Movie Stars' Real Names

A
Edie Adams - Elizabeth Edith Enke
Nick Adams - Nicholas Adamshock
Eddie Albert - Edward Albert Heimberger
Alan Alda - Alphonso D'Abruzzo
Jane Alexander - Jane Quigley
Muhammad Ali - Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Fred Allen - John Sullivan
Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg
June Allyson - Ella Geisman
Don Ameche - Dominic Felix Amici
Julie Andrews - Julia Wells
Eve Arden - Eunice Quedens
Beatrice Arthur - Bernice Frankel
Jean Arthur - Gladys Greene
Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz
Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avalonne

B
Lauren Bacall - Betty Joan Perske
Kaye Ballard - Catherine Balotta
Anne Bancroft - Anne Italiano
Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
Rona Barrett - Rona Burstein
Gene Barry - Eugene Klass
John Barrymore - John Blythe
Orson Bean - Dallas Burrows
Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Jack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky
Milton Berle - Milton Berlinger
Irving Berlin - Israel Baline
Joey Bishop - Joseph Gottlieb
Amanda Blake - Beverly Louise Neill
Robert Blake - Michael Gubitosi
Sonny Bono - Salvatore Bono
Victor Borge - Borge Rosenbaum
Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson
Ernest Borgnine - Ermes Effron Borgnino
David Bowie - David Robert Jones
Fanny Brice - Fanny Borach
Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski
Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky
Dr. Joyce Brothers - Joyce Diane Bauer
Yul Brynner - Taidje Kahn, Jr.
George Burns - Nathan Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn - Edna Gilhooley
Richard Burton - Richard Jenkins
Red Buttons - Aaron Chwatt

C
Nicholas Cage - Nicholas Coppola
Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
Rory Calhoun - Francis Timony Durgin
Dyan Cannon - Simille Frieson
Truman Capote - Truman Streckfus Persons
Diahann Carroll - Carol Diahann Johnson
Jeff Chandler - Ira Grossel
Cyd Charisse - Tula Ellice Finklea
Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
Patsy Cline - Virginia Patterson Hensley
Lee J. Cobb - Leo Jacoby
Claudette Colbert - Lily Chauchoin
Perry Como - Pierino Roland Como
Mike Connors - Krekor "Kirk" Ohanian
Robert Conrad - Conrad Robert Falk
Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier
Gary Cooper - Frank James.
David Copperfield - David Kotkin
Howard Cosell - Howard Cohen
Elvis Costello - Declan MacManus
Joan Crawford - Lucille Le Sucur
Michael Crawford - Michael Dumble-Smith
Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby
Tom Cruise - Thomas Mapother IV
Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz

D
Vic Damone - Vito Farinola
Rodney Dangerfield - Jacob Cohen
Bobby Darin - Walden Robert Cassotto
Doris Day - Doris von Kappelhoff
Jimmy Dean - Seth Ward
Yvonne De Carlo - Peggy Middleton
Sandra Dee - Alexandra Zuck
John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
John Derek - Derek Harris
Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli
Angie Dickinson - Angeline Brown
Bo Diddley - Elias Bates
Marlene Dictrich - Maria Von Losch
Troy Donahue - Merle Johnson, Jr.
Diana Dors - Diana Fluck
Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch
Mike Douglas - Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman

E
Barbara Eden - Barbara Huffman
Vince Edwards - Vicent Edward Zoino
Ron Ely - Ronald Pierce
Dale Evans - Frances Octavia Smith
Chad Everett - Raymond Cramton

F
Fabian - Fabiano Forte
Douglas Fairbanks - Douglas Ullman
Stepin Fetchit - Lincoln Perry
Sally Field - Sally Mahoney
W.C. Fields - William Claude Dukenfield
Peter Finch - William Mitchell
Rhonda Fleming - Marilyn Louis
Gerald R. Ford - Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
Joan Fontaine - Joan de Havilland
Glenn Ford - Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
John Ford - Sean O'Fearna
John Forsythe - John Freund
Jodie Foster - Alicia Christian Foster
Tony Franciosa - Anthony Papaleo
Connie Francis - Concetta Franconero

G
Greta Garbo - Greta Gustafsson
John Garfield - Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
James Garner - James Scott Baumgardner
Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gayle Webb
Whoopie Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Eydie Gorme - Edith Gormezano
Stewart Granger - James Stewart
Cary Grant - Archibald Leach
Peter Graves - Peter Aurness
Rocky Graziano - Rocco Barbella
Joel Grey - Joe Katz

H
Buddy Hackett - Leonard Hacker
Jean Harlow - Harlean Carpentier
Rex Harrison - Reginald Carey
Helen Hayes - Helen Brown
Susan Hayward - Edythe Marrener
Rita Hayworth - Margarita Cansino
Jimi Hendrix - Johnny Allen Hendrix
Charlton Heston - Charles Carter
Hulk Hogan - Terry Jean Bollette
William Holden - William Franklin Beedle, Jr.
Billy Holiday - Eleanora Fagan
Judy Holliday - Judith Tuvim
Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley
Bob Hope - Leslie Townes Hope
Hedda Hopper - Elda Furry
Robert Horton - Meade Howard Horton, Jr.
Leslie Howard - Leslie Stainer
Harry Houdini - Ehrich Weiss
Rock Hudson - Roy Schere Jr.
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
Tab Hunter - Arthur Andrew Gelien

I
Burl Ives - Burle Icle Ivanhoe

J
Wolfman Jack - Robert Smith
David Janssen - David Meyer
Elton John - Reginald Dwight
Don Johnson - Donald Wayne
Al Jolson - Asa Yoelson
Jennifer Jones - Phyllis Isley
Louis Jourdan - Louis Gendre

K
Danny Kaye - David Kaminski
Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt
Diane Keaton - Diane Hall
Howard Keel - Harold Leek
Carole King - Carole Klein
Larry King - Larry Zeigler
Ted Knight - Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji

L
Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Stoppelmoor
Frankie Laine - Frankie LoVecchio
Veronica Lake - Constance Ockleman
Dorothy Lamour - Mary Kaumeyer
Ann Landers - Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer
Mario Lanza - Alfredo Cocozza
Michael Landon - Eugene Orowitz
Stan Laurel - Arthur Jefferson
Steve Lawrence - Sidney Leibowitz
Gypsy Rose Lee - Rose Louise Hovick
Peggy Lee - Norma Egstrom
Janet Leigh - Jeanette Morrison
Jerry Lewis - Joseph Levitch
Huey Lewis - Hugh Cregg
Hal Linden - Harold Lipshitz
Little Richard - Richard Penniman
Carole Lombard - Jane Peters
Jack Lord - John Joseph Ryan
Sophia Loren - Sophia Scicoloni
Peter Lorre - Laszio Lowenstein
Bela Lugosi - Bela Ferenc Blasko

M
Moms Mabley - Loretta Mary Aitken
Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beaty
Elle MacPherson - Eleanor Gow
Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone
Lee Majors - Harvey Lee Yeary II
Karl Malden - Mladen Sekulovich
Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pincus
Jayne Mansfield - Vera Jane Palmer
Fredric March - Frederick Bickel
Rocky Marciano - Rocco Francis Marchegiano
Dean Martin - Dino Crocetti
Chico Marx - Leonard Marx
Groucho Marx - Julius Marx
Gummo Marx - Milton Marx
Harpo Marx - Adolph Marx
Zeppo Marx - Herbert Marx
Walter Matthau - Walter Matuschanskayasky
Audrey Meadows - Audrey Cotter
Jayne Meadows - Jayne Cotter
Ethel Merman - Ethel Zimmerman
George Michael - Georgios Panayiotou
Ray Milland - Reginald Truscott-Jones
Ann Miller - Lucille Collier
Guy Mitchell - Albert George Cernick
Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson
Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Baker
Yves Montand - Ivo Levi
Demi Moore - Demetria Guynes
Garry Moore - Thomas Garrison Morfit
Rita Moreno - Rosita Alverio
Harry Morgan - Harry Bratsburg

N
Peter Nero - Bernie Nierow
Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray

O
Hugh O'Brian - Hugh Krampke
Maureen O'Hara - Maureen Fitzsimmons

P
Patti Page - Clara Ann Fowler
Jack Palance - Walter Palanuik
Bert Parks - Bert Jacobson
Johnny Paycheck - Don Lytle
Minnie Pearl - Sarah Ophella Colley Cannon
Bernadette Peters - Bernadette Lazzaro
Lou Diamond Phillips - Lou Upchurch
Edith Piaf - Edith Gassion
Slim Pickens - Louis Lindley
Mary Pickford - Gladys Smith
Stephanie Powers - Stefania Federkiewicz

R
Tony Randall - Leonard Rosenberg
Ahmad Rashad - Bobby Moore
Johnnie Ray - John Alvin
Martha Raye - Margaret Theresa Yvonne Reed
Donna Reed - Donabella Mullenger
Della Reese - Delloreese Patricia Early
Debbie Reynolds - Mary Frances Reynolds
Joan Rivers - Joan Sandra Molinsky
Johnny Rivers - John Henry Ramistella
Harold Robbins - Frances Kane
Edward G. Robinson - Emmanuel Goldenberg
Ginger Rogers - Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers - Leonard Slye
Mickey Rooney - Joe Yule Jr.
Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Bobby Rydell - Robert Ridarelli

S
Jane Seymour - Joyce Frankenberg
Del Shannon - Charles Westover
Omar Sharif - Michael Shalhoub
Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez
Martin Sheen - Ramon Estevez
Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
Buffalo Bob Smith - Robert Emil Schmidt
Ann Sothern - Harriet Lake
Robert Stack - Robert Modini
Jean Stapleton - Jeanne Murray
Barbara Stanwyck - Ruby Stevens
Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey
Connie Stevens - Concetta Ingolia
Sting - Gordon Sumner
Gale Storm - Josephine Cottle
Donna Summer - La Donna Gaines

T
Robert Taylor - Spangler Arlington Brugh
Danny Thomas - Muzyad Yakhoob
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock
Twiggy - Leslie Hornby
Conway Twitty - Harold Lloyd Jenkins

V
Ritchie Valens - Richard Valenzuela
Rudolph Valentino - Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
Frankie Valli - Frank Castelluccio
Abigail Van Buren - Pauline Ester Friedman
Gene Vincent - Vincent Eugene Craddock

W
Junior Walker - Autry De Walt
Andy Warhol - Andrew Warhola
Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield
David Wayne - Wayne McMeekan
John Wayne - Marion Michael Morrison
Clifton Webb - Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
Raquel Welch - Raquel Tejada
Tuesday Weld - Susan Kerr Wells
Nathaniel West - Nathaniel Wallenstein Weinstein
Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
Shelley Winters - Shirley Schrift
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Morris Hardaway
Natalie Wood - Natasha Gurdin J
Jane Wyman - Sarah Jane Fulks
Tammy Wynette - Wynette Pugh

Y
Gig Young - Byron Barr