The 1st Babe of the Day/Du Jour:
Halle Berry (43) 1966
Born: Cleveland, Ohio / Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Birth name: Halle Maria Berry / Nickname: Hannah Little
Born to African American father Jerome Berry,
a former hospital attendant,
and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse.
Halle also has an older sister named Heidi.
Halle's parents, Judith & Jerome Berry,
divorced when she was 4 years old.
She was then raised by her mom.
In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper,
cheerleader and class president. Was also crowned prom queen.
Graduate of Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the
Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985
and a year later in 1986 when she was the first runner-up in the
Miss USA Pageant.
Miss USA; first runner-up to Christy Fichtner who was on the
first season of
'Who Wants to Marry My Dad?' (2003). [1986]
Attended Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
Spouses: Eric Benét (24 January 2001 - present) (filed for divorce)
David Justice (31 December 1992 - 1996) (divorced)
Is a spokeswoman for Revlon cosmetics.
Is named after the grand old ‘Halle Building’ in Cleveland, Ohio,
which originally housed the ‘Halle Brothers Department Store’.
The building is now an office building and the fictional setting for the
Winfred-Louder department store on 'Drew Carey Show, The' (1995).
Won 2002 Oscar for ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ for:
“Monster's Ball” (2001).
First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
When researching for her role of Dorothy Dandridge,
she discovered that she and Dorothy were both born in the same
Cleveland, Ohio hospital.
DD was the 1st African-American women
to be nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Actress and coincidentally Halle Berry is the first to have
won in that category.
Is the second 'Bond Girl' to win an Oscar.
The first was Kim Basinger
(Best Supporting Actress for 'L.A. Confidential' (1997))
Thou the Bond movie 'Never Say Never Again' (1983)
is not included in the list of 20 official James Bond films.
May 2003 - Broke her arm on the set of 'Gothika' (2003),
filming in Montreal.
She is currently the highest paid black actress in Hollywood. [2004]
2005: Most recent movie and seen by Baltimore Bob in 'Catwoman' (2004)
playing Patience Phillips/Catwoman.
2008: Latest moview roles at age 42 in ‘Class Act’ (2008)
(in production) as Tierney Cahill,
and ‘Tulia’ (2008) (pre-production) as Vanita Gupta, at age 43
in ‘Frankie and Alice’ (2009)
(pre-production) as Frankie/Alice and at age 44
in ‘Nappily Ever After’ (2010) (announced) as Venus Johnson.
Measurements: 36C-22-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
I'll post another gal most days.
Baltimore BOb


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