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Biography - Thursday, September 28, 2006
"Real stories and fascinating details behind the
most intriguing people who have ever lived."
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Greetings Biography Buff,
This week musician Jerry Lee Lewis celebrates his birthday.
To learn a little bit more about this rock and roll pioneer,
check out this clip:
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sinner & Saint of Rock n Roll
Jerry Lee Lewis
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--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on July 21, 1978, in San Francisco,
California.
--2. My first acting job was a part in the television series
Cracker.
--3. My first feature role was in the popular horror film
Halloween H20.
--4. In 1999, I appeared in Sophia Coppola's The Virgin
Suicides.
--5. Other films include Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, and
40 Days and 40 Nights.
Who am I? (Answer at the bottom)
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?
See if you know if the following Musicians have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":
--1. Frankie Valli
--2. Count Basie
--3. Maurice Gibb
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--COMINGS AND GOINGS:
****Some famous people born during this week in history:
-- Michael Douglas - September 25, 1944
Actor, producer, director. Douglas gained notice as an actor
when he starred with Karl Malden in the 1970s television
series The Streets of San Francisco. He landed his first
leading role in 1984's Romancing the Stone. In 1987, he
starred in the dark thriller Fatal Attraction, and costarred
in Oliver Stone's Wall Street. In 1992 he continued
exploring his dark side by costarring with Sharon Stone in
the thriller Basic Instinct. His production company,
Stonebridge Entertainment, has produced such hits as
Flatliners and Radio Flyer. He signed a development deal at
Paramount in 1994, which included The Ghost and the Darkness,
The Game and A Perfect Murder. Douglas earned critical
acclaim for his starring role as a rumpled novelist and
English professor in Wonder Boys.
-- Mira Sorvino - September 28, 1967
Actress. Sorvino first stepped into the spotlight in 1992 in
the syndicated teen serial Swans Crossing. In 1994, she made
her Hollywood debut as Rob Morrow's intellectual wife in
Quiz Show. Her breakthrough role was Linda, the bleached
blonde prostitute in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite. She
received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her
performance. Sorvino has appeared in a number of diverse
projects, including HBO's Norma Jean and Marilyn, Mimic, The
Replacement Killers, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,
and Summer of Sam. In early 2001, she starred as Daisy
Buchanan in A&E's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic,
The Great Gatsby.
-- Jerry Lee Lewis - September 29, 1935
Musician. A singer and pianist, he emerged in 1956 as one of
the most fervent and blues-flavored of the rock 'n' roll
originators. His first recordings for Sun, Whole Lotta
Shakin' Goin' On and Great Balls of Fire, caused a sensation
and became classics of rock. In 1958 he starred in the film
High School Confidential but later that year, when he married
his 14 year-old cousin, Myra, he was effectively boycotted
by television and radio. Personal controversy and drug
addiction continually dogged his career. He made a successful
switch to a career in country music in the 1960s and 1970s,
but remained widely celebrated for his contributions to rock.
In 1986 he became an inaugural member of the Rock 'N' Roll
Hall of Fame.
****Some famous people who have died during this week
in history:
-- Clara Bow - September 27, 1965
Born July 29, 1905
Actress. Known as the It Girl, she is considered America's
first Sex Symbol. She often played a young, frisky, openly
sensual, rebellious girl in many of her movies, yet this
role probably defined the attitude of society at that time,
and it made her a star. She was the definitive Flapper of
the 1920s. Probably one of the more overworked and under-
paid actresses in the industry, she made 58 films between
1922 and 1933. Unlike many Hollywood stars, she did not
flaunt her wealth, but lived on par with the middle class,
living in a small 7 room house in Beverly Hills. Her sexual
liaisons and extremely public private life were legendary,
and in 1928 she had a torrid affair with director Victor
Fleming that made headlines continuously.
-- James Dean - September 30, 1955
Born February 8, 1931
Actor. He famously died in an automobile accident at the age
of 24. He debuted in the theater and signed a Hollywood
contract after a promising performance in a theatrical
adaptation of "The Immoralist" in New York in 1954. Through
his films, James Dean came to personify nonconformism and
the confusion and restlessness of youth. His status as a
cult hero in American popular culture long outlasted his
meteoric Hollywood career. His only three films were "East
of Eden" (1955), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), and "Giant"
(1956).
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Josh Hartnett. Hartnett's first passion was football, but a
knee injury sidelined his career. After his aunt encouraged
him to take up acting, Hartnett headed to Los Angeles after
graduating from high school. He landed his first job on the
television series Cracker in 1997. This exposure led to his
first feature role, that of Jamie Lee Curtis' son in the
popular horror film Halloween H20. Soon after, he appeared
in the blood-and-guts thriller The Faculty.
He attracted critical notice for his portrayal of a sexually
precocious 1970s seducer in Sophia Coppola's The Virgin
Suicides. He was also noticed by director Michael Bay, who
cast Hartnett in his $135 million WWII epic Pearl Harbor.
Hartnett has also starred in the military drama Black Hawn
Down, the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights, and, most recently,
The Black Dahlia.
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--Answers to "DEAD OR ALIVE:"
--1. Frankie Valli - ALIVE - 05/03/1934 Age 72
--2. Count Basie - DEAD - 08/21/1904 - 04/26/1984
Cause of Death: Cancer
--3. Maurice Gibb - DEAD - 12/22/1949 - 01/12/2003
Cause of Death: Congenital bowel condition
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