>> Nigerian actress, Taiwo Ajayi Lycett appeared in one of the editions of the British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ‘ave ‘em starring Michael Crawford as the bungling Frank Spencer.
>> Tragic actress, Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926 to a single mom. Due to the social implications of a single woman raising a child, Monroe spent the first years of her life with a foster family.
Her biological mom tried to care for her when Monroe was seven, but was declared legally insane and Monroe was placed in an orphanage. At age eleven, Monroe went to live with a family friend.
When she was fifteen years old, she was given the choice to live at the orphanage or become married and she chose to marry.
>> Walt Disney the creator of Mickey Mouse, named his brand mascot after Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for a while. Ironically, Disney was afraid of mice
>> At age 16 at the 1984 Olympics, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr.’s first professional job was as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie.
>> Michael Jackson’s Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix is the biggest selling re-mix album of all time.
>> Actor/director Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one).
>> Actress Claire Danes has a swing in her apartment. “My parents had a swing, a trapeze and a trampoline in their apartment, I was inspired by that”
>> American Beauty star Thora Birch’s mom acted in 21 adult films under the name Carol Connors before retiring in 1993.
>> Oscar winner Halle Berry used to date New Kid on the Block Danny Wood. They broke up because the band thought she was a groupie.
>> Before Brad Pitt became an actor he supported himself as a chauffeur, furniture mover and costumed mascot for the restaurant, El Pollo Loco.
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