Famous People with Name Torn

Torny Pedersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Torny Pedersen: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions. Pedersen was a member of Fauske municipality council from 1987 to 1991, later serving as deputy ma

Rip Torn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rip Torn: is an American television and film actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Artie on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show.Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. in Temple, Texas, the son of Thelma Mary (née Spacek) and Elmore Rual Torn, an agriculturalist and economist.[1][2] Being given the name "Rip" is a family tradition of men in the Torn family for several generations. It was given to him by his father, who was also called Rip; although as a young child and teenager he was referred to as "Skippy." He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1952. Torn introduced his cousin, the Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek, to the entertainment business and she was able to enroll in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and then the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.