Rob Roy MacGregor
May 4th, 2004, 03:05 PM
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=103
What's in a name? The folks in Tinseltown seem to think a lot. A name is very important to a career in entertainment since it's a part of the image being created. A number of little known actors thought long and hard to find a star-licious name and have since become big celebrities.
In the early days of Hollywood, it was common among actors and singers to change their name for the sake of image, to avoid ethnicity issues, or just because the name was too darn hard to pronounce. Just think of Goldie Hawn who used to be Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn. Now there's a mouth full!
Many actors with names clearly not of an Anglo-Saxon origin were advised to trade them in. Martin Sheen who was born Ramon Estevez reportedly changed his name so that he would not be typecast by his ethnicity. Others include Bernard Schwartz who became Tony Curtis and Doris Von Kappellof, a.k.a. Doris Day.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=103
What's in a name? The folks in Tinseltown seem to think a lot. A name is very important to a career in entertainment since it's a part of the image being created. A number of little known actors thought long and hard to find a star-licious name and have since become big celebrities.
In the early days of Hollywood, it was common among actors and singers to change their name for the sake of image, to avoid ethnicity issues, or just because the name was too darn hard to pronounce. Just think of Goldie Hawn who used to be Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn. Now there's a mouth full!
Many actors with names clearly not of an Anglo-Saxon origin were advised to trade them in. Martin Sheen who was born Ramon Estevez reportedly changed his name so that he would not be typecast by his ethnicity. Others include Bernard Schwartz who became Tony Curtis and Doris Von Kappellof, a.k.a. Doris Day.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=103