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in reply to a message by Ania
Ania
Sometimes they're told to change their names because someone else has/had it before. Case in point: Michael Keaton. He was born Michael Douglas , but, as you know, another actor had that name in Hollywood before him. And he couldn't use Mike Douglas because of a singer whose name was originally Michael Dodd, but was told to change it to Mike Douglas by the petaybes.
Another case in point: After the shooting death of John Lennon, this one actor (I can't remember his name off-hand) had trouble getting a job. Why? He originally had the same name as the person who shot Lennon (either that or his stage name was the same. I forget which).
Besides, some of them use stage names to protect themselves from stalkers and other major irritants (David Letterman springs to mind). It's much more difficult to find someone if the "public" name and the "private" name is different.
Phyllis
Sometimes they're told to change their names because someone else has/had it before. Case in point: Michael Keaton. He was born Michael Douglas , but, as you know, another actor had that name in Hollywood before him. And he couldn't use Mike Douglas because of a singer whose name was originally Michael Dodd, but was told to change it to Mike Douglas by the petaybes.
Another case in point: After the shooting death of John Lennon, this one actor (I can't remember his name off-hand) had trouble getting a job. Why? He originally had the same name as the person who shot Lennon (either that or his stage name was the same. I forget which).
Besides, some of them use stage names to protect themselves from stalkers and other major irritants (David Letterman springs to mind). It's much more difficult to find someone if the "public" name and the "private" name is different.
Phyllis
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