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1. Gene Barry Gene Barry Actor, War of the Worlds With effortless class and elegant charm, Gene Barry took 50s and 60s TV by storm after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films. Born Eugene Klass in New York City on June 14, 1919, the son of Martin, an amateur violinist, and Eva Klass, an amateur singer, he showed a gift at an early age as a violin virtuoso during adolescence (obviously inherited from his father)...
2. Jenni Rivera Jenni Rivera Self, Teletón XIV Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 - December 9, 2012), better known as Jenni Rivera, was a Mexican-American singer known for her work within the banda and norteña music genres. She began recording in 1992, and her recordings often have themes of social issues, infidelity, and relationships...
3. Mike Mazurki Mike Mazurki Actor, Some Like It Hot With an intimidating face like craggy granite and a towering 6'5" solid frame, Mike Mazurki (born Mikhail Mazurski) was one of cinema's first serial thugs and specialized in playing strongarm men, gangsters and bullies for over 50 years on screen. Nearly always portrayed as a lowbrow muscle, in real life Mazurski was highly intelligent...
4. Vincent Gardenia Vincent Gardenia Actor, Moonstruck
5. William A. Wellman William A. Wellman Director, A Star Is Born William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born, was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle. A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th of February in Brookline...
6. Vivian Blaine Vivian Blaine Actress, Guys and Dolls Ms. Blaine is most noted for having portrayed Miss Adelaide, the long-suffering, perpetually engaged chorus girl, in the Broadway and film versions of Guys and Dolls. She originated the role in 1950 on Broadway and stopped the show each night with her rendition of "Adelaide's Lament," in which she complains about having a bad cold because of her long engagement to gambler Nathan Detroit...
7. Brent Chalem Brent Chalem Actor, The Monster Squad A native of Westlake Village, Los Angeles, he was a popular child actor in the '80s, although he only had very small roles in nearly all but two of the movies he appeared in. He can be seen playing the (almost) central character "Horace" or "Fat Kid" in The Monster Squad. He appeared in TV roles such as Quantum Leap and Dance Til Dawn in 1988 and 1989...
8. Laird Cregar Laird Cregar Actor, This Gun for Hire Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable of playing much older than he was, Hollywood tragically lost Laird Cregar of early 40s films before it could fully comprehend on how to best utilize his obvious gifts. He was born Samuel Laird Cregar in a well-to-do section of Philadelphia...
9. Lea De Mae Lea De Mae Actress, Loaded
10. Louella Parsons Louella Parsons Self, Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary Smarmy-tongued Hollywood gossip columnist of the 40s and 50s who was often in imbroglios with not only her subjects but her professional rivals as well.
11. Archie Moore Archie Moore Actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Light-heavyweight prizefighter; World Champion in his weight class (175-pound limit) from 1952 to 1960.
12. Marcello Pagliero Marcello Pagliero Writer, Paisan
13. Franco Franchi Franco Franchi Actor, Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore With to Totò and Peppino De Filippo, Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia has been the best couple of the Italian comic cinema. Both sicilian, of Palermo, began on the roads of sicilian city, in the tradition of the ballad singer and the actors of the Comedy of the Art. Scenes, imitations, witticism...
14. Joey Forman Joey Forman Actor, The Amazing Harry Hoo
15. Fulton J. Sheen Fulton J. Sheen Self, Life Is Worth Living
16. Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Self, Baseball's Changing Profile
17. James Neilson James Neilson Director, Night Passage
18. Bob Bumpas Bob Bumpas Actor, Ace in the Hole
19. Henny Backus Henny Backus Actress, The Great Man
20. Russell Wade Russell Wade Actor, The Body Snatcher
21. Bill Chadney Bill Chadney Actor, The Kill
22. Patrick Wright Patrick Wright Actor, Track of the Moon Beast Patrick M. Wright was a gruff, burly and intimidating constant presence in an alarmingly large volume of delightfully down'n'dirty drive-in exploitation pictures made in the 70s. Patrick was born on November 28, 1939 in San Francisco, California. Stocky and strong-looking, with a thick mustache, a mass of curly brown hair...
23. Patrick Moore Patrick Moore Self, Time Lord
24. Lottie Pickford Lottie Pickford Actress, The Affair of an Egg
25. Tito Junco Tito Junco Actor, The Exterminating Angel
26. Barbara Mitchell Barbara Mitchell Actress, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bear?
27. Mary Fuller Mary Fuller Actress, The House of Cards Mary Fuller's entrance into motion pictures was quite accidental. She was with a theatrical troupe that was on its way to tour the South in 1908 when, during a short stopover in New York City, the company broke up. Stranded, Mary made her way to the Vitagraph film studio looking for a job and, with her experience and attractiveness...
28. Frank Gruber Frank Gruber Writer, Terror by Night Frank Gruber, one of the "kings of pulp fiction", was born in Elmer, Minnesota. After serving a stint in the army, he took on various writing jobs, including trade journal editor and correspondence school teacher. During the early 1930s he got his break writing "quickie" detective stories for what were known as the "pulps"...
29. Benny Lee Benny Lee Actor, Mahler
30. Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley Writer, Freejack
31. Riccardo Schicchi Riccardo Schicchi Director, La mia preda
32. Blackie Ko Shou Liang Blackie Ko Shou Liang Actor, Crime Story Shou-Liang was born in China in 1953 before moving to live in Taiwan when he was three. When he was 16 he had taken up motorsports and had begun racing motorcycles and cars professionally. Shortly after this he got into acting for films. Spotting that most stuntmen in Taiwan specialised in martial arts and such...
33. Khoren Abrahamyan Khoren Abrahamyan Actor, Arajin siro yerge He has graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute in 1951. Since then worked as an actor, later - director and the executive director of the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. He has been as well the artistic director of the Ajemyan Drama Theatre of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Abrahamyan has played many leading roles in theatre and cinema.
34. Alexander Kerst Alexander Kerst Actor, Der Groß-Cophta
35. Robert Manuel Robert Manuel Actor, Rififi Robert Manuel was a long-time member of The Comédie-Française. He got his first part on stage in 1933 in Gabriel Pierné's "Fragonard" at the early age of eighteen, which allowed him to celebrate - as of October 1983 - the fiftieth anniversary of his debut. At the time he was playing Liberio Bocca,a fanciful old man...
36. Victor Vicas Victor Vicas Director, No Way Back
37. R.G. Springsteen R.G. Springsteen Director, Singing Guns
38. George Cooper George Cooper Actor, Lilac Time
39. Jacques Debary Jacques Debary Actor, That Obscure Object of Desire
40. Tamara Geva Tamara Geva Actress, Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
41. John Kelly John Kelly Actor, Bringing Up Baby
42. Myra Taylor Myra Taylor Actress, Suspect Myra's family moved when she a child to Kansas City, Missouri. At age 14, she got her start as a dancer then as a singer in the area of 12th and Vine and later 18th and Vine. In 1937 she moved to Chicago but returned to Kansas City in 1940 where she joined Harlan Leonard's band. After a lengthy NY engagement at Harlem's Golden Gate Ballroom...
43. Lynette Bernay Lynette Bernay Costume and Wardrobe Department, Up in the Air
44. Louella MacFarlane Louella MacFarlane Writer, Hazel's Secret Wish
45. Fred Jackman Jr. Fred Jackman Jr. Cinematographer, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
46. Willie Metcalf Willie Metcalf Actor, Ray
47. Christina Gordon Christina Gordon Miscellaneous Crew, Pandemic
48. Begum Para Begum Para Actress, Neel Kamal
49. David Rounds David Rounds Actor, Love of Life
50. George Carney George Carney Actor, 'I Know Where I'm Going!'
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