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Jack Nicholson Actor, The Shining Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director, is a 3-time Academy Award winner and 12-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nods in every decade from 1960s through the 2000s. Born April 22... | |
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Viggo Mortensen Actor, A History of Violence Viggo is the eldest son of Grace (Atkinson) and Viggo P. Mortensen. His father, who farmed in Denmark, met his mother, a New Yorker, in Norway. They wed and moved to New York where Viggo Jr. was born, before moving to South America where Viggo Sr. managed chicken farms and ranches in Venezuela and Argentina... | |
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Actress, The Dark Knight Maggie Gyllenhaal made her debut in her father's Stephen Gyllenhaal film Waterland and emerged as a full-blown star in Secretary. Her sweet looks and conduct result in a subtle on-screen style that emerges from the character she plays, whether the part is large or small. A graduate of Columbia University... | |
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Catherine Hicks Actress, Child's Play Born in New York City and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Catherine Mary Hicks was a cheerleader at Gerard High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated in 1969. Hicks attended St. Mary's College-Notre Dame University and studied English literature. Moving east from South Bend, Indiana, she began her acting career at Cornell University... | |
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Tupac Shakur Soundtrack, Django Unchained Notorious 25-year-old gangsta MC and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and killed before he had a chance to fulfill the promise of a successful career in both fields. He was born in New York City and his mother, Afeni Shakur, was a member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur spent much of his youth in Harlem... | |
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Alfonso Ribeiro Actor, Love Wrecked Alfonso Ribeiro was born in New York on September 21, 1971. Alfonso's family is from Trinidad & Tobago. Although rumor has been that he is of Dominican descent, he has stated in an interview that this is false. Neither he nor his family are from the Dominican Republic; they originate from Trinidad & Tobago... | |
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Lady Gaga Self, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28 1986 with Sicilian/Italian heritage), is an American songwriter, singer, actress, philanthropist, dancer and fashion designer. Born in Manhattan, New York, she was able to sing and play the piano from a young age. She attended the Convent... | |
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Carroll O'Connor Actor, Kelly's Heroes Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a community of Queens, New York. After high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic. In 1946, he enrolled at the University of Montana to study English. While there, he became interested in theater. During one of the amateur productions... | |
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Peter Coyote Actor, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | |
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Barrett Foa Actor, Prop 8: The Musical Barrett Foa is a series regular on the hit CBS drama, NCIS: Los Angeles. He plays tech operator/surfer "Eric Beale" alongside Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Oscar winner Linda Hunt. Since moving to Los Angeles in January 2009, Foa has been a recurring guest on Entourage (as Ari's assistant)... | |
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Ana Ortiz Actress, Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story | |
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Patricia Rae Actress, Maria Full of Grace Patricia was born In Manhattan, raised in Queens, and is of Colombian descent. She was raised by her grandmother who ran a boarding house, while her mother worked. A strict Catholic, her grandmother Lilian, kept her fairly isolated, forcing her to create imaginary friends, which sparked her imagination at an early age... | |
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Tony Gilroy Writer, The Bourne Ultimatum Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate and The Cutting Edge. | |
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Teresa Wright Actress, Shadow of a Doubt A natural and lovely talent who was discovered for films by Samuel Goldwyn, the always likable Teresa Wright distinguished herself early on in high-caliber, Oscar-worthy form -- the only performer ever to be nominated for Oscars for her first three films. Always true to herself, she was able to earn Hollywood stardom on her own unglamorized terms... | |
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Wanda De Jesus Actress, Another World | |
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William Windom Actor, To Kill a Mockingbird A man of all mediums, this veteran, Manhattan-born character actor was named after his great-grandfather, Lincolnesque Congressman William Windom. Born in 1923, the son of Paul Windom, an architect, and the former Isobel Wells Peckham, Bill attended Williams College and the University of Kentucky, among others... | |
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John Kerr Actor, South Pacific The son of Broadway actors Geoffrey Kerr and June Walker, John Kerr began his stage career after graduating from Harvard University. In 1951 he met Priscilla Smith while taking a class in Serbo-Croatian language and literature at Harvard. They were married on December 28, 1952, and divorced in 1972... | |
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Christopher Mayer Actor, Liar Liar | |
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Cam'ron Soundtrack, End of Watch Rapper Cam'ron was born and raised in Harlem, attending Manhattan Center High School, where one of his basketball teammates was Mason "Mase" Betha, who also became a successful rapper. Though his playing earned him scholarship offers from top colleges, Cam'ron was unable to take advantage of them because of his poor academic record... | |
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Arnold Stang Actor, The Man with the Golden Arm A show-stopping comic for decades, the inimitable Arnold Stang, with the trademark Runyonesque voice and thick, black glasses, started out famously on radio before branching out to include Broadway, films and especially TV. Born on September 28, 1918, in New York City (for decades he himself perpetuated the myth of being born in 1925 in Chelsea... | |
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Gladys Portugues Self, Hollywood Ex-Wives | |
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Michael Strong Actor, Patton While never one of the big names on screen, Michael Strong was one of those excellent method actors who were often compelling to watch. Unsurprisingly, many of Michael's screen characters were typical New Yorkers, whether they be cops or thugs, and he imbued them with an edgy 'in-your-face' intensity that was all his own... | |
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Dick Cusack Actor, The Fugitive | |
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Leonardo Cimino Actor, Dune Veteran little old man Italian character actor Leonardo Anthony Cimino steadily worked in both movies and TV shows alike from the late 50s up until 2007. Cimino was born on November 4, 1917 in New York City. He was the son of tailor Andrea Cimino and his wife Leonilda. Leonardo played violin as a child and studied at Juilliard as a teenager... | |
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Lil Mama Self, Episode dated 19 January 2009 | |
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J. Michael Riva Production Designer, Iron Man | |
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Jason Harris Sound Department, Ice Age: Continental Drift | |
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William Asher Director, Beach Blanket Bingo | |
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William Finley Actor, Phantom of the Paradise Marvelously quirky, distinctive and versatile character actor William Franklin Finley was born on September 20, 1940 in New York City. Finley attended Columbia University, where he first met future filmmaker Brian De Palma. The lanky 6'4" Finley first began acting on the New York stage. He made his film debut in De Palma's odd short movie Woton's Wake... | |
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Frank Medrano Actor, The Shawshank Redemption | |
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Tiny Tim Self, Private Parts Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. A high school dropout, his interest in the popular music of the 1890s through the 1930s manifested itself early... | |
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John Whedon Writer, The Island at the Top of the World | |
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Anika Poitier Director, The Devil Cats | |
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Dan Frazer Actor, Deconstructing Harry Son of a bricklayer and ironworker, who was involved in the construction of the Empire State Building, Dan Frazer first acted in local theatre in his rough 'Hell's Kitchen' neighbourhood on the Manhattan West Side. He also benefited from the Federal Theatre Project, funded by the Works Progress Administration after the onset of the Great Depression... | |
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Leo O'Brien Actor, The Last Dragon | |
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Jim Carroll Soundtrack, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial In the 1960s Jim Carroll was a basketball prodigy and a fountain of untapped talent. He was also progressively becoming an addict. Through his teenage years, he discovered love, loss, pain, joy, and everything in between which is thoroughly recounted in his infamous book "The Basketball Diaries". The... | |
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Susan Bluestein Casting Director, NYPD Blue | |
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Guy Raymond Actor, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming | |
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Alexa Ray Joel Self, Russell Simmons/Ryan Kavanaugh/Alexa Ray Joel | |
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Bennett Cerf Self, See What You Know | |
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Ian Kahn Actor, The Box | |
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Paul Bogart Director, Torch Song Trilogy | |
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Moses Martin Self, 20 Cutest Celebrity Babies | |
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Sal Pacino Actor, I soldati | |
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Allegra Leguizamo Actress, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | |
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Betty Bobbitt Actress, Crocodile Dundee II | |
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Cole Hawkins Actor, The School of Rock | |
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Fred J. Lincoln Director, Battling Bitches | |
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Dori Brenner Actress, Altered States | |
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Julia Migenes Actress, Carmen | |
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