Post the real name of someone famous & see if anyone knows who it is without using Google

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Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe

[PoliticAverse]

1. Caryn Elaine Johnson

[FalloutShelter]

4. That's Whoopee Goldberg.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Inventor of the Moth Ball?

[DBoon]

3. Lee James Jude Capallero

[GReedDiamond]

5. Eric Reed Boucher

[Joinfortmill]

6. Stefani Joanne Germanotta

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Lady Gaga!

[ret5hd]

7. Gailard Sartain

[texasfiddler]

8. Marion Morrison

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. John Wayne!

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31. Was that John Wayne?

(I know his first name was Marion)

[texasfiddler]

43. Yes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Arnold Dorsey

[rateyes]

93. Engelbert Humperdink

[texasfiddler]

12. Marvin Aday

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Michael Douglas

[Niagara]

23. Michael Keaton

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. Yup. At the time, SAG wouldn't let 2 actors have the same name

That's why Michael J Fox added the middle initial. There was already an actor named Michael Fox.

[Niagara]

58. Yes. Stewart Granger changed his name to avoid

confusion with actor Jimmy Stewart.



Also, David Bowie was born David Robert Jones, he changed his name to avoid confusion with Davy Jones.



Nowadays, there's so many more celebrities with the same name. It can get confusing.

[First Speaker]

15. Spangler Arlington Brugh

[Talitha]

17. Robert Taylor, IIRC

[First Speaker]

18. You got it!

[Wolf Frankula]

16. Amos Muzyad Jaqoob Kairouz

Wolf

[First Speaker]

19. Danny Thomas

[Wolf Frankula]

21. You Got It!

Wolf

[Talitha]

20. Here's a few off the top of my head (great thread, BTW!)

1) James Stewart

2) Archibald Leach

3) Frances Gumm

4) Ruby Stevens

[First Speaker]

22. In order...

1. Stewart Granger

2. Cary Grant

3. Judy Garland

4. Barbara Stanwyck

[Talitha]

37. Yep!!

[TexasBushwhacker]

64. I kinda like the name Ruby Stevens

But I admit that Barbara Stanwyck sounds more classy.

[Niagara]

24. Mary Ellen Reynolds

[Niagara]

25. Jerome Silberman

[Wolf Frankula]

48. Gene Wilder

Wolf

[Niagara]

52. Yes, good job!

[Niagara]

26. Jane Alice Peters

[Niagara]

27. Charles Dennis Buchinsky

[Harker]

28. That's Charles Bronson. n/t

[Niagara]

29. Great job!

[Harker]

32. He uttered a line that I use often...

"Yes... No... I don't know" in The Great Escape.

[Niagara]

36. I haven't watched that one yet.

I recently discovered him and I have watched Mr. Majestyk, The Mechanic and Once Upon a Time in the West.


I'll put The Great Escape on my must-watch list.

[Baltimike]

57. His younger sister Mary lived up the street from me, before she passed

We were neighbors for over twenty years. Nice lady

[Niagara]

59. Oh wow!

Did she reside in PA?

[Baltimike]

62. Nope. Baltimore.

She and her two best friends, a guy and a gal who got married, all lived in a house that they remodeled to suit them. The couple had two kids, and both of them, the couple, predeceased Ms. Mary, who their kids called Aunt Mary. After she passed away, they had an estate sale, and it was so cool to see how they divided the home so that she had an apartment on the first floor and the four member family had the other half of the first floor and the second floor. It looked to be updated to the hilt around the 1970's, and word was that her brother Charles kicked in some money for the renovations. She was a nice lady who was quiet but got outside for some sunshine every day.

on edit: the kids did nothing about the house while Aunt Mary was still alive. Only after she passed away did they have any kind of sale. I love that they waited and didn't make her feel any further destabilized. She had already lost both of her best friends.

[Niagara]

63. This was an enchanting story to read.

Thank you for sharing this story and your knowledge.



I'm glad to hear that someone was looking our for her. I know that in their younger days as kids the entire family had it rough financially. Charles didn't like to talk about himself too much, but he did say in an interview that he had to wear his sisters dresses to school since they were that poor. It's nice to hear that he was able to help his sister out with home renovations as well.

[TexasBushwhacker]

65. I know there were some relatives he never spoke to though

They were always asking him for money.

[Baltimike]

66. I don't know of any relatives like that. They had a huge family though

Miss Mary was the youngest of the siblings

[Niagara]

67. I can honestly say if I had money

there would be many of my relatives that would be SOL (sh!t out of luck) too.

[happybird]

84. My great grandmother threw him off the front porch

for teaching my great Aunt Louise to dance to the polka!


He’s from the cluster of small towns outside of Johnstown, PA, where my family is from. It’s a story we always heard at Christmas, when I was young and my Grandma’s sisters were visiting. I miss those ladies so much!

[Niagara]

86. I almost missed your response.

I was visualizing this story and laughing at this as I reading it. Thank you for sharing this.

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30. Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd

[Harker]

33. Frederick Austerlitz.

[First Speaker]

38. Fred Astaire

[Harker]

44. Yep! n/t

[Harker]

34. Creighton Tull Chaney.

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Added hint... Wolf Frankula should get this one.

[Wolf Frankula]

85. Lon Chaney Junior.

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Here's a song for his fans.

Wolf

[Harker]

35. Elbert L. Woods.

[First Speaker]

40. Tiger, tiger, burning not so bright...

[Harker]

45. In a way, yes, but not the golfer. n/t

[Harker]

46. Shuffle the deck, and deal again. n/t

[First Speaker]

41. Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee

[First Speaker]

42. Cornelius McGillicuddy

[Wolf Frankula]

50. Connie Mack

Wolf

[First Speaker]

51. Yes!

[Wolf Frankula]

49. Lew Alcindor.

He's probably taller than you are.

Wolf

[jcgoldie]

53. Kareem Abdul Jabbar!

One of my all time favorites.

[Wolf Frankula]

55. Rightso!

Wolf

[jcgoldie]

56. And a great actor too!

Ever seen his enormous footprint that took up Bruce Lee's entire torso in game of death??

[Brother Buzz]

54. Pearl Grey

A friend of William Wrigley

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60. Harold Jenkins

[lpbk2713]

95. Conway Twitty

...

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97. Yessiree!

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68. Eleanor Fagan Gough

[First Speaker]

88. Billie Holiday?

[red dog 1]

89. That's the one!

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69. Grace Barnett Wing

[Wolf Frankula]

70. Gracie Slick

Wolf

[red dog 1]

72. That's her!

[Wolf Frankula]

71. Dino Crocetti and Joseph Levitch

They worked together for many years.

Wolf

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73. Martin & Lewis?

[Wolf Frankula]

75. Yesaroonie!

Wolf

[red dog 1]

74. William Bruce Bailey

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76. Francis Castelluccio

[Wolf Frankula]

92. Frankie Valli

One of the Frankies and Bobbies.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

96. You got it, Wolf!

[ShazzieB]

77. Gordon Sumner

[Niagara]

78. Sting.

[ShazzieB]

79. Yep!

[Moostache]

80. Brian Hewson

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81. Love Michelle Harrison

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

110. Courtney Love?

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82. Norma Jean Mortensen

[Niagara]

83. Marilyn Monroe.

[red dog 1]

87. That's her!

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90. Paul David Hewson

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91. Diane Hall

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

99. Diane Keaton?

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104. Ding!

[fNord]

94. Waren Zevon

[keithsw]

98. How about

Mary Francis Penick

[Niagara]

100. John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.

[Wolf Frankula]

101. Jon Bon Jovi

I think that's how he spells it.

Wolf

[Niagara]

103. Yes!

You spelled it correctly.

[Wolf Frankula]

102. George Setter

Hint: He posts here a lot. And it's not me.


Wolf

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105. Alice O'Connor

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106. Eric Marlon Bishop

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107. John Elroy Sanford

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

108. Redd Foxx?

(Sanford & Son was a clue)

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109. You got it!