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--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on September 21, 1967, in Jackson, Mississippi.
--2. My first singing experience came as a child in my family's Baptist church.
--3. After moving to Nashville, I worked as a receptionist at a music publishing company before landing a job packaging fan merchandise for my idol, country diva Reba McEntire.
--4. In 1994 I won awards for Best Female Country Artist from Billboard and Performance magazines and Favorite New Female Artist from the Academy of Country Music.
--5. In addition to my thriving career and family, I devote a good deal of time to my charity organization that helps the disadvantaged learn to read.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska.
--2. After being expelled from a military academy, I dug ditches until my father offered to finance my education.
--3. Honing my talents as an actor, I moved to Hollywood and made his motion picture debut as a paraplegic World War II veteran in "The Men".
--4. I was often criticized for my on-set tantrums and for trying to alter the script.
--5. I have at least 11 children. Five of the children are with my three wives, three are with my Guatemalan housekeeper, and the other three children are from affairs.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on July 21, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.
--2. After moving to San Francisco, I began performing as both a mime and a stand-up comedian on the burgeoning West Coast comedy club circuit.
--3. In 1986, I was sued for $6.2 million by a former girlfriend who alleged I had given her herpes.
--4. Also in 1986, I joined fellow comics Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg in hosting HBO's annual "Comic Relief" telecast.
--5. I won my first Academy Award - for Best Supporting Actor - in 1997 for my restrained performance in "Good Will Hunting".

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on December 9, 1953, in Christopher (some sources say Benton), Illinois.
--2. In 1976, I joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where I appeared in and directed a number of shows.
--3. In 1985, I won an Emmy Award for reprising the role of Biff Loman in the CBS adaptation of "Death of a Salesman".
--4. I earned an Oscar nod for my portrayal of a blind man in "Places in the Heart".
--5. In 2000, I took on the demanding role of film director F.W. Murnau in "Shadow of the Vampire", a work which detailed Murnau's creation of the classic thriller "Nosferatu".

WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on April 18, 1963, in Brookline, Massachusetts.
--2. My father is a noted epidemiologist, the head of microbiology at Peter Brigham Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School.
--3. I attended Harvard University, where I majored in American History.
--4. After graduation, I moved to Los Angeles and began writing for 'Not Necessarily the News', a series on cable station HBO.
--5. I've also written for "Saturday Night Live" and "The Simpsons".

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York.
--2. After studying film under Martin Scorsese at New York University, I began performing in Manhattan comedy clubs.
--3. In 1977, I made my television debut as the first major homosexual sitcom character, Jodie Dallas, on 'Soap'.
--4. In 1991 and 1992, I won Emmys for my role as host and writer for the annual Academy Award ceremonies.
--5. In addition to acting, Crystal has written pieces for "Playboy" and "The New York Times".

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California.
--2. I appeared in my first film at the age of three months, when I served as the stand-in for an American baby in "Golden Gate Girl".
--3. As a teenager, I became a member of a Hong Kong street gang and began studying kung fu to sharpen my fighting skills.
--4. I gained a measure of celebrity with his role in the television series "The Green Hornet", which aired from 1966 to 1967.
--5. Just one month before the premiere of my first major Hollywood project, I died in Hong Kong at the age of 32.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on May 20, 1946, in El Centro, California.
--2. In the 1970s, my husband and I starred in our own top-rated television variety show.
--3. After a stint on the Las Vegas circuit in the late 1970s/early 1980s, I launched a successful film career.
--4. I made my directorial debut with one segment of a three-part film for HBO.
--5. At age 52, I became the oldest American woman ever to record a No. 1 hit.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on March 26, 1940, in the Bronx, New York.
--2. I began my film career with an unbilled part in 1963's "Irma la Douce".
--3. I landed my first lead role in the 1969 drama "The Rain People"; one of the first projects by director Francis Ford Coppola.
--4. I gave an Oscar-nominated performance in Coppola's enduring epic "The Godfather".
--5. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, my personal life was surrounded by controversy. Following widespread rumors of drug abuse, I was arrested three times - twice for assault and once for allegedly threatening rapper Derek Lee with a gun.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on November 6, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois.
--2. In September 1983, I began reporting for CBS News and soon won a spot as co-anchor of the "CBS Morning News".
--3. In 1986, I joined NBC News as a correspondent for the news show "1986".
--4. I am also the author of a successful series of children's books.
--5. In 2003, I took a leave of absence from my post at NBC while my husband campaigned for governor of California.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on January 21, 1956 in Wareham, Massachusetts.
--2. I worked as a model in New York before landing the role of a soap-opera actress in "Tootsie".
--3. At six feet tall, I am among the taller actresses in Hollywood.
--4. In addition to acting, I was a semifinalist for the U.S. Women's Olympic Archery Team in 1999.
--5. I've earned Oscars for my roles in the films "The Accidental Tourist" and "Thelma and Louise".

 

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on October 5, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois.
--2. I performed my first standup routine at the age of eight, impersonating my grandparents at the dinner table for the church congregation.
--3. I established my own weekly variety show at Chicago's Regal Theatre in 1977.
--4. I was one of the star comics in Spike Lee's "The Original Kings of Comedy in 1997".
--5. My television show of Fox has nabbed both an Emmy and a Peabody award.

-WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois.
--2. At age 14, I met Ray Charles, with whom I began playing the trumpet in local soul clubs.
--3. I moved to New York City and began writing arrangements, recording, and playing at the city's jazz clubs, meeting such jazz greats as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and
Miles Davis.
--4. In 1963, I won my first Grammy Award, for my arrangement of "I Can't Stop Loving You," recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra.
--5. My album "Back on the Block", a 1990 jazz/rap album, won me Grammy for Album of the Year.

--WHO AM I?
--1. I was born on January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
--2. To avoid South Africa's compulsory military service, I moved back to the United States after high school, where I became a bartender at a jazz club in
Charlottesville,
Virginia
.
--3. I composed my own band after recruiting two of my favorite local jazz musicians, a 16-year-old bass prodigy and a local violin player.
--4. In 1994, my band released its major label debut, "Under The Table And Dreaming", which went to No. 11 in the Billboard 200.
--5. I will make my big-screen debut in 2003's "Because of Winn-Dixie" with Jeff Daniels and Eva Marie Saint.

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