Profile of the Day: Olivia Newton-John

Posted September 26, 2013 by Amanda | No Comment

Are you a Grease fan? This day in 1948, star Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England. Raised in Melbourne, Australia, Olivia began her career performing in clubs and television spots during the 1960s in England. It wasn’t until her breakthrough performance as Sandy in the musical Grease that she became known as an international star.

Did you know she is the granddaughter of the Nobel Prize-winning atomic physicist Max Born? His work was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.

Olivia Newton-John is connected to over 70 million people in Geni’s World Family Tree. How are you related?

 

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