Birth: June 10, 1922 Minnesota, United States Death: June 22, 1969 London, England Childhood Before Judy Garland, became Judy Garland she was Frances Ethel Gumm. She was named after her parents, but was called ‘baby’. Frances was the youngest child of Ethel and Frank, two vaudevillians who ran a movie theater.
Clark Gable
Birth: February 1, 1901 Ohio, United States Death: November 16, 1960 Los Angeles, United States Childhood William Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio in 1901. He was named after his father William Gable, but would be called Clark.
Humphrey Bogart
Birth: December 25, 1899 New York, United States Death: January 14, 1957 Los Angeles, United States Childhood Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on December 25th 1899 in New York. He was the oldest child and only son of Dr. Belmont Bogart and Maud Humphrey, who he was named after. His mother was a commercial illustrator …
Grace Kelly
Birth: September 12, 1929 Philadelphia, United States Death: September 14, 1982 Monaco Childhood Grace Patricia Kelly was born in 1929 in Philadelphia into a succesfull family.
James Dean
Birth: February 8, 1931 Indiana, United States Death: September 30, 1955 California, United States Childhood James Dean was born on February 8, 1931 in Indiana and was called Jimmy by his family and friends. Although the pregnancy was not planned, his mother Mildred was absolutely smitten with him.
Marilyn Monroe
Birth: June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, United States Death: August 5, 1962 Los Angeles, United States Childhood On June 1st 1926 Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles as Norma Jeane Baker. Her mother was Gladys Baker, a troubled film cutter at Consolidated Film Industries, and her father was unknown.
Cary Grant
Birth: January 18, 1904 Bristol, England Death: November 29, 1986 Iowa, United States Childhood Cary Grant was born in 1904 in Bristol, England as Archibald Alexander Leach. Four years before he was born his parents had lost their first child, who died two days before his first birthday.
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth: February 27, 1932 London, England Death: March 23, 2011 Los Angeles, United States Childhood When Elizabeth Taylor was born she showed her star-quality right away: she had distichiasis. Which means that she was born with an extra row of eyelashes, giving her that sultry look that we all know so well.