Talk:Hilary Swank
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[edit] place of birth
Swank's birthplace is listed as Lincoln, NE and also Bellingham, WA. Some sites say she was born in Lincoln and grew up in Bellingham. Others quote her as saying she's a "midwest girl." See: http://www.geocities.com/jodel552002/hilaryswank/main.html and http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/hilary_swank_biog.html maltmomma 16:07, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
67.174.53.235 added the following to the main article, which seems to be a good topic for dicussion, but not encylopedic:
- There is some debate over where she was born, but it was Washington. She said she was born in Nebraska in order to get the part in "Boys Don't Cry", because that was where the main character was born.
In an interview in Interviu Magazine (October 2004), she says that she was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Birth announcement in the Lincoln newspaper reports the birth of a girl Swank on Jul 30, 1974 in Lincoln General Hospital. (ancestry.com) Questors 02:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spanish and Native American?
Does anyone have a REALLY, REALLY good source for this? Like a REALLY in-depth interview or profile? It's just that I'm certain this originated on the IMDB, and then got copied around the net like wildfire. IMDB profiles have gotten really lazy in fact-checking, and dozens of pieces of info like the "Spanish and Native American descent" thing have been proven wrong. I think this might be another one. Vulturell 04:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
How and when was the Spanish and Native-American thing proven wrong?
- It was never proven wrong - I said similar bits of trivia relating to actors' ancestry from the IMDB have been proven wrong. The problem with this one is that there seems to be no first-hand source - like an interview with Swank or something like that - where she mentions her ancestry. Vulturell 21:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Of her four grandparents, two seem to have German names (Swank and Obenour). Her maternal grandfather Clough's parents were from IA or Missouri for a coupple generations and Ohio and Maine before that. The name Clough is English. Hilary's maternal grandmother was born in California as were her parents and grandparents. She was of Hispanic ancestry. Questors 03:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
More information about Hilary's parents and family can be found in an official Iowa State Senate resolution here: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Legislation%5CResolutions%5CIntroduced%5CSR16.html Hillary received lots of press in the Mount Ayr Record News (local newspaper) around the time when "The Next Karate Kid" was filmed.
[edit] Article that can be used as source here or to expand the article
[1] Mad Jack 17:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
That picture is not her. It should be removed. On the Conan O'Brien show on January 12th, she said she was from Nebraska.
(76.169.12.80 08:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Picture
This new is picture is better. (76.169.12.80 09:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC))
[edit] picture
maybe we should put a pic up there till we're deciding on which to use Slyj18 16:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GA potential
This article appears like it good become a Good Article. Look over the GA criteria and consider nominating the article when it meets the criteria. --Nehrams2020 00:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
