IMDb: Most Popular People Born On February 29

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1.		Peter Scanavino Actor, Happythankyoumoreplease
2.		Dennis Farina Actor, Snatch. Dennis Farina was one of Hollywood's busiest actors and a familiar face to moviegoers and television viewers alike. Recently, he appeared in the feature films, "The Grand," a comedy about a Vegas poker tournament with Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Ray Romano; "Bottle Shock," also starring Alan Rickman...
3.		Joss Ackland Actor, Lethal Weapon 2 Joss Ackland, the distinguished English actor who has appeared in over 100 movies, scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six-decade career, was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama...
4.		Jessie Usher Actor, When the Game Stands Tall Born a leap year child he excelled academically from elementary through high school as a top honor student. He graduated class salutatorian before moving straight to the Dean's List in college, studying the Art Of Culinary and earning the honor of being a member of the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society...
5.		Alex Rocco Actor, The Godfather Tough and volatile-looking Italianate character actor Alex Rocco was born in Boston and spent time training with such notable teachers as Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Corey to curb his thick Boston accent. In Hollywood from 1963, he worked as a bartender during the lean years and began his TV career in the late 60s...
6.		Ken Foree Actor, Dawn of the Dead Large, likable, and muscular actor Ken Foree was born as Kentotis Alvin Foree on February 29, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Foree attended Loyola University in Chicago and studied acting at Michael Shulman's Performing Gallery in New York City. He began his career in off-Broadway theater and worked as an assistant manager at a restaurant in Greenwich Village...
7.		Antonio Sabato Jr. Actor, General Hospital
8.		Michèle Morgan Actress, The Fallen Idol A classic beauty, blonde French actress Michèle Morgan has been one of her country's most popular leading ladies for over five decades. Born in 1920, she studied acting under René Simon and began her career at 15 working as a film extra to pay for drama classes. The young actress soon caught the eye of director 'Marc Allegret' who cast her in Heart of Paris...
9.		Ja Rule Soundtrack, The Fast and the Furious
10.		James Mitchell Actor, The Band Wagon
11.		Dinah Shore Self, Fun & Fancy Free Her real name was Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore, and she was born in Winchester, Tennessee. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University in 1938...
12.		Anthony Robbins Self, Shallow Hal
13.		Caitlin E.J. Meyer Actress, Minor Details Caitlin E.J. Meyer was born in Utah. She was born on a leap year, February 29th. She has seven siblings. She resides in Utah where she is studying Psychology and plans to graduate in the winter of 2013. The stage and screen have been a big part of her life. Some of her favorite roles include, Juliet, Anne Frank, and Little Fan.
14.		Shane Johnson Actor, Saving Private Ryan While known mostly as an actor, Shane has also ventured into producing, writing and animation. Given his passion for one particular project, he taught himself how to animate and has since been developing multiple projects. He's also ventured into scripted and reality TV as a writer/creator, striking deals with production companies and navigating the maze...
15.		James Cullen Bressack Writer, Pernicious Bursting upon the indie horror scene at the age of eighteen with his first feature My Pure Joy, James Cullen Bressack has been called "horror's new hope" (StudioCity Patch - Mike Szymanski) and "a talent to watch out for." (H.S.T.- Ben John Smith) as well as garnering rave reviews on almost every horror web site...
16.		Arthur Franz Actor, The Caine Mutiny Arthur Sofield Franz was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Dorothy and Gustave Franz, German immigrants. He was a reliable character actor in many '40s and '50s "B" pictures, often cast as a friendly small-town businessman or professional (as in The Doctor and the Girl) or the lead's sympathetic friend (as in 1953's Invaders from Mars)...
17.		Suanne Braun Actress, Hathor Suanne made her professional debut in 1988 working as a TV presenter in her native South Africa. For five years, she hosted a travel series "Bon Voyage" which afforded her the opportunity of visiting over 36 countries and saw her winning her first award for excellence in television. Numerous TV specials followed including presenting the Miss World Pageant twice in 1992 and 1994...
18.		William A. Wellman Director, A Star Is Born William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born, was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle. A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th of February in Brookline...
19.		Anika Poitier Director, The Devil Cats
20.		Edward Faulkner Actor, McLintock! Fielden Edward Faulkner II was born on Leap Year (February 29), 1932, in Lexington, Kentucky, where his father owned and operated a prominent building supply company. His mother was a retired piano and music teacher. He was the second of two children; his sister (now deceased) was nearly 19 years old when he was born...
21.		Aileen Wuornos Self, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
22.		Eamonn Roche Actor, The Mask
23.		Steve Hart Actor, Green Street Hooligans 2
24.		Harvey Jason Actor, The Lost World: Jurassic Park
25.		Nejat Isler Actor, Losers' Club
26.		Susan Sennett Actress, Big Bad Mama Cute, charming, and spunky blonde Susan Sennett was born on February 29, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley and attended a charm school on Ventura Boulevard. Sennett was a member of the arts group, Visual Girls, for two years, worked at the teenage fare, and later studied acting with Stella Adler...
27.		Kerry Walker Actress, Moulin Rouge!
28.		Tempest Storm Self, Tempest Storm A staple for many years at the El Ray Berlesk theater in Oakland, Tempest Storm had a name suiting her past. She had run away from her home in Eastman, Georgia, after surviving abuse as a child and a rape by a local gang. Ariving in Studio City, Tempest got along well, managing not only on her naturally pronounced bosom...
29.		Rakhee Thakrar Actress, Page Eight
30.		Albert Welling Actor, Cemetery Junction
31.		Margit Carstensen Actress, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
32.		Richard Ramirez Actor, Anna's Eve Richard Ramirez was a drifter from Texas who ended up in Los Angeles (the serial killer capital of the world) in the early 1980s when 5 serial killers where committing crimes independent of each other. Ramirez worked as a car mechanic and did odd jobs while in Los Angeles. He was fascinated with "satanism"...
33.		Gérard Darmon Actor, Betty Blue
34.		Phyllis Frelich Actress, Love Is Never Silent Phyllis was born on Feburary 29, 1944, the oldest of 9 children. She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962. She went on to Gallaudet College (renamed Gallaudet University), actively participating in theater there. She finally made her debut on April 2, 1967, on the NBC nationwide program...
35.		Lena Gercke Self, Austria's Next Topmodel
36.		Sharon Hugueny Actress, A Majority of One Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny was a leap-year baby, born on February 29, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. She was an intelligent, introspective, and sensitive child who preferred serious reading, writing, and music to the "more frivolous" interests of her peers. Sharon's parents - a World War II Navy veteran and his wife - were loving-but notoriously strict with their three children (Sharon...
37.		Dana Schweiger Self, Das große Finale
38.		John Roarke Actor, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
39.		Yoshio Harada Actor, Tsigoineruwaizen
40.		Louis Lettieri Actor, Gun Trouble Valley
41.		Gioachino Rossini Soundtrack, A Clockwork Orange As a son of a horn player and a singer Rossini was taught instruments early in his life. When he was older he went to the conservatory of Bologna for lessons. His first opera was such a big success that a lot of people wanted him to write more pieces. But nevertheless in 1816 his masterpiece "The Barber of Seville" failed although later it received the attention it deserved...
42.		Marcia Dangerfield Actress, Footloose Marcia Dangerfield was born and raised in Indiana, the youngest of three children She graduated from Arlington High School in 1970. Her father's family hailed from Shelby County, and her mother grew up in Indianapolis. She moved to Utah in 1977, and was soon a working mother with three children. She helped to establish the Utah branch of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) in Salt Lake City...
43.		Laurien Van den Broeck Actress, The Memory of a Killer Laurien Van den Broeck was born on February 29th 1988 in Lier, Belgium. She was the third of five children. She has two older brothers: Filip and Willem van den Broeck, and two younger sisters: Charlotte and Astrid. Laurien played her first feature film role at the age of eleven: Mariken, directed by André van Duren and co-written by Academy Award winner Willeke van Ammelrooy...
44.		Dallas Barnett Actor, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
45.		Dino De Laurentiis Miscellaneous Crew, Die Hard: With a Vengeance
46.		Mervyn Warren Music Department, Six Feet Under Mervyn Warren, 5-time Grammy Award winner and 10-time Grammy Award nominee, is a highly accomplished film composer, record producer, lyricist, songwriter, arranger, pianist and vocalist. Equally adept at any style, his work spans many genres - pop, R&B;, hip-hop, classical, orchestral, jazz, vocal, country...
47.		Jimmy Dorsey Soundtrack, Playing by Heart A clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader, he appeared with his own orchestra in a few films of the 40's but is much better remembered for his band's recordings - like "Green Eyes" and "Tangerine" (both of them sung by 'Helen O'Connell' and Bob Eberly).
48.		Morarji Desai Self, Congress Session in Bombay A native of Bhadeli, a village near the city of Bulsar, in what is now the state of Gujarat, Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was born on leap years day in 1896, the oldest of the 6 children of Ranchhodji Desai, a teacher, and Vajiaben (or Maniben) Desai. He was educated at Bombay University, and he was a civil servant for 12 years before embarking on a long and varied political career...
49.		Khaled Soundtrack, The Fifth Element
50.		Dan Priest Actor, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer