Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Sari Gabor
Born: 6 February 1918
Budapest, Hungary
Best known as a much married celebrity, and for the
famous cop slap in Beverly Hills after she was pulled over for a
traffic violation in June 1989.
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| Greta Garbo |
Greta Lovisa Gustafson
Born: 18 September 1905
Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 15 April 1990
Femme fatale of the golden era of Hollywood. Famous
for her statement "I want to be alone", which in fact was carried
out, she lived much of her life as a recluse until her death in her
apartment Paris. Starred with Melvyn Douglas in "Ninotchka"
(1939).
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| Andy Garcia |
Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez
Born: 12 April 1956
Havana, Cuba
Best known for his roles in "The Untouchables", "When
a Man Loves a Woman" with Meg Ryan
and "The Godfather III", earning an Oscar nomination for the part
as the illegitimate nephew of Don Corleone. When he was born he had
an unusual growth on his shoulder which turned out to be a twin
that hadn't developed properly, the doctors simply snipped it off.
If ever "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" needs a star, maybe Andy
should audition.
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| Ava Gardner |
Lucy Johnson
Born: 24 December 1922
Grabton, North Carolina
Died: 25 January 1990 (pneumonia)
Best known as the wife of Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw. Her
best known films are "Showboat" (1951) "The Barefoot Contessa"
(1953) and she recieved an Oscar nomination in 1953 for the film
"Mogambo". Starred in Nevil
Shute's "On the Beach".
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John Garfield
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Jacob Julius Garfinkle
Born: 14 March 1913
New York City
Died: 21 May 1952
New York City
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| Judy Garland |
Frances Gumm
Born: 1922
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Died: 1969
First teamed with child star Mickey Rooney, and later in "The
Wizard of Oz" in which she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" the
song she would subsequently always be associated with. Mother of
Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft.
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| James Garner |
James Bumgarner
Born: 7 April 1928
Norman Oklahoma
Best known as the TV star of the "Rockford Files" and
"Maverick". Garner won two purple hearts while fighting in the
Korean War. Also starred in the re-make of movie "Maverick"
starring Jodie Foster and Mel
Gibson.
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Hoot Gibson
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Edmund Richard Gibson
Born: 6 August 1892
Tekamah, NE
Died: 23 August 1962 (cancer)
He entered films as a stuntman and an extra, being an
early movie cowboy.
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| Paul Michael Glaser |
Paul Manfred Glaser
Born: 25 March 1943
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best known for his role as Dave Starsky in "Starsky
and Hutch", starring with David
Soul. He changed his name when he joined the American Actors
Union, Equity, and found they already had a Paul Glaser.
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Jackie Gleason
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Herbert John Gleason
Born: 26 February 1916
Brooklyn, New York
Died: 1987
Broke into show business as the age of 15. He
achieved major success as the star of such TV comedy series as "The
Life of Riley", "The Honeymooners", and the "Jackie Gleason
Show".
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| Whoopi Goldberg |
Caryn Johnson
Born: 13 November 1954
New York
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| Elliot Gould |
Elliot Goldstein
Born: 29 August 1938
Brooklyn, New York
Former husband of Barbra Streisand,
with whom he had a son, actor Jason Gould. Quoted with saying
"Success didn't change me, I was already distorted before I became
a star".
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| Stewart Granger |
James Lablanche Stewart
Born: 6 May 1913
Died: 16 August 1993
Underwent a compulsory name change so as not to be
confused with the late, great James Stewart.
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| Cary Grant |
Archibald Alexander Leach
Born: 18 January 1904
Bristol, England
Died: 29 November 1986
Leading box office star from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Films include: "North by Northwest", "To Catch a Thief",
"Notorious" and "Suspicion". Always a popular ladies man, he was
once married to Dyan
Cannon.
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