Celebrities Supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Celebrities Supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the premier center for helping children with leukemia, other forms of cancer and infectious diseases. Medical research at the hospital is ongoing in an effort to combat diseases in children. Actor/entertainer Danny Thomas (TV’s “Make Room For Daddy”) founded the hospital in the 1950s in honor of the patron saint of hopeless causes, Saint Jude Thaddeus. After years of organizing donations, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors in 1962. Since then people from all over the world have shown their support for the hospital by volunteering time as well as donations. We take a look at some of Hollywood’s celebrities who have worked with St. Jude’s at different times throughout the years.

These entertainers, actors and actresses include:

Jennifer Aniston who has starred in “Office Space” (1999), “Derailed” (2005), “Friends With Money” (2006) and The Break-Up

Courteney Cox Arquette who starred in Scream, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994) and 2001’s “3000 Miles to Graceland”

Lara Flynn Boyle who has appeared in “Dead Poets Society” (1989) and “Men In Black II” (2002)

Jim Carrey, the star of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994), “The Mask” (1994), “Dumb and Dumber” (1994) and “Me, Myself and Irene” (2000)

Geena Davis who won Oscar gold in “The Accidental Tourist” (1988) and also starred in “Beetle Juice” (1988), “Thelma and Louise” (1991) and “The Long Kiss Goodnight” (1996)

Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, members of the Rat Pack who starred together in “Ocean’s 11” (1960) and The Cannonball Run

Shannen Doherty who starred in “Heathers” (1989) and “Mallrats” (1995)

Carrie Fisher who starred as Princess Leia in the Star Wars as well as “The Burbs” (1989)

Kelsey Grammar who starred in “Down Periscope” (1996), as Dr. Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand and the voice of Sideshow Bob in “The Simpsons Movie” (2007)

Barbara Hershey who starred in “Hoosiers” (1986), “Beaches” (1988) and “Portrait of a Lady” (1996)

Jennifer Love Hewitt who starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (1997), “The Tuxedo” (2002) and “Garfield” (2004)

Holly Hunter who starred in “Raising Arizona” (1987), “The Piano” (1993) and O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Ashton Kutcher who has starred in “Dude, Where’s My Car?” (2000), “The Butterfly Effect” (2004) and “The Guardian” (2006)

Courtney Love from “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (1996) and “Man in the Moon” (1999)

Bette Midler who starred in “The Rose” (1979), “Ruthless People” (1986) and First Wives Club

Gary Oldman who has starred in Dracula, “Air Force One” (1997), “Hannibal” (2001), Batman Begins and Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and star of a number of films including “Jailhouse Rock” (1957) and “Blue Hawaii” (1961)

Ray Romano who voiced the character Manny in “Ice Age” (2002) and its 2006 sequel and starred in “Welcome to Mooseport” (2004) as well as the hit TV show “Everybody Loves Raymond”

Frank Sinatra who starred in “From Here to Eternity” (1953) for which he won an Oscar and “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)

Marlo Thomas, daughter of Danny Thomas, who has appeared in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Billy Bob Thornton who starred in “Sling Blade” (1996), “Armageddon” (1998), Bad Santa and “School for Scoundrels” (2006)

Robin Williams the comedian/actor who won an Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” (1997) and starred in “Dead Poets Society” (1989), “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) and “Night at the Museum” (2006)

For more information about St. Jude’s visit their official website.