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Then: The Bermondsey Boy Who Renamed Himself 🎬 He was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite on March 14, 1933, in Bermondsey, London — the son of a fish-market porter and a charlady, raised in a two-room flat with no indoor plumbing. Evacuated during the Blitz and called up for National Service in Korea, he spent a

Geena Davis Then 🌟 Long before she was an Oscar winner, Virginia Elizabeth Davis was a tall, brainy kid from Wareham, Massachusetts, born on January 21, 1956. Music was her first love. She learned piano, flute, and organ, and as a teenager she played the organ at her local Congregational church. A high-school exchange year

Joe Pesci is the rare movie star who walked away at the very top — and stayed away. 🔥 Born Joseph Frank Pesci on February 9, 1943, in Newark, New Jersey, he turns 83 in 2026. Yet he remains one of the most quoted actors of his generation. Then: The Kid From Newark Pesci was

Kevin Kline Then 🎭 Kevin Delaney Kline was born on October 24, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri, into a household filled with classical music and opera. His family ran a record store, so young Kevin grew up surrounded by melodies — an early hint at the musical talent he’d later show on Broadway. At Indiana

A young Eddie Murphy in 1984, the year Beverly Hills Cop made him a movie star. Photo: Ellen Jaskol / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Then: Brooklyn to Saturday Night Live 🎤 Born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 3, 1961, Eddie Murphy grew up fast in Bushwick. His father, an amateur comedian and police

Some stars play a character. Dan Aykroyd built a universe — then bottled it in a glass skull. 👻 Born July 1, 1952, in Ottawa, Ontario, Aykroyd went from a kid writing paranormal newsletters to an original Saturday Night Live cast member, the co-writer and star of Ghostbusters, and a spirits-industry mogul. In 2026, at

A young Bill Murray in a 1979 NBC publicity photo for Saturday Night Live. Photo: NBC / Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Then: The Chicago Kid with a Smart Mouth 🌟 William James Murray was born on September 21, 1950, in Wilmette, Illinois — the second of nine children in a big Irish-Catholic family. His father

Chevy Chase in 1976, at the height of his Saturday Night Live fame. Photo: Alan Light / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). Then: The Golden Boy of Late-Night TV 📺 Cornelius Crane Chase was born on October 8, 1943, in New York City — into a wealthy Manhattan family with deep American roots. Comedy, though,

Few comedians have stayed funny — and stayed beloved — for as long as Martin Short. 🎭 From SCTV to Saturday Night Live to Only Murders in the Building, the Canadian funnyman has spent five decades making the world laugh, and at 76 he shows zero signs of stopping. Martin Short Then Martin Short in

Steve Martin is the rare comedian who got bigger the older he got. 🎭 At 81, the man with the white hair and the arrow through his head is not slowing down — he’s solving murders on TV, touring concert halls with a banjo, and releasing bluegrass singles about Sasquatch. From Disneyland magic shops to