Celebrities Who Were Once Homeless
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Published
03/27/2013
Now they're rich.
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Oscar winner Halle Berry once stayed in a homeless shelter in her early twenties. -
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Chris Gardner inspired the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" and was homeless with a young son while he was in a finance training program. -
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Hilary Swank grew up in a trailer park and lived in a car with her mother as a teenager. -
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The co-founder of Canada's largest specialty chain of coffee shops was once homeless because of a drinking problem -
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Personal finance guru Suze Orman is now worth approximately 25 million, but she lived out of her van for four months in 1973. -
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Action film director John Woo lived on the streets of Hong Kong with his family as a young child. -
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Jim Carrey once lived out of a VW camper van and in a tent on his sister's front lawn. -
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After being fired, Jewel was homeless for about a month and almost died in a parking lot. -
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Daniel Craig, or "James Bond," once had to sleep on park benches in London -
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Singer Ella Fitzgerald was abused, had mafia ties and was homeless before becoming the 'Queen of Jazz. -
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Michael Oher's story of homelessness and struggle in 'The Blind Side' was inspirational to the world. -
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Kelly Clarkson lived in a car and homeless shelter when her apartment burned down. -
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Carmen Electra became homeless in her early twenties when all her savings were stolen by an ex-boyfriend. -
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Before becoming the greatest magician, Harry Houdini ran away from home at the age of 12 and begged on the streets for coins. -
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Before the age of 10, Charlie Chaplin had to figure out how to make a living on the streets of London.
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