Ten classic film actors and actresses from New Jersey

January 10, 2019



Jacqueline from Another Old Movie Blog came up with a fun game to name 10 actors or actresses from your home state (she hit the jackpot with Massachusetts, which is home to Bette Davis!) I thought it would be fun to play along, too! With the exception of the Chairman of the Board, the Pride of New Jersey, Mr. Frank Sinatra, I tried to do a little research and find New Jerseyans that I didn't know hailed from my own home state. So without further ado--

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Sterling Hayden
3. Eva Marie Saint
4. Sandra Dee
5. Connie Francis
6. John Forsythe
7. Joan Bennett 
8. Richard Conte
9. Norman Lloyd
10. Lee Van Cleef

The one I was most surprised about was Eva Marie Saint - for some reason I imagined she was from New England. She's just so refined (I honestly love my home state, but I wouldn't necessarily say we're all that refined here, ha!) Joan Bennett was New Jersey born, but her sister Constance was born in New York! And how fun that we in the Garden State can count the living cinematic icon Norman Lloyd among us, who was born 104 years ago in Jersey City!

And one more thing about Frank Sinatra, the main (and occasionally only) reason that I am so proud to call New Jersey home. I had the immense pleasure of taking a trip to Hoboken on the occasion of his centennial and it was one of the highlights of my life. I wrote about it a bit here.

If you want to join in the game, be sure to comment on Jacqueline's post right here!

3 comments:

Hamlette (Rachel) said...

I love this idea, and I'm totally going to do it!

Hamlette (Rachel) said...

Okay, I did :-)

Jess said...

Interesting, from memory Eva Marie Saint was in 'On The Waterfront' which was set in Hoboken. Looking forward to reading your Frank Sinatra blog post. :)