actressBorn: 3/19/1947Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut Tony Award-winning stage and film actress who surprised many when she displayed a strong soprano in Broadway's Sunset Boulevard (1994–95).…
Burton and Taylor's passion burned so hot that they simply had to get married... twice.Cleopatra (1963)Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton At first, she thought he talked too much; he…
stage and film directorBorn: 1965Birthplace: England British stage director who took Hollywood by storm—and surprise—with his feature film directorial debut, American Beauty (1999), a dark comedy…
director, producer, actorBorn: 9/17/1962Birthplace: Australia Trained at Sydney's National Institute of the Dramatic Arts, Luhrmann began his career in front of the camera. He appeared opposite…
actressBorn: 8/2/1964Birthplace: Ft. Jackson, S.C. Often confused with that other Parker, Sarah Jessica, Mary Louise, the part-Swedish daughter of a military officer and judge, was listed as one…
HALSEY, Jehiel Howell, (son of Silas Halsey and brother of Nicoll Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., October 7, 1788; moved to…
actressBorn: 11/6/1972Birthplace: Zambia, Africa Mission: Impossible 2 star Thandie Newton originally set her sights on becoming a dancer. The daughter of a Zimbabwean mother (a princess of the…
(Betty Joan Perske)actressBorn: 9/16/1924Birthplace: New York City She began her career as a model, gracing the cover of Harper's Bazaar at age 19, before moving on to acting. She landed a starring…
The 83rd Academy Award Best Actress Nominees Read biographies of the Best Actress nominees. Find out about all the nominees, from newcomer Jennifer Lawrence to three-time nominee Annette…
actorBorn: 10/28/1974Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico Phoenix began acting at age 8, shortly after his hippie parents piled him and his two siblings in an old station wagon, changed the family…
