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She went to University of Southern California and studied cinema and journalism before taking up acting at Beverly Hills' Solaris Theater. Madeleine Stowe made a few appe ...

Madonna

Madonna made her acting debut with the low-budget film A Certain Sacrifice (1979) and went on to star in the 1985 box office hit Desperately Seeking Susan. Madonna has st ...

Snoop Dogg

His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child because of the way Snoop Dogg dressed and because of his love of the cartoon Peanuts; Snoop Dogg took the stage nam ...

Luther Vandross

His next recording credit was on an album by Roberta Flack in 1972. Luther Vandross was the founder of the first ever Patti LaBelle fan club. Luther also sang on Delores ...

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson has become one of the most recognized faces in the world. Pamela Anderson played the role of C.J. Parker, a lifeguard on the most popular television serie ...

Sam Cooke

His first pop single, "Lovable" (1956), was released under the alias of "Dale Cooke" in order to not alienate his fan base; there was a considerable t ...

Mariah Carey

Following her separation from Mottola in 1997, Carey introduced elements of hip hop into her album work, to much initial success, but her popularity was in decline when M ...

Shadows

In following years, Shadows formed a number of bands with Avenged Sevenfold's rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance. Shadows was previously a member of a punk group called 'Su ...

Naomi Campbell

Aged 15 and while still a student at the Italia Conti Academy, Campbell was spotted by Beth Boldt, a former Ford model and head of the Synchro model agency, while window- ...

Lea Thompson

After a break from acting, Thompson went on to star in several Broadway plays. Lea Thompson later appeared in a TV series called For The People, which only lasted one sea ...

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Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle

Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle biography: 1801 - Born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. English woman of letters, an intelligent, attractive, and somewhat temperamental daughter of a well-to-do doctor in Haddington. - Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle possessed a genius for letter writing, manifest i ...

Fadhil J al Chalabi

Fadhil J al Chalabi biography: Iraqi lawyer and politician acting secretary-general of OPEC 1983-1988 ...

John George Melvin Compton

John George Melvin Compton biography: St. Lucian (St. Vincent and the Grenadines-born) lawyer and politician St. Lucian trade and industry minister 1958-1961 chief minister of St. Lucia 1964-1967 only premier of St. Lucia 1967-1979 1st independent prime minister of St. Lucia 1979, 1982-1996 ...

Charles Albert Jr Conerly

Charles Albert Jr Conerly biography: US football player quarterback for New York Giants 1948-1961 (backup quarterback behind Y. A. Tittle 1961) ...

Ferris Roy Fain

Ferris Roy Fain biography: US baseball player American League batting champion 1951, 1952 ...

Hans Haekkerup

Hans Haekkerup biography: Danish politician Danish defense minister 1993-2001 UN administrator of Kosovo 2001 ...

Innocent IX

Innocent IX biography: Italian pope 1591 ...

Joseph A Faurot

Joseph A Faurot biography: US criminologist and police officer father of criminal fingerprinting in US ...

Alessandro Gavazzi

Alessandro Gavazzi biography: Italian clergyman and religious reformer ...

Caro D Dawes

Caro D Dawes biography: US wife of Charles Dawes 1889 ...