Movies/ TV that gave actors/actresses their start

#1

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 7:18pm

Well Julia had done a few movies that caught a more attention than was ever expected prior to Pretty Woman, but PW clearly established her as a "full-fledged movie star". That said -- she captured an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress in Steel Magnolias year before Pretty Woman came along...

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#2

re: Movies/ TV that gave actors/actresses their start

Posted: 4/23/07 at 7:20pm

Bruce Willis & Cybil Sheppard - Moonlighting

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#3

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 7:49pm

Tom Hanks - "Bosom Buddies" (one of my all-time favorite TV shows).

#4

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 7:51pm

Drew Barrymore and E.T.

#5

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 7:54pm

Jim Carrey

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#6

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:01pm

You're correct.

Eddie Murphy on SNL.

#7

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:03pm

Sally Field on "Gidget" and "The Flying Nun"

Sarah Jessica Parker on "Square Pegs"

Johnny Depp on "21 Jump Street"

#8

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:03pm

how many other actors/actresses got their start from famous movies and TV?

Pretty much all of them? It's not like any of these people mentioned hit it big on their first gig.

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#9

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:06pm

Rosie Perez was a Fly Girl too...
Andy Dick and Dave Foley Kids in the Hall.

Demi Moore and John Stamos both got their starts on General Hospital *L*

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#10

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:07pm

James Garner
Troy Donahue

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#11

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:10pm

RadiGal: Oh, the soap ones are great... I used to watch Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan, and Marisa Tomei on "As The World Turns." (That one churned 'em out, didn't it???)

#12

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:15pm

erikamato: It's so funny how they like to neglect that part of that resume. I consider it my moral duty to refresh their memories. I actually only watched GH so those are the only two that I can recall truly launching into the big time.

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"I'm a one-eyed Mormon Democrat from conservative Arizona, and you can't have a higher handicap than that." ~The ever-great and fabulous Morris K. Udall.

#13

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:21pm

Yeah, and I only watched CBS soaps, (Mainly "Guiding Light" and "As The World Turns"), so I only remember those folks.

#14

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:24pm

"Johnny Depp on "21 Jump Street" "

Don't forget, he had a bit part in Platoon.

#15

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:28pm

True, but I personally was concentrating on principal roles.

#16

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:31pm

Um, Amanda - are you REALLY not going to mention Richard Thomas and the WALTONS?!?

#17

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:35pm

Kevin Kline- Sophie's Choice

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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:49pm

You are lucky it took this long

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#19

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Posted: 4/24/07 at 12:56am

Mr Roxy: Cybil Sheppard was a big star long before 'Moonlighting', that was more of a comeback vehicle for her.

As a 'One Life to Live' fan, Ryan Phillipe, Marcia Cross and Laurence Fishburne all started on my soap. Well, Marcia really started on "Edge of Night", where I believe she played a character named Beth, who had a sister named Elizabeth, and that always bugged me to no end.

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#20

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Posted: 4/24/07 at 7:57am

Rosie Perez wasn't a Fly Girl. She was actually their choreographer.

#21

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Posted: 4/24/07 at 12:01pm

Robin Williams - Mork and Mindy

all of the friends - Friends

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#22

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Posted: 4/24/07 at 12:10pm

Well, I'd argue that Courteney Cox got her "start" long before she was on Friends. That was certainly the pinnacle of her career thus far, but she had Family Ties and that Bruce Springsteen video long before Friends.

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#23

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Posted: 4/24/07 at 5:24pm

Jack Black's first role was in the AMAZINGLY AWESOME political satire BOB ROBERTS.

#24

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Posted: 4/25/07 at 11:13am

George Clooney on "The Facts of Life"
Brad Pitt in "Thelma and Louise"

#25

re: Movies/ TV that gave actors/actresses their start

Posted: 4/25/07 at 11:15am

Susan Dey - The Partridge Family (TV)
Susan Sarandon - Joe (1970 - Movie)