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15 March 1934 is born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of a rich California rancher. Her mother’s maiden name is Daugherty. 1951 marries TV talk show host George J. Florentine, a.k.a. George DeWitt, during George’s appearance at Ciro’s May 1952 expects her baby in September 1954 her son George Anthony "Jay" Florentine is born 1955 is in Howard Hughes' Son of Sinbad, using her married name, Claire DeWitt 1955 divorces DeWitt in Florida and claims he was a fine comic on TV, but he was no laughs around the house. She is awarded custody of their son. 27 March 1960 marries actor Julius C. Lopez, a.k.a. Perry Lopez, in the Little Brown Church in North Hollywoo…

Peggy Knudsen (April 22, 1923 - July 11, 1980) was an American character actress. Biography Born Margaret Ann Knudsen in Duluth, Minnesota, she made her Broadway debut in My Sister Eileen. She began her film career in 1946 in A Stolen Life opposite Bette Davis. That same year, she appeared in bit parts in several films including The Big Sleep and Humoresque with Joan Crawford. Despite appearing in big budget features with established stars, Knudsen's career never took off and she was relegated to smaller roles in B movies. Her last film role was in the 1957 film Istanbul with Errol Flynn. In the 1950s and '60s, Knudsen appeared in guest starring roles on several telev…

Elyse Knox (born December 14, 1917) is an American actress. Early life Born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath to Frederick and Elizabeth Kornbrath in Hartford, Connecticut, she is not the daughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, despite many sources suggesting she is. She studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan then embarked on a career in fashion design. Her good looks enabled her to model some of her own creations for Vogue magazine that led to a contract offer from Twentieth Century Fox film studio in 1937. Career Knox performed mainly in minor or secondary roles until 1942 when she had a leading role with Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Mummy's Tomb, one of…

Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress. Kahn was known primarily for her comedic roles in films such as Paper Moon, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, What's Up, Doc?, and Clue. Early life Kahn was born Madeline Gail Wolfson in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Paula Kahn and Bernard B. Wolfson, who was a garment manufacturer. She was raised in a non-observant Jewish family. Her parents divorced when Kahn was two, and she and her mother moved to New York City. Several years later her parents remarried and gave Kahn two half-siblings: Jeffrey (from her mother) and Robyn (from her father). In 1948, Kahn was sent to a progress…

Joy Lauren Date of Birth: 18 October,1989 Place of Birth: Atlanta,Georgia,USA Height: 1.61 cm All Movie: 10 Joy Lauren is an American actress who is best known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp,on the hit ABC Comedy-drama ''Desperate Hosewives''. http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Lauren DH promo

Sylva Koscina (born August 22, 1933, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia — died December 26, 1994, Rome, Italy) was an Italian actress. Biography Born in Zagreb as Sylva Koskinon of a Greek father and a Polish mother, she may be best-remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968). During the Second World War when she was a teenager, she moved to Italy to live with her sister, who had married an Italian citizen. Koscina had an extensive film career there. She also starred in the 1967 comedy caper Three Bites of the A…

Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (Russian: Вера Васильевна Холодная; August 30, 1893 - February 16, 1919) was the first star of Russian silent cinema. Only five of her films still exist and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging between fifty and one hundred. Early life Born in Poltava, Russian Empire,now Ukraine as Vera Levchenko, she went to live in Moscow with her widowed grandmother at the age of two. As a girl she dreamed of a career in classical ballet and even enrolled at the Bolshoi Theatre ballet school. Career Rise In 1908, Vera attended a performance of Francesca da Rimini, with Vera Komissarzhevskaya in the title role. She was deeply …

Merna Kennedy (September 7, 1908 - December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era. Short career Kennedy (born as Maude Kahler) was best-known during her brief career for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of…

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904) – September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence. Early life Born as Helen Clare Schroeder, Kane attended St. Anselm’s Parochial School in the Bronx. She was the youngest of three children. Her father, Louis Schroeder, the son of a German immigrant, was employed intermittently; her Irish immigrant mother, Ellen (Dixon) Schroeder, worked in a laundry. Kane's mother reluctantly paid $3 for her daughter's costume as a…

Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 – October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater. At the height of her acting career she was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. Biography Early life Sonja Henie was born in Kristiania, current Oslo, the only daughter of Wilhelm Henie, a prosperous Norwegian furrier and his wife Selma Lochmann-Nielsen (1888–1961). In addition to the income from the fur business, both of Henie's parents …

Signe Hasso (15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish-born American actress, writer and composer. Background Signe Eleonora Cecilia Larsson was born in the Kungsholmen parish of Stockholm, Sweden in 1915. Signe Hasso debuted at the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre in the year 1927 at the age of 12. Career In 1933, she made her first film, Tystnadens hus, with German film director/cameraman Harry Hasso whom she subsequently married. In 1940, she moved to the United States, where she was signed to a contract by RKO Studios, who promoted her as "the next Garbo". She and Hasso divorced in 1941. Her first role of note was as "Mademoiselle" in Heaven Can Wait (1943). …

Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. Hunter has also won two Emmy Awards with seven nominations and has won a Golden Globe Award with another six nominations. Early life and career Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Opal Marguerite, a housewife, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a farmer and sporting-goods manufacturer's representative. Hunter earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and for a while performed in the theatre sce…

suppose her name is japanese she was born in Thailand. bio from eiga.wikia.com Eri Otoguro (乙黒えり Otoguro Eri) is a Japanese actress. A Kanagawa native, she was born in Bangkok, Thailand. She is currently represented by Cast & May Office. Name: Eri Otoguro (乙黒えり Otoguro Eri) Birth date: Or 12, 1982 Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand (Kanagawa native) Blood type: O Height: 5' 5" (165cm) Interests: English, Chinese, action Eri on eiga Eri on imdb fb: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eri-Otoguro/15587707741

Jacqueline Yvonne "Jackée" Harry (born August 14, 1956), better known by her professional name Jackée, is an American actress and television personality, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms and other types of television shows. She is best known for her roles as Sandra Clark, the sexy neighbor and nemesis of Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs), on the TV series 227 (a role she played from 1985 to 1989), and as Tia's mother, Lisa Landry, in the long-running comedy, Sister, Sister. Career Television Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York, Harry began studying acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side in New York City…

Gayle, Lady Jenkins (born 6 February 1943), known by her birth name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress. Personal life Hunnicutt was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt and Virginia Hunnicutt, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. She worked as a fashion model before going into acting. She was married from 1968 to 1975 to the actor David Hemmings, by whom she is the mother of actor Nolan Hemmings. She is married to the journalist Sir Simon Jenkins, and lives in London. On 27 July 2008, The Sunday Telegraph reported that the couple had separated and Ms. Hunnicutt had initiated divorce proceedings. Acting career D…

Joey Heatherton (born September 14, 1944) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. Early life Christened Davenie Johanna Heatherton and nicknamed "Joey," she was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a suburb of New York City. There she attended St. Agnes Cathedral School, a Catholic grade and high school. Her father Ray Heatherton was a Broadway star (Babes in Arms) and television pioneer. Career Heatherton began her career as a child actress, appearing in 1959 as a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, and received her first sustained national exposure that same year as a semi-regular on The Perry Como…

June Haver (June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005), was an American film actress. She is most well known as a popular star of 20th Century-Fox musicals in the late 1940s, most notably The Dolly Sisters (1945) with Betty Grable and John Payne and also for playing the 1920s Broadway actress Marilyn Miller in Look for the Silver Lining (1949). Haver's second husband was the actor Fred MacMurray, whom she married after she retired from show business. Early life Born June Stovenour, Haver was born in Rock Island, Illinois. She later took the last name of her stepfather Bert Haver. After the family moved to Ohio, seven-year-old Haver entered and won a contest of the Cincinnati Conserv…

Date of Birth 1 September 1930, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Birth Name Jo Ann Heckert Spouse David P. Mannhalter (5 August 1958 - present) Arnold Stanford (16 June 1951 - 31 October 1955) (divorced) First husband, Arnold ("Dok") Stanford, 16 years her senior, was a songwriter. Upon their divorce in 1955, she was awarded half interest in the songs he had written or would write within a year. She has been married over 50 years to her second husband David P. Mannhalter, a real estate broker. Appeared on CBS' "Good Morning" show with Will Rogers Jr. for a year as a talk show host and singer. Barbara Walters was her assistant producer at the time. Became a Jehovah'…

Martha Hyer (born August 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. She attended Northwestern University and was a member of Pi Beta Phi fraternity. After completing her education, she next appeared in The Locket in 1946. She had roles in So Big (1953), Sabrina (1954), The Delicate Delinquent in 1956 (Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin), and, Houseboat (1958). During these years she was considered (by some) the best solution to the departed Grace Kelly. In the 1960s, Hyer would play in films like Ice Palace (1960), Desire in the Dust (1960), The Carpetbaggers (1964), First Men in the Moon (1964), Blood on the Arrow (1964) and The Sons of Katie Elder…

Verna Charlene Stavely, professionally known as Charlene Holt, was an American actress, known for her supporting roles in TV and film. Early life Holt was born on April 28, 1928 in Snyder, Texas, to Malcolm C. and Verna Vesta Stavely. Some sources claim her birthdate is January 1, 1940 and her birthplace was Abilene, TX.After she graduated from high school in Hagerman, New Mexico, she attended McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. She was a model in Houston, Texas. In 1956, she was crowned Miss Maryland and in July, 1956 participated in the Miss USA pageant in Long Beach, California where she was a semi-finalist. In August, 1957 she was among nine models sent to Rio de …

Katia Winter (born 13 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. Katia Winter moved to England at an early age. She pursued a career in acting after studying film, screen acting and editing in London and Stockholm. Katia has gone on to star in a range of television and independent film roles including the British drama Unmade Beds (2009), directed by award-winning Alexis Dos Santos and Everywhere and Nowhere (2011) directed by Mejhad Huda. She relocated to New York in March 2010 and was booked soon after as the lead role of 'Milla' in The Killing Game opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz. Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2316016/

Mariana Klaveno Date of Birth: 25 October,1979 Place of Birth: Endicott,Washington,USA Height: 1.75cm All Movie: 20 Mariana Klaveno is an American actress best known for her role as Lorena Ball (Krasiki) in HBO's ''True Blood''. She became a credited regular in season 2 and 3,playing the part ot the ''maker'' of the main character Bill Compton. She's guest starred in TV show erisodes of ''Standoff'',''ER'',and others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Klaveno

I am not the biggest fan of the show but watch it because of Beth. Very beautiful girl!