Saturday, September 22, 2007

Celebrity Name Droppings

Chances are good that your favorite movie star went under a different name before they made it big. For example:



Did you know that Charlie Sheen's first name used to be Carlos? To me, Carlos Sheen sounds like a sweaty Mexican.


The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

Well, I'm a tad more certain that you didn't know that Chuck Norris originally went by the moniker of Carlos. Carlos Ray, to be exact. How does one arrive at "Chuck" from Carlos? What's wrong with Carl Ray? Or my personal favorite: Ray Gunn. Now that's a kick-ass name for a bonafide action star.




Austin Power's dad, Michael Caine, had cruel parents who named him Maurice Micklewhite. Sounds like a backup singer for Englebert Humperdink.



Robert Goulet was called Stanley Applebaum. I wonder if that's pronounced "Apple-Bum"? If that was the case, he should have been a porn star. He already has the mustache for it.




Queen Latifah changed her name from Dana Owens. Nothing wrong with Dana Owens. I guess it sounded too Caucasian for her liking.




The following are the original names of famous celebrities.

Gene Wilder --- Gerald Silberman
George Burns --- Nathan Birnbaum
Jerry Lewis --- Joseph Levitch
Joan Rivers --- Joan Molinsky
Lauren Bacall --- Betty Joan Perske
Kirk Douglas --- Issue Danielovich Demsky***
Michael Landon --- Michael Orowitz
Milton Berle --- Milton Berlinger
Rodney Dangerfield --- Jacob Cohen
Tony Curtis --- Bernard Schwartz
Woody Allen --- Alan Stewart Koenigsberg
Angie Dickinson --- Angeline Brown
Ben Kingsley --- Krishna Banji
Billy Barty --- William John Bertanzetti
Bo Derek --- Mary Cathleen Collins
Brigitte Bardot--- Camille Javal
Britney Spears --- Trailer Trash Trish
Bruce Lee --- Lee Yuen Kam
Cary Grant --- Archibald Alexander Leach
Charles Bronson --- Charles Buchinski
Charlie Sheen --- Carlos Irwin Estevez
Charlton Heston --- Charles Carter
CHARO --- Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza
Cher --- Cherilyn Sarkisian
Christian Slater --- Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins
Chuck Norris --- Carlos Ray***
Courtney Love --- Love Michelle Harrison
Danny DeVito --- Daniel Michaeli
David Copperfield --- David Kotkin
Demi Moore --- Demetria Guynes***
Don Johnson --- Donald Wayne
Elvis Costello --- Declan McManus
Eminem --- The Real Slim Shady
Engelbert Humperdinck --- Arnold Dorsey
Enya --- Eithne Ni Bhraonian***
Fred Astaire --- Frederick Austerlitz
Gene Simmons --- Chaim Witz***
George Michael --- Georgios Panayiotou***
Glenn Ford --- Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
Goldie Hawn --- Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn***
MC Hammer --- Stanley Kirk Burrell
Harry Houdini --- Ehrich Weiss
Hulk Hogan --- Terry Jean Bollette
Ice-T --- Tracy Morrow
Jackie Gleason --- Herbert Gleason
Jane Seymour --- Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg
Jason Alexander --- Jay Scott Greenspan***
Jodie Foster --- Alicia Christian Foster***
John Denver --- Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Judy Garland --- Frances Gumm
Karl Malden --- Malden Sekulovich
Kathie Lee Gifford --- Kathie Epstein
Larry King --- Larry Zeigler
Little Richard --- Richard Penniman
Lucy Lawless --- Lucille Frances Ryan
Meat Loaf --- Marvin Lee Aday
Michael Cain --- Maurice Micklewhite***
Milton Berle --- Mendel Berlinger
Mickey Rooney --- Joe Yule Jr.
Mr. T --- Lawrence Tero
Mrs. Mel Gibson --- Sugar Tits
Omar Sharif --- Michael Shalhoub
Paris Hilton --- Sloppy Cunt
Pat Benatar --- Patricia Andrzejewski
Phyllis Diller --- Phyllis Driver
Queen Latifah --- Dana Owens***
Robert Blake --- Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
Robert Goulet --- Stanley Applebaum***
Sally Field --- Sally Mahoney
Sean Connery --- Thomas Connery
Sophia Loren --- Sophia Scicoloni
Stephanie Powers --- Stefania Federkiewicz
Steven Tyler --- Steven Tallarico
Stevie Wonder --- Stevland Morris
Susan Sarandon --- Susan Tomaling
Tammy Wynette --- Wynette Pugh
Ted Knight --- Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Tina Turner --- Anna Mae Bullock
Tom Cruise --- Thomas Mapother IV***
Tom Jones --- Thomas Woodward
Tony Danza --- Anthony Iadanza
Twiggy --- Leslie Hornby
Walter Matthau --- Walter Matuschanskayasky
Whoopie Goldberg --- Caryn Johnson
Wynonna Judd --- Christina Ciminella
Yul Brynner --- Taidje Khan

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