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9016 celebrities heights in our database on November 5, 2009. The celebrities 5' 8" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,907 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,907 Celebrities
505 celebrities 5' 8" tall have been found. 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 ... Biography of Adolphe 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 so... 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 M... 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 20... 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... 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 ... Biography of Camilla PARKER BOWLES
Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla Rosemary; formerly Parker Bowles; née Shand, Born 17 July 1947) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth Realms. Prior to their marriage she had been his long-time partner. As the consort of the Prince of Wales she is legally the Princess of Wales; Clarence House has announced that she is officially styled HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. This is mainly because the for... Biography of Elton JOHN
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially in the 1970s. John has sold more than 250 million albums plus hundreds of millions of singles , making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U... Biography of Joseph STALINE (STALIN)
Joseph Stalin (Georgian: ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Иосиф Сталин, ISO 9: Iosif Stalin; December 18 1878 – March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. During that time he established the regime now known... Biography of EMINEM
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. Having sold seventy million albums worldwide, Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s, and one of the best-selling rappers of all time. Eminem was discovered by pioneer gangsta rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has praised Ma... 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 El... 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 Classica... Biography of Whitney HOUSTON
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963), is an American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and film producer. Houston is one of the most successful and influential singers of all time. Her body of work includes ballads, dance-pop and urban contemporary soul. She is well known for her vocal power, control, range and coloratura soprano voice. Houston was one of a handful of black artists to receive heavy rotation on MTV in the 1980s. She became the first artist to ... 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 T... 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), a... Biography of MARLENE (MOUREAU)
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... 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 ches... Biography of Maria CALLAS
Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 – 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 ... 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. S... 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 a... 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"... Biography of Estelle LEFEBURE
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... 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... Biography of Luc BESSON
Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) 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 recover... Biography of Angela MERKEL
Angela Dorothea Merkel (b. Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, Germany), is the Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the German Parliament from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union CDU since April 9, 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary party group from 2002 to 2005. She leads a Grand coalition with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), formed after th... 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 ... 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 2... Biography of Ringo STARR (BEATLES)
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... 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... Biography of Noel GALLAGHER (OASIS)
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, m... Biography of Robin WILLIAMS
Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952) 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 reside... 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 w... Biography of ELISABETH de WITTELSBACH (SISSI)
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 Elisa... 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-fin... 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,... 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 und... Biography of Isabella ROSSELLINI
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 ... Biography of Salman KHAN
Salman Khan (Hindi: सलमान ख़ान)(pronunciation: /səlmɑːn xɑːn/), born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 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... 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 Un... Biography of Shirley MANSON (GARBAGE)
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 j... Biography of Roberto ALAGNA
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 C... 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 ... 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.... Biography of Anne HATHAWAY
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) 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... Biography of Humphrey BOGART
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), Casablan... Biography of Alexandra ROSENFELD (Miss FRANCE / EUROPE 2006)
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 ... 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. E...
Biography of LOANA
French TV host and business woman. She has won the first French reality TV Loft Story in 2001.... Biography of Kanye WEST
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /'kɑnjeɪ/) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) 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 Gram... Biography of CIARA
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... 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 ... 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 197... 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... 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 th... Biography of Charlie WATTS (ROLLING STONES)
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,... 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 be... 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 ... 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 Vr... Biography of Katy PERRY
Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984) 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, ... Biography of Joanna LUMLEY (THE AVENGERS)
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 work... Biography of Rudolf NOUREEV
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 wa... 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 V... 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.... 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 C... 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, se... 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-sta... 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... 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 financ... Biography of Martina NAVRATILOVA
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 playe... Biography of Evan Rachel WOOD
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) 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 th... 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 ... 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 ... Biography of Portia de ROSSI
Portia de Rossi, born Amanda Lee Rogers on January 31, 1973, is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal, and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the television series Arrested Development. Personal Born in Melbourne, Victoria, de Rossi was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong. As a child she modeled for print and TV commercials. She took the name Portia de Rossi at a young age: “ When I was 15, I changed it legally. In ret... 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 a... 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... 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 La... 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 musica... 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 "Mi... 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 ... Biography of John BELUSHI
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – 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 Or... 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. He... 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 oth... 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, Elizab... Biography of Mike MYERS
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario) is an Emmy Award-winning British-Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his comedy work in Saturday Night Live and the film roles including the title characters of Wayne's World, the Austin Powers series, and Shrek. Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Both of Myers' parents, Eric and Alice, are from Liverpool, England, and Myers has British, as well as Canadian, citizenship. His ethnic her... 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 ...
Biography of José GARCIA
José Garcia is a famous French actor and humorist. Filmography 1988 : Romuald et Juliette de Coline Serreau 1994 : Élisa de Jean Becker 1995 : Beaumarchais, l'insolent de Edouard Molinaro 1997 : Les Démons de Jésus de Bernie Bonvoisin 1997 : Tout doit disparaître de Philippe Muyl 1997 : La Vérité si je mens ! 1 de Thomas Gilou 1998 : Les Grandes bouches de Bernie Bonvoisin 1999 : Extension du domaine de la lutte de Philippe Harel 2000 : En face de Mathias Ledoux 2000 : Je... 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 wid... 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 desig... 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 ... 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 Thunderbol... 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. Broderi... Biography of Rubin CARTER (HURRICANE)
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 t... Biography of Maurice GIBB (BEE GEES)
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 th... 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, alth... Biography of Kelly ROWLAND (Destiny's Child)
Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981) 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 r...
Biography of JUANES
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 th... 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, ... 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, an... 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 a... 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... Biography of Tonya KINZINGER
Tonya Kinzinger is an American actress, business woman and model born June 10, 1968 in Monroe. She is the wife of Bernard Lignon. Filmography Télévision Top Models (Amour, Gloire et Beauté) (2007) Sous le soleil (1996-2007) Higlander (1996) Extrême Limite (1993) Garde à vue (1993) Les danseurs du Mozambique (Then myth that wouldn't die) (1992) Le soleil naît derrière le Louvre (Nestor Burma) (1992) Les dessous de la passion (1991) Films Dark Realm (2000) Dancin... Biography of Gérard DARMON
Gérard Darmon, born February 29, 1948 in Paris, is a French actor and singer. Discography 2003 : Au milieu de la nuit 2006 : Dancing Filmography 1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, de Gérard Oury 1980 : Diva, de Jean-Jacques Beineix 1982 : Le Grand Pardon, de Alexandre Arcady 1982 : Les Princes, de Tony Gatlif 1982 : La Baraka, de Jean Valère 1983 : Cap Canaille, de Juliet Berto 1983 : Le Grand Carnaval, de Alexandre Arcady 1984 : Notre histoire, de Bertrand B... 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 ... Biography of Marie-George BUFFET
Marie-George Buffet (born May 7, 1949 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, currently the head of the French Communist Party (PCF). She joined the Party in 1969, and was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from June 4, 1997 to May 5, 2002. Ms. Buffet was re-elected on June 16, 2002 to another five-year term in the National Assembly, as a representative of Seine-Saint-Denis. Height: 1m73 Buffet was elected in 2001 as National Secretary of the Party, succeeding Robert Hue, ... Biography of Roland ORZABAL (TEARS FOR FEARS)
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, Orzabal's mother is English and his father is from Paris, but of Spanish-Basque descent. Orzabal was originally named "Raou... 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 a... 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 Dani... 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 Champions... 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 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: Cha... 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 Roe... 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.... Biography of Kelly BROOK
Kelly Brook (born Kelly Ann Parsons on November 23, 1979) is an English model, actress, and occasional swimwear designer and television presenter. After leaving school in Rochester, Brook studied at the Italia Conti stage school in London for three years before becoming a professional model. Model Brook's modeling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, her early work was in a range of advertising campaigns, including for the new "Bravissimo" company that specializes in ... 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 he... Biography of Christina HENDRICKS
Christina Hendricks (born Christina Rene Hendricks on May 3, 1978) is an American actress. Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho from third grade until high school. She left Twin Falls after the 8th grade in 1989. She got her start acting in Junior Musical Playhouse productions, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As an actress, Hendricks has made her mark in a number of guest TV appearances. Her first television break came when she ... 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), ... Biography of Paz VEGA
Paz Campos Trigo (born January 2, 1976), better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Vega was born in Seville, Andalucía and takes her stage name from her grandmother. After attending a performance of Federico García Lorca's La casa de Bernarda Alba at the age of 15 she was convinced that she wanted to become an actress. After completing compulsory education at 16, she was accepted at the prestigious Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school. After two ye... Biography of Heather KOZAR
Heather Kozar (born May 4, 1976, in Akron, Ohio) is an American model. Kozar was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for January 1998, appeared on the cover of the June 1999 issue of the magazine, and was voted Playmate of the Year for 1999. She was also the St Pauli Girl for 2002. She has also been a Barker's Beauty model for the popular daytime TV game show, The Price Is Right. She is married to former Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch. Heather and Tim have a son together, named Chas... 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 ... 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... 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 ... 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. ... 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... 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 te... Biography of Naveen ANDREWS
Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated Indian-English actor. He is known for his roles in The English Patient (1996) and as Sayid in the U.S.A. television series Lost. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Andrews was born in London, England to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from Kerala, India. He was raised in Wandsworth, South London (beside the River Thames) and had what he has described as ... 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 cho... Biography of Christophe SOUMILLON
Christophe Soumillon (born June 4, 1981 in Schaerbeek near Brussels, Belgium) 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-... Biography of Kimberly DONLEY
Kimberly Donley (born December 15, 1965 in Aurora, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American adult model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March 1993 and continues to model there. Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 10 May 1994 - pages 22-31. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994. Playboy's Playmates at Play July 1994 - pages 30-33. Playboy's Beauty Queens August 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 39 September 1994 - front ... Biography of Jennifer O'NEILL
Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress and author. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a Spanish-Irish businessman and his English wife. As a teenager, O'Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials and on magazine covers. In 1968 she landed a small role in For the Love of Ivy. In 1970 she played one of the lead female roles in Rio Lobo starring John Wayne. After her success in Summer of '42 in 1971, in which she plays the you... 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... 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 W... 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 fact... Biography of Marla MAPLES
Marla Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her former marriage to billionaire celebrity Donald Trump. Maples was born in Dalton, Georgia to Ann, a former office worker, and Stan Maples, a real estate developer. She lives in Los Angeles with their daughter, Tiffany. In May 2007, she became part of the television show, "The Ex-Wives Club". In July 2007, Maples was briefly seen in a segment of the 1-hour NBC special "Victoria Beckham: Coming To America" d... 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 c... 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 Robin... Biography of Carmella DECESARE
Carmella Danielle DeCesare (born July 1, 1982) is an American model and a former WWE RAW diva who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent. She married Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia on April 21, 2007. DeCesare was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and lives in Manhattan Beach, California. She graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2000, and later worked at a title company in the Cleveland area. She responded to ...
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 ro... 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... 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... Biography of Danny WOOD
Daniel William Wood Jr. (born 14 May 1969, Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early days He was the "body" of the group being the most physically fit, and very interested in sports. Wood was keen on his appearance and his own physical fitness. He also choreographed a lot of the dance moves for the band. He and fellow group member, Donnie Wahlberg, worked together and produced tracks for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, a gro... 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... 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... 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... 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 ... Biography of Anne POHTAMO
Anne Marie Pohtamo (born August 15, 1955), from Helsinki, Finland, was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador. Pohtamo was crowned by Miss Universe 1972 Kerry Anne Wells, not by her predecessor Amparo Muñoz, as Muñoz was dethroned shortly before her reign ended. Pohtamo became the second Finn to claim the title of Miss Universe, 23 years before Armi Kuusela had claimed it. She pursued a m... Biography of Steve WINWOOD
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood (born May 12, 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England) is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to his solo career, was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Go and Blind Faith. Career While still a pupil at Great Barr School (where actor Martin Shaw was a classmate), Winwood was a part of the Birmingham rhythm and blues scene, playing the Hammond B-3 Organ and guitar, backing blues singers such as Muddy Wat... Biography of Joe STRUMMER (CLASH)
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 nur... Biography of Madeline ZIMA
Madeline Rose Zima (born September 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is mostly known for her six years as Grace Sheffield on the TV Series The Nanny or more recently as the promiscuous 16 year old, Mia Gross, on the Showtime dramedy Californication. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Zima was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Marie and Dennis Zima. She has two sisters, Vanessa and Yvonne, both of whom are also actresses. Career She played the role of Grace Sheffield on the tele... Biography of Aida YESPICA
Aída María Yéspica Jaime (IPA: ), is a Venezuelan beauty queen born on July 15, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Height 173 cm / 5'8" Hair color black Eye color brown Measurements 90-61-90 Weight 55 kg Pageant participation Aida Yespica's career began in the Venezuelan famous national pageant Miss Venezuela in 2002. As Miss Amazonas, she represented the state of Amazonas. The winner was Mariangel Ruiz but Yespica became a big favorite among the press. Her measurements 90-60-90 de... Biography of Unnur Birna VILHJALMSDOTTIR (Miss WORLD 2005)
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (born May 25, 1984 in Reykjavík, Iceland), former Miss Iceland. She was crowned Miss World 2005 on December 10, 2005. Height: 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) She was crowned Miss World in the Beauty Crown Theatre located in the Chinese beach city of Sanya, by the reigning beauty queen, 2004's Miss Peru Maju Mantilla. Mexico (Dafne Molina Lona) and Puerto Rico (Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos) were the first and second runners up. Other contestants who made it into the final... Biography of Bruno SOLO
Bruno Lassalle, best known as Bruno Solo, born September 1964 in Paris, is a French actor, humorist, director, screenwriter and TV host. Height: 1m73 Filmography Actor 1993 : Tom est tout seul 1997 : La Vérité si je mens ! 1997 : les Sœurs Soleil 1997 : Mauvais genre 1998 : Grève party 1998 : Les Mille et Une Nuits 1999 : Restons groupés 1999 : Mille bornes 1999 : Le Gril à cagouille 1999 : Les Fans 1999 : L'Homme de ma vie 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||