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John Travolta
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February 18, 1954 in Englewood, NJ
Biography:During the last few years of the 1970s, "John Travolta" reigned as one of the most towering stars in Hollywood, second, perhaps, only to Burt Reynolds and Robert Redford as a top male box office draw. After a string of hits in films, on television, and on the radio, Travolta emerged as a seemingly unstoppable cultural phenomenon, defining tastes in music and fashion while dominating innumerable columns of newspapers and tabloids. Like so many other celebrities, Travolta's initial fame proved short-lived, however, and by the mid-1980s the media and the public alike began to regard him as an outmoded relic of his era.

But in 1994, Travolta pulled off an astonishing feat: after years languishing in dull Hollywood by-product, he resurfaced, rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of has-been obscurity, reestablishing his claims to film superstardom and staking out new territory as one of the most... Full Biography

Filmography
Old Dogs (2009) The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Bolt (2008) Hairspray (2007) Lonely Hearts (2007) Wild Hogs (2007) Brando (2007) Dallas (2006)
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