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9071 celebrities heights in our database on November 21, 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 · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
502 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD
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 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...
Biography of THALLIA
French erotic actress and model.... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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... 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 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 Jennifer ESPOSITO
Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and dancer. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York of Italian descent. She made her first appearance in Law & Order in 1996, but she is best known as Stacey in the prime time hit Spin City. She can also be seen in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer playing the role of Nancy. One of her more recent successes was her role as Ruby in Spike Lee's controversial Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against ... Biography of SAVANNAH
Shannon Michelle Wilsey Longoria (October 9, 1970 – July 11, 1994), commonly known by her stage name of Savannah, was an American pornographic actress, starring in more than 100 pornographic films during her career. One of the most high-profile porn stars of her time, she achieved notoriety within her short (1990 - 1994) career due to her on-screen presence as well as her off-screen life. Savannah committed suicide in 1994 after an auto accident. Savannah reportedly took her stage name from S... Biography of Vanessa CARLTON
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for the single "A Thousand Miles" from her debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002), which was certified platinum in the U.S. The commercial failure of Carlton's second album, Harmonium (2004), led her to part company from her record label A&M, though she still holds a dedicated fanbase. Her third album, Heroes and Thieves, was released in October 2007 on Irv Gotti's record label The Inc. Height:... Biography of Meg TILLY
Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina. Early life Tilly was born Margaret E. Chan in Long Beach, California, the third of four children of Harry Chan, a Chinese American used car salesman, and Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher. Following her parents' divorce when she was three, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, in British Columbia, Canada. Tilly graduated from Esquimalt High School in Victori... Biography of Tony JAA
Panom Yeerum (Thai: พนม ยีรัมย์; IPA: ) born on February 5, 1976 in Surin Province, Thailand, better known in the West as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Panom, is a Thai martial art film actor, choreographer and director. His films include Ong-Bak: Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong (also called Warrior King or The Protector). Early life Tony Jaa was born in the Surin Province of the Isan region of Thailand and is of Khmer descent. Jaa... Biography of Sean ASTIN
Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer best known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Drew Barrymore’s steroid-juiced brother in 50 First Dates. In television, he guest starred as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of 24. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Astin was born Sean Patrick Duke in Santa Monica, California. He is the son of ac... Biography of Danielle LLOYD (Miss ENGLAND 2004)
Danielle Lloyd (born 16 December 1983, Liverpool) is an English lingerie and glamour model and former Miss England (2004) and Miss Great Britain (2006). Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight: 160 lb (53.1 kg) She was stripped of her title of Miss Great Britain 2006 after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 of Playboy magazine, and her tabloid-alleged affair with one of the judges, her footballer boyfriend at that time Teddy Sheringham. As a participant in the 2007 serie...
Biography of SHOBANA
Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai(Malayalam:ോശഭന) (born March 21, 1966 (source Imdb), Wikipedia gives 1970) is an exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance and a leading actress of South Indian motion pictures. She was born into a Malayalam speaking family from Kerala, India. Shobana is the niece of the Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, all of whom were renowned for their skill in classical Indian dance. She has acted in over 150 movies in 5 languages. Shobana acted ... Biography of Amy BRENNEMAN
Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is a Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actress best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. Early life She was born in New London, Connecticut to Russell Brenneman, an attorney, and Frederica Brenneman, a state court judge. Brenneman was raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she participated in theater as a teenager, both in school and with a local theater group. She graduated from Harvard University, whe... Biography of Daniel BARENBOIM
Daniel Barenboim (b. November 15, 1942) is a pianist and conductor. He lives in Berlin and holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel, and Spain. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; his parents were Russian Ashkenazi Jews. Barenboim first came to fame as a pianist but now is as well-known as a conductor, and for his work with an orchestra of young Arab and Jewish musicians, based in Seville, Spain, called the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which he co-founded with the late Palestinian American in... Biography of David JASON
Sir David John White, OBE known by his stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940) is a highly regarded English actor, admired equally for his dramatic work as for his comedy roles. He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of "Del Boy" in the BBC television situation comedy Only Fools and Horses which made him a household name in the United Kingdom, and for playing detective chief inspector Jack Frost on A Touch of Frost. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early career He started his televisi... Biography of Elsa MARTINELLI
Elsa Martinelli, born Elsa Tia, on August 3, 1932 or 13 January 1935, according to different sources , in Grosseto, Tuscany, is an Italian actress and former fashion model. Martinelli moved to Rome with her family and in 1953 was discovered by Roberto Capucci who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films. She appeared in Claude Autant-Lara's Le Rouge et le noir (1954) but her first important film role came the following year with The In... Biography of Patsy CLINE
Patsy Cline (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer, who enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at the age of 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century. Her life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies, document... Biography of Kristy SWANSON
Kristen Noel "Kristy" Swanson (born December 19, 1969 in Mission Viejo, California, U.S.) is an American actress. Swanson began acting early; by 15, she had appeared in 30 TV commercials. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Swanson remains most recognizable for her role in the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After years of refusing to appear nude on-screen, Swanson posed nude for Playboy magazine in November 2002. In the 1998-1999 season of Early Edition, Swanson played Erica Paget, a love... Biography of Chyler LEIGH
Chyler Leigh (born April 10, 1982) is an American actress. Early life Leigh was born Chyler Leigh Potts in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of Yvonne Norton and Robert Potts. She was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, until the age of twelve when she moved with her mother and brother Christopher Khayman Lee to Miami, Florida. During eighth grade she started modeling. She soon moved on to acting by appearing in local television commercials and a syndicated teen news show called Hall P... Biography of Sienna GUILLORY
Sienna Tiggy Guillory (born March 16, 1975) is an English actress and model. Born in Fulham, London, Sienna Tiggy Guillory is the daughter of an Anglo-Cuban folk guitarist Isaac Guillory and his first wife, Tina. She has a brother named Jace, and also a much younger half-sister and half-brother, Eleanor and Jacob. She grew up in a bohemian household in London and later North Norfolk. She made her screen debut in the British TV series Riders (1993) - she was selected for the role while stil... Biography of Evonne GOOLAGONG
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (born July 31, 1951, in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles (four Australian Open, two Wimbledon and one French Open), six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles. Height 5'6" (1.68 m) Weight 130 lbs. (58.9 kg) Personal life She was born Evonne Goolagong in 1951 ...
Biography of Rose BYRNE
Rose Judith Esther Byrne (born July 24, 1979) is an Australian actress. Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) Early life Byrne is of Irish-Scottish descent and was born in Sydney, Australia to Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician. She has an older brother, George, and two older sisters, Alice and Lucy. She began taking acting classes at age eight, joining the Australian Theatre for Young People and also attended the University of Sydney. in 1999 Byrne studi... Biography of Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (born November 9, 1974) is an Italian theater and film actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born in Rome to two actors, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Stacchi. After her studies in actor practice, she worked for two years in Paris in Peter Brook's theater laboratory. Her career began in 1995, in Brook's Qui est là, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as Ofelia. In 1997 she made her debut in the cinema world, in the Sergio Rubini's film Il vi... Biography of Barbara MOORE
Barbara Ann Moore (born August 21, 1968 in Spokane, Washington) is an American glamour model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in December 1992 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Measurements 36" (before breast implants) - 24" - 35" Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 110 lb (50 kg) Barbara Moore was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in Seattle, near Puget Sound, with two brothers Terry and Michael (one of two is a Marine). She was raised in a ... Biography of Doriane VIDAL
Doriane Vidal, born April 16, 1976 in Limoges, is a French snowboard champion.... Biography of Cerina VINCENT
Cerina Vincent (born February 7, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American film actress perhaps best known for playing the Yellow Ranger Maya in the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. Older audiences might know her best for playing a naked foreign exchange student in Not Another Teen Movie. Height 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) In 1996 Vincent won the Miss Nevada Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA. Though she made it to the top 15, she failed to place at the pageant (televised live... Biography of Brooke LANGTON
Brooke Langton (born November 27, 1970) is an American actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal life Langton was born in Arizona to Jackson Langton, a geologist, and a surgical nurse mother. Her maternal grandfather, Stephen Cummings, was a WWII pilot, and her aunt, Sally Spalding, is a script supervisor. She was raised in Illinois and Texas. Over the years, she has dated a number of well-known celebrities, including actors George Clooney and David Chokachi, golfer Tiger Woods and Inte... Biography of Bonnie WRIGHT
Bonnie Kathleen Wright (born February 17, 1991) is an English actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Ginny Weasley. Early life Bonnie Wright was born in London to Sheila Teague and Gary Wright, two jewellery designers who together run their own company, Wright & Teague. She has an older brother named Lewis. Wright attends The King Alfred School in London, England. Wright enjoys dance, art, travelling, and playing musical instruments like the piano, guitar, saxophone... Biography of Kiira KORPI
Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988 in Tampere, Finland) is a figure skater from Finland. She won the bronze medal 2007 European Championships in Warsaw. Height: 1m68 She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 16th place. She competed in the World Junior Championships in 2005 and the European Championships in 2006. Although she finished 3rd at Finnish Nationals, her skating federation used the European Championships to determine the final two spots for th... Biography of Eleanor PARKER
Eleanor Jean Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress. Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) Early life Parker was born in Cedarville, Ohio, and was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941, at the age of 19. She would have debuted that year in the film They Died with Their Boots On, but her scenes were cut. Career By 1946, she had starred in Between Two Worlds, Hollywood Canteen, Pride of the Marines and Of Human Bondage. In 1950 she received the first of three nomination... Biography of Betty FORD
Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Ford (born April 8, 1918) is the widow of former United States President Gerald R. Ford and was the First Lady from 1974 to 1977. She is the founder and former chairman of the board of directors of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction and a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. Early life Born in Chicago as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer, she was the third child and only daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, Sr., a travelling salesman for Royal Rubber... Biography of Tylene BUCK
Tylene Buck (born March 7, 1972) is an American model, pornographic actress and a former professional wrestling valet under the name of Major Gunns. Billed height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Billed weight: 134 lb Career Modeling Buck started out as a fitness model and as a bodybuider around 1990. Her first break into the industry was when IPS Motorsports photographed her at a Bikini contest at the Candlerock lounge in Sacramento, California. Afterwards, IPS Motorsports introduced her to som... Biography of Julianna MARGULIES
Julianna Luisa Margulies (born June 8, 1966) is an Emmy award winning American actress best known for her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Margulies was born in Spring Valley, New York, the youngest of three daughters. She attended Green Meadow Waldorf School. Her father is an advertising writer (whose greatest success was the Alka-Seltzer catchphrase "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is"), and her mother is a former da... Biography of Henry WINKLER
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). Winkler gained national fame for his auto mechanic-greaser role as "The Fonz", starting out as a minor character at the show's beginning but having top billing by the time the show ended. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal life Winkler was born in Manhatt... Biography of LaLa VASQUEZ
Alani "La La" Vasquez (born in June 25, 1979, in Brooklyn) is an American disc jockey, television personality and MTV VJ of Puerto Rican descent. Early years Vasquez's parents, were born in the island of Puerto Rico. They met in New York City, where they married (they are currently divorced) and lived in the borough of Brooklyn where Vasquez was born. Vasquez also has a younger brother named Christian. As a young child, she was involved in many activities, but music was her main interest. ... Biography of Vicki LAWRENCE
Vicki Lawrence (born Victoria Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949 in Inglewood, California) is an Emmy Award-winning actress, frequent game show panelist of the 1970s and 1980s, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her co-starring role on The Carol Burnett Show, alongside Carol Burnett, from 1967 to 1978, and as the sharp-tongued matriarch, Thelma Harper (the main character on Mama's Family, airing from 1983 to 1990, which was spun off from The Carol Burnett Show's The Family sketches). She... Biography of Mary Frances CROSBY
Mary Frances Crosby (born 14 September 1959) is an American actress. She is most often credited as simply Mary Crosby for her performances. Early life She was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of the singer and actor Bing Crosby, from his second marriage to the actress Kathryn Grant. She graduated from high school at 15. She then entered the University of Texas at Austin where she became a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, but dropped out of the University before grad... Biography of Arlene DAHL
Arlene Dahl (born August 11, 1928) is an American movie actress who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early years Dahl was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is of Norwegian descent. After graduating from high school, she held various jobs, including performing in a local drama group and briefly working as a model for department stores. Career In 1946, Dahl was voted the Rheingold Beer Girl of 1946. She began her... Biography of Robin QUIVERS
Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American talk show host and Howard Stern's primary co-host on his morning radio show. Early life Quivers was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Louise, a homemaker, and Charles Quivers, Sr., a steelworker at Bethlehem Steel; both of her parents had only seventh grade educations. She has an older brother, Charles Quivers Jr. Quivers revealed in her 1995 autobiography that her father molested her when she was a preteen and that she overheard her... Biography of Lori LOUGHLIN
Lori Anne Loughlin (pronounced LOCK-lin) (July 28, 1964) is an American actress who gained prominence in the 1990s as playing the wife of John Stamos's character, Rebecca Donaldson, on ABC's, Full House. Recently, she played Dr. Joanna Lupone on the ABC sitcom In Case of Emergency, which has since been canceled. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Born on July 28, 1964 in Queens, New York, she moved with her family to Oceanside, New York, where she attended Oaks Public Elementary School #3, and then to... Biography of Jenny SEAGROVE
Jenny Seagrove (born on 4 July 1957 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and rose to fame playing the lead in a TV dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance and the 1983 film Local Hero. She is presently playing the character of Jo Mills in the long-running BBC drama series Judge John Deed (2001-07). Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Jenny Seagrove is the voice behind some Waitrose television adverts and lives in Suffolk ... Biography of Ross PEROT
Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot Systems. With an estimated net worth of around $4.4 billion as of 2007, he is ranked by Forbes as the 57th-richest person in America. Early life Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas, to Luly Maye Perot (nee Ray... Biography of Jason SCHWARTZMAN
Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Many other members of Schwartzman's family are involved in film; he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine... Biography of Cole PORTER
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), Fifty Million Frenchmen and Anything Goes, as well as songs like "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." He was noted for his sophisticated (sometimes ribald) lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex forms. He was one of the greatest contributor... Biography of Lindsay Ann CROUSE
Lindsay Ann Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) A Theatrical Family Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna Erskine and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Her father, playwright Russel Crouse, and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, wrote much of The Sound of Music. Their 1946 play State of the Union won that year's Pulitzer... Biography of Julie FOUDY
Julie Maurine Foudy (born 23 January 1971 in San Diego, California) was a midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004, finishing with a remarkable 271 caps. She served as the team's co-captain from 1991-2000 and the Captain from 2000 through her retirement in 2004. Foudy played in all 4 Women's World Cups, winning two FIFA World Championships -- in 1991 and 1999. She also played in 3 Summer Olympics Games, winning an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996, Silver in ... Biography of Cheech MARIN
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor, who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech and Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's quick-and-scheme partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges. His stage persona is that of a stereotypical Mexican American, or an uneducated urban Chicano. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Marin, a Mexican American, was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Elsa (née Meza), a... Biography of Denise van OUTEN
Denise van Outen (born May 27, 1974, Basildon, Essex, England, UK) is a British television hostess and stage actress. Her most notable roles to date were as a hostess on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Born as Denise Outen in Basildon, Essex, her father is a security guard and her mother a child carer. Denise is the youngest of three siblings; her sister is a Physician's Assistant, and her brother is a... Biography of Sabine APPELMANS
Sabine Appelmans listen (help·info) (born April 22, 1972) is a former tennis player from Belgium. Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 58 kg (127 lb) Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right handed, she played left handed. At a children's tennis training session she claimed to be left handed so she could stay with her friend in the left-handed group. Appelmans tu... Biography of Olivia D'ABO
Olivia Jane d'Abo (born January 22, 1969 in London, England) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She has numerous supporting roles, particularly in science fiction, cartoon, horror-thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime-drama television programs and movies, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992), The Legend of Tarzan (2001), The Twilight Zone (2002), Conan the Destroyer (1984), The Wonder Years (1988-1992), Greedy (1994) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002-2005). Most recently, she ... Biography of Maureen McGOVERN
Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, widely known for her premier rendition of the 1973 hit, "The Morning After". Early life McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Mary Rita Welsh and James Terrence McGovern. She has Irish ancestry. As a child, McGovern would listen to her father's barbershop quartet rehearse in their home. She was told by her elders that she began singing at the tender age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to s... Biography of Fanny BRICE
Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. She was the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) In the decade following her death, she was portrayed on stage and film by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. Early life Fanny Brice (occasionally spelled... Biography of Dia MIRZA
Dia Mirza Handrich (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਦੀਆ ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ) (Hindi: दिया मिर्ज़ा) or Diya Mirza Handrich, nicknamed Dee, (born 9 December 1981 in Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India) is an Indian model and Actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000. She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest. Her father Frank Handrich was a German... Biography of Luciana PALUZZI
Luciana Paluzzi, born June 10, 1977 in Roma, is an Italian actress, famous for her role as a James Bond Girl in Thunderball (Operation Tonnerre). Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Filmography 1954 : La Fontaine des amours (Three Coins in the Fountain) : Angela Bianchi 1954 : J'avais sept filles : Pat 1954 : Voiturier du Mont Cénis (Il Vetturale del Moncenisio) 1955 : Faccia da mascalzone 1955 : Adriana Lecouvreur 1956 : La Châtelaine du Liban : Michèle Hennequin 1956 : En effeuillant ... Biography of Mika BOOREM
Mika Boorem, born August 18, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona, is already a 12 year veteran of the film industry in 2009. She has built up a respectable filmography. Boorem has worked under many of the industry’s most highly regarded players; Lawrence Bender, Brian Grazer, Penny Marshall, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Lee Tamahori and Morgan Freeman to name a few. Her work has received critical acclaim and she has been nominated for several awards. She won a Prism Award for 2007’s Augusta Gone and a Risi... Biography of Marie-Josée CROZE
Marie-Josée Croze (born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She won the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005. Filmography Deux jours à tuer (2008) .... Diane (post-production) Le nouveau protocole (2008) .... (post-production) Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) ..... Biography of Nina PERSSON
Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse. Persson also made her acting debut in the movie Om Gud vill which was released in 2006. She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love... Biography of Myleene KLASS
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British classical pianist, commercial model, television and radio presenter, and former member of the UK pop group Hear’Say. Her pop success achieved 4 Top 10 singles, 2 of which were UK Number Ones. Hear'Say also released 2 albums, Popstars and Everybody. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Klass was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, England to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. She comes from six generations of classical musicians on her fath... Biography of Chris De BURGH
Chris de Burgh (born Christopher John Davison on October 15, 1948) is an Argentinian-born musician and songwriter who holds British nationality and who currently resides in Ireland. A rocker who writes a variety of mixed instrumental material, Chris de Burgh had huge success in Ireland, Britain and the United States with the 1986 hit "The Lady in Red". He has also gained popularity in other countries, particularly Germany, Norway, Iran, Lebanon, and Brazil. Early life Chris de Burgh was born... Biography of Gary GLITTER
Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd on May 8, 1944 (source Imdb)) is an English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits including "Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He is currently in jail in Vietnam for child sexual abuse, and is expected to be released in August 2008. Glitter first came to prominence in the glam rock era of th... Biography of Dominique BOEUF
Dominique Boeuf (born June 6, 1968 at Maisons-Laffitte, France) is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on September 15, 1984. Three years later he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin. From there, he went on to become the French flat racing Champion Jockey four times. In 2003, Boeuf won the The Air Mauritius / Beau Rivage International Jockeys Day.... Biography of Tina YOTHERS
Tina Yothers (born May 5, 1973 in Whittier, California) is a former American child actress. Her father, Robert Yothers, was a television producer. Yothers began her acting career in television advertisements at age three. Her first cinema role was in the 1981 movie The Cherokee Trail. Her most famous role was as Jennifer Keaton, the youngest daughter in the television comedy Family Ties from 1982 to 1989. She also competed in the Battle of the Network Stars in 1989. She wrote the book Bein... Biography of Laura HARRING
Laura Elena Harring (born March 3, 1964) is a Mexican American actress and former Miss USA (1985). She starred as Rita/Camilla Rhodes in David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Harring was born Laura Elena Martínez Harring in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Her mother, María Martínez, is a Mexican psychotherapist, real estate investor, and secretary, and her father, Raymond Harring, is a farmer of German descent. The two divorced in 1971. Harring lived the ... Biography of Rosemary CLOONEY
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was a popular American singer and actress. She was most popular singing traditional pop music in the 1940s and 1950s with songs like "Come On-a My House". She was the aunt of actor George Clooney, and the sister to former television personality Nick Clooney. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, about 45 miles up the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Andrew Joseph Clooney and Frances Marie Guilfoyle, b... Biography of Rebecca Lynn TWIGG
Rebecca Lynn Twigg, born March 26, 1963 in Honolulu, is an American professional cyclist.... Biography of Jolene BLALOCK
Jolene Blalock (born March 5, 1975 in San Diego, California) is an American actress best known for playing Sub-Commander T'Pol, a Vulcan in Star Trek: Enterprise. Prior to Enterprise, her highest profile role was playing Medea in a 2000 adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early career A popular model, Blalock has appeared on the cover of many men's lifestyle magazines and was twice featured in Maxim's "Girls of Maxim" gallery. She posed for a clothed fashion layo... Biography of Tina Ann BARRETT (S CLUB 7)
Tina Ann Barrett (born 16 September 1976 in London, England) was a member of the pop band S Club (7) (1998-2003). The band broke up in May 2003 due to undisclosed reasons. Tina was given the nickname the "Dancing Queen" In 2003, Barrett landed a $400,000 (around £250,000) worldwide advertising contract with Wrigley's chewing gum. In 2004, she was rumoured internationally to be romantically linked to David Schwimmer for a few months following media reports of her visiting him at his Spanish... Biography of Drea de MATTEO
Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life De Matteo, an Italian American, was born in Queens, New York to Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher, and Albert De Matteo, a furniture manufacturer. She grew up in a Catholic family. After graduating from the prestigious... Biography of Jamie CULLUM
Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English pop and jazz-pop singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, and drummer. Cullum was born at Rochford Hospital in Essex. His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin, whose family settled in Wales after Burma's independence; his father, John Cullum, worked in finance. His paternal grandfather was a British Army officer, while his paternal grandmother was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who sang in Berlin nightclubs; Cullum sees her as h... Biography of Karen GRASSLE
Karen Grassle (born February 25, 1942, in Berkeley, California) is an American screenwriter and actress known for her character-type roles. The naturally blonde-headed Grassle is best known from the role as Michael Landon’s wife, Caroline Ingalls, on Little House on the Prairie TV series. Her mother was a restaurant manager, and her father managed a gas station. She graduated from high school in 1959, She skipped two grades serving as the student body's vice-president, and she then entered...
Biography of Qi SHU
Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Ch'i) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei (Cantonese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu. Early career Born to a financially challenged family in Sindian City, Taipei County, the young Shu Qi moved to Hong Kong at the age of 17 where she became a model for nude gir... Biography of Sandra OH
Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a two-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series Grey's Anatomy and her roles in the feature films, Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways. In 2005, Oh made People magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Oh has also won the Screen Actors Guild's award and Genie Award twice each. Early life Oh was born in Nepean, Ontario to middle-class... Biography of January JONES
January Jones (born 5 January 1978) is an American actress and former Abercrombie & Fitch model. She currently appears in the AMC original television drama series Mad Men as young suburban housewife and mother Betty Draper, but may be best known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in American Wedding (2003), from the American Pie comedy film series. Jones has also had supporting roles in Anger Management (2003), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005 she appeared in the film... Biography of Betty BUCKLEY
Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American theater, film, and television actress, composer and producer. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Buckley was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Betty Bob (née Diltz), a dancer and journalist, and Ernest Buckley, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force and dean of engineering. She is the eldest of their four children. She has three brothers - brother Norman Buckley is a movie and television producer. She was crowned "Miss Fort... Biography of Frances McDORMAND
Frances Louise McDormand (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. Early life McDormand was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Canadian parents Noreen, a now retired registered nurse and receptionist, and Vernon McDormand, a Disciples of Christ pastor. McDormand was adopted, and her biological mother may have been one of the parishioners at her father's church. McDormand has a sister, Dorothy A. McDormand, who is an ordained Disci... Biography of Myrna LOY
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. Her most famous role was as Nora Charles, wife of detective Nick Charles (William Powell), in The Thin Man series. In 1938 she was voted the "Queen of Hollywood" in a contest which also voted Clark Gable the "King". Early life She was born Myrna Adele Williams in Radersburg, Montana (near Helena), the daughter of Welsh rancher David Franklin Williams and his wife, Della Mae. Loy's first name came from a tr... Biography of Julie BOWEN
Julie Bowen (born March 3, 1970) is an American film and television actress. Early life Bowen was born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer in Baltimore, Maryland to Suzanne Frey and John Alexander Luetkemeyer, Jr., a real estate agent. She first attended St. George's School and went on to Brown University, majoring in Italian Renaissance studies. In her junior year, Bowen spent a year abroad in Florence, Italy. During college, she had roles in Guys and Dolls, Stage Door and Lemon Sky. Before graduating,... Biography of Félicia BALLANGER
Félicia Ballanger (born June 12, 1971) is a French professional cyclist. Born in La Roche-sur-Yon, she has been 5 times World Champion in both Sprints and 500 m Time Trial, and triple Olympic champion. World Championships Sprints World Champion: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 500 m Time Trial World Champion: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Sprints Runner up: 1994... Biography of Peggy LEE
Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was famous for her "soft and cool" singing style. Though she recorded dozens of hit songs (many of which she wrote or cowrote), Lee might be best known for her interpretation of the Davenport/Cooley composition "Fever" and the song written by her and Dave Barbour, "It's a Good Day." Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life... 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. Her debut album Pieces of You became one of the best selling debut albums of all time going platinum twelve times. Early years Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, the daughter of Nedra Carroll, an artist and personal manager, and Atz Kilcher, an elementary school music teacher, folk singer and social... Biography of Naomi JUDD
Naomi Judd (born Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946 in Ashland, Kentucky) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) With her daughter, Wynonna Judd, Naomi formed the highly successful singing duo known as The Judds, after ending her career as a nurse. Her second daughter, Ashley Judd, is a film and stage actress. As country music's most famous mother/daughter team, The Judds scored twenty top-10 hits (including fifteen #1s) and went undefeated for eigh... Biography of Penny MARSHALL
Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American Golden Globe-nominated actress, producer and director. She was the first woman to direct two films that grossed over $100 million each (Big and A League of Their Own). Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall in The Bronx, New York City, the daughter of Marjorie Irene (née Ward), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a prod... Biography of Dick CAVETT
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Early life Cavett was born in Gibbon, Nebraska, where he was raised, the son of Eva (née Richards) and Alva B. Cavett, both teachers. When grilled by Lucille Ball on his own show about his heritage, he said he was "Scottish, Irish, English, and possibly partly French, and, and uh, a dose of German". He also mentioned one grandfathe... Biography of Justine BATEMAN
Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American actress. Early life Bateman was born in Rye, New York, USA, to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, an acting coach, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Her younger brother is actor Jason Bateman. She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and graduated in 1984. Career In 1984, Bateman starred on the Tales from the Darkside television series in the... Biography of Theda BARA
Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955), an American silent film actress. Movie executives made promotional claims that her stage name was chosen because it is an anagram for "Arab Death." In reality, "Theda" was a childhood nickname for Theodosia. "Bara" was a shortened form of her maternal grandfather's last name, Baranger. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, and was one of cinema's earliest... Biography of Loretta YOUNG
Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah as Gretchen Young (she took the name Michaela at confirmation) she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was three years old. Loretta and her sisters Polly Ann Young and Elizabeth Jane Young (screen name Sally Blane) worked as child actresses, of whom Loretta was the most successful. Young's first role was at age 3 in the silent film The Primr... Biography of Chad HUGO
Charles Hugo (born February 24, 1974), also known as Chase Chad is a Filipino-American, Grammy Award-winning producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes (along with Pharrell Williams) and is a member of funk/rock band N*E*R*D. He is a saxophonist, pianist, and guitarist. Early life Hugo was born in the South Hampton Roads city of Portsmouth, Virginia. He grew up in Virginia Beach with two Filipino parents; his father is a retired Navy officer. ... Biography of Celeste HOLM
Celeste Holm (b. April 29, 1917; some sources indicate 1919) is an American stage, film, and television actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) She is perhaps best remembered for her Academy Award-winning role in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), as well as for her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve (1950). Early life Born in New York City, Holm grew up in Long Valley, New Jersey as an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author, while her father, Theod... Biography of Victoria PRATT
Victoria Ainsle Pratt (born December 18, 1970) is a Canadian actress and fitness model. Her television roles include Once a Thief, Cleopatra 2525, Mutant X, and Day Break. Her film roles include House of the Dead 2. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Pratt was raised in Chesley, Ontario. She graduated summa cum laude in Kinesiology at Toronto's York University and took at job there in the Human Performance Lab, testing such professional athletes including the players of the Toronto Maple L... Biography of Willie AAMES
Willie Aames (born Albert William Upton July 15, 1960 in Orange County (Los Angeles for Imdb), California, U.S.) is an actor best known for the roles of Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, the film Zapped!, Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and the voice of Hank on the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons. He also hosted a game show The Krypton Factor from 1990-91. He played the character of "Robbie Hamlin" on the ABC soap opera Edge of Night. He also originated the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Fe... Biography of Chico MARX
Leonard Marx, known as Chico, (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was one of the Marx Brothers. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) He was originally nicknamed Chicko due to his reputation as a ladies man, or a "chicken chaser" in the popular slang of the day. A typesetter accidentally dropped the "k" in his name and it became Chico. It was still pronounced "Chick-o" although those who were unaware of its origin tended to pronounce it "Cheek-o". Radio recordings from the 1940s exist where announcers a... Biography of Jacques VILLENEUVE
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (IPA: , born April 9, 1971 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a Canadian automobile racing driver. He is the son of legendary Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle (also a racer). Jacques Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship. Alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, the Canadian is one of the rare drivers to achieve all three. Fo... Biography of Busy PHILIPPS
Busy Philipps (born Elizabeth Jean Philipps on June 25, 1979, in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American film actress known for a starring role in the acclaimed 2002 film Home Room, and supporting roles in the 2004 Wayans brothers film White Chicks, and on the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. She appeared on the UPN sitcom Love, Inc., in a role originally intended for Shannen Doherty. The show lasted for one season (2005-2006) before being canceled. Since Fall 2006, she had a major ... Biography of Kurt GODEL
Kurt Gödel (IPA: ) (April 28, 1906 Brno (Brünn), Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) – January 14, 1978 Princeton, New Jersey) was an Austrian American mathematician and philosopher. One of the most significant logicians of all time, Gödel's work has had immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century, a time when many, such as Bertrand Russell, A. N. Whitehead and David Hilbert, were attempting to use logic and set theory to understand the foundations of mathem... Biography of Esha DEOL
Esha Deol, (Punjabi : ਏਸ਼ ਦੇਓਲ੍, Tamil:ஈஷா தியோல், Hindi:ईशा देओल )(born November 2, 1982) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of the famous couple of Bollywood, Dharmendra and Hema Malini. Personal life Esha is eldest daughter of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She is the half-sister of Sunny Deol and Bobby Deo... Biography of Victoria SHAW
Victoria Shaw (25 May 1935 - 17 August 1988) was an Australian-born American actress. She was born Jeanette Elphick. She studied modelling with June Dally-Watkins before making her Australian screen debut opposite Chips Rafferty in The Phantom Stockman (1953). Bob Hope spotted her while touring Australia and urged her to try her luck in Hollywood, where in 1955 she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures. She played opposite Tyrone Power in The Eddie Duchin Story (1956). Her subsequent fi... Biography of Faith EVANS
Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Often referred to as the 'First Lady of Hip-Hop and R&B', she is also the widow of the Notorious B.I.G. For over a decade, she has worked with numerous successful artists such as Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Kelly Price, Whitney Houston, Usher, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, A Tribe Called Quest, DMX, Nas, 112, Twista, The Game, and Carl Thomas. Evans was born in Lakeland,... Biography of Tracy POLLAN
Tracy Jo Pollan (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress. Early life Pollan was born in Long Island to Jewish American parents Corky and Stephen M. Pollan; she has two sisters and a brother, author Michael Pollan. Pollan is perhaps best-known for her recurring role as Ellen Reed on the sitcom Family Ties in the mid-1980s. It was on this show that she met her future husband, actor Michael J. Fox. Personal life The couple married July 16, 1988 and have four children: Sam Michael (bor... Biography of Roxanne GALLA
Roxanne Galla, born November 9, 1975 in Houston, is an American actress and model. Her descent is 50% Polish and the rest mixed Scottish, Irish, Czech.... Biography of TRE COOL (GREEN DAY)
Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, Germany) is the drummer of the punk rock band Green Day. He replaced the band's former drummer Al Sobrante. Frank Edwin Wright III was born December 9, 1972 in Frankfurt, West Germany, making him the youngest member of Green Day. He lived in Willits, California with his father and his two older siblings. His father, a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, decided to move the family there to insulate them upon his return to ... Biography of Lauren TEWES
(Cynthia) Lauren Tewes (IPA: , born in Braddock, Pennsylvania on October 26, 1954) is an American actress best known for playing Cruise Director Julie McCoy on the sitcom The Love Boat. Ms. Tewes attended Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. She also studied at the University of California at Riverside, California where she won the 1st Annual Chancellor's Award for Excellence in the Theatre. She made her stage debut in "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre in Califo... Biography of Lady Bird JOHNSON
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, having been the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for beautification of the nation's cities and highways and conservation of natural resources, and made that her major initiative as First Lady. After leaving the White House in 1969 and her husband's death in 1973, Lady Bird became an entrepreneur, creating the $150 mil...
Biography of Jean TIGANA
Jean Amadou Tigana (born 23 June 1955 in Bamako, Mali) is a football manager and former player, having played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and 1 goal for the France national football team during the 1980s. Playing career Tigana started his professional career as a player at Toulon, having been spotted fairly late playing part-time while employed in a spaghetti factory and then as a postman. He moved to Lyon in 1978 and ... Biography of Maggie CHEUNG
Maggie Cheung (traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese Yale: Jèung Maahn Yuhk; born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 80 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. Her merchant-class family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she wa... Biography of Janine TURNER
Janine Turner (née Gauntt; born December 6, 1962) is an American Emmy-nominated actress, most widely known for her starring role on the prime time television show Northern Exposure. From 2000 to 2002, she appeared on the Lifetime original series Strong Medicine. In 2008, Turner became a published author when Thomas Nelson released Holding Her Head High: Inspiration from 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History. Career In 1978, at the age of 15, she left home to pur... Biography of Melanie CHISHOLM
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside), also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality best known as one of the five members of the English girl group Spice Girls, who was nicknamed "Sporty Spice". As a solo artist she has released four albums and was nominated for a BRIT and ECHO Awards. Chisholm holds the record for most United Kingdom number-one singles by a female co-writer (equal with Madonna). She is also thir... Biography of Ira GERSHWIN
Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me," and the opera Porgy and Bess. The success the brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative... Biography of Markie POST
Marjorie Armstrong Post (born on November 4, 1950, in Palo Alto, California) is an actress, best known for her 1985–1992 role as Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court, and as bail bonds contractor Terri in The Fall Guy from 1982 to 1985. Personal life Post is the daughter of scientist Richard F. Post, who is famous for his patents in the fields of nuclear fusion, particle accelerators, and electronic and mechanical energy storage. Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California, an... Biography of Jane ASHER
Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television career. Asher is known for her starring role as the main character Faith Ashley in the 1987 British TV drama Wish Me Luck, and for her trademark red hair. She has appeared in numerous film and television dramas. Early life Asher was the second of three children born to Dr. Richard Alan John and Margaret Asher, née Eliot, in Willesden, north-west London . Her father was a phy... Biography of Shannon LUCIO
Shannon Lucio (born August 17, 1980) is an American actress who gained fame playing Lindsay Gardner on The O.C., a new girl in town who gained the romantic attention of Ryan Atwood. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC). She was cast in the lead female role of the CBS television drama Moonlight (2007), but was replaced by Sophia Myles in June 2007. Filmography Film Feast of Love (2007) .... as Janey (with Morgan Freeman and Fred Ward) The Cantina Bar Tales (... Biography of Lisa Nicole CARSON
Lisa Nicole Carson (born July 12, 1969) is an American actress. Carson was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent her adolescence in Gainesville, Florida, attending F. W. Buchholz High School and graduating in June, 1987. Carson was noted for her talented singing voice, which contributed largely to her placing as a runner-up in the 1986 America's Junior Miss scholarship/talent pageant for the state of Florida. After she graduated high school, she moved back to New York to pursue a career as an ... Biography of Megan WARD
Megan Marie Ward (born September 24, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her numerous credits in science fiction and horror movies and television series. In 2007, she joined the cast of the American daytime drama General Hospital as Kate Howard. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Ward was the youngest of four siblings, and her parents were both professional actors and drama coaches. When Ward was four years old, the family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. At the age of nin... Biography of David MAMET
David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity. As a playwright, he received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). His recent books include Th... Biography of Polly WALKER
Polly Walker (born 19 May 1966 in Warrington, Cheshire) is an English actress. Education Walker's first school was Silverdale Preparatory West Acton, London. Early career Walker began her career as a dancer, but had to abandon dancing after an injury at the age of 18. She moved from the Drama Centre in London to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played bit parts for six months before graduating to small roles on television. Film and television roles Walker landed the ... Biography of Francesca NERI
Francesca Neri (born February 10, 1964) is an Italian actress. Neri was born in Trento, the daughter of actress Rosalba Neri. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997). She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award (Italy's equivalent of the Oscar), as Best Actress in ... Biography of Martha SMITH
Martha Smith (born Martha Anne Smith on October 16, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American model and actress. She is sometimes credited as Martha L. Smith. Martha Smith has starred in 13 movies, such as National Lampoon's Animal House, and has appeared in several TV series as a guest star. She was a regular on the adventure series Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and appeared as a frequent panelist on The $25,000 Pyramid. Later on, she got into real estate and also got involved in the political refo... Biography of Roger PIANTONI
Roger Piantoni (born 26 December 1931) is a former French footballer. Club career 1950-57 : FC Nancy 1957-64 : Stade de Reims 1964-66 : OGC Nice Honors 3rd place at the 1958 FIFA World Cup with France. Finalist of the European Champions Cup in 1959 with Reims. Champion of Ligue 1 (France) in 1958, 1960 and 1962 with Reims. Top goalscorers in Ligue 1 in 1951 with Nancy and in 1961 with Reims. Champion of Coupe de France in 1958 with Reims. Champion of Coupe Mohamed V in... Biography of Ian HOLM
Sir Ian Holm, CBE (born 12 September 1931) is an English award-winning actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element and the android Ash in Alien. Early life Holm was born Ian Holm Cuthbert in Ilford, the son of "relatively elderly" Scottish parents Jean Holm (née Wilson), a nurse, and Dr. James Harvey Cuthbert, a psychiatrist who worked ... Biography of Ariana RICHARDS
Ariana Richards (born September 11, 1979) is an American actress and professional painter. Richards was born Ariana Clarice Richards in Healdsburg, California, the daughter of Darielle (née Parmelee), a public relations representative and film producer, and Gary Richards. Her sister, Bethany, is also an actress. Richards is of Irish and Italian descent, and is a descendant of Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli. Richards Graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in drama and fine arts, ... Biography of Lexa DOIG
Alexandra L. Doig (born June 8, 1973) is a Canadian actress, known by her stage name Lexa Doig. She is perhaps best known for her role as Rommie in the science fiction TV series Andromeda, and had a recurring character (Carolyn Lam) on Stargate SG-1. Career At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked up by an agent. Doig did commercials and model work, before dropping out of high school during her final year to pursue an acting career. She worked on stage produc... Biography of Neha DHUPIA
Neha Dhupia (Hindi:नेहा धूपिया), born on August 27, 1980 in Cochin, is an Indian model, actress and former Femina Miss India 2002. Early life Neha was born to Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, who is in the Indian Navy and mother Manpinder. She has a brother, Hardeep. Born in Cochin, Neha went to Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi and completed her Graduation in History (Hons)from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi. Neha started... Biography of Jean-Luc BILODEAU
Jean-Luc Bilodeau was born on November 4, 1990 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bilodeau is an actor best known for his role of Josh Trager in the ABC Family channel program Kyle XY. Bilodeau first appeared in a film called Ill Fated (2004) in which he played the role of young Bobby. He has been cast in a horror movie named Trick 'r Treat, set to be released in 2008. Attending Holy Cross Regional High School Personal Info Jean-Luc is the son of Raymond and Barb Bilodeau. He has one sis... Biography of Mary Lynn RAJSKUB
Mary Lynn Rajskub (sometimes credited as Marylynn Rajskub) (pronounced /ˈraɪskʌb/ "RICE-cub") (born June 22, 1971) is an American actress, artist, and stand-up comedian of Czech and Irish descent. Born and raised in Trenton, Michigan, Rajskub later moved to Los Angeles where she became one of the original cast members of Mr. Show, and also had roles on The Larry Sanders Show, Veronica's Closet, the US version of The Sketch Show, News Radio, and 24. In her time on Mr. Show, s... Biography of Mare WINNINGHAM
Mary Megan Winningham (b. May 16, 1959) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress and singer. Early life Winningham was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Northridge, California, with three brothers and one sister. Her father was the chairman of the Department of Physical Education at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and her mother was an English teacher and college counselor at a local high school. She credits her first interest in acting to see... Biography of Dean STOCKWELL
Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American film and television actor, active for over 60 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap, and currently appears in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica as Brother Cavil. Career Stockwell began his acting career at age seven. Some of his notable child roles include that of Robert Shannon in The Green Years (1946), as well as playi... Biography of Catarina FURTADO
Catarina Furtado, born August 25, 1972 in Lisbon, is an actress, screenwriter, radio host and TV host. She is the wife of João Reis (July 7, 2005). She has two children. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0299129/ ) Animal (2005) .... Kissed Woman Love Online (2005) (TV) .... Laura "Música no Ar" (2005) Série TV .... Various Roles "A Ferreirinha" (2004) Série TV .... Ana Plácido Maria E as Outras (2004) .... Maria "Ganância" .... Isabel Melo Gomes (6 episodes, 2001) ... Biography of Lane GARRISON
Lane Edward Garrison (born May 23, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series Prison Break. Early life Garrison was born in Dallas, Texas on May 23, 1980 and raised in Richardson, Texas. Due to the troubled relationship with his mother, Garrison moved out at seventeen and turned to the family minister, Joe Simpson, who is also the manager and father of pop stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Garrison lived with the Simpson fam... Biography of Jean SIMMONS
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (born January 31, 1929) is an Oscar-nominated English actress. Simmons was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in 2003. Career Born in Crouch Hill, London, England, Simmons began acting at the age of 14. Prior to moving to Hollywood, she distinguished herself in such roles as the young Estella in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946) and Ophelia in Olivier's opus Hamlet in 1948. By this time, she was already well known for her work in other British ... Biography of APL.DE.AP
Allan Pineda Lindo, (b. 28 November 1974) better known as apl.de.ap, is a hip hop musician, record producer, and member of the The Black Eyed Peas. He was born in the Barangay (Barrio) of Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, in the Philippines, to a Filipina mother and African American father. Early life apl.de.ap is an original member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas where he is the main composer. His father, a U.S. soldier stationed at nearby Clark Air Base, abandoned the family sh... Biography of Sylvie DESARMENIEN
Sylvie Desarmenien, born October 21, 1962 in Saint-Etienne, is a French singer and artist. External link: her Web site... Biography of Tim CONWAY
Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933, in Willoughby, Ohio) is an American comedic actor. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway. He was born in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb Willoughby and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, majoring in speech and radio. After graduating, he joined the Army, following which he took a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio stati... Biography of Ingrid THULIN
Ingrid Thulin (Swedish IPA: ) (27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress. Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) She was born as a fisherman's daughter in Sollefteå, Ångermanland in northern Sweden. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre's School in 1948. For years she worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, where she developed her personal style, acting with neurotic intensity in Winter Light (1962), The Silence (1963) and Cries and ... Biography of MS. DYNAMITE
Ms Dynamite (born Niomi MacLean-Daley on 26 April 1981) is a Mercury Prize-winning English R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, and rapper. Ms Dynamite was born and raised in Archway, a district in North London, to a Scottish mother and a Jamaican father. She grew up listening to reggae and hip hop music. Though she wanted to become a schoolteacher or social worker, her biggest aspiration was to be a musician. She is the eldest of eleven siblings, one of which is a grime artist known as Akala,... Biography of Rebecca CARTWRIGHT
Rebecca "Bec" June Hewitt (née Cartwright) (born July 23, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer. Background Hewitt is known for her acting career, as Rebecca Cartwright and later Bec Cartwright, in Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Water Rats and Totally Wild, and she is best known for her role as Hayley Smith in the soap opera Home and Away. After her marriage to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt she changed her name to Bec Hewitt. Career Hewitt starred i... Biography of Alessandra NEGRINI
Alessandra Negrini, born August 29, 1970 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress and model. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624487/ ) "Paraíso Tropical" .... Paula / ... (175 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 28 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula/Taís - Episode dated 27 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode dated 26 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode dated 25 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode... Biography of Chris KATTAN
Christopher Lee Kattan (born October 19, 1970) is an American comedian and actor, best known for his work on the sketch show Saturday Night Live. Biography Personal life Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (né Jerome C. Kattan), is an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E. Biro, was in Playboy in the 1960s. His father is of Iraqi Jewish descent and his mother is a Hungarian-born Buddhist. The two d...
Biography of Perrine PELEN
Perrine Pelen (born July 3, 1960) was a French Alpine skier. Achievements 1980 Olympics – bronze in slalom 1982 World Championships – silver in slalom, silver in alpine combined 1984 Olympics – silver medal in slalom, bronze in the giant slalom 1985 World Championships – gold medal in the slalom Perrine Pelen won 14 competitions in the World Cup. And won the overall slalom World Cup in the 1980 World Cup (second overall in the 1977 World Cup and in the 1978 World Cup World Cup... Biography of Veronica CARTWRIGHT
Veronica A. Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is an English/American actress. Cartwright was born in Bristol, England, the sister of actress Angela Cartwright, who appeared in The Sound of Music (1965) and in the television series Lost in Space. Veronica Cartwright began her career as a child actress in 1958, with a role in In Love and War. Among her early appearances was a semi-regular part in the television series Leave it to Beaver (1959) (as "Violet Rutherford") and an episode of The Twili... Biography of Nia VARDALOS
Nia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Golden Globe-nominated Canadian-American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer. Biography Personal life Vardalos was born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Greek Canadian parents Doreen, a bookkeeper and homemaker, and Constantine "Gus" Vardalos, a land developer who worked in business. She attended Ryerson University. Vardalos married actor Ian Gomez on September 5, 1993 (her husband ... Biography of Ilka CHASE
Ilka Chase (April 8, 1900 – February 15, 1978) was an American actress and novelist. Born in New York City and educated at convent and boarding schools in the United States, England, and France, she was the only child of Edna Woolman Chase, the editor in chief of Vogue magazine, and her first husband, Francis Dane Chase. She was married three times and divorced twice: (1) Louis Calhern, 1926-1927; (2) William B. Murray, a radio executive, 1935-1946; and (3) Dr. Norton Sager Brown, 1946-197... Biography of Mädchen AMICK
Mädchen Amick est une actrice américaine, née le 12 décembre 1970 à Sparks (Nevada). Elle est mariée à David Alexis depuis 1992 et a 2 enfants. Elle fut mannequin pour l'agence Elite. Elle mesure 1,68m. Filmographie 1989 Alerte à Malibu (Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier) (série télévisée) dans le rôle de Laurie Harris (episode 1.0) 1989 Star Trek : La nouvelle génération (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (série télévisée) dans le rôle de Anya (episode 2.10) 1990 Jury Duty: The Comedy (... Biography of Carolina KASTING
Carolina Kasting, born July 12, 1975 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, is a Brazilian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440974/ ) "Malhação" .... Beatrice (1 episode, 1999-2007) ... aka Malhação - Múltipla Escolha (Brazil: sixth season title) ... aka New Wave - Episode #14.1 (2007) TV episode .... Beatrice "Profeta, O" .... Laura (38 episodes, 2006-2007) - Episode dated 11 May 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Laura - Episode dated 25 April 2007 (2007) T... Biography of Missy CRIDER
Melissa Crider - or Missy Crider - is an American actress, born June 13, 1974 in Columbia, South Carolina. She was engaged to actor James Wood in 1997. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187811/ ) Blossom (2008) (filming) .... Roxy Butterfly Dreaming (2008) .... Tess Along the Way (2007) .... Jordan "Without a Trace" .... Mia Jones (1 episode, 2007) ... aka W.A.T (USA: short title) - One and Only (2007) TV episode .... Mia Jones "24" .... Rita (4 episodes, 2007) ... Biography of Cindy EGA
Cindy Ega, born August 1979 in Nanterre, is a French athlete and runner, specialist in 400 metre hurdles.... Biography of Kimberley KATES
Kimberley Kates (also credited as Kimberly Kates or Kimberley LaBelle) was born in Louisiana (source: Imdb) and grew up in California and Montana. She has appeared in numerous films and television series, including one of the first Seinfeld episodes. Her first film was Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, in which she played Princess Elizabeth, her best-known role. She is credited on a certain incorrect database site as having a birth name of Kimberley Lebel. This is inaccurate as is other infor... Biography of Gloria GRAHAME
Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 - October 5, 1981) was an Academy Award-winning American film actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Grahame was born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Jean McDougal, who used the stage name Jean Grahame, was a stage actress and acting teacher who taught Gloria acting during her childhood and adolescence. She was signed to a contact with MGM Studios after Louis B. Mayer saw her performing on Broadway. Career Changing her n... Biography of Philippe GILDAS
Philippe Leprêtre, best known as Philippe Gildas, born November 12, 1935 in Auray (Morbihan), is a French journalist, TV host, radio host and sometimes actor. He is the husband of Maryse Gildas, French radio host. Filmography Tanguy (2001) Bécassine - Le trésor viking (2001) Élie annonce Semoun (2000) L'amour en prime (1996) (TV) Ma femme me quitte (1996) Le moustique (1980) (TV) Nous irons tous au paradis (1977)... Biography of Lauren AMBROSE
Lauren Ambrose (born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso, 20 February 1978) is an American film and television actress, best known for portraying the character Claire Fisher on the popular HBO drama Six Feet Under. Biography Personal life Ambrose was born in New Haven, Connecticut of Italian descent on her father's side, and attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, Wilbur Cross High School, High School in the Community, and the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven. She ... Biography of Benjamin HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician. During the American Civil War Harrison served as a Brigadier General in the XXI Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. After the war he unsuccessfully ran for the governorship of Indiana, but was later elected to the U.S. Senate.... Biography of Leslie HAMILTON
Leslie Hamilton, born September 1956 in Salibury, is the twin sister of actress Linda Hamilton. Hamilton was born in Salisbury, Maryland to a physician father who died in a car accident when she was five. Linda has a a twin sister, one older sister and one younger brother. 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 Wicomico Junior High (now Wicomico Middle School) and Wicomico High School in ... Biography of Jamie CHUNG
Jamie Ji-Lynn Chung, born April 10, 1983 in San Francisco, is an American actress of Korean descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1512166/ ) Sorority Row (2009) (post-production) .... Claire Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (2009) (VG) (post-production) .... Takara Burning Palms (2009) (post-production) .... Ginny Bai Princess Protection Program (2009) (TV) (completed) .... Chelsea "Castle" .... Romy (1 episode, 2009) - Hedge Fund Homeboys (2009) TV e... Biography of Sophia MYLES
Sophia Myles (pronounced /soʊ'fаɪə/, born 18 March 1980) is an English film and television actress. Family and early life Myles was born in London. Her father, Peter Myles, is an Anglican vicar in Isleworth, West London. Her mother, Jane, works in educational publishing. Myles' maternal grandmother was Russian. She grew up in Notting Hill, where her father worked at the church of St. George the Martyr, and attend Fox Primary School. At the age of eleven, Myles moved with... Biography of Amber BRKICH
Amber Joy Brkich Mariano (born August 11, 1978 in Beaver, Pennsylvania) is an American reality TV contestant who was the winner of Survivor: All-Stars, and previously was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback. On May 9, 2004, she accepted fellow All-Stars competitor Rob Mariano's proposal of marriage on live television. Early life Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Beaver, Pennsylvania to Croatian parents, Brkich went to Beaver Area High School. She is a graduate of Westminster Coll... Biography of Vikash DHORASOO
Vikash Dhorasoo (Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ) (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a former French professional football midfielder. He has scored one goal in eighteen matches for the French national team, and he represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He is a skillful attacking midfielder. Born near Le Havre in Normandy, Dhorasoo began his football career with Le Havre AC, where he made his debut in a 0-0 draw... Biography of Isabel LUCAS
Isabel Lucas (born January 29, 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress of Swiss descent, perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on popular Australian television soap opera Home and Away until 2006 and for her active role in various environmental awareness organizations including Greenpeace International. Lucas moved to Los Angeles in early 2008. Lucas' current projects include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Rights Revoked (2009), a documentary s... Biography of Jurnee SMOLLETT
Jurnee Diana Smollett (born October 1, 1986) is an American actress. Biography Smollett was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Janet and Joel Smollett. The fourth of six performing siblings, she received critical acclaim for her title role in the finely crafted independent Eve's Bayou (1997). The performance earned her a Young Star Award nomination. The young thespian pulled ahead of her brothers and sisters with her bracing portrayal of a ten-year-old who finds her father (Sa... Biography of Vanessa FERLITO
Vanessa Ferlito (born December 28, 1980) is an American actress. She is of Italian American descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents who owned a local hair salon. Her father died when she was three years old. Ferlito portrayed Claudia during 24's third season and had a small part in Spider-Man 2, but she is mostly known for her role as Detective Aiden Burn on CSI: New York. She chose to leave the show because she wanted to go back to New York. Ferlito gave birth to her first c... Biography of Dorothy MALONE
Dorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Malone was born Dorothy Eloise Maloney in Chicago, Illinois. The family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she worked as a child model and began acting in school plays at Ursuline Convent and Highland Park High School. While performing at Southern Methodist University, she was spotted by a talent agent for RKO and was signed to a studio contract, making her film debut in 1943 in The Falcon and the Co-Eds. Much of ... Biography of Wally COX
Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States. Early life and education Cox was born in Detroit, Michigan. He moved with his divorced mother, mystery author Eleanor Atkinson and a younger sister to Evanston, Illinois, when he was about 10, where he met and became close friends with another neighborhood child, Marlon Brando. Cox's family moved fairly frequently, eve... Biography of Patty LOVELESS
Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky, raised in Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Louisville, Kentucky) is an American country music singer. Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass genres. Loveless rose to stardom thanks to her blend of hon... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||