Friday, January 18, 2013

Did You Know?

Everybody has heard of John Wayne, Roy Rogers Irving Berlin and Doris Day, But did you know those are not their real names? Here are so interesting names of famous people that we all know! See if you know them all.

Dean Martin: Dino Crocetti
Jerry Lewis: Joseph Levitch
James Stewart: Stewart Granger
Liberace: Wladziu Valentino Liberace
Roy Rogers: Leonard Slye (definitely not cowboy enough)
Irving Berlin: Israel Baline
Stevie  Wonder: Steveland Judkins Morris
Doris Day: Doris Kappelhoff
Natalie Wood: Natasha Gurdin
Tammy Wynette: Wynette Pugh
Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
Rock Hudson: Roy Fitzgerald (yep Rock sounds more romantic)
Greta Garbo:Greta Gustafsson
Woody Allen: Allen Konigsberg
George Burns: Nat Birnbaum
Michael Caine: Maurice Mickelwhite
Joan Crawford: Lucille Le Sueur
John Denver: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (Rocky Mountain High and Country Boy would not sound the same!)
Yul Brynner: Taidje Kahn Jr (This would be fine for singing Shall we Dance, but the cowboy might have a problem with this name!)
and my all time favorite John Wayne. Do you have an idea of his name??.... Let me tell you, If the Duke would have kept his name, he would not be as tough, and would never have the guts to "spank the little lady"! His real name was..... Marion Michael  Morrison! Yep There you have it! NO wonder he changed it to John Wayne and was called the DUKE!!

So here is my bit of trivia for the day! Have a good one! Happy Friday!

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