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Famous as :

Actress

Birth Name :

Sharon Vonne Stone

Birth Date :

March 10, 1958

Birth Place :

Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA

Spouse :

George Englund Jr., Michael Greenburg (TV producer, 18-Aug-84 - 20-Jan-87), Phil Bronstein (14-Feb-98 - 29-Jan-04)

Claim to fame :

As Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct" (1992)

Biography


by AceShowbiz.com

Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories" (1980). Earning her first role as 'Pretty Girl on train', it was then that she experienced and discovered her true passion. Physically stunning, a French director was impressed and enrolled her for a small role in his movie "Uns et les autres, Les" (1981). It wasn't long that she signed another deal, a larger one this time as Lana Marcus in "Deadly Blessing" (1981), a movie directed by the master of suspense, Wes Craven.

For the next two years she would engage herself as either small or guest role in several TV series including the highly rated "Magnum, P.I." (1980). In 1984 a TV director, Michael Greenburg proposed to her and they got married on August 18, but the marriage shattered on Jan 20, 1987. After that played in some low budgeted movies and a soapy Spanish flick, Sharon then starred in "Total Recall" (1990). The sci-fi action movie which teamed her with Arnold Schwarzenegger and introduced her to director Paul Verhoeven for the first time, served as the first wave of her fame. After the movie, she was struck by a car accident in Sunset Boulevard, L.A. but went home immediately not realizing how severe ...

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her injuries were. Three days later after some painful moments, she admitted herself to a hospital and was diagnosed with concussion, broken ribs, dislocated jaw and slipped disc. Upon the recovery, instead of slowing down she took in 4 other movies including "Scissors" (1991) where she portrayed Angie Anderson, a disturbed woman trapped in a creepy apartment which was attempted to drive her crazy. Successful in displaying a sympathetic character and in carrying most of the movie's weight alone, at that point she had crossed a bridge where the new end was loaded with fruitful contracts, one of them was to appear nude on the front cover of Playboy magazine which she described as a job to add her monetary fund.

Selecting "Basic Instinct" (1992) to fill in her film resume, she built the momentum on the right time. Reunited with Verhoeven, Sharon was slickly sexy and sizzling hot as Catherine Tramell, a suspect of a brutal murder. The movie was known for its explicit sex scenes especially the one where Sharon's private area was exposed. Initially, she was told to take off her panties because it was visible through her tight dress, so when she agreed and did the ...

 
 

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