An anonymous actress has sued the Internet Movie Database and its parent Amazon.com in a million-dollar federal lawsuit claiming that her offers for roles dropped sharply after IMDb published her age, AP reported.

The actress claims she looks a lot younger than she is, and so she had always been careful about keeping her given name and birth date confidential.

In 2008, she tried to advance her career by signing up for a subscription service with the website called IMDb Pro. She provided credit card information when she bought the service.

IMDb used that information without permission to uncover her date of birth and added it to her profile.

Since then, her career has declined substantially, the lawsuit alleged.

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网站曝年龄 女演员起诉

       据美联社报道，一位匿名女演员状告网上电影资料库及其母公司亚马逊网，索要百万美元赔偿，称自从网上电影资料库公布了她的年龄以来，她拿到的角色骤减。

       该女演员称，自己比实际年龄看上去年轻得多，因此一直非常小心，不暴露自己的真实名字和出生日期。

       2008年，为了推进事业发展，她在网上电影资料库专业版上注册申请了订阅服务。在购买该服务时，她提供了信用卡信息。

       网上电影资料库未经允许便使用了那些信息，曝光了她的出生日期，并将其添加到她的简介中。

       该诉讼称，从那以后，她的事业下滑严重。

(China.org.cn October 20, 2011)