Early Life Christina Rene Hendricks was born on May 3, 1975, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Raised alongside one older brother, Christina traveled frequently with her family due to her father’s job as a Forest Service employee. She spent much of her early life in Georgia before relocating to Portland, Oregon. At the age of nine, she relocated once again to Idaho, where she became intimately involved in a local theater group. She started dying her hair red at the age of ten (she is a natural blonde).

Early Life and Education Christy Turlington was born on January 2, 1969, in Walnut Creek, California. She is the middle child of three daughters born to Pan Am pilot Dwain Turlington and flight attendant María Elizabeth Turlington. María was born in El Salvador. Christy and her siblings were raised Roman Catholic, and she has continued to practice the religion as an adult. She was discovered by a local photographer named Dennie Cody while riding horses in Miami, where her father was working as a training captain for Pan Am.

Early Life Cleavon Little was born on June 1, 1939, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He was raised in San Diego, California, with two brothers and two sisters, including singer DeEtta Little West, who performed vocals on the song “Gonna Fly Now,” the main theme to “Rocky.” Little attended Kearny High School and graduated in 1957. He then enrolled at San Diego State College and earned a degree in speech therapy in 1965.

Early Life Dana Mecum was born in 1954 in Monmouth, Illinois. He is the son of famed fleet salesman Edward Mecum. His father owned a Pontiac dealership in Marengo, Illinois, and later resold Avis rental cars. Edward Mecum became the nation’s largest fleet dealer until the 1980s, when high-interest rates temporarily wiped out his business. Career and The Mecum Auction Company Dana Mecum started his company, Mecum Auctions, while sitting at his dining room table.

His first film, “Pi,” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. It was a movie made on a budget of $100 donations from his friends and family members. Aronofsky won the Best Director Award for the film at the festival, which eventually earned more than three million dollars at the box office. His follow-up effort was the award-winning adaptation “Requiem for a Dream.” His first major film was “The Wrestler,” which had several performers nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars.

He is the most commercially successful magician of all time. Though his magic shows are the most profitable of all time, impressively, David Copperfield’s billion dollar net worth doesn’t come from illusions alone. Thanks to incredibly shrewd investments and acquisitions, David has managed to build an incredibly valuable financial empire that includes real estate, restaurants, merchandise and even magic memorabilia! His Las Vegas shows and world tours have sold more than 40 million tickets and grossed more than $4 billion in revenue.

He was probably best-known for starring as Al in “Quantum Leap.” He appeared in all 97 of the show’s episodes between 1989 and 1993. Dean notched more than 200 professional acting credits during a career that spanned seven decades, starting as a child in the 1940s. Early Life Dean Stockwell was born as Robert Dean Stockwell on March 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, California to vaudeville actress Betty and actor and singer Harry.

Early Life Dirk Nowitzki was born on June 19th, 1978, in Würzburg, West Germany. He was raised by parents who were both professional athletes, as his mother played basketball and his father played handball for the German national team. Dirk Nowitzki was always a tall child, and even at a young age, he towered above his peers. Although he initially gravitated towards tennis and handball, Nowitzki soon started playing basketball, where players of his height were common.

“Animal House” Financial Blunder Donald was a family friend of “Animal House” director/producer John Landis. The film’s studio (Universal) insisted that Landis hire a well-known actor for the movie. The studio authorized Landis to offer Sutherland 2.5% of the movie’s profits plus a salary of $35,000. Sutherland, who thought this movie had no chance of ever making a single dollar, politely declined. Universal then upped the offer to $35,000 plus 15% of the film’s gross earnings – that’s gross earnings, not net earnings.

He has also starred in the movies Fraternity Row, Mr. Write, and Dreaming of Joseph Lees. Davidson has won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2013 and four Soap Opera Digest Awards for The Young and the Restless. He hosted a live stage show adaptation of The Price is Right Live! in Las Vegas Nevada and served as the host of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade from 1998 to 2003.

He received an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth in 1956, which was when he added “Dr.” to his pen name. He has also received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal and a special Pulitzer Prize in 1984. Mini-Biography Born Theodor Seuss Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904, he had several pen names including Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, and Theophrastus Seuss. He is known for his popular poetic children’s books: Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and many more.

Salary For her various hosting duties, Dylan Dreyer earns an annual salary of $2 million from NBC. Early Life Dylan Dreyer was born Dylan Marie Dreyer on August 2, 1981, in Manalapan, New Jersey. Dylan grew up with mother Linda, father Jim, and brothers Mike and James. Dreyer attended Manalapan High School, then she enrolled at Rutgers University, earning a bachelor’s degree in meteorology in 2003. Career Dylan has worked for Boston’s WHDH, Erie, Pennsylvania’s WICU, and Providence, Rhode Island’s WJAR.

Early Life Edward James Olmos was born Edward Huizar Olmos on February 24, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Eleanor and Pedro, ended their marriage when Edward was 7, and his great-grandparents raised him while his parents were at work. Pedro was a mail carrier and welder who emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1945, and Eleanor was Mexican-American. Aspiring for a career as a professional baseball player, Olmos began serving as a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ farm system at the age of 13.

In the 2010s, Hurley made a successful transition to television, taking on more dramatic roles. Her most notable TV work includes playing Diana Payne in “Gossip Girl” (2011-2012) and starring as Queen Helena in E!’s “The Royals” (2015-2018), which marked her first leading role in a television series. Beyond acting and modeling, Hurley has shown considerable business acumen. She launched her own beachwear line, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, in 2005, which has become a successful brand.

Early Life Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain, to Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialist and magazine journalist Isabel Preysler. He has two older siblings, Chábeli and Julio Jr. In his early life, Enrique and his siblings lived with their mother until December 1981, when Enrique’s grandfather was kidnapped. For their safety, Enrique and his brother were sent to Miami to live with their father.

Fred was investigated for profiteering by a U.S. Senate committee as well as the State of New York, and after Donald became president of The Trump Organization, the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the organization in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act. Trump was diagnosed with “mild senile dementia” in 1991, and he began suffering from Alzheimer’s disease two years later. He died of pneumonia in June 1999.

Early Life Geena Davis was born Virginia Elizabeth Davis on January 21, 1956, in Wareham, Massachusetts. Her mother, Lucille, was a teacher’s assistant, and her father, William, was a civil engineer. Geena became interested in music at an early age, playing piano, flute, and organ as a teenager and serving as an organist at her Congregationalist church. She went to Wareham High School and was an exchange student in Sweden, where she became fluent in the language.

Earnings Between the television show and book sales, Martin earns around $25 million every year in total income. His per-season HBO paycheck per series was $15 million, which means he has earned approximately $200 million in total from Game of Thrones alone to date, with the potential to earn much more with future spin-offs. Early Life George Raymond Martin was born on September 20th, 1948, in New Jersey. At the age of 13, he was given the confirmation name of Richard, making his full name George Raymond Richard Martin.

Early Life Glenn Stearns was born to alcoholic parents and thanks to dyslexia, failed the fourth grade. He fathered his first child at 14 then graduated at the bottom of his high school class. Determined to not meet the same fate as his parents and friends who were addicted to drugs and alcohol, Glenn, with the help of mentors, became the first person in his family to attend and graduate from college when he earned a degree from Towson University.

Early Life Gunnar Nelson was born on September 20, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, to musician and actor Ricky Nelson and his wife, Kristin Nelson, a painter and actress. His mother’s brother is actor Mark Harmon and his grandfather was musician/band leader/actor Ozzie Nelson. Ricky Nelson died in 1985 in a plane crash at the age of 45. Thanks to divorces and bad management, Ricky was actually in debt to the tune of nearly $1 million at the time of his death.