Celebs you thought were dumb but actually are smart...

[moomies]

I just found this out when I googled something.

Phil LaMarr (born January 24, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and voice actor. He is a graduate of Harvard High School in North Hollywood and Yale University, technically making him alumni of both Harvard and Yale.

http://www.tv.com/phil-lamarr/person...g=stars;name;1

It's the guy that used to be on Mad TV. I had no idea he could be so smart, totally didn't expect that from a comedian.

[japangherl]

wow! That's pretty good for him.

I can't think of anybody, but nobody better say Paris Hilton!

[sputnik]

mira sorvino.
she got famous for playing a hooker (mighty aphrodite) and she does sort of look like a bimbo but she's a harvard graduate, majored in chinese, graduated magna cum laude and won some important prize for her thesis. and she speaks french.

[moomies]

^^ I wouldn't have expected that from her who played Romy in Romy and Michele's Highschool Union, either

[PurpleHaze]

if i remember correctly that was a cute movie. didn't one of those two said she invented post-its!

[NoDayButToday]

Originally Posted by moomies

] It's the guy that used to be on Mad TV. I had no idea he could be so smart, totally didn't expect that from a comedian.

Actually, comedians are a LOT smarter than you think. You have to be really intelligent to be a successful comedian. Larry the Cable Guy is another one of those really smart comedians with a stupid stage persona. His stage accent is fake too

Larry the Cable Guy back when he was just Dan Whitney: http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1694862/

[equallydivided]

Geena Davis, while although was a Vicotria's Secret model.....is also a member of MENSA....and was a semifinalist for US Women's Olympic Archery Team in 1999.

One of the VS pics can be found here http://www.perfectpeople.net/picpage.php3/cpid=35713

[tulip]

Originally Posted by PurpleHaze

if i remember correctly that was a cute movie. didn't one of those two said she invented post-its!

Yes they did...that silly movie makes me laugh every time I see it

[japangherl]

Ok, I remember one. Lisa Kudrow off of Friends. She plays sorta dumb on that show but really graduated college and speaks Chinese. I want to say the college she graduated from was Harvard, but I'm not too sure on that one.

[moomies]

^^ maybe you are thinking of Mia Sorvino???

[NoDayButToday]

According to IMDB, Lisa Kudrow graduated from Vassar with a degree in Psychobiology and was a medical researcher until Jon Lovitz convinced her to take up acting.

[moomies]

Michael Douglas: B.A. in pre-law (UC Santa Barbara)
David Duchovny: M.A. in English lit (Yale)
Jodie Foster: B.A. in Literature (Yale)

Tommy Lee Jones: B.A. in English (Harvard, cum laude!)

Conan O’Brien: B.A. in History and American literature (Harvard)

Fred Savage: B. A. in Englsh (Stanford)
Brooke Shields B. A. in French literature (Princeton)

Mira Sorvino: B. A. in Asian Studies (Harvard, magna cum laude!)

Howard Stern: B. A. in Communications (Boston University)
Meryl Streep: M. F. A. degree in Drama (Yale)

Sigourney Weaver: M.F.A. in Drama (Yale)

source:
http://geeksmakemehot.com/archives/2...-with-degrees/

Rowan Atkinson Oxford University grad in electrical engineering MR. BEAN!!!

Kathy Baker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in French

Kate Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature at Oxford

Jodie Foster
Valedictorian: Le Lycee Francais;.................
magna cum laude grad of Yale; received honorary Doctorate from Yale.......

Hugh Grant graduated from Oxford University I'm kinda surprised about this, too cuz he doesn't look it

Maggie Gyllenhaal B.A. in English from Columbia University; studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London

Mariska Hargitay speaks French, English, Hungarian and Italian; majored in theatre at UCLA

Famke Janssen speaks Dutch, German, English and French; majored in writing and literature at Columbia University

John Lithgow scholarship to Harvard and graduate magna cum laude in 1967; awarded a Fullbright scholarship to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Jon Lovitz graduate of University of California Irvine

Steve Martin studied philosophy at California State University at Long Beach, and for a while, considered becoming a philosophy professor instead of an actor-comedian

Thandie Newton grad of Cambridge Univ

Edward Norton can speak fluent Japanese and received a degree in History from Yale

Adam Sandler graduated from New York University

Elisabeth Shue graduated from Harvard with a degree in political science

Ben Stein graduated with honors in economics from Columbia University; valedictorian of the 1970 Yale Law School class

Emma Thompson graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English Literature

http://talentdevelop.com/gtcelebs.html

Noday, you are right about comedians and their intelligence!

[tulip]

Don't forget...Sharon Stone is in Mensa

[moomies]

Sharon Stone: grad of Edinboro State Univ of Pennsylvania; IQ of 154

http://talentdevelop.com/gtcelebs.html

I don't want to come off an elitist or anything but is Edinboro State Uni any good like is it Ivy League? And is the IQ of 154 impressive? (<<-- I really don't know the standard for that).

[HWBL]

I tested 154 once, I guess you have to be able to do it more than once to get into Mensa I don't even think it ranked genius, just above average.

Warren Beatty is fiercely intelligent, but quit Northwestern University after 1 year......


Didn't Jayne Mansfield have several degrees? And I believe that human airbag Lola Ferrari r.i.p. had a degree too. I think I remember reading that somewhere....