Perhaps you've visited a wax museum to see the (somewhat creepy) likeness of a celebrity. Or maybe you've wondered if we have the technology to build a robot in the image of a celebrity.
First, take a gander at the winners of this year's Reel Awards. The show, which took place this past May, honoring the best impersonators in the world, gave top nods to Brent Mendenhall, a George W. Bush impersonator, and to Dawn Behrens, an Anna Nicole Smith look-alike.
If you're interested in hanging out with impersonators locally, just do a quick search. There are so many of them all over the country looking for work, they'd love to hear from you.
We easily found a bunch who look kind of like a few hot celebrities (if you squint, you can't tell the difference), here's a good list to choose from. We wonder about the people who want to invite Alan Alda over for supper but -- hey -- it's your dinner party:
Bruce Willis, Alan Alda, John Travolta, Brad and Jennifer, Drew Barrymore, Danny DeVito, David Bowie, Tom Selleck
The following people are guys and girls who you might not be at the top of your list but now that you think about it, it would probably be pretty awesome to hang out with these celebrities:
Norm, Cliff and Sam of Cheers, Chelsey Clinton, John Goodman, Jason Alexander, WC Fields, Billy Ray Cyrus, Crocodile Dundee, Marcia Clark, Michael J. Fox
And this last group is a collection of celebrity look alikes who could probably pass for the real thing in most situations. Let's just hope they all have the same talents, personalities or senses of humor to go along with that look:
Rosanne Barr, Tim Allen, Weird Al Yankovic, Prince, Michael Jackson, Reba McIntire, Angelina Jolie, Burt Reynolds, Kramer, Madonna
And of course, you can find many more people willing to act like someone else at your party if you pay them enough. It looks like the typical cost for a celebrity impresonators could run you anywhere from about $500 to sometimes as high as $1,500 or even more so choose carefully.









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Posted on Sep 3rd 2009
By Dawnn Behrens
My name is Dawnn Behrens,
This year I was honored to recieve Best Actress as the late " Anna Nicole Smith". For the upcoming comedy film "Bamboo Shark" I was cast as Anna Nicole Smith, and have a very funny scene.
As a tribute artist I also portray many other stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball,Deborah Harry, Elvira Mistress of the dark.
It has been truly a privilege to emulate these Stars. All of us in this biz try hard to make them "come to life" and entertain people.
Thanks for your nice article on our business.
-Dawnn Behrens
If you want to see my Anna Nicole photos etc...please visit www.almostannanicole.com
www.dawnnsblondee.com/2006/
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Posted on Aug 8th 2009
By Robert
Thanks for the nice article. My dad has been a variety celebrity impersonator for over twenty years. He is a talented performer and is a showman that has many many faces. I am very proud of him. If you do not mind I would like to post his website address for all to see and I encourage more celebrity impersonators to post their website links here as well.
http://www.tbcstars.com
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