Celebrity Name : Bing Crosby

Celebrity Real Name : Harry Lillis Crosby

Date of Birth : May 3, 1903

Birth Location :Tacoma, Washington, United State

Biography : Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. He was one of the most successful performing artists of the 20th century.Arguably the first true multi-media star, Bing Crosby’s influence on popular culture and popular music is enormous — from 1934 to 1954 he held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He was usually considered to be a member of popular music’s “holy trinity” of ultra-icons, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles1.

Career statistics :
Bing Crosby has sales statistics that would place him among the most popular and successful musical acts of the 20th century, and would also suggest that Bing Crosby played a central role in American cultural and musical history: 1,700 recordings, 383 of those in the top 30, and of those, 41 hit No. 1. For 15 years (1934, 1937, 1940, 1943-1954) he was among the top 10 in box office draw, and for five of those years (1944-49) he was the largest in the world. He sang four Academy Award-winning songs - “Sweet Leilani” (1937), “White Christmas” (1942), “Swinging on a Star” (1944), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (1951) - and won an acting Oscar for Going My Way (1944). He also collected 23 gold and platinum records in his career. It should be noted that Gold and platinum records did not come into existence until 1958, after which Crosby was considered retired. In 1962 Crosby became the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a list that now contains a plethora of musical legends. He has been inducted into the respective halls of fame for both radio and popular music. His music sales are estimated at between 500,000,000 (five hundred million) to 900,000,000 (nine hundred million). Bing is a member of that exclusive club of the biggest record sellers that include Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Elvis Presley and The Beatles.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Beatrice Arthur

Celebrity Real Name : Bernice Frankel

Date of Birth : May 13, 1923
Birth Location : New York City
Biography :
Bernice Frankel (born May 13, 1923), known professionally as Beatrice Arthur, is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, singer, and comedian. She is known for her distinctive deep voice, acid wit and prominent stature, standing almost 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m).Arthur was born in New York City to parents Philip and Rebecca Frankel and was raised in Maryland. She became a medical technologist before World War II, when she volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps, becoming one of its first female recruits.

Career :
Her notable television roles included the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s, and a starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s and 1990s. In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken “limousine liberal” and “New Deal fanatic”, living in the community of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, with her husband, Walter (Bill Macy).The show was a spinoff from All in the Family, on which Arthur had appeared in the same role, playing Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton)’s cousin, a feminist Democrat, and antithesis to the prejudiced, conservative Republican Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor).[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Barbara Eden

Celebrity Real Name : Barbara Huffman

Date of Birth : August 23, 1934

Birth Location : Tucson, Arizona

Biography :
Barbara Eden (born August 23, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. She was born Barbara Jean Moorhead in Tucson, Arizona; although by age three she would become Barbara Jean Huffman due to her mother’s marriage to Connor Huffman. The change from “Huffman” to “Eden” came at the behest of her manager who thought the name Huffman would not sell in Hollywood. Eden agreed to change her last name, but insisted on keeping her first name, stating that she could not answer to anything else. Her date of birth is usually been given as August 23, 1934, although some sources cite 1930.She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco in 1949.

Career :
Eden made featured appearances on popular television shows such as I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, Bachelor Father, and Gunsmoke. Eden made her film debut in Back from Eternity (1956), and the following year she starred in the television series How to Marry a Millionaire, playing the role Marilyn Monroe had played in the film version. Eden had a notable part in Flaming Star (1960), an Elvis Presley movie. The following year, she played in a supporting role as Lt. Cathy Connors in Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, one of many successful science fiction outings by “The Master of Disaster”. She played supporting roles in films over the next few years, including a notable, if odd, movie, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, with Tony Randall, before being signed to play her most famous and widely-recognized role, the character of Jeannie in the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, 1965-1970, opposite Larry Hagman. The show proved to be a huge success, running from 1965 until 1970, and during this time Eden was nominated twice for Golden Globe Awards.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Babyface

Celebrity Real Name : Kenneth Edmonds

Date of Birth : April 10, 1958

Birth Location : Indianapolis, Indiana

Biography :
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana), known professionally as Babyface, is a successful American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entrepreneur. He is associated with the R&B groups After 7 and Milestone, both of which include his brothers, Kevon and Melvin.
Early career :
Edmonds,who is the 5th of six brothers, attended North Central High School and as a shy youth, wrote songs to express his emotions. Edmonds later played with funk superstar Bootsy Collins, who tagged him “Babyface” while he was still a teen, and the nickname has stuck with him throughout his life. He also played in the groups Manchild (which had a 1977 hit “Especially for You”), then in the light-funk and R&B group The Deele (which also included Antonio “L.A.” Reid, with whom he would later form a successful partnership). In 1988, both Babyface and Reid left the group.

Commercial Success :
In 1989, Edmonds co-founded the successful R&B/hip hop label LaFace Records with Reid. Two of the label’s first artists Toni Braxton and TLC achieved massive success. Braxton’s eponymous 1993 debut album went on to sell over eight-million copies, and earned her a Grammy Award as the year’s best new artist in 1994. Meanwhile, TLC’s two albums on LaFace — 1992’s Ooooooohhh…. On the TLC Tip and 1994’s CrazySexyCool — combined to sell more than 15 million copies, and CrazySexyCool won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best R&B album.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : B.B. King

Celebrity Real Name : Riley B. King

Date of Birth : September 16, 1925

Birth Location : Indianola, Mississippi, USA

Biography :
Riley B. King aka B. B. King (born September 16, 1925) is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered one of the best (and most respected) blues musicians in the world. One of his trademarks is “Lucille”, a custom guitar he began using in the 1950s.Born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, just outside of Indianola, Mississippi, King spent much of his childhood sharing time living with his mother, on their farm and his grandmother and working as a sharecropper and hired hand.

Trivia :
According to a 2003 listing in Rolling Stone magazine, B.B. King is the greatest living guitarist, and ranked 3rd among the “100 greatest guitarists of all time” (behind late Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman).He is mentioned in the Beatles’ song “Dig It”.He has made guest appearances in numerous popular television shows, including “The Cosby Show,” “The Young and the Restless,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Sesame Street,” and “Married With Children”.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Axl Rose

Celebrity Real Name : William Bailey

Date of Birth : February 6, 1962

Birth Location : Lafayette, Indiana

Biography :
Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. on February 6, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American hard rock singer and songwriter. His mother remarried when he was an infant, and changed Rose’s name to William Bailey, using the last name of her new husband Stephen Bailey. At the age of 17, he readopted the name William Rose, and would later legally change it to W. Axl Rose.He is best known as the lead singer of Guns N’ Roses, and is the only original member still part of the band’s line-up. Although he is regarded by many as one of hard rock’s all-time greatest frontmen, Rose is also infamous for his onstage antics, disputes with former bandmates, and for his constant rewriting of the still-unreleased Chinese Democracy album.

Trivia :
Axl plays the voice of Tommy “The Nightmare” Smith, former lead singer of the (made-up) 1970’s rock band Crystal Ship, and radio DJ of K-DST in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.The character Axl Low in the Guilty Gear series of fighting games is clearly named and designed from Rose, as is the Fighting Vipers character Raxel, who wields a guitar. In addition, one of the enemies in Final Fight is named after him (another is named and patterned after Slash).Axl plays acoustic guitar on the Guns N’ Roses song “Dead Horse” and rhythm guitar on “Shotgun Blues”, on the albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II respectively.Inducted Elton John into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.[wikipedia]

Celiberity Name : Ashton Kutcher

Celiberity Real Name : Christopher Ashton Kutcher

Date of Birth : February 7, 1978

Birth Location : Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Biography :
Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, television producer, and former male fashion model. He came to fame in the late 1990s, as a result of a starring role as Michael Kelso in the successful television series That ’70s Show. He has since become a lead actor in Hollywood films. Kutcher has also branched out as a television producer and creator, most notably for the series Punk’d. He has also been the target of extensive media coverage of his personal life, especially for his courtship with, and subsequent marriage to, actress Demi Moore, as well as for his involvement with Kabbalah.

Career :
After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition, was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That ’70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and became a long-running success. Kutcher achieved some stardom and was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001)[citation needed], he starred in several comedy films that performed well at the box office, including Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). In addition, he appeared in the family film Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man; the film received mixed reviews and became a box-office success .Kutcher’s characters are sometimes described in the press as “dim pretty-boys”; Kutcher himself has said that he is working “to change people’s perceptions” about himself.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Anne Bancroft

Celebrity Real Name : Anna Maria Italiano

Date of Birth : September 17, 1931

Birth Location : Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York

Biogaphy : Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an iconic Academy Award, Tony Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actress.Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York to Michael and Mildred Italiano, both children of Italian immigrants.Bancroft attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Actors Studio, and the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women at UCLA.After appearing in a number of live television dramas under the name “Anne Marno”, she was told to change her surname for her film debut in Don’t Bother to Knock in 1952, and she chose the surname “Bancroft” because she felt it was “elegant”.

Career :Bancroft was a contract player in the early days of her career just as the studio contract system was ending. She left Hollywood and returned to New York due to the quality of roles she was being offered.In 1958 she appeared opposite Henry Fonda in the Broadway production of Two for the Seesaw, for which she won a Tony Award, and another in 1960 for The Miracle Worker. She took the latter role back to Hollywood, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962.

Awards and other nomination : 1986 - Oscar - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Agnes of God.1978 - Oscar - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Turning Point.1968 - Oscar - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Graduate.1965 - Oscar - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Pumpkin Eater.1963 - Oscar - Won - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Miracle Worker.1960 - Tony - Won - The Miracle Worker.1958 - Tony - Won - Two for the Seesaw.1970 - Emmy - Won - Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (Outstanding Variety or Musical Program).1999 - Emmy - Won - Deep in My Heart (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie).1989 - Razzie - Nominated - Bert Rigby, You’re A Fool (Worst Supporting Actress).She won 2 Golden Globes.She has received six Emmy nominations since 1992.he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Celebrity Name : Anna Nicole

Celebrity Real Name : Vickie Lynn Hogan

Date of Birth : November 28, 1967

Birth Location :Houston, Texas

Biography : Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967) is an American actress and Supermodel who first gained popularity as Playboy magazine’s 1993 Playmate of the Year. Her career and public image subsequently suffered as her weight gain and antics were reported in supermarket tabloids and in her short-lived reality television show. More recently, Smith slimmed down and became the spokesperson for the weight loss product Trimspa.

Career: Smith’s career took off after appearing on the cover of the March 1992 issue Playboy magazine wearing a low-cut evening gown. She secured a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in the Guess? jeans ad campaign in a series of sultry black and white photographs. Guess? capitalized on Anna Nicole’s strong resemblance to sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and even put her in Jayne inspired photo sessions. Smith then posed nude for Playboy as the May 1992 centerfold (under the pseudonym Vickie Smith). Smith was subsequently called “the next Marilyn Monroe” in press reports, a comparison she encouraged by wearing a hair style reminiscent of Monroe’s, as well as her trademark white dress. Smith was chosen to be the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She finally settled on the name Anna Nicole Smith by the time of her PMOY pictorial. Smith once did a nude Playboy lay out in Jayne Mansfield’s famous “Pink Palace” mansion.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Angie Dickenson

Celebrity Real Name : Angeline Brown

Date of Birth : September 30, 1931

Birth Location : Angeline Brown

Angeline Brown Biography :
Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) is a famous American television and film actress who is probably best-known for her role as sultry Sgt. Leanne “Pepper” Anderson of the popular 1970s crime drama, Police Woman. She also co-starred in Rio Bravo with John Wayne, and in Point Blank with Lee Marvin, and she appeared in both the 1960 and 2001 versions of Ocean’s Eleven, with her ex-boyfriend Frank Sinatra, and George Clooney, respectively. She would win the Saturn Award in 1981 for her role as Kate Miller in Dressed to Kill.

Early life:
The daughter of a small-town newspaper publisher, Dickinson was born Angeline Brown, the middle of three sisters, in Kulm, North Dakota, to parents Frederica and Leo H. Brown. She was considered a cute child from an early age. Her first job was to sell Hershey’s Kisses for five cents, so her siblings could buy ice cream cones. Her family moved to Burbank, California in 1942, when Angie was 11. While a student at Bellamarine Jefferson High School, she won the Sixth Annual Bill of Rights essay contest late in 1946. She was popular with her class. In 1947, at age 15, she graduated from high school. At the same time, she was also looking for a job. Prior to attending Glendale Community College and before transferring to Immaculate Heart College, she took a position as a secretary at the former Burbank Airport (now Bob Hope Airport), working in a parts factory from 1950 to late 1952. In 1953, she placed second in a beauty pageant. The following year, she graduated from Immaculate Heart College with a degree in business. She originally intended to be a writer, having grown up with a publishing father.[wikipedia]