His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager; born in Alameda County, California, on January 18, 1932), was a hospital worker. Hanks’ mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks’s parents divorced in 1960. in school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine: “I was a geek, a spaz. At the same time, I was the guy who’d yell out funny captions during filmstrips. I’d just drive to a theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat, and read the program, and then get into the play completely.
Tom Hanks praises ‘wonderful’ Bullock Tom Hanks had a “wonderful” time working with Sandra Bullock and says they bonded instantly on the set of ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’. Tom H… [link]
