Famous Women Born in the Month of June Quiz

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1 in Los Angeles, California but better known to us as Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). She was an actress, model and singer who spent the early part of her life in foster homes and an orphanage before marrying for the first time at 16 years of age. She was known as the "Blond Bombshell". She appeared in a number of movies from 1945-1961 with the "Misfits"(1961) opposite Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift being her last movie.

Answer: Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman was born on June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Australian parents. She is both an Australian and US citizen. Her acting career started in 1983 in Australia and her first Hollywood movie was in 1990. She has been nominated for an Academy Award a number of times and won her first Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "The Hours" (2003).

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was born on June 14, 1811 in Connecticut, USA. She was an American author and abolitionist. Although she wrote many books she is best remembered as the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852) which depicted the unpleasant and rough conditions of African Americans in the southern states of the USA.

Answer: Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel (1893-1952) was born on June 10 in Wichita, Kansas. She was an actress of stage, film, singer-songwriter and comedian. She was the first African American to win an Academy Award. Her success was for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy" in the 1939 movie "Gone with the Wind". She was also the first black Academy Award winner to be honored with a US postage stamp in 2006.

Answer: Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf was born on June 14, 1969 in Mannheim, West Germany. In a tennis professional career from 1983-1999 she won 22 Grand Slam singles titles plus the singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. She married the American professional tennis player Andre Agassi in 2001 also and eight-time Grand Slam singles winner and an Olympic gold medalist.

Answer: Venus Williams

Venus Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in California, USA. She is a professional tennis player who has won numerous Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles. She is also a four time Olympic gold medalist in singles (2000) and doubles (2000. 2008 and 2012).

Answer: Helen Keller

Helen Keller (1880-1968) was born on June 27 in Alabama, USA. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree (1904). She was an author, political activist and lecturer. Her autobiography "The Story of My Life" (1903) was about herself and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. The book was adapted into a movie "The Miracle Worker" (1962) starring Anne Brancroft as Annie Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen. Patty Duke won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Helen Keller.

Answer: Anne Frank

Anne Frank (1929-1945) was born on June 12 in Frankfurt, Germany. At age four and a half she moved to Amsterdam with her parents when the Nazis gained control of Germany. She wrote her diary from 1942-1944 while she and her family were in hiding. She died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp only months before WWII ended. The whole family were sent to concentration camps with her father Otto, the only survivor. Her found her diary and the book was published in 1947 titled "The Diary of a Young Girl".

Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) was born on June 21 in Karachi, Pakistan. Her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) was the 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973-1977. Benazir also served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988-1990 and 1993-1996 becoming the first female to head a democratic Muslim majority nation. She remained in politics until her assassination in 2007.

Answer: Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep was born on June 22, 1949 in New Jersey, USA. She is an American actress who has been nominated for over 20 acting Academy Awards. She won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs Kramer" (1979), her second for Best Actress in "Sophie's Choise" (1982) and agaiin a Best Actress Oscar in "The Iron Lady" (2011). It was in "The Iron Lady" that she portrayed the late former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher.