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Biography
Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in
Pennsylvania. Her strict father was a factory worker, and her
mother was a homemaker. She was the second of four children. At the
age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, PA, and at that
same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and
graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. She was
a very smart girl (with an IQ of 154), became a bookworm, and once
was told that a suitable job for her (and her brains) was to become
a lawyer. However, her first love was still the black-and-white
movies, especially those featuring 'Fred Astaire' (qv) and 'Ginger
Rogers' (qv). So, the 17-year-old Sharon got herself into the Miss
Pennsylvania beauty contest and won it. From working part-time as a
McDonald's countergirl, she worked her way up to become a
successful Ford model, both in TV commercials and print ads.
Finally, in 1980, she made her debut in 'Woody Allen' (qv)'s
_Stardust Memories (1980)_ (qv) as "pretty girl in train". Her
first speaking part, though, was in Wes Craven's horror movie,
_Deadly Blessing (1981)_ (qv). She struggled through many parts in
B-movies, notably in _King Solomon's Mines (1985)_ (qv), and
_Action Jackson (1988)_ (qv). She was also married in 1984 with
'Michael Greenburg' (qv), the producer of "MacGyver," but they
divorced two years later. She finally received her big break with
'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) in _Total Recall (1990)_ (qv) and also
posed nude for Playboy, a daring move for a 32-year-old actress.
But it worked; she accepted a breaktrough role as a sociopath
novelist, Catherine Tramell, in in _Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv)
with 'Michael Douglas' (qv). Her interrogation scene has become a
classic in film history, and her performance captivated everyone,
from MTV viewers, who honored her with Most Desirable Female and
Best Female Performance Awards, to a Golden Globe nomination for
Best Actress. After she got famous, she didn't want to be typecast,
so she played a victim in _Sliver (1993)_ (qv) and in _Intersection
(1994)_ (qv), she was the aloof, estranged wife of 'Richard Gere'
(qv). These movies didn't "work," so she got herself again into
more aggressive roles , such as _Specialist, The (1994)_ (qv), with
'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) and _Quick and The Dead, The (1995)_ (qv)
with 'Gene Hackman' (qv). But it wasn't until she played a
beautiful but drug-crazy wife of 'Robert De Niro' (qv) in _Casino
(1995)_ (qv) that she got far more than just fame and fortune--she
also received the acknowledgement of the movie industry for her
acting ability. She received her first Golden Globe and an Oscar
nomination. She did a couple of films afterwards, teaming up with
'Isabelle Adjani' (qv) in _Diabolique (1996)_ (qv), and as a woman
waiting for her death penalty in _Last Dance (1996)_. In 1998, she
married a newspaper editor, Phil Bronstein. She also received her
third Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress that year
for _Mighty, The (1998)_ (qv), a film that her company, Chaos, also
co-executive produced. The next year, she entered her first comedic
role in _Muse, The (1999)_ (qv), which starred and was directed by
'Albert Brooks' (qv), and gave her another Golden Globe nomination.
Sharon Stone, a diva who thoroughly enjoys her hard-won stardom, is
now a mother of an adorable baby boy, Roan Joseph.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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