Post something surprising about a celeb that most people don't know

Michael Landon fucked Herve Villechaize.

In the can?

Sherman Hemsley was a major Prog Rock fan.

The eternally youthful Catherine Zeta-Jones is actually Welsh!

Sally Field has two Oscars.

Doris Day, the whitest person who ever drew breath (briefly) had a black stepmother.

Demi Moore has or had a doll collection so large that a separate house had to be built for them.

Mary Pickford adopted two children, when they grew up & left home, Mary (reportedly) never saw them again.

Ken Burns has an impressive quilt collection.

Woody Harrelson’s father was a hit man and was responsible for several murders.

Ringo Starr is an artist. There's a reason you don't know about it, though. It's horrible.

Jeff Goldblum smells like stale milk.

Clay Aiken is a top.

So was Liberace R11. That really surprised me.

Anne Baxter’s grandfather was Frank Lloyd Wright. It always shocks me how many people, even movie buffs, don’t know this.

while working on a movie with shelley duvall i realized she had a great con when she asked us what the best brand of cigarettes to smoke in canada were and she had 50 people lining up to give her handfuls of free cigarettes to try (she accepted all & put them all in a large ziplock bag in her purse).

Leonardo DiCaprio's father George wrote a comic book in collaboration with Timothy Leary.

R14-Oh my god-what a brilliant Shelly Duvall story!! That craft minx!

UB40's "Red Red Wine" was written by ... Neil Diamond.

r8, Woody's father was also rumored to be one of the three mysterious "hobos" questioned in JFK's assassination.

Hedy Lamarr invented the Internet... or the cellphone or WiFi: something like that.

Ellen Burstyn's ex-husband (Neil) stalked her for years; he once showed up at a performance of "Same Time, Next Year" and started screaming at her on the stage. He committed suicide in 1978.

R20-not only did he stalk her-he broke into her home and raped her.

In England Jamie Lee Curtis is referred to as the Right Honorable the Lady Haden-Guest. Christoper Guest is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest.

R22 That marriage is curious, to me at least. One of those couples you never see out and about, as a couple.

A friend taught Jamie Lee Curtis's daughter history at a a tony private school. She said Jamie was very nice. She was an engaged parent who wanted her child to do well. She wasn't at all entitled and simply wanted to know how her daughter could improve through hard work and concerted effort. She wasn't demanding an A for her kid. It was in contrast to a lot of parents there.

Kris Kristofferson. Not only is he a prolific songwriter (Me and Bobby McGee, Help me make it through the night) he also studied at Oxford University, Engand.

Christopher Lee was a heavy metal fan and then recording artist, and released two concept albums. The first one was released when he was 84.

Christopher Lee was a badass war hero as well R26.

Princess Di wore a size 11 shoe

R28, which translates to a 7 inch penis.

Andy Williams had a huge collection of Abstract Expressionists bought in the early - mid '60s. He sold a bunch of them privately to David Geffin for multitudes of millions.

Debbie Boone likes to Shabby Chic old furniture.

R25 I sat in front of him at a film festival once. He is so much hotter in person it was weird. He comes off as a scruffy cute country hippie type onscreen and in real life he was insanely gorgeous. He gave me a big smile and a hi, because I jumped half a foot in the air when I recognized him.

R25 because he was a Rhodes Scholar. You buried (omitted) the lead.

My bad R33, you are indeed correct. -R25

Jack Nicholson was lovely to the people on the set of About Schmidt. He shook hands with the extras in his scenes and said, "Hi, I'm Jack."

Andy Cohen is an anal virgin. Or so he claims........

R26, Christopher Lee may have been a Secret Agent and assassin during WWII, he dropped a lot of hints over the years about activities he was forbidden to discuss. His cousin Ian Fleming was the author of the James Bond books, which were written from the 1950s on... and I like to speculate that Christopher Lee, future movie Bond Villain, was the original inspiration for James Bond!

Lee was also a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" movies, and was immensely proud to have met Prof. Tolkien. When he appeared in the movie trilogy, he said it was his duty to "represent the fandom" on the set. And he spoke like 12 languages. Honestly, Christopher Lee sounded like 200 kinds of awesome person.

R37 I may be misremembering this, but I thought I read somewhere that Bond was inspired by Christopher Lee and Fleming himself, who I believe worked for the British Secret Service during WW2. Not mI5 I don’t think. I’m not sure when MI5 was established.

Christopher Lee was a commando in WW2. And Dracula and Gandalf. Dammit I am jealous of that old man.

R11 R12 ...as is Chris Colfer

R39, where did you hear that from?

John Waters owns Jeffery Dahmer's refrigerator.

Roger Moore was such a good artist that he almost became a professional illustrator when he was young.

Hugh O'Brian was the young D.I. (Drill Instructor) in the history of the Marine Corp.

Tony Perkins was actually an excellent singer and had some very popular records in the 1950s. He was also a writer. One of his works : THE LAST OF SHEILAH.

Anne Baxter is the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Alfred Hitchcock suffered from a phobia about eggs.

Divine and a friend were the last two people to see secretary Sally Crough before she was murdered. This was in !964 at which time he was Harris Glenn Milstead and worked as a hairdresser named Mr. Glennie. Divine and the friend were at Crough's residence and had tinted, washed and set her hair as she was leaving for NYC the following day after work. Her murderer was never identified.

Mae West's swore that having a high colonic each morning took stress off of her body and helped her skin to stay clear and youthful. This routine was not public knowledge. Actress Stella Stevens who'd met West in the !960s spilled the beans several years after West's death.

R37, not to mention being a very handsome man.

Although the late Diahann Carroll is often credited as being the first black actress to star in her own tv show, it was actually achieves back in !950 when ETHEL WATERS starred in BEULAH.

WATERS left the series when she was on Broadway in the hit play MEMBER OF THE WEDDING. Actresses Louise Beavers and Hattie McDaniel also played BEULAH in the series. Poor Hattie however had to drop out after a handful of episodes as her cancer made work impossible.

Robin Williams was an obsessive gamer - the sort who stayed up playing for 24 hours at a time - and even named his daughter Zelda after his fave video game character

Gloria Swanson's first marriage was to WALLACE BEERY, later the MGM contract player who was often cast in gruff, heavy handed but good hearted roles.

R47, R48 and R50, are you missing the number 1 key?

Mamas & the Papas singer MICHELLE PHILLIPS was married to DENNIS HOPPER for all of one week in 1970.

Growing up in Texas, schoolgirl Mary Elizabeth Spacek was big on the hair and heavy make-up. By her junior year she was a peroxide blonde who caked on the make-up.

In her mid 20s, she lost 25 lbs, had rhinoplasty and began going for a fresh scrubbed look. She grew her hair long and no longer used bleach and professionally she became Sissy Spacek.

Sylvester Stallone has a bad habit of defecating in the shower and leaving his waste for the help to clean up after him. Not only does Stallone engage in this bizarre and disturbing habit at home but also while staying at hotels worldwide. In fact, some chains have made Mr. Stallone persona non grata.

Johnny Cash's first wife was a black woman. they said Italian but, clearly black.

Teller from Penn and Teller was a high school Latin teacher before he turned into a full-time magician.

Another fact is that he is gay. But be respectful, bitches!

I'm guessing he's a bottom.

Richard Gere’s middle name is Tiffany

Clearly, R57? None of their children look black.

[quote]In England Jamie Lee Curtis is referred to as the Right Honorable the Lady Haden-Guest. Christoper Guest is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest.

Speaking of titled celebrities, the full name and title of Charles Shaughnessy, best known from Days Of Our Lives and The Nanny, is Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy.

Janeane Garofalo is huge fan of The Monkees and has a crush on Michael Nesmith

[quote]Alfred Hitchcock suffered from a phobia about eggs.

That reminded me of this image from To Catch a Thief . . .

In the 1980s Martin Scorsese commented on how David Cronenberg resembled a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.

Consequently as a joke, Cronenberg cast himself as a doctor (obstetrician) in The Fly.

Mae West's family were vaudevillian/circus folk.

Marilyn Monroe had a coat of facial hair that she refused to remove because when her makeup was applied it created a glowing effect.

I read that Marilyn shaved her face, R65. She also was behind the invention of lip gloss. She thought her lips looked sexier moist, so she mixed vaseline into her lipstick. The look caught on.

At the prestigious, all-male prep school I attended in the mid-60’s, the son of my German teacher was Sam Waterston, and the son of one of my English teachers was Jimmy Spader, later known as James. (When I knew him, he was about 5 years old, and wore thick glasses even then.) Sweet kid.

Morgan Fairchild loves natural science and wanted to grow up to be a paleontologist as a child

Source, R65, I thought the father was a boxer and the mother was a garment district model. Mae did vaudville as a teen.

Carol Channing was a quadroon. Her father was half black and half white. Mother was white.

Carol Channing was a quadroon. Her father was half black and half white. Mother was white.

Roald Dahl (wrote Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and The Giant Peach, The Witches, and others) was married to Patricia Neal (won the very first Tony Award for Best Actress, Oscars for Best Acress, '64 and '68, former lover of Gary Cooper). Their granddaughter is Sophie Dahl, model/write etc.

One for the Brits: Matthew Horne is a heroin addict. He’s been in rehab extensively. James Corden wanted a Gavin & Stacey reunion a couple of years ago but they had to wait for Matthew to get his life back on track. x

1940s Hillbilly singer-actress Judy Canova (and her daughter Diana Canova) are descendants of the eighteenth century Italian neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova.

You can assume all male action actors are on some kind of HGH, insulin, steroid regimen. It will be interesting to see who has side effects after they finish these roles: -unusual nose and ear growth (triggered by HGH use in some people) -higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes, -swollen limbs -paralysis

Karen Lynn Gorney's paintings are owned by, among others, John Travolta, Janis Ian, The Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood, John Badham, Larry Olivier, Walter Mirisch, Cybill Shepherd, and the Yip Harburg Estate.

Actress Karen Valentine invented a zero-grav toilet but corruption in government acquisitions prevented it from being used by the space program.

Lucy Liu creates and sells abstract art under an alias.

Prince Philip's grandmother (herself a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) was a strong socialist. The rest of her royal relatives refused to take her seriously and made fun of her behind her back for her beliefs.

I thought Teller came out years ago, no? Everyone knows that he is gay (so is James Randi)

Chevy Chase used to be in a band with Donald Fagen.

Steven Seagal speaks fluent Japanese.

Chevy Chase comes from mega wealth, he's descended from the Vanderbilts and his immediate family owns an industrial conglomerate.

Back when he was a big deal, I heard that he was heir to a fortune based on kitty litter.

Harry Styles has FOUR nipples

R83, compared to Chevy Chase's family, the Vanderbilts are parvenus. From Wikipedia:

[italic]He is a 14th-generation New Yorker, and was listed in the Social Register at an early age. His mother's ancestors arrived in Manhattan starting in 1624—among his ancestors are New York City mayors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and John Johnstone; the Dutch Schuyler family, through his ancestor Gertrude Schuyler, the wife of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; John Morin Scott, General of the New York Militia during the American Revolution; Anne Hutchinson, dissident Puritan preacher and healer; and Mayflower passengers and signers of the Mayflower Compact from England, John Howland,[12] and the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony, William Brewster.[/italic]

Actress Jane Wyatt, although born to Catholic parents and raised as a devout Catholic, was an offshoot of the Roosevelt family and as a child spent a lot of time with FDR's children.

Geena Davis very nearly made the U.S. archery team prior to the 2000 Olympics.

[quote]Although the late Diahann Carroll is often credited as being the first black actress to star in her own tv show,

No. She’s credited as the first black actress to star on her own tv show in a non servant role.

R80 I don't think Teller has ever said anything about his sexuality/ came out. (James Randi did come out formally).

Teller acts straight-ish on camera, but if you meet him after their stage shows he doesn't hide his fruitiness. It's refreshing and adorable.

R89, Penn & Teller hosted a benefit at their home for AFAN Las Vegas a few months ago.

Fun video of Teller speaking at a magic convention:

Marilu Henner is one of only 12 known people with a brain condition known as Hyperthymesia. Basically, she has total recall of EVERY DETAIL of her life.

Sandra Bullock speaks fluent German.

R45 Jinx! Amazing how many old-movie buffs and "All About Eve" fans are stunned to hear this fun fact about Anne Baxter. There are people I know who should turn in their TCM cards for not knowing this.

R55 Good lord, Sissy is truly unrecognizable. Her surgeon went a little too far with the nose job. I like her, though.

R41 Ugh. I know we're supposed to regard everything John Waters does as amazing, but if true, that's just beyond gross.

In the movie "Uncle Buck" Macaulay Culkin was having a lot of trouble with his lines during the interrogation scene so John Candy told John Hughes to film over John's shoulder and John fed Macaulay his lines and he repeated them back on camera.

John could memorize an entire script in a couple of hours--his lines, other actor's lines, directions, etc. Many times Hughes wouldn't ask the script person for lines or cues during a scene but would ask Candy.

The popular story of their falling out is that Candy wasn't able to do a film Hughes wanted him in, (Candy chose to do the movie "Delirious" and passed on the movie "Dutch",) but the truth is Hughes had promised Candy the chance to direct a film but kept taking the offer away. Candy got fed up and refused to work with Hughes again. Hughes tried to make amends over the years but when Candy cut someone out of his life they were gone forever.

Heard this from someone who ran with Madonna's crew in the early 1990s.

Robert Van Winkle, aka Vanilla Ice was an escort in Dallas after his motocross career ended and before his music career took off.

His GF at the time was a black girl who worked in a hair salon. She would set up "dates" between Winkle and horny white women looking for a bit of rough.

The story of Suge Knight threatening to throw him off the hotel terrace is popular, but in reality Suge Knight took him onto the terrace and promised to expose him as a hooker and go even further in saying he fucked men for money.

Madonna started dating him because he was popular and she thought he was a hard ass thug fuck machine but when they were together all he did was smoke weed and play video games.

Chaka Kahn is every woman

R98, did Elizabeth Warren ever hire him?

R19 Hedy invented, along with co-inventor George Anthiel, developed a "Secret Communications System" to help combat the Nazis in World War II. By manipulating radio frequencies at irregular intervals between transmission and reception, the invention formed an unbreakable code to prevent classified messages from being intercepted by enemy personnel. But most importantly, the "spread spectrum" technology that Lamarr helped to invent would galvanize the digital communications boom, forming the technical backbone that makes cellular phones, fax machines and other wireless operations possible.

Paul Winchell (ventriloquist and television personality) who had medical training, was also an inventor, becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366)

R93-Sandraa Bullock's mother is German (and an opera singer.) It would be surprising if she didn't speak German.

r102, Sandra was born in Virginia. American-born children don't usually speak their parents' native language.

[quote]American-born children don't usually speak their parents' native language.

??? This is the most out-of-touch thing I've read so far today.

James and Dave Franco’s mom Betsy is a prolific children’s book author.

Mike Nesmith's mom STOLE the idea for liquid paper!

Carly Simon’s mother was a multiracial civil rights activist.

Movie tough guy Edward G. Robinson immigrated to the US when he was ten years old along with his Romanian-Jewish family. In contrast to his usual rough and tough screen roles, Robinson was actually very sensitive and soft-spoken as well as being very liberal and charitable, donating large percentages of his salary to educational, political and cultural organizations. For several years in his lifetime, he owned one of the largest private collections or artwork, parts of which he eventually had to sell off for a divorce settlement.

R66 Here is a link to a (lovely) photo of MM about two months before she died. You can clearly see her coat of facial hair; her makeup artist, Whitey Schneider, talked about it in interviews.

David Duchovny was in the Ph.D. program in English at Yale, which is considered one of the very best (if not THE best) in the nation. He left to become an actor. James Franco also went through that program, but never graduated either (so far at least).

Alan Funt, of Candid Camera fame, had an extensive collection of paintings by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema that we’re exhibited at the Met. When he fell into financial ruin he had to sell them all at auction.

r69 In a Mae bio I read for a film class when I was in college, about 20 years ago. She also had pet monkeys later in life and (allegedly) had a two-way mirror in her apartment that she would use to peep on her butler/companion and his male tricks. Don't know if it's true or not.

Terry Jones of "Monty Python" fame was an expert on medieval literature, and lectured on it at many universities, including Harvard.

It seems she's capable of a pretty good attempt, R103.

^ Credit to R93

For you r104.

[quote]Bilingual educators say English usually becomes the first and sometimes only language by the first American-born generation. Census figures show that of the country's 230 million residents 5 years old and older in 1990, 198 million spoke English only at home.

r114, I wasn't denying that Sandra speaks German. What I was contesting was that it's to be expected that she speaks German simply because she is the child of a German immigrant.

[quote] American-born children don't usually speak their parents' native language.

Fuk off you beech. I teech my Barron to speek Slovene zo he can call Donald vords like kunt and Donald vill um vill not no.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus' father was a businessman worth billions.

Lupita Nyong'o can trace her ancestry back to China. (Her father said at some point in this interview, but I'm too lazy to pinpoint it.)

Susan Dey lacks sympathy.

Taylor Swift was named after singer-songwriter James Taylor.

Two Canadian comedians--Norm MacDonald and Leslie Neilson--have brothers who were members of the Canadian parliament. And all of them are conservatives!

Madonna is one of the world's top art collector's and has a collection, including many original Frida Kahlo works, worth hundreds of millions alone, according to Art World magazine and her brorher in his tell all book

R110-Duchovny had even planned his dissertation to be on Spenser's The Faerie Queene before he jumped ship. One can only imagine what a lecherous professor he would have been with his students.

Also, Robbie Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) was pretty bisexual when he was younger. I met him in Dallas one weekend in high school and he flirted openly with my (male) friend. Later my friend intimated that they had sex of some kind. Oral I think.

I'm not making this up, bitches!

R113, he did a great series looking at that period from the various class perspectives. I loved them all!

R126 when Vanilla Ice became really famous one of those rap magazines ran a story that he was sexually involved with Tommy Quon, his first and only manager.

There was more than a whiff of homophobia in the article with "first hand" accounts of people seeing them together out in public and Quon "actin' like Ice's bitch".

Quon is still his manger to this day.

heartbreaking claim about corey haim on wikipedia: "Haim was briefly engaged to actress Holly Fields in 1996. She was left devastated by his passing and remembers Corey for his giving nature. "I remember one time Corey had spent the day at an autograph signing and even though he was completely broke at the time, when he got paid at the end of the day he went straight to Petco and blew all the cash on dog bones and toys. Then Corey went to an animal shelter in Anaheim and he handed out the bones to the dogs, he personally made sure that each and every dog had a bone and a toy. He was such a sweetheart like that and totally generous – to a fault."

[R129] 😢😢 It is true that the tender hearted die young.