She was a very smart girl (with an IQ of 154), became a bookworm, and once was told that a suitable job for her (and her brains) was to become a lawyer. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. Her strict father was a factory worker, and her mother was a homemaker. Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania.
