Pope Benedict, 95, has died

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1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

That point stands without Catholicism

 

Hence why people in Hollywood have stage names 

 

A lot of people in Hollywood have stage names for studio marketing reasons.

 

As an example Eric Braeden was a German actor who migrated as a student to US before being discovered.  

His birthname was Hans Gudegast and he mostly played German characters (i.e. The Rat Patrol) so I do not see how giving him an Irish last name helps.

He did not want to change it.

Maybe studios employees have poor literacy but it shows there is not one reason why Hollywood actors change names.

There is some rule about non-name duplication as well but does not apply in this case.

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