Famous Actors and Their Real Names: Answers

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Sometime actors change their screen names for identification purposes, such as when another actor has the same or a similar name. Others, because their agent said, 'Nah, it doesn't look good on the marquee.' Here are some famous actors and their real names.

The Post Quiz: Famous Actors and Their Real Names – Answers

Were you able to match the actors' screen names to their real names?

First the men:

  1. Edward G Robinson
  2. Charlton Heston
  3. David Tennant
  4. Peter Davison
  5. Cary Grant
  6. Rock Hudson
  7. Ice-T
  8. Engelbert Humperdinck
  9. John Wayne
  10. Tom Cruise
  1. Emmanuel Goldenberg
  2. John Carter
  3. David John McDonald
  4. PMG Moffett
  5. Archibald Alexander Leach
  6. Roy Harold Scherer, Jr
  7. Travy Marrow
  8. Arnold George Dorsey
  9. Marion Morrison
  10. Thomas Mapother IV

And now the women:

  1. Babara Stanwyck
  2. Judy Garland
  3. Marilyn Monroe
  4. Greta Garbo
  5. Madonna
  6. Whoopi Goldberg
  7. Helen Mirren
  8. Merle Oberon
  9. Meg Ryan
  10. Jayne Mansfield
  1. Ruby Catherine Stevens
  2. Frances Ethel Gumm
  3. Norma Jean Mortenson
  4. Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
  5. ML Ciccone
  6. Caryn Johnson
  7. Helen Lydia Mironoff
  8. Estelle O'Brien Thompson
  9. Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
  10. Vera J Palmer

If you were able to get them all, you're really up on your behind-the-lines film lore. Impress your friends with this knowledge.

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