Rebel with a cause

JOAN CRAWFORD’S career included more than 80 movies and an Oscar. She drew on life experience for her onscreen persona of a feisty woman striving to better herself, as her upbringing was tough. Born L

BORN Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 5, 1908, Bette was a childhood nickname which she kept throughout her career. Bette started acting in plays and taking drama classes while s

Boris Becker on life in jail When Boris ...

THE “King of Cool” was one of the biggest blue-eyed heart-throbs of his time, but the Hollywood actor had humble and troubled beginnings. McQueen’s childhood was in no way rosy. Born to a teenage moth

Taylor Swift’s music has dominated the charts for almost two decades – but her love life and her public feuds have at times threatened to obscure her huge talent. Now, a new Channel 4 documentary reve

As a teenager my life was pretty tumultuous. At 16, I had fallen madly in love with a boy my parents deeply disapproved of, and it was a real tussle for freedom and control. I’d started being naughty