Diahann Carroll

Carroll also had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom A Different World as Whitley Gilbert's (Jasmine Guy) mother. Things that suggest the rumor is untrue are that the media had reason to tarnish Leigh and Curtis' reputations at that time, since their careers were no longer hugely successful. She has also starred in the series Dynasty and The Colbys. Facts that point to the likelihood of the rumor's truth is that Curtis underwent mysterious surgeries and "complications" shortly after her birth, as well as her unisex name. In 1974 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Claudine. The supposition usually refers to androgen insensitivity syndrome. Opera singer Loulie Jean Norman provided Carroll's singing voice. There is much speculation, which has sometimes even been alleged in high school and college biology courses, that Curtis was born an intersexual; but it is unknown whether this is an urban legend or fact.

and Pearl Bailey. Past Honorees of this organization have included Sir Anthony Hopkins; the 2005 honoree will be Angela Lansbury. In 1959, she played Clara in the film version of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess along with such distinguished actors as Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr. Curtis was Guest of Honor at the 11th annual Gala and Fundraiser in 2003 for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, CA-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, 12-Step program of rehabilitation for women in need. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. Today, Jamie Lee Curtis also takes time to support various philanthropic groups. Her first film role was in Carmen Jones in 1954, but her big break came when she became the first African American actress to star in her own television series in which she did not play a domestic worker, when Julia debuted in 1968. In time for the Holiday Season of 2004, Curtis starred opposite Tim Allen in Christmas with the Kranks..

Born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, she attended the New York City High School of the Performing Arts, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA., nearby where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. Diahann Carroll (born July 15, 1935) is an American actress and singer. Recent successful film roles for Curtis have included Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. No Strings (1962) in the part of Barbara Woodruff. Curtis and Guest have two adopted children, Annie and Thomas. House of Flowers (1954) in the part of Ottilie. She married the actor Christopher Guest in 1984, and became known as Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited the title of Baron Haden-Guest in 1996.

Jamie Lee Curtis has compiled a body of work which covers every type of genre, from comedy to drama to horror. She has a sister named Kelly Curtis, who is also an actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for arguably her most memorable role, that of Laurie Strode in the Halloween series (#'s I, II and 7 and 8). She is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

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Halloween: Resurrection (2002) $3,000,000. Halloween II (1981) $100,000. Halloween (1978) $8,000. Christmas with the Kranks (2004).

Freaky Friday (2003). Halloween: Resurrection (2002). The Tailor of Panama (2001). Drowning Mona (2000).

Halloween: H20 (1998). Fierce Creatures (1997). House Arrest (1996). True Lies (1994).

Forever Young (1992). My Girl (1991). Blue Steel (1990). Dominick and Eugene (1988).

A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987). Perfect (1985). Trading Places (1983).

Halloween II (1981). Prom Night (1980). The Fog (1980). Halloween (1978).