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Jürgen Vogel was born on April 29, 1968 in Hamburg, West Germany as Jürgen Peter Vogel. Crystal was born and raised in Japan under a Korean mother and an American father. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her father is former Olympic wrestler and Benihana restaurant magnate Rocky Aoki and her mother is Pamela Hilburger, a jewelry designer. Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood.He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer.Depp was raised in Florida. As a girl, Shannon took dance lessons, including tap, ... An icy, elegant blonde with a knack for playing complex and strong-willed female leads, enormously popular actress Faye Dunaway starred in several films which defined what many would come to call Hollywood's "second Golden Age." 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Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions (such as Schmidt, Müller, … She was born on February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho, as Sarah Louise Heath, the daughter of Chuck Heath and Sally Heath. Two Emmy-Award-winning productions stand out among the numerous films, TV and made-for-TV movies that... Ulrich Matthes was born on May 9, 1959 in West Berlin, West Germany. Famous German Americans/Celebrities of German Descent! HOT Celebrity pics and photos, desktop wallpapers and celebrities gossip and screen savers and videos (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and The Marine 2 (2009). He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004).Ganz was born in Zürich, to a Swiss mechanic father and a ... Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1941, Jürgen Prochnow is a leading actor of the German stage and screen. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was a white American from Wichita, Kansas. She is an actress, known for Die Konferenz (2004), Frank Riva (2003) and Herr Bello (2007). After her graduation in 1994, she went to the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a drama school in Munich, but soon broke off to ... Actor, producer, writer, and director Til Schweiger is Germany's best-known actor and also the country's most successful director. His mother was a Scottish immigrant who initially worked as a maid. He is an actor, known for Summer Storm (2004), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and Engel & Joe (2001). Jordin Brianna Sparks was born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Glendale, Arizona & Ridgewood, New Jersey. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,... Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. 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