Known for movies

Short Info

SpouseGrand L. Bush, Donald E. Crews
FactRetired from acting in 2002.


Sharon Dahlonega Bush (née Levy; born August 24, 1952) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the ex-wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and the mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sharon Levy is the daughter of Margaret (née Freeman) and Robert Levy, a successful businessman and philanthropist. She has two older sisters, Jane and Nancy. Sharon’s early education took place at the private Westlake School for Girls in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. She then attended Finch College in New York City.

Sharon met George H. W. Bush at a dance in Houston, Texas, in November 1970. They were married on January 6, 1977, and have three children: George W., Jeb, and Neil.

During her husband’s presidency, Sharon Bush was active in a number of charitable causes, including literacy and cancer research. She also served as the honorary chair of the Republican National Committee’s Women’s Division.

Since her divorce from George H. W. Bush in 1993, Sharon Bush has continued her work in philanthropy and business. She is the founder and president of Bush-Elsey Communications, a public relations firm based in Houston, Texas. Sharon Bush is also a member of the board of directors of several organizations, including the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Points of Light Foundation.

In March 2018, it was announced that Sharon Bush would be joining the cast of the reality television series The Real Housewives of Dallas for its second season.

Sharon Bush has an estimated net worth of $50 million. She has made her fortune through her work in business and philanthropy.

General Info

Full NameSharon Dahlonega Bush
ProfessionJournalist, Newscaster
EducationUniversity of Detroit Mercy, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
NationalityAmerican

Family

SpouseGrand L. Bush, Donald E. Crews
ChildrenStephen Crews, Damian Crews

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Quotes

#Quote
1Nothing in this world can take the place of devotion. Talent won't. Genius can't. Drive, determination, a gentle heart and the will to conquer the odds are some powerful forces.

Facts

#Fact
1As of March 2007 he was developing film projects with his wife and writing partner, Sharon Dahlonega.
2He officially retired from acting in 2003 to study medicine. He graduated from medical school in 2010.
3He is an expert swimmer and certified sailboat skipper.
4Producer Joel Silver personally phoned him at his home to ask that he make a cameo appearance in Demolition Man (1993), co-starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes.
5A University of Southern California alumnus.
6After filming the movie Colors (1988), he and the film's director, Dennis Hopper, remained close friends for more than 20 years until Hopper's death.
7Todd Bridges personally asked him to portray his abusive father, Jim, in Bridges' independent biopic called Building Bridges (2000).
8Between 1986-90 he played three different characters on the television series Hunter (1984).
9Retired from acting in 2002.
10Plays two different characters in Lethal Weapon (1987) ("Detective Boyette") and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) ("Detective Collins").
11On November 20, 2007, he helped director/producer Penny Marshall, Reachback LA and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation hand out five-star dinners to nearly 600 at-risk youth and their families in Watts, CA.
12Parodied his role in Roots (1977) as a "Runaway Slave" in Hollywood Shuffle (1987).
13He was invited to participate in the 2007 Celebrity Golf Classic hosted by Donald Trump. Others lending their celebrity to the Salvation Army benefit included Mark Wahlberg, Marcus Allen and Reggie Jackson.
14The 1994 production Street Fighter: Special Edition (1994) (VG)_ represented the world's first international ensemble of motion picture actors to be featured in a single video game. In addition to Grand in the role of "Balrog," the cast included Raul Julia ("Bison"), Ming-Na Wen ("Chun-Li"), Kylie Minogue ("Cammie"), Jean-Claude Van Damme ("Guile") and Wes Studi ("Sagat").
15The wheezing and beads of sweat on his forehead were real during filming of Shark Hunter (2001). in Sofia, Bulgaria. He had contracted a potentially deadly staph infection after injuring himself during a stunt. Grand's wife, Sharon Dahlonega, along with a medical staff, monitored and nursed him as he battled a raging fever that spiked to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) at times during the shoot.
16In 2006 he and his wife, Sharon Dahlonega, renewed their wedding vows during a cruise of the Mexican Riviera.
17He and Clarence Gilyard Jr. not only played brothers on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), they celebrate identical birthdates.
18Robert Davi and Grand co-starred in Licence to Kill (1989), Die Hard (1988) and Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993).
19To prepare for the role of "Balrog" in Street Fighter (1994), he trained with martial artist Benny Urquidez. In addition to adhering to a strict scientific diet, Grand ran each day through the polluted streets of Bangkok, Thailand, in 90-degree weather. He lost 15 pounds in a single month. The Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (1993) video game features the actual images of the entire cast in hand-to-hand combat.
20Began his acting career at an early age. Of all the other fourth-graders at Vermont Elementary School in Los Angeles, his teacher quickly realized he was capable of memorizing large passages because of his father's propensity to have him commit to memory large chunks of the Bible. He was cast as "Prince Charming" in his first play, "Sleeping Beauty." It was not until high school that he realized one could make a living at acting. He was surrounded by drama students who were already earning an income acting in commercials, TV shows and film projects. During his junior year he placed his interest in journalism on hold and enrolled in drama at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. He advanced to play production, performing in "The Merchant of Venice" at the Globe Theatre, and in the Garden Grove Shakespeare Festival's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He attended the Theatre Academy at Los Angeles City College. Following graduation, he studied film and theatre at the University of Southern California and scene acting at the Strasberg Academy in Hollywood.
21Grand continues to mourn the passing of his best friend, writer/producer Nicholas Corea. Their relationship began with The Incredible Hulk (1978). Grand played a bad guy and still laughs at the memory of his mother, Essie, rooting for the Hulk as it ripped her son's character to shreds. Nick brought Grand along with him on quite a few projects, including The Renegades (1982), opposite Patrick Swayze; Airwolf (1984) opposite Jan-Michael Vincent; Outlaws (1986) opposite Rod Taylor; and Renegade (1992) opposite Lorenzo Lamas. While Nick was dying of cancer in 1999, he wrote for Grand Walker, Texas Ranger: Brothers in Arms (1999), an installment that is still considered to be one of the best episodes of that series. Grand and his wife, Sharon Dahlonega, watched the broadcast privately with Nick's widow, Pheny.
22Grand and writer/producer Dean Devlin acted together in Hard Copy (1987), a short-lived TV series. Dean played a reporter and Grand was his streetwise connection. Although they became very good friends, their careers took them in different directions. Dean wanted to write and Grand wanted to act. After the success of Dean's movie, Independence Day (1996), he and Grand ran into each other on the lot of Twentieth Century-Fox. Devlin said he had a project he thought Grand might be interested in. Two weeks later, Grand was cast as Agent Douglas Wilcox in The Visitor (1997), opposite John Corbett and Steve Railsback.
23His real father, Robert, played his his dad on Good Times (1974).
24A Shakespearean actor, he received a scholarship to study at Juilliard. He turned down the offer to care for his ailing mother.
25He does not recognize holidays because of his religious beliefs.
26A student of theology, he remains spiritual and dedicated to the betterment of life.
27He was named after his grandfather, Lee Grand Bush.
28In 1994 he was given a "Courageous Citizens Award" by L.A. District Attorney Gil Garcetti for saving the life of a shooting victim.
29For the premiere of Licence to Kill (1989) he and the starring cast greeted Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana. He said he found the prince to be quite "dashing" and "eloquent.".
30He was once a dancer in Las Vegas.
31To prepare for his role as Rev. Ross in the critically-acclaimed independent film, Favorite Son (1997), Grand committed to memory the entire chapter of the New Testaments's Luke 15. His performance was so impressive that many of the local extras thought he was a real minister and invited him to preach at their church.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wedlock1991Jasper
Secret Agent OO Soul1990Ben Douglas (as Grand Bush)
Hunter1986-1990TV SeriesOfficer Meyers / Blade / Uniform Officer / ...
When You Remember Me1990TV MovieScott
Angel of Death1990TV MovieInvestigating Detective #1
Blind Vengeance1990TV MovieDeputy Lawrence Jones (as Grand Bush)
The Exorcist III1990Sergeant Atkins
The First Power1990Reservoir Worker
Catchfire1990Bank Teller (as Grand Bush)
Bad Influence1990Club Bartender
Murder, She Wrote1989TV SeriesGeorge Gordon
Lethal Weapon 21989Jerry Collins
Licence to Kill1989Hawkins
Out on the Edge1989TV MovieQuinn
China Beach1989TV SeriesMac
Finish Line1989TV MovieMike Gray (as Grand Bush)
Die Hard1988FBI Agent Little Johnson
Colors1988Larry Sylvester (as Grand Bush)
Werewolf1987TV SeriesSeaman
Hollywood Shuffle1987Mandingo / Ricky Taylor / Hood #5
Lethal Weapon1987Boyette (as Grand Bush)
Hard Copy1987TV SeriesCash Conover
Outlaws1986-1987TV SeriesLt. Albert Ross
Simon & Simon1987TV SeriesDoug Raney
Generation1985TV MovieCatt
Brewster's Millions1985Rudy (as Grand Bush)
1st & Ten: The Championship1984TV SeriesSam's Agent / John James
Streets of Fire1984Reggie - The Sorels (as Grand Bush)
Airwolf1984TV SeriesGeneral Ali Butami
My Mother's Secret Life1984TV MovieRayfield Williams
Weekend Pass1984Bertram
The Renegades1983TV SeriesJewel
The Jeffersons1982TV SeriesGeorge Nylund
Hard Feelings1982Latham Lockhart (as Grand Bush)
The Renegades1982TV Movie
Night Shift1982Mustafa (as Grand Bush)
Police Squad!1982TV SeriesThe Champ
Vice Squad1982Black Pimp (as Grand Bush)
Fame1982TV SeriesWillard
The Ambush Murders1982TV MovieElton Wardell (as Grand Bush)
Trapper John, M.D.1981TV SeriesTreetop
The Night the City Screamed1980TV MovieHerbert Lee
Stir Crazy1980Big Mean's Sidekick (as Grand Bush)
Beulah Land1980TV Mini-SeriesNathaniel
B.J. and the Bear1980TV SeriesCameraman
Hagen1980TV SeriesNick
Act of Violence1979TV MovieStoneblood
Sunnyside1979Teddy (as Grand Bush)
Hair1979Flesh Failures (as Grand Bush)
CHiPs1978TV SeriesPaul
The Incredible Hulk1978TV SeriesMike
Lou Grant1978TV SeriesHenry Spence
Barnaby Jones1977TV SeriesDoc Evans
Roots1977TV Mini-SeriesCaptured runaway slave
Good Times1976TV SeriesLeon
JAG2002TV SeriesXO - USS Seahawk
New Alcatraz2001Sergeant Quinn
Extreme Honor2001Brady
Shark Hunter2001Rob Harrington
Sheena2001TV SeriesKiptalami Chief
18 Wheels of Justice2000TV SeriesEric Hodges
Any Day Now2000TV SeriesOfficer Royce
Building Bridges2000Jim / Dad
Chicago Hope1999TV SeriesColonel Oswald Merton
Walker, Texas Ranger1998-1999TV SeriesSimon Trivette / Andros
The Pretender1999TV SeriesDet. Rusk
The Visitor1997-1998TV SeriesFBI Agent Douglas Wilcox / Agent Douglas Wilcox
Favorite Son1997Rev. Ross
Turbulence1997Marshal Al Arquette
Nash Bridges1996TV SeriesAlex Peyton
Street Fighter: The Movie1995Video GameBalrog
Street Fighter1994Balrog
Chasers1994Vance Dooly
Demolition Man1993Zachary Lamb - Young
Renegade1992-1993TV SeriesHarry Wells
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence1993Willie (as Grand Bush)
Freejack1992Boone

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hair1979performer: "Flesh Failures Let the Sunshine In"

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Demolition Man1994Video GameZachary Lamb - Young

Awards

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1983GenieGenie AwardsBest Performance by a Foreign ActorHard Feelings (1982)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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