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Biography of Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986 in New York, Lenox Hill Hospital (birth time source: Astrodatabank (conflicting, unverified). Before, there was another time of birth for her, sent to us by email, 5:07 PM on her Instagram account, supposedly from herself, on a private post on March 2, 2015, copy at http://www.astrotheme.fr/images/Lady_Gaga_time_of_birth.jpg, but as there was no direct link to check it, it could be a fake, so we do not take it anymore)), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age nineteen, she began performing in the rock and roll scene of the Lower East Side. During this time, she was also working at Interscope Records as a songwriter for several est...
Biography of Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; AV-ril lə-VEEN; born 27 September 1984 (birth time source: P. Petitallot, Astrodatabank, original source unknown))) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album Let Go. Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over 16 million copies ...
Biography of Kat Bjelland
Katherine "Kat" Lynne Bjelland (born December 9, 1963 (Lorie Barbero on Instagram, copy at http://www.astrotheme.fr/images/Lori_Barbero_time_of_birth.jpg)) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist who is currently the lead singer and guitarist of the band Katastrophy Wife, and is the former lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter of the punk rock band Babes in Toyland. Early life Bjelland was born in Salem, Oregon and grew up in nearby Woodburn. Her mother was Lynne Irene Higginbotham; her father was Lyle Bjelland. Bjelland's parents divorced when she was young, and she referred to her stepmother in later years as "abusive" and having a great effect on her life. In the documentary, Not Bad for a Girl (1995), Bjelland revealed this: You know, I really hate to...
Biography of Nicole Richie
Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American socialite, actress, author, and singer. The adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, she is best known for her role in the reality show The Simple Life. She is also known for setting major fashion trends in Hollywood. Nicole Richie was born Nicole Camille Escovedo in Berkeley, California. Her biological father was a drummer who worked with Lionel Richie; her biological mother was a backstage assistant for Lionel. It is rumored that her biological father is musician Pete Escovedo (brother of musician Sheila E.), but Richie denied this in a November 2005 interview with Jane magazine. When Nicole was two, Lionel and his wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally adopted her a...
Biography of Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actress. Ricci made her acting debut at age 10, starring with Cher and Winona Ryder in the 1990 film Mermaids, followed by a small role in 1992's The Hard Way. Her breakout role was as the dark 12-year-old Wednesday Addams in the successful The Addams Family film (1991) and its sequel, Addams Family Values (1993), where she received commercial attention and critical praise. As an adult, Ricci began appearing in more mature roles after 1997's The Ice Storm, going on to successfully emerge out of her status as a child star, starring in a string of critically acclaimed independent films, such as The Opposite of Sex (1998), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a...
Biography of Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. The source for her birth time is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/nellyfurtado.html. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous" ,"Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has been influenced by her wi...
Biography of Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 (birth time source: the Wilsons, Astrodatabank, birth certificate) – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker. She was known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films. Fisher was also known for her semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge, and the screenplay for the film of the same name, as well as her autobiographical one-woman play, and its nonfiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the show. Her other film roles included Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989). Early life Fisher was born in Burbank (Los Angeles County), the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Re...
Biography of Ellen Page
Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 2007 film Juno. For this performance, Page received both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She is also known for her starring role in Hard Candy (2006), as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand, and she received attention in her native Canada for award-winning roles in Pit Pony and Marion Bridge, as well as television shows Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis. Early life Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. She attended the Halifax Grammar School until grade 10, graduating from the Shambhala School in 2005. Growing up, Page enjoyed play...
Biography of Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress who is best known for starring in the title role on the television show Veronica Mars. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Bell, who is of Polish and Irish descent, was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb about 3 miles north of Detroit. As a child she once broke both wrists at once, while playing hockey. She went to her first audition at age 11 and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. She attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she took the starring role in the school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale. She also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof (1995), Lady Be Good (1996), and Li'l Abner ...
Biography of Hayley Williams
Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of Paramore. Life and career In 2002, at the age of 13, Williams moved from her hometown, Meridian, Mississippi, to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met fellow band members Josh Farro and Zac Farro in school. Shortly after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning. While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory where she met Jeremy Davis. In 2005, John Janick, founder of record label Fueled by Ramen, signed a contract with them. In 2007, Williams appeared in the music video for "Kiss Me" by New Found Glory. In the 2007 Kerrang! Readers' Poll she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Se...
Biography of Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), a rapper/singer/actress, also known under the stage name of "Left Eye", was a member of the popular R&B and hip hop group TLC. In addition to hit songs like "Waterfalls" with TLC, Lopes also did some solo performing. She was considered by some fans as the creative talent behind TLC and contributed her own self-written raps to many of TLC's popular singles, including "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs". Lopes was also a self-taught keyboardist and, by way of a Beethoven piano piece, displayed those talents during her solo spot on TLC's headlining concert performances (featured in a pay-per-view broadcast of TLC's FanMail Tour in the spring of 2000). She was known for wearing a pair of glasses with a condom in place of the left eye lens, which was ...
Biography of Cole Sprouse
Dylan Thomas Sprouse and Cole Mitchell Sprouse (born August 4, 1992) are American identical twin brother actors. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Cole & Dylan, the Sprouse Bros., or the Sprouse Twins, and are known for their roles in the film Big Daddy, as Patrick Kelly in Grace Under Fire, Ross's son Ben on Friends, and for portraying the title characters on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. As a result of the series' success, they have become "heartthrobs" and "overwhelming draws" among preteen and teen audiences. Early life The Sprouses were born in Arezzo, Italy to American parents Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright, who at the time were teaching at an American English language school in Italy. Dylan, named after poet Dylan Thomas, is fifteen mi...
Biography of Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966 in Mile End, London) is an English former glamour model and dance-pop singer. Personal life Fox was twice linked to Australian con man Peter Foster. They dated in 1986-87 and then, after a seven year separation, they reunited in 1994 for a year. They were at one time reportedly engaged to be married. Fox described Foster as "the love of my life". She has also been in relationships with Paul Stanley, the singer and rhythm guitarist for the band KISS. In 1994, it was reported that she had become a born-again Christian and she was invited to play at Christian music festival Greenbelt. When queried about how she could reconcile topless modelling with her Christian beliefs, she said: “ Easily. God gave me my body. I know it has made many pe...
Biography of Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988 (birth time and city source: Astrodatabank)) is an American actress, singer and model. She is the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. She has appeared in the films The Brave One (2007) with Jodie Foster, and No Reservations (2007) with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Kravitz played Pearl on the fourth season of the Showtime television series Californication, and appeared as Angel Salvadore in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class. Early life Kravitz was born in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, at the canal-front home of her parents, actress Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz. Her paternal grandmother, actress Roxie Roker, was of African American and Bahamian descent (and a second cousin of meteorologist Al Roker), and her m...
Biography of Isabelle Boulay
Isabelle Boulay (born 6 July 1972 in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec) is a francophone Canadian pop singer. In 1990, some friends registered her at the Petite-Vallée song festival without her consent, but she completed a performance there and was regarded as a huge success. The following year she won at the Granby song festival for her rendition of Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam". That same year she was invited to take part in the festival Les FrancoFolies de Montréal. In 1993 she represented Radio Canada at the "Truffe de Périgueux" festival held in Périgord, France. She carried off the prize for Best Singer in the "chanson francophone" (francophone song) category. Following her success in France, she was noticed by songwriter Luc Plamondon who was looking for emerging talents to perform in a ne...
Biography of Karrueche Tran
Karrueche Tran, born on May 17, 1988 in Los Angeles, California (source: http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/karrueche-tran/), is an Amercian model of both Vietnamese and African descent. Karrueche dated Chris Brown and was his first serious girlfriend after Brown’s tumultuous relationship with Rihanna....
Biography of Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is currently scheduled to succeed Celine Dion as the headliner at Caesars Palace, beginning February 20, 2008. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in nearby Aiea. She attended Radford High School in Honolulu. She is of Jewish descent. Her aspirations were clearly defined from the outset, and she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, and earned money in the film Hawaii (released in 1966) a...
Biography of Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December 1934) in York (birth time source: time rectified by Starkman, Astrodatabank), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her main forte throughout her career. She has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain's best actress. Furthermore, she gained worldwide popular fame through taking over the role of M in the James Bond film series in 1995, and subsequently through many acclaimed film appearances. Early life Judi Dench was born in York, North Yor...
Biography of Monica Keena
Monica C. Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress, known for her roles as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, Kristin on HBO's Entourage, and as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason. Early life Keena was born in New Jersey, the daughter of Mary, a nurse, and William Keena, a financial sales manager. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York City, and has an older sister named Samantha. During her early childhood (and again at the end of high school), Keena attended Saint Ann's School, a progressive private school in Brooklyn Heights. She auditioned for acceptance into LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts at age thirteen. Although she chose the drama department as her preference, she was accepted in both the dramatic and the vocal...
Biography of Wendy Whoppers
Wendy Whoppers (born August 13, 1970) is the stage name of a big-bust feature dancer and pornographic actress originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Whoppers, with the aid of large breast implants, became a popular big-bust entertainer. Her first pornographic film was Palm Springs or Bust (1992), which also starred big bust performer Lisa Lipps. The two appeared in many films together. Height: 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Weight: 97 lb (44 kg) She had a total of 4 operations to enlarge her breasts from an original 34B, starting in 1989, ending with double lumin implants, which were made of one bag of 1000 cc's of silicone inside of another bag of 2000 cc's of saline. She retired from films in 1994, and has since had her breasts reduced. In addition to touring on the feature dancing circuit...
Biography of Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi (September 26, 1181 – October 3, 1226) was a Roman Catholic friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. Boyhood and early manhood Francis was born to Pietro di Bernardone, a prominent businessman, and his wife Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she was originally from France. He was one of seven children. Pietro was in France on business when Francis was born, and Pica had him baptized as Giovanni di Bernardone in honor of Saint John the Baptist, in the hope he would grow to be a great religious leader. When his father returned to Assisi, he was furious about this, as he did not want his son to be a man of the Church. Pietro decided to call him Francesco (Francis), in honor of the child's mater...
Biography of Julia Channel
Julia Channel, sometimes known as Giulia Chanel / Julia Chanel / Julie Chanel / Giulia Channel / Julia Channel / Julia / Giulia Santos / Lady Shanne / Julia Sow / Ute Wolf, born November 3, 1973 in Paris, is French former pornographic actress. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Awards 1998: Hot d'Or Selected filmography Le Parfum de Mathilde (1994), Marc Dorcel La Vénus bleue (1993), Michel Ricaud...
Biography of Judith Sheindlin
Judith Sheindlin (born October 21, 1942), better known as Judge Judy, is an American lawyer, judge, television personality and author. She passed the New York Bar examination in 1965 and became a prosecutor in the family court system. In 1976, Mayor Ed Koch appointed her a judge, first in criminal court and later, in 1980, as Manhattan's supervising family court judge. She was featured on CBS's 60 Minutes in the 1990s as a result of her reputation as a tough judge. Since retiring in 1996, Sheindlin has garnered much fame for presiding over her own syndicated courtroom show, Judge Judy. The show's ratings have consistently ranked highly. Early life and education Sheindlin was born Judith Susan Blum in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish and German parents Murray and Ethel Blum. Sheindlin...
Biography of America Ferrera
America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Emmy Award-winning role as Betty Suarez on the ABC television comedy-drama series Ugly Betty and for her roles in the films Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Ferrera, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran parents. She was raised by her mother in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. She started acting at age eight in school plays and community theater. She attended George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills. In interviews, Ferrera has noted the contrast between the image of the “typical Latina” expe...
Biography of Alexa Vega
Alexa Ellesse Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and occasional singer. She is best known for portraying Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, as well as for a variety of film appearances, including her roles in Sleepover, Odd Girl Out, Walkout and The Beautiful Ordinary. Early life Alexa Vega was born in Miami, Florida to a Colombian father and an American mother. Her sisters are actresses Makenzie Vega and Krizia Vega. She has two half-sisters named Margaux Vega (b. December 25, 1981) and Greylin James (b. September 22, 2000), as well as a half-brother named Jet James (b. October 4, 2005). Vega lived in Florida until she was four years old when she moved with her family to California. Career Vega guest-starred in numerous television shows and films, includi...
Biography of Zizi Jeanmaire
Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire, known as Zizi Jeanmaire, (born April 29, 1924) is a ballet dancer and wife of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit. She became famous in the 1950s because of her titular role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949. Born in Paris, France, she met her future husband and long-time collaborator Roland Petit at the Paris Opera Ballet at the age of nine. In 1954 they married, and their successful shows put her on the road to stardom. By this time she was the prima ballerina at Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées. She became noted for her energy and passion. This led to a brief stint in Hollywood (where she was credited as Jeanmaire), appearing in the musicals Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and Anything Goes (1956). After that, she concentrated on ba...
Biography of Riya Sen
Riya Sen (Bengali: রিয়া সেন IPA: ITRANS:riYA sen) (born Riya Dev Varma in Kolkata, India on January 24, 1981) is an Indian film actress and model. She is often regarded as a sex symbol. Coming from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moonmoon Sen and sister Raima Sen, she started her career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her father Bharat Dev Varma belongs to the royal family of Tripura. As a model she had been featured on some of the top music videos, television commercials, fashion shows and magazine covers. Her biggest film successes include Style by N. Chandra and Ananthabhadram by Santhosh Sivan. She faced controversies around an intimate MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, as well as her ...
Biography of Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater and the 1992 Olympic Champion in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won two national titles in 1989 and 1990 and one junior world title in 1988 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for NBC 11 during the 2006 Winter Olympics. Kristi Yamaguchi was born on July 12, 1971 in Hayward, California, to Jim Yamaguchi, a dentist, and Carole Doi, a medical secretary. A third-generation Japanese American, Kristi’s parents and grandparents were victims of the United States' anti-Japanese policies dur...
Biography of Laurence Parisot
Laurence Parisot, born August 31, 1959 in Luxeuil-les-Bains (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is the head of the French MEDEF employers' union, and also directs the IFOP poll institute....
Biography of Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, birth certificate by email)) is an American pop country music singer-songwriter who finished sixth on the fifth season of the Fox television series American Idol. She has since been signed to BNA Records as a recording artist, with her debut album Small Town Girl being released in late 2006. The album has been certified gold in the United States and has so far sold 710,000 copies, producing three singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and two on the Billboard Hot 100. Early years Pickler was born at the Stanly Memorial Hospital in Albemarle, North Carolina, to Cynthia Morton and Clyde "Bo" Pickler, Jr. Her mother was 18 years old when she gave birth to her, and relinquished custodial rights to Pi...
Biography of Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr on April 27, 1959, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish Grammy Award-winning pop singer and theatre & television actress. Sheena became famous for being the focus of an episode of the United Kingdom television programme The Big Time, a 1980 reality TV series which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and got her a deal with EMI. Easton was the youngest of six children of a steel mill laborer, Alex Orr, and his wife Annie. Her siblings included brothers Robert and Alex and sisters Marilyn, Annessa and Morag. Her earliest known public performance as a singer was at the age of five, when in 1964 she sang "Early One Morning" for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the couple's 25th wedding anniversary celebration. ...
Biography of Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993. Family Her paternal surname Merchant is of Sicilian origin and was originally Mercanto before being Anglicised. The name O'Shea is on her maternal side; they are of Irish extraction. As a child, her mother listened to music (Beatles, Al Green, Aretha Franklin) and encouraged her children to study music, but she wouldn't allow TV after Natalie was 12. "I was taken to the symphony a lot because my mother loved classical music. But I was dragged to see Styx when I was 12. We had to drive 100 miles to Buffalo, New York. Someone threw up next to me and people were smoking pot...
Biography of Andrea Corr
Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born May 17, 1974) is the lead singer of Irish pop-rock band The Corrs and an actress. Although her voice is her greatest instrument, she also plays the tin whistle for the band. The Corr siblings were awarded honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of their musical talents and their charitable work which raised money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, victims of the Omagh Bombing, and other charities. She was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the youngest daughter of Jean and Gerry Corr, two musicians. She and her elder siblings, sisters Caroline (b. 1973) and Sharon Corr (b. 1970) and brother Jim Corr (b. 1964), formed The Corrs to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments. Although all four appeared in the film, Andrea was the only one ...
Biography of Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée (September 30, 1898 – October 5, 1933) was a French actress, who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. Early life Born Jeanne de La Fonte in Lille, Nord, France, she was the daughter of circus artists and who, by age five, was performing in the circus with her parents. In her teen years she began acting in minor stage productions and toured Europe with her troupe. She was performing in Russia when World War I broke out and fled to London. Career rise From London she went on to New York City where she continued to work in the theatre until the opportunity came to work in the motion picture business. In 1920, given the exotic name Renée Adorée (meaning "Reborn" for a female - very common French first name - and "Adored", yet again for a female) ...
Biography of Nancy Spungen
Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 (birth time source: Carolyn Caufman in MH 4/1984 quotes Spungen's mother's biography "And I Don't Want to Live This Life." , Astrodatabank) – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Early life Spungen was born at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Frank and Deborah Spungen. She was born with severe cyanosis, and nearly died of brain damage after being choked by her umbilical cord during delivery. The doctors successfully secured a blood transfusion which healed her brain damage, and she was released from the hospital eight days after birth. The Spungen family was a middle...
Biography of Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller (born July 17, 1917, a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. She created a stage character persona that was a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who made jokes about a fictional husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. Another distinct characteristic is her cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is given credit for opening the locked doors for the stand-up comedy field to women such as Rita Rudner, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr. . Early life Diller was born on July 17, 1917, to Perry Marcus Driver and Frances Ada Romshe, in Lima, Ohio. She attended Lima Central High School, then ...
Biography of Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964 (source: quoted birth certificate)) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer, and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report. On August 20, 2007, it was announced that she will join the FOX Network television series 24 in its seventh season. Garofalo will play an FBI agent who is part of the team investigating the crisis of the new season. Despite her celebrity status, Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene. Personal life Garofalo was born in Newton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a secretary in the petrochemical industry who died of cancer when Janeane was 24, and Carmine Garofalo, a former executive at Exxon. Garofalo is of It...
Biography of Christine Lakin
Christine Helen Lakin (born January 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC situation comedy Step by Step. Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas to James Daley Lakin and Karen Niedwick, and raised in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from The Lovett School in 1997. She got her start in commercials, before landing her first major role as Young Rose in the American Civil War drama The Rose and the Jackal. That movie aired in 1990, one year before she was cast as Al Lambert, the tomboyish daughter, on Step by Step. After Step by Step was cancelled in 1998 (due to low ratings), she continued to appear in made-for-TV movies, and has several new films either in production or post-production. She is a 2003 graduate of UCLA, where she earned a degr...
Biography of Kay Lenz
Kay Lenz (born March 4, 1953) is an Emmy-award-winning American television and film actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and began as a child actor, appearing in television shows such as The Andy Griffith Show. She won an Emmy in 1974 for her role in ABC's Heart in Hiding and again in 1989 for her role in Midnight Caller. She also played in the television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man and in movies such as Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Stripped to Kill. She was memorable in the title role of the 1973 movie Breezy. She was the voice of Cowlamity Kate in the animated television series the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa. Lenz was the first wife, from 1977 to 1982, of actor and television personality David Cassidy....
Biography of Soleil Moon Frye
Soleil Moon Frye (born August 6, 1976 in Glendora, California) is an American actress and director. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. Height: 1m55 (5' 1") Frye's father is Virgil Frye, and her mother is Sondra Peluce Londy. She has two half-brothers, Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce. "Soleil" (pronounced /soʊˈleɪ/) is French for the sun. Punky Brewster Soleil Moon Frye stars as Punky Brewster in the 1980s television sitcom.At age eight, Frye starred in the title role of Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. The show aired on NBC and in syndication for several years during the mid-1980s. She also voiced the lead role in the animated series It's Punky Brewster. Other television roles Around th...
Biography of Danielle Fishel
Danielle Christine Fishel (born May 5, 1981, in Mesa, Arizona) is an Maltese-American actress who is best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the 1990s TV sitcom Boy Meets World. Early Life Danielle Christine Fishel was born to Rick Fishel, a medical equipment sales executive and Jennifer Fishel, a homemaker, in Mesa, Arizona. She has one younger brother, Christopher Fishel. When she was only three weeks old, the family relocated to Yorba Linda, California. Career In 1991, 10-year-old Fishel was discovered in a community theater where she performed in two productions, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Peter Pan." She quickly moved on to do voice-overs and commercials, including several as a Barbie Girl for Mattel. Soon after, she appeared on two episodes of the hit show Full House, ...
Biography of Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills 90210. Personal life Carteris was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Marlene, a realtor, and Ernest Carteris, a restaurant owner. She has a a twin brother, James. Her parents separated six months after her birth. Carteris's mother moved with her children to San Francisco, California, where she set up a children's clothing store. While attending high school in Marin County, California, Carteris took an interest in the arts, studying ballet and performing as a mime on a European tour at 16. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts. Carteris is Jewish and...
Biography of Sally Struthers
Sally-Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is a two-time Emmy-winning American actress and spokesperson, primarily known for her roles in sitcoms and television. The naturally blonde-headed Struthers is perhaps best known for playing Gloria Stivic, née Bunker, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton respectively) on All in the Family. Biography Personal life Struthers was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, who was a surgeon. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants and her father was of Scottish descent. She attended Grant High School. Struthers married Dr. William Rader, a psychiatrist, on December 18, 1977. Now divorced, they had one child together, Samantha ...
Biography of Gelsey Kirkland
Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American ballet dancer. She was reportedly inspired to dance by watching a performance of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen after being invited by George Balanchine and was promoted to Soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. These include Balanchine's version of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, Robbins' Goldberg Variations, and Tudor's Leaves are Fading. She joined the American Ballet Theatre after meeting Mikhail Baryshnikov, who would become her perennial partner. She was practicing when she received a phone cal...
Biography of Bonnie Langford
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford (July 22, 1964) is an English actress and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then subsequently became one of the best-known companions of Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan: The Musical, Cats and The Pirates of Penzance. After a brief hiatus she has returned to screen and stage following her acclaimed performances on celebrity talent show Dancing on Ice. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early career and Doctor Who Langford attended The Arts Educational School and the Italia Conti Academy stage school. Her first stage appearance was at four months and her first public appearance was at 15 months when she danced in specially made ballet shoes. She first came to public attention wh...
Biography of Vanina Ickx
Vanina Ickx (born on February 16, 1975, in Brussels) is a Belgian racecar driver. She is the daughter of Belgian Formula One driver Jacky Ickx. She started racing at a relatively late age, entering the BMW Compact Cup in 1996, a sub-division to the national touring car championship, Belgian Procar, partnering the Cup's most successful entrant, Stéphane De Groodt. For 1997 she got a Cup racer of her own, before she moved up to the major class in 1998, which runs to Super Production regulations. She shared a BMW 320i with another girl racer, Sylvie Delcour, but the partnership wasn't to last long as she soon got herself a transfer to the more competitive Renault team. She scored her first podium that year, partnered by French ace Franck Lagorce, but on the downside, when sharing a car ...
Biography of Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (born Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin, May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.) is the rhythm guitarist of the all-female multi-platinum rock band, The Go-Go's, and an actress. Wiedlin was part of the LA punk scene that spawned bands like X and The Dickies and went by the name "Jane Drano." As a member of The Go-Go's, she had a brief love affair with Specials and Fun Boy Three member Terry Hall. It was the ups and downs of this long-distance celebrity relationship with Hall that inspired the hit Go-Go's song "Our Lips Are Sealed". In 1983, Jane Wiedlin recorded "Cool Places" with the new wave band Sparks. In 1984, Wiedlin was the first to leave The Go-Go's to pursue a solo career (largely because the group refused to let Wiedlin sing lead vocals on "Forget That Day" fro...
Biography of Jamie Salé
Jamie Rae Salé (born April 21, 1977, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian pair skater. With husband and partner David Pelletier, she is the 2002 Olympic champion and 2001 World Champion. Sale & Pelletier are also notable for being "the Canadians" during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal. Early career Salé competed first as a singles skater, winning the novice bronze medal and placing and 8th in junior ladies at the Canadian Championships. In 1994, Salé won the short program and finished with the bronze medal in the junior event at the Canadian Championships. That same year, she achieved her biggest success to date by winning the senior bronze medal with her pairs partner, Jason Turner. They were named to the 1994 Canadian Olympic team and placed 12th at the Lillehammer...
Biography of Keisha Castle-Hughes
Keisha Castle-Hughes (born March 24, 1990) is a New Zealand actress, best-known for her first role, as Paikea in Whale Rider. She became the youngest female ever nominated for the Academy Awards' Oscar for Best Actress, for this role. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m) Early life Born in Donnybrook, Western Australia to Desrae Hughes, a Māori mother and Tim Castle, an English-Australian father, Keisha Castle-Hughes was four years old when her family moved to New Zealand; her parents (who had never married) later separated. Castle-Hughes became a New Zealand citizen in 2001. She has three younger brothers and a younger sister. Her siblings include Rhys, Liam, Maddisyn, and Qayde. She is currently living in Papakura, Auckland and was once a student of Penrose High School, and Rosehill Colleg...
Biography of Tara Lipinski
Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American figure skater and celebrity. At the age of 15, she won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and remains the youngest gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games. Height: 5'1 (1m55) Early life Lipinski is the only child of Patricia Brozyniak Lipinski and Jack Richard Lipinski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1982. The family lived in Sewell, New Jersey until 1991. Lipinski began roller skating at age three and later won a number of competitions. She began figure skating at age six. Her first competition was the 1990 regional championship, where she finished second. In 1991 her father's job required the family to move to Sugar Land, Texas. However, training facilities were... |
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