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Salma Hayek

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The amazing Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966, in the oil boomtown of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Hayek has freely admitted that Salma Hayek and her brother, Sami, wer ...

Madeleine Stowe

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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 ...

Scarlett Johansson

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Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and dire ...

Sally Field

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Sally Field is a two-time Academy Award-winner for her performances in Robert Benton's Places in the Heart (also capturing a Golden Globe) and Martin Ritt's Norma Rae. Fo ...

Matt LeBlanc

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After graduating from high school, Matt LeBlanc spent some time as a photo model in Florida before moving to New York where Matt LeBlanc took drama classes. After a few s ...

Penlope Cruz

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With her expressive brown eyes, lustrous dark hair and flawless olive skin, Penelope Cruz burst on the scene as a teenager lending an air of sultry innocence and a flair ...

Meryl Streep

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A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 ...

Lucy Liu

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Liu first appeared on the big screen as an ex-girlfriend in Jerry Maguire (1996) (she had previously filmed a scene in the indie Bang (1995), but it was shelved for two y ...

Madonna

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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 ...

Sandra Bullock

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Bullock was born in Arlington County, Virginia, the daughter of Helga D. Meyer, a German opera singer, and John W. Bullock, a Pentagon contractor, executive and part-time ...

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1880 - Born in Glasgow, Scotland. British labor organizer.

1909 - As the representative of the women chain makers of Cradley Heath, Mary Reid Anderson secured a minimum wage and led a strike to compel employers to pay the increase without delay.

1911 - Mary Reid Anderson married William Crawford Anderson, chairman of the Independent Labour party.

1920 - Mary Reid Anderson visited the United States as a British representative in the first labor conference convened under the League of Nations.

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