Angela Cartwright Biography
Angela was born in Altrincham, Cheshire, England and moved to Los Angeles, California with her family when she was 3 years old. She started as a child fashion model and by the time she was four, Angela was well known by the top photographers and appeared on magazine covers and in many advertisements.
At age 3 1/2 she made her movie debut in “Somebody Up There Likes Me” as Paul Newman’s daughter. Another part followed in “Something of Value” with Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier.
Angela was signed by Danny Thomas when she was 4 to play his daughter “Linda Williams” on his TV series “Make Room for Daddy”. The series ran for 7 years, during which Angela found time to star in “Lad:A Dog” co-starring with Carroll O’Conner. She also hosted two Dinah Shore Show Specials “Children Are People” and “Ghosts, Goblins and Kids”. In 1965, following the end of the “Danny Thomas Show” Angela was cast as “Brigitta Von Trapp” in the movie version of “The Sound of Music” with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Soon after, she returned to television as “Penny Robinson” in Irwin Allen’s “Lost In Space”. This now-classic series ran for 3 years. In the years that followed Angela guest starred in various television shows and commercials also recreating her role as “Linda” in a revival of “The Danny Thomas Show” called “Make Room for Granddaddy”. She worked for Irwin Allen once again in the movie, “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure”, starring Michael Caine, Sally Field and Mark Harmon. Most recently she returns to the big screen in “Lost In Space” the movie.
While continuing to pursue her acting career, Angela married in 1976 and has managed to raise two children. She has also to her credit a nationally acclaimed book “My Book: A Child’s First Journal.”
In 1977 Angela opened “Rubber Boots” a gift boutique in Toluca Lake, California which she continues to own and operate. She also has been a successful children’s portrait photographer for over 28 years and pursues her love of art.
Naomi Campbell Biography
Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an English supermodel and actress. Born in Streatham, South London, Campbell studied at the London Academy For Performing Arts. She has been a prominent fashion model on the runway and in print advertising since the late 1980s. She also posed nude for Playboy magazine and for a series of lesbian-erotic photos with Madonna in her book Sex. She is reputed to have a quick temper, with several tabloid stories involving violence against her staff as well as verbal abuse.
She is also a successful singer; her album Baby Woman sold over 1 million copies worldwide (mostly in Japan), and she was featured on Vanilla Ice’s single “Cool as Ice.” She had previously appeared in George Michael’s music video, Freedom ‘90, though she merely lip-synched to his song along with other models rather than performing herself. She has also appeared in music videos for artists such as Michael Jackson and Jay-Z. In late 2004 she had a high profile relationship with the singer Usher although as of 2005 their relationship appears to be over.
Campbell also co-authored the best-selling novel Swan and followed it up with a photo book titled Naomi.
In February 2001 pictures were published in the Daily Mirror newspaper showing Campbell leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in London. In March of 2002 Campbell sued the paper citing a breach of confidentiality, as she was receiving treatment for drug addiction at the time. The Mirror claimed that the pictures were in the public interest as Campbell had, up to that point, not been known or proved to be a drug addict. The High Court ruled in Campbell’s favor and the Mirror was ordered to pay £3,500 in damages (although legal costs were thought to be around £500,000.) In October of 2002, the Mirror won an Appeal Court ruling that the photographs were indeed in the public interest. Campbell was ordered to pay the costs of the Mirror’s legal fees, a cost of around £350,000. However, in May of 2004, the Law Lords overturned the Appeal Court ruling by a 3 to 2 majority, which reinstated the High Court’s original decision, and Campbell was reawarded £3,500 and the £350,000 legal costs. The Mirror’s legal cost is thought to be over £1,000,000. The case is also thought to be a landmark in the rights of celebrities to privacy. Mirror editor Piers Morgan said at the time “This is a very good day for lying drug-abusing prima donnas who want to have their cake with the media, and the right to then shamelessly guzzle it with their Cristal champagne. Five senior judges found for the Mirror throughout the various hearings in this case, four for Naomi Campbell. Yet she wins. If ever there was a less deserving case for creating what is effectively a back door privacy law it would be Ms Campbell, but that’s showbiz.”
Catherine Bell Biography
A beguiling dark-eyed beauty with a statuesque figure, Catherine Bell rose to prominance on the military-themed television series “JAG” (1995 -2005) as Maj. Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie. Born in London, Bell emigrated to California with her Iranian mother at the age of two and began acting and modeling as a child. After a stint as a fashion model in Japan, Bell first got a foothold in Hollywood as a body double, performing a nude scene for Isabella Rossellini in director Robert Zemeckis’ “Death Becomes Her” (1992). Small roles in TV movies, C-level action flicks, sydicated fare including “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and racy TV series such as HBO’s risque comedy “Dream On” and the erotic cable anthology “Hot Line”–which made great advantage of her enviable physique–followed.
She made her “JAG” debut on an 1996 episode as Lt. Diane Schonke, the love interest of lead character Harm (David James Elliott). After return engagements her character was tragically killed off, but Bell learned that “JAG” producer Don Bellasario was looking for a new regular female lead for the series and wrote Bellasario a letter, suggesting that it would be intirguing if the new character were the spitting image of Harm’s lost love. Bellasario agreed and Bell joined the cast as a new character, Maj. Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie when the show switched networks from NBC to CBS in 1997. She parlayed her visibility and the show’s mainstream popularity–especially with military supporters–into several magazine covers and roles in telepics, ultimately landing a high-profile movie role as the object of Jim Carrey’s lust in the comedy “Bruce Almighty” (2003). When her co-star Elliott announced his attention to leave the show following its tenth season in 2004-2005, producers initially planned to reshape the series around Bell, but the network ultimately pulled the plug on the show.
- Born:
on 08/14/68 in London, England - Job Titles:
Actor, Model
Family
- Grandparents: spoke Farsi
Significant Others
- Husband: . Adam
Education
- University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, pre-med
Milestones
- 1971 Moved to Los Angeles with family (date approximate)
- 1992 Served as Isabella Rossellini’s body double in “Death Becomes Her”
- 1993 Had supporting role in the NBC movie “Mother of the Bride”
- 1995 Feature acting debut “Men of War”
- 1997 Joined cast of “JAG” playing Sarah ‘Mac’ MacKenzie when show moved to CBS
- 1998 Co-starred with Maureen O’Hara in the CBS TV-movie “Cab to Canada”
- 2003 Returned to the big screen in the comedy “Bruce Almighty”
- Spent several months in Japan as a model
Elisha Cuthbert’s ‘Captivity’ Ads Cause Uproar
Elisha Cuthbert’s ‘Captivity’ Ads Cause Uproar
In her upcoming movie, Elisha Cuthbert stars as top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree. The horror flick is already stirring up controversy as its theatrical release date of July 13 rapidly approaches us.
According to Stephen Rea of the Philadelphia Enquirer, “When posters for the forthcoming ’Captivity,’ in which Elisha Cuthbert stars as a young woman imprisoned, tormented and tortured, were slapped on bus shelters around L.A., there was a public uproar. One ad sheet, titled ‘TORTURE,’ showed Cuthbert with tubes stuck up her nose, draining blood.”
Meanwhile, Jill Soloway, a TV producer, wrote that ‘Captivity’ posters “managed to recall Abu Ghraib, the Holocaust, porn and snuff films all at once.”
Due to the public criticism, the posters were taken down, but not before Lionsgate had achieved invaluable free publicity for their upcoming release.
Seemingly far removed from the drama surrounding her movie, Elisha was spotted loading her Porsche with a handful of goodies after a Sunset Plaza shopping trip late last week.