Julie Gibson
Julie Gibson is just astounding! Born Gladys Camille Sorey in 1913, she lived until she was 105, passing only in 2019. Despite the fact that she was one of the older celebrities from what is known as the Golden Era of Hollywood, she outlived most of her fellows, and she was the last celebrity to die who worked with The Three Stooges. It is crazy to think that she broke into the film industry over eighty years ago, reaching the height of her career in the 1940s already establishing herself then as a legend.
Charlize Theron
Raised on a farm in South Africa, Charlize Theron was just 15 years old when her mother killed her alcoholic father in the name of self-defense after he threatened to kill both mother and daughter. She originally went to New York for a three-day modeling stint and stayed to train as a ballet dancer until an injury forced her to quit. She soon caught the eye of talent-agents and started with some small acting roles, and was soon being offered lots of “hot-chick” parts but turned them down. Even though a lot of people advised her to take the gigs so as ‘to hit while the irons hot’, she was thinking of the long-term. In an interview, she said that “playing the same part over and over doesn’t leave you with any longevity. And I knew it was going to be harder for me, because of what I look like, to branch out to different kinds of roles.”