Naming Names

In the land of make-believe, not everyone is who they say they are….

Don Adams – Donald James Yarmy
Edie Adams – Elizabeth Edith Enke
Eddie Albert – Edward Albert Heimberger
Alan Alda – Alphonso D’Abruzzo
Jane Alexander – Jane Quigley
Muhammad Ali – Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Woody Allen – Allen Konigsberg
Julie Andrews – Julia Wells
Eve Arden – Eunice Quedens
Beatrice Arthur – Bernice Frankel
Fred Astaire – Frederick Austerlitz
Frankie Avalon – Francis Thomas Avalonne
Lauren Bacall – Betty Joan Perske
Anne Bancroft – Anne Italiano
Antonio Banderas – José Antonio Dominguez Bandera
Brigitte Bardot – Camille Javal
Gene Barry – Eugene Klass
John Barrymore – John Blythe
Tony Bennett – Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Jack Benny – Benjamin Kubelsky
Milton Berle – Milton Berlinger
Irving Berlin – Israel Baline
Joey Bishop – Joseph Gottlieb
Robert Blake – Michael Gubitosi
Bono – Paul David Hewson
Sonny Bono – Salvatore Bono
Victor Borge – Borge Rosenbaum
Big Bopper – Jiles Perry Richardson
Ernest Borgnine – Ermes Effron Borgnino
David Bowie – David Robert Jones
Charles Bronson – Charles Buchinski
Mel Brooks – Melvin Kaminsky
Dr. Joyce Brothers – Joyce Diane Bauer
Yul Brynner – Taidje Kahn, Jr.
George Burns – Nathan Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn – Edna Gilhooley
Richard Burton – Richard Jenkins
Red Buttons – Aaron Chwatt
Nicholas Cage – Nicholas Coppola
Michael Caine – Maurice Micklewhite
Rory Calhoun – Francis Timony Durgin
Dyan Cannon – Simille Frieson
Truman Capote – Truman Streckfus Persons
Diahann Carroll – Carol Diahann Johnson
Cyd Charisse – Tula Ellice Finklea
Chubby Checker – Ernest Evans
Cher – Cherilyn Sarkisian
Patsy Cline – Virginia Patterson Hensley
Lee J. Cobb – Leo Jacoby
Perry Como – Pierino Roland Como
Mike Connors – Krekor “Kirk” Ohanian
Robert Conrad – Conrad Robert Falk
Alice Cooper – Vincent Damon Furnier
David Copperfield – David Kotkin
Howard Cosell – Howard Cohen
Elvis Costello – Declan MacManus
Bing Crosby – Harry Lillis Crosby
Tom Cruise – Thomas Mapother IV
Tony Curtis – Bernard Schwartz
Diddy – Sean John Combs
Rodney Dangerfield – Jacob Cohen
Bobby Darin – Walden Robert Cassotto
Doris Day – Doris von Kappelhoff
Jimmy Dean – Seth Ward
Yvonne De Carlo – Peggy Middleton
Sandra Dee – Alexandra Zuck
John Denver – Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Danny DeVito – Daniel Michaeli
Angie Dickinson – Angeline Brown
Bo Diddley – Elias Bates
Marlene Dictrich – Maria Von Losch
Troy Donahue – Merle Johnson, Jr.
Kirk Douglas – Issur Danielovitch
Bob Dylan – Robert Zimmerman
Barbara Eden – Barbara Huffman
Ron Ely – Ronald Pierce
Dale Evans – Frances Octavia Smith
Chad Everett – Raymond Cramton
Fabian – Fabiano Forte
Morgan Fairchild – Patsy McClenny
Stepin Fetchit – Lincoln Perry
Sally Field – Sally Mahoney
W.C. Fields – William Claude Dukenfield
Glenn Ford – Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
Jodie Foster – Alicia Christian Foster
Tony Franciosa – Anthony Papaleo
Connie Francis – Concetta Franconero
Greta Garbo – Greta Gustafsson
Judy Garland – Frances Gumm
James Garner – James Scott Baumgardner
Crystal Gayle – Brenda Gayle Webb
Whoopie Goldberg – Caryn Johnson
Eydie Gorme – Edith Gormezano
Stewart Granger – James Stewart
Cary Grant – Archibald Leach
Peter Graves – Peter Aurness
Rocky Graziano – Rocco Barbella
Joel Grey – Joe Katz
Buddy Hackett – Leonard Hacker
Jean Harlow – Harlean Carpentier
Rex Harrison – Reginald Carey
Helen Hayes – Helen Brown
Rita Hayworth – Margarita Cansino
Jimi Hendrix – Johnny Allen Hendrix
Charlton Heston – Charles Carter
Hulk Hogan – Terry Jean Bollette
William Holden – William Franklin Beedle, Jr.
Billy Holiday – Eleanora Fagan
Buddy Holly – Charles Hardin Holley
Bob Hope – Leslie Townes Hope
Harry Houdini – Ehrich Weiss
Rock Hudson – Roy Schere Jr.
Engelbert Humperdinck – Arnold Dorsey
Tab Hunter – Arthur Andrew Gelien
Burl Ives – Burle Icle Ivanhoe
Wolfman Jack – Robert Smith
David Janssen – David Meyer
Elton John – Reginald Dwight
Don Johnson – Donald Wayne
Al Jolson – Asa Yoelson
Danny Kaye – David Kaminski
Boris Karloff – William Henry Pratt
Diane Keaton – Diane Hall
Carole King – Carole Klein
Larry King – Larry Zeigler
Ted Knight – Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Ben Kingsley – Krishna Banji
Cheryl Ladd – Cheryl Stoppelmoor
Stan Laurel – Arthur Jefferson
Steve Lawrence – Sidney Leibowitz
Gypsy Rose Lee – Rose Louise Hovick
Peggy Lee – Norma Egstrom
Janet Leigh – Jeanette Morrison
Jerry Lewis – Joseph Levitch
Huey Lewis – Hugh Cregg
Hal Linden – Harold Lipshitz
Little Richard – Richard Penniman
Jack Lord – John Joseph Ryan
Sophia Loren – Sophia Scicolone
Bela Lugosi – Bela Ferenc Blasko
Moms Mabley – Loretta Mary Aitken
Shirley MacLaine – Shirley Beaty
Elle MacPherson – Eleanor Gow
Madonna – Madonna Louise Ciccone
Lee Majors – Harvey Lee Yeary II
Karl Malden – Mladen Sekulovich
Barry Manilow – Barry Alan Pincus
Jayne Mansfield – Vera Jane Palmer
Rocky Marciano – Rocco Francis Marchegiano
Dean Martin – Dino Crocetti
Walter Matthau – Walter Matuschanskayasky
Ethel Merman – Ethel Zimmerman
George Michael – Georgios Panayiotou
Joni Mitchell – Roberta Joan Anderson
Marilyn Monroe – Norma Jean Baker
Demi Moore – Demetria Guynes
Harry Morgan – Harry Bratsburg
Hugh O’Brian – Hugh Krampke
Maureen O’Hara – Maureen Fitzsimmons
Patti Page – Clara Ann Fowler
Jack Palance – Walter Palanuik
Bert Parks – Bert Jacobson
Johnny Paycheck – Don Lytle
Minnie Pearl – Sarah Ophella Colley Cannon
Bernadette Peters – Bernadette Lazzaro
Lou Diamond Phillips – Lou Upchurch
Slim Pickens – Louis Lindley
Stephanie Powers – Stefania Federkiewicz
Tony Randall – Leonard Rosenberg
Ahmad Rashad – Bobby Moore
Chuck Norris – Carlos Ray
Martha Raye – Margaret Theresa Yvonne Reed
Donna Reed – Donabella Mullenger
Della Reese – Delloreese Patricia Early
Debbie Reynolds – Mary Frances Reynolds
Joan Rivers – Joan Sandra Molinsky
Johnny Rivers – John Henry Ramistella
Edward G. Robinson – Emmanuel Goldenberg
Ginger Rogers – Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers – Leonard Slye
Mickey Rooney – Joe Yule Jr.
Meg Ryan – Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Jane Seymour – Joyce Frankenberg
Omar Sharif – Michael Shalhoub
Charlie Sheen – Carlos Irwin Estevez
Martin Sheen – Ramon Estevez
Gene Simmons – Chaim Witz
Robert Stack – Robert Modini
Jean Stapleton – Jeanne Murray
Barbara Stanwyck – Ruby Stevens
Ringo Starr – Richard Starkey
Connie Stevens – Concetta Ingolia
Sting – Gordon Sumner
Donna Summer – La Donna Gaines
Kiefer Sutherland – Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland
Danny Thomas – Muzyad Yakhoob
Tina Turner – Annie Mae Bullock
Twiggy – Leslie Hornby
Conway Twitty – Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Ritchie Valens – Richard Valenzuela
Rudolph Valentino – Rudolpho D’Antonguolla
Frankie Valli – Frank Castelluccio
Abigail Van Buren – Pauline Ester Friedman
Junior Walker – Autry De Walt
Andy Warhol – Andrew Warhola
Muddy Waters – McKinley Morganfield
John Wayne – Marion Michael Morrison
Raquel Welch – Raquel Tejada
Gene Wilder – Jerome Silberman
Shelley Winters – Shirley Schrift
Stevie Wonder – Steveland Morris Hardaway
Natalie Wood – Natasha Gurdin
Tammy Wynette – Wynette Pugh