Famous people who were homeless

Halle Berry In an interview with magazine,US Weekly,Berry stated that she had stayed in a shelter for a time. * Jim Carrey Actor,writer,producer and comedian lived out of a VW van in various locations across Canada with older brother John Carrey, older sister and parents. * Charlie Chaplin Lived on the streets of London during his childhood after his father died and his mother, Hannah suffered a mental breakdown. Themes in his films in later years would re-visit the scenes of his childhood deprivation in Lambeth. * Kurt Cobain Lead vocalist of the band "Nirvana" camped under a bridge in Aberdeen, USA and slept in a cardboard box on the porch of a drummer friend; hallway floor of an apartment building, hospital waiting room and old couch in a garage. * Daniel Craig Actor; James Bond in the 007 movies, is reported as having slept on a park bench in London while a struggling actor. (source: Daily Mail newspaper, October 14, 2005). * Ella Fitzgerald Ella spent years as a struggling, homeless teenager before she was discovered in a singing competition. At one point, she worked as a lookout at a bordello. She was taken into custody and sent to a reform school. Eventually she escaped from the reformatory, and became homeless. * David Letterman Emmy Award-winning television writer, comedian, author and talk-show host of the television talk-show Late Show with David Letterman spent time living out of his Chevy pickup truck while struggling to establish his career. * William Shatner After the cancellation of the television series Star Trek, in which he starred, he travelled the east coast of the U.S. sleeping in a camper with his dog, a Doberman pinscher. "I now had three children and an ex-wife to support and I was just about broke." * Martin Sheen Emmy Award-winning actor,director and producer; slept in New York City subway while a young struggling actor.