1 Ronald Reagan:
Went from the star of Bedtime for Bonzo to the fall of the Berlin Wall as US president.
2 Arnold Schwarzenegger:
The Terminator actor from Austria became governor of California.
3 Clint Eastwood:
Tough guy star of the Dirty Harry movies was elected mayor of Carmel, California.
4 Sonny Bono:
Cher's singing partner was mayor of Palm Springs before his death in a skiing accident.
5 Shirley Temple:
Child star of the 30s became US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
6 Glenda Jackson:
The star of Women in Love has been a Labour MP at Westminster since 1992.
7 Fred Thompson:
Star of Die Hard 2 was a US senator from Tennessee.
8 Jerry Springer:
The TV chat show host served for one year as mayor of Cincinnati.
9 Roseanne Barr:
The actress and comedian was the 2012 presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party.
10 Fred Grandy:
Love Boat's Gopher, of Iowa, was in US House of Representatives.
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article