Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 – 1942) and East End greengrocer William...
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Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop. William Reed Burton, who worked for the...
Woody Allen
Woody Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, to Nettie (Cherrie), a bookkeeper, and Martin Konigsberg, a waiter...
Steven Spielberg
One of the most influential personalities in cinema’s history, Steven Spielberg, is Hollywood’s best-known director and one of the world’s wealthiest filmmakers. He has an...
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The...
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific...
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood. He was born John Christopher Depp II in...
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)). Natalie was...
Demi Moore
Demi Moore was born in 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father, Charles Harmon, left her mother, Virginia King, before Demi was born. Her stepfather...
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and...
Meryl Streep
Considered by many critics to be the most outstanding living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times and...
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She is Susan Jeanne (Metzger), a schoolteacher and later a producer, and Donald Christian Hannah,...
Robert Englund
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, and director, best known for playing the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger...
Marc Singer
Marc Singer (born January 29, 1948) is a Canadian-born American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series, as Mike Donovan in...