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9022 celebrities heights in our database on November 7, 2009. The celebrities 5' 6" 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 · 35,909 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,909 Celebrities
499 celebrities 5' 6" tall have been found. Biography of ABBE PIERRE
L'Abbé Pierre (born Henri Antoine Grouès; 5 August 1912–22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during the World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). He founded in 1949 the Emmaus movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees. Abbé means abbot in French, and is also used as a courtesy title given to Catholic priests. He was one of the most popular figures in France, but had his name removed from such polls af... Biography of Nicolas SARKOZY
Nicolas Sarkozy, born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, is the current President of France, elected on 6 May 2007 after defeating Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal during the second round of the 2007 election. Before his presidency, he was leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) right wing party. Under Jacques Chirac's presidency, he served as the Minister of the Interior in Jean-Pierre Raffarin (UMP)'s first two governments (from May 2002 t... Biography of Jennifer LOPEZ
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), Selected filmography Films Year Title Role 1987 My Little Girl Myra 1993 Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 Rosie Romero 1995 My Family/Mi Familia María Sánchez, in the '20s Money Train Grace Santiago 1996 Jack Miss Márquez 1997 Blood and Wine Gabriela "Gabby" Selena Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Anaconda Terri Flores U Turn Grace McKenna 1998 Out of Sight Karen Sisco Antz Azteca 2000 The Cell Catherine Deane 2001 The Wed... Biography of Juliette BINOCHE
Juliette Binoche (born March 9, 1964) is a French Academy Award-winning actress. Juliette Binoche was born in Paris on March 9 1964 to a sculptor father and an actress mother.At age 4 her parents were divorced and Binoche was dispatched to a boarding school with her sister Marion. She began acting in amateur stage productions, and at 17 she directed and starred in a student production of the Eugene Ionesco play, Le Roi se meurt. The next year, she studied acting at the National Conservatory o... Biography of Hillary CLINTON
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton—the 42nd President of the United States—and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Height: 5' 6" (1m68) A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham attracted national attention in 1969 when she delivered a controversial address as the first student to speak at comm... Biography of Jessica ALBA
Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in Dark Angel, Sin City, Fantastic Four and Into the Blue. Early life Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Mark Alba (who is of Mexican descent), and Catherine Jensen (who is of French and Danish ancestry). Her maternal grandfather was a Marine noncom for 30 years, serving in the Pacific during WWII, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the United States Marine Band. Alba was raised in an... Biography of DALIDA
Dalida (Born Yolanda Christina Gigliotti) (January 17, 1933 – May 3, 1987) was a French singer of Italian and Egyptian origins. She received 55 golden records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida’s quest for a career in French cinema proved to be of limited success. Instead, she began taking singing lessons, and was booked as a cabaret act on the Champs Elysées, which proved successful. Performing the song "Etrangère au Paradis" in a variety show at Coquatrix’s recently-... Biography of Daniel RADCLIFFE (HARRY POTTER)
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing school-aged wizard Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and will appear in the final two films of that series as well. Early life Radcliffe was born in Fulham, London, the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham (born "Marcia Gresham Jacobson"), a casting agent who was involved in several... Biography of BEYONCE KNOWLES
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, fashion designer, and model. Knowles rose to fame as the creative force and lead singer of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Knowles released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love in 2003. The album became one of the biggest commercial successes of the yea... Biography of Catherine DENEUVE
Catherine Deneuve (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. A model of French elegance, cultivated lust object for art house filmgoers everywhere, and one of the best-respected actresses in the French film industry, Catherine Deneuve made her reputation playing a series of beautiful ice maidens for directors such as Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski. The daughter of French stage and film actor Maurice Dorléac and actress Renée Deneuve, Deneuve was bor... Biography of Marie TRINTIGNANT
Marie Trintignant (January 21, 1962 – August 1, 2003) was a French actress. She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, being the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife Nadine Marquand. When her younger sister died at the age of nine, Marie Trintignant became withdrawn and virtually stopped speaking. Throughout her early life she was afflicted by severe shyness, but despite this, by her mid-teens she had decided to become an actress. She was the mother of four sons: Roman w... Biography of Sylvie VARTAN
Sylvie Vartan (born August 15, 1944 in Iskretz Bulgaria), is a French pop singer, the daughter of a Bulgarian father of Armenian descent and a Hungarian mother . Vartan arrived in France when she was 10. She married the French rocker Johnny Hallyday on April 12, 1965 in Loconville. They have a son, David Hallyday (who is also a singer), born David Michael Benjamin Smet on August 14, 1966. Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan were France's "Golden Couple" of their generation. They divorced on Nov... Biography of Ilona STALLER (LA CICCIOLINA)
Honourable Anna Ilona Staller (or credited as originally named Anna Elena Staller, 26 November 1951 - ), also known by her stage name Cicciolina, is an Italian-Hungarian porn star turned politician, and the first hardcore performer in the world to be elected to a democratic parliament. Biography She was born in Budapest. Her stepfather was an official in the Ministry of the Interior, her mother a midwife. In 1964, she began working for the Hungarian modelling agency, M.T.I. According to her ... Biography of Emma WATSON
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is a British film actress who rose to fame playing the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal life Emma Watson was born in France to Chris and Jacqueline Watson, English lawyers who lived in France at the time; she has a younger brother named Alex. She lived in Paris until age five, then moved with her mother and brother to Oxford, England. Watson attended The Dragon School, a private p... Biography of Tabatha CASH
Tabatha Cash (born Céline Barbe on December 27, 1973, in Saint Denis, France) is a former French pornographic actress who starred in the early 1990s, starring in over 100 adult movies and appearing on countless magazine covers. Her exotic looks and enthusiastic on-screen performances made her one of the most popular performers with audiences in France and Europe. She was born into a poor working class family. As a teenager, she was involved with a notorious gang leader and also served time in... Biography of Alexandra NELDEL
Alexandra Neldel (born February 11, 1976) is a German actress from Berlin. Career Neldel worked as a dental assistant before she was discovered by the boss of a Berlin casting agency during a polo competition. He helped her audition for daily soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and Neldel, barely experienced in acting, immediately landed the role of Katja Wettstein. After leaving GZSZ in 1999 Neldel starred in several German motion pictures and TV films, including Lammbock, Samba in Met... Biography of Brian MOLKO
Brian Molko (born December 10, 1972 in Belgium) is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Placebo. Career Born to an American international banker father and a Scottish mother, Brian Molko's family moved frequently during his childhood, including spells in Scotland, Liberia, Lebanon and Luxembourg. Molko has referred to his mother's home town of Dundee, Scotland as "where I grew up".. He attended Goldsmiths College in London, where he studied drama. He describes his childhood as a period wh... Biography of Asia ARGENTO
Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento (born 20 September 1975, Rome) is an Italian television and film actress and director. In Rome, the city's register office refused to acknowledge Asia as an appropriate name, and instead officially inscribed her as Aria Argento. Despite this, she uses the name Asia Argento professionally. Asia is pronounced in Italian. Background Family and early life Her mother is the actress Daria Nicolodi and her father is Dario Argento, an Italian film dir... Biography of Meryl STREEP
Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is the most nominated actress in Academy Award history with 14 nominations. She is widely considered one of the most respected and talented actresses of all time. Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playb... Biography of Daniel COHN-BENDIT
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (born Montauban, France, April 4, 1945) is a European politician and was a leader of the student protesters during the May 1968 riots in France. He was also known during that time as "Danny the Red" (because of both his politics and the color of his hair). He is currently co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. Childhood Cohn-Bendit was born in France to German-Jewish parents who had fled Nazism in 1933. He spent hi... Biography of Jean-Louis BORLOO
Jean-Louis Borloo (born 7 April 1951 in Paris) is a French politician, and currently the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Employment since the May 18, 2007. Height: 1m68 Borloo began his career as a lawyer in the 1980s. He later became president of the Valenciennes Football Club. In 1989, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes, and then turned towards politics. On 21 July 2005 he married news anchorwoman Béatrice Schönberg at Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine. He is a member of the ... Biography of Nathalie BAYE
Nathalie Baye (born July 6, 1948 in Mainneville, Eure, France) is an award winning French actress. She has won the César award for her acting four times and been nominated a further five times. Biography At the age of fourteen she started her artistic career by joining a school of dance in Monaco. Three years later she went to the United States to sample a new world and new culture. On returning to France, she continued with dance but in parallel registered for the Simon Course for the Acade... Biography of Sarah PALIN
Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska, and the presumptive 2008 Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. She is expected to be the second female Vice Presidential nominee representing one of the two major American political parties. Born in Idaho and raised in Alaska, Palin gained statewide recognition as a championship high school athlete and was the 1984 runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant. After graduating from the Univers... Biography of Ornella MUTI
Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in 1970 in La Moglie più bella (aka The Most Beautiful Wife). She has primarily worked in Italian films but she made her UK film debut in 1980 in Flash Gordon. American movies she appeared in include Oscar (1991) and Once Upon A Crime (1992). She is m... Biography of Megan FOX
Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model, perhaps best known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith and in the 2007 film Transformers. Personal life Fox was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and has Irish, French and Native American ancestry. She grew up in a 'very poor' household and has one older sister. Fox began her training in drama and dance at the age of 5, then moved to Florida when she was 10 years old, continuing her training, and finishing scho... Biography of Janis JOPLIN
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four albums recorded between 1966 and 1970 -- two as the lead singer of San Francisco's Big Brother and The Holding Company, and two released as a solo artist. Joplin was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. She was ranked #41 on VH1's The 100 Greatest... Biography of Ava GARDNER
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American screen actress who worked on film and television. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time. Early years Gardner was born in the small farming community of Brogden, Johnston County, North Carolina, the youngest of seven children (she had two brothers and four sisters) of poor cotton and tobacco farmers; her mother, Molly, was a Baptist of Scots-Irish desce... Biography of Pascal OBISPO
Pascal Obispo (born 8 January 1965 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France) is a French Occitan singer/songwriter. In 1997, Obispo duetted with French singer Zazie on the single "Les Meilleurs Ennemis". Discography Le long du fleuve (1990) Plus Que Tout au Monde (1992) Un Jour Comme Aujourd'hui (1994) Superflu (1997) Live 98 (1998) Soledad (1999) Millésime Live 00/01 (2001) Studio Fan - Live Fan (2004) Les Fleurs du Bien (2006)... Biography of Mathilde SEIGNER
Mathilde Seigner (born January 28, 1968) is a French actress. Mathilde Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of the respected French actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991). She is the sister of the actress Emmanuelle Seigner and the sister-in-law of the director Roman Polanski. Her acting performances have been confined to French language films, but she has appeared in a number of notable productions, including Time Regained. Notably, she won the Prix Romy Schneider in 1999 ... Biography of MARQUIS de SADE
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814) (pronounced IPA: ) was a French aristocrat and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography. He was a philosopher of extreme freedom (or at least licentiousness), unrestrained by morality, religion or law, with the pursuit of personal pleasure being the highest principle. Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and in an insane asylum for about 32 years of his life (a year in Paris, 10 years in the Bastill... Biography of Winston CHURCHILL
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and was among the most powerful and relevant figures in modern British and world history. A prolific author, he won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature for his writings on English and world history in 1953. As a member in the British Army, he fought during the Second Boer War and at the Battle of Omdurma... Biography of Rita HAYWORTH
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino on October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the era's leading sex symbol. Although it was not popular for someone to be Hispanic back in the 40's, Rita Hayworth is now widely regarded to be the first Hispanic-American 'sex goddess' in 'Hollywood' films. Personal life Rita Hayworth liked horses and thoroughbred horse racing, and became a member of the D... Biography of Elijah WOOD
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor. Acting since the age of nine, Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Making his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989), Wood landed a succession of subsequent larger roles, and became a critically acclaimed child actor. His role as Frodo in The Lord of the Rings made him a star, but he has resisted typecasting by choosing varied roles in critically-ac... Biography of Kim NOVAK
Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress who was one of America's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). Personal life She had a relationship with Ramfis Trujillo, the son of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic as well as with the entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. She has had two husbands, English actor Richard Johnson (married March 15, 1965-divorced April 23, 19... Biography of Dita von TEESE
Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renée Sweet on September 28, 1972) is a popular American burlesque artist, model and actress. Often heralded as "the Queen of Burlesque", she has become a key figure in the burlesque revival. Early life Dita Von Teese was born in Rochester, Michigan. Her mother was a manicurist and her father was a machinist. Von Teese is well known for her fascination with 1940s cinema and classic retro style, and this began at a young age and was fostered by her mother, w... Biography of Teri HATCHER
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher is also well-known for portraying Susan Mayer, in Desperate Housewives, a charming accident-prone divorcee. She is also a "Bond Girl", having played Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997. Early life Hatcher was bor... Biography of Aria GIOVANNI
Aria Giovanni (born Cindy Renee Volk, November 3, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is a nude model and actress who was Penthouse Pet for the month of September 2000. Giovanni was born Cindy Renee Volk in Los Angeles to a mostly Italian-American family, the middle child of three. About her early life, Aria has recounted she was quite shy, with only one friend in high school, but that she did very well in her classes. According to her website, she did so well that she was able to graduate and h... Biography of Denise RICHARDS
Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress and former fashion model. She came to fame in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including Wild Things and The World Is Not Enough. Richards is also known for her marriage to (and divorce from) actor Charlie Sheen. Early life Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois to Joni, a coffee shop owner, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer.She is of Croatian and Welsh descent.She was raise... Biography of Raquel WELCH
Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), best known by her stage name Raquel Welch, is an American actress of Spanish-Bolivian and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1960s as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. Early life Welch was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children born to Armando Carlos Tejada and Josephine Sarah Hall. Her father, who immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia, was an aerospace engineer of Castilian Spanish descent; her mother was an Iris... Biography of Bernard KOUCHNER
Bernard Kouchner (born November 1, 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Doctors of the World. He is currently the French minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Fillon government. Career Born to a Jewish father and a Protestant mother, he began his political career as a member of the French Communist Party (PCF), from which he was expelled in 1966. He worked as a physician for the Red Cross in Biafra i... Biography of Kate HUDSON
Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to fame in 2000, after an Oscar-nominated role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several successful films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, and You, Me, and Dupree. Early life Hudson was born in Los Angeles to Bill Hudson (a singer, comedian and member of the Hudson Brothers) and the Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Ha... Biography of Hunter TYLO
Hunter Tylo (born Deborah Jo Hunter on July 3, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress of half Cherokee descent. She is also credited as Deborah Morehart; Morehart was the last name of her first husband. She made her career acting on soap operas. She debuted on All My Children as pickpocket Robin McCall in 1985. She met her future husband Michael Tylo on the set; she played his love interest. She left the show in 1987 and married Michael that same year. She insisted that her husband... Biography of Marlene DIETRICH
Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, singer, and entertainer. Throughout her long career, starting as a cabaret singer, chorus girl and film actress in 1920s Berlin, Hollywood movie star in the 1930s, World War II frontline entertainer during the 1940s, and finally as an international stage show performer from the 1950s to the 1970s, Dietrich constantly re-invented herself and eventually became one of the entertainment icons of the 20th century. The Am...
Biography of Eva GREEN
Eva Gaëlle Green (born July 5, 1980) is a BAFTA award-winning French actress who has starred in such film as The Dreamers, Kingdom of Heaven, and Casino Royale. Early life Green was born in Paris, France to French actress Marlène Jobert and Swedish dentist Walter Green, who appeared in the 1966 film Au hasard Balthazar, which was his first and only on-screen appearance. She has said that she comes from a "bourgeois" family, and was raised in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Green attended t... Biography of Tiffani-Amber THIESSEN
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974 in Long Beach, California) is an American television and film actress. After many years of going by her full name, she is now credited as simply Tiffani Thiessen. Career She was born in Long Beach, California; her father, Frank, was a park designer and her mother, Robyn, was a homemaker. She is of German, Greek, Turkish and Welsh descent. She told InStyle, "I'm a mutt. I have so much of everything in me, and half of it I don't even know. German o... Biography of Olivia NEWTON-JOHN
Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated English-born Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. Her highly acclaimed vocal musical and acting talents made her a globally recognized name. Olivia Newton-John is also a small business entrepreneur and an avid activist in ecological or environmental issues. Songwriting While she largely built her popularity through singing the compositions of others, fro... Biography of Phil COLLINS
Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock and pop musician. He is best known as the lead singer and drummer of progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist. Collins sang the lead vocals on eight American chart-toppers between 1984 and 1989; seven as a solo artist and one with Genesis. His singles, often dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", to the dance pop of "Sussudio... Biography of Diego MARADONA
Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former football superstar. He played in four World Cups and received the FIFA award for best footballer of the 20th century, after being voted in an international fan poll organized by FIFA in 2000 to choose the best football player of all time. Maradona won various trophies with Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli over the course of his career. During an international career that included 91 caps and 34 goals, he played in ... Biography of Eva MENDES
Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974) is an American actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, and became known after a series of roles in several major Hollywood films, including 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch. Early life Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to "lower-middle-class" Cuban-American parents and was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents' divorce; Mendes has said that her mother "suffered so much to make my life OK" during her early years. Her father is a car salesman and ... Biography of Goldie HAWN
Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is best known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson, who is also a well-known, Oscar-nominated actress. Her son, Oliver Hudson, is a television and film actor as well. Early life Hawn was born in Washington, DC, to Edward Rutledge Hawn (a band musician who played at major events in Washington) and La... Biography of Monica LEWINSKY
Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having sexual relations with while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. Its repercussions in the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the surrounding scandals of 1997-99 became known as the Lewinsky scandal, or "Monicagate". The scandal severely affected Clinton's second term and gave Lewinsky significant notoriety. Early life Lewinsky was born in San Fr... Biography of Barbara MORI
Bárbara Mori Ochoa (born February 2, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Mexican actress and model. Mori started to work as a model and then became a telenovela actress with TV Azteca but her big break came with the remake of the telenovela Rubí of rival network Televisa in 2004 playing the title character. Actress-model Bárbara Mori Ochoa was born on the 2nd of February 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She is of Uruguayan-Japanese and Mexican heritage. She has two siblings; actress Kenya Mori a... Biography of Bill WYMAN (ROLLING STONES)
Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936) was the bassist for the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from its founding in 1962 until 1993. Early life Bill Wyman (real name Bill Perks) was born at Lewisham Hospital, Pied Heath Road, Ladywell, Lewisham, South London the son of a bricklayer and spent most of his early life in Penge, then in the county of Kent, England. He attended Beckenham and Penge Grammar School from 1947 to Easter 1953, leaving before the GCE exam... Biography of Rey MYSTERIO
Oscar Gutierrez (born December 11, 1974) better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand. Despite competing as a cruiserweight for most of his career, he is a former World Heavyweight Champion, as well as a record-setting eight-time Cruiserweight Champion. Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight revolution in the United States... Biography of Juliette LEWIS
Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and musician whose most memorable roles occurred early in her career. Early life Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor Geoffrey Lewis and her mother, Glenis Batley (nee Duggan), is a graphic designer; her parents divorced when she was two years old. She has a brother, Lightfield. Her uncle is the late composer, Peter Tod Lewis. She wanted to act since she was six years old, and got her star... Biography of Martin GORE (DEPECHE MODE)
Martin Gore (born Martin Lee Gore, 23 July 1961, Basildon, Essex, England) is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist and keyboardist. He is an original founding member of Depeche Mode, a quintessential 1980s synthpop band. His work now spans three decades, but he is best known as the composer of hits such as "Personal Jesus" and "Everything Counts". Career Gore left St. Nicholas's Comprehensive School in 1977 and took a job as a bank teller. During evenings, weekends and any othe... Biography of Christian CLAVIER
Christian Clavier is a French actor born May 6, 1952 in Paris. After his studies at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) he started his acting career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid and participated in a number of burlesque films with the troupe, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure. His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he p... Biography of Brian JONES (ROLLING STONES)
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable mod image, recreational drug excesses and his death at age 27. Early life Jones was born in the Park Nursing Home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, during World War II. Supposedly he suffered from asthma all his life. His middle-class parents, Lewis Blount Jones and Louis... Biography of Jade GOODY
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was a British celebrity. She came into the spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV show Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction. In January 2007, she was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother. During the show she was accused of racist bullying against Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. Following her eviction from the s... Biography of Anne PARILLAUD
Anne Parillaud (born 6 May 1960 in Paris) is a French actress. She is married to Jean Michel Jarre. She has a daughter with ex-husband Luc Besson, Juliette, born in 1987. A native Parisian and still a resident there, Anne was born May 6, 1960. While in school she studied ballet and her ambition was to become a lawyer, but a role during summer vacation - when she was only 16 - in Michel Long's "L'hôtel de la plage" launched her into the world of film. She is rather guarded regarding her pri... Biography of Tori SPELLING
Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for being Aaron Spelling's daughter; in acting she is known for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210. Early life Spelling was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Candy Marer (born Carole Gene Marer) and Aaron Spelling, a famed television producer with the ABC network in the 1970s. Both of Spelling's parents were Jewish, though her family celebrated bot... Biography of Céline BALITRAN
French TV host and ex girl friend of George Clooney.... Biography of SRIDEVI
Sridevi (Tamil:ஸ்ரீதேவி, Telugu:శ్రీదేవి, Hindi:श्रीदेवी), born on August 13, 1963, is an Indian actress who has starred in hundreds of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She started acting at the age of four, and made her debut as an adult in the early 80s. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of her times, and althoug... Biography of Hilary SWANK
Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Her Hollywood film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid (1994), where she played Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of the sensei Mr. Miyagi. She has become known for her two Oscar-winning performances: first as Brandon Teena, a transgender man in the movie Boys Don't Cry, and a struggling waitress-turned-boxer, Maggie Fitzgeral... Biography of Luisana LOPILATO
Luisana Loreley Lopilato (born May 18, 1987) is a well known Argentine actress and model. Luisana Lopilato is a native of Buenos Aires. She grew up as a believer of the Christian faith and as a fan of the River Plate football team. Lopilato, who lists Andrea Del Boca and Luis Miguel among her career influences, made her television acting debut at the age of twelve, in 1999. She was chosen to play Luisana Maza in "Chiquititas"(known in English as Tiny Angels). She joined "Chiquititas" in it... Biography of Roberto BENIGNI
Roberto Remigio Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Academy Award-winning Italian film and television actor, writer and director. Early years Benigni was born in Misericordia, a frazione of Castiglion Fiorentino, province of Arezzo (Tuscany) and raised in Manciano. In 1958 Roberto's family moved to Vergaio, near Prato. When he was fourteen he joined the circus, where he learned some gymnastics and pantomime. His first experiences as a theatre actor began in 1972, in Prato. In the autumn...
Biography of NADIYA
Nâdiya (born Nadia Zighem on June 19, 1973) is a French Pop/R&B singer. Early life Nâdiya was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, to a large Algerian family, with three brothers and two sisters. In 1989 she became the French champion of the 800 metres (her brother Kader was also champion of the world in French boxing). When she was 20, she left her family and her athletics to move to Paris and take her chances there. She was first noticed on the show Graine de Star and recorded a single in 199... Biography of Joan COLLINS
Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning British actress and bestselling author. She is most widely known for her role as Alexis Colby in the 1980s primetime soap opera Dynasty. She was born in London, England, Great Britain and is one of the United Kingdom's most popular actresses. Family and early life Collins was born in London to Joseph William "Will" Collins (a South African Jewish talent agent, 1902-88) and Elsa Bessant (an English mother, who died...
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (help·info), (born October 28, 1956) is the 6th and current president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He became president on 6 August 2005 after winning the 2005 presidential election. Ahmadinejad's current term will end in August, 2009, but he will be eligible to run for one more term in office in 2009 presidential elections. Before becoming president, he was the Mayor of Tehran. He is the highest directly elected official in the country, but, according to article 113 of C... Biography of Michel FOURNIRET
Michel Fourniret (born Sedan, France, 4 April 1942) is a French serial killer who confessed, in June and July 2004, to kidnapping, raping and murdering nine girls in a span of fourteen years during the 1980s and the 1990s. He is also suspected of ten additional murders, nine in France and one in Belgium. He is currently detained in Belgium awaiting trial. He is sometimes referred to as the "Ogre of the Ardennes". His wife, Monique Olivier, denounced him following the conviction of Michelle Ma... Biography of Bridget FONDA
Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress. Early life Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California, USA, into a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, father Peter Fonda, and aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother, Susan Jane Brewer, is an artist. She was named after Bridget Hayward, with whom her father was in love at one time. Peter and Susan Brewer divorced and he married Portia Rebecca Crockett (aka Becky McGuane), who brought up Bridget and her brother, Justi... Biography of Robin WRIGHT PENN
Robin Gayle Wright Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress. Early life Penn was born Robin Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), an Independent Executive National Sales Director for Mary Kay cosmetics, and Freddie Gayle Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She was raised in San Diego, California. At age 15 in 1981, she dated Charlie Sheen for approximately a year. Career Penn first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barb... Biography of Alyson HANNIGAN
Alyson Hannigan (born Alyson Lee Hannigan on March 24, 1974) is an American actress who plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She is also known for her previous roles as Willow Rosenberg on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and flautist Michelle Flaherty in the American Pie film series. Early life Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Albert Hannigan, an Irish American Photographer, and Emilie Posner, a Jewish American real estate agent. Her parents divor... Biography of Giovanna ANTONELLI
Giovanna Antonelli, born March 18, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) Filmography Television Minisséries 2007 - Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes ... Delzuite Gonçalves 2003 - A Casa das Sete Mulheres ... Anita Garibaldi Programas 2006 - Minha Nada Mole Vida (episódio: Procura-se uma namorada) ... 1999 - Você Decide Movies 2007 - Por Acaso 2007 - Caixa 2 .... Ângela 2004 - A Cartomante .... Karen Albuquerque 2003 - Maria, Mã... Biography of Lauren CONRAD
Lauren Katherine Conrad (born February 1, 1986), often referred to as "L.C.", is an American reality television star and fashion design student. She is best known for her role in the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and The Hills, the latter of which earned her a Teen Choice Award in 2006. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Lauren Conrad was born in Newport Beach, California on February 1, 1986 to Jim and Katherine Conrad. Her father is an architect (designer of the Conrad famil... Biography of CARLOS
Yvan-Chrysostome Dolto, sometimes called Jean-Christophe Doltovitch, better known as Carlos, was a French singer and humorist, born February 20, 1943 in Paris, died January 17, 2008 in Paris. He was the son of French psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto and Boris Dolto. Height: 1m68 Discography A faire danser les Antilles (1983) A la queue leu leu (1974) Ali-Baba (1971) Allez la France (1998) Animal parade (1971) Arriba Sevillana (1986) Arriba Sevillana (Version maxi) (1986) Avec... Biography of Claudia JAMSSON
Claudia Jamsson is an actress from Hungary, born October 12, 1980 in Budapest. Alternate Names:Alice / Claudia / Claudia Jackson / Claudia Jameson / Claudia Jamesson / Claudia Janson / Rita Filmography Private Gems: The Best Scenes of the Year 2006 (2006) (V) The Private Life of Claudia Jamsson (2006) (V) Rocco's Best POV (2006) (V) Anal Hazard 2 (2005) (V) Rocco: Animal Trainer 16 (2004) (V) The Best by Private 62: Private Penthouse Greatest Moments 1 (2004) (V) Hustler XX... Biography of Lauralee BELL
Lauralee Kristen Bell (born December 22, 1968) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended The Latin School of Chicago. The daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, she was offered a bit role as a model, Christine "Cricket" Blair, on the Bells' show The Young and the Restless in 1983. Over time, her role expanded and she was offered a contract in 1986. Controversy arose when former co-star Terry Lester left the program, and c... Biography of Simone SIGNORET
imone Signoret (French IPA: ) (March 25, 1921 - September 30, 1985), was an Academy Award-winning Jewish-French actress.She was born Simone-Henriette-Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker. She was the oldest child of three, with two younger brothers. Her father, a linguist who later worked in the United Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer, who brought the family to Neuilly on the outskirts of Paris. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellec... Biography of Melody THOMAS-SCOTT
Melody Thomas Scott (born April 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. Her first film credit was in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock movie Marnie. After bit parts in movies the mid-'70s ( most notably in John Wayne's final film The Shootist in 1976), she was offered bit parts on nighttime series such as The Waltons, The Rockford Files, and Charlie's Angels. In 1979, she was offered to assume the part of stripper Nikki Reed on the daytime serial The Young... Biography of Frances FARMER
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an AmericanEarly life, career and marriage Farmer was born in Seattle, Washington, to Ernest Melvin Farmer and Lillian Van Ornum Farmer. In 1931, while attending West Seattle High School, she entered and won $100 in a writing contest sponsored by Scholastic Magazine with her controversial essay God Dies, a precocious attempt to reconcile her wish for, in her words, a "superfather" God with her observations of a chaotic, seemingly Go... Biography of Peter FALK (COLUMBO)
Peter Michael Falk (born September 16, 1927) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, six-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Columbo in the television series Columbo. Falk's unusual gaze is due to a glass eye that he has had for most of his life. Early years Peter Falk attended Ossining High School in Westchester County, NY and was president of his class. After graduating, he joined the United States Merchant Marine as a cook, before completing a Bac... Biography of Doris DAY
Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924) is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, Day was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she has been an all-round star whose personality has permeated many popular and diverse movies. Day was born in the Cincinnati, Ohio, neighborhood of Evanston to Alma Sophia Welz and William/Wilhelm ... Biography of Kristin SCOTT THOMAS
Kristin Scott Thomas OBE (born 24 May 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated English actress. Biography Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her father was a pilot for the Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964, and she is the older sister of the actress Serena Scott Thomas. She is the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas, who was Black Rod in the House of Lords, and a more distant grand niece of Capt. Robert F. Scott, who was the ill fated explorer who lost the race to ... Biography of TWIGGY
Twiggy (born 19 September 1949) is an English supermodel, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. A 1960s pop icon known for her big eyes, long eyelashes, and thin build, she is regarded as one of the most famous models of all time. Twiggy went on to star in movies, and is currently a judge in the reality show, America's Next Top Model. Early life Twiggy was born Lesley Hornby in the London suburb of Neasden, the daughter of William Norman Hornby, a master c... Biography of Leisha HAILEY
Leisha Hailey (born July 11, 1971) is an American actress, musician, and producer. Early life Born in Okinawa, Japan to American parents, Hailey grew up in Bellevue, Nebraska and attended Bellevue West High School. She came out as a lesbian before moving to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 1991. Acting career Hailey's first major role was in 1997's cult hit All Over Me, and right around this time she played a struggling musician on ... Biography of Vanessa L. WILLIAMS
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is a Grammy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated American R&B/pop/theatrical singer and actress. Williams made history in 1983 when she became the first African-American woman to be crowned Miss America. Williams' reign as Miss America came to an abrupt end when scandal led to her subsequent resignation of the title. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer. Early life Williams was born in Watertown, New York to Milton and ... Biography of FLEA
Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia), better known by his nickname/stage name Flea, is an Australian-American bassist for the alternative rock/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and a frequent session musician for other music acts. He has also acted in a number of movies. Early life Family Life Michael Balzary lived a relatively conventional childhood in Melbourne, Australia, until his father Mick, a customs officer, was posted to New York in March 1967.... Biography of Stephanie KRAMER
Stepfanie Kramer (born August 6, 1956) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as detective Dee Dee McCall on the television series Hunter. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Kramer was born in Los Angeles, California to a Jewish father and a part Cherokee Native American mother. Her father was an Austrian concert violinist.... Biography of Candide THOVEX
Candide Thovex is a French professional Skier. History Thovex learned to ski in the Aravis region of the French Alps called La Clusaz. La Clusaz is where his childhood friends and girlfriend live and where he perfected his big air technique. He quietly burst on to scene when he in 1998 he took fourth in the X Games Big Air. He became famous though for his role in the deflowering of Chad's Gap when he became the first person to land the jump. He almost didn't go. In 1999 he was elimi... Biography of Kristin DAVIS
Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis) (born February 23 or February 24, 1965 depending on the source) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy award-nominated actress best known for the role of Charlotte York on HBO's Sex and the City. Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado. An only child, her parents divorced when she was a baby and she was adopted by her stepfather after he married her mother in 1968. Early in her childhood Kristin and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolin... Biography of Christi TAYLOR
Christi Nicole Taylor is a adult model best known for her frequent appearances in Playboy Special Editions between 1998 and 2001. Her big break came when she was spotted by glamour photographer Stephen Wayda as a dancer in a production of the musical Stop the World - I Want to Get Off. Her first appearance in a Playboy publication was in the August 1996 issue in the pictorial "Women of Atlanta". Her first appearance in a Playboy Special Edition was in 1998. After frequent Special Edition appeara... Biography of Victoria PRINCIPAL
Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1950 in Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Larry Hagman's sister-in-law and Patrick Duffy's wife, Pamela Barnes Ewing, "Pam", on the long-running CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987. She is well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Born in 1950, she was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Bertha Ree Veal. On Lifetime Television's Intimate Portrait, she revealed that s... Biography of Alexander PSCHILL
Alexander PSCHILL is an Austrian actor born June 13, 1970 in Vienna.... Biography of Shannon STEWART
Shannon N. Stewart (born May 25, 1978, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American model and actress. She started modeling at an early age when her mother took her to beauty pageants and continued to do fashion shows and runway modeling into her teens. After winning numerous state titles she travelled to Los Angeles to pursue a career in modeling where she was spotted by Playboy magazine and chosen as the June 2000 Playboy Playmate of the Month. She has also starred in several Playboy videos. ... Biography of Dmitri MEDVEDEV
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев; born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad), is a Russian politician and businessman. He was appointed first deputy prime minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he is also the chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a p... Biography of Deborah KERR
Deborah Kerr, CBE (September 30, 1921 – October 16, 2007) was a Golden Globe award winning and six-time Academy Award nominated Scottish actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Deborah Kerr (pronounced kar) was the eldest child and only daughter of Capt. Arthur Kerr-Trimmer, a naval architect, and his wife, Kathleen Rose, Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, Scotland. She had a younger brother, Edward (a.k.a. Teddy), who became a journalist and died in a roa... Biography of Angela MELINI
Angela Melini (born July 25, 1969 in Saigon, Vietnam) is an American model, actress and entrepreneur. Melini was chosen Playmate of the Month for the June, 1992 issue of Playboy magazine, and her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. Melini has appeared in several Playboy newsstand special editions and videos, working steadily for Playboy for more than ten years after she graced the magazine's fold-out page, first as a nude glamour and pin-up model, and then as a promotional model and a f... Biography of Marisa TOMEI
Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. Early life Tomei, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York to Patricia, an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer. She has a younger brother, Adam, and was partially raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei. Tomei grew up in Midwood, a Jewish neighborhood. While there she became captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents took her to, ... Biography of Jewel KILCHER
Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, Jewel. She has received three Grammy Award nominations. Height: 1m68 Early years Jewel was born in Payson, Utah to Atz Kilcher, of Swiss-German origin, and Lenedra Carroll of Irish descent. She is the cousin of actress Q'Orianka Kilcher. She spent most of her young life in Homer, Alaska, living with her father. The home she grew up in did not hav... Biography of MEL C (SPICE GIRLS)
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12, 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a singer most famous as one of the five members of the British girl group the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Sporty Spice". She is also known as Melanie C or Mel C. As a solo artist she has released four albums and was nominated for a BRIT Award. Chisholm has co-written 11 UK number-one singles - second only to Madonna for a female artist.... Biography of James BROWN
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music. He was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, Brown was a pivotal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul an... Biography of Willie NELSON
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. Early life and career Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie Nelson were raised by their grandparents after their parents, Ira Doyle Nelson and Myrle Marie Greenhaw divorced. His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers gave him mail-order music lesso... Biography of Silvana MANGANO
Silvana Mangano (April 21, 1930 – December 16, 1989) was an Italian actress. Known for her appearance, at a young age she won a Miss Rome beauty pageant, which led her to cinema. The movie that brought her to stardom was Bitter Rice and she continued to have success in cinema without ever surpassing Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida's level of stardom. Born in Rome to an Italian father and an English mother, Mangano lived in poor times caused by the war. Trained for seven years as a dancer...
Biography of Paul ANKA
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor of Lebanese origin. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1990. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s, with hits songs like "Diana," "Lonely Boy," and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder." He went on to write such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Tom Jones' biggest hit, "She's A Lady", and the Eng... Biography of Keeley HAZELL
Keeley Rebecca Hazell (born on September 18, 1986) is a British Page 3 Girl and glamour model noted for her large yet non-augmented breasts (UK bra size 32E). Measurements: 32E-26-32 Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Personal life Early life Hazell was born in Lewisham, London, England, grew up in Grove Park, and attended the Ravensbourne School in Bromley. Her mother, Amber, is a dinner lady and her father, Roy, is a window fitter; they separated when she was thirteen. She has an older si... Biography of Marg HELGENBERGER
Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American film and television actress. Helgenberger is known for her role as Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and her role as KC Koloski in China Beach, the latter for which she won an Emmy. Early life Helgenberger (pronounced with a hard 'G', unlike the name Marge) was born in North Bend, Nebraska to Kay, a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector. She has German and Irish an... Biography of Aimee OSBOURNE
Aimee Rachel Osbourne (born September 2, 1983 in London, England), is a singer, actress, and columnist. She is the fourth child of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and the first child to Ozzy's second wife Sharon. Unlike her siblings Jack and Kelly, she chose not to appear on her family's MTV reality show, The Osbournes. She has three half siblings; Elliot, Jessica and Louis from Ozzy's first wife Thelma Riley; an adopted brother, Robert Marcato; and her full siblings Kelly and Jack. Personal lif... Biography of Haley Joel OSMENT
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the early 1990s, Osment came to fame with his starring role in the 1999 thriller, The Sixth Sense. He subsequently had leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films, including Pay It Forward and A.I., with his most recent being 2003's Secondhand Lions. He is also notable for providing the voice of Sora, the protagonist in the Kingdom Hearts series, o... Biography of Michel ROCARD
Michel Rocard (born 23 August 1930) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991, during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents. He is currently a member of the European Parliament. Career He was born at Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) in a Protestant family, son of the nuclear physicist Yves Rocard, and entered politics as a student leader whilst ... Biography of Lara FLYNN BOYLE
Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American actress who was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin. Although she is of mostly Irish descent, Boyle also has an Italian-American great-grandfather. She is named for a character in the book and movie Dr. Zhivago. She is also dyslexic. Career Boyle's first film role was a bit part in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which earned her a SAG card, though her scene was eliminated from the final cut of the film. She the... Biography of Gilles VILLENEUVE
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (Gilles Villeneuve pronounced ) (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a Canadian Formula One racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec. He moved into single seaters — winning the US and Canadian Formula Atlantic championships in 1976 before being offered a one-off drive with McLaren at the 1977 British Grand Prix. He was taken on by reigning world ... Biography of Erika ELENIAK
Erika Maya Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American Playboy Playmate and actress, best known for her role in Baywatch. Measurements 34C" - 24" - 32" Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 129 lb (59 kg) Early life Eleniak was born in Glendale, California. She is the eldest daughter in her family of four girls and one boy whose parents divorced. Her father, who was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is of Ukrainian descent, and her mother is Estonian and German. During the late 1970... Biography of Zooey DESCHANEL
Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress and singer. Deschanel made her film debut in 1999's Mumford and soon became known for memorable, deadpan supporting roles in films such as Almost Famous (2000), The New Guy (2002), Big Trouble (2002) and The Good Girl (2002). She then began playing female leads, in All the Real Girls (2003), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and Tin Man in 2007. Since 2001, Deschanel has pe... Biography of Laurel HOLLOMAN
Laurel Holloman (born May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American actress, currently best known for her roles as Justine on Angel and Tina on the Showtime series The L Word. Career Holloman attended the University of North Carolina and appeared in numerous threater productions while in College. After her first year of college, she moved to Chicago to work with the Piven Theatre Workshop. Studied with John Lynn in Los Angeles; was cast in David Orr's independent feature Blosso... Biography of Honor BLACKMAN
Honor Blackman (born 1925-08-22 ) is an English actress, who is best known for the roles of Cathy Gale on The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Youth Blackman, who was born in West Ham, London, trained as an actress at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London after persuading her father that an appropriate birthday gift would be acting lessons. Films Blackman's films include: Quartet and So Long at the Fair with Dirk Bogarde, Life ... Biography of Vanna WHITE
Vanna White (born Vanna Marie Rosich on February 18, 1957) is an American television personality, best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. She is the niece of actor Christopher George. Television career White's first national television appearance came on the June 20, 1980 episode of The Price Is Right, where she was one of the first four contestants to "come on down". She did not make it onstage, but the clip of her running to Conte... Biography of Valérie KAPRISKY
Valérie Kaprisky (born August 19, 1962) is a French actress. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France. Kaprisky is her mother's maiden name. She appeared in soft-core exploitation (Aphrodite), then made her American debut in the A Bout de Souffle remake Breathless (1983) frolicking with Richard Gere with whom she subsequently had a reportedly-tempestuous affair. The film was critically panned and she returned to filming in her native France. She a... Biography of Jean SEBERG
Jean Seberg (November 13, 1938 – September 8, 1979) was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in France. Seberg became even more of an icon after her roles in numerous French films and the tragedy of her turbulent life. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa to Edward Seberg and Dorothy Benson. Her family background was Lutheran. Career Seberg was discovered by Otto Preminger, who directed her in her first two films. She mad... Biography of Chris EVERT
Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open. She also won 3 Grand Slam doubles titles. Evert's career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history. In tennis writer Steve Flink's book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he named Evert as the third... Biography of Christine CARON
Christine Caron (often called Kiki Caron) is a French swimmer, born July 10, 1948 in Paris. She has been World Champion in 1966.... Biography of Kathie Lee GIFFORD
Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953) is an American playwright, singer, songwriter, and actress, famous for her stint on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin for 15 years. So far she has received 11 Emmy nominations. Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Kathie Lee Gifford was born in Paris, France to Aaron Leon Epstein and his wife, Joan. Her father was serving in the United States Navy. She grew up in Bo... Biography of Phoebe CATES
Phoebe Cates (born on July 16, 1963) is an American film actress known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins. Early life Cates was born Phoebe Belle Katz in New York City, New York to Lily and director and producer Joseph Cates (born "Joseph Katz"). Her uncle is producer/director Gilbert Cates and her stepfather was Marshall Naify, a horse breeder. Cates' maternal grandfather was of Chinese/Filipino descent, and her father as well as her ... Biography of Gena ROWLANDS
Gena Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. Early life Born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Cambria, Wisconsin, her father, Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, was a state legislator, and her mother, Mary Allen Neal, a housewife originally from Arkansas. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1939 when Edwin was appointed to a position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942 when he was appointed as branch manager of the Office... Biography of Vanessa DEMOUY
Born 5 April 1973 in Montreuil, France. Vanessa Demouy is an actress and model known for her Occitan French features and nude pictorials. She began modeling at age fourteen and later crossed over into film and television, though modeling has remained her primary career. Demouy was the second official Lara Croft model (after Rhona Mitra), portraying the fictional Tomb Raider heroine in a promotional capacity. She is primarily known for her role as Linda in a french sitcom "Models in Paradis... Biography of Natasha BEDINGFIELD
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is an English singer and songwriter who debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Bedingfield recorded rock and gospel songs for the Hillsong London Church. She recorded her first album Unwritten in 2004. The album contained primarily uptempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music, it enjoyed intern... Biography of Laurence FISCHER
Laurence Fischer is Women's World Karate Champion, born November 7, 1973 in l'Union.... Biography of Mitzi GAYNOR
Mitzi Gaynor (born September 4, 1931, Chicago, Illinois, although some sources indicate 1930) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Career Born as Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, Gaynor trained as a ballerina as a child and began her career as a chorus dancer. She sang, acted and danced in a number of film musicals, often paired with some of the biggest male musical stars. Notable early roles included There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) wh... Biography of Mary J. BLIGE
Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer, songwriter, occasional rapper, record producer, and actress who has sold over forty million records worldwide. She is widely known as the "Queen of Hip Hop Soul", and has also received over twenty-six Grammy Award nominations for her works, winning six. Early in her career, Blige's highly personal songs and gritty voice earned her comparisons to earlier soul singers such as Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin; ... Biography of Cheryl BACHMAN
Cheryl Bachman is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in October, 1991. Today, Cheryl is a single mom living in Florida. Measurements 34" - 22" - 35" Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 110 lb (50 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 8 June 1992 - pages 82-91. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 26 July 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 27 September 1992. Playboy's Girls of the World October 199... Biography of Patricia FORD
Patricia Pualani Ford (Waialae) (born March 17, 1969 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a popular American model of multi-ethnic ancestry (German, Irish, Chinese, Portuguese and Hawaiian). Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight: 105 lb (48 kg) Career Patricia Ford was born in 1969 and raised in Honolulu, but she also lived in Waianae during that time. She attended Moanalua High School in Hawaii, but graduated from Waianae High School, Waianae, HI in 1987. She is of German, Irish, Portuguese, Chinese, a... Biography of Freddie HIGHMORE
Alfred Thomas Highmore (born February 14, 1992) is an English actor. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m Personal life Highmore was born in England to a show business family. His mother, Sue Latimer, is a talent agent whose clients include Daniel Radcliffe, and his father, Edward Highmore, is an actor. He has a younger brother named Albert ("Bertie"), born in 1995. Highmore resides in Hampstead, suburb of north London. He goes to Highgate School and is currently in Year 11. Career Highmore began... Biography of Nancy McKEON
Nancy Justine McKeon (born April 4, 1966) is an American actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life & career McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to a show business family; she and her brother Philip did numerous commercials at the insistence of their parents, Don and Barbara. Nancy also appeared on the soap operas The Secret Storm and Another World. The McKeons moved to Los Angeles in 1975, when Philip got a job as Linda Lavin's son on the television series Alice. In 1979, McKeon was... Biography of Loni ANDERSON
Loni Kaye Anderson (born August 5, 1945) is an American actress, best known for her role as "Jennifer Marlowe" on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati and as a former wife of Burt Reynolds (from 1988 to 1993). Her divorce from Reynolds was a bitter, well-publicized debacle. Anderson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Carl K. Anderson and Maxine H. Kallin. As she tells it in her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, her father was originally going to name her "Leiloni", but then realized t... Biography of Courtney THORNE-SMITH
Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal Life Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Menlo Park, a suburb south of the city. Her father was a computer market researcher and her mother was a therapist. They divorced when she was 7 and she lived with both at different stages. Courtney attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Ca... Biography of Spike LEE
Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. He also teaches film at New York University and Columbia University. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early years Lee was born in Atlanta to Bill Lee, a jazz musician and Mary, a schoo... Biography of Hema MALINI
Hema Malini (Tamil: ஹேமமாலினி, Hindi:हेमा मालिनी) (born October 16, 1948 in Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the extremely successful Sholay. She is the most successful female filmstar of Bollywood. She has starred in a large number of hit films and is considered a... Biography of Amy SMART
Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. Life and career Early life Amy Lysle Smart was born in Topanga, California. Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was 16, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti (Awards-winning spots for Club Med directed by Bruno Aveillan). Career Smart's first film role was for director Mart... Biography of Jill ST. JOHN
Jill St. John (born August 19, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is a film and television actress. Born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim, she played her major film roles during the 1960s and early 1970s, including Barbara Tuttle in Jerry Lewis' Who's Minding the Store? and a turn as Bond Girl Tiffany Case opposite Sean Connery in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. In the 1980's, she starred with Dennis Weaver on the short-lived soap opera, Emerald Point N.A.S. She played Deanna Ki... Biography of PATXI (STAR ACADEMY)
Patxi Garat is a French singer, born August 20, 1981 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Anna VISSI
Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση; born December 20, 1957) is a Cypriot-Greek singer, famous mainly in Greece, and her home country Cyprus, with success in the United States as well. Childhood & Origins Vissi was born in 1957, in the village of Pyla, in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been singing from a very early age, beginning formal musical studies at the age of six at a local conservatory. At the age of twelve she entered a talent competition and won... Biography of Frankie MUNIZ
Frankie Muniz (born Francisco James Muniz IV on December 5, 1985, in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey) is an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominated American actor, who is now a full time Formula Atlantic driver. He was the star of the Fox Network television situation comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, as well as several films aimed at preteen and teen audiences, including Big Fat Liar, Agent Cody Banks and Stay Alive. By 2003, Muniz was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". He was also t... Biography of Rodney HARVEY
Rodney Harvey is an American actor born July 31, 1967 in Phladelphia. Filmography 1990s 1980s God's Lonely Man (1996) .... Glen Guncrazy (1992) .... Tom My Own Private Idaho (1991) .... Gary "Twin Peaks" .... Biker Scott (1 episode, 1990) - Pilot (1990) TV Episode .... Biker Scott "The Outsiders" .... Sodapop Curtis (13 episodes, 1990) - The Stork Club (1990) TV Episode .... Sodapop Curtis - Pilot (1990) TV Episode .... Sodapop Curtis - Breaking the Maiden (1990) ... Biography of Loretta SWIT
Loretta Swit (born November 4, 1937) is an American stage and television actress best known for her two-time Emmy-winning portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H. Swit was born in Passaic, New Jersey, USA, to Polish immigrants. She studied with Gene Frankel in Manhattan and considered him her acting coach. She regularly returned to his studio to speak with aspiring actors throughout her career. Swit is also a talented singer who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic A... Biography of Bruce DICKINSON (IRON MAIDEN)
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer, airline pilot, radio show host, DJ, Historian, television presenter, fencer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer in the iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden. According to All Music Guide, Dickinson "was the most acclaimed and instantly recognizable vocalist to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early-'80s". Brief summary Before Iron Maiden, Dickinson was t... Biography of Rumer WILLIS
Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988) is an American actress, the daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She has appeared in several of her parents' movies since early childhood. She was born in Kentucky where her father Bruce was filming the 1989 movie called In Country. Her mother hired a cameraman to video tape her birth. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal life Rumer is Demi Moore and Bruce Willis' eldest child. She has two sisters, Scout LaRue (born in 1991) and Tallulah Bel... Biography of Linda HAMILTON
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is a Saturn Award-winning, Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, best known as Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Hamilton was born in Salisbury, Maryland to a physician father who died when she was five. She has said that she was raised in a "very boring, white Anglo-Saxon" family, and "voraciously read books" during her spare time. Hamilton went to Wico... Biography of Danny BONADUCE
Danny Bonaduce (pronounced /bɑnədutʃi/), born Dante Daniel Bonaduce, August 13, 1959 in Broomall, Pennsylvania, is an American comedian, actor, radio, and television personality. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) The son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce (Mayberry RFD, One Day At A Time, Good Times), the naturally redheaded Bonaduce gained prominence as a child actor of the 1970s, co-starring as Shirley Partridge's (played by Shirley Jones) wisecracking second son, Danny Pa... Biography of Phil RUDD (AC/DC)
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Ellis, on May 19, 1954) is an Australian drummer, best known for his membership in Australian rock band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present. After the 1977 departure of bassist Mark Evans, he became the only Australian-born member of the band. He uses SONOR drums, Paiste cymbals, and Aquarian drumheads. Rudd played in several bands in Melbourne before joining Buster Brown with future Rose ... Biography of Mike BLOOMBERG
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. Although a lifelong Democrat, he ran on the Republican ballot and was elected mayor in 2001, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. He is frequently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the 2008 presidential elec... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||