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John Travolta
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February 18, 1954 in Englewood, NJ
Biography:During the last few years of the 1970s, "John Travolta" reigned as one of the most towering stars in Hollywood, second, perhaps, only to Burt Reynolds and Robert Redford as a top male box office draw. After a string of hits in films, on television, and on the radio, Travolta emerged as a seemingly unstoppable cultural phenomenon, defining tastes in music and fashion while dominating innumerable columns of newspapers and tabloids. Like so many other celebrities, Travolta's initial fame proved short-lived, however, and by the mid-1980s the media and the public alike began to regard him as an outmoded relic of his era.

But in 1994, Travolta pulled off an astonishing feat: after years languishing in dull Hollywood by-product, he resurfaced, rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of has-been obscurity, reestablishing his claims to film superstardom and staking out new territory as one of the most... Full Biography

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John Travolta photographed in 2001
John Travolta and Kelly Preston attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Morton's in West Hollywood,...
John Travolta photographed on the set of "Urban Cowboy" in 1980
John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever"
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in a promo shot for "Grease"
John Travolta attends the premiere of "A Love Song For Bobby Long" at the Venice Film Festival in...
Uma Thurman and John Travolta attend the London premiere of "Be Cool" at Leicester Square on March...
Filmography
Old Dogs (2009) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) Bolt (2008) Hairspray (2007) Lonely Hearts (2007) Wild Hogs (2007) Brando (2007) Dallas (2006)
News
Feb. 7, 2010, 11:03 PM EST
Who Dat? Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Demi and more part of Super Bowl celeb scene
Feb. 4, 2010, 5:57 PM EST
Movie review: Travolta, Rhys Meyers play action heroes in `From Paris with Love'
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