ACTOR
Sharon Stone
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- #001
Sharon Stone said that Rock Hudson helped her build her confidence and skills as an actress early in her career, on the television film The Vegas Strip War (1984). She also became good friends with Hudson, and because of their friendship she became a lifelong advocate for AIDS research.
- #002
The scar on Sharon Stone's neck is from a childhood accident when she was 14. She was riding a horse and the horse ran straight into a clothesline.
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Sharon Stone has asthma and diabetes, and she is also allergic to caffeine.
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Sharon Stone made a young ballet star's dream come true by giving her $75,000 for tuition.
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As an elementary school student at Brookhauser Elementary School in the Saegertown Schools, Sharon was one of seven students selected through individually administered intelligence tests to enter the gifted program. The 1966-67 school year was the first in which gifted programs were offered to rural elementary students in northwestern Pennsylvania. To qualify, students had to have an IQ in the top 3 percent. Sharon exceeded the 130 IQ threshold with an IQ that placed her in the top half of the top 1 percent, above 150 IQ.
- #006
When she was young, Sharon Stone worked part-time as a counter clerk at McDonald's.
- #007
While filming scenes for Casino (1995), Sharon Stone endured long workdays in pain. She had back problems from an old injury, and the gold and white beaded dress she wore in the casino scene weighed 45 kilos.
- #008
Sharon Stone suffered a brain hemorrhage.
- #009
After paying $50,000 for the pleasure, Sharon Stone passionately kissed her fan Joni Rimm for charity. She auctioned off the kiss to benefit Project Angel Food, a charity that provides meals to the homeless in Los Angeles.
- #010
In 2019, Sharon Stone said she was blocked from the dating app Bumble because other users suspected her account was fake. It was later restored after she contacted online support.
- #011
Sharon Stone has a farm in New Zealand.
- #012
(3/2/00) Stone's former housekeeper, Socorro Del Carmen Membreno, pleaded not guilty to the large-scale theft of $300,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from Stone's Los Angeles home two months earlier. In June, the former housekeeper was sentenced to 16 months in prison after claiming she had no objection to taking Ms. Stone's belongings. Judge Victoria Chavez, after finding that the housekeeper had taken jewelry, handbags and other items from the home, ordered Socorro Del Carmen Membrano to pay Stone $50,000 in restitution. Among the items taken were dozens of evening gowns valued at more than $20,000.
- #013
Her production company is called Chaos Productions.
- #014
Sharon Stone has three adopted sons: Roan Bronstein Stone (born May 22, 2000) with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein; and Laird Vonne Stone (born May 7, 2005) and Quinn Kelly Stone (born June 8, 2006) as a single parent. She adopted Roan and Laird from Texas.
- #015
At age 15, Sharon Stone entered Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
- #016
After 10 years as an advocate and fundraiser for AIDS research, Sharon Stone received the Harvard Foundation's 2005 Humanitarian Award at Memorial Church. Her friend Rock Hudson died of AIDS.
- #017
Before adopting her first son, Roan, in July 2000, Sharon Stone had several miscarriages.
- #018
As a child, Sharon Stone staged theater productions in the family's two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a picnic table; one of the garage doors would go down while the other went up, revealing a new set that Stone had created.
- #019
Sharon Stone is a major supporter of the AIDS research organization amfAR.
- #020
In the 1970s she attended Pennsylvania's Edinboro State University on a writing scholarship, studying creative writing and fine arts, but left before graduating to continue her modeling career. In 2007 the school later awarded her an honorary doctorate in Philosophy for public service.
- #021
In 2001 Stone was linked to a biography of German film director Leni Riefenstahl. Director candidate Paul Verhoeven and Riefenstahl herself preferred Stone to play Riefenstahl in the film. Verhoeven, who had worked with Stone before, reportedly withdrew from the project because he wanted to hire a more expensive screenwriter than the producers did.
- #022
In 2015 Stone was the guest of honor at the Pilosio Building Peace Award in Milan. In front of a crowd of construction industry CEOs and other dignitaries, she launched an impromptu auction on stage. She secured enough pledges to build 28 schools in Africa.
- #023
In 1995 she received the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government.
- #024
In 1995 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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She converted to Buddhism after Richard Gere introduced her to the Dalai Lama.
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She was selected by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" (#49).
- #027
She fainted from severe headaches during a fashion show in Milan, Italy.
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She is a former model of the Eileen Ford Model Agency.
- #029
Following their divorce, she temporarily lost custody of her son Roan Bronstein Stone to Phil Bronstein.
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She has an older brother (Michael Stone), a younger brother (Patrick Stone) and a sister (Kelly Stone).
- #031
She auditioned for the role of Breathless Mahoney in the film Dick Tracy (1990).
- #032
At the age of 17 she competed in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant.
- #033
In 2002 she served as a Jury Member at the Cannes Festival alongside David Lynch, Christine Hakim, Claude Miller, Michelle Yeoh, Raúl Ruiz, Régis Wargnier, Walter Salles and William August (feature films category).
- #034
She was a good friend of singer Christina Aguilera and attended Aguilera's wedding to music producer Jordan Bratman on November 19, 2005, in Napa Valley, California.
- #035
She took part as one of the celebrity models in Thierry Mugler's charity fashion show benefiting the Los Angeles AIDS Project.
- #036
Sharon Stone has said she considers shamelessness a skill.
- #037
Sharon Stone met her close friend Mimi Craven on the set of Deadly Blessing (1981). They later worked together on Last Dance (1996).
- #038
As a child, Sharon Stone once said she would be the next Marilyn Monroe.
- #039
Sharon Stone turned down the role of Laura Alden in Wolf (1994), which went to Michelle Pfeiffer.
- #040
As a child, Sharon Stone and her sister Kelly were sexually abused by their maternal grandfather, Clarence Lawson.
- #041
Sharon Stone auditioned for the role of Lana in Risky Business (1983).
- #042
Sharon Stone was considered for the role of Crystal Connors in Showgirls (1995).
- #043
Sharon Stone was considered for the role of Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin (1997), but the part ultimately went to Uma Thurman.
- #044
Sharon Stone appeared as a spokesmodel contestant in the pilot episode of the syndicated series Star Search (1983); she won the competition.
- #045
Sharon Stone was originally set to share the lead in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993). She actually wanted to play both female roles, but studio executives at Sony disliked the idea, and upon learning this she refused to accept the part. The roles went to Nancy Travis and Amanda Plummer.
- #046
During the filming of Total Recall (1990), Sharon Stone complained to director Paul Verhoeven that she was not sure whether her character was actually married to Doug.
- #047
Sharon Stone is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent.
- #048
Sharon Stone is the daughter of Joseph Stone, a tool and die manufacturer, and Dorothy Stone, an accountant and housewife. Her aunt Vonne Stone was a painter and writer.
- #049
Sharon Stone turned down the role of Lilly Raines in In the Line of Fire (1993), which went to Rene Russo.
- #050
Sharon Stone was made an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters on 20 May 2005 by Festival President Gilles Jacob during the 58th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
- #051
Sharon Stone was set to play a character named Sharon Stone in The Flintstones (1994). When she left to make The Specialist (1994), the character's name was changed to Rosetta Stone and Halle Berry took her place. Sharon and Halle worked together ten years later on Catwoman (2004).
- #052
Sharon Stone was originally cast as Stacy Mansdorf in Blue Ice (1992) but left the production for Basic Instinct (1992). Sean Young replaced her.
- #053
Sharon Stone wanted the roles played by Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996) and The Horse Whisperer (1998).
- #054
Sharon Stone attended Saegertown High School in Saegertown, Pennsylvania.
- #055
Sharon Stone signed with the talent agency CAA.
- #056
Sharon Stone worked with Woody Allen four times: Stardust Memories (1980) (she was only an extra), Antz (1998) (voice), Picking Up the Pieces (2000) and Fading Gigolo (2013).
- #057
Sharon Stone became a model at 18.
- #058
Sharon Stone was considered for the lead role in Jade (1995), which went to Linda Fiorentino.
- #059
Sharon Stone's ex-husband Phil Bronstein is one of the editors of the San Francisco Examiner.
- #060
Sharon Stone turned down the role in Exit to Eden (1994) that was later given to Rosie O'Donnell.
- #061
Sharon Stone ranked 11th on Men's Health's list of the 100 Hottest Women of All Time.
- #062
Sharon Stone won a local beauty pageant at 17.
- #063
Sharon Stone grew up in Pennsylvania as a bespectacled, brown-haired tomboy who knew how to shoot and fish.
- #064
Sharon Stone was roommates with Angela Robinson Witherspoon while they were modeling.
- #065
Demi Moore took over the role originally planned for Sharon Stone in Corporate Animals (2019) after Stone had to leave due to scheduling conflicts.
- #066
Sharon Stone was engaged to producer William J. MacDonald from 1993 to 1994.
- #067
Although Sharon Stone is both a Buddhist and a believer in God, she supports Planned Parenthood.
- #068
Sharon Stone was considered for the role of Emma Peel in The Avengers (1998).
- #069
Sharon Stone was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" and "25 Most Intriguing People."
- #070
Sharon Stone was mentioned in Joe Eszterhas's memoir "Hollywood Animal."
- #071
Sharon Stone played the Giant in Into the Woods at the Nantucket Theatre Workshop.
- #072
Sharon Stone's current boyfriend is journalist Enzo Cursio.
- #073
Sharon Stone was named one of the 50 Hottest Babes of All Time by the Australian men's magazine Zoo Weekly.
- #074
Sharon Stone was considered for the role of Alex in the 1992 film Red Shoe Diaries.
- #075
Sharon Stone missed out on appearing in Alan Parker's new film Angela's Ashes because, despite offering her services for free, her scenes were left in the cutting room. Stone wanted to play the first girl to sleep with Irish author Frank McCourt when he arrived in America, in the film based on his bestselling book.
- #076
Sharon Stone attended the Shanghai International Film Festival in China.
- #077
Sharon Stone adopted her son Roan.
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Sharon Stone's manager of 30 years was Chuck Binder.
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Sharon Stone was born at 17:55 (EST).
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