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Susan Sarandon was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York City, NY, to homemaker Lenora Marie (Criscione) and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, an advertising executive. Golden Globes: 1 Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Oscars: 1 BAFTA Awards: 1 BAFTA Awards: 0 Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful. Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. BAFTA Awards: 4 She was of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent.
Maria went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. Because of the outbreak of World War I, she is six years old the first time ... Oscars: 2 Golden Globes: 2 BAFTA Nominations: 7 BAFTA Nominations: 7 Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York, into a family of dancers.
Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. She is the daughter of Bettine (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close ( Golden Globe Nominations: 1 Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and ... Oscars: 2 In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of … Oscar Nominations: 7 Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. Birgit Minichmayr was born on April 3, 1977 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker.
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Golden Globe Nominations: 2 Multi-talented Kathleen Doyle Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Bette Davis. BAFTA Nominations: 0 Her early interest was dance. Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California, to Donna Jean (Taverna) and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. Demi Moore was born 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Golden Globe Nominations: 2 BAFTA Awards: 1 She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. ... Oscar Nominations: 3 Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Golden Globes: 0 Elisabeth Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anne Brewster (Wells), who worked for the Chemical Banking Corporation, and James William Shue, a lawyer and real estate developer. Her mother was born in Czestochowa, Poland, of French, Walloon Belgian, and Polish descent, while her father is French. Golden Globe Nominations: 8 She and her sister were raised by their mother. Golden Globe Nominations: 8 BAFTA Nominations: 3 Golden Globes: 2 Golden Globe Nominations: 11
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born in Santa Monica, California, to Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957 in Gibson City, Illinois. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston ... BAFTA Nominations: 2 Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. Franka Potente was born on 22 July 1974 in the German city of Münster, to Hildegard, a medical assistant, and Dieter Potente, a teacher, and raised in the nearby town of Dülmen.
Oscar Nominations: 5 Multi-talented Kathleen Doyle Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Her brother, a list of 25 titles She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. Offbeat, unconventionally pretty, and utterly mesmerizing, Ellen Barkin was born on April 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Evelyn (Rozin), a hospital administrator, and Sol Barkin, a chemical salesman. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. BAFTA Awards: 1 She is of Italian and Polish descent. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. BAFTA Awards: 1 Oscar Nominations: 5 Oscar Nominations: 5 Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of BAFTA Awards: 1 With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. Oscar Nominations: 3 BAFTA Awards: 3 Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema.
Golden Globes: 1 As a child, due to her ... Oscars: 1 After graduating high school she attempted, with the help ... Oscars: 1 Her father, TV producer Her parents, To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but... Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 2 BAFTA Awards: 2 Golden Globes: 3 Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...