Deja Who's Who..

Jul 13 2008

Stars Reveal Secrets Of Their Past Lives... From Egyptian Princess To Street Urchin

Sophia Loren

THE screen siren thinks she used to be a witch.

She adds: "But not a bad one - which is probably why I can foretell the future more than average."

Sir Sean Conner

THE actor believes he once walked the Earth as a railway builder in Africa.

Sean says: "I turned my back on the white community and went 'native' - sharing huts with two local women.

"I saw myself die in a hut with one of my African women from drinking too much.

My body was put on a pyre and burned."

Martin Shee

THE actor says his fear of horses stems from a past life.

He says: "I was trampled to death by one as a soldier in the American Civil War."

Leonard Nimoy

SPOCK star Leonard is no stranger to time travel.

He says: "I was one of Van Gogh's closest friends.

I had an incredible psychic experience while filming a show on his life.

I felt I had been in the room where he shot himself and felt his angry presence."

Tina Turner

SUPERSTAR Tina's majestic success is nothing new - she was told at a seance she lived 3000 years ago as Queen Hatsheput.

She says: "I was so intrigued I went to Egypt and, when I approached Queen Hatsheput's tomb, the air seemed to swirl around me.

I felt I was in the presence of ancient magic."

John Travolta

SCREEN god Travolta has a romantic view of his past lives.

"I'm positive I was Rudolph Valentino.

"I have an active role in the choice of which body to inhabit with each reincarnation and feel I chose my family."

Shirley MacLaine

THE actress claims to have spent a previous life with her dog Terry in ancient Egypt. He was an animal god and she was a princess.

She says: "I've had many past lives, including an Indian street urchin, Mongolian nomad, court jester and prostitute."

Robin Williams

THE star claims he caught the acting bug in a former life.

He says: "I am convinced I was an actor in Shakespearean times and appeared in many of his most famous plays.

If I read or watch them, I get this eerie feeling I've been there and done it all before."

Steven Seagal

ACTOR Seagal's tough guy image could not be more different from his past life.

He says: "I have been officially recognised as the reincarnation of a long-dead Tibetan holy man by none other than the Dalai Lama."

Ringo Starr

THE ex-Beatle feels he has been a Roman soldier or Greek slave but is planning his next life on Mars.

He says: "I know in my next life I will be an alien on another planet and am likely to have an even better life because of what the Beatles did working for peace."

Madonna

THE singer reckons she has been here four times before.

She says: "Every time I was a boy who died aged 12.

"Experts say it is my subconscious wish to be a boy but I don't understand why I should have this urge when I'm so successful at being a woman."

Sylvester

Stallone

SLY'S past life as a boxer could have led him to his famous role.

The Rocky star says: "I've had a great many past lives.

"I've been a boxer who died in the ring in 1935 and a rebel in the French Revolution who was guillotined.

"I wasn't restricted to human form.

Another time I was a wolf."

Jim Carrey

THE actor is well versed in the art of making people laugh - he claims he was a court jester in Tudor England.

He says: "I was a favourite of the court and no harm came to me in those troubled times."