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1. Richard Briers Richard Briers Actor, Much Ado About Nothing
2. Dan O'Herlihy Dan O'Herlihy Actor, RoboCop Irish-born Dan O'Herlihy decided not to follow in his father's footsteps, forsaking the life of an architect in favour of the acting profession. The tall, distinguished-looking university graduate boasted a rich, resonant voice, which enabled him to easily find work in radio plays, as well on the stage...
3. Lee Strasberg Lee Strasberg Actor, The Godfather: Part II Famed acting teacher Lee Strassberg was born in Budzanov, Austria-Hungary (now Budanov, Ukraine). Brought to America as a child, he had a brief acting career, before becoming one of the founders of the Group Theatre in 1931, directing a number of plays there. His greatest influence, however, was through the Actors Studio...
4. Kathryn Grayson Kathryn Grayson Actress, Show Boat Kathryn Grayson was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, NC, on February 9, 1922. This pretty, petite brunette with a heart-shaped face was discovered by MGM talent scouts while singing on the radio. The studio quickly signed her to a contract, and she was given acting lessons along and had to pose for countless publicity photos...
5. Paul Stewart Paul Stewart Actor, Citizen Kane Esteemed character actor Paul Stewart had a pair of the coldest orbs in town and made his living for decades playing dark, callous, shiftless villains, including a vast number of mobsters. Not a well-known name per se, he was nevertheless a reliable actor who seemed to have been born for the film noir and gangland crime drama genre with his premature silvery hair...
6. Mindy McCready Mindy McCready Self, I Won't Die for Any Man
7. Joseph Kearns Joseph Kearns Actor, Alice in Wonderland
8. Paul Carr Paul Carr Actor, General Hospital
9. William Gargan William Gargan Actor, The Bells of St. Mary's
10. Peter Schrum Peter Schrum Actor, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Attending a catholic school, Peter "Pete" Schrum realized that he wanted to be an actor. Born in 1934, Peter started doing play acting and drama all over the place. He was enthused to work and loved doing stage. He and lifelong friends vowed to become actors one day. Peter was the only one to uphold the promise...
11. Sunshine Parker Sunshine Parker Actor, Tremors
12. Lucille Benson Lucille Benson Actress, Duel Lucille Benson was a plump, distinctive, and marvelously quirky character actress with a heavy down-home Southern accent who portrayed an offbeat and enjoyable array of colorful supporting dotty old lady roles in both films and TV shows alike. Benson was born on July 17, 1914 in Scottsboro, Alabama...
13. Alfred Newman Alfred Newman Music Department, The King and I
14. Kathleen Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Actress, A Christmas Carol
15. Tala Birell Tala Birell Actress, Bringing Up Baby Star of stage in Europe, she became just another "Another Garbo," like Anna Sten and others, whose importation to 1930's Hollywood led to movie stardom nary a whit. Her most often-seen performance is her brief role as the governess to the Empress's very young son in "The Song of Bernadette", who takes what is believed to be miraculous water from the grotto...
16. Shirley Stoler Shirley Stoler Actress, The Deer Hunter Her homely, pudding face was Laughtonesque in style, incapable of warmth much less a smile. It was held up by an immense frame that was both intimidating and foreboding at the same time. In return, it allowed her to play a couple of the most loathsome and terrifying women ever presented on the 70s screen...
17. Harold Hunter Harold Hunter Actor, Kids
18. George Marshall George Marshall Director, How the West Was Won George Marshall was a versatile American director, who came to Hollywood to visit his mother and "have a bit of fun". Expelled from Chicago University in 1912, he was an unsettled young man, drifting from job to job, variously employed as a mechanic, newspaper reporter and lumberjack with a logging outfit in Washington State...
19. Donald Wolfit Donald Wolfit Actor, Lawrence of Arabia One of the great British stage actors of his era Donald Wolfit was noted for his magnificent portrayals of King Lear and Tamburlaine. Yet no actor of his generation was surrounded by more controversy. He was tempermental and difficult to deal with, enraged by criticism and tyrannical with the companies he led...
20. Peter Soderbergh Peter Soderbergh Uncategorised
21. Mary Kaye Mary Kaye Self, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
22. Dorothy Gibson Dorothy Gibson Actress, Saved from the Titanic Dorothy Gibson appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in several Broadway and vaudeville productions beginning in 1906, the most important being Charles Frohman's "The Dairymaids" (1907). In 1909 she started posing for commercial artist Harrison Fisher, becoming one of his favorite models. Her image appeared regularly on magazine covers...
23. Erik Rhodes Erik Rhodes Actor, Top Hat With his slicked back hair and thin moustache Erik Rhodes arrived in Hollywood to recreate his stage role of Rudolfo Tonetti (which he had performed first on Broadway and then in London, 1932-1933) for the filming of The Gay Divorcee, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Contrary to his screen image...
24. Nita Naldi Nita Naldi Actress, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Nonna Dooley, the future silent screen star, began her career as a showgirl in a Shubert revue in the Winter Garden, later went on to the famed Ziegfeld Follies. After a successful career on the stage with the Follies, Nita decided to try her hand with films in Hollywood. Her rise to fame was very quick...
25. Verree Teasdale Verree Teasdale Actress, A Midsummer Night's Dream Teasdale trained for the stage at the New York School of Expression. Acting on the stage from 1924, and after appearing in the stage play "The Constant Wife" with Ethel Barrymore in 1927, Teasdale was offered a film contract. In films, she often played society wives, the 'other woman' and second leads in comedies...
26. Jerry Fielding Jerry Fielding Composer, The Bad News Bears A three-time Oscar nominee, Jerry Fielding was among the boldest and most experimental of all Hollywood film composers. His music typically utilized advanced compositional procedures, producing dense, often richly dissonant orchestral textures, sometimes flavored with jazz. Fielding's film music career was marked by enduring and rewarding collaborations with Sam Peckinpah...
27. Jean Servais Jean Servais Actor, Rififi
28. Sheila Raynor Sheila Raynor Actress, A Clockwork Orange
29. Molière Molière Writer, Don Juan in Hell Born between January 13 and January 15 of the year 1622, from a 25yo tapestry-maker, Jean Poguelin (who worked for the King of France from 1631), and a 20yo woman, Marie Cresé, in Paris, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin lost his mother when he was 10. From 1638 to 1640, he studied in the Jesuit college of Clermont...
30. Jimmy Zerda Jimmy Zerda Actor, Kissing Katie Holmes
31. Rita La Roy Rita La Roy Actress, Blonde Venus
32. Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Soundtrack, Se7en
33. Perry Moore Perry Moore Producer, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
34. Mary Nell Santacroce Mary Nell Santacroce Actress, Not Without My Daughter She was also the director and the motivating force behind DramaTech, the Georgia Tech drama society in the early 1960s. Due to Mary Nell's theatrical connections, the members of DramaTech were invited to be escorts for the celebrities at the re-release of "Gone with the Wind" at Lowe's Theater in Atlanta in 1961...
35. Jack Cole Jack Cole Miscellaneous Crew, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
36. Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic Actor, Will Not End Here
37. Hal K. Dawson Hal K. Dawson Actor, Libeled Lady
38. Bob Merrill Bob Merrill Soundtrack, American Beauty
39. Gazanfer Özcan Gazanfer Özcan Actor, Keloglan vs. the Black Prince
40. William Hinnant William Hinnant Actor, The World of Henry Orient Bill Hinnant was born on August 28, 1935, on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. His younger brother is actor Skip Hinnant. He attended the Yale School of Drama, and left after his sophomore year to originate the role of the navigator in the play No Time for Sergeants and the teen exploitation film Four Boys and a Gun. He returned to Yale in 1957 and graduated in 1959...
41. John Sutherland John Sutherland Producer, Too Many Winners
42. Marc Clement Marc Clement Actor, Mississippi Burning
43. Bill Cowsill Bill Cowsill Soundtrack, Gate 2: The Trespassers
44. Leonard Ho Leonard Ho Producer, Mr. Nice Guy
45. John Griffin John Griffin Self, Suddenly Single
46. Evelyn Laye Evelyn Laye Actress, One Heavenly Night London-born Evelyn Laye, daughter of actor parents, was already treading the boards at the age of two. Her father managed the Palace Theatre in Brighton and this was where Evelyn first made a name for herself. A seasoned stage performer by the age of fifteen, she graduated to the London West End three years later in a small part in "The Beauty Spot"...
47. Frank Pettingell Frank Pettingell Actor, Becket
48. Jiddu Krishnamurti Jiddu Krishnamurti Self, Owned & Operated
49. Mikhail Rasumny Mikhail Rasumny Actor, For Whom the Bell Tolls The son of a cantor, Rasumny made his stage debut at 14 and toured Europe and South America with the Moscow Art Theatre. Rasumny settled in the U.S. in 1935 and took jobs as a bill collector and dishwasher between acting jobs. His first film appearance was in 1940's Comrade X. He spent the remainder of his career playing several ethnic roles.
50. Mike Alfonso Mike Alfonso Actor, World Championship Wrestling: New Blood Rising
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