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1. Maggie Smith Maggie Smith Actress, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her father was a teacher at Oxford University and her mother worked as a secretary. Smith has been married twice: to actor Robert Stephens and to playwright Beverley Cross. Her marriage to Stephens ended in divorce in 1974...
2. Judi Dench Judi Dench Actress, Skyfall Attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance in which she appeared with her husband...
3. Alan Arkin Alan Arkin Actor, Argo Actor, author, singer and composer, educated at LACC and Los Angeles State College. He sang with a folk group (The Tarriers) and joined the Compass Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri and Second City in Chicago. In 1961 he came to New York with the Second City troupe, later appearing in the Broadway plays...
4. Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Actress, El Cid Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Italy, on September 20, 1934. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister Maria Scicolone)...
5. Rue McClanahan Rue McClanahan Actress, Starship Troopers A veteran television actress and Broadway star of the 50s, Rue McClanahan was an actress noticed by television executive, Norman Lear. Lear cast her in a number of television shows, including All in the Family with Carroll O'Connor and Maude with Bea Arthur. McClanahan next co-starred with Vicki Lawrence...
6. Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Actress, The Apartment Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty to Virginia native Ira Owens Beaty, an American, and Kathlyn Corinne MacLean, from Nova Scotia, Canada. Her brother, Warren Beatty, was born on March 30, 1937. Shirley was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. Just after she graduated from Washington-Lee High School...
7. Russ Tamblyn Russ Tamblyn Actor, Drive Russ Tamblyn might as well face it...he will be a Jet "till his last dying day." Indelibly linked to the "womb to tomb" role of Riff, the knife-wielding, rocket-tempered, Baryshnikov-styled gang leader of the streetwise Jets in the musical film masterpiece West Side Story, it's not a bad way to be remembered...
8. Louise Fletcher Louise Fletcher Actress, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, she took a trip out west with her roommates...
9. Barry Humphries Barry Humphries Actor, Finding Nemo His father was an affluent construction manager. Barry was a very intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began in revues and doing some impersonations. He moved to London around 1960 and began his TV career. He has created numerous characters, including Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson.
10. Roy Kinnear Roy Kinnear Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory After his schooling in Edinburgh, the British character actor Roy Kinnear attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Following national service, Kinnear appeared on stage, radio, and television in Scotland before becoming a household name in Britain in the early 1960s as one of the original members of the television series That Was the Week That Was...
11. Richard Chamberlain Richard Chamberlain Actor, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Richard Chamberlain became THE leading heartthrob of early 1960s TV. As the impeccably handsome Dr. Kildare, the slim, butter-haired hunk with the near-perfect Ivy-League charm and smooth, intelligent demeanor, had the distaff fans fawning unwavering over him throughout the series' run. While this would appear to be a dream situation for any new star...
12. Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot Actress, Contempt Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934 in Paris, France. Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his father in the family business. Her mother was 14 years younger than Brigitte's father and they married in 1933. Brigitte's mother encouraged her daughter to take up music and dance...
13. Jim Hutton Jim Hutton Actor, The Green Berets In Jim Hutton's early career, he was romantically paired with Paula Prentiss in 4 consecutive films: Where the Boys Are; The Honeymoon Machine; Bachelor in Paradise and The Horizontal Lieutenant. According to Paula Prentiss in her DVD narrative to Where the Boys Are, they were paired because they were, at the time, Hollywood's tallest contract players, he at 6' 5" and she at 5' 10".
14. Bill Bixby Bill Bixby Actor, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. An only child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took ballroom dance lessons, before attending Lowell High School...
15. Frankie Valli Frankie Valli Soundtrack, Dirty Dancing
16. Sydney Pollack Sydney Pollack Director, Tootsie Sydney Pollack was an Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, writer and public figure, who directed and produced over 40 films. He was born on July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His mother, Rebecca Miller, was a homemaker. His father, David Pollack...
17. Barbara Eden Barbara Eden Actress, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona. Eden was a cheerleader in high school and a pop singer as a teenager. She graduated in 1949 from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California. Eden is most indelibly associated with her role as the genie in the bottle in the long-running sitcom I Dream of Jeannie...
18. Shirley Jones Shirley Jones Actress, Grandma's Boy Shirley Mae Jones was born 31 March, 1934 in Smithton, Pennsylvania. She was named after Shirley Temple. Her father owned the local brewery. When she was 20, she went to New York with her parents and, within a week, became the first and only actor signed to a personal contract by Rogers and Hammerstein...
19. Tina Louise Tina Louise Actress, The Stepford Wives Born in New York City, Tina Louise was still in her teens when she burst upon the national scene by starring on Broadway in the critically acclaimed box-office success "Li'l Abner", based on the famous comic strip character created by Al Capp. Stellar reviews caught the attention of Hollywood and Tina signed up for her first feature film...
20. Kenny Baker Kenny Baker Actor, Star Wars
21. Eileen Atkins Eileen Atkins Actress, Cold Mountain Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.
22. Tom Baker Tom Baker Actor, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad The British character actor Tom Baker, best known as the fourth incarnation of The Doctor, was born in 1934 in Liverpool, England. Tom, along with his younger sister Lulu and younger brother John, was raised in a poor Irish Catholic community by his mother Mary Jane Fleming Baker, a house-cleaner and barmaid...
23. Bill Cobbs Bill Cobbs Actor, Night at the Museum Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland...
24. Wilford Brimley Wilford Brimley Actor, The Thing He was a farmer and rodeo rider who, after gaining weight, became a blacksmith and then a film actor.
25. George Segal George Segal Actor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? At one time in the early 1970s, it seemed like George Segal would have a career like that enjoyed by his contemporary Jack Nicholson, that of an actor's actor equally adept at comedy and drama. Segal never made the leap to superstar status, and surprisingly, has never won a major acting award, the latter phenomenon being particularly surprising when viewed from the period 1973-4...
26. Garry Marshall Garry Marshall Writer, The Other Sister
27. James Drury James Drury Actor, Forbidden Planet
28. Inger Stevens Inger Stevens Actress, Hang 'Em High As a child she moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she lived all the way through high school. When her father moved away, she moved in with a friend and stayed. She took dance classes at Kansas State University, then moved to Kansas City, where she taught dance and first got into modeling.
29. Jamie Farr Jamie Farr Actor, Port Charles
30. Jean Marsh Jean Marsh Actress, Willow Born in London, Jean Marsh became interested in show business while taking dancing and mime classes as therapy for a childhood illness. After attending a charm school and working as a model, she started acting in repertory and took voice lessons. Her repertory work was supplemented by a number of film appearances as a dancer...
31. Florence Henderson Florence Henderson Self, Holy Man
32. Richard Briers Richard Briers Actor, Much Ado About Nothing
33. Joyce Van Patten Joyce Van Patten Actress, Grown Ups Adept at both comedy and drama, veteran New York-born actress Joyce Van Patten (along with equally famous older brother Dick Van Patten), and already auditioning for modeling roles before reaching a year old prodded by a typically assertive stage mother. Born on March 9, 1932, in New York City, both Van Patten siblings displayed natural talent and did quite well for themselves at such an early age...
34. Anne Haney Anne Haney Actress, Liar Liar Anne Haney held prominent roles acting on stage, on the screen, and on TV. All these achievements came in her mid 40s, after she had raised a daughter and buried a husband. It wasn't until after she had packed her daughter off to college and "the maid quit", as she said, that she decided to try her hand at acting...
35. Victor French Victor French Actor, An Officer and a Gentleman Victor French was the son of a stuntman. His debut was a small role in Lassie, uncredited. He had his first real acting experiences in western-films, where he usually played the "bad guy" due to his rather gruff look. This changed with Little House on the Prairie, (as Isaiah Edwards). In 1977, he left Little House on the Prairie to play in his own sitcom Carter Country...
36. Ian Richardson Ian Richardson Actor, From Hell When recalling Scots-born actor Ian Richardson, one could be amusingly reminded of a famous scene in the film Saturday Night Fever when John Travolta's streetwise character suddenly remembers who acting icon Laurence Olivier is only after being prompted by his "Polaroid" commercials. That same ironic scenario might just apply to the dour-looking Richardson...
37. Dwayne Hickman Dwayne Hickman Actor, Cat Ballou Boyishly handsome Dwayne Hickman, the younger brother of Darryl Hickman, followed in his sibling's tiny footsteps as a moppet film actor himself, appearing in such features as Captain Eddie (with Darryl) and as "Nip Worden" in The Return of Rusty and the rest of that dog adventure series. On a temporary sabbatical from acting...
38. James Sikking James Sikking Actor, General Hospital James B. Sikking was born on March 5, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Unity ministers. He is probably best known for his yeoman work as hard-charging--and hardheaded--SWAT leader Lt. Howard Hunter on the classic police drama Hill Street Blues. His full name--James Barrie Sikking--was given to him as J.M. Barrie (of "Peter Pan" fame) was his parents' favorite author at the time...
39. Alan Bates Alan Bates Actor, Zorba the Greek If there was ever an actor whose choice of film projects suggested a pure love of acting rather than an interest in commercial gain, it would have to be Alan Bates. A supremely talented and versatile actor, Bates hasn't attained the stardom of far lesser performers because of his preference for challenging and interesting work and an avoidance of being type-cast...
40. George Chakiris George Chakiris Actor, West Side Story George Chakiris made his film debut at the age of 12 singing in the chorus of Song of Love. Following his graduation from high school, he supported his night-time dancing, singing and dramatic lessons with a daytime job clerking in a Los Angeles department store. Later he started his acting/dancing...
41. Chuck McCann Chuck McCann Actor, Robin Hood: Men in Tights A third generation performer, Chuck McCann was already a show business veteran by age 11. By age 19, he had performed in nightclubs, made guest TV appearances, and was a semi-regular on The Steve Allen Show. Chuck's extensive career includes The Chuck McCann Show, Let's Have Fun Show, Little Orphan Annie...
42. Joanna Barnes Joanna Barnes Actress, Spartacus Joanna Barnes is a distinguished novelist and journalist. Her books include "The Deceivers" (1970), "Pastora" (1980) and "Silverwood" (1985). Her books have been published in Italy, France, England, Sweden, Portugal and Brazil. Her syndicated column, "Touching Home," was for many years carried by The Chicago Tribune and New York News Syndicate.
43. Shirley Douglas Shirley Douglas Actress, Dead Ringers
44. Linda Cristal Linda Cristal Actress, The Alamo Linda Cristal will always be remembered for her great performance in The High Chaparral TV series. She was a movie star in Mexico and Italy. In the United States, she worked in such production such as The Alamo and Mr. Majestyk, among others. In 1985 she returned to her home country of Argentina to star in the soap opera Rossé. Since then, she has not returned to acting.
45. John Standing John Standing Actor, V for Vendetta Sir John Standing is one of England's most respected stage, film and television actors. From a distinguished acting dynasty which includes his great-grandfather Herbert Standing (1846-1923) and his grandfather Sir Guy Standing (1873-1937) and his mother, the actress Kay Hammond. He succeeded his father Sir Ronald Leon...
46. Pat Boone Pat Boone Self, The Eyes of Tammy Faye Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and television in Nashville...
47. Ian Abercrombie Ian Abercrombie Actor, Army of Darkness Ian Abercrombie began his theatrical career as a lad during the Blitz in World War II. After his footwork years during which he earned Bronze, Silver and Gold medals in dance for the stage, he performed in London, Holland, Ireland and Scotland. He made his American stage debut in 1955 in a production of "Stalag 17" with Jason Robards and Jules Munshin...
48. Joanna Moore Joanna Moore Actress, Touch of Evil Southern-bred beauty Joanna Moore certainly had a lot of things going for her when her career started off in the 50s. Armed with an entrancingly smoky voice that complemented her stunning, creamy blond beauty, Joanna played wily females in such films as Walk on the Wild Side and Son of Flubber, but she would be best remembered...
49. Joseph Bologna Joseph Bologna Actor, Big Daddy Before signing with director Stanley Donen to play Michael Caine's libidinous best friend in Blame It on Rio, Joe Bologna netted rave reviews for his Sid Caesar send-up in the well-received comedy My Favorite Year with Peter O'Toole. Well known as both a writer and an actor, Bologna dates his interest in the theater from his student days at Brown University...
50. James Franciscus James Franciscus Actor, Beneath the Planet of the Apes James Grover Franciscus graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English and theater. His father, John Allen Franciscus, was a pilot killed in action during WWII. His mother was named Loraine (nee Grover) and he had one sibling, a brother named John. Mr. Franciscus is best known for his work in television...
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