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Tom Cruise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1976, if you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest.
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While in New York, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV shortened his name to the far snappier Tom Cruise. He went to Los Angeles to audition for TV roles (there's a famous clip of him trying out with a very young Heather Locklear - neither got the part), but got none.
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He recounts how the actor was born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV in 1962 and moved around North America with his parents, living in Ottawa, Canada, until the age of 12, when his mother Mary Lee left his abusive father.
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AKA Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ... Father: Thomas Mapother III (electrical engineer, b. 15-Oct-1934, d. Jan-1984); Mother: Mary Lee Pfeiffer South; Father: Joseph South (stepfather); Sister: Lee Anne DeVette (Cruise's spokesman, b. 1959);
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Rearranging the letters of 'Thomas Cruise Mapother IV' gives: ... Thomas Cruise Mapother the Fourth ... Challenge! Can you make a better anagram of thomas cruise mapother iv?! List it here!
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Tom Cruise biography. TOM CRUISE Birth Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV Date of Birth: July 3, 1962 It's tough when you're one of the biggest stars on the planet -- and everybody wants to take ... Birth Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV...
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