Before They Were Stars

They were not always movie stars. Some stars began their careers in performing and in show business, while others began in ordinary jobs.



1) Jean Arthur: stenographer



2) Humphrey Bogart: bonds salesman




3) James Cagney: bellhop and book custodian at a library




4) Gary Gooper: salesman




5) Henry Fonda: phone company




6) Clark Gable: tire factory worker and neck tie salesman




7) Greta Garbo: shampoo girl at a barber shop




8) Greer Garson: advertising agency




9) Sydney Greenstreet: Ceylon tea planter




10) Angela Lansbury: saleswoman at a department store




11) Sterling Hayden: ship captain




12) Fredric March: banker




13) Steve McQueen: lumberjack




14) Robert Mitchum: machine operator




15) Agnes Moorehead: school teacher




16) Gregory Peck: truck driver




17) Barbara Stanwyck: gift wrapper at a Brooklyn department store




18) James Stewart: construction worker



19) Rudolph Valentino: bus boy at a restraurant




20) John Wayne: newspaper delivery man