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Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, and grew up in New York City. Aniston is the daughter of the actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick (older) and Alex Aniston (younger). Her father is a Greek American born on the island of Crete, Greece, while Aniston mother was born in New York City of English, Scottish and Italian descent. Her godfather was the late actor Telly Savalas, her father's best friend. She lived in Greece for one year as a child with her family, and they later relocated to New York City. Her father has appeared in the soap operas Days of Our Lives, Love of Life and Search for Tomorrow. She attended the New York Rudolf Steiner School[3] and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Among her high school friends was future gay rights activist Chastity Bono. Aniston's desire to become an actress grew as she worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave. During this time, she supported herself with several part-time jobs, including working as a telemarketer and bike messenger. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles, California.