After redefining cinema with her pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and appearing on the cover of virtually every magazine, Pheobo Cates ditched Hollywood. Cates managed to become a sex icon in her day despite being a teenager. Just when she was in her element, she disappeared into thin air. Join FactsVerse as […] More
John Barrymore was a legendary Hollywood actor that started out in the era of silent films and managed to be just as successful when films with sound were introduced. This made John stand out from many of his silent-film contemporaries, though the actor wouldn’t have such great luck later in his life. As a result […] More
Caroline Munro is a gorgeous British actress and model best known for her supporting performances in a variety of genre films throughout the 1970s. These films included such features as Ray Harryhausen’s 1973 fantasy classic The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, as well as the 1977 Roger Moore-starring James Bond vehicle The Spy Who Loved Me. […] More
Remember when Paul Reuben, AKA Pee Wee Herman, was arrested for engaging in some not-so-family-friendly activity at an adult theater in 1991? And did you know that David Joyner, the actor who spent more than a decade portraying the lovable purple T-Rex Barney on PBS’ Barney and Friends is now a tantric sex therapist? We […] More
Better known by her stage name of Elvira, Cassandra Peterson is a horror icon that is ubiquitous beyond any of her works. The star began playing the character that made her famous in the 1980s. Elvira started out as a character that hosted syndicated horror movies on television, and she quickly became more popular than […] More
1976 was a truly historic year. It was the year that Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent president Gerald in the United States presidential election, Apple Computer and Microsoft incorporated, and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan could be disconnected from her ventilator. Aside from landmark political and business milestones, 1976 was also […] More
Alyssa Milano is a television star that has featured in multiple hit programs over the course of her ongoing career, including Who’s the Boss?, Melrose Place, and Charmed. The actress got her start in the entertainment industry at a young age, when her babysitter brought the young girl to an audition for the role of […] More
Capucine was a French actress and model that remains best known to the world at large thanks to her roles in a few notable films, including 1963’s The Pink Panther. Despite the modest success that she received in the entertainment industry, Capucine was rarely found to be happy throughout her life and attempted suicide several […] More
Heather Locklear is perhaps best known for her role as Amanda Woodward on Fox’s Melrose Place. The primetime soap opera ran from July 1992 to May 1999 and was a huge hit with teens and young adults. That role earned Locklear four consecutive Golden Globe nods for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series. Previously, […] More
They say that what goes up must come down. Sure, we just started this video out with a warn-out cliché, but that’s just the way it is. Anyway, folk legend John Denver learned the hard way that his meteoric rise to fame in the 1970s wasn’t without it’s disadvantages. While his bank account no doubt […] More
The demand for Hollywood animal trainers is expected to grow by 11% from now to the end of the decade. Animation and CGI may be on the rise, but there’s something special about seeing a real animal on screen. Many of these lovable creatures have risen to fame. They come from all species, including dogs, […] More
The beautiful Linda Harrison will always be known as the beauty amongst the apes by fans of her generation. She made a lasting impression on audiences in the 1960s as the silent Nova in the science fiction classics Planet of the Apes (1968) and Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), opposite Charlton Heston’s character, […] More