Exceptionally bright, outspoken, and controversial both onscreen and off, Golden Globe-winning actress Sharon Stone weathered career ups and downs, but always emerged as master of her own iconic image. With a flair for self-invention and a full embrace of the old Hollywood notion of creating a larger than life persona, Stone was a journalist's dream — smart, tough and funny and one of the most deliciously quotable celebs – not to mention one renowned for bringing back high-glamour as a quintessential "movie star.” When given the shot, the blonde beauty demonstrated considerable range as an
As a child, put on theatrical productions in the family's two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a picnic table; as one garage door went down, the other would go up, revealing a new Stone-created set
Worked as counter girl at McDonald's as a teenager
1975
Won the Miss Crawford County (Pennsylvania) beauty pageant and was also queen of her high school's spring festival
