'90s World Cup Star Mia Hamm 'Memba Her?!
Alabama born Mia Hamm was in her 20s when she shot to stardom after becoming the face of U.S.A.'s Women's soccer team as a midfielder and forward in both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
Mia Hamm played alongside an incredible roster on American athletes referred to as the Fab Five -- including Julie Foudy as the big-blocking midfielder, Joy Fawcett as the daring defender, Kristine Lilly as the fast-moving forward and of course, Brandi Chastain as the iconic shirt stripping game-winner.
Hamm's last match as a U.S.A. representative was at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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Belloq in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 'Memba Him?!
Paul Freeman is best known for playing the rival archeologist and Nazi helper-outer Dr. Rene Belloq in Steven Spielberg's first installation of the classic Indiana Jones franchise, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Paul Freeman shared the big screen with an epic cast of characters including Harrison Ford as the whip-slinging archeologist and all-around cool guy Indiana "Indy" Jones, Karen Allen as the alcohol expert and ark protecting Marion Ravenwood and Arnold Ernst as the palm-scarred Nazi Toht who has the iconic face melting scene at the end of the film.
Freeman went on to star in "Falcon Crest" and "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie."
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Walter Skinner on 'X-Files' 'Memba Him?!
Mitch Pileggi was only 42 years old when he gained fame for playing FBI's assistant director, Walter Skinner, in the '90s supernatural show "The X-Files" on FOX.
Mitch Pileggi shared the science fiction show with stars like Gillian Anderson as the skeptical agent Dana Scully, David Duchovny as the credulous agent Fox Mulder and William B. Davis as the super secret, Smoking Man.
Pileggi went on to roles on both of the break out paranormal films "The X-Files" (1998) and a decade later in "The X-Files: I Want To Believe" (2008).
His other classic credits include being cast on "The A-Team," "Falcon Crest," "Dragnet," "Dallas," "Basic Instinct," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "ER."
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Bob Vila on 'This Old House' 'Memba Him?!
Miami born Bob Vila worked his way into the homes of millions as the hard-working host and blue-collar sex symbol on the long-running home renovation television show 'This Old House.'
Bob Vila tooled around on the PBS program alongside master carpenter Norm Abram starting back in 1979 but Vila demoed his involvement a decade later after an endorsement disagreement ... the show was then contracted out to Steve Thomas ... who continue to build the show after that.
Vila can still be spotted whittling around on the Home Shopping Network selling tools named after himself.
Guess what he looks like now at a perfectly aged 72 years old.
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'Show Me Love' Singer Robin S. 'Memba Her?!
New York-born singer Robin S. (real name Robin Stone) was only 30 years old when she shot to fame when her dance jam, "Show Me Love," hit the airwaves in 1993 and made the world move with its infectious groove.
Robin S. also had success on Billboard's Dance Club Songs with the jams, "Luv for Luv" and "What I Do Best" ... also on her "Show Me Love" album on Big Beat and Atlantic records -- solidifying Robin as a singing icon in the '90s club scene.
Robin S. resurfaced last weekend and performed on stage at the 49th annual Boston Pride Festival.
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Trinity on 'Trailer Park Boys' 'Memba Her?!
Canadian actress Jeanna Harrison was only 5 years old when she took on the role of the cigarette smoking, rim stealing and carjacking Trinity in the high-larious TV show "Trailer Park Boys."
Jeanna Harrison acted alongside Robb Wells as her deadbeat dad, Ricky, and Lucy Decoutere as her hairstyling and money-laundering mother, Lucy, for over eighty episodes of the cult comedy.
Other epic characters included Mike Smith as the shopping cart loving Bubbles and John Dunsworth as the ex-cop turned trailer park supervisor and drunk Jim Lahey.
The show has now transitioned to an animated series with most of the old cast still contributing the voices.
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Officer Clemmons on 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' 'Memba Him?!
Francois Clemmons was in his early 20s when began his long run as the neighborhood policeman, Officer Clemmons, on the formative children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
Francois Clemmons was alongside other incredible counterparts like Betty Aberlin as Lady Aberlin, Joe Negri as Handyman Negri, David Newell as the delivery man Mr. McFeely and of course Fred Rogers as Mr. Rogers himself.
Francois was on the program for 25 years and was one of the first African-Americans with a recurring role on a kids show ... opening the door for others on shows like "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company."
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Ty Pennington on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' 'Memba Him?!
Georgia born Ty Pennington was in his late 30s when he shot to stardom as the supercute carpenter and all around nice guy, in the long-running home renovation show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" on ABC.
Before the handsome handyman was moving buses on 'Extreme Makeover' ... Ty Pennington was also on the TLC show "Trading Spaces" from 2000 - 2003 where he only hooked up a single room in a family's home.
Pennington parted ways with the hit home show in 2012 after revamping hundreds of homes and helping countless families along the way.
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Savage Garden Singer Darren Hayes 'Memba Him?!
Australian artist Darren Hayes was in his early twenties when he gained fame for his buttery smooth vocals on tracks like "Truly Madly Deeply," "I Want You" and "I Knew I Loved You" for the late '90s pop duo, Savage Garden.
Darren shared the stardom on Savage Garden with his contemporary counterpart, Daniel Jones, and produced two pop albums on Columbia records ... one self-titled record, "Savage Garden," in 1997 and the 1999 follow up album, "Affirmation."
Darren and Daniel parted ways as a group in 2001 ... while Hayes continued on as a solo act after that.
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Barker's Beauty Janice On 'The Price Is Right' 'Memba Her?!
American model Janice Pennington was 30 years old when she became a daytime staple as one of the original Barker's Beauties on the classic price predicting television show, "The Price is Right."
Janice Pennington started on the showcase show in 1972 and was part of a TV trifecta alongside Holly Hallstrom and Dian Parkinson who remained the three main models on the show for over two decades.
Fun Fact: Janice was responsible for handing Bob Barker his iconic wand microphone at the start of each show ... totaling over 6,000 episodes from 1972 - 2000.
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Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic 'Memba Him?!
Los Angeles native Krist Novoselic was in his early 20s when he shot to stardom by playing the bass in the highly influential grunge rock band Nirvana.
Krist Novoselic played alongside mega musicians Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals and Dave Grohl on drums while recording holy garage grails like Bleach (1989), Nevermind (1991) In Utero (1993) and the classic MTV UnPlugged in New York (1994).
Krist Novoselic was a major part of Nirvana until the last days of the grunge group ... which broke-up after Kurt Cobain's unfortunate death on April 4, 1994 in Seattle, Washington.
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Agent Jones in 'The Matrix' 'Memba Him?!
Australian actor Robert Taylor made his big screen debut as the dangerous sentient Agent Jones -- who is the first to be seen dodging bullets in slow motion in the rooftop fight scene -- in the action packed 1999 future film, "The Matrix."
Robert Taylor was cast alongside huge stars including Keanu Reeves as Neo, Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity and Hugo Weaving as the agent ringleader Agent Smith.
"The Matrix" was the start to an epic trilogy of Keanu fight films including "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003) and "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003), but Taylor was unfortunately not cast in either one.
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PGA Championship Winner Nick Price 'Memba Him?!
South African born athlete Nick Price gained international fame as a great golfer in the early '90s after he won two PGA Championships -- the first in 1992 at Bellerive Country Club ... and the second in 1994 at Southern Hills Country Club.
Nick Price's other major championship win was also in 1994 at the Open Championship where he squeaked out a one-stroke victory over Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik.
Price was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in back in 2003.
Fun Fact: The winner's share for the 1992 PGA Championship was $280,000 ... while the winner's share for this year's championship is close to $2,000,000.
Schwing!!!
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Tubthumping Singer Dunstan Bruce of Chumbawamba 'Memba Him?!
British musician and movie maker Duncan "Dunstan" Bruce is one of the founding members of the long-running English alternative rock band Chumbawamba and was responsible for his lead vocals on the catchy and/or annoying 1997 earworm song Tubthumping.
Tubthumping almost reached the top of the UK Singles Charts but stalled out at number two ... while the track climbed into the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Dunstan Bruce left Chumbawamba back in 2004 while the rest of the group split up eight years later in 2012.
Fun Fact: Tubthumping was named one of Rolling Stone's top twenty annoying songs.
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Bond Babe in 'Thunderball' 'Memba Her?!
English actress and model Martine Beswick is best known for her roles on two iconic bond films from the '60s ... Bewick played Zora the gypsy in "From Russia with Love" (1963) and the cyanide pill-popping Paula Caplan in "Thunderball" (1965).
Martine shared the screen in both bond films with Sean Connery ... who is credited with seven Bond films under his super secret utility belt including "Dr. No," "From Russia with Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Never Say Never Again."
Fun Fact: In the '80s Martine changed her last name to "Beswicke" but ultimately changed it back to the OG spelling in the '90s.
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Shay in 'Dumb and Dumber' 'Memba Her?!
Karen Duffy is best-known for playing the killer criminal J.P. Shay -- who is hunting down the briefcase filled with ransom money -- in the classic 1994 Farrelly Brother's comedy, "Dumb and Dumber."
Karen Duffy was amongst a stellar cast in the funny film including Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas, Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne, Lauren Holly as Mary Samsonite Swanson and Mike Starr as J.P. Shay's gassy accomplice Joe Mentalino.
Fun Fact: In the same year (1994), Duffy also played another character named Shay ... as the role of kid-kissing FBI agent Shay Stanley in the money children's movie, "Blank Check."