celebrity members
Carmen Electra
Actress, Model, Singer, Author
Mini Bio: Best known for her role in the TV series Baywatch and MTV's Singled Out.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "You know, I had a couple of years of being homeless in Hollywood. A lot of people don't even know this. I remember sitting on a park bench in the valley. I was crying because I was stranded. It was over 100 degrees outside."
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Charlie Chaplin
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Mini Bio: Oscar winner. Received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth. Best known for his roles in the silent films of the early 1900s such as The Tramp.
Homelessness: Slept on the streets of London.
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Daniel Craig
Actor, Producer
Mini Bio: Best known for his role as James Bond in films such as Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
Homelessness: Slept on a park bench in London.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Danny Bonaduce
Actor, Producer, Comedian, Author, Radio Personality
Mini Bio: Danny is best known for being a child actor in the TV series, The Partridge Family.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it. No one had any idea that I was going to pull my car around the corner and go to sleep."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
David Letterman
Comedian, Actor, Producer, Author, Late Night TV Host
Mini Bio: Won 5 Emmy Awards. Best known for Late Night with David Letterman.
Homelessness: Lived in his pickup truck.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Debbie Reynolds
Actress, Producer
Mini Bio: Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning Actress, Debbie is best known for her role in the film Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly.
Homelessness: Lived in her car after her divorce in 1973.
Source(s): Autobiography, "Debbie: My Life" | Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Dr. Phil McGraw
Psychologist, Author, TV Talk Show Host
Mini Bio: After appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil went on to create his own TV talk show Dr. Phil.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "I was homeless living in a car with my dad. We eventually got a room at the downtown YMCA for five bucks a week."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Drew Carey
Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Author, Game Show Host
Mini Bio: Received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Homelessness: Lived in his car.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Halle Berry
Actress, Producer
Mini Bio: Oscar and Emmy Award winning Actress, Halle was the first African-American woman to win such an award in a leading role. Breaking through with Spike Lee's film Jungle Fever, Halle has been in numerous films and TV series.
Homelessness: Soon after moving to New York in the late 1980s, Halle slept in a NYC homeless shelter.
Source(s): Reader's Digest's April 2007 Cover Story; Halle Berry: From Homeless Shelter to Hollywood Fame | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Harry Martinson
Author
Mini Bio: Best known as a Swedish author and poet, Harry also recieved a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature.
Homelessness: Lived as a vagabond on country roads, eventually arrested for vagrancy.
Source(s): Amazon.com | Wikipedia.org
Hilary Swank
Actress, Producer
Mini Bio: After her breakthrough role in the film Boys Don't Cry, Hilary has since won 2 Oscars.
Homelessness: Lived in a car with her mother.
Source(s): Reader's Digest's January 2007 Cover Story; Hilary Swank: How Her Risky Choice Paid Off | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Actor, Producer, Martial Artist
Mini Bio: Best known for the film Bloodsport and many more martial arts action films.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "I was sleeping on the street and starving in L.A."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Jewel
Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Mini Bio: Nominated for a Grammy Award 4 times. Best known for her debut album, Pieces of You, which is still one of the best selling debut albums of all time, going platinum 15 times.
Homelessness: In the early 1990s, Jewel lived out of her van with her mother.
Source(s): TV Guide, March 16-22, 2009, Page 9. | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Jim Carrey
Actor, Comedian, Writer
Mini Bio: Won 2 Golden Globe Awards. Best known for his comedy sketches on the TV series In Living Color in the 1990s, and films such as Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber.
Homelessness: Lived in a yellow Volkswagon van in Canada with his brother, sister and parents.
Source(s): AssociatedContent.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Jim Morrison
Singer, Songwriter
Mini Bio: Lead Singer of the rock band, The Doors. Inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Listed in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
Homelessness: Jim was sleeping under the pier of Venice Beach, and couch surfing at friend's throughout southern California.
Source(s): Wikipedia.org
John Paul DeJoria
Businessman, Actor, Producer
Mini Bio: Best known for his John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care products line, John is now a Billionaire. As of 2011, John Paul Mitchell Systems has revenues of more than $900 million annually.
Homelessness: Homeless in Los Angeles as a single father.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
John Woo
Director, Producer
Mini Bio: Best known for directing the films Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "There was a big fire. We were homeless for a year. We lost everything."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Kelly Clarkson
Singer, Songwriter
Mini Bio: Grammy Award winner, Kelly is best known for winning American Idol's first competition in 2002.
Homelessness: Lived in a homeless shelter in Hollywood after her apartment building burned down.
Source(s): US Weekly, September 23, 2002 | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Michael Winslow
Actor, Comedian, Writer
Mini Bio: Best known as the "Man of 10,000 Sound Effects", Michael was in films such as Spaceballs and the Police Academy franchise.
Homelessness: Slept under the stars at Venice Beach. Performed on the boardwalk for donated money and food.
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Rose McGowan
Actress
Mini Bio: Best known for her role as Paige on the TV series Charmed.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "I was homeless for a year. I teamed up with this other girl - I met her the first day I was on the streets - and we roamed all over Oregon and Washington."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Sam Worthington
Actor, Director
Mini Bio: Best known for his lead role in the highest grossing film of all time, AVATAR.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "I was living in my car before I signed up for AVATAR."
Source(s): IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Shania Twain
Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Mini Bio: 5-Time Grammy Award winner, Shania is a Canadian Country-Pop singer who gained worldwide recognition in the 1990s. In 2003 she received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
Homelessness: Homeless twice, at age 14 then again at age 16. Quoted to say, "Ten hours later, we reached Toronto. Mom got out of the car to use a pay phone while we sat and waited in the car, returning a few minutes later with a piece of paper on which she'd scribbled the address of a homeless shelter. That night, the five of us slept in a crowded, sweltering place on cot-like beds."
Source(s): Autobiography, "From This Moment On" | Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Steve Jobs
Inventor, Businessman
Mini Bio: Steve helped design, develop, and market one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. Co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. 1997 - 2011. Steve is also credited with 338 U.S. patents.
Homelessness: Quoted to say, "I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned Coke bottles for the 5-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple." Also temporarily homeless while traveling through India in search of a Buddhist guru.
Source(s): Discovery.com | Wikipedia.org | YouTube
Suze Orman
Author, Motivational Speaker, Actress
Mini Bio: Best Selling Author, Suze also hosted her own show on CNBC called The Suze Orman Show.
Homelessness: Suze lived in her van while working as a Tree Cutter in Berkeley, CA.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Sylvester Stallone
Actor, Producer, Director, Author
Mini Bio: Best know for the franchise films of Rambo and Rocky. Received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Homelessness: Slept in the New York City Port Authority bus station for 3 weeks.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Tupac Shakur
Rapper, Actor, Author
Mini Bio: Highest selling Rap/Hip-Hop artist worldwide. Listed as MTV's #1 MC of All Time. Hip-Hop's Hall of Fame inductee.
Homelessness: Slept in shelters throughout California for 2 years.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org
Tyler Perry
Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright, Author
Mini Bio: Ranked by Forbes magazine as the 6th highest-paid man in Hollywood. As of June 2011, Tyler's films have grossed over $500 million worldwide.
Homelessness: Lived in his car.
Source(s): Amazon.com | IMDB.com | Wikipedia.org