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Celebrity Real Name : Ella Geisman

Date of Birth : 7 October,1917

Birth Location : Bronx, New York

Biography of Ella Geisman :
June Allyson (October 7, 1917 in the The Bronx, New York– July 8, 2006 in Ojai, California) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early life :
Allyson was born Ella Geisman[1] in the Bronx, New York City to Clara Provost and Robert Geisman on October 7, 1917. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany,[1] although Allyson has claimed that her last name was originally “Van Geisman”, and was of Dutch origin.[2] Her father worked as a janitor, June was 6 when her alcoholic father left. Her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. Allyson was brought up in near poverty. At 8, a dead tree branch fell on her while she was bicycling. Several bones were broken, and doctors said she would never walk again. She underwent months of swimming exercises and regained her health.

Life Career :
After graduating from a wheelchair to crutches to braces, she was inspired to dance by obsessively watching Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies. Fully recovered, she tried out for a chorus job in the Broadway show “Sing out the News.” The choreographer gave her a job and a new name: Allyson, a family name, and June, for the month.
She made her Broadway chorus-line debut in 1938 in the musical Sing Out the News. After her appearance in Best Foot Forward in 1941, she was selected for the 1943 film version, and followed it up with several other musicals, including Two Sisters from Boston (1946) and Good News (1947). She also played straight roles such as Constance in The Three Musketeers (1948), the tomboy Jo March in Little Women (1949), and Glenn Miller’s wife in The Glenn Miller Story (1953).
In 1950, June Allyson had been signed to appear opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, but had to leave the production due to pregnancy. (She was replaced initially by Judy Garland, and later Jane Powell.)
Allyson was a very popular motion picture star in the 1940s and 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Too Young To Kiss in 1951. In 1955, she was named the ninth most popular movie star in the annual Quigley Exhibitor’s Poll, and the second most popular female star (behind Grace Kelly). After her film career ended in the late 1950s, Allyson starred on television as hostess and occasional star of The Dupont Show with June Allyson. The anthology series lasted two seasons. In later years the actress appeared on television shows such as Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote.
For the past 20 years, Allyson represented Kimberly-Clark Corp in commercials for Depend adult diapers, and championed the importance of research in urological and gynecological diseases in seniors.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, June Allyson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1537 Vine Street.

Filmography :
* Ups and Downs (1937) (short subject)     * Pixilated (1937) (short subject)
* Swing for Sale (1937) (short subject)      * Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
* Dates and Nuts (1937) (short subject)    * Not Now (1938) (short subject)
* Sing for Sweetie (1938) (short sub)        * The Prisoner of Swing (1938)
* The Knight Is Young (1938) (short sub)    * All Girl Revue (1940) (short subject)
* Best Foot Forward (1943)                      * Thousands Cheer (1943)
* Girl Crazy (1943)                                   * Meet the People (1944)
* Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)                  * Music for Millions (1944)
* Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)       * The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
* Two Sisters from Boston (1946)             * Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
* The Secret Heart (1947)                         * High Barbaree (1947)
* Good News (1947)                                 * The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
* The Three Musketeers (1948)                  * Words and Music (1948)
* Little Women (1949)                              * The Stratton Story (1949)
* The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)    * Right Cross (1950)
* Too Young to Kiss (1951)                      * The Girl in White (1952)
* Battle Circus (1953)                              * Remains to Be Seen (1953)
* The Glenn Miller Story (1953)                 * Executive Suite (1954)
* Woman’s World (1954)                          * Strategic Air Command (1955)
* The Shrike (1955)                                  * The McConnell Story (1955)
* Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956) (short subject)
* The Opposite Sex (1956)                       * You Can’t Run Away from It (1956)
* Interlude (1957)                                   * My Man Godfrey (1957)
* A Stranger in My Arms (1959)                * They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
* Blackout (1978)                                    * That’s Entertainment! III (1994)
* A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2001)
[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Julie Andrews

Celebrity Real Name : Julia Wells

Date of Birth : October 1, 1935

Birth Location :  Walton-on-Thames,
Surrey, England

Biography of Julia Wells :
Dame Julie Andrews, DBE (born October 1, 1935) is an Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning English actress, singer, and author, who became famous for her starring roles in the Broadway musical My Fair Lady and the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). Currently, she is the Official Ambassador of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth for Disneyland and recently made her debut as a theatre director.

Early life :
Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, the daughter of Edward Wells, an actor, and Barbara Ward, a pianist. Her parents enrolled her in voice lessons to develop her abilities. Her earliest public performances were during World War II, entertaining troops throughout the United Kingdom with fellow child star Petula Clark.
Andrews made her professional solo debut at the London Hippodrome in a new musical revue called Starlight Roof in 1947. On November 1, 1948, she became the youngest solo performer ever to be seen in a Royal Command Variety Performance, at the London Palladium, where she performed for King George VI, and members of the Royal Family.
Andrews appeared on the radio programme Educating Archie. She also appeared in the London West End production of Cinderella, and made her American debut starring in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend in 1954. Later in her career, she returned to The Boy Friend, directing productions at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, in 2003, and at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, in 2005.)

Revival :
Director Garry Marshall cast her in The Princess Diaries, opposite Anne Hathaway, and its sequel; playing the role of the Queen of an imaginary country, both of which proved to be major box office hits. She has also starred in two made-for-television movies based on the character of Eloise (playing her Nanny), the child who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In 2004, she lent her voice in the role as Queen Lillian to the highly successful animated hit Shrek 2, the sequel to the 2001 smash.

Filmography :
* Mary Poppins (1964)     * The Americanization of Emily (1964)     * Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965) (short subject)     * The Sound Of Music (1965)     * Torn Curtain (1966)     * Hawaii (1966)     * Think Twentieth (1967) (short subject)     * Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)     * The Singing Princess (1967) (voice)     * STAR! (1968)     * Darling Lili (1970)     * The Moviemakers (1971) (short subject)     * The Tamarind Seed (1974)     * 10 (1979)     * Little Miss Marker (1980)     * S.O.B. (1981 film) (1981)     * Victor/Victoria (1982)     * Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) (Cameo)     * The Man Who Loved Women (1983)     * That’s Life! (1986)     * Duet for One (1986)     * A Fine Romance (1991)     * Relative Values (2000)     * The Princess Diaries (2001)     * Unconditional Love (2002) (Cameo)     * Shrek 2 (2004) (voice)     * The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

Upcoming :
* Shrek 3 (2007) (voice)[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Judy Garland

Celebrity Real Name : Frances Gumm

Date of Birth : June 10, 1922

Birth Location : Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Biography of Frances Gumm :
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American film actress considered by many to be one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era of musical film. Garland’s singing voice had a natural vibrato, which she was able to maintain at extremely low volume. The effects which she was able to project enabled her to convey a wide range of emotion when she interpreted a song. The American Film Institute named Garland among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 8.

Honors :

Song of the Century :
Garland’s rendition of “Over the Rainbow” was placed as number 1 in the Songs of the Century project, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). According to RIAA, the list was put together for young people to “help further appreciation for the music development process, including songwriting, musicianship, recording, performing, distributing and the development of distribution and cultural values.”
The song was also chosen by the American Film Institute as the #1 movie song of all time, as part of their “100 Years…100 Songs” list. Four more Garland songs were also featured on the list: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” from Meet Me In St. Louis (#76), “Get Happy” from Summer Stock (#61), “The Trolley Song,” also from Meet Me In St. Louis (#26), and “The Man That Got Away” from A Star Is Born (#11).

Grammy Hall of Fame Awards :
Several of Garland’s many recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Some of these include:
* Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You) (single) - inducted 1998
* Judy at Carnegie Hall (album) - inducted 1998
* Meet Me In St. Louis - Soundtrack (album) - inducted 2005
* Over the Rainbow (single) - inducted 1981
* The Wizard of Oz - Musical and Dramatic Selections Recorded Directly from the Soundtrack of MGM’s Technicolor Film (album) - inducted 2006

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award :
Garland was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously, in 1998.

Judy Garland Day :
For 31 years, her home state of Minnesota has held a yearlyJudy Garland Festival around June 22, in memory of her legacy. The ongoing tribute festival is held at Garland’s birthplace of Grand Rapids. At the 2006 occasion, Minnesota proclaimed June 22, as a temporary Minnesota “Judy Garland Day” recognizing and honoring Judy Garland for her dedication and exemplary achievements and to salute her as an outstanding citizen and patron of the Arts. In June of 2006, the festival was visited by her children Lorna and Joey Luft and a decision to change the Festival dates to a permanent Garland Festival date change: Fri.-Sun. nearest Judy’s birthday. 2007 dates are June 8, 9 & 10″
The United States Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Garland in the Legends of Hollywood series.[5] The stamp depicts Garland from the “A Star is Born” era and was painted by illustrator, Tim O’Brien. The first day ceremony for this stamp was on June 10, 2006, on what would have been Garland’s 84th birthday, in New York City with nationwide availability on June 12. The ceremony at New York’s Carnegie Hall featured her daughter, Lorna Luft, Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, Dick Cavett, Michael Feinstein, Rufus Wainwright, Terrence McNally, and Garland’s MGM colleagues Jane Powell and Margaret O’Brien. Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli taped a special greeting exclusively for the ceremony.

1989 US Postage Stamp Honor :
In 1989, the United States Postal Service issued a series of Classic Films postage stamps, to honor the 50th anniversary of films made in the United States in 1939 that were nominated for Academy Awards. These 25¢ stamps featured four films: The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, Stagecoach, and Beau Geste. The stamp featuring Garland as “Dorothy”, with her dog Toto, is popular among collectors.

Hollywood Walk of Fame :
Judy Garland is one of the few stars to have been recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars; one for her contributions to American motion pictures and one for her contributions as a recording artist.

The Judy Garland Rose :
A new breed of roses was introduced in 1991, dedicated to Garland. The rose is still available (as of 2006).[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Johnny Rotten

Celebrity Real Name : John lydon

Date of Birth : January 31, 1956

Birth Location : Holloway, London

Biography of John Lydon :
John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. He was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. With his sarcastic and provocative public persona, he participated in laying down a new template for rebellious youth and band frontmen. His musical innovations have also been influential. He is currently working on a new album with a reggae influence.

Early Life career :
John Lydon was born in Holloway in London, England, according to his autobiography, though this hasn’t been confirmed, as his birth certificate has been lost.
His parents were both Irish Catholic immigrants. He grew up on a council estate in Finsbury Park, North London with three younger brothers. At the age of seven, he contracted spinal meningitis, putting him in and out of comas for half a year and erasing most of his memory. The disease left him with a permanent curve in his spine and his trademark stare.
He is married to Nora Forster. They have no children together, but Lydon is “grandfather” to Forster’s daughter Ari Up’s children.

Sex Pistols :
Lydon was hanging around Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s clothes shop, SEX in 1975, after McLaren had returned from a brief stint of travelling with American proto-punk band The New York Dolls, and was working on promoting a new band formed by Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook. Lydon was wearing a Pink Floyd T-Shirt with the words ‘I Hate’ scrawled in felt-tip pen above their name when offered the job as the new band’s singer. He auditioned in the shop tunelessly singing Alice Cooper’s “Eighteen” to the accompaniment of the jukebox. He was reportedly given the stage name Johnny Rotten because of his unclean teeth, and provocative manner. During his time as the band’s lead singer he continuously clashed with his fellow band members and McLaren. [wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Johny Bench

Celebrity Real Name : Johnny Lee

Date of Birth : December 7, 1947

Birth Location : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Biography of Johnny Lee :
John Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in Major League Baseball history. He is also currently on the Board of Directors for the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.
Bench was a key member of the Reds’ 1975 and 1976 World Series championship teams known as “The Big Red Machine”‘.
Bench was a standout basketball player for Binger High School, in the small Western Oklahoma town of Binger, in addition to his baseball talents. His father advised him that the fastest route to the majors was being a catcher. He was drafted in the second round of the 1965 amateur draft and was called up in August, 1967 where he hit just .163, but impressed many with his defensive prowess and strong throwing arm. Among those he impressed during his first taste of Major League ball was Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, who signed a baseball for him: “A Hall of Famer for sure!”
In addition to being an outstanding fielder, Bench was also a great hitter. In 1970, his finest statistical season, Bench hit .293 with 45 home runs and 148 RBIs. He hit .267 with 389 home runs and 1,376 runs-batted-in during his 17-year Major League career, all spent with the Reds. His career home run by a catcher record stood until surpassed by the Chicago White Sox’s Carlton Fisk. The San Diego Padres’ Mike Piazza has since broken the record and is still an active player.
He won the 1968 National League Rookie of the Year, batting .275 with 15 home runs and 82 RBI’s, and the honors and accomplishments only continued to pile up. In his career, Bench earned 10 Gold Gloves, was the 1970 and 1972 Most Valuable Player and was named to the National League All-Star team 12 times. He also won such awards as the Lou Gehrig Award (1975), the Babe Ruth Award (1976), and the Hutch Award (1981).

Trivia :
* Valedictorian of Binger High School.
* His autobiography is called “Catch You Later”
* Starred, with Tommy Lasorda and the San Diego Chicken on a syndicated baseball show called The Baseball Bunch in the early-1980s. A new version of the show is set to debut on ESPN in 2006.
* When the Reds retired Bench’s uniform number 5, it was the second time the number had been retired. In 1940, the Reds retired number 5 in honor of catcher Willard Hershberger, who had committed suicide during that season. They reactivated it in 1942.
* Has the unique ability amongst baseball players to hold seven baseballs in one hand simultaneously.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : John Wayne

Celebrity Real Name :Marion Morrison

Date of Birth : May 26, 1907

Birth Location : Winterset, Iowa in USA

Biography of Marion Morrison :
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as “The Duke,” was an Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. He was a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s. He is most famous for his Westerns and World War II epics, but he also made a wide range of films from various Genres, biographies, romantic comedies, police dramas, and more. He epitomized a certain kind of rugged individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon.

Early life and college :
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa in 1907, but his name was changed to Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. His family was Presbyterian; father Clyde Leonard Morrison was of Irish and Scottish descent and the son of an American Civil War veteran while mother Mary Alberta Brown was of Irish descent. Wayne’s family moved to Glendale, California in 1911; it was neighbors in Glendale who started calling him “Big Duke” because he never went anywhere without his Airedale Terrier dog, who was Little Duke. He preferred “Duke” to “Marion”, and the name stuck for the rest of his life.
Duke Morrison’s early life was marked by poverty; his father was a man who did not manage money well. Duke was a good and popular student. Tall from an early age, he was a star football player for Glendale High School and was recruited by the University of Southern California. As a teen, Wayne also worked in an ice cream shop for an individual who shoed horses for local Hollywood studios. He was also active as a member of the Order of DeMolay, a masonic youth organization run by the Freemasons, the latter which he would also join.
Wayne applied to the U.S. Naval Academy, but was not accepted. He instead attended the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Trojan Knights and joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Wayne also played on the USC football team under legendary coach Howard Jones. An injury while supposedly swimming at the beach curtailed his athletic career, however; Wayne would later note that he was too terrified of Jones’ reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury. He lost his athletic scholarship and with no funds was unable to continue at USC.
While at the university, Wayne began working around the local film studios. Western star Tom Mix got him a summer job in the prop department in exchange for football tickets, and Wayne soon moved on to bit parts, establishing a long friendship with director John Ford. During this period, Wayne appeared with his USC teammates as one of the featured football players in Columbia Pictures’ Maker of Men (filmed in 1930 and released in 1931), which starred Richard Cromwell and Jack Holt. In the film, Wayne was billed with his given name of Marion Morrison.
After two years working as a prop man at the William Fox Studios for $35 a week, his first starring role was in the 1930 movie The Big Trail; the director of that movie, Raoul Walsh, (who “discovered” Wayne) gave him the stage name “John Wayne”, after Revolutionary War general “Mad Anthony” Wayne. His pay was raised to $75 a week. He was tutored by the studio’s stuntmen in riding and other western skills.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : John Denver

Celebrity Real Name : Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.

Date of Birth : December 31, 1943

Birth Location : Aspen Colorado

Biography of Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. :
John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the biggest selling artists of the 1970s. In his lifetime, he recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had written, and served as the Poet Laureate of Colorado.
Denver’s songs were suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world. Songs such as “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, “Thank God I’m A Country Boy”, and “Rocky Mountain High” are popular all over the world. Often singing and writing folk songs about the western lifestyle, the human condition, and planet Earth, he was named the Poet Laureate of his home state of Colorado in 1977. Denver has been commonly referred to and nicknamed “The Poet For the Planet”, “Mother Nature’s Son” (based on The Beatles song he renditioned) and “A Song’s Best Friend”.

Early years Life career :
Denver was born in Roswell, New Mexico. His father, Henry Deutschendorf, Sr., was an Air Force officer and flight instructor, and his family moved around the American Southwest and South a lot while Denver was growing up. Denver was a life long Christian, raised Presbyterian and converted Lutheran, but often said he shared many beliefs with Zen Buddhists. In his memoirs, Denver cited that as a child he had some troubles at home, most notably with his father.
As a teenager, he received a 1910 Gibson acoustic guitar from his grandmother, and polished his skills enough to be able to perform at local clubs by the time he was in college. Adopting the surname “Denver” after his favorite city, he dropped out of Texas Tech University in 1964, and moved to Los Angeles, California. Denver sang in the smoky underground folk clubs in L.A., and in 1965 joined the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group later renamed “The Mitchell Trio” and then “Denver, Boise, and Johnson”.
In 1969, he abandoned the band life to pursue a solo career, and released his first album for RCA Records, Rhymes and Reasons. It was not a huge hit, but it contained “Leaving On A Jet Plane”, which became a number one hit for Peter, Paul and Mary two years later. He recorded two more albums in 1970, Whose Garden Was This? and Take Me to Tomorrow. Although these albums were not as successful as those that followed, they would all be certified gold by the RIAA, and later considered to be some of Denver’s most revered work.

Death :
On October 12, 1997, Denver was killed when the Long-EZ aircraft he was piloting ran out of fuel just off the coast of California at Pacific Grove.
The Long-EZ that Denver was flying is a two-place experimental aircraft, designed in the 1970s by Burt Rutan. Featuring tandem seats, when being flown solo it was to be flown from the rear seat. Denver, like many EZ pilots, was flying solo from the front.
Denver apparently lost control of the aircraft while attempting to manipulate the fuel selector handle, which is located in the rear cockpit, after running out of fuel in one tank. Witnesses stated that the plane made a sudden pitch-down plunge into the water, leading to speculation that, in reaching around to the rear, Denver bumped or kicked the side-stick control.

Awards and Recognition :

Grammy Awards
* Best Musical Album For Children, 1997, “All Aboard!”
* Grammy Hall of Fame Award, 1998, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

American Music Awards
* Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, 1975, 1976
* Favorite Country Male Artist, 1976
* Favorite Country Album, 1976, “Back Home Again”

Country Music Association Awards
* Song of the Year, 1975, “Back Home Again”
* Entertainer of the Year, 1975

Academy of Country Music Awards
* Album of the Year, 1974, “Back Home Again”

Emmy Awards
* Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special, 1975, “An Evening with John Denver”

Other recognition
* Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1996
* NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 1985[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : John Bon Jovi

Celebrity Real Name : John Francis Bongiovi

Date of Birth : 2 March, 1962

Birth Location : Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Biography of John Francis Bongiovi :
Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi on March 2, 1962) is an American musician and actor who is the lead singer of the highly successful rock band Bon Jovi.
Jon Bon Jovi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and raised in Sayreville. His mother, Carol Sharkey (of Irish/Italian descent), was a U.S. Marine as well as a Playboy Bunny and his father, John Bongiovi (born Gian Buongiovanni), was a barber of Italian ancestry.
John Bongiovi attended Sayreville War Memorial High School in Parlin, New Jersey, and later adopted the stage name Jon Bon Jovi at the behest of the record company that he signed with. He also plays acoustic guitar, harmonica, and rhythm guitar but makes the most of his part as lead singer. His early career was assisted by his cousin, Tony Bongiovi, a notable record producer who owned the Power Station recording studio. Jon worked as a janitor at the studio, and in periods of studio downtime recorded his own material, helped by his uncle. An album of these early recordings John Bongiovi: The Power Station Years was released in 1999.
Bon Jovi married Dorothea Hurley, his high school sweetheart, on April 29, 1989 in the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He fathered one daughter, Stephanie Rose Bongiovi (born on May 31, 1993), and three sons, Jesse James Louis Bongiovi (born on February 19, 1995) Jacob Hurley Bongiovi (born on May 7, 2002) and Romeo Jon Bongiovi (born on March 29, 2004).
Bon Jovi discovered the band Cinderella in 1985, at the Empire Rock Club in Pennsylvania. They opened for Bon Jovi during the Slippery When Wet tour and Bon Jovi has remained an avid supporter of the band ever since.
Bon Jovi is a credited actor in the movies Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Anywhere But Here, Destination Anywhere, Homegrown, Little City, No Looking Back, ‘Row Your Boat, Vampires Los Muertos, U-571, Cry Wolf and National Lampoon’s Pucked. He also had a supporting role in the movie Pay It Forward, where he played Helen Hunt’s abusive ex-husband. His TV series appearances include Sex and the City and an extended stint on Ally McBeal, as well as a guest appearance on The West Wing.
Jon Bon Jovi can also be seen in Young Guns II with a brief uncredited role as a cowboy in a pit.
Bon Jovi’s first appearance in any musical production was in the 1980 Star Wars album, Christmas in the Stars. He was the lead in singing the song, “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” (Credited as John Bongiovi).
Jon Bon Jovi has recorded two solo albums: Blaze of Glory (1990) and Destination Anywhere (1997) and sold over 100 million albums with the band Bon Jovi.
Jon Bon Jovi has worked on behalf of the Special Olympics, the American Red Cross, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and other groups.
On June 15, 2001, Jon Bon Jovi addressed the Oxford Union debate society.
In 2004 he became founder and owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League with friend and fellow band member Richie Sambora. He appeared in several television commercials for the league. Bon Jovi has been an avid New York Giants fan his entire life
On September 21, 2005, during an appearance on her show, the Bon Jovi band donated $1,000,000 to Oprah Winfrey for her Angel Network foundation. As of 2006, this is the highest amount donated by any single celebrity on Oprah’s show.
He currently lives in Middletown, New Jersey. He has donated more than $25,000 dollars to the Democratic Party.
In the 2004 presidential election, Jon Bon Jovi campaigned for Democratic nominee, John Kerry.

Awards :
* 1989: American Music Award: Best Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group; award shared with his band.
* 1990: Golden Globe: Best Song, Blaze of Glory (from Young Guns II soundtrack).
* 1991: MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; shared with his band.
* 2001: Humanitarian of the Year by The Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties for his charitable work on behalf of the people of New Jersey.
* 2001: Honorary doctorate in Humanities degree from Monmouth University in New Jersey, for his success as an entertainer and his humanitarian work.
* 2004: American Music Awards: Received the Award of Merit for their long career.
* 2005: World Music Awards: Received the Diamond Award for sales of 100+ million albums.
* 2006: Along with Jennifer Nettles, won an award for Best Collaborative Video for ‘Who Says You Can’t Go Home’ from Bon Jovi’s Have a Nice Day CD.[wikipedia]

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Celebrity Name : Joey Bishop

Celebrity Real Name : Joseph Gottlieb

Date of Birth : February 3, 1918

Birth Location : New York, USA

Biography of Joseph Gottlieb :
Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb on February 3, 1918 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American actor. He began his career as a part of a standup comedy act with his brother Maury. He was the straight man for the Rat Pack performances in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and also wrote much of the material they performed on stage. With the death of Frank Sinatra on May 14, 1998, he is now the last surviving member of the Rat Pack.
He guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson more times than anyone else, and he frequently appeared on Steve Allen and Jack Paar’s version of the show, as well as having his own television talk show. His co-host for this show was a very young looking Regis Philbin. He also starred in a television comedy show where he played a talk show host, which preceded his actual talk show. Abby Dalton portrayed his wife. Other co-stars for this show included Bill Bixby, Joe Besser, and Marlo Thomas.
Joey Bishop appeared on television as early as 1948 and was a frequent guest on television talk shows, game shows, and comedy shows.
He is listed as #96 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 greatest standups of all time.

Selected filmography :
* The Deep Six (1958)
* The Naked and the Dead (1958)
* Onionhead (1958)
* Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
* Pepe (1960)
* Sergeants 3 (1962)
* Johnny Cool (1963)
* Texas Across the River (1966)
* A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
* Who’s Minding the Mint? (1967)
* Valley of the Dolls (1967)
* The Delta Force (1986)
* Betsy’s Wedding (1990)
* Mad Dog Time (1996)

Selected television credits :
* The Joey Bishop Show (comedy, 1961)
* The Joey Bishop Show (talk show, 1967)
* The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (frequent guest, 1962-92)
* What’s My Line? (occasional panelist, 1960-67)
* Match Game (occasional panelist, 1973-82)[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Jean Arthur

Celebrity Real Name : Gladys Greene

Date of Birth : October 17, 1900

Birth Location : lattsburgh, New York

Biography of  Gladys Greene  :
Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress. Born Gladys Georgianna Greene in Plattsburgh, New York, she became one of Hollywood’s favorite screen comediennes.

Early Life Career :
The daughter of a photographer, Arthur became a fashion model early in life, then went on to work in films. She debuted in the silent film Cameo Kirby in 1923, directed by John Ford. Whatever self-confidence she may have built up was dashed when she was removed from the starring role of “Temple of Venus” (1923) after a few days of shooting. It was the first of many disappointments for the young actress, but she persevered and, by 1928, was being given co-starring roles at Paramount Pictures. (1928 was also the year she married her first husband, Julian Ancker, which was annulled after only one day.) She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1929 and briefly romanced David O. Selznick.
Arthur’s curious voice, best described as being earnestly squeaky, ensured her work in talkies, but she was seldom used to full advantage in the early 30s. Dissatisfied with the vapid ingenue, society debutante, and damsel-in-distress parts she was getting (though she was chillingly effective as a murderess in 1930’s “The Greene Murder Case”), Arthur left films for Broadway in 1932 to appear in ‘Foreign Affairs’. She starred in several Broadway productions and earned positive reviews. While back East she married Frank Ross, later a producer of some of her films.
In 1934, she signed with Columbia Pictures, where, at long last, her gift for combining fast-paced verbal comedy with truly moving pathos was fully utilised. In 1935 she starred opposite Edward G. Robinson in the gangster farce The Whole Town’s Talking, and her popularity began to rise.
She was lucky enough to work with some of the most accomplished directors in Hollywood: Frank Capra (who called her his favourite actress and directed her in “Mr Deeds Goes to Town” in 1936, “You Can’t Take It With You” in 1938 and “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” in 1939); John Ford (“The Whole Town’s Talking” in 1935); and Howard Hawks (“Only Angels Have Wings” in 1939).
She was also one of the final four contenders for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind” (1939).
Mercurial in her attitudes, terribly nervous both before and after filming a scene – she often threw up after her scene was finished – and so painfully shy that it was sometimes difficult for her to show up, she was equally fortunate that her co-workers were patient and understanding with her. She also looked better when photographed from the right side of her face, so, once she became a star, that was inevitably written into her contracts. Arthur could become hysterical when besieged by fans, and aloof and non-responsive to reporters.
In 1943, she received her only Oscar nomination for “The More the Merrier” (1943), the second of her two great 40s films directed by George Stevens (“The Talk of the Town” from 1942 was the first, Stevens referring to her as one of the greatest comediennes the screen had ever seen).
Because she often came to blows with studio head Harry Cohn over her parts and her salary, she only earned $50,000 for “The Talk of the Town”, while her co-stars Cary Grant and Ronald Colman both earned exactly double that amount.
After her contract with Columbia ended in 1944, she celebrated by running through the streets, shouting “I’m free, I’m free!” She signed to star in the 1946 Broadway play ‘Born Yesterday’ – only to succumb to a debilitating case of stage fright, forcing the producers to replace her at virtually the last moment with Judy Holliday.
After the forgettable comedy “The Impatient Years” in 1944, Arthur made only two more films: Billy Wilder’s “A Foreign Affair” (1948), and George Stevens’ classic “Shane” (1953; she was 50 years old during filming). She also played the lead in Leonard Bernstein’s 1950 musical version of ‘Peter Pan’, playing the Eternal Boy when she was almost fifty. Her co-star was Boris Karloff as Captain Hook. That same year she divorced Frank Ross; never remarried, no children. [wikipedia]