Daryl Hannah Trivia

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  • Suffers from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), a phobia she kept secret for many years, fearing it might ruin her acting career
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  • Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#96). [1995]
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  • Is missing part of her left hand index finger. She sometimes uses a prosthetic finger in movies.
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  • Sister of Don Hannah.
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  • Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. [1984]
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  • Lives in Colorado.
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  • Played The Girl in a London stage production of The Seven Year Itch (1955) - a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe. [August 18, 2000]
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  • Half sister of Tanya Wexler.
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  • Good friends with John Corbett
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  • Stepdaughter of Jerrold Wexler
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  • Graduated the University of Southern California School of Theatre.
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  • Sister of Page Hannah.
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  • Step-niece of Haskell Wexler and Yale Wexler.
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  • Sister-in-law of Lou Adler.
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  • Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
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  • Her childhood interest in movies grew out of a lifelong battle with insomnia.
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  • As a child Daryl was so shy that at one point she was diagnosed as borderline autistic. Even today she says she likes to just sit in a corner & observe people.
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  • Was in a serious relationship with John Kennedy Jr. for several years, but never married due to Jacqueline Kennedy`s disapproval of her son marrying an actress.
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  • Made McCall`s "10 Best Female Bodies In America" list in 1984.
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  • Since there was no girls` soccer team at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, she played on the boys` team. Anne Heche graduated from this same school.
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  • She had brief yet interesting career in music. She sang background vocals on the hit 1985 single "You`re a Friend of Mine," a duet by Clarence Clemons and her then-boyfriend Jackson Browne. She is also credited as contributing to the all- star chorus of the anti-apartheid album "Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid," organized by Steve Van Zandt, also in 1985.
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  • Suffers from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), a phobia she kept secret for many years, fearing it might ruin her acting career.
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  • Is a vegan.
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  • Born on the same day as actress Julianne Moore. She also shares a birthday with actor Brendan Fraser.
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  • On two occasions has run after and captured muggers in New York City. She says that both men`s faces displayed mixed emotions when they realized who was sitting on their chests, holding them for police.
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  • Good friends with John Corbett.
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  • Is portrayed by Tara Chocol in America`s Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003) (TV).
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  • She attended the 2005 Gumball 3000 car race with Tina Basich. They drove a pink Range Rover Hybrid that used biodiesel made from cooking oil as fuel.
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  • She is often cast as the girlfriend of a considerably older man (Rutger Hauer, Robert Redford, Steve Martin, Michael Douglas [an ex- boyfriend], Alan Alda, Chevy Chase, David Carradine) or one who is older by a few years (Tom Hanks, Mickey Rourke, Peter Gallagher, Aidan Quinn).
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  • As a keen environmentalist, Daryl lives off of solar power and drives a car that runs off of recycled fast food grease.
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  • She turned down the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman (1990) because she felt it was denigrating to women. She appeared in _Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)_ as a stripper.
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  • 13 June 2006 - Was forcibly removed from a walnut tree on a South Central Los Angeles Community farm where she had stayed for 23 days to protest the sale of the farm to developers. Forty other protesters were arrested at the same time. Fellow activist Joan Baez also participated in the protest.
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  • The box-office performance of Splash (1984) was a large part of the reason that the Walt Disney company greenlighted the made-for-television sequel, but also their animated feature The Little Mermaid (1989). The fact that Daryl Hannah`s character was blonde, however, inspired the company to go in a radically different direction for their new heroine. For this reason, the choice was made that Ariel would have red hair.
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  • A story on America`s most wanted shows that she goes undercover to help rescue children as young as 6 years old from the brothels in Bangkok.
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  • Produces a "green" vlog called "dhlovelife.com" which focuses on healthy living, renewable energy, and sustainable farming.
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  • Was considered for the role of "Mia Wallace" in Pulp Fiction, but Uma Thurman was cast instead.
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