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1. Graham Chapman Graham Chapman Writer, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Graham Chapman was born on January 8, 1941 in Leicester, England while a Germain air raid was in progress. Graham's father was a chief police inspector and probably inspired the constables Graham often portrayed later in comedy sketches. Graham studied medicine in college and earned an M.D., but he practiced medicine for only a few years...
2. Dan Gordon-Levitt Dan Gordon-Levitt Producer, Moon Shot
3. Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Soundtrack, Watchmen Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta...
4. Norman Wisdom Norman Wisdom Actor, Trouble in Store Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown very much in the mould of Charles Chaplin with his "little man" in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is "everyman", much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died and his father disowned him...
5. Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi Director, Harakiri
6. Tom Bell Tom Bell Actor, Prime Suspect Tom Bell was one of the UK's finest actors but he never achieved the star billing or recognition he so richly deserved. His career spanned some 50 years. Time and time again, Bell gave memorable performances. From the able seaman ordered to be flogged by a sadistic officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, in the film...
7. Buddy Lester Buddy Lester Actor, Ocean's Eleven Buddy Lester, stand-up comedian and character actor on television and in motion pictures was born in Chicago and became a fixture on the international nightclub circuit for seven decades. In Las Vegas, he opened for Frank Sinatra several times and appeared in the Rat Pack films Ocean's Eleven and Sergeants 3 ...
8. Doris Belack Doris Belack Actress, One Life to Live A New York native, Doris Belack began her acting career as an audio reader and lent her voice to the 1955 album "Poetry of the Negro" with Sidney Poitier. She later was active in television; she was best known for her roles as Anna Wolek on the television soap opera One Life to Live and Judge Margaret Barry on television crime and court drama Law & Order...
9. Jill Bennett Jill Bennett Actress, For Your Eyes Only
10. Colin Gordon Colin Gordon Actor, The Pink Panther Sri Lankan-born Colin Gordon began acting on the West End stage as the hind legs of a horse in 'Toad of Toad Hall' in 1934. After wartime service, he returned to the stage, appearing in such plays as 'The White Carnation' and 'The Little Hut' (both 1953), 'Misery Me!' (1955) and 'The Touch of Fear' (1956)...
11. Fanny Winkler Fanny Winkler Actress, Fabian van Fallada
12. André Delvaux André Delvaux Director, L'oeuvre au noir After having studied German philology, law, piano and composition Andre Delvaux filmed some TV documenturies. In 1965 he debuted at the movies with a film adapted from a novel of 'Johan Daisne'. His films always played in a set between reality and fantasy. Writing his own scripts he filmed e.g. "Femme...
13. Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Soundtrack, The Departed Charley and Nora Guthrie named their son after the Democrat elected president that year. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie knew hard times as a youngster (his house burned down, his sister Clara burned to death, his father's small-town business and political careers never went anywhere, his mother suffered from undiagnosed Huntington's Disease and was declared insane)...
14. Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach Soundtrack, Moulin Rouge! Jacques Offenbach, the son of a synagogue cantor, was born in Cologne, Germany, June 20, 1819. So strong were his musical talents that the Paris Conservatory waived the rule forbidding foreigners and enrolled him. At the completion of his studies he began playing the cello in the orchestra of the prestigious Opera-Comique...
15. Criswell Criswell Self, Criswell Predicts "87% of Criswell's predictions have come true!" -- The ones he reminds you of. Whereas it is true Criswell made an amazing forecast on The Jack Paar Program on March 10, 1963: "I predict that President Kennedy will not run for reelection in 1964, because of something that will happen to him in November 1963." Criswell also predicted the destruction of Denver...
16. Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage Actress, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Avis attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She formerly worked as a secretary and nursery teacher before deciding to switch careers and become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947...
17. Glenn Gould Glenn Gould Soundtrack, Unbreakable Glenn Herbert Gould was born Glen Gold on September 25, 1932, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His mother was a great-grand niece of Edvard Grieg. Young Gould was playing with piano from the age of 3, and started regular lessons with his mother from the age of 4. At the age of 10 Gould was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto...
18. Margaret Lacey Margaret Lacey Actress, Diamonds Are Forever
19. Diane Linkletter Diane Linkletter Self, The Linkletter Show
20. Luciano Catenacci Luciano Catenacci Actor, Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes
21. John Owen John Owen Director, Pam Fi Duw?
22. Noboru Tanaka Noboru Tanaka Director, Edogawa Ranpo ryôki-kan: Yaneura no sanposha
23. Secretariat Secretariat Self, The Triple Crown of Racing
24. Stephen J. Friedman Stephen J. Friedman Producer, The Last Picture Show
25. Frederic Kimball Frederic Kimball Actor, Looking for Richard
26. Neely Plumb Neely Plumb Music Department, The Sound of Music
27. Jack King Jack King Director, Donald's Crime
28. Richard Zobel Richard Zobel Actor, Once Upon a Time in America
29. Gordon Cooper Gordon Cooper Self, The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'
30. Ray Stephens Ray Stephens Actor, Episode #1.1
31. Betsy King Ross Betsy King Ross Actress, The Phantom Empire Her father, J. King Ross was a superb horse trainer, a dapper gentleman who was with numerous traveling circuses and shows. Betsy was born on 14 March 1921 (not 1922 which is the date most often given for her birth). She appeared in a few motion pictures but when she was about 13 she decided she did not want to be an actress and her parents honored her wish...
32. André Deed André Deed Actor, An Extraordinary Dislocation Starting his show-business career as a singer and acrobat in French music halls, Deed got in almost at the ground floor of the French film industry, making his debut in 1905. It didn't take him long to become one of France's first major comic film stars, and he soon became internationally famous. Unfortunately...
33. Albert J. Cohen Albert J. Cohen Producer, The Fighting Seabees
34. Harry Beresford Harry Beresford Actor, David Copperfield Hollywood supporting player of the 30's.
35. William Humphrey William Humphrey Actor, Husks William Humphrey was born William Jonathan Humphrey on January 2nd, 1875 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA. He entered films in 1909 as an actor, in 1910 as a director, and in 1917 as a screenwriter. He directed films and wrote screenplays until 1922. As an actor, he appeared in 124 films from 1909 until 1937. He died of coronary thrombosis on October 4th, 1942.
36. Dalia Íñiguez Dalia Íñiguez Actress, Feliz año, amor mío
37. Sherman Billingsley Sherman Billingsley Self, Episode dated 8 July 1951
38. Austin Wai Austin Wai Actor, Kill Zone - S.P.L.
39. Al Smith Al Smith Uncategorised
40. Shmuel Shiloh Shmuel Shiloh Actor, Footnote
41. Daphne Slater Daphne Slater Actress, Virtue
42. Alexander Gray Alexander Gray Actor, The Song of the Flame Alexander Gray called himself "a bashful man with a stutter." A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gray attended primary and grammar school in Baltimore, Maryland. His summers were spent milking his uncle's cows in Lancaster County, PA. No one would have dreamed that this cow-milking boy would become a recitalist...
43. Mercedes Sosa Mercedes Sosa Soundtrack, Che: Part Two
44. Lou Marcelle Lou Marcelle Actor, Happy Times and Jolly Moments
45. Phil Warren Phil Warren Actor, A Fig Leaf for Eve
46. Gene Janson Gene Janson Actor, My Best Friend's Wedding
47. Rio Diaz Rio Diaz Actress, Sisingilin ko ng dugo
48. Milt Banta Milt Banta Writer, Alice in Wonderland
49. Gladys Gale Gladys Gale Actress, Soup and Fish
50. John L. Greene John L. Greene Writer, My Favorite Martian Author, screenwriter and songwriter ("St. Francis of Assisi"), educated at Duke University, Ohio State University, and State University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts). He joined ASCAP in 1964, and his chief musical collaborator was Bonnie Lake.
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