Useless Celebrity Facts

Useless Facts About Famous People

Spencer Tracy in Boys Town MGM star Spencer Tracy won consecutive Best Actor Oscars in the late 1930’s for his appearances in Captains Courageous in 1937 and Boys Town in 1938. This wouldn't happen again until Tom Hanks won back-to-back Oscars in the 1990s for Philadelphia in 1993 and Forrest Gump in 1994.

George Harrison, with My Sweet Lord, was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.

Comedian/actor Billy Crystal portrayed Jodie Dallas, the first openly gay main character on network television on ABC's Soap, which aired from 1977 to 1981.

Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, and Elizabeth Taylor all have their own perfumes or cologne. Lisa Marie Presley vows to never make a Presley perfume. YEAH!!!

Mike Wallace wasn’t always a reporter. He hosted seven TV game shows before beginning his full-time journalism career.

Harpo Marx Harpo Marx was fully capable of speaking.

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

Actress Sharon Stone’s I.Q. is 154 and she is often known to complain that she is “fiercely intelligent.”

Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year. He taught himself to read and write.

Penny Marshall was the first woman film director to have a film take in more than $100 million at the box office - she accomplished this with the 1988 film Big.

Rita Hayworth on Life Magazine Rita Hayworth, known as the "Love Goddess," appeared on the cover of Life magazine five times.

Alan Alda’s father, actor Robert Alda, wanted Alan to become a doctor. But Alan, growing up around Vaudeville comedians, developed into a natural clown.

Winston Churchill, one of England's greatest politicians, historians and statesmen, was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and many other famous vocalists got their start in a New York City club called The Continental Baths.

Nicole Kidman wore a corset while filming The Portrait of a Lady to take her waist down to 19 inches.

Jim Morrison of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.

One of Christina Ricci’s schoolmates was actor Macaulay Culkin.

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television in 1956. He sang Blue Suede Shoes and Heartbreak Hotel on The Dorsey Brothers Show.

Edgar Allan Poe and LSD advocate Timothy Leary were both kicked out of West Point.

In every show that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidit, of the Fantasticks, did, there was at least one song about rain.

Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like a Lady was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

Scientology, the controversial religion of many Hollywood stars, includes such celebrity member as John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, Nicole Kidman, Kelly Preston, Priscilla Presley, and Lisa Presley. Allegedly, many of these celebrities are secretly being given lucrative compensation for endorsing Scientology. Though the church doesn’t like to admit it, Charles Manson was also a member.

The popular silent star Greta Garbo spoke her first Swedish-accented words in the MGM film Anna Christie in 1930.

Before he became an actor, Sam Shepard wrote more than 40 plays, winning 10 Obies and a Pulitzer Prize.

Ronald Reagan was the oldest president to ever leave office at 77 years old.

Hedy Lamarr, once known as “The Most Beautiful Woman In Films,” patented an invention for a radio guiding system for torpedoes which was used in WWII. A similar technology used for cellular devices today.

The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.

During the making of the movie Fight Club, actor Brad Pitt chipped his tooth. However, he did not get his tooth capped until after the movie was done filming as he thought it would look better chipped for his character.

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show Scooby-Doo. Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy follow the same diet on the show.

Felix the Cat Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever be made into a balloon for a parade

Zsa Zsa Gabor wins the list of most married female celebrities with a record 9 husbands. Elizabeth Taylor and Lana Turner tie for second at 8 husbands.

"Weird" Al Yankovic received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1981. He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16.

The first inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961 were Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose and Hank Williams.

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