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955 celebrities 5' 8" tall have been found. Add to favourites (766 fans)Biography of Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR. She is frequently cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. Though she made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical fil... Add to favourites (190 fans)Biography of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler) from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Germany from 1934 until 1945. Hitler was also the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), the Nazi Party. Hitler gained power during Germany's period of crisis following World War I. Using propaganda and charismatic oratory, he appealed to the economic needs of the lower and middle classes, while sounding resonant chords of nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-communism. With the establishment of a restructured economy, a rearmed military, and a totalitarian regime, Hitler pursued an aggressive foreign policy with the intention of expanding German Lebensraum (living space). This triggered World... Add to favourites (213 fans)Biography of Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress who began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 1990s. She is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of Chicago.... Add to favourites (203 fans)Biography of Rihanna
Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 (birth time source: 'Rihanna' by Simon Henwood/Rihanna)), is a Barbadian singer. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados. She is the first Barbadian artist to win a Grammy Award.a Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. She has attained five Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far ("SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia" and T.I.'s "Live Your Life"). Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album, Music of the Sun, which features the hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS". In 2007, Rihanna released her third studio al... Add to favourites (263 fans)Biography of Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (IPA: ) is a French actress. She has worked in international films such as Braveheart and The World is Not Enough. Early life Sophie Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu on November 17, 1966 in Paris, France, the second child of Benoît and Simone Maupu. Her father, Benoît, a veteran of the Algerian War, worked as a truck driver, painter, and bartender; her mother, Simone, was a demonstrator in department stores. Her brother Sylvain is three years older. Career Marceau started her career at age 14 when Claude Pinoteau cast her in the starring role of the teenager movie La Boum (1980). The hardworking family lived a humble working class life that left Marceau with generally fond memories of childhood. During the week, she was busy helping out at the resta... Add to favourites (214 fans)Biography of Katy Perry
Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 (source for her birth time: Katy Perry: A Life of Fireworks by Chloe Govan) is an American singer-songwriter. She has risen to prominence with her 2008 single "I Kissed a Girl" which has become a worldwide hit topping the charts in more than 20 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland. In the United States, the song is also noted for being the 1000th chart-topper of the Rock Era. Perry has a contralto vocal range. Early life Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. The middle child of two pastors, she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church. She graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California in 2003 and immediately moved to Los Angeles at t... Add to favourites (141 fans)Biography of Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 (birth time source, birth certificate, Kathryn Farmer, Astrodatabank) – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Her list of awards includes two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. Inspired by prominent soul singers in her family, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and her godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel ch... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Tuba Buyukustun
Tuba Buyukustun (Hatice Tuba Büyüküstün), born July 5, 1982 in Istanbul, is a Turkish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1735048/ ) "Asi" .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu (22 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode #1.29 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.28 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.27 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.25 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.24 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu (17 more) Sinav (2006) .... Zeynep Erez Ask yolu (2006) (TV) .... Deniz Babam Ve Oglum (2005) ... aka My Father and My Son (International: English title) ... aka My Father and Son (International: English title) "Ihlamurlar altinda" (200... Add to favourites (159 fans)Biography of Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 (birth time source: Bravo Magazine Nov. 2000)), better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The same magazine has declared him The Kin... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan (Devanagari: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Nastaleeq: شاهرخ خان, pronunciation: /ʃɑːhrux xɑːn/) born November 2, 1965, is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and was recently the host of the popular game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Personal life Shah Rukh Khan was born to a Muslim family but was raised by Hindus for most of his life. His father Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom activist of Pathan background. He used to spend his time leisurely at chandanichowk in delhi. He was very fond of Tea and rumors are that he had a tea stall from the Niazi tribe, and Lateef Fatima, who was the daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Ra... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Salman Khan
Salman Khan (Hindi: सलमान ख़ान)(pronunciation: /səlmɑːn xɑːn/), born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh is a popular Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies. Taking part in some of Bollywood's biggest hits, along with his critically acclaimed performances, today he is considered to be one of the biggest superstars and leading actors in the industry. Career Salman made his acting debut in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi where he played a supporting role. His first leading role in a Bollywood movie was in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic film Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). The film went on to become one of India's highest grossing films. It also won him a Filmfare Best... Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall GCVO (Camilla Rosemary; née Shand, previously Parker Bowles; born 17 July 1947 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and member of the British Royal Family. By her second marriage she shares her husband's titles as Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester and Baroness of Renfrew. Although she is the Princess of Wales because of her marriage to the Prince of Wales, she prefers to be known by the secondary titles of Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay out of respect for her husband's first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. She chooses to be known as the Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, and as the Duchess of Cornwall elsewhere. As he is the future Supreme Governor of the Church of... Add to favourites (90 fans)Biography of Courtney Love
Courtney Love (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Rolling Stone has called Love "the most controversial woman in the history of rock." Early life Courtney Love was born on July 9, 1964, at 2:08 p.m., in San Francisco, California, where her parents first met and married. Her mother, Linda Carroll (born Risi), and father, Hank Harrison, had known each other only a few months when Carroll became pregnant. Love's biological family broke apart rapidly while she was still very young. During a child custody case following Love's parents' divorce, both her mother and one of her girlfriends presented letters t... Add to favourites (83 fans)Biography of Maria Callas
Maria Callas (December 3, 1923 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career, the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed La Divina. Born in New York and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime pover... Add to favourites (136 fans)Biography of Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Nietzsche began his career as a philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he became Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, but resigned in 1879 due to health problems, which would plague him for most of his life. In 1889 he exhibited symptoms of a serious mental illness, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900.... Add to favourites (92 fans)Biography of Jessica Biel
Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982 (birth time source: a comment at http://forum.astro.com/cgi/forum.cgi?num=1000039679/60)) is an American actress and former fashion model, and probably best known for her role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven and her roles in Hollywood feature films, most notably Summer Catch (2001), the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Illusionist (2006). Early life Jessica Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota to Jonathan Edward Biel and Kimberly Conroe. Biel, who has a younger brother, Justin, grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where her family had moved when she was very young. She initially trained to become a vocalist with the hope of performing in musical theater and appeared in several musicals at an early age inclu... Add to favourites (130 fans)Biography of Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982 (birth time source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/bio)) is an American film and stage actress. Hathaway made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but her first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (2001), which established her career. She continued to appear in Disney films in the next three years, and she had the lead roles in Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004). Hathaway took more creative control over her career in 2005 and co-starred in the adult-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she starred opposite Meryl Streep, has become the highest-grossing film of her career, and Becoming Jane, in which she stars as Ja... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Brigitte Lahaie
Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigade Van Meerhaegue on October 12, 1955, in Tourcoing, France) is a notable French porn actress who began her career at the age of 20 performing in pornographic films from 1976 through 1980. In 1980, having become a kind of idol of the French adult film industry's golden age, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appeared in more "traditional" movies and "big" productions, such as I comme Icare (Henri Verneuil, 1980) in which she played a stripper, and in Pour la peau d'un flic (Alain Delon, 1981) in which she played a nurse. However, she also made some softcore and Nazi exploitation "video nasties" during this time. At the end of her acting career, she became famous in the general public by participating in the famous French radio show, Les Gr... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī About this sound audio (help·info); 7 June 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi play /ˈmoʊ.əmɑr ɡəˈdɑːfi/ or Colonel Gaddafi, was the autocratic ruler of Libya from 1969, when he seized power in a bloodless military coup, until 2011 when his government was overthrown in a civil war which consisted of a popular uprising aided by a foreign intervention. His 42-year rule prior to the uprising made him the fourth longest-ruling non-royal leader since 1900, as well as the longest-ruling Arab lead... Add to favourites (102 fans)Biography of Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. Early life Born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut to Susan Jordan (née Ryan), a former English teacher, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher, she went by the name Peggy (also her grandmother's nickname) as a child. She has two sisters, Dana and Annie, and a brother, Andrew. Ryan was raised in the Catholic religion and graduated from Saint Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield, where her mother taught the sixth grade. There, Ryan was confirmed into the Catholic Church, choosing Anne as her confirmation name. Ryan's mother had appeared in one television commercial and later worked briefly as an assistant casting director in New York City. She s... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /'kɑnjeɪ/) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia (birth time source: Blender Magazine, October 2007)) is an American record producer and rapper who rose to widespread fame in the early 2000s. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, and is working on his delayed third album, scheduled to be released on September 11, 2007, called Graduation. His first two albums, The College Dropout and Late Registration, received numerous awards (including six Grammys) , critical acclaim and high commercial success. Kanye West also runs his own record label, GOOD Music . West's mascot and trademark is a teddy bear, which has appeared on the covers of his three albums as well as the single cover for his song... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Arielle Dombasle
Arielle Dombasle (born Arielle Laure Maxime Sonnery de Fromental on April 27, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut (birth time source: Patrick de Jabrun)) is a French-American singer and actress. Her breakthrough roles were in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach and Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Blue Villa. She became known to American audiences through her appearances on Miami Vice and the 1984 miniseries Lace. Childhood The daughter of Francion Garreau-Dombasle and Jean-Louis Sonnery de Fromental, a silk manufacturer, Dombasle and her brother, Gilbert, were raised in Mexico by their maternal grandparents after their mother died in 1964. (Her father later married a painter, Laurence de Lubersac.) Her maternal grandfather, Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, was a close friend of and advisor to Charles de G... Add to favourites (55 fans)Biography of Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. Since the 1960s Fonda has appeared in several movies. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She initially announced her retirement from acting in 1991, and said for many years that she would never act again, but she returned to film in 2005 with Monster in Law, and later Georgia Rule released in 2007. She also produced and starred in several exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995. Fonda has served as an activist for many political causes, one of the most notable and controversial of which was her opposition to the Vietnam War. She has also protested the Iraq War and violence again... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian triple Formula One world champion. He died following an accident whilst leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in Italy. Character Beyond his exceptional driving skills Senna was one of the sport's most compelling personalities. Intensely introspective and extremely passionate, he used driving as a means for self-discovery, and racing as a metaphor for life: “The harder I push, the more I find within myself. I am always looking for the next step, a different world to go into, areas where I have not been before. It’s lonely driving a Grand Prix car, but very absorbing. I have experienced new sensations and I want more. That is my excitement, my motivation.” Starkly contrasting to Senna's intense and unyield... Add to favourites (64 fans)Biography of Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born on 21 July 1971 (1971-07-21) (age 35)) is an Anglo-French actress and singer. Gainsbourg was born in London, England and raised in Paris, France. Her father is Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin. Career Gainsbourg made her motion picture début playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film Paroles et musique. In 1986, Gainsbourg won a César Award for "Most Promising Actress" for L'effrontée, and in 2000 she won "Best Supporting Actress" for the film La Bûche. In 1994, Gainsbourg made her stage debut in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse. Gainsbourg has sung the title song in three of her films and has released two albums. In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If"... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress best known internationally as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only. She is also recognised for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire, and in the internationally successful French film Too Beautiful For You. Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1990s. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. Since 1997 she is the life companion of French actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005.... Add to favourites (45 fans)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 Omdurman. At the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years Churchill held numerous political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War he served as President of the Board of Trade and Home Secretary during the Liberal governments. In the First World War Churchill served in numerous po... Add to favourites (86 fans)Biography of Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951 (birth time source: the Wilsons, Astrodatabank)) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. He has had starring roles on television, stage, and film. Personal life Williams' first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on June 4, 1978, with whom he has one child, Zachary (born April 1983). The marriage ended in 1988. On April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces. They have two children, Zelda Ray (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan (born November 25, 1991). Williams currently resides in a large house in the upper-income Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco. Incidentally, Williams is good friends with film director Chris Columbus who is also a San Francisco resident. He also has a summer house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Williams has... Add to favourites (80 fans)Biography of Kate Beckinsale
Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and Underworld (2003). Early life Kate Beckinsale was born in London to Judy Loe, a stage and television actress, and Richard Beckinsale, a television actor who died in 1979 at the age of 31. She has a paternal half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Beckinsale's paternal great-grandfather was Burmese, and Beckinsale has said that she was "very oriental-looking" as a child. Beckinsale attended the private Godolphin and Latymer School, and in her teens twice won the W. H. Smith Young Writers' competition — once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a rebellious adolescence, including a period of anorexia and st... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. He was the oldest and shortest member of the band, and the last to join the now familiar 'Fab Four' line-up. Early years He was born and raised in the working class Dingle area of Liverpool, England. Starr's parents split up when he was three years old; his mother, Elsie, married Harry Graves, whom Starr liked and who encouraged his interest in music. His childhood was filled with long hospital stays—an appendicitis-caused coma and a cold-turned-pleurisy were among his ailments—consequently, he fell far behind in school. After his last extended visit to the hospital, beginning at age thirteen, he did not return to school. His... Add to favourites (133 fans)Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Marlène Mourreau
Marlène was the Monegasque representative]] in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in French by Dominique Dussault. The song is a paean to Marlene Dietrich, whom Dussault famously refers to as "a silhouette in Sexyrama" at one point in the lyrics, before comparing her appearance to that of the star and concluding that she will never live up to the standards of her idol. The song was performed tenth on the night (following Spain's Julio Iglesias with Gwendolyne and preceding Germany's Katja Ebstein with Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder). At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 8th in a field of 12. It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1971 Contest by Séverine with Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue.... Biography of Petra Verkaik
Petra Charlotte Verkaik (born November 4, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an adult model known for her many appearances in Playboy publications. Verkaik is the most published woman in Playboy history with appearances in over 70 Playboy magazines and Special Editions in the U.S. The prodigiously endowed Verkaik was Playmate of the Month for December 1989 after first appearing in the Great Playmate Hunt Special Edition in February 1989. As she describes it, "Playboy just bounced off my chest and fell into my lap." She owes her exotic looks and voluptuous breasts to her Dutch father and Balinese mother. During the 1990s she made several movie and TV appearances, mostly in cameo or supporting roles emphasizing her dramatic contours, including Married ... with Children, Love Potion No... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938) is an Italian actress born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian parents. Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardin. She had her break into films after winning a Tunisian beauty contest in 1957. She made her film debut in Goha (1958) and later that year had a role in the minor international success I soliti ignoti. Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi. Throughout the 1960s she appeared in many Italian or Italian co-financed films including Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1963), Federico Fellini's 8½ and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Despite her very feminine appearance, she had a deep voice (for a woman) from an early age, and in her ear... Add to favourites (40 fans)Biography of Luc Besson
Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French film director, writer and producer. Little is known about Luc Besson's private life since he rarely discusses his personal life in interviews. He was born in Paris to parents who were both scuba diving instructors. This had a heavy influence on his childhood and throughout his childhood Besson planned on becoming a marine biologist until the age of 17 when he had a diving accident which left him unable to dive any longer. He has since fully recovered. During his childhood, and especially during adolescence, Besson showed amazing creativity. Out of boredom, he started to write stories, including the backdrop to what would later become one of his most popular movies, The Fifth Element. At 18, unable to ... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. Rice is the first African American woman, second African American (after Colin Powell, who served before her from 2001 - 2005), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright who served from 1997 to 2001, before Colin Powell) to serve as Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term (2001–2005). Before joining the Bush administration, she was a Professor of political science at Stanford University where she served as Provost from 1993 to 1999. During the administration of George H. W. Bush, Rice also served as the Soviet and East European Affairs Advisor duri... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Laura Smet
Laura Smet, daughter of rock musician Johnny Hallyday and the actress Nathalie Baye, is a French actress born in Paris, France, on November 15, 1983. Filmography 2003 - La Demoiselle d'honneur (lit., Lady of Honour), dir. Claude Chabrol 2003 - La Femme de Gilles (Gilles' Wife), dir. Frédéric Fonteyne 2002 - Les Corps impatients (Eager Bodies), dir. Xavier Giannoli... Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Ciara (singer)
Ciara (born Ciara Princess Harris on October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Ciara made her debut in the summer of 2004 with the Billboard number-one single "Goodies". The album Goodies was released the fourth quarter of 2004 and first quarter of 2005. It produced three top two singles on the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 2.6 million in the U.S., and 5 million worldwide, and earned various awards and nominations. Ciara's second album, Ciara: The Evolution, was released in December 2006.It has spawn the hit singles "Get Up", "Promise", and "Like a Boy". The album has sold nearly two million copies worldwide. Childhood Ciara was born in Austin, Texas. She is the only child of Carlton and Jackie Harris. She grew up on army bases in G... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Estelle Lefébure
Estelle Lefébure-Essebag (formerly known as Estelle Hallyday) is a French actress. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Rouen, France on May 5, 1966, she began modeling at age 19. Over the years, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Cartier, Christian Dior, Revlon, Lord & Taylor, and Samsung. In 1993, she appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. In 1994, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people". In 1999, she was one of the candidates to become the official model for the French national symbol Marianne but ultimately lost to Laetitia Casta.... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a French actress and former fashion model. Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of the respected French actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen, capitalizing on her beauty. She achieved international status as a professional model. She married the Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski in 1989, and they have two children, Morgane and Elvis.... Add to favourites (43 fans)Biography of Elisabeth of Bavaria
Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria, (December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. Her father was Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and her mother was Ludovika, Royal Princess of Bavaria; her family home was Possenhofen Castle. From an early age, she was called Sisi (or Sissi in films and novels) by family and friends. While Elisabeth's role and influence on Austro-Hungarian politics should not be overestimated (she is only marginally mentioned in scholarly books on Austrian history), she has undoubtedly become a 20th century icon, often compared to Diana, Princess of Wales. She was considered to be a free yet sexy spirit wh... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. He is the older brother of Oasis lead vocalist, Liam Gallagher, the two of whom are famous for publicly squabbling. In the 1990s, Gallagher was centre-stage of what the media coined the Britpop movement. The band enjoyed much critical and commercial success. His outspoken opinions on other bands and modern culture have, more recently, earned him something of an "elder statesman" reputation, leading NME to dub him "The wisest man in rock".... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Linda Lovelace
Linda Susan Boreman (January 10, 1949 – April 22, 2002), better known by her stage name Linda Lovelace, was a pornographic actress in the 1972 film Deep Throat, who went on to leave the pornography industry and became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement. Deep Throat was notable for beginning a brief fad of porn chic; it was also the inspiration for Bob Woodward's name of his secret Watergate source, W. Mark Felt. Boreman later stated that she regretted her pornographic career and had been violently coerced into pornography by her then-husband, Chuck Traynor; she also renounced her stage name and reverted to using her real name in public. The popularity of the film, however, made her a cultural icon against her will, appearing in archive footage in many other films. Althou... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Carole Rousseau
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Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born June 18, 1952 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She has three siblings from her mother: her twin sister Isotta Ingrid Rossellini, who is an adjunct professor of Italian literature; a brother, Roberto Ingmar Rossellini, who works in finance; and a half-sister, Pia Lindström, who formerly worked on television and is from her mother's first marriage. She also has four other siblings from her father's two other marriages: Romano (died at age 9), Renzo, Gil, and Raffaella. Rossellini was born and raised in Rome, Santa Marinella, and Paris. At the age of 13, she was diagnosed with sco... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Shirley Manson
Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. Early life Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Manson is the second of three daughters. She has an older sister, Lindy-Jayne and a younger sister, Sarah. Her mother is a former big band singer and her father is a geneticist who was a part of the faculty that cloned Dolly the Sheep. At age seven, Shirley began learning the piano, later attending the City of Edinburgh Music School where she also joined the school's theatre group. At school, she was regularly bullied because of her red hair and large eyes. She sometimes returned home after school bloody and bruised from being beaten up. The incessant teasing and bullying led her into a deep depression and drove her to cutting. Also as a re... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. Hunt began her career in the 1970s as a child actress. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and a regular role in the television series The Swiss Family Robinson. She appeared as a marijuana-smoking classmate on an episode of The Facts of Life. She also appeared as a young woman who, while on PCP, jumps out of a second-story window in a 1982 after school special called Desperate Lives. In the mid-1980s, she had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams, girlfriend of Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison. In the 1990s, after the lead f... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Anna Sergeeyevna Kurnikova) born June 7, 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Although she never won a major singles tournament, she became one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name (or misspellings of it) one of the most common search strings on Google. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union to Alla and Sergei Kournikov; her family later emigrated to the United States. Presently, she resides in Miami, Florida. Kournikova's major-league tennis career has been curtailed for the past several years, and possibly ended, by serious back and spinal problems. She has had some success at the singles game, but her specialty has been doubles, where she has at... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the guitarist of the alternative/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By the Way and Stadium Arcadium). He also maintains an active solo career, having released eight albums as well as collaborations with friends Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally of Fugazi under the name Ataxia. Frusciante is well known for his intricate rhythms and leads; he supplies a strong mix of funk and rock music, which forms a substantial component of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sound. As a highly respected and influential modern guitarist, Frusciante ranked #18 on... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Marcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross (born March 25, 1962 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. She graduated from Juilliard and earned a master's degree in psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. In 2005, she was nominated for her first Emmy for her work as Bree Hodge, the "Perfect" Housewife on Desperate Housewives. In December 2006, Cross earned her third consecutive nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series with the show. Early career Prior to her role on Desperate Housewives, Cross starred as Dr. Linda Abbott on WB's critically-acclaimed series, Everwood. She is also well known for her portrayal of the mentally unbalanced Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place, whom she played from 1992 to 1997. Kimberly was, and remain... Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Amber Heard
Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an American actress and model. She played the lead and title character in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Heard's first starring role came in 2007 on the CW television show Hidden Palms. Her breakthrough came in 2008 with roles in Never Back Down and Pineapple Express. In 2009, Heard starred in The Stepfather and also had a small role in the horror-comedy Zombieland. She next starred in The Joneses and And Soon the Darkness (both 2010), John Carpenter's The Ward, alongside Nicolas Cage in Drive Angry, and alongside Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary. Early life Heard was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Her father, David, is a contractor, and her mother, Paige (née Parsons), is an in... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981 (birth time source: X-Factor interview)) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destiny's Child, One of the world's best-selling female group of all time selling over 53 million records worldwide. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group and a worldwide number-one success with rapper Nelly and their Grammy-winning single "Dilemma", Rowland released her debut solo album Simply Deep in 2002. The album became a commercial success, eventually selling more than 2.5 million copies woldwide. Rowland's often-delayed second album, Ms. Kelly was released on June 25, 2007 in Europe and July 3, 2007 in the U... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. Some of his best-known albums are Reckless, 18 til I Die, and Waking Up the Neighbours. Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contribution to popular music and his philanthropic work. He was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and more recently inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards in April 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for songwriting, and was recently nominated for his fifth Golden Globe (2007) for his songwriting in the film Bobby. Personal life Adams speaks French and has lived in France. He currently lives in England and supports Chelsea F.C. Adams is a vegan and t... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) (birth time source: Patrice Petitallot), France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le journal. Career Lucet began her career on France 3 in 1983 under the direction of Henri Sannier. Lucet gained prominence at the national level in 1987, while working on the broadcast of la Marche du siècle. In 1990, she became the host of 19/20, France 3's evening news program. In 1997 she became the editor of the program. As a writer and television producer, Lucet has hosted Pièces à Conviction since 2000. On 25 August 2005 Lucet left 19/20 to... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991) was a German actor, famous for his ability to project on-screen intensity, and for his explosive temperament. He acted in over 180 films. Life Kinski was born Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński in Zoppot, then in Germany, today Sopot in Poland. His parents were Bruno Nakszyński, a German pharmacist of Polish origin, and Susanne Lutze, a German pastor's daughter from Danzig. In 1930/31, the family moved to Berlin and Kinski attended the Prinz-Heinrich-Gymnasium in Schöneberg. Kinski was drafted into the German Army in 1944 and served in the Netherlands. He reputedly went AWOL and surrendered to the British forces, spending the rest of the wartime as a POW. Whilst in a POW camp near Colchester he discovered his acting talent,... Add to favourites (53 fans)Biography of Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987 (birth time source: her Twitter account https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood)) is an American film, television and theater actress, and singer. She began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, including American Gothic and Once and Again. Wood made her debut as a lead film actress in 2002's Little Secrets, and became well known after her Golden Globe-nominated role in Thirteen, which garnered her critical praise. She has since starred in several independent films, including Pretty Persuasion and Down in the Valley, and has several more starring roles in films yet to be released. She is currently the highest paid music video actress in history due to her role in Heart Shaped Glasses Wood has been described by The Guardian n... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Stéphane Bern
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Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most notable films include The Petrified Forest (1936), Kid Galahad (1937), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), High Sierra (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950), The African Queen (1951) (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Sabrina (1954), We're No Angels (1955), and The Lef... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Eric Zemmour
Éric Zemmour (born August 31, 1958) is a French political journalist and writer, working for the daily newspaper Le Figaro. He was born in Montreuil-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis, France).... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Laurent Baffie
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Roberto Alagna (born June 7, 1963) is a French operatic tenor. Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. His family of Sicilian immigrants was very musically talented. As a teenager the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets for tips. Influenced primarily by the films of Mario Lanza, but also from recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to opera. He is largely self-taught as a singer, but he learned most of the tenor repertory from Cuban contrabassist and opera fan Rafael Ruiz. After winning the Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition, Alagna made his professional debut in 1988 as Alfredo Germont in La Traviata with the Glyndebourne touring company. This led to many engagements throughout the smaller cities in France and Italy, ... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Lange, the third of four children, was born in Cloquet, Minnesota to Dorothy Florence Sahlman and Albert John Lange. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her paternal grandfather was German and her paternal grandmother was Dutch. She studied art briefly at the University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime. She returned to New York City in 1973 and took acting lessons while working as a waitress and a fashion model for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. Career In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which started and almost ended her career. The unfavorable reviews were devastating but critics ... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime. Later critics, beginning with George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, championed his mastery of prose, his endless invention of memorable characters and his powerful social sensibilities. Yet he has also received criticism from writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf, who list sentimentality, implausible occurrence and grotesque characters as faults in his oeuvre. The popularity of Dickens' novels an... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Chloe Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Sevigny, who became well known for starring in a string of critically acclaimed, well received independent films in the 1990s, experienced her mainstream breakout role as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999), for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. More recently, Sevigny has enjoyed success playing Nicki Grant, on the American television, series Big Love, as a woman married to a polygamist. Early life Sevigny was born Chloe Stevens Sevigny in Springfield, Massachusetts to H. David Sevigny, an accountant turned interior painter, and Janine Malinowski. Sevigny's mother is a Polish American who grew up in Roxborough and her father was... Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Andie Macdowell
Andie MacDowell (born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell on April 21, 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina) is an American screen actress. Life and work MacDowell dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978 and signed with Elite Model Management. She appeared in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued after she got her first role as an actress. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to her 1984 film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close because her southern accent was too pronounced. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled. Four years later, MacDowell... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Bill Maher
William Maher, Jr., (pronounced: /mɑɹ/) (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the star of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an Internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled Amazon Fishbowl. Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. His commentaries target a wide swath of topics, from the right-wing to the left-wing, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, Hollywood, the mass media, and persons in positions of high political and social power, among many others. He supports the legalization of cannabis and gay marriage. Maher is number 38 on Com... Biography of Loana (stylist, singer)
Loana, born Loana Petrucciani on August 30, 1977 in Cannes, is a French model, stylist, singer, TV host and business woman. She has won the first French reality TV Loft Story in 2001. Discography Singles 2001 : Comme je t'aime 2002 : Obsession 2009 : Paroles Paroles (duo avec Massimo Gargia) 2010 : La madrague (reprise de Brigitte Bardot) Albums 2009 : I have a dream (mai 2009) Publication 2001 - Elle m'appelait...Miette... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Julie Andrews
Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935) is a BAFTA, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. Andrews rose to prominence after starring in Broadway musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, as well as musical films like Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). In 2001, she had a major revival of her acting career as a result of her role in The Princess Diaries, its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as well as the Shrek animated films. In 2005 Andrews made her debut as a stage director with a revival of The Boyfriend, in which she also made her Broadway acting debut in 1954.... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and painter. He is known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Black Spring. He also wrote travel memoirs and essays of literary criticism and analysis. Miller was born to tailor Heinrich Miller and Louise Marie Neiting, in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, New York City, of German Catholic heritage. As a child he lived at 662 Driggs Avenue i... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Eddie Van Halen
Edward Van Halen or Eddie Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, songwriter and producer most famous for being leader and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen is also known as a skilled keyboardist, as demonstrated in his performance on the smash hit "Jump". Childhood Edward Van Halen was born to Jan Van Halen, a Dutch father, and Eugenia, an Indo-European mother, in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Dutch Van Halen family moved to Pasadena, California, from the Netherlands in 1962. Edward immediately started classical piano training, and won several talent competitions as a child . Upon their arrival in America, his parents immediately sought a piano tutor for him and his older brother, Alex Van Halen... Biography of Dharmendra
Dharam Singh Deol (Hindi:धर्मेन्द्र सिंह देओल), born 8 December 1935 in Phagwara, Punjab, better known as Dharmendra, is a legendary Indian Bollywood film star. Early life He belongs to a Jat Sikh farmer family of Punjab. He is the son of Kewal Kishen Singh Deol and Satwant Kaur. At the peak of his film career he was considered a matinée idol. Currently he is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is considered as the biggest Bollywood superstar after Amitabh Bachchan due to the fact that in Bollywood's box-office's career gross, he is second only to Amitabh Bachchan . He represents the Bikaner constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) po... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Heather Graham
Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American film and television actress from Agoura Hills, CA. Childhood and early career Her father, Jim, is a retired FBI agent and her mother, Joan, is a noted author of children's books. Graham has a younger sister, Aimee, who is also an aspiring actress and writer. The family followed a strict traditional Catholic upbringing of Irish descent. Heather has since estranged herself from the Catholic Church, saying it is: "made up of closed-minded men who believe a woman's sexuality is evil...Why do I have to do what all these men are saying?" . Heather has practiced Hinduism and associated transcendental meditation since 1991 . Graham attended North Springfield Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia, before... Biography of Claude Chirac
Claude Chirac, (born on December 6, 1962 in Paris), younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac, has been her father's personal advisor since 1994. She has been involved with French judoka Thierry Rey, who is the father of her son Martin Rey-Chirac. She's also the Director of PPR, the Luxury Goods Group.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Ali MacGraw
Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American model and actress. Born to an Irish-American father, whom she recently described as "violent" (New York magazine, April 3, 2006, pp. 69-70), and a Jewish mother, she has one sibling, a brother. An alumna of Wellesley College, she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at Harper's Bazaar, as an assistant to the legendary fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, at Vogue, and as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist. During this time, she was married to banker Robin Hoen. She gained notice in Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came in 1970 with Love Story, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. MacGraw's keen... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American child actress and model. She portrays the character Jenny Humphrey on the The CW television series Gossip Girl. Early life Momsen was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Collette and Michael Momsen and lives in Potomac, Maryland. Her younger sister Sloane Momsen is also an actress. Career She began acting professionally at age 3, with a national commercial for Shake 'N' Bake. Then she got a role in The Prophet's Game. In 2000 Taylor got the role of Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Two years later she got parts in two more motion pictures: Hansel & Gretel, in which she played Gretel, and Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, in which she played Alexandra, the President's daughter. Taylor's career came to a halt f... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina) is an American actress. She has been the recipient of the Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Her best-known works include Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the Side, Proof, The West Wing, Angels in America, and her current role on Showtime's Weeds. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early Work Parker majored in drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She then got her start in a bit part on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. In the late 1980s, Parker moved to New York, where she got a job measuring feet at ECCO. After a few minor roles, she made her Broadway debut in a 1990 production of Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss, playing the lead role of Rita. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance and was nominated f... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Clemens became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. Clemens enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature." Young Life Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835 to a Tennessee country merch... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev (Tatar form Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev, Russian Рудольф Хаметович Нуриев) (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993), a Tatar ballet dancer, is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century, alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Early life and career at the Kirov Nureyev was born on a train near Irkutsk, while his mother was travelling across Siberia to Vladivostok, where his father Hamat, a Red Army political commissar was stationed. Rudolf was raised in a Tatar family in a village near Ufa in Soviet Bashkiria. As a child he was encouraged to dance in Bashkir folk performances and his precocity was soon noticed. D... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry. He had another younger brother, Andy Gibb, who was also a very popular solo singer. Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the family later moved to Manchester before settling in Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio and when the group found their first success they returned to the United Kingdom where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2004, the Bee Gees received their CBEs from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for their "contribution to music". With record sales estimated in excess of 200 million units, the Bee Gees became one of the most succ... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Bam Margera
Bam Margera (born Brandon Cole Margera on September 28, 1979, name legally changed to "Bam") is a professional skateboarder and television personality. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's Jackass crew. He has since appeared in MTV's Viva La Bam and Bam's Unholy Union, both Jackass movies, and Haggard, which he also co-wrote and directed. Margera was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania to Phil and April Margera. He is also the younger brother of Jess Margera and nephew of Vincent Margera. His grandfather nicknamed him "Bam" at the age of three after his habit of running into walls. He attended East High School and cites friend Chris Raab as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expell... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Sean Paul
Sean Paul Henriques (born January 8, 1973) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. He is professionally known only by his first names, Sean Paul. Background Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and spent his early years "comfortably" (according to his VH1 biography) in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace. His parents were both talented athletes, and his mother Frances, is a well-known painter. His father Garth is a Sephardic Jew of Portuguese descent and his mother is of African-Caribbean and Chinese descent, although both were born in Jamaica. Many members of Sean Paul's family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-dis... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an Indian-born English actress and former model best known for her roles in The New Avengers, Absolutely Fabulous and Sapphire and Steel. Early career Joanna Lumley was born in Srinagar, India in 1946. She was educated at St Mary's School in Sussex. Tall, leggy, slim and blonde, Lumley spent three years as a photographic model, and is said to have made her TV debut in a well-known UK advert for Nimble bread first screened in 1969. She also worked as a house model for the late Jean Muir. Lumley's acting career began with the role of a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). She went on to have a brief but memorable role in Coronation Street in which she turned down Ken Barlow's offer of marriage. In the Are You Being Served... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Tea Leoni
Téa Leoni (born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni on February 25, 1966) is an American actress. Her name is pronounced /'teːɑ lɛ'oːniː/, although some Americans say /'tiːə li'oːniː/ Personal life Leoni was born in New York City to Anthony Pantaleoni, a corporate lawyer, and his wife, the former Emily Patterson, a dietician. Leoni's paternal grandfather, Lt. Col. Guido Pantaleoni, who was the general manager of Westinghouse, had an Italian engineer father and an American mother born in Texas. Her paternal grandmother, Helen "Helenka" Tradusa Adamowska (1901 - 1987), was a film and stage actress who was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Polish parents who were prominent musicians known as the Adamowki Trio. Leoni states in the October 27, 2006 Life ... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name, Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor and film director. Regarded as one of the greatest hip hop artists, he began his career as a founding member of the famously controversial rap group N.W.A., and later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema. In 1992, he married Kimberly Woodruff, with whom he has four children. Later, in 1992, he converted to Sunni Islam. From the mid-1990s onwards, Cube focused on acting, and his musical output has slowed down considerably. He remains one of the most visible West Coast rappers, having helped originate gangsta rap. He is particularly well-known for his incendiary raps on political and racial topics, particularly the treatment of blacks in the United States. Height: 5... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Martina Navrátilová
Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the second best female player of the 20th century, directly behind Steffi Graf. Tennis magazine has selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam womens doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She is one of just three women to have accomplished a career Gra... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born Linda Evanstad on November 18, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress known primarily for her roles on soap operas and television. At 23, she arose to fame as Barbara Stanwyck's daughter and Lee Majors's sister, Audra Barkley, on the 1960s western, The Big Valley (1965-1969) and later as John Forsythe's younger compassionate wife, Krystle Carrington, on the 1980s prime-time television soap opera, Dynasty (1981-1989). Evans's first guest-starring role was on an episode of Bachelor Father. In real-life, Evans said that she actually had a crush on Forsythe. This led her to co-starring with him on Dynasty, more than 2 decades later. Due to her character's name on Dynasty, she started a successful ad campaign for Crystal Light beverages... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere (born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on January 2, 1967) is a Hawaiian actress, model, and singer, most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature film Wayne's World. Early life Born in Honolulu, Hawaii of Filipino heritage, Carrere longed to be a singer as a child. Although she was eliminated during the first round of her 1985 Star Search appearance at the age of 17, she was spotted by the parents of a local producer while shopping at a Waikiki grocery store and was cast in the b-movie Zombie Nightmare. Film and television career Following this initial success, Carrere relocated to Los Angeles and, after working several months as a model, landed a first ever role in the U.S. TV series Airwolf in early 1985. Her first major break though was in the daytime soap... Biography of Charlie Watts
Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. He is also a jazz bandleader and commercial artist. Sometimes referred to as "The Wembley Whammer" when introduced by Mick Jagger during a concert. Early life Watts was born to a driver and his wife Jessica Mort Watts at University College Hospital, London, England and raised in Islington, a London borough. In his early days, he attended Tylers Croft Secondary Modern School and Harrow Art School. In 1960, he was working with a local band when he met Alexis Korner, who convinced him to join his own band, Blues Incorporated. Later the same year, the band picked up lead singer Mick Jagger, as well as guitarists Brian Jones and Keith Richards. Shortly afterwards, Watts left Blues Incorporated, citing... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Maïwenn Le Besco
Maïwenn Le Besco (French pronunciation: ; born 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France) is a French actress and film director, sometimes credited as Maïwenn. Biography and career She is the daughter of actress Catherine Belkhodja, who ushered her into the entertainment industry at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Le Besco in her one-woman shows "Le Pois Chiche" and "I'm an Actress". Maïwenn Le Besco starred in several films as a child and teenage actress, notably as "Elle as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the hit film L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer, 1983). She met director and producer Luc Besson in 1991. The two later began a relationship, after which Le Besco, having lost her motivation as an actress... Biography of Rene Russo
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American film actress and former fashion model. Early life Russo, an Italian American, was born in Burbank, California to Shirley Jean (a secretary and barmaid) and Nino Russo, a sculptor and mechanic who left the family when Rene was 2. Russo grew up with her sister, Toni, and their single mother. She attended Burroughs High School (where her classmates included director Ron Howard), but eventually dropped out in the tenth grade. Due to financial constraints within the family, she began taking a variety of part-time jobs including working in an eyeglass factory, and as a movie cashier. Career In 1972, Russo was spotted at a Rolling Stones concert by a scout and manager from International Creative Management. She was signed to the ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award-winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He also received considerable acclaim for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers. Early life Broderick was born in New York City, the son of actor James Wilke Broderick and Patricia (née Biow), a playwright, actress and painter whose work was posthumously shown at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in New York. Broderick's mother was Jewish and his father a Catholic of Irish descent. Broderick attended grade school at the City & Country School, a progressive K–8 school in Manhattan; and high school at Walden School (now closed), a private school in Manhattan with a strong drama program. Career Broderick's ... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Mike Myers
Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title characters in the films Wayne's World, Austin Powers, and the Shrek film series. The source for his birth time is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/mikemyers.html. Early life Myers was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, the son of British-born parents Eric Myers (1922–1991), an insurance man and World War II veteran of the Royal Engineers, and his wife Alice E. Hind (born 1926), an office supervisor and veteran of the Royal Air Force. Both of his parents are from Liverpool, England. He has two older broth... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Clotilde Courau
HRH Princess Clotilde of Savoy, Princess of Venice and Piedmont (born Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau, April 3, 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French actress. In 1995, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as France's most promising young film actress. She is also a Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Although the titles and distinctions of the Italian royal family have been legally abolished, she often is styled Her Royal Highness, Princess of Savoy, Princess of Venice and Piedmont, out of courtesy, particularly by supporters of the former monarchy. On September 25, 2003, she married HRH Prince Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Rene Maria of Savoy, the Prince of Venice and Piedmont. After marriage Clotilde became HRH Princess Clotilde of Savoy, the Pr... Biography of Isabelle Mergault
Isabelle Mergault, born May 11, 1958 in Aubervilliers, is a French actress, humorist, film director and screenwriter. Filmography Actress * 1979 : La Dérobade de Daniel Duval : une prostituée * 1980 : L'Entourloupe de Gérard Pirès : Jeanine * 1980 : Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les hommes ? de Jan Saint-Hamont : la serveuse * 1980 : Diva de Jean-Jacques Beineix * 1981 : On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus de Michel Lang : L'actrice qui joue l'hôtesse de l'air (non créditée) * 1981 : Les hommes préfèrent les grosses de Jean-Marie Poiré : La maîtresse de Paul Berthellot * 1982 : Le Choc de Robin Davisd : L'employée de la banque * 1982 : Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien... d'Édoua... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Sarah Chalke
Sarah Chalke (born August 27, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian television and movie actress best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC sitcom Scrubs and also for portraying the second Becky Conner-Healy on ABC's Roseanne. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Chalke was born in Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of the three daughters of Doug and Angie Chalke. Her mother is from Rostock, Germany. Chalke maintains contact with her German relatives. According to a Scrubs commentary track, she used to attend the German school in her hometown twice a week. Her first language is English, though she speaks German and French fluently and is a vegetarian. She is currently engaged to Jamie Afifi. Acting career Chalke's acting ... Biography of Béatrice Schönberg
Béatrice Schönberg is a French TV journalist on France 2 for the 8 pm weekend news. Her newscasts can be seen on TV5 in Canada on weekends at 6:30 pm North American Eastern Time. She was born Béatrice Szabo May 9, 1953. She was formerly married to the musician and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. On July 21, 2005 she married Jean-Louis Borloo at Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine. The journalists' union SDJ (Société des journalistes) then called for her resignation. In September 2006, France 2 announced they had come to an agreement with Ms. Schonberg. Effective February 25, 2007, she will be replaced as weekend anchor by Laurent Delahousse, but will continue with the network as the host of a prime-time science program. She did not return after the 2nd part of the presidential el... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. He was the lead vocalist for Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. With his sarcastic and provocative public persona, he participated in laying down a new template for rebellious youth and band frontmen. His musical innovations have also been influential. He is currently working on a new album called The Rabbit Song. Brief biography Early life His parents were both Irish Catholic immigrants, his father from Tuam, County Galway, and his mother from County Cork. He grew up on a council estate in Finsbury Park, North London with three younger brothers. At the age of seven, he contracted spinal meningitis, putting him in and out of comas for half a year and erasing most of his memory. The d... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Alexandra Rosenfeld
Alexandra Rosenfeld (born November 23, 1986, Béziers, Hérault) was elected Miss France in 2006. Representing the region of Languedoc, she succeeded Cindy Fabre as the 52nd Miss France on December 3, 2005. Rosenfeld has blonde hair and brown eyes . She is 1.73 meters tall. She lives in Saint-Thibéry and studies tourism in Pézenas. On February 2006, Rosenfeld, who is Jewish, took part in a French demonstration against anti-Semitism and racism following the brutal murder of a young Jewish phone salesman Ilan Halimi in Paris. She was elected Miss Europe 2006 on October 27 in Kiev, Ukraine. She is currently dating Italian-Argentine rugby player Sergio Parisse.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Camilla Belle
Camilla Belle (born Camilla Belle Routh; October 2, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role in the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls, the 2008 film 10,000 BC, and the 2000 Disney Channel film Rip Girls. Belle is known for her trademark dark, defined eyebrows and exotic appearance. Personal life Belle was born Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles California, the daughter of Cristina Routh, who designed a fashion line in her native Brazil and is now Camilla's manager, and Jack Routh, who owns a construction company. Belle is named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera Cavalo de Aço. Belle was raised Catholic and attended St. Paul the Apostle Catholic school in West Los Angeles and, later, the Marlborough School, an elite all-gi... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, R&B singer, songwriter, producer, model and younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith was born on June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas, to Mathew and Tina Knowles. Her father is African-American and her mother is of Creole descent. Her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a seamstress). Knowles married college football player Daniel Smith in February 2004 and by October 2004, the couple had their first son, Daniel Julez Smith. In 2007 Knowles started going by the name Solange Knowles, rather than Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith and rumors speculating that she has ended her three year marriage to Daniel Smith began to surface... Biography of Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress. Her multi-faceted career has spanned seven decades and she is well-known for her roles on both stage and screen. Early life Born in London, Lansbury was the daughter of Belfast-born actress Moyna MacGill and Edgar Lansbury, a prominent businessman, and the granddaughter of the former Labour Party leader George Lansbury. Her earliest theatrical influences were teen-aged coloratura Deanna Durbin, screen star Irene Dunne, and her own mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the Old Vic and removing her from South Hampstead High School for Girls in order to enroll her in the Ritm... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Julian Lennon
John Charles Julian Lennon known universally as Julian Lennon, (born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of his first wife Cynthia Lennon. His godfather was Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. His father's nickname for him was "JCJ", and he was named after John Lennon's late mother, Julia. Early childhood Julian Lennon attended the set of The Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour, and made his musical debut at age 11 on his father's album Walls and Bridges playing drums on "Ya-Ya". Julian Lennon has always lived in the shadow of his famous father, who split with Cynthia when Julian was only five years old. Julian has often been somewhat icy toward the subject of his father, and especially Yo... Biography of Faith Hill
Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally by her first married name Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 (birth time source: Faith Hill: The Long Road Back by James Dickerson)), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. Hill's "soulful and rasping voice" and talent for picking songs have helped her to sell over 30 million records and accumulate 11 number one singles on the Country charts. Hill has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards and the People's Choice Awards. Her Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with husband McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful wo... Biography of Rubin Hurricane Carter
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (born May 6, 1937) is an African-American former middleweight boxer between 1961 and 1966, although he is better known for his controversial convictions (1967, 1976) for three June 1966 murders in Paterson, New Jersey, and his subsequent release from prison in 1985. The question of Carter’s actual guilt or innocence remains a strongly polarizing one. However, this much is certain: either the criminal justice system released a triple murderer from the punishment that two separate juries had recommended, or it imprisoned an innocent man for almost 20 years. Pre-boxing life Carter grew up in Paterson, NJ, a middle son among seven children. His parents had a stable, long-lasting marriage, provided well for the family, and raised their other six children without ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Roland Orzabal
Roland Orzabal (full name Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana) is an internationally acclaimed musician, songwriter and record producer. He is known mainly as a co-founding member of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and predominant vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists. Born on 22 August 1961, in Portsmouth, England (birth time source: his rising sign is Gemini, so he was born between 23:05 PM and midnight), Orzabal's mother is English and his father is from Paris, but of Spanish-Basque descent. Orzabal was originally named "Raoul" at birth for two weeks, but this was subsuquently changed to Roland to anglicize the name as they were living in England. As well as his native English, he is fluent in French and Spanish. Early career... Biography of François Cluzet
François Cluzet, born September 21, 1955 in Paris, is a French actor. Filmography 1979 : Cocktail Molotov, de Diane Kurys 1980 : Le Cheval d'orgueil, de Claude Chabrol 1982 : Les Fantômes du chapelier, de Claude Chabrol 1982 : Coup de foudre, de Diane Kurys 1983 : L'Été meurtrier, de Jean Becker 1983 : Vive la sociale !, de Gérard Mordillat 1984 : Les Enragés, de Pierre-William Glenn 1985 : Autour de minuit ('Round Midnight), de Bertrand Tavernier 1985 : États d'âme, de Jacques Fansten 1985 : Elsa, Elsa, de Didier Haudepin 1985 : Rue du départ, de Tony Gatlif 1987 : Association de malfaiteurs , de Claude Zidi 1987 : Jaune revolver, d'Olivier Langlois 1988 : Chocolat, de Claire Denis 1988 : Force majeure, de Pierre Jolivet 1988 : Une affaire de femmes,... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. His New York Times obituary described him as, "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music," and placing him "in the topmost ranks of 20th-century conductors." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for thirty-five years. Genealogy Herbert von Karajan was the son of an upper-bourgeois Salzburg family of Greek ancestry. His great-great-grandfather, Georgeous Johannes Karajanis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ιωάννης Καραγιάννης), was born in Kozani, at that time a town in the Ottoman Empire now in Greek Macedonia, leaving for Vienna... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Cat Power
Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn "Chan" Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972 birth time source: Spotify Audio interview, she says that she is Cancer rising). She is known for her minimalist style, sparse guitar and piano playing, and ethereal vocals. Early life The daughter of divorced parents, Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall was born in Georgia. Marshall's father, Charlie, is a blues musician and itinerant pianist. Her childhood involved much upheaval, with Marshall living throughout the Southern United States (Greensboro, North Carolina; Bartlett, Tennessee; and Georgia and South Carolina), back and forth between parents and her grandmother. In interviews she has openly discussed her childhood and stated that the constant travel... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of John Belushi
John Adam Belushi (January 25, 1949 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. Early life Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois to Agnes B. Samaras, a first-generation Albanian American, and Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of fifteen. Belushi was raised in the Albanian Orthodox religion and grew up outside Chicago in Wheaton, Illinois, where he was a middle linebacker for the Wheaton Central High School football team, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the College of DuPage near Chicago. Belushi's younger broth... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon Marie Sossamon (born October 3, 1978), better known as Shannyn Sossamon, is an American actress, musician and dancer. Early life Sossamon was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Sherry Sossamon and Todd Lindberg, grew up in Reno, Nevada, and attended Galena High School there. She is of French, Hawaiian, Dutch, English, Irish, Filipino and German descent; her maternal grandmother is Hawaiian-Filipino, and her maternal grandfather is English-German. The y in her first name was an adolescent addition in 1995. The day after her high school graduation, Sossamon moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance. Sossamon appeared in television commercials and had DJ gigs in local clubs. In 1999, Sossamon was discovered by casting director Francine Maisler, while assisting a friend DJ at Gwyn... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung (born November 5, 1983) is a British TV presenter and former fashion model. She is the girlfriend of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. Early life Alexa Chung was raised in Privett, Hampshire by her English mother (a housewife) and three-quarters Chinese father (a graphic designer). She is the youngest of four children and has two brothers and one sister. Her elder brother is DJ Dom Chung. She attended the local comprehensive school, Perins Community College, and later the sixth form Peter Symonds College, Winchester (1999-2001). She had been accepted by King’s College London to read English and by Chelsea College of Art and Design to do an art foundation course, with two 'A' grades (English and Art) and a 'B' (History) at A-level, before being scouted by a modelling a... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age. Works Novels This Side of Paradise (New York: Chas. Scribner & Son: 1920) The Beautiful and Damned (New York: Chas. Scribner & Son: 1922) The Great Gatsby (New York: Chas. Scribner & Son: 1925) Tender Is the Night (New York: Chas. Scribner & Son: 1934) The Last Tycoon – originally The Love of the Last Tycoon – (New York:Chas. Scribner & So... Biography of Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran (born on November 8, 1932 and christened Colette Stéphane Dacheville in Versailles, France) is a film and television actress, known for her performances in Oscar winning movies like Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987) and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978). She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Her son by her marriage to Claude Chabrol (which ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol. Audran's first role was in Chabrol's acclaimed film Les Cousins (1959). She has since then appeared in most of Chabrol's films. Some of the more noteworthy Chabrol films she appeared in are La ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Kathleen Turner
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor. Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Turner was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy Magee and Allen Richard Turner, who was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and schoolteacher; he grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather worked as a Methodist missionary) and, as a diplomat, had been imprisoned by the Japanese for four years during the Second World War. Because of her father's career, Turner lived in four foreign countries (Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and the United Kingdom. Turner has two brothers and a sister. While attending high school in London, she was... Biography of Xaviera Hollander
Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a former call girl and madam. She was born Vera de Vries in Soerabaja, Indonesia (then known as the Dutch East Indies) to a Jewish father and Christian mother. She is best known as the author of The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (1971, ISBN 0-06-001416-4). The book was notable for its frankness at the time and is considered a landmark of positive writing about sex. It was made into a film starring Lynn Redgrave. Hollander has since written a number of other books and produced plays in Amsterdam. Her latest book Child No More is the heartfelt story of losing her own mother. For many years, she wrote an advice column for Penthouse magazine called Call Me Madam. For several years in the 1970s, Hollander lived in Toronto, where she married a Canadian an... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American television/radio host and television producer.His first big break after college was him hosting a small radio station called Star 94. Then, He rose to fame as the host of American Idol, and he has since gone on to host E! News Live, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, as well as such radio shows as On Air with Ryan Seacrest on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and American Top 40. He also hosts The Entertainment Edge in the United Kingdom which is broadcast simultaneously across Global Radio's radio stations. Ryan Seacrest was born in Dunwoody, Georgia, to Constance Marie Zullinger and Gary Lee Seacrest, and has a younger sister, Meredith. Seacrest is of Swiss descent. At a young age, he knew he wanted to be a DJ, and idolized radio personalities like Casey Kasem... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam Daughtry (born December 26, 1979) is a Grammy nominated American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Daughtry, a band he formed in 2006. He was the fourth-place finalist on the highly publicized fifth season of American Idol, eliminated from the competition on May 10, 2006. After his fallout from Idol, his band's self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies after just 5 weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history. In its ninth week of release, the album reached number one on the Billboard charts, edging out the Dreamgirls soundtrack. Daughtry is the fourth most successful American Idol contestant in history, behind Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Clay Aiken, as well as the most succe... Biography of Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French figure skater and 2002 Olympic champion in ice dancing. Peizerat started skating at age four when he and his sister, then six, followed their parents to the skating club at the rink. He was introduced into ice dancing straight away, coached by Murielle Boucher-Zazoui, who to this day, remains his coach. His first partner was the French figure skater Marina Morel. Together they finished 3rd at the 1990 World Junior Championships. At the 1991 World Junior Championships Morel and Peizerat claimed the silver medal. Morel and Peizerat later split up and, in 1993, Peizerat teamed up with Russian figure skater Marina Anissina, whom he had competed against at previous championships. The association of the two different ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (pronounced ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, author, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and former pop musician. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his ground-breaking television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and collaborator, Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including For Your Consideration, Stardust, Night at the Museum and Ghost Town, in which he assumes the leading role. Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, wrote the best-selling Flanimals book series, and starred with Mercha... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad (born either Conrad Robert Falk or Konrad Robert Falkowski on March 1, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, although the year is still subject to question), is an American film and TV actor and director. He is primarily known for the 1965-1969 television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the title character, James West. The movie remake starring Will Smith was based on this series, and Conrad was openly critical of the film. Before The Wild Wild West, Conrad played Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye. In the mid-1970s he played World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep. His half-brother, Larry Manetti, also appeared in this series. In the late 1970s, Conrad served as the captain of the NBC team for six editions of Battle of the Network Stars. He also play... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Debra Messing
Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an Emmy and SAG winning American actress, known for portraying Grace Adler in Will & Grace and for appearing in a series of film roles. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Messing was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Jewish American parents Brian Messing, a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer, and Sandra, who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent. When Messing was three, she moved with her parents and her older brother, Brett, to East Greenwich, a small town outside Providence, Rhode Island. During her high school years, she acted (and sang) in a number of high school productions, including the starring role in the musical "Annie" and "Fiddler On the Roof". Messing took lessons i... Biography of Tonya Kinzinger
Tonya Kinzinger is an American actress, business woman and model born June 20, 1968 in Monroe. She is the wife of Bernard Lignon and has a son, Sasha, born in 2003. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455967/ ) # "Sous le soleil" .... Jessica / ... (100 episodes, 1996-2008) - Trois cordes au cou (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le fugitif (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Dangereuse intimité (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le prix du succès (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le couple parfait (2008) TV episode .... Jessica (95 more) # Fool Moon (2008) .... Nina # "The Bold and the Beautiful" .... Yvette St. Julienne (3 episodes, 2007) ... aka "Belleza y poder" - USA (Spanish title) - Episode #1.4997 (2007) TV episode .... Yvette St.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born 18 February 1950) is a Golden Globe award winning American actress, singer, and former fashion model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in "The Last Picture Show", Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan in Cybill, as Betsy in Taxi Driver and as Phyllis Kroll in The L Word. Youth Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee to William Jennings Shepherd and Patty Shobe. Named after her grandfather Cy and her father Bill, Shepherd won the 1966 "Miss Memphis" contest at age 16, resulting in fashion modeling work through high school and after. Career She quickly made a name for herself as a curvy 'real woman', which was a departure from the trend at the time of Twiggy-type waifs. This led to regular work as a magazine cover girl, and it... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She became popular with teenage audiences in the 1980s, as a result of her starring roles in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. Early life Ringwald was born outside Sacramento, California in Roseville, California, the daughter of blind jazz pianist Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, and Adele Edith (Frembd), a housewife and chef. Ringwald has two siblings, Elizabeth and Kelly. She started her acting career at age five, starring in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland as the dormouse. By the time she was six years old, she had recorded I Wanna Be Loved by You, a music album of Dixieland jazz with her father and his group, the Fulton Street Jazz Band; th... Biography of Jack Osbourne
Jack Joseph Osbourne (born November 8, 1985 in London, England) is the son of music legend Ozzy Osbourne and music manager Sharon Osbourne, which also makes him the grandson of Don Arden. He has 2 older sisters, Aimee Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne, and also two elder half-siblings; Jessica Osbourne and Louis John Osbourne, both of whom are from Ozzy's previous marriage to Thelma Riley. Jack also has an adopted brother Robert Mercato, a long-time friend of the Osbourne family who was adopted after his mother died of colon cancer in 2002. The Osbournes have many pets, and Jack owns a female bulldog named Lola. Early Life and Family Jack says that his childhood years were "perfectly happy and contented" For the first six years of his life he lived in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire. ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English comedian and actor best known for his Inspector Clouseau roles in Pink Panther films. Sellers first rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. Early life Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers in Southsea, Portsmouth, England to a family of entertainers. His parents nicknamed him "Peter" at an early age, after his elder stillborn brother. He attended a Roman Catholic school, St. Aloysius College, although he was Jewish (from his mother's side). He was a descendant of Portuguese-Jewish prizefighter Daniel Mendoza. Accompanying his family on the variety show circuit, Sellers learned this popular but difficult stagecraft, which proved especially valuable in his later career. He performed at age ... Biography of Mimi Rogers
Mimi Rogers (born Miriam Spickler on January 27, 1956 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American movie actress and competitive poker player. Her breakthrough role was opposite Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me (1987). Since then, her career has largely been focused on independent films, including the controversial The Rapture (1991). Although she continues to do independent films, Rogers is certainly not averse to Hollywood. She has appeared in sci-fi films such as Lost in Space (1998), as well as the cult television series The X-Files (1998-99). She also appeared as the mother of Elizabeth Hurley's character in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), and on The Geena Davis Show. Famous for her voluptuous physique (38D-26-36 according to Celebrity Sleuth magazine), s... Biography of Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976) better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is World Wrestling Entertainment's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Live Events and Creative Writing. She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon. She is married to Paul "Triple H" Levesque, with whom she has one daughter, Aurora Rose Levesque. Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Billed weight 135 lb (61 kg) McMahon regularly appeared on WWE television between 1999 and 2003. She is both a former WWF Women's Champion and a former SmackDown! General Manager. World Wrestling Federation McMahon was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She first appeared in an on-camera role by modeling WWF merch... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an African-American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst's in the film Bring it On. Union also starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film Bad Boys II and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series City of Angels. She also starred with L.L. Cool J and Meagan Good in "Deliver Us from Eva" in 2003. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Gabrielle Union was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Her parents, Sylvester and Theresa Union, are both black. At the age of eight her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended Foothill High School. In high school, Union was an all-star point guard and a year round athlete participating in soccer,... Biography of Shelley Duvall
Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an award winning American film and television actress. She began her career in the 1970s, playing quirky and waif-like characters in the movies of Robert Altman, and eventually starred in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. Early life Duvall was born in Houston, Texas to Robert Richardson Duvall, a defense attorney, and Bobbie Ruth Massengale, a real estate broker. She has three brothers, Scott, Shane, and Stuart. Duvall graduated from Waltrip High School. Duvall was working as a cosmetics saleswoman at a Houston Foley's when she was discovered at a party by production scouts for Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970). She is often thought to be related to Oscar winning actor Robert Duvall. She is not. Caree... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Dominic Howard
Dominic James Howard, better known as Dom Howard (born 7 December 1977 in Stockport, England), is the drummer for the British band Muse. Dominic was born in Stockport, not far from Manchester, in England. When he was around 8 years old he moved with his family to Teignmouth, a small town in Devon. He began playing drums at about the age of 11, when he was inspired by a jazz band performing at school. Dom's first band was named 'Carnage Mayhem' , which he was in at school. Meanwhile, he befriended Matt Bellamy, who played guitar but didn't have a stable band. Not long after, Matt was faced with the chance of entering Dom's band. After two years of drop-outs, only Dom and Matt remained. Chris Wolstenholme then entered the scene, who played drums in Fixed Penalty, and with a great "spir... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Juanes (musician)
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez best known as Juanes (born August 9, 1972 in Carolina del Príncipe, Antioquia) is a Colombian rock musician. During the 1980s and 1990s, Juanes was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis but disbanded the group in 1998 to pursue a solo career. His 2000 solo debut album, Fíjate Bien, had moderate commercial success and went on to win three Latin Grammy Awards. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) His second album, Un Día Normal was certified platinum throughout much of the Spanish-speaking world, and its lead single "A Dios le Pido" topped singles charts in twelve countries. Mi Sangre, his third album, fared equally well with Juanes promoting it on a tour with over 200 performances. The album's third single, "La Camisa Negra", generated controversy after being used ... Biography of Carrie Westcott
Carrie Westcott is an American model and actress. Measurements 34"D - 24" - 34" Height 5 ft 8 in Weight 120 lb Carrie was born on December 12, 1969, in Mission Hills, Kansas and graduated from Canyon Country High School in 1988. She spent her childhood in Mission Viejo, California, 50 miles south of Los Angeles. She and her sister were photogenic at an early age with Carrie starting to professionally model in her teens. She sent in some test photos to Playboy in late 1992. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in September, 1993 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She has described herself as a "flower child" with an affinity for the 1960s who is "very open minded and free with my thoughts and feelings." Although she claims that she identifies with the 19... Biography of Tarkan
Tarkan Tevetoğlu (born October 17, 1972), popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning pop singer in Turkey. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince Of Pop" by the media. He has released several platinum-selling albums during his career, with an estimated 15 million albums sold. He also produces music through his company HITT Music, which he established in 1997. One of a few European singers that has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, the artist is also noted for his live stage performances. Tarkan's effect on Turkey has been compared by the Washington Post as analogous to Elvis in America circa 1957 and Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegün described hi... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American film and television actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Peet was born in New York City to Charles Peet, a lawyer, and Penny Levy, a social worker; the two are now divorced. Her father is a Quaker and her mother is Jewish. Peet attended Friends Seminary, then studied history at and graduated from Columbia University, where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen and decided to become an actress after taking Hagen's class. During her four-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing. Career Peet's first screen performance was a television commercial for Skittles. Her early roles included a guest starring role on the television series Law & Order. She ma... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers. He had a distinctive image which included a heavy moustache, glasses and fake eyebrows. Childhood & Pre-Hollywood Successes The Marx family grew up on the Upper East Side (E 93rd Street) of New York City, in a small Jewish neighborhood sandwiched between Irish-German and Italian neighborhoods. Groucho's parents were Minnie Schoenberg Marx and Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life). Minnie's brother was Al Schoenberg, who shortened his name to Al Shean when he went into show business. He was half of Gallagher and Shean, a noted vaudeville act of the early 20th century. Accordi... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chris Farley
Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was a cast member at Chicago's Second City Theatre and achieved his greatest fame as a cast member on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He starred in a string of moderately successful comedic films in the 1990s before his death in late 1997. Early life Chris Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin. His family consists of three brothers (Tom, Jr., and actors Kevin and John), his sister, Barbara, and his parents, Mary Anne and Tom, Sr. Chris graduated from Edgewood High School (Wisconsin). During one homecoming at Edgewood, Farley became famous for his prank of releasing 3 pigs into the school, numbered 1,2, and 4. The search for the pig number three lasted wee... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Alessandra Martines
Alessandra Martines (born September 19, 1963) is an Italian-French dancer and actress, best known for her portrayal of Princess Fantaghirò in the Fantaghirò series and her interpretations under the direction of her husband, the french director Claude Lelouch, in several movies (Les Misérables, And now... Ladies and Gentlemen). Alessandra Martines was born in Rome. She has a daughter, called Stella. Filmography 1987 : Miss Arizona de Pal Sandor 1991 à 1996 : La Caverne de la Rose d'Or I, II, III, IV et V (téléfilm) 1993 : Tout ça... pour ça ! de Claude Lelouch 1995 : Les Misérables de Claude Lelouch 1996 : Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi de Claude Lelouch 1997 : Hasards ou coïncidences de Claude Lelouch 1999 : Une pour toutes de Claude Lelouch 2000 : Mercredi folle jour... Biography of Christophe Soumillon
Christophe Soumillon (born June 4, 1981 in Schaerbeek near Brussels, Belgium (birth time source: his Web site)) is a Belgian-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Raised in a horse racing family, he is the son of a horse jumping jockey Jean-Marc Soumillon. Christophe Soumillon apprenticed at Chantilly Racecourse in Chantilly, France to Cédric Boutin, and won his first race in November, 1997. By the end of 1999 he had been named Champion Apprentice. In April of 2000, Soumillon won five races on the same day, tying the all-time French record. He has racked up a series of victories and in 2003 became the French champion jockey with 207 wins. On September 10, 2006 he won five races (including Prix Vermeille, Prix Niel and Prix Foy), tying the all-time French record for the second time. ... Biography of Rachida Brakni
Rachida Brakni (Ar:رشيدة بركني, born 15 February 1977, Paris) is a French actress of Algerian origin. She is married to the football hero turned film actor Eric Cantona, whom she met on the filmset of Outremangeur in 2002. In 1997, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of which she won a Molière Award for her performance in Ruy Blas. In 2002, she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Chaos. Rachida is currently directing her husband in Face au paradis (Faced with paradise), a contemporary play, written by a young French playwright, Nathalie Saugeon. The production opened at Theatre Marigny on the Champs Elysees on 26 January 2010. Partial filmography * Chaos (2001) ... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE, (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Ann Lyna Mary (née Goodman), an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor. Kingsley's father, an Ismaili Muslim, was born in Kenya of Indian Khoja Gujarati descent, as Kingsley's paternal grandfather was a spice trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where Kingsley's father lived until moving to England at the age of fourteen. Kingsley's mother, born out of wedlock, was "loath to speak of her background"; she was of partial... Biography of Govinda (actor)
Govinda (Hindi: गोविंदा; Punjabi: ਗੋਵਿੰਦਾ) ( born Govind Arun Ahuja, on December 21, 1958 (source : Imdb)) is a Filmfare award-winning Indian actor and politician currently serving as the 5th Member of Parliament for the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharashtra, India. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films, also known as Bollywood. As a young man, his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers. He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films such as Shola Aur Shabnam, Aankhen, Coolie No.1, Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Partner. Govinda was nicknamed and referred to as "Chi Chi" (Punjabi: Little Finger) by his family, close associates and occ... Biography of Laëtitia Bleger
Lætitia Bléger (born April 10, 1981 in Colmar, Alsace) is a beauty queen who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant. Bléger won the Miss France title in 2004 and represented France at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador in May 2004. She was later was barred from wearing her sash and crown for a period of six months after posing 'half-naked' in Playboy magazine.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Maurice Gibb
Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE (December 22, 1949 – January 12, 2003), was a musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man to English parents. Maurice (pronounced Morris), was a twin brother to Robin Gibb, and was the younger of the twins by thirty-five minutes. He is best known as a member of the singing-songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers Robin and Barry. The trio had their start in Australia; their major success came when they returned to England where they had lived for several years as children. Gibb grew up with his family in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. In 1958 he and his family moved to Brisbane, Australia, settling in one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island, which was subsequently demolished to make way for Brisbane Airp... Biography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceauşescu (IPA /ni.ko.ˈla.je ʧaʊ.ˈʃes.ku/, in English, sometimes (and erroneously) /ʧaʊ.ˈʧes.kju/) (February 5, 1918 (Gregorian calendar)–December 25, 1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. The revolutionaries held a two hour trial and sentenced him to death for crimes against the state, genocide, and "undermining the national economy." . The hasty trial has been criticized as a kangaroo court His subsequent execution marked the final act of the Revolutions of 1989. Early life and career Born in the village of Scorniceşti, Olt County, Ceauşescu moved to Bucharest at the age of 11 to become a shoemaker's apprentice. (See Ceauşescu family ... Biography of Shaun White
Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in La Jolla, near San Diego, California) is an American athlete. He has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was fourteen years old, but is also known for his skateboarding. White stands 5' 8.5" (1.73 m) tall. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board. He is known for his shock of red hair, for which he has become known as "The Flying Tomato." Addressing his perception of the nickname, Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying-tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it." Snowboarding career White gained sponsorship from Burton. Shaun spent his formative years riding Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, at Big Bear a small ski resort found in th... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women-in-prison and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in B-movies such as 1974's Foxy Brown, and in mainstream films such as Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film, Jackie Brown. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Grier was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S., to African-American parents Clarence Ransom Grier, who worked as a mechanic in the United States Air Force, and Gwendolyn Sylvia (née Samuels), a homemaker and nurse. She has two sisters and one brother. She is a cousin of former football star Rosey Grier. Because of her father's military career, Pam's family moved frequently during he... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model best known for her screen roles aimed at teenage audiences. Her best known television series is Heroes. Her famous Hollywood films, so far, have been Varsity Blues, House on Haunted Hill, Final Destination, Legally Blonde, and finally Resident Evil: Extinction. Early life Ali Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She attended Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West. She began modeling with the world-renowned Ford Models at the age of fourteen and traveled the world. At seventeen, Larter settled temporarily in Japan. A year later, in 1995, she accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles, California. Soon after, she began taking acting classes, at a friend's... Biography of Catherine Bach
Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman on March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and for playing Margo Dutton in African Skies. Career Bach's first screen appearance was in the Burt Lancaster murder mystery, The Midnight Man, shot in Upstate South Carolina in 1973, in which she played the murdered coed, Natalie Underwood. It was released in June 1974. Her next role was Melody in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. Catherine became a TV icon when, unhappy with the wardrobe provided for her Daisy Duke character, she fashioned short shorts from a pair of jeans. Thanks to the actress and her character, the term "Daisy Dukes" is now synonymous in popular vernacular with cut off denim jean short... Biography of Jeri Ryan
Jeri Lynn Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress who came to fame as the ex-Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Childhood Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmerman in 1968 in Munich, Germany, to American parents; she has one older brother, Mark. Her father was in the United States Army and as a military brat she grew up on military bases in Kansas, Maryland, Hawaii, Georgia, and Texas. When Ryan was eleven, the family settled in Paducah, Kentucky. After Ryan graduated from high school in 1986 (as a National Merit Scholar), she attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. In 1989, Ryan became Miss Illinois and was a preliminary swimsuit winner at the Miss America Pageant. Jeri finished as the third runner-up to... Biography of Brad Renfro
Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor. A native of the state of Tennessee, he made his movie debut in 1994 in The Client at the age of 12 years old. He acted in 24 movies and several television episodes during his career. In 2006, he spent 10 days in jail for conviction of driving while under the influence and attempted heroin possession. Career Brad Renfro was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Angela and Mark Renfro, who works in a blueprint factory. He was raised by his grandmother, Joanne Renfro, a church secretary. Renfro was ten when he was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher. Cast by Finn for Schumacher's The Client, Renfro acted alongside Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. The movie was based on the bes... Biography of Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson (born February 15, 1947) is an American actress and model. Early life Marisa Berenson is the elder daughter of Robert L. Berenson, a U.S. diplomat of Lithuanian Jewish descent whose original family name was Valvrojenski. Her mother is Countess Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli, a socialite of Italian, Swiss, French, and Egyptian ancestry. (She is now Marchesa Cacciapuoti di Giugliano). Her maternal grandmother was the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and her sister was the model, actress, and photographer Berry Berenson. Berenson also is a great-great-niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, a great-great-niece of art expert Bernard Berenson (1865 – 1... Biography of Inés Sastre
Inés Sastre (born November 21, 1973, Valladolid) is a Spanish model and actress. Early Life Sastre's career started at the age of 12, when she was selected for a fast-food commercial with McDonalds. Her first movie appearance occurred in 1987 in El dorado by Carlos Saura. In 1989, she was awarded the look of the year by the Elite Model Agency group. At that point in her life she was offered to continue in the modelling business but she chose to continue her studies instead. She studied at The Sorbonne in Paris, and in addition to Spanish, speaks French, English and Italian fluently. In 1996, Sastre succeeded Isabella Rossellini as Lancôme's spokesmodel for its perfume, Trésor. In 1997, before playing the role of Francesca Babini in Italian director Pupi Avati's movie Il testimone... Biography of Rhona Mitra
Rhona Mitra (born August 9, 1976) is an English actress. She is sometimes credited as Rona Mitra. Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Early life Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, to Nora and Anthony Mitra, a cosmetic surgeon. Her father is part Indian and part English; her mother is Irish. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced and, as part of an overall lifestyle change, she was sent to boarding school. Several years passed at two different all-girls schools, including Roedean, but Mitra was eventually expelled from both of them. She has been quoted as saying: "I was kicked out for taking a sixth-former's car and driving it down to the local boys' school. I was only 14. I left stuffing under my bed sheets but one of my friends told on me and the headmistress tracked... Biography of Jack Lamotta
Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life has been as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. He was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the biopic Raging Bull. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Boxing records LaMotta, who compiled a record of 83 wins, 19 losses and 4 draws with 30 wins by way of knockout, was the first man to beat Sugar Ray Robinson, when he dropped Robinson in the first round and outpointed him over the course of ten rounds during the second fight of their legendary six bout rivalry. LaMotta won only one of the fights. In 1947, he was knocked out in four rounds by Billy Fox. The fight with Fox would come back to haunt L... Biography of Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on August 17, 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress and singer. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Born to Charles Stewart Parnell FitzSimons (a Catholic) and Marguerita Lilburn (a Protestant) in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland not long before partition, the famously red-headed beauty is noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. Her father was part owner of Irish football club Shamrock Rovers. She is fluent in Irish and used this in her films The Long Gray Line, The Quiet Man, and Only the Lonely. Beginnings Maureen FitzSimons came from a theatrical family. She auditioned and was accepted into the prestigiou... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Emily Vancamp
Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986 in Port Perry, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Amy Nicole Abbott on the WB Network series Everwood, which ran from 2002 to 2006. She currently portrays Rebecca Harper in the ABC network series Brothers & Sisters. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Filmography VanCamp first appeared in 2000's Canadian television Are You Afraid of the Dark? as the character Peggy Gregory for the two episodes "The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 2" and "The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 3." Her next 2000's role was in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, in which she played the character of Jackie Bouvier at 13 years of age. She appeared again in 2000 in the television series Radio Active in the episode "Bully for You", portraying the character... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m) McCarthy grew up in Westfield, New Jersey before moving to Bernardsville, New Jersey and attending The Pingry School. He began acting at the age of 15. He attended New York University as a theater major. His first film role was the lead in the 1983 film Class. His better known films include the Brat Pack films St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink. Other memorable roles include Weekend at Bernie's, a comedy where he parades around the corpse of his boss, and Mannequin, where he falls in love with a mannequin, played by Kim Cattrall, who comes to life only when he is alone. McCarthy's Broadway theater credits include Side Man and The Boys of Winter. Although he had f... Biography of Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Elise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, where she played Melanie Schlegel. Blanchard is probably best known for playing the part of Cher Horowitz (originally portrayed by Alicia Silverstone) on the television series Clueless based on the 1995 movie Clueless. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) She received critical acclaim for her performance in the award-winning second series of British sitcom Peep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007). She graduated from Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario and went on to Queen's University. Credits Title Role Year Flight Of The Conchords ... Biography of Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi (Persian: نیکی کریمی), born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award winning Iranian actress and movie director. Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age inspired her to become an actress. Her talent as an actress was found by the famous Iranian actor Jamshid Gorgin, while she was playing a role in a school play. She loves translating and in 1999 she released her first translation work, Marlon Brando's biography Songs My Mother Taught Me in to Persian. Niki is now an actress in Iran who has won several awards both at home and internationally. She has also recently been in the jury ... Biography of Nadia Bjorlin
Nadia Alexandra Björlin (credited as Bjorlin) (born August 2, 1980) is an American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Bjorlin was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but lived in Sweden until the age of 7. Her father was the Swedish composer and conductor Ulf Björlin (1933-1993). Her mother, Fary, whose background is Persian, is an interior decorator. Nadia speaks Swedish, Farsi, English and can sing in other languages as well. She is also renowned for her beautiful soprano voice. When her family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, she attended the Palm Beach County School of the Arts (now Dreyfoos School of the arts) along with her brothers Ulf and Jean Paul, where she excelled in music and theater. All three siblings have found success in show business since graduation. Bjorl... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor, perhaps best known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift, Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Keaton, the youngest of seven children, was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. His father worked as a civil engineer and surveyor and his mother, Leona, a homemaker, came from a Scotch-Irish community in Pennsylvania. Keaton was raised in a large Catholic family and attended Montour High School in Pennsylvania. He studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. Keaton was married to actress Caroline McWilliams from 1982 until... Biography of Arno Klarsfeld
Arno Klarsfeld, born August 27, 1965, is a French lawyer, writer and politician, the son of the French Nazi-hunters Serge Klarsfeld and Beate Klarsfeld. Bibliography Touvier, un crime français, Paris, Fayard, 1994, ISBN : 2-213-59312-4 Les Dieux ne songent qu'à dormir, Paris, Flammarion, 1995, ISBN : 2-08-067092-1 Les Bâtons, Paris, Ramsay, 1997, ISBN : 2-84114-284-1 La Cour, les Nains et le Bouffon, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1999, ISBN : 2-221089081 Israël transit : Entretiens avec Yves Derai, Paris, l'Archipel, 2005,ISBN 2-841874656... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBE (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish film and television actor. He is known for a variety of roles including those in Trainspotting, Hamish Macbeth, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, Angela's Ashes, The 51st State, and 28 Weeks Later. He also portrayed Doctor Nicholas Rush in Stargate Universe. Early life Carlyle was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, the son of Elizabeth, a bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He was brought up by his father after his mother left when Carlyle was four years old. He left school at 16 without qualifications and went to work for his father as a painter and decorator, however he continued his education by attending night classes at Cardonald College in Glasgow. Career Carlyle became involved in drama a... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Katharine McPhee
Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American Pop singer who was the runner-up to Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. Early years Born in Los Angeles, California, McPhee moved with her parents and sister to the Sherman Oaks neighborhood when she was 12 years old. McPhee has been singing since the age of two. Her mother, Patricia Burch McPhee (stage name Peisha Arten), a vocal coach and accomplished cabaret singer, recognized a talent for music in her daughter and decided to train her. Her father, Daniel McPhee, is a television producer and her older sister, Adriana Burch McPhee (born June 30, 1982) is an aspiring producer as well. McPhee has a pet Chihuahua named Nena that sometimes accompanies her to photo shoots and recording sessions. McPhee gr... Biography of Thierry Rey
Thierry Rey is a French judoka, born June 1, 1959 in Lagny-sur-Marne. He is also an actor. He was the boyfriend of Claude Chirac, the daugther of former French President Jacques Chirac. They have a son, Martin Rey-Chirac.... Biography of Sophie Howard
Sophie Howard (born February 24, 1983) is a glamour model from Southport, England. She appears regularly on Page Three and in lads mags like Maxim, Zoo Weekly and Loaded. She has often been photographed with other big-bust models like Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh. In August 2005 Howard was voted number 1 in Loaded magazine's "Most Beautiful Breasts" poll, and in the same year she was voted 73rd in the UK FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll. In the 2006 poll she rose to 68th place. Howard has featured on the cover of Loaded more than any other model, appearing five times - beating Jordan by one cover. Height: 5 ft. 8 in. Sophie Howard was born and raised in Southport, England. She attended Christ the King Catholic High school, and was in the Salvation Army until she was 16. At 17, she becam... Biography of Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an iconic Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, and Emmy-winning American actress. Early life Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in the Bronx, New York to Michael and Mildred Italiano, both children of Italian immigrants. Bancroft graduated Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx in 1948, and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Actors Studio, and the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women at UCLA. After appearing in a number of live television dramas under the name "Anne Marno", she was told to change her surname for her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock in 1952, and she chose the surname "Bancroft" because she felt it was "elegant". Career Bancroft was a contract player in... Biography of Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen Chi-Tan (Chinese: 甄子丹; pinyin: Zhēn Zǐdān; born July 27, 1963) is a martial artist and actor, film director, fight choreographer, and producer. He is a well known film and television actor in Hong Kong and, more recently, in the West, having been featured in many movies with prominent, internationally known actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Early life Yen was born in Guangzhou (Canton in French), Guangdong, China, the son of martial arts master Bow Sim Mark and Klysler, a newspaper editor. He was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His younger sister Chris Yen (Chi-Ching) is also an accomplished martial artist and rising actress, recently appearing in the independent film Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Aroun... Biography of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War, capturing Vicksburg in 1863 and Richmond in 1865. He accepted the surrender of his Confederate opponent Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. After service in the Mexican-American War, an undistinguished peacetime military career, and a series of unsuccessful civilian jobs, Grant returned to service in 1861 at the outset of the Civil War and proved highly successful in training new recruits. His capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in February 1862 marked the first major Union victories of the Civil War and opened up prime avenues of ... Biography of Tanya Roberts
Victoria Leigh Blum - better known as Tanya Roberts (born on October 15, 1955) is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Reportedly 5' 8" (1.73 m) tall and with measurements of 36-21-34, Roberts was regarded as one of Hollywood's most popular sex symbols during the early 1980s. Early life and career Roberts grew up in the Bronx, New York City. The daughter of an Irish American pen seller and a Jewish American woman, her parents divorced before she reached high school. Her sister, actress Barbara Chase, was married to Timothy Leary from 1978 to 1992. At age 15, she abandoned her studies to get married and lived for a while hitch-hiking across the United States until her mother-in-law annulled ... Biography of Dayanara Torres
Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model and former Miss Universe, born on October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Approached by fame At age 17, Dayanara Torres was discovered while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was subsequently invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant, and the right to represent Puerto Rico in the 1993 Miss Universe pageant. In 1992, she participated in the Miss International pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. She also placed second in the 1992 Queen of the World contest. Torres won the crown in the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City on May 21, 1993. Torres's victory in the pageant caused some controversy because of the claim that she was still a m... Biography of Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is a SAG Award- and Young Artist Award-nominated American actress. She has been called a scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis, because of her roles in such horror films as Final Destination 3, Death Proof, and Black Christmas, but has branched out into other genres, including comedy (Sky High), drama (Bobby) and action (Live Free or Die Hard). Early life Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the daughter of Betty Lou (née Knight) and James Ronald Winstead. When she was five, her family moved to Sandy, Utah. Her interest in performing art also began to emerge with interests in ballet and acting. As a child, Winstead appeared in the Mountain West Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. Hoping to become a ballerina, at the age of ... Biography of Jason Gould
Jason Emanuel Gould (born December 29, 1966 in New York City), is an American actor, writer and director. His parents are Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould, who divorced a few years after his birth. Gould spent his formative years around major Hollywood players in Los Angeles, California. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Gould has appeared in such films as Say Anything (1989) and the Streisand-directed film The Prince of Tides (1991), but has since rarely appeared in front of the camera. In 1997 he wrote, produced and directed the short film Inside Out, playing Aaron in the humorous story of the child of two celebrities who is outed by the tabloids. His real life father (Elliott Gould) also played his father in the short film. The short was later combined with other features for Boys Life 3 (... Biography of Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach (IPA: /ˈbɝt ˈbækəræk/, born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an award-winning American pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from 1962-70, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were recorded by Dionne Warwick. As of 2006, Bacharach had written a total of 70 Top 40 hits in the U.S., and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK. Professional biography Bacharach studied music at McGill University, the Mannes School of Music, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. His composition teachers included Darius Milhaud, Bohuslav Martinů, and Henry Cowell. In the 1950s and early 1960s he was the pianist, arranger and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich, with whom he toured. Bacharach's music is characterized... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002), better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The 101'ers, The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues. The early years 1952-1976 Joe Strummer was born as John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey on August 21, 1952. His mother, a crofter's daughter and one of nine children born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, was a nurse. His father was a British foreign-service diplomat who had been born in Lucknow, India. He was of partial Armenian ancestry. The family spent much time moving from place to place, and Strummer spent his childhood in places such as Cairo, Mexico City, and Bonn. At the age of 9, Strummer and his ol... Biography of Leslie Easterbrook
Leslie Easterbrook (born July 29, 1949) is an American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life She was born in Los Angeles and adopted by a family in rural Nebraska and raised there. Her father later earned a PhD and became a voice/trumpet professor at Kearney University. He prepared her for operatic roles and coached her in trumpet playing for Laverne & Shirley. Career Easterbrook has become a familiar face to American audiences, with about a dozen feature films and over 300 television episodes to her credit. She first became famous as Rhonda Lee, the Marilyn-Monroe-like neighbor of Laverne & Shirley. But the role for which she is most widely known is that of Lt. Debbie Callahan, the no-nonsense blonde bombshell in the popular Police Academy series of movies. Among the TV... Biography of Marcy Walker
Marcy Walker (born November 26, 1961) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and grew up in Lancaster, California. Walker graduated from Antelope Valley High School in 1978 after only three years enrolled. In 1981, she got her first soap job as Liza Colby on All My Children. After a successful three-year run (and two Outstanding Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy nominations, in 1983 and 1984), she decided to leave the show for other opportunities. She was replaced promptly with actress Alice Haining as Liza on the show. Late in 1984, she created yet another popular soap role in the form of Eden Capwell on Santa Barbara. Her character, partnered with A Martinez's character, Cruz Castillo, became one of the show's flagship supercouples. She was nominated fo... Biography of Patrick Timsit
Patrick Timsit, born July 15, 1959 in Algiers (birth time source: act n° 585, André Dekoster), is a French humorist, actor, radio host and director. Humorist 1983 : Les Femmes et les enfants à mort 1987 : Patrick Timsit lâche le morceau 1994 : Timsit vite ! 2005 : L'Emmerdeur, reprise de la pièce de Francis Veber avec Richard Berry au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin à Paris Radio Host Janvier et février 2005 : Radio Timsit sur Europe 2, avec Alexandre Pesle, Jean-François Halin et Muriel Barrel, avec un DVD sorti en 2005 réaliser par Ludovic Dazin. Filmography Actor 1991 : Une époque formidable... de Gérard Jugnot 1993 : La Crise de Coline Serreau 1994 : Un indien dans la ville d'Hervé Palud 1995 : Pédale douce de Gabriel Aghion 1996 : Passage à ... Biography of Catherine Keener
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 1959) is a two time Academy Award-nominated American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Keener, the third of five children, was born in Miami, Florida, to Evelyn and Jim Keener, a manager of an automotive store. Keener is of Irish descent on her father's side and of Egyptian descent on her mother's. Keener attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Hialeah, Florida. Although she didn’t get into trouble growing up, by the time she reached high school at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Keener began rebelliously acting out. She was eventually expelled from the 11th grade, although she later returned to school, and kept her grades high enough to be accepted into college. She attended Wheaton College, a women’s school in Norton, M... Biography of Marthe Keller
Marthe Keller (born January 28, 1945, Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss actress. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16. She changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble. Height: Taille : 5' 8" (1.73 m) Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). She appeared in a series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave (1971), La raison du plus fou (1973) and Toute une vie (And Now My Love, 1974). Her most famous American film appearances are her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in Marathon Man and her performance as an Arab terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday. Kel... | |||||||