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Winona Ryder
Age: 38
Height: 5' 4"
Birth Place: Winona, Minnesota, USA
Born: Oct. 29th, 1971
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BIOGRAPHY: Winona Ryder was born Winona Horowitz and named after the town in which she was born, Winona Minnesota. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California where there was no electricity. She is the Goddaughter of Timothy Leary and her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady" an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature - this included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Winona Ryder was later to star as Jo in this author's Little Women (1994). She moved with her parents to Petaluma (near San Francisco) when she was ten and enrolled in acting classes at the American Conservatory Theater. At 13 she had a video audition to the film Desert Bloom (1986), but didn't get the part. Director David Seltzer (I), however, spotted her and cast her in Lucas (1986). When telephoned to ask how she'd like to have her name appear on the credits, she suggested Ryder as her father's Mitch Ryder album was playing the background. Ryder was selected for the part of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990), but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from the strain of doing the films Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) and Mermaids (1990) back to back. She said she didn't want to let everyone down by doing a substandard performance. She later made The Age of Innocence (1993) which was directed by Martin Scorsese, who she believes to be "the best director in the world".
TRIVIA:
- Although there was no electricity on the commune where they lived, when Winona was seven, her mother began to run an old movie theater in a nearby barn and would screen movies all day. She allowed Winona to miss school to watch movies with her.
- Born at 11:00am, CDT.
- Was considered for the part of Velma Kelly in _Chicago (2002)_ (qv), but 'Catherine Zeta-Jones' (qv) was cast instead.
- (December 12, 2001) Was arrested in Beverly Hills for allegedly stealing clothing items and carrying illegal pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription. Her lawyer denied the accusations, and Winona was released later that evening on $20,000 bail. Despite her alleged crime, Beverly Hills police described her as "very friendly, polite, and cooperative" and "a nice lady."
- She serves on the Board of American Indian College Funds.
- First auditioned for the role of Blanca in _The House of the Spirits (1993)_ (qv) when she was sixteen, but the part went to 'Pernilla August' (qv). The film took years to get made, and when it finally did, August had to drop out at the last minute due to pregnancy, and Winona replaced her.
- She was harassed her first week of junior high school when a group of bullies mistook her for an effeminate, scrawny boy.
- (19 May 2001) Appeared on the season finale of _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) as herself.
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