Members Paul Raven Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 A lot of actors,past and present haven't used their real names for a variety of reasons. Maybe it was too 'ethnic' sounding or hard to pronounce or not glam enough. Sometimes they have to choose a new name because another actor has the same name. Or in the case of females,they use a married name that may or may not be current. Let's investigate. To start off... Eric Braeden originally used his real name Hans Gudegast but felt it typecasted him to German roles (as a villian) He chose Braeden from a village where he grew up/. Hunter Tylo was originally Deborah Morehart,which I assume was her real name.She took Tylo from her marriage to Michael Tylo . Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Ric Hearst - I don't think that's his first name, and he changed his last name from Herbst because he was told that you can't make it in the business with that name. He said that when his grandmother first saw that there was a Becky Herbst on GH, she kept needling him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 He goes by Rick Herbst on twitter as well LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Maurice Benard was born Mauricio Morales but changed his last name because he was tired of being type cast for Latino roles. And Stephen Martines changed his name to Coltin Scott for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Eileen Fulton -> Margaret McLarty Morgan Fairchild -> Patsy Anne McClenny Schae Harrison -> Deborah Schaeffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldBeauty Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hunter Tylo was born Deborah Jo Hunter. She took her surname as her first name because people called her that. She married a man named Morehart, and then married Michael Tylo and became Hunter Tylo. Scott Clifton is actually Scott Snyder. Clifton was his middle name. Don Diamont was born Donald Feinberg. Katherine Kelly Lang was born Katherine Kelly Wegeman. Ronn Moss was born Ronald Montague Moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Vanessa Marcil-Giovinazzo is actually Sally Vanessa Ortiz-Giovinazzo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 SALLY??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thorsten Kaye's name is Thorsten Ernst Kieselbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Victoria Wyndham is Victoria Camargo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thank goodness, too. Otherwise, we never would have been witness to his brilliance as Asian mobster, Sonny Corinthos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SweetPea36 Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hasn't Sonny made a gradual transition from being Latino to Italian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think he's supposed to be Grecian on the show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 LOL. MF is definitely no Patsy! Wise choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 The only thing "Grecian" in Sonny is the formula he uses to hide the grey in his hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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