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Rita Wilson
Age: 53
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born: Oct. 26th, 1956
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Rita Wilson's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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TRIVIA:
- She originally met 'Tom Hanks' (qv) in 1981 on the set of _"Bosom Buddies" (1980)_ (qv) when she guest-starred as 'Peter Scolari' (qv)'s Satan-worshiping girlfriend. But their relationship wasn't kindled until they were reunited on the set of _Volunteers (1985)_ (qv).
- Stepmother of 'Colin Hanks' (qv) and 'Elizabeth Hanks' (qv).
- Her father chose to change their last name to Wilson, because that was the name of the street they lived on.
- She is widely credited with landing 'Nia Vardalos (I)' (qv) a movie deal for _My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)_ (qv) (now the top money making independent film of all time, surpassing the $200 million mark), after seeing Vardalos perform her autobiographical one-woman show. She got her husband ('Tom Hanks' (qv)) to set up the film at his company, Playtone, which shopped it around to financiers and distributors on the strength of the Hanks-Wilson seal of approval. (Side note: Rita and Tom had a "Big Fat Greek Wedding" of their own in 1988).
- Half Greek (mother Dorothy, born and raised in a Greek village on the Albanian border) and Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) from Bulgaria (father, born in Greece and lived in Bulgaria and Turkey, and who worked at a racetrack).
- Made her Broadway debut as a Roxie Hart replacement in "Chicago".
- Her niece, 'Carly Reeves' (qv), appears on-screen with her in the movie _Raise Your Voice (2004)_ (qv) starring 'Hilary Duff' (qv).
- Sister-in-law of 'Jim Hanks (I)' (qv).
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