Situations are different - someone bathes in luxury from infancy, while someone lives in poverty, someone is the only child in the family and is surrounded by attention, and someone has never known parental affection. Do you think all this does not concern the stars? No, among celebrities there are also people who were in orphanages and orphanages as children. Only thanks to adoptive parents they were able to find a family. Here is a list with photos of actors and actresses who have been adopted and adopted.
Richard Burton
- "Anna's Thousand Days"
- "The Taming of the Shrew"
- "Cleopatra"
Actor Richard Burton, popular in the 70s and 80s, was the twelfth child of thirteen and bore the surname Jenkins at birth. The future actor's mother died when Richard was very young, and his miner father did not have time to raise the boy. At first, the child was brought up in the family of his older sister, but later his teacher Philip Burton took care of the baby. Despite the fact that the guardianship was not formalized, Richard, upon reaching the age of majority, decided to take the name of Philip.
Vasily Lykshin
- "Thunders"
- "Ranetki"
- "Bastards"
Vasily was considered a very promising young Russian actor and predicted a great future for him. Director Svetlana Stasenko saw the guy in the orphanage and realized that he would ideally play in her project "Angel on the sidelines". Soon, the woman adopted the guy at all so that he grew up with loving parents and had more opportunities to develop his creative potential. Prior to that, Lykshin's life could hardly be called happy - he grew up in a dysfunctional family, and his mother was deprived of parental rights. Nevertheless, the actor did not get angry, and even on the contrary - having become famous, he tried to help his family and was very grateful to his foster mother for their care.
Ingrid Bergman
- "Do you love Brahms?"
- Murder on the Orient Express
- "Cactus flower"
The Casablanca star lost her parents very early: Ingrid's mother died when the girl was three years old, and her father died of cancer when her daughter was only twelve years old. The girl moved into her aunt's house, but lived in her house for only six months - Ellen Bergman also died. After that, custody of Ingrid was formalized by her uncle Otto Bergman, who had five of his children.
Nicole Richie
- "8 Simple Rules for a Friend of My Teenage Daughter"
- "Great news"
- "Bless this mess"
Even among the very rich foreign stars, there are those who were taken from an orphanage in childhood. For example, Nicole Richie was adopted at the age of nine, and the names of her real parents are unknown to the general public. It was rumored that Nicole was the daughter of friends of her adoptive father, but Lionel Richie himself never confirmed this information.
Keegan-Michael Key
- Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
- "Woe Creator"
- Jeff and the Aliens
The actor's own mother was white, and his father was African American, but Keegan-Michael never saw them. The boy was sent to an orphanage, but soon he was adopted by social workers Patricia Walsh and Michael Kay. Already in adulthood, Kay found out that he had two half-brothers on his father's side, but did not have time to get to know them - by the time the truth was revealed to Keegan-Michael, they had died.
Marilyn Monroe
- "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
- "There are only girls in jazz"
- "Let's do it legally"
Marilyn is considered one of the brightest celebrities and a sex symbol of the last century, but some of her fans do not know that the actress was raised in a foster family. Monroe did not know the name of her father, and her mother gave the girl first to her grandmother for education, and then to an orphanage. She was taken to her family, the head of which, according to Marilyn, periodically changed into women's outfits. Mom was able to take the girl to her when the future star was eleven. But the happiness turned out to be short-lived - after the stepfather's harassment to the young stepdaughter, the mother ended up in a mental hospital, and the girl was raised by her own aunt.
Lee Majors
- Ash vs. Evil Dead
- "Dallas"
- "Community"
Lee has never seen his own father, who died before the boy was born. The mother of the future actor died in an accident when her son was one year old. As a result, Majors was adopted by an uncle and an aunt who could not afford to have their own nephew raised in an orphanage.
Jamie Foxx
- Django Unchained
- "Just have mercy"
- "Baby on a Drive"
Some Hollywood stars were adopted due to circumstances by close relatives. So, Jamie Foxx was adopted by his own grandmother, after the parents of the future actor broke up. At that time, the boy was only seven months old. Grandmother took care of him like her own son and tried to develop the baby's talents.
Tallulah Bankhead
- "Lifeboat"
- "Batman"
- "Die dear"
Continuing our list with photos of actors and actresses who were adopted and adopted, the movie star of the 30-40s of the last century Tallulah Bankhead. The actress's contemporaries considered her one of the most talented and witty women of her era. The mother of the actress died when the girl was only three weeks old, and her own maternal grandmother took care of the baby.
Ray Liotta
- "Marriage story"
- "A place under the sun"
- "Sheldon's Childhood"
Many popular actors treat adoptive parents as if they were family, because they were adopted at a very early age. So, who played in "Sheldon's Childhood" Vincent, actor Ray Liotta, was adopted at the age of six months. In addition to the future artist, his half-sister lived in the foster family, who was also taken from the orphanage.
Eartha Kitt
- "Treasure"
- "Spy Harriet"
- "Undercover Cops"
Ertu Kitt is often referred to as the actress with the most exciting and purring voice. She managed to build not only an acting career, but also become a Broadway star. It is not known whether the woman would have been able to achieve such success if her adoptive parents had not taken her from the orphanage. She got into a new family in infancy, and learned that she was adopted at the age of ten.
Melissa Gilbert
- "Secrets and Lies"
- "Night shift"
- "Beyond the possible"
Melissa Gilbert is another representative of the famous stars who were adopted. The baby was taken into care by a foster family immediately after her birth. The girl was very lucky, because the actors Barbara Crane and Paul Gilbert became her new parents. This largely predetermined the future of Melissa, who began acting as a child.
Nikolay Perminov
- "Insomnia"
- Sklifosovsky
- "Light from the Other World"
Nikolai ended up in an orphanage when he was only a few months old. Soon the boy was adopted by new parents and gave him their last name. However, the baby's happiness was short-lived - the adoptive mother and father suspected that the child had Down syndrome and returned the child to a government institution. All his life, Perminov tried to find his relatives and, with the help of journalists, found his sister.
Frances McDormand
- "Good intentions"
- "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
- "What Olivia Knows"
The future Oscar-winning actress can also be attributed to the stars who have been adopted or adopted. The McDormand family took the baby from the orphanage when she was only a year and a half. The adoptive parents were religious people, and therefore the girl attended a Christian camp from an early age. The family moved frequently because the head of the family was involved in the restoration of church communities. After Frances left her father's home, her religiosity gradually faded.
Jenna Ushkowitz
- "Losers"
- "Hello again"
Jenna was born in South Korea, but lived in her homeland for only three months. It was at this age that the girl was adopted by an American family. Ushkovets admitted to reporters that she never wanted to meet her blood mother, because her adoptive parents gave her everything and she really loves them.
George Lopez
- "Life of a Robot"
- "Bread and Roses"
- "Fatal Instinct"
George Lopez can also be counted among the actors who have adoptive parents, despite the fact that his own grandmother adopted him. His father left the family when the boy was barely two months old, and his mother abandoned her son when George was ten years old. The upbringing and custody of the child was taken over by the maternal mother and her husband.
Sarah McLachlan
- Ozark
- "Portlandia"
- "Poltergeist: Legacy"
The famous Canadian actress and singer does not hide from the public that she grew up in a foster family. Her new parents took her out of the orphanage when she was very young. She is proud of her family and believes that a loved one is not the one who gave birth to you, but the one who raised you.
Jack Nicholson
- "Eastwick witches"
- "Flying over Cuckoo's Nest"
- "Until I played in the box"
Jack Nicholson could not be classified as an orphanage actor, but he was adopted as well. Immediately after the birth, Jack was adopted by his own grandmother, but the actor found out about this only at the age of 27. In fact, the biological mother was June Nicholson, whom the Oscar-winning actor considered his own sister. At the time when the truth was revealed to Nicholson, neither mom nor grandmother was alive.
Faith Hill
- "The Stepford Wives"
- "Promised land"
- "Touched by an Angel"
This talented blonde has been repeatedly included in the lists of the most beautiful women in the world. She was adopted as an infant and raised in a strict Christian foster home. In addition to Faith, the Hill family also had two natural sons. The famous actress and singer dreamed of meeting her mother, and when she became an adult and successful, she still found her.
Gary Coleman
- Buck Rogers in the Twenty-Fifth Century
- "The Prince of Beverly Hills"
- "A Christmas Carol"
Completing our list with photos of actors and actresses who were adopted and adopted, Gary Coleman. The foster parents took the boy into their care immediately after his birth. But this story cannot be called idyllic, and Gary cannot be called grateful to the family that raised him. Parents did everything possible to make Gary an actor. But after the guy came of age, he filed a lawsuit against them. Coleman accused his guardians of misappropriating his royalties and ineffective management of the actor's money.