Famous People Born in 1958 #2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fish

Derek William Dick was born in Midlothian, Scotland, on 25th April 1958. Before turning solo, he was a member of the group Marrillion, and had hits with 'Kayleigh', 'Lavender' and 'Incommunicado'. 'Go Fish' is a popular card game for children.

Answer: Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter was born on 21st February 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey. 'Come On, Come On', 'Hometown Girl" and 'Shooting Straight in the Dark' were the titles of three of her albums. She had won five Grammy awards before her 50th birthday, including four in a row for best female country singer.

Answer: Kriss Akabusi

Kriss Akabusi was born on 28th November 1958 in London. The 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay were his specialities. Silver was the best he achieved at Olympics level; but he won European, Commonwealth and World Championship golds.

Answer: Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon was born on 8th July 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was an acclaimed actor and director. He first came to notice in 'National Lampoon's Animal House' (1978) and starred in numerous movies and TV shows including 'Hollow Man' 2000 (which he also directed), 'Loverboy' (2005) and 'Where The Truth Lies' (2005).

Answer: Paul Weller

Paul Weller was born on 25th May 1958 in Woking, Surrey. His first band, The Jam, had four number one hits, 'Going Underground', 'Start, 'Town Called Malice' and Beat Surrender'. After the break-up of The Jam, Weller formed 'The Style Council', but although regarded as an exciting live band, they did not have the commercial success of The Jam. Weller subsequently started a solo career.

Answer: Caroline Langrishe

Caroline Langrishe was born in London on 10th January 1958. In a career that started in 1976, she starred in many of British TV's top-rated drama series, including 'Lovejoy' (opposite Ian McShane) (1993-1994) 'Chancer' (1990), 'Judge John Deed' (2001-2007) and the hospital drama 'Casualty' (2007-2008).

Answer: Charlene Tilton

Charlene Tilton was born on 1st December 1958 in San Diego, California. Her first starring role was in 1976, but she found fame in playing Lucy Ewing in more than 170 episodes of 'Dallas'. After leaving Southfork, she worked steadily as an actor and producer.

In the huge ratings smash, one of the chief family members (J.R.) was murdered in a storyline that gripped the viewers on both sides of the Atlantic (and world wide), while another (Bobby) died and was (obviously) written out of the script, then brought back as if nothing had happened.

The show ran for 13 years from 1978 to 1991.

Answer: Joan Jett

'I Love Rock And Roll' was a number one hit for Joan Jett in 1982. 'Do You Wanna Touch Me' was another of her hits. As well as a solo career, she played with The Runaways and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. As well as singing, she worked as an actress and producer.

Answer: Nick Park

Nick Park was born in Preston, Lancashire on 6th December 1958 and found success in creating the animated characters Wallace and Gromit. Three of their adventures, 'The Wrong Trousers', 'A Close Shave' and 'The Curse of The Were Rabbit' won Academy Awards (in 1994, 1996 and 2006 respectively).

He also won an Oscar for 'Creature Comforts' in 1989. 'Chicken Run' (2000) was his first full-length movie. The characters' love of cheese also gave a big boost to British cheese-making. Peter Fluck and Nigel Law were the men behind 'Spitting Image' on UK TV from 1984 to 1996, while Jim Henson, of course, created 'The Muppet Show' (1976-1981)

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana on 26th January 1958. After dropping out of college, she started to work on the stand-up comedy circuit. She toured extensively and was named 'the funniest person in America' after winning a competition organised by a radio company.

This led to an appearance on 'The Tonight Show'. Her show 'Ellen', first aired in 1994; the show was cancelled in 1997. In 2003 she returned to television with the talkshow, "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show".

Answer: Rick Mayall

Richard Michael Mayall was born on 7th March 1958 in Harlow, Essex. As an alternative comedian, he was one of the many bright young stars who made a name at London's Comedy Store. Television roles followed, including 'The Comic Strip Presents' (1982), 'The Young Ones' (1982 and 1984, two series) and 'Bottom' (1991-1995).

He also played the role of the unpleasant and corrupt politician Alan B'Stard in 'The New Statesman' (1987-1994). In 1998 he was left in a coma - but recovered - following a quad bike crash at his home in Devon.

Answer: Mary Decker

Mary Teresa Decker was born on 4th August 1958 at Bunnvale, New Jersey. It is perhaps unfair to reduce a glittering career to one fateful moment at the LA games in 1984 when she collided with Zola Budd and fell out of the 3000 metres final - a race she had been heavily tipped to win.

In an impressive career, Decker set six world records at various distances and was a double world champion in 1983.

Answer: Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman was born in London on 21st March 1958. His career was nothing if not varied. He shot to fame playing punk rocker Sid Vicious in 'Sid and Nancy' (1986) and was the lead baddie in 'Leon' (1994). He also played the title role in 'Dracula' (1992) and starred as Lee Harvey Oswald in 'JFK' (1991)

Answer: Ice-T

Tracy Lauren Marrow, to give him his real name, was born on 16th February 1958 in Newark, New Jersey. As a rap singer he earned the nickname O.G., Original Gangsta. One of his early hits was 'Cop Killer', which might well be considered ironic in view of his later long-running stint as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in more than 170 episodes of 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' (2000-2008).

Answer: James Hewitt

James Hewitt was actually born in Dublin, Ireland, on 30th April 1958. As an officer in the British Household Cavalry he met Princess Diana when she was still married to Prince Charles, and became her riding instructor. Princess Diana famously admitted in a television interview: "Yes, I adored him. Yes, I was in love with him." (Source: BBC interview). Following his retirement from the Army, he forged a career on British television and was a winner of the (Channel) Five show 'Back To Reality' in 2003)

Answer: Andie McDowell

Andie McDowell was born on 21st April 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina. 'Groundhog Day' (1993) and 'Four Weddings And a Funeral' (1994) were just two of her many movies. She became the face of a cosmetics company which had the motto 'you're worth it'.
Andie McDowell appears in this quiz by request of funtrivia member brewster76

Answer: Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter was born on 20th March 1958 in Conyers, Georgia. She won an Oscar and a Cannes film festival award for 'The Piano' (1993) and an Emmy for 'The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom' (1993). 'Thirteen' (2003) received several major nominations, while she won a silver bear for 'Broadcast News' (1987) at the Berlin International Film Festival. 'The Little Black Book' (2004) was another of her films).

Answer: Prince Albert

Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi was born on 14th March 1958 and became head of state of the Principality of Monaco when his father died in 2005. He is styled Prince Albert II. His father was Prince Rainier and his mother was Grace Kelly, the glamorous Hollywood star who played in 'Rear Window' (1954) and won a best leading actress Oscar for 'The Country Girl' (1954) .

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis was born in Los Angeles on 22nd November 1958. She was the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Her movie roles included 'Perfect' (1985) 'Halloween' (1978) and 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988).

Answer: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was born on 29th August 1958 in Gary, Indiana. 'Beat It' and 'Thriller' were titles of hit songs he recorded. in the 1980s 'Neverland Revisited' was an album by the 1960s progressive rock bank 'Circus Maximus' Jackson's California estate was called 'Neverland'.