Actor Tom Selleck is so famous for his thick mustache that we wonder if anyone would even recognize him clean-shaven. The absence of his mustache alone is like a disguise in itself. Back when he was still a college senior, long before he was donning a Hawaiian shirt and a .45 Colt pistol in Magnum, P.I., Selleck was looking for love on the TV show, The Dating Game.
He looked dapper in his suit, spruce, and tidy. The heartthrob talked about his notions on relationships, his ideal girl, and the traits he looked for in a lover. As dapper as he was, sadly, like Jon Hamm, the women nixed Tom Selleck twice!
Steve Martin
With all the talents Steve Martin possesses, it is likely he would be successful no matter how he got his start. Hollywood’s funnyman has the chops to play a variety of roles on stage or film, and before he embarked on an acting career he started out as a writer. We’d be surprised if he ever runs out of hilarious stories to share.
Not many may know that Steve Martin is also a talented musician. In fact, it was his musical prowess that helped him land a spot on the amateur talent contest, The Gong Show, in 1977. A skillful banjo player, Martin immediately captured people’s attention with his goofiness, and that arrow-through-the-head costume, leaving everyone laughing their hearts out.
Cindy Margolis
Cindy Margolis is perhaps one of the earliest celebrities to have taken advantage of the internet for career advancement. Way before the influx of Youtube sensations, or the internet-breaking Kardashians, Margolis was given the moniker the “queen of the internet,” as well as being ranked the world’s “most downloaded” person - and this was back in 1999.
It wasn’t only the internet that Margolis leveraged to her advantage. In the 90s and early 2000s, she graced TV sets across America as a model for The Price Is Right. She was a famous “Barker’s Beauty,” modeling for a variety of merchandise. Cindy Margolis is now a glamor spokesmodel.
Kasie Head
If you’ve read this far, it shouldn’t be difficult to guess which game show the beautiful Kasie Head benefited from to jump start her career. Apart from competing in the Miss USA pageant and successfully launching her interior design and event planning business, KLH Designs, Head played roles in Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Just My Luck.
Prior to all this though, Kasie Head was a model for the game show, Deal or No Deal, responsible for holding case number 16. She made that case look so sweet that contestants didn’t mind taking a risk in calling her number.
Amanda Holden
Amanda Holden is currently a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. Like her co-judge, Simon Cowell, Holden started her career using game shows as a launch pad to fame. Her first TV appearance was as a contestant of the show, Blind Date, in 1991. She’s now an actress, presenter, and media personality.
Holden established her acting career with shows like Wild at Heart, in which she played the role of Sarah Trevanion, and in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.