REAL Names of Celebrities

#1

REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 9:27am

Let's see how many REAL names of Celebrities we can come up with.

I'll start.


Cary Grant is REALLY Archie Leach.

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#2

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 9:31am

Whoopi Goldberg's is Caryn Johnson
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
Rock Hudson - Leroy Harold Scherer, Jr.

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#3

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 9:35am

"Rock" was really "LeRoy", Bobby?

That's classic!

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#4

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 9:38am

Yep...he really was.....I love this one...Doris Day is Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff

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"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"

#5

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:05am

Joe Yule Jr. = Mickey Rooney.

(Adopted "Mickey" from the Mickey McGuire film series he was doing when he was a boy.)

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"ubiquitous"

#6

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:07am

Cyd Charisse was born Tula Finklea.

#7

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:07am

I think Shelley (Winters) was also known as Shirley. :)

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#8

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:09am

kjklo -- LOL. I didn't know that!!

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"ubiquitous"

#9

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:09am

Marion Morrison = John Wayne

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#10

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:12am

Glebb,

Winters' auto-bio was titled "Shelley (also known as Shirley)"


But Glebb, I'M SURE you knew that...

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Updated On: 12/18/04 at 10:12 AM

#11

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:20am

Jennifer Aniston= Jennifer Annistopolous (sp?)

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#12

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:22am

Nathan Lane = Joseph Lane
He had to change it for Equity because there was already a "Joseph Lane" and he renamed himself after his favorite musical theatre character: Nathan Detroit

#13

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:29am

Joan Crawford - Lucille LeSueur
Yvonne De Carlo - Peggy Yvonne Middleton
Rita Hayworth - Margarita Carmen Casino
Lauren Bacal - Betty Jean Perske

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#14

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:34am

Believe it or not, Vicki Lester was actually born Esther Blodgett.

#15

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:35am

Kathi Dawne Lang = k.d. lang

Terri Sue Feldshuh = Tovah Feldshuh

Monetta Eloiyse Darnell = Linda Darnell

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#16

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:35am

She was told to "go to L".

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#17

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:36am

Yep, kjklo--

And Lily Garland was born Mildred Plotka.

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#18

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:38am

Melisande Scott - Ella Peterson

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#19

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:41am

eminam-marshal maneres

#20

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:44am

ETHEL MERMAN - Ethel Agnes Zimmerman

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#21

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:57am

Michael Arden-Michael Moore

Some of the rappers have really funny real names. I cant remember any of them right now though.

#22

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 11:12am

Eminem is actually Marshall Mathers.
And your right, rappers do have REALLY funny names. I also cant think of any either.

http://www.celebrityalmanac.com/real.shtml

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Updated On: 12/18/04 at 11:12 AM

#23

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:37pm

This site ROCKS, kellie!

THANKS for sharing the link!!!


My personal favorite:

Stefanie Powers -- Stefdnia Zofija Federkiewicz

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#24

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:39pm

Al Parker = Drew Okum
Linda Lovelace = Linda Marciano
Johnny Rahm = JT Rogers

All dead, unfortunatlely.

#25

re: REAL Names of Celebrities

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:57pm

Norma Jean Baker= Marilyn Monroe