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Barrymore, John:
John Barrymore once pulled a risque screen test prank on John Carradine.
Blanc, Mel:
Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots.
Bogart, Humphrey:
A drawing of Humphrey Bogart was the model for the Gerber Baby.
Humphrey Bogart was born on Christmas Day.
Bow, Clara:
Clara Bow serviced the entire USC football team during orgies.
Chaplin, Charlie:
Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Charles Chaplin's remains were stolen and held for ransom.
Cody, Iron Eyes:
Iron Eyes Cody was an Indian.
Costner, Kevin:
Kevin Costner was caught in bed with the wife of Orioles infielder Cal Ripken, Jr. in August 1997, forcing the Orioles to cancel a game so that the distraught Ripken's consecutive-game streak would not be in jeopardy.
Curtis, Jamie Lee:
Jamie Lee Curtis is a hermaphrodite.
Dean, James:
James Dean's Porsche Spyder kept on killing long after his fatal accident.*
Eastwood, Clint:
Actor Clint Eastwood is the son of comic Stan Laurel.
Fonda, Jane:
Jane Fonda betrayed U.S. servicemen during the Vietnam War.*
Jane Fonda and her then husband Ted Turner were refused service in a restaurant run by a Vietnam War veteran.
Gable, Clark:
Clark Gable's bare-chested appearance in the 1934 film It Happened One Night led to a dramatic decline in undershirt sales.
Clark Gable hit and killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, and MGM covered up the incident by paying an employee to go to prison in his place.
Hanks, Tom:
The father of actor Tom Hanks was the lead singer of the musical group The Diamonds.
Heder, Jon:
Jon Heder, star of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, died in a car crash or from a drug overdose.
Hepburn, Audrey:
Audrey Hepburn penned a pithy list of beauty tips.*
Hudson, Rock:
Jim Nabors and Rock Hudson married each other.
Keaton, Buster:
Silent film star Buster Keaton was contractually precluded from smiling Lee, Brandon:
The scene in which Brandon Lee was fatally wounded was left in the final cut of The Crow.
Lohan, Lindsay:
Account describes woman's finding wallet belonging to actress Lindsay Lohan.
Lopez, Jennifer:
Two weeks before the 2001 premiere of the movie Angel Eyes, Jennifer Lopez demanded all the film's references to her be changed to "J.Lo."
Lucci, Susan:
Actress Susan Lucci is the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller.
Mansfield, Jayne:
The car crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decapitated her.
Marx, Harpo:
Adolph "Harpo" Marx changed his name to Arthur to avoid an association with Adolph Hitler.
Matthau, Walter:
Actor Walter Matthau was born 'Walter Matuschanskyayasky.'
Monroe, Marilyn:
Marilyn Monroe wore a size 16 dress.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on each foot.
Marilyn Monroe was the model for Tinker Bell in Disney's version of Peter Pan.*
Nicholson, Jack:
The woman Jack Nicholson thought to be his sister turned out to be his mother.
Reagan, Ronald:
Ronald Reagan was the actor originally selected to play the role of Rick Blaine in Casablanca.*
Robinson, Edward G.:
Edward G. Robinson funded the French Resistance in World Stallone, Sylvester:
Sylvester Stallone once starred in a porn film.
Tomei, Marisa:
Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award because presenter Jack Palance announced the wrong name.
Valentino, Rudolph:
Rudolph Valentino died from eating food prepared in aluminum cookware.
Wayne, John:
John Wayne was brought to Jesus thanks to a note from an evangelist's injured teenage daughter.*
Zadora, Pia:
Pia Zadora played Anne Frank on stage so badly that the audience yelled "She's in the attic!" when the Nazis arrived.
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