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Did you grow up with anyone famous?

I went to high school with Taystee from Orange is the New Black. Also, my mom sold Avon to Eric Trump's wife's grandmother. My sister and I played American Girl dolls with her cousin until they banned me because I was a boy.

by Anonymousreply 62October 17, 2019 5:30 PM

Ok, grow up is stretching it....I was in elementary school with Jonathan Ke Quan of Indiana Jones and Goonies. He was a couple of grades ahead of me and I was in the same class as his younger brother.

by Anonymousreply 1October 12, 2019 1:59 AM

Short Round

by Anonymousreply 2October 12, 2019 2:02 AM

Danielle Brooks? I love her!

by Anonymousreply 3October 12, 2019 2:03 AM

Christopher Meloni was five or more years ahead of me in school. So I didn’t know him but some other people I know did. Also a columnist for the Washington Post was two classes behind me.

by Anonymousreply 4October 12, 2019 2:03 AM

This is a huuuuge stretch, but Courtney Love briefly lived where I grew up (with her grandmother) when she was young.

by Anonymousreply 5October 12, 2019 2:10 AM

[quote]my mom sold Avon to Eric Trump's wife's grandmother.

Namedropper.

by Anonymousreply 6October 12, 2019 2:13 AM

Went to Quaker school with Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys.

by Anonymousreply 7October 12, 2019 2:32 AM

Keifer Sutherland.

by Anonymousreply 8October 12, 2019 2:33 AM

Did thou, R7?

by Anonymousreply 9October 12, 2019 2:39 AM

I did, R9! And strangely enough, despite being a fan of hardcore punk, which was the first incarnation of the Beasties, I did not even realize it was him until years later!

by Anonymousreply 10October 12, 2019 2:43 AM

I met Henry Cavill when he was a bartender at RAGE, pre-fame.

by Anonymousreply 11October 12, 2019 2:45 AM

Was in HS with Valerie Jarrett.

by Anonymousreply 12October 12, 2019 2:52 AM

[quote] I met Henry Cavill when he was a bartender at RAGE, pre-fame.

Gay? How did his ass look like back then?

by Anonymousreply 13October 12, 2019 2:54 AM

R11, are you BILL TAYLOR?

by Anonymousreply 14October 12, 2019 2:55 AM

Winner so far = HS with Valerie Jarrett. Was that in Iran?

by Anonymousreply 15October 12, 2019 3:17 AM

We’ve done these threads 99 times!!!!

It might be time for my to leave.

by Anonymousreply 16October 12, 2019 3:58 AM

R16, why are straight my so stupid?

by Anonymousreply 17October 12, 2019 4:00 AM

R15, NMH

by Anonymousreply 18October 12, 2019 4:02 AM

Three grades in elementary school with Patty Duke.... then she left to do Miracle Worker.

by Anonymousreply 19October 12, 2019 4:11 AM

[quote] Also, my mom sold Avon to Eric Trump's wife's grandmother.

I literally have GOOSEBUMPS!

by Anonymousreply 20October 12, 2019 4:14 AM

I've said this before: I was friends in high school with Peter Krause. Very funny, very sexy.

by Anonymousreply 21October 12, 2019 4:15 AM

I worked with Trina Turk at Burger King

by Anonymousreply 22October 12, 2019 4:18 AM

r20 I also met RL Stein while interning at Scholastic.

by Anonymousreply 23October 12, 2019 4:25 AM

I didn't grow up with him but I was in several classes with Mike Rowe at T.S.U.

by Anonymousreply 24October 12, 2019 4:26 AM

Bill Gates and his family were a couple of blocks away. I was friends with his little sister Libby

by Anonymousreply 25October 12, 2019 4:28 AM

I’m quite old. Ruth Buzzi was in high school with me.

by Anonymousreply 26October 12, 2019 4:31 AM

Nope....no one.

by Anonymousreply 27October 12, 2019 5:25 AM

Although I'm not, "Yes."

by Anonymousreply 28October 12, 2019 5:51 AM

R23 as a 90s kid, that thrills me

by Anonymousreply 29October 12, 2019 6:08 AM

R11 here. He was beautiful, obviously, but skinny. Still a boy then, years before Superman. Straight as far as I could tell.

by Anonymousreply 30October 12, 2019 7:29 AM

Yes.

Yes I did.

So many stories to tell.

by Anonymousreply 31October 12, 2019 8:38 AM

I attended Polish school with Mia Wasikowska. We attended once a week for a few hours.

by Anonymousreply 32October 12, 2019 8:46 AM

Yes, unfortunately. But she grew up with someone even more famous.

by Anonymousreply 33October 12, 2019 4:53 PM

My grandfather worked for the railroad for a few years after WW I, and lived in St. Paul Minnesota at the same time as F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. They played bridge a few times. My grandfather said they were obnoxious drunks. Shocker.

by Anonymousreply 34October 12, 2019 5:37 PM

High school and college with Ted McGinley.

by Anonymousreply 35October 12, 2019 5:39 PM

What was Ted like?

by Anonymousreply 36October 12, 2019 8:01 PM

My mom and Diane Von Furstenberg were/are great friends for decades. My mom used to go to Studio w her sometimes but my dad never ever went. I got to know Tatiana and Alex Von F at Brown (her kids). Diane is nice and quite intelligent. As is Tatiana. Alex less so.

by Anonymousreply 37October 12, 2019 8:20 PM

I took ballet with Ann Reinking

by Anonymousreply 38October 16, 2019 3:10 AM

Did you ever see him naked, R7?

I had such a crush on him.

by Anonymousreply 39October 16, 2019 3:41 AM

I met L Ron Hubbard on a space ship.

by Anonymousreply 40October 16, 2019 3:51 AM

R35 , what was the theme of your prom ? "Jump The Shark ."

by Anonymousreply 41October 16, 2019 4:37 AM

A friend whom I have known since the first grade is a voice actor for a lot of the English versions of Japanese anime.

by Anonymousreply 42October 16, 2019 4:40 AM

I was at the University Of Texas at Austin with Farrah Fawcett; Janis Joplin was always around but didn't attend. Farrah was nice, Janis was very hard.

by Anonymousreply 43October 16, 2019 4:54 AM

I was friends with Ruby Rose in primary school. Well in the same friendship group. However I remember simultaneously not liking her at the time, she was rather two-faced and fake. It was probably just little kid stuff though so I don't hold it against her now, but I remember her being what we would now call a 'snake', lol. Lots of drama on the playground!

My sister used to be the assistant for Natalie Imbruglia. I met her a few times, she was very nice and very quiet, and gave off a nervy/neurotic energy. A bit quirkier than one might expect. Occasionally very funny in a dark way.

by Anonymousreply 44October 16, 2019 7:58 AM

Elementary school with Katie Holmes

by Anonymousreply 45October 16, 2019 8:34 AM

i went to junior high with mark fawcett he was a skater boy with beautiful eyes and black flag patches on his distressed jean jacket. he's big in the snow-boarding world and was in the olympics.

he was so fucking cute friendly and popular and was a grade higher than me.

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by Anonymousreply 46October 16, 2019 3:49 PM

I went to high school with Matt LeBlanc and Louis CK. They were one and two years ahead of me respectively.

My friend dated Louis CK when he was a senior; he was really really skinny then and had a full head of fiery red hair.

by Anonymousreply 47October 16, 2019 4:15 PM

Leslie Sykes of ABC news went to one of my high schools. Diane Inosanto (actress/martial arts expert, dad Dan trained Bruce Lee) and Marc Brown (ABC News) went to the other. All were ahead of me by several years but they were legends.

by Anonymousreply 48October 16, 2019 4:27 PM

I went to high school with Mark Seliger, the photographer.

He thought I was an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 49October 17, 2019 1:27 AM

David Kelley was the brother of a friend of my sister's. I met him, but don't remember a thing. I went to high school -- private, all male -- with Gerry Allesandrini, of Forbidden Broadway. He and I were both in the Drama Club, and he almost always had the leads in the musicals.

by Anonymousreply 50October 17, 2019 1:42 AM

Yawn. This question has been asked every so many months.

Yes, I did grow up with some world famous people. I said who in previous threads.

by Anonymousreply 51October 17, 2019 1:47 AM

Jenna King from Southern Charm. Same school but YEARS apart

by Anonymousreply 52October 17, 2019 1:51 AM

I knew Barrie Youngfellow when she was still Barrie Rivchun at the Heights Uluth Theater. Carol Kane was there too, but I didn’t know her. I lived in the same neighborhood as relatives of:Phyllis Newman, Deborah Winger, Larry King, Joel Grey and Dick VanDyke.

by Anonymousreply 53October 17, 2019 2:04 AM

Would that be Ben Diskin,? R42

by Anonymousreply 54October 17, 2019 2:08 AM

Brad Pitt went to my high school in Springfield, MO. My best friend's older sister's friend had dated him. I remember us all gathering around my friend's sister's little RCA TV to watch his first TV appearance on that newspaper show. Pre-Thelma and Louise. My lord, how time flies.

by Anonymousreply 55October 17, 2019 2:19 AM

R54, my friend is a different voice actor. He does some of the Dragon Ball anime.

by Anonymousreply 56October 17, 2019 4:38 AM

OP, I went to high school with Berto Colon who is Cesar on OITNB. He was a football player, very popular but nice. He’s still nice. We went to Lehman HS in the Bronx. Cardi B went there as well but way after us. A younger friend of mine knew her there.

by Anonymousreply 57October 17, 2019 5:09 AM

[OP] No, I did not. And neither, apparently, did you.

by Anonymousreply 58October 17, 2019 5:42 AM

Went to theatre school with Eric McCormack in the 80’s. Genuinely nice person.

by Anonymousreply 59October 17, 2019 11:32 AM

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He was a sophomore and I was a freshman.

He was this really lanky, but shy Samoan kid walking around campus. This was at a school in Hawaii so he blended right in.

by Anonymousreply 60October 17, 2019 4:44 PM

She's really not that famous, but I knew in passing one of the stepbrothers of Gigi Chao.

by Anonymousreply 61October 17, 2019 5:05 PM

I grew up with the Hanson brothers in Tulsa. My dad and their mom have been friends since high school, and we all went to the same church/were part of the same Evangelical homeschooling group.

And no, I don’t know if the rumors about Taylor are true.

by Anonymousreply 62October 17, 2019 5:30 PM
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