Talk:Hilary Swank

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Contents 1 place of birth 2 Spanish and Native American? 3 Article that can be used as source here or to expand the article 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 picture 7 Personal Life 8 GA potential 9 Jacqueline Kennedy?? 10 Amelia Disambiguation

[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] Personal Life

The bit about fruits in New Zealand sounds about as significant as a traffic violation. It's vaguely fun trivia, but it says a lot more about customs in New Zealand than Hilary Swank herself. I say it's not encyclopedic and should be removed.

Is there a better source for the $3000 payment for "Boys don't cry"? She was a seasoned actor by the time she made that movie and $75 a day is way less than union scale. I have friends in the acting business and have a hard time fathoming a beginner working for that kind of money, much less the "Next karate kid" and single mother of "90210". Furthermore she had a major role and a nude scene in that film, something that agents use to extract more money from the producers. Perhaps the origin of the story is that after taxes, overdue union and agent fees all she took home was $3000. Also notice that at a rate of $75 a day this implies 40 shooting days with her on the set. This sounds high (Clark Gable had 71 shooting days for the epic "Gone with the Wind"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.192.62 (talk) 14:04, 2 November 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)

[edit] Jacqueline Kennedy??

The source provided for the comment about her appearance being similar to Jacqueline Kennedy does not include that information. It's kind of an odd piece of information to begin with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcarver1988 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Girl !

Hilary Swank: reading in the sites of: Brenda Song: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Discussion: E-r-c-a-n S-a-a-t-c-i: V-i-k-i-p-e-d-i: not to translate: you must to search: combinate the movies: the soundtracks must to be in grammy quality: camera, dvd, poster: only quality to available: has future: until to: camera to: Hilary Swank: take your chance: you got it take your chance now: do it right: wishing you the best to the awards: you are my girl: girl you know it´s true ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.6.252.5 (talk) 17:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Amelia Disambiguation

The Amelia link redirects to a disambiguation page. I'm going to try to create a stub page for the film. --MathewBrooks (talk) 15:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)