Bradley Darryl “B.D.” Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American Tony Award-winning actor, best-known for his role in the Broadway production of M. Butterfly and for his role as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Early life Wong, a Chinese American, was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (née Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong. He attended Lincoln High School before attending San Francisco State University. Career... Biography of Selena GOMEZ
Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer best known for playing Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. Early life Gomez, an only child, was born in New York and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas to Ricardo Gomez and Mandy Teefy (née Cornett), a former stage actress who was 16 when Selena was born. Gomez's parents split when Gomez was five years old. Gomez's mother later remarried in 2006 to Brian Teefey. Gomez was named after... Biography of Carroll BAKER
Carroll Baker (or Carrol Baker) (born May 28, 1931) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, a movie sex symbol. Despite being cast in a wide range of roles during her heyday, Baker's beautiful features, blonde hair, and distinctive drawl made her particularly memorable in roles as a brash, flamboyant woman. Early life Baker was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, t... Biography of Stacy EDWARDS
Stacy Edwards (born March 4, 1965) is an American actress. Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of Patty and Preston Edwards, who was an Air Force officer. She grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18, she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and began her performance career as a dancer and actress. She portrayed Hayley Benson on NBC daytime drama Santa Barbara from 1986 to 1988. Edwards has been married to Eddie Bowz since 1996. Bowz... Biography of James FINLAYSON
James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish-American actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||