Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor, best known for his starring role as Cameron Tucker on the ABC comedy Modern Family. Stonestreet has received critical acclaim for his performance on Modern Family, which has earned him two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, with three nominations.Stonestreet was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Jamey Anne (née Ball) and Vincent Anthony "Vince" Stonestreet. He is an only child, and he is of part German descent.[4] During his childhood, he wanted to become a clown. At age nine, he created an auguste clown character named Fizbo, and has periodically brought him back, including in multiple episodes of Modern Family.
He is a graduate of Piper High School and Kansas State University (1996). He spent two years doing plays and studying improv at The Second City Training Center in Chicago, then moved to Los Angeles and began his professional acting career. He was also a member of Kansas State's Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Bethenny Frankel (born November 3, 1970) is an American reality television personality, talk show host, author, and entrepreneur. She founded Skinnygirl Cocktails, authored four self-help books and hosted the talk show, Bethenny. Frankel has appeared on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, The Real Housewives of New York City and was the subject of the reality television series Bethenny Ever After.Frankel is the only child of Robert J. Frankel and Bernadette Birk, an interior designer. Her father was Jewish and her mother was a Roman Catholic of Welsh descent who converted to Judaism when the couple married. Her father left her mother when Frankel was four years old and when she was five, her mother married another horse trainer, John Parisella.[2] She describes her childhood as difficult. Her biological father stopped supporting the family and her mother, Frankel says, "was always drinking" and often argued violently with her stepfather.
Frankel said she moved many times and attended multiple schools before going to boarding school. Frankel graduated in 1988 from the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she lived on campus. She attended the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, and New York University. Bethenny worked as a production assistant on the set of Saved by the Bell. In 2005, Frankel was a contestant on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, a reality competition series, and was one of two finalists. In 2008, Frankel was selected for the reality TV series The Real Housewives of New York City.
In June 2010, Frankel starred in the Bravo reality TV show Bethenny Getting Married?, which documented her engagement, marriage and the birth of their daughter. At the time of its premiere, the series was the highest rated of any series in Bravo's history. In September 2010, Frankel announced, that for personal reasons, she would not be returning to The Real Housewives of New York City for its fourth season. However, following months of speculation, it was confirmed on October 20th, 2014 that Bethenny would return to the cast for the seventh season of the show as a main housewife after three seasons absent.
