The document provides brief biographies and interesting facts about various celebrities, ranging from their childhood experiences to notable achievements in their careers. It highlights unique relationships, early struggles, and significant milestones of each individual. Overall, it showcases a diverse range of personalities in entertainment history and their contributions to the industry.

1. Before They Became Celebrities
FAMOUS CELEBRITIES

2. One of the original members of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre, she played his mother in ‘Citizen Kane’.

3. Agnes Moorehead

4. She played Lawrence Harvey’s mother in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’,
even though she was only three years older.

5. Angela Lansbury

6. One of her grandchildren thought she was cool because of a hit song by Kim Carnes in 1981.

7. Bette Davis

8. One of the fathers of early rock and roll, he was rescued from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

9. Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino

10. He had a long time relationship with Jon Moss, drummer for Culture Club.

11. ‘Boy’ George O’Dowd

12. By age 16, she had already appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Glamour,
Mademoiselle, Seventeen and Vogue.

13. Brooke Shields

14. This actor supplied his face to the mask worn by Michael Meyers in the ‘Halloween’ movies.

15. William Shatner

16. When he was 10, he met Jerry Lewis on the set of ‘The Colgate Comedy Hour’. He was also
with actress Natalie Wood the night she mysteriously drowned.

17. Christopher Walken

18. He is one of three actors nominated for an Oscar for a performance staged in Japan. The other
two are Marlon Brando (‘Teahouse of the August Moon’) and Red Buttons (‘Sayonara’)

19. Bill Murray
His movie was ‘Lost in Translation’

20. Long before Oprah Winfrey, this lady was the first African-American host of a national talk show.
She also toured as a singer with Mahalia Jackson and Nat King Cole.

21. Della Reese

22. He doesn’t look it, but he was a World War II veteran with service medals from the Pacific Theatre
of Operations and the liberation of the Philippine Islands.

23. Don Knotts

24. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts told him he would never make it as an actor. He is
currently one of the most bankable actors in film history ($3.7 Billion-U.S., $9.6 Billion worldwide)

25. Gary Oldman

26. Was discovered as a go-go dancer in a cage at a Los Angeles night club. Her classmates
included Ben Stein and Sylvester Stallone.

27. Goldie Hawn

28. While giving a film lecture at the University of Southern California, his daughter noted that
her famous father had two guilty pleasures, the films ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ and ‘Benji’.

29. Alfred Hitchcock

30. She named her daughter after the hit song ‘Chelsea Morning’ by Joni Mitchell.

31. Hilary Rodham Clinton

32. A long-time radio mainstay with Bob Hope, she donated over $1 Million to a college fund for
aspiring actors. She was only six years older than her TV son-in-law, played by Buddy Ebsen.

33. Irene Ryan

34. Despite her ‘freestyle’ living in the early days, she is best known for playing royalty in six films
to date, including the infamous ‘Caligula’.

35. Helen Mirren

36. He starred in four movies alongside comedian Richard Pryor. It would have been five, but Pryor
lost out on the lead for ‘Blazing Saddles’ to Cleavon Little.

37. Gene Wilder

38. Originally with a doo-wop group called ‘The Scholars’, he later joined the New Christy Minstrels, then
Broke away with several other Minstrels to form the First Edition.

39. Kenny Rogers

40. One of the most celebrated actresses in English history, she had received six Academy Award
Nominations, all after the age of 60. Not even Katherine Hepburn could match that.

41. Dame Judi Dench

42. A member of the cast of ‘Saturday Night Live for only one year in 1985, he became the first former
SNL member to be nominated for a Best Lead Actor Oscar.

43. Robert Downey Jr.

44. One of the most recognizable characters in TV history, he is a former Sergeant in the U.S. Army (one
of his troops was young Ken Berry, later of ‘F-Troop’ fame). His wife, Susan, is the sister of producer
Michael Bay. He has stated his famous ‘hand gesture’ is a Jewish gesture from a rabbi to his congregation.

45. Leonard Nimoy

46. Scion to one of the richest families in the St. Louis, MO area, he was supposed to follow his father and
become a pharmacist. He chose the stage and screen instead.
He would also record with both Alice Cooper and Michael Jackson.

47. Vincent Price

48. At the age of 11, she grew 4 inches and lost 20 pounds. Known as ‘the Black Widow’ for breaking up
with boyfriends before they do it first, she became the first African-American woman to appear on the
covers of SI’s Swimsuit issue, GQ and Victoria’s Secret.

49. Tyra Banks

50. When he was honored with a square at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the sand used to mix
the cement was shipped in from Iwo Jima, in honor of one of his best war movies.

51. John Wayne

52. He is known for playing lead characters in two successful film series, ‘X-Men’ and ‘Lord Of The Rings’.
One of Margaret Thatcher’s last acts as England’s Prime Minister was to suggest him for knighthood.

53. Sir Ian Mckellen

54. His first film was the 1926 silent ‘Not To Be Trusted’ when he was 4. His career continued into the 21st
century by the time of his death in April, 2014.

55. Mickey Rooney

56. This man hosted the same network show for 29 years, 7 months, 21 days. Only Bob Barker lasted longer.

57. Johnny Carson

58. There was a reason his act was considered ‘insane’…he had been institutionalized for bi-polar disorder
twice in his lifetime. One of his TV roles was the adult ‘son’ of Robin Williams, who idolized him.

59. Jonathan Winters

60. She is one of 12 actors, to date, who have a ‘Triple Crown’…an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy.

61. Jessica Tandy

62. One of the few actors who has reprised a role for three different film series…
Dr. Alex Cross, Lucius Fox and God.

63. Morgan Freeman

64. He has been portrayed in movies by Sir Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella, the subject of two
critical songs by Stevie Wonder and the inspiration for the comic book villain Darkseid.

65. Richard M. Nixon

66. A former model, she was one of the first women stockbrokers on Wall Street…
this would haunt her in later years.

67. Martha Stewart

68. Before fame as an actress and comedian, she was one of the first active female Marines,
rising to the rank of staff sergeant by the time of her discharge from the military.

69. Beatrice ‘Bea’ Arthur

70. Playing piano since the age of four, at 11 he entered the Royal Academy of Music.
Sadly, he dropped out to become a rock star.

71. Sir Elton John