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The Jobs of Celebrities' Parents
What does it take for somebody to raise a future star? Good looks,
athletic ability, old family money, influential connections? What
about birth place or choice of college? Being famous oneself would
seem to guarantee that one's son or daughter would also become famous.
Well, there just isn't an obvious pattern. Fame of the parent can
backlash on a child (for instance, Julian Lennon), and a modest,
loving family background - more often than not - is the foundation of
many celebrities' childhoods (Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner, David
Letterman, Robin Williams).
On the other hand, some celebrities were deserted or abused by a
parent or relative when they were young (Roseanne, Oprah Winfrey,
Marilyn Monroe, Suzanne Somers), or had a parent die at an early age
(Madonna, Tim Allen, Rosie O'Donnell, Ingrid Bergman). Nor is wealth
critical, as some celebrities came from impoverished families (Michael
Caine, Dolly Parton, Ashley Judd, Elvis Presley). Ethnic and religious
backgrounds of parents have no influence on a child becoming famous.
Parents of celebrities have next-to-nothing in common with each other,
as evidenced here in this list of their occupations:
Ben Affleck Father: drug rehabilitation counselor
Mother: teacher.
Isaac Asimov Father: candy store owner.
Steven Bochco Father: Rudolph Bochco, child prodigy
violinist who later played with Broadway-show
orchestras and with Carnegie Hall leading
artists.
Sandra Bullock Mother: Helga Bullock, opera singer.
Tim Burton Father: minor-league baseball player, Burbank
parks official
Mother: shop manager, once owned a
cat-accessory store.
Michael Caine Father: dock worker
Mother: cleaning woman.
Drew Carey "Father: General Motors draftsman
Mother: secretary.
Kurt Cobain Father: auto mechanic
Mother: cocktail waitress."
Ted Danson Father: director of a local Native American
Museum.
Johnny Depp Father: city engineer
Mother: waitress.
Charles Dickens Father: British Naval Pay Office clerk.
Anthony Edwards Father: architect
Mother: artist.
Federico Fellini Father: traveling salesman of
confections, preserves, and coffee.
Audrey Hepburn Father: English banker
Mother: Dutch baroness.
Nicole Kidman Father: biochemist
Mother: nursing instructor.
Jennifer Lopez Father: computer specialist
Mother: kindergarten teacher.
Courtney Love Father: author/publisher
Mother: psychologist.
Mother: lawyer.
Matthew Perry Father: actor John Bennett Perry (Old Spice
commercials in 1970s)
Mother: press aide to Pierre Trudeau.
Jada Pinkett-Smith Father: contractor
Mother: nurse.
Brad Pitt Father: trucking firm manager.
Julia Roberts Father: vacuum salesman
Mother: church secretary.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Father: police chief in Graz, Austria.
David Schwimmer Father: attorney
divorce.
Alicia Silverstone Father: real estate investor
Mother: former airline stewardess.
Will Smith Father: engineer
Mother: school board employee.
John Travolta Father: tire salesman and former
semiprofessional football player
Mother: high school teacher.
Denzel Washington Father: Pentecostal minister
Mother: beautician.
Catherine Zeta-Jones Father: Welsh candy factory manager
Mother: Irish seamstress.
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