Before They Were Famous ~A-C

Madeleine Albright (Bill Clinton's Secretary of State) once worked at Jocelyn's Department Store in Denver selling bras.

In the late '70s, Tim Allen spent two years in prison for dealing cocaine before turning his life around. Then in 1985, Tim Allen played a mechanic in a commercial for which he was paid $200.

Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress.

Jon Bon Jovi once had a job as a Christmas decoration maker.

Garth Brooks worked as a salesman in a boot store right up until his big break.

At one time, Nicolas Cage had a job selling popcorn at the Fairfax Theater.

Drew Carey was in the Marine Corps Reserve in the early eighties before hitting it big. Carey once worked in a Denny's Restaurant in Nevada.

Mariah Carey started beauty school but dropped out. Mariah Carey was fired from her job as a hat checker.

When Jim Carrey was 14, he was a rifleman with the army cadets. Jim Carrey also worked as a janitor in a factory.

Before hitting it big in the band Nirvana, the late Kurt Cobain worked as a janitor for Lemons Janitorial Service.

Sheryl Crow was once an elementary school teacher in St. Louis, Missouri.