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1. Hervé Villechaize Hervé Villechaize Actor, The Man with the Golden Gun Hervé Villechaize was born in Paris on April 23, 1943. He stopped growing very early and his father (who was a surgeon) tried to find a cure by visiting several doctors and hospitals. But there was none, so Hervé had to live with his small height and also with undersized lungs. He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and made an exhibition of his own paintings...
2. Steve Irwin Steve Irwin Self, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Steve Irwin was the director of the Australia Zoo in Queensland, Australia, and host of Animal Planet's series The Crocodile Hunter. The son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, he spent his entire life studying, living and working with animals. He grew up at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where he took part in the daily feeding...
3. Irene Dunne Irene Dunne Actress, Penny Serenade Irene Marie Dunne was born on December 20, 1898, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Joseph Dunne, who inspected steamships, and Adelaide Henry, a musician who prompted Irene in the arts. Her first production was in Louisville when she appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of five...
4. Richard Marquand Richard Marquand Director, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
5. Tom Tryon Tom Tryon Actor, The Cardinal Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Tom Tryon--son of clothier Arthur Lane Tryon and not, as is commonly believed--actor Glenn Tryon--grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1943 he enlisted in the US Navy and served in the South Pacific until 1946. After his discharge he joined the Cape Playhouse in Dennis...
6. George O'Brien George O'Brien Actor, Sunrise George was the son of the San Francisco Chief of Police who became a college athlete. He was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Pacific Fleet during World War I. In the early 1920s, George wound up in Hollywood where he worked as a stuntman and part time actor. In 1924, Director John Ford picked virtually unknown George to star in his first picture...
7. Michael Evans Michael Evans Actor, Bye Bye Birdie The stage and screen actor Michael Evans was born John Michael Evans on July 27, 1920, in Sittingbourne, England, to A.J. Evans, who wrote the 1926 novel "The Escaping Club" about his escape from a WWI prisoner of war camp, and the former Marie Galbraith, a concert violinist. The young John decided...
8. John Van Dreelen John Van Dreelen Actor, The Money Pit The son of a celebrated Dutch actor, John Van Dreelen may have come by his debonair countenance with a bit of help from his continental pedigree. Fluent in several languages, he was reported to have escaped a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Holland by disguising himself as one of the German officers he would later play so often on both big and small screens...
9. Jag Mundhra Jag Mundhra Director, Bawandar
10. Edvard Grieg Edvard Grieg Soundtrack, The Social Network Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Greig) was born on on June 15, 1843, in Bergen, Norway. His father, named Alexander Greig (originally McGregor), was English consul of Scottish origin. His mother, named Gesine Hagerup, was an educated pianist. Grieg grew up among three sisters and an elder brother. He began piano studies with his mother at the age of six...
11. Iain Cuthbertson Iain Cuthbertson Actor, Gorillas in the Mist
12. Rémy Belvaux Rémy Belvaux Director, Man Bites Dog
13. Georges Simenon Georges Simenon Writer, Monsieur Hire
14. Isabel Jeans Isabel Jeans Actress, Gigi
15. Alfred E. Green Alfred E. Green Director, The Jackie Robinson Story One of the more prolific American directors, Alfred E. Green entered films in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Co. He became an assistant to director Colin Campbell and started directing two-reelers, turning to features in 1917. His career lasted into the mid-1950s but his output was mostly routine...
16. Victor Aaron Victor Aaron Actor, Geronimo: An American Legend
17. Carl Reindel Carl Reindel Actor, Bullitt
18. Ben Aris Ben Aris Actor, Tommy
19. Dottie West Dottie West Self, Full Circle Dottie West was one of country music's greatest female stars for 30 years. Her career began in 1959 when she made her first recording for Starday Records. She first made the national charts in 1963 and the following year had a blockbuster country hit with "Here Comes My Baby Back Again" which would earn her the Best Country Female Vocal Grammy Award...
20. Richard Martin Richard Martin Actor, West of the Pecos Richard Martin began working in films as a receptionist at MGM in the late 1930s. He began appearing in films while under contract to RKO in the early 1940s. Martin created the character of "Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamonte Rafferty", the Irish-Mexican comic sidekick of cowboy star Tim Holt, in the 1943 film Bombardier...
21. John Conte John Conte Self, Are You Listening?
22. Walter Tetley Walter Tetley Actor, The Bullwinkle Show
23. Robert Emmett O'Connor Robert Emmett O'Connor Actor, A Night at the Opera Stalwart Irish-American character actor Robert Emmet O'Connor, who was born on March 18, 1885, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his bones performing in circuses and in vaudeville. He made his Broadway debut in the musical "Fritz in Tammany Hall" at the Herald Square Theatre on October 16, 1905, ultimately...
24. Hans Brenner Hans Brenner Actor, Todesspiel
25. Stanley Kaufman Stanley Kaufman Actor, Mother's Day
26. Brick Sullivan Brick Sullivan Actor, The Talking Clue
27. Al Ernest Garcia Al Ernest Garcia Actor, City Lights
28. Serge Marquand Serge Marquand Actor, The Big Red One
29. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf Actor, Prank Henry Nasiff, better known as Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf, was a unique man from Massachusetts who was best known for his many appearances on The Howard Stern Radio Show. The diminutive performer got his break back in August 1996, when he and a friend from Boston dinner theater drove to New York City and decided to try to get on the Howard Stern show...
30. Marianne Löfgren Marianne Löfgren Actress, Crisis
31. Fernando Torres Fernando Torres Actor, Kiss of the Spider Woman
32. Mukri Mukri Actor, Mother India
33. Roberto Gavaldón Roberto Gavaldón Director, Macario
34. Rudolf Pellar Rudolf Pellar Actor, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
35. Vern Rowe Vern Rowe Actor, Publish or Perish
36. Bill Meilen Bill Meilen Actor, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
37. Elwyn Brook-Jones Elwyn Brook-Jones Actor, Odd Man Out
38. Charlie Barnet Charlie Barnet Soundtrack, Bright and Breezy Charlie Barnet was born into a wealthy family. Lawyers, they wanted Charlie to go into the family "business", but he refused to study law and dedicated his life to music. He started playing saxophone in the late 1920s in different orchestras and formed his own band in 1933. They became famous in 1939 with the theme "Cherokee"...
39. Patricia McQueeney Patricia McQueeney Thanks, Firewall
40. Keith Waterhouse Keith Waterhouse Writer, Billy Liar
41. Helene Chadwick Helene Chadwick Actress, Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes Helene Chadwick came from a very wealthy family in upstate New York (the town, Chadwick, was named after them), where her father owned a silk mill and her mother was an opera singer. On a visit to New York she was persuaded by an artist friend to pose for one of his paintings. A film producer saw the work...
42. Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Writer, Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer was born on January 14, 1875, in Kaysersberg, near Strasbourg, Elsass-Lothringen, Germany (now in Alsace, France). His father and both grandfathers were pastors and organists. His family had been devoted to education, religion and music for generations. Schweitzer took music lessons from his grandfather...
43. Sara Anne Jones Sara Anne Jones Actress, Toad Road
44. Merrill Connally Merrill Connally Actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
45. Hubbell Robinson Hubbell Robinson Producer, ABC Stage 67
46. Marcel Achard Marcel Achard Writer, The Earrings of Madame de...
47. Lynda Grey Lynda Grey Actress, This Gun for Hire
48. Fran Striker Fran Striker Writer, The Mark of Crime
49. Leora Spellman Leora Spellman Actress, Wise Girls
50. Lillian Lopez Lillian Lopez Self, Disco
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