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Sharon Stone Profile |
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Birth Date: March 10, 1958
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Birth Place: Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
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Birth Name: Sharon Vonne Stone
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Height: 5'7˝"
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Biography |
Sharon Stone was born on the March 10, 1958, in Meadville,
Pennsylvania. The second child of four (she has an older
Michael, younger sister Kelly and younger brother Patrick)
to parents Joseph and Dorothy Stone.
Sharon's mother wanted her brilliant child (Sharon is said
to have an IQ of 154) to rise beyond the small-town,
blue-collar fate of her and her husband, who were
respectively a homemaker and Avon employee, and a factory
worker.
Sharon did rise well above to the status of one of
Hollywood's most sought-after actresses and sex symbols, but
not without some flops along the way.
Initially a creative writing student at Edinboro State
University in Pennsylvania, Sharon entered on scholarship
and graduated with a fine arts degree. In addition to her
passion for literature, she also loved classic film.
Her foray into acting went the beauty pageant route, after
beauty pageant promoters discovered her. Sharon didn't
succeed as a beauty queen, so she tried modeling instead.
She became a Ford model, which raised her recognition factor
and gave her experience in front of the camera, but was not
stimulating enough for the future MENSA member.
Sharon made her film debut as the pretty girl on a train in
Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980), and starred in
movies not even worth mentioning, such as 1981's Deadly
Blessing, 1985's King Solomon's Mines and 1987's Police
Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. She did, however, make
audiences take notice with a bit part in Irreconcilable
Differences, in 1984.
TV audiences may remember Sharon from several '80s shows in
which she appeared, such as Remington Steele, Magnum P.I.
and T.J. Hooker. After more roles in Made-for-TV movies,
Sharon was cast as Arnold Schwarzenegger's "wife" in 1990's
Total Recall, which helped word of a new, sexy blonde
actress get around Hollywood. Posing for Play.boy in the
early '90s didn't hurt her cause either.
It was her role as bisexual author Catherine Tramell
opposite Michael Douglas in the 1992 film Basic Instinct
that not only made ice picks and going commando famous, but
also made Sharon Stone a sex symbol and Hollywood's newest
"it" girl.
The MTV Movie Awards named Sharon the Most Desirable Female
and gave her the award for Best Female Performance in 1993,
but despite the slew of films that Sharon starred in,
maintaining her reputation in Hollywood was difficult.
With bombs such as 1993's Sliver, 1994's Intersection, and
1995's The Quick and the Dead (which was made by her
production company, Chaos), skeptics of Sharon's talent had
more ammunition.
But she bounced back in 1995, with her memorable role as
Ginger the hustler in Casino, co-starring Robert De Niro.
The Academy Awards honored Sharon with a Best Actress
Nomination, and she won the Golden Globe and the Women in
Film Crystal Award that same year.
With highs come the lows, marked by ill-advised choices such
as 1996's Diabolique and Last Dance, 1998's Sphere and The
Mighty, 1999's The Muse, Gloria, and Simpatico, and 2004's
Catwoman. Sharon's ability to choose movies has been
questioned -- while her ability to deliver good performances
remains intact.
Despite commercial highs and dips, Sharon has made a name
for herself as a supporter of breast cancer research and is
a gay-rights activist -- she received a humanitarian award
from the Human Rights Campaign, for her role in 2000's If
These Walls Could Talk 2, in which she played Ellen
DeGeneres' lesbian lover.
Sharon Stone reprised the role that made everyone take
notice of her way back in 1992. She returned as Catherine
Tramell in 2006's Basic Instinct 2, proving that at she's
still got what it takes to maintain her sex symbol status.
In real life, Sharon wakes up to husband Phil Bronstein, a
newspaper editor who wed Sharon on Valentine's Day 1998. The
couple adopted a baby boy together in 2000, named Roan
Joseph Bronstein. This is the second marriage for Sharon,
who was previously married to associate producer Michael
Greenburg from 1984 to 1987.
Sharon has already been romantically linked to singer Dwight
Yoakam and actor/comedian Garry Shandling. |
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Other
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Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars
in Film History" (#49). [1995]
Sharon and husband Phil Bronstein, a newspaperman, adopted a
child they named Roan Joseph Bronstein, born 22 May 2000 in
Texas. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces, and was adopted by
Stone and Bronstein a week after birth. His first name is
Celtic for "seal," and his middle name is a tribute to
Stone's father. [July 2000]
Playboy Magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century,"
Number 24. [1999]
Entered Pennsylvania's Edinboro University at age 15.
Ranked #77 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie
Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Reported to be dating Columbia Pictures production boss,
Barry Josephson. [November 1996]
Engaged to producer William J. MacDonald. [1993-1994]
Former "Ford" Model.
Owns her own production company, Chaos.
Lives in Beverly Hills.
Went to school at Saegertown High School, Saegertown,
Pennsylvania.
Has a visible scar on her neck that is usually covered by
clothing.
Has one older brother, one younger brother, and a younger
sister (Kelly Stone).
Auditioned for the Cathy Moriarty role in Raging Bull
(1980).
As a teenager worked part-time as a McDonald's countergirl.
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." [1992]
Is allergic to caffeine.
One of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People" of
1992.
Auditioned for the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction
(1987).
Auditioned for the Kim Basinger role in Batman (1989).
Auditioned for the Madonna role in Dick Tracy (1990).
Turned down the role in Exit to Eden (1994) that later went
to Rosie O'Donnell.
Speaks Italian
Is asthmatic.
Ex-husband Phil Bronstein is one of the editors of the San
Francisco Examiner.
Received a humanitarian award from the Human Rights
Campaign, a well-funded organization specializing in gay and
lesbian rights, for her role in If These Walls Could Talk 2
(2000) (TV), in which she plays the lover to Ellen DeGeneres,
with whom she wants to raise a child. [2000]
Stone's former housekeeper Socorro Del Carmen Membreno
pleaded not guilty to grand theft of $300,000 worth of
jewelry and other valuables from Stone's L.A. home two
months earlier. [2 March 2000]
As a child, Sharon once said she would become the next
Marilyn Monroe.
Sharon was granted a restraining order against Agostino
P'omata, who allegedly had made threats of violence against
her. [27 March 2001]
Dated Dwight Yoakam in the early 1990s, and was rather
famously quoted as saying, "Kissing Dwight is like eating a
dirt sandwich."
Suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalized for a while.
[October 2001]
Irish-American
Sister of actor Michael Stone.
Has one adopted son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, born on 22 May
2000.
Former daughter-in-law of Cloris Leachman and George Englund.
Is a close friend of Jeanne Moreau. Presented a 1998
American Academy of Motion Pictures life tribute to her.
Measurements: 35B-24-35 (as Ford model-1980), 36B-25-35
(self-described in 1993 as wearing a 36B bra), (Source:
Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Spent many long workdays in agony while filming scenes for
_Casino (1995)_ . She has back trouble due to an old injury,
and the gold and white beaded gown she wore during a casino
scene weighed 45 pounds.
She passionately kissed fan Joni Rimm for charity after she
paid $50,000 for the pleasure. She auctioned the kiss in aid
of Project Angel Foods, a Los Angeles charity providing
meals for homeless people. (August 12, 2003)
Made a teenage ballet star's dreams come true by giving her
$ 75,000 for tuition fees.
During Total Recall (1990) filming, she complained to
director Paul Verhoeven that she wasn't sure whether her
character really was married to Doug.
June 11, 2001: her husband, Phil Bronstein, underwent foot
surgery after being attacked by a Komodo dragon during a
private tour of Los Angeles Zoo. The tour was arranged by
Stone as a Father's Day gift for Bronstein, who had always
wanted to see one of the Indonesian lizards up close. The
attack occurred after Bronstein had removed his white shoes.
Zookeepers later speculated the 5-foot- long lizard may have
mistaken the shoes for white rats it ate regularly.
Met her close friend Mimi Craven on the set of _Deadly
Blessing (1981)_ . They subsequently worked together on the
film Last Dance (1996) in 1996.
A sex scene in The Quick and the Dead (1995) between Ellen
(Stone) and Cort (Russell Crowe) was shot, but Stone and
director Sam Raimi decided that it wasn't a necessary part
of the story. The scene was not included in the American
release of the film, but international versions do include
it.
Received the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from
the French government in 1995.
Is diabetic.
Her scar on her neck is from a childhood accident. She was
riding a horse and she ran right into a clothes line and it
ripped her neck open.
Is a big supporter of the AIDS research organization AMFAR.
Her famous "leg crossing" scene in Basic Instinct (1992) was
voted "Sexiest Leg Moment on Screen" in a poll for Veet.
Entered the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant at age 17.
Moved to New York City (1977).
Appeared as spokesmodel contestant on the pilot for the
syndicated series "Star Search" (1983); won the competition
(1983).
Won the Miss Crawford County (Pennsylvania) beauty pageant
and was also queen of her high school's spring festival
(1975).
As a child, put on theatrical productions in the family's
two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a
picnic table; as one garage door went down, the other would
go up, revealing a new Stone-created set.
28 Jan 2005, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland. At
the end of the debate on 'funding the war on poverty', she
stood up and pledged 10,000 dollars and asked people to
follow her. Already, within a few minutes they raised nearly
100,000 dollars - she wanted to raise at least one million.
She did it in 5 minutes. It's mone that will go directly to
the Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria - to
buy bed nets to stop deaths from malaria in the developing
world.
Graduated from the Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania
with a degree in creative writing & fine arts
Member of the Jury at Cannes Festival in 2002 alongside
David Lynch, Christine Hakim, Claude Miller, Michelle Yeoh,
Raoul Ruiz, Régis Wargnier, Walter Salles and 'Bill August'
(full-length films category).
adopted a son, Laird Vonne Stone, who was born "to unknown
and unrelated parents" in Texas on May 7, 2005. [11 May
2005]
Created Officer in France's Order of Arts and Letters by
Festival President Gilles Jacob, 20 May 2005 on the
sidelines of the 58th edition of the Cannes International
Film Festival.
14 March 2005: for the past 10 years a dedicated foundraiser
and advocate for AIDS research, she received the Harvard
Foundation's 2005 Humanitarian Award at the Memorial Church.
Is good friends with singer Christina Aguilera and attended
Aguilera's November 19, 2005 wedding to music producer
Jordan Bratman in Napa Valley, California.
She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less
fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign. |
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