- Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine ads and television commercials. At age ten, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at eleven, she made her motion picture debut by playing both twins in Disney's 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap". Lohan's breakout role as a leading actress came six years later with 2004's "Mean Girls", … - John Carpenter
John Carpenter (born 1967) was the first $1,000,000 winner on the United States version of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The historic event occurred on November 19, 1999. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken by Rahim Oberholtzer on another U.S. quiz show, "Twenty One". - Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn was an American character actor and member of a well-known show-business family. His bristling mustache and expressive face were his stock in trade as an actor. He was born in New York, New York as Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn, the son of Jewish American vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn, and his Irish-American Catholic wife, the former Hilda Keenan, but took his stage name from his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, … - Cesar Montano
Cesar Manhilot, known by his popular screen name Cesar Montano, is a multi-awarded Filipino actor and film director. He started in show business as a stuntman for a lot of known Filipino actors. He played roles in numerous B movies. He then played major roles in several action movies and a brief but successful television career playing the lead role in the television sitcom "Kaya ni Mister, Kaya ni Misis" with veteran actress Maricel Soriano. - Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin was a major French actor and war hero. - Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley, Jr., better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was a cowboy and actor. Pickens, who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, was born in Kingsburg, California. He was an excellent rider from age four and quit school to join the rodeo at age twelve. He was told that working in the rodeo would be "slim pickings" (very little money), giving him his name, but he did very well, … - Joan Davis
Joan Davis (born Madonna Josephine Davis on June 29, 1907, St. Paul, Minnesota; d. May 22, 1961, Palm Springs, California) was an American comic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. Remembered best for the 1952-1955 television comedy, "I Married Joan", Davis actually had a more successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and radio comedienne. A performer since childhood, she later appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville. - Michel Drucker
Michel Drucker (born September 12, 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. Opinion polls have consistently shown him ranking high in popularity for decades now. Michel Drucker was born in Vire, Calvados in Normandy. Jacques Drucker, a Doctor, is Michel's younger brother and Jean Drucker a TV top executive, is Michel's older brother. He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. - David Essex
David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July, 1947, in Plaistow, Essex (now Greater London), is an English actor and singer, who has enjoyed a varied show business career. - Carole Landis
Carole Landis, born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, was an American film actress. - Earl Wilson
Earl Wilson was an American journalist, gossip columnist and author, perhaps best known for his nationally syndicated column, "It Happened Last Night". Wilson's column originated from the New York Post and ran from 1942 until 1983. His chronicling of the Broadway scene during the "Golden Age" of show business formed the basis for a book published in 1971, "The Show Business Nobody Knows". He signed his columns with the tag line, "That's Earl, … - Shari Lewis
Shari Lewis was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop, first appearing on "Hi Mom", a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York. Lewis was Jewish-American. Her father was a founding member of Yeshiva University in New York City. - Constance Moore
Constance Moore (January 18, 1920 - September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as "Show Business" and "Atlantic City" and the classic 1939 movie serial "Buck Rogers", in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial. Moore was born in Sioux City, Iowa but spent most of her formative years in Dallas, Texas. - Arte Johnson
Arte Johnson (born January 20, 1929), full name Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson, is a comic actor. He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1949 after working on the campus radio station and the U of I Theater Guild with his brother, Cos. He initially sought employment in Chicago working for advertising agencies, but left for New York to work for Viking Press. - Denver Pyle
Denver Dell Pyle was an American film and television actor. - Michael Grade
Michael Ian Grade CBE (born March 8, 1943) is a British businessman and a distinguished figure in the field of broadcasting. He became Executive Chairman of ITV plc on 8 January 2007 after his resignation from the role of BBC chairman. Born into a Jewish show business family (original family name : Winogradski), his father was the theatrical agent Leslie Grade, and his uncles were the impresarios Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont. - Barry Ryan
Barry Ryan (born Barry Sapherson, 24 October 1948, in Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English pop singer. The son of pop singer Marion Ryan and Lloyd Sapherson, Barry and his twin brother Paul began to perform at the age of 15. In 1965 they signed a contract with Decca and brought out singles such as "Don't Bring Me Your Heartaches" (1965), "Have Pity on the Boy" (1966), and "Missy Missy" (1966). - Keanna Reeves
Keanna Reeves (born Janet Derecho Duterte, on 1970) is a Filipina actress who first gained national attention and notoriety in the Philippines for exposing a private escort girl service in December 2004, and confessing that lawmakers were among her clients. Reeves' disclosure that she knew of some female escorts who offered sex to their clients has prompted Akbayan Party-List Reps. - Ed Gardner
Ed Gardner (June 29, 1901 - August 17, 1963) was an American comic actor, writer and director, best remembered as the creator and star of the radio hit "Duffy's Tavern". Born in Astoria, New York, Gardner was a representative for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency before going into show business. He began producing for the stage in the early 1930s. - Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk, born Phyllis Kirkegaard (September 18 1927 - October 19 2006) was an American actress. She had polio as a child and as a result had difficulty walking later in life. According to many accounts, Kirk was born in Syracuse, New York; however, her sister, Megan Kirk Flax of Santa Rosa, California, states that she was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. Before entering show business on stage, she worked as a sales clerk, waitress, and model. - Allan Williams
Allan Williams is a former Liverpool businessman and promoter of Welsh descent. He was the original manager (more precisely, booking agent) of The Beatles. He personally took the young band to Hamburg, Germany, where they gained the vital show business experience that led to their emergence on the world stage. In 1957 Williams leased a former watch-repair shop at 21 Slater Street, Liverpool, which he converted into a coffee bar. - Bobby Ball
Robert Harper (b. 28 January 1944, Oldham, England), better known as Bobby Ball, is one half of the comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Tommy Cannon. He married his first wife, Joan, in 1964, with whom he had two sons, Robert and Darren. They separated in 1968. He married his second wife, Yvonne, in 1971. They have one daughter, Joanne. Ball now has nine grandchildren. Ball has been in show business with his comedy partner for 42 years. - Lee Eastman
Lee Eastman, born 'Leopold Vail Epstein', (12 January 1910 - 30 July 1991) was a New York show business attorney, the son of Louis (b. Russia ~1887, imm. 1906) and Stella (Freyer) Epstein. His sisters were Emmaline and Rose. He married Louise Linder, heiress to the Linder Department Store fortune; they had four children, including John Eastman and Linda (Eastman) McCartney, the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. - Marie McDonald
Marie McDonald was an American singer and actress born with the name Cora Marie Frye in Burgin, Kentucky. She was the daughter of a Ziegfeld Follies girl who divorced her father when she was a child and she eventually moved with her mother and stepfather to Yonkers, New York. Marie wanted to pursue a career in journalism but her mother encouraged her to go into show business. She competed in numerous beauty pageants including Miss America. - Harry Babbitt
Harry Babbitt (November 2, 1913 - April 9, 2004) was an American singer and star during the Big Band era. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined the Kay Kyser band in 1938. With Kyser he recorded several hits in his rich baritone. On some novelty tunes he adopted a high-pitched falsetto. He sang such hits as "Three Little Fishies," "On A Slow Boat to China" and "Jingle, Jangle, … - Alana Austin
Alana Austin was born on April 6, 1982 in Palm Springs, California. She was born into a family involved in show business. Her father was an actor and a model and her grandmother was Troy Donohue's girlfriend "Cupcake" on "Surfside 6". Her Father decided to give her a normal childhood, but at the age of six, she started showing the desire to act. She wanted to be on TV doing what the people were doing inside of there. She begged her Father for 3 years to get involved. - Maurice Zolotow
Maurice Zolotow was a show business biographer. He wrote books and magazine articles. His articles appeared in publications including "Life", "Collier's Weekly", "Reader's Digest", "Los Angeles", and many others. His book "Marilyn Monroe" was the first written on the iconic actress, and it was the only one published while she was alive. - Bernard Punsly
Bernard Punsly, (July 11 1923-January 20 2004), was an American actor who left show business to become a physician. He was born in New York City. Punsly auditioned for a part in the play "Dead End" in 1937 because he though it might be fun. The success of the play led to a series of film appearances for the cast, including Punsley. The first film of the "Dead End Kids" (or Bowery Boys) series was "Dead End", also produced in 1937. - Mary Meade
Mary Meade was an American film actress of the 1940s. Her films included "Assigned to Danger" (1948), "In This Corner" (1948), "T-Men" (1947), "The Thrill of Brazil" (1946), "Wonder Man" (1945) and "Show Business" (1944). - Julio José Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias also known as Julio Iglesias Jr. is a pop singer from Spain. - Melanie Hutsell
Melanie Hutsell is a comedic actress best known for her tenure on "Saturday Night Live". She began her career starring in a Chicago stage production, "The Real Live Brady Bunch" in 1990. The theatre shows consisted of eight actual episodes of the cult classic TV show "The Brady Bunch", with Hutsell cast as Jan Brady. The company toured to New York City, where Hutsell was chosen for the seventeenth season of "SNL". - Simon O'Brien
Simon O'Brien (19 June 1965, Garston, Liverpool) is a British actor television and radio presenter as well as a successful property developer. He came to prominence as the character Damon Grant in "Brookside", a role he played from the soap's launch in 1982 until 1987, when his character was killed off in York at the end of the 'soap bubble' "Damon and Debbie". - Kiran Shah
Kiran Shah, born in 1956 is an actor and a stuntman, born in Nairobi, Kenya. He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old, when he moved to India with his family. While living in India, he became interested in films, and when his family moved to London, he became involved in the show business. His first film was the 1976 movie "Candleshoe", as a stand-in for a girl called Sara Tamakuni, and when stunt coordinator Bob Anderson asked him to do her stunts as well, … - Oliver Robins
Oliver Robins (b. 1971) is an American former child actor who is a writer and director. His first film roles were in the 1982 TV movie "Million Dollar Infield", and in the 1982 ABC TV movie "Don't Go to Sleep" as Kevin. He is best known for his role as Robbie Freeling in the 1982 movie "Poltergeist" and in its 1986 sequel "Poltergeist II: The Other Side". Oliver's other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy "Airplane II: The Sequel". - William Dillon
William Austin Dillon (November 6, 1877-February 10, 1966) was an American songwriter and Vaudevillian. He is best known as the lyricist for the song "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911), written in collaboration with Harry Von Tilzer. It can be heard in "Show Business" (1944) and "The Jolson Story" (1946). He was born in Cortland, New York and performed in Vaudeville with his brothers John and Harry. <br style="clear: both"/> - Maria della Costa
Gentile Maria Marchioro Della Costa (b. January 1, 1926) is a noted Brazilian theater, movie and TV actress and producer. She was born in Flores da Cunha, a small town of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, into a family of Italian immigrants from the region of Veneto. A beautiful woman, she was immortalized in paintings by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Flavio de Carvalho, Guanabarino and Djanira, and in a statue by Victor Brecheret. She started her career at 14 years of age, … - Peter Gibson
Peter Hansen Gibson (born April 14, 1971 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is the third of five children: Robert Christian Gibson Jr. (nicknamed, Gibby), Paula Elizabeth Gibson, Jeffrey Michael Gibson & Michael Patrick Gibson. His older siblings, Gibby & Paula, along with his mother, Paula Kathryn Ivanovich, were involved in various Broadway productions, this gave him the inspiration and opportunity to pursue a career in show business. - Roberto Vigoreaux
Roberto Vigoreaux Lorenzana is a Puerto Rican media personality. He is a former senator, television producer, actor, singer, marketing executive, telecommunications technician and ice cream entrepreneur. He is the son of Luis Vigoreaux, and the younger brother of Luisito Vigoreaux. He also has two half sisters: Vanessa and Glendalys Vigoreaux. Vigoreaux and his brother had to endure tragedy at a young age. - Tom McKitterick
Tom McKitterick is an American actor. He starred in "The Warriors", playing Cowboy. After "The Warriors", McKitterick left for stage until 1981. When he left stage and acting, he became a photojournalist and was represented by Impact Visuals, a progressive photo agency in New York. Eventually, in addition to news, he shot sports - tennis in particular: a decade of shooting grand slams, Masters and Davis Cup. - Betty Missiego
Betty Missiego (born January 1, 1945 in Lima, Peru) is a Spanish singer of Peruvian origin. In her native country (Peru), Betty began her career as a dancer, but she had to halt her career due to an injury. She continued pursuing a career in show business, more specifically, she was a host for a television program that brought her great popularity in her native Peru. In 1969, she moved to Spain to pursue a singing career where she received Spanish citizenship in 1972.
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