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Sharon Stone was born on the 10th of March
1958, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The second child of 4 (she has an
older Michael, younger sister Kelly and younger brother Patrick) to
parents Joseph and Dorothy Stone.
Sharon's mother wanted her brilliant child (Sharon is said to have
an IQ of 154) to rise beyond the small-town, blue-collar fate of her
and her husband, who were respectively a homemaker and Avon employee,
and a factory worker.
Sharon did rise well above to the status of one of Hollywood's most
sought-after actresses and sex symbols, but not without some flops
along the way.
Initially a creative writing student at Edinboro State University
in Pennsylvania, Sharon entered on scholarship and graduated with
a fine arts degree. In addition to her passion for literature, she
also loved classic film.
Her foray into acting went the beauty pageant route, after beauty
pageant promoters discovered her. Sharon didn't succeed as a beauty
queen, so she tried modeling instead. She became a Ford model, which
raised her recognition factor and gave her experience in front of
the camera, but was not stimulating enough for the future MENSA member.
Sharon made her film debut as the pretty girl on a train in Woody
Allen's Stardust Memories (1980), and starred in movies not even worth
mentioning, such as 1981's Deadly Blessing, 1985's King Solomon's
Mines and 1987's Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. She did, however,
make audiences take notice with a bit part in Irreconcilable Differences,
in 1984.
TV audiences may remember Sharon from several '80s shows in which
she appeared, such as Remington Steele, Magnum P.I. and T.J. Hooker.
After more roles in Made-for-TV movies, Sharon was cast as Arnold
Schwarzenegger's "wife" in 1990's Total Recall, which helped
word of a new, sexy blonde actress get around Hollywood. Posing for
Playboy in the early '90s didn't hurt her cause either.
It was her role as bisexual author Catherine Tramell opposite Michael
Douglas in the 1992 film Basic Instinct that not only made ice picks
and going commando famous, but also made Sharon Stone a sex symbol
and Hollywood's newest "it" girl.
The MTV Movie Awards named Sharon the Most Desirable Female and gave
her the award for Best Female Performance in 1993, but despite the
slew of films that Sharon starred in, maintaining her reputation in
Hollywood was difficult.
With bombs such as 1993's Sliver, 1994's Intersection, and 1995's
The Quick and the Dead (which was made by her production company,
Chaos), skeptics of Sharon's talent had more ammunition.
But she bounced back in 1995, with her memorable role as Ginger the
hustler in Casino, co-starring Robert De Niro. The Academy Awards
honored Sharon with a Best Actress Nomination, and she won the Golden
Globe and the Women in Film Crystal Award that same year.
With highs come the lows, marked by ill-advised choices such as 1996's
Diabolique and Last Dance, 1998's Sphere and The Mighty, and 1999's
The Muse, Gloria, and Simpatico. Sharon's ability to choose movies
has been questioned -- while her ability to deliver good performances
remains intact.
Despite commercial highs and dips, Sharon has made a name for herself
as a supporter of breast cancer research and is a gay-rights activist
-- she received a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Campaign,
for her role in 2000's If These Walls Could Talk 2, in which she played
Ellen DeGeneres' lesbian lover.
In real life, Sharon wakes up to husband Phil Bronstein, a newspaper
editor who wed Sharon on Valentine's Day, 1998. The couple adopted
a baby boy together in 2000, named Roan Joseph Bronstein. This is
the second marriage for Sharon, who was previously married to associate
producer Michael Greenburg, from 1984 to 1987.
Sharon has already been romantically linked to singer Dwight Yoakam
and actor/comedian Garry Shandling.
Thanks to the success of Basic Instinct, the sequel is ready to be
shot, after going through several options for the male lead. We are
certainly anticipating Sharon's icy return.Shannon
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