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1. Harry Morgan Harry Morgan Actor, High Noon Harry Morgan was a prolific character actor who starred in over 100 films and was a stage performer. Known to a younger generation of fans as "Col. Sherman T. Potter" on M*A*S*H. Also known for his commanding personality throughout his career, he tackled movies and television in a way no other actor would do it...
2. Karl Malden Karl Malden Actor, Patton Born to a Czech mother and a Serbian father in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, on March 22, 1912, Karl Malden did not speak English until he was in kindergarten. After graduating from high school in the nearby steel town of Gary, Indiana, Malden worked in the industry for three years until 1934, when he left to attend the Arkansas State Teacher's College...
3. Lee Philips Lee Philips Director, Mae West
4. Phyllis Diller Phyllis Diller Actress, A Bug's Life The indefatigable nonagenarian finally put out an autobiography in 2005 and entitled it "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse", which pretty much says it all when recalling the misfit life and career of the fabulous, one-of-a-kind Phyllis Diller. It may inspire all those bored, discouraged and/or directionless...
5. Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson Actress, Detour to Terror
6. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Actor, Bermuda Triangle Tangle
7. Malachi Throne Malachi Throne Actor, Catch Me If You Can Malachi Throne, the character actor who became one of the more ubiquitous faces on television from the "Golden Age" of the 1950s through the 21st Century, was born in New York City on December 1, 1928, the son of Samuel and Rebecca Throne, who had immigrated to America from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He began performing at an early age...
8. Harry Carey Harry Carey Actor, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Carey, the silent film star and later B-movie cowboy and A-list character actor, was like Clint Eastwood's "Bronco Billy," a self-made Westerner. Born on January 16, 1878 in The Bronx, New York, Henry DeWitt Carey II was the son of a prominent lawyer who was the president of a sewing machine company...
9. Joe E. Brown Joe E. Brown Actor, Some Like It Hot Joe E. Brown happily claimed that he was the only youngster in show business who ran way from home to join the circus with the blessings of his parents. In 1902, the ten-year-old Brown joined a circus tumbling act called the Five Marvellous Ashtons, which toured various circuses and vaudeville theaters...
10. Robert Sterling Robert Sterling Actor, Show Boat Born William Sterling Hart in 1917, the Pennsylvania-born actor was the son of a professional ballplayer. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, then worked as a clothing salesman before deciding to give acting a try. He certainly had the requisite dreamboat looks as Columbia signed this blue-eyed...
11. June Haver June Haver Actress, I'll Get By June Haver was born on June 10, 1926, in Rock Island, Illinois, with the birth name of June Stovenour. Her parents divorced at an early age and she was adopted by Bert Haver, her stepfather. Her mother and new father moved to Cincinnati, where she appeared on the stage for the first time at the age of six in a local theater production of "Midnight in a Toyshop"...
12. Neva Patterson Neva Patterson Actress, An Affair to Remember Th arch and edgy, somewhat hard-looking, dark-haired Neva Patterson, known by face perhaps as opposed to name, was a familiar presence in heavily-styled drama of the 1950s and 1960s. Christened Neva Louise Patterson in 1920 (some sources incorrectly state 1922) to a mailman father and seamstress mother...
13. Anthony Caruso Anthony Caruso Actor, The Asphalt Jungle
14. Peter Shaw Peter Shaw Actor, Sons of the Sea
15. Dan Curtis Dan Curtis Writer, Dark Shadows
16. W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke Director, The Thin Man For the better part of his career, Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke lived up to his sobriquet,'One- Take Woody', by steadfastly adhering to his credo of shooting each scene as quickly and efficiently as possible. During a period of 25 years, he economically directed over 90 diverse entertainments, which not only saved the studios vast amounts of money...
17. Patricia Hardy Patricia Hardy Actress, Don't Knock the Rock
18. Billy Halop Billy Halop Actor, Angels with Dirty Faces Billy Halop's show business career started on radio in the 1920s and carried over to stage work on Broadway. There, in 1937, he and other teenage cast members of the stage hit "Dead End" were brought to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn for the film version of the play, which was a tremendous hit. Halop...
19. Lee Bowman Lee Bowman Actor, Buck Privates Lee Bowman made his reputation as a suave, polished leading man opposite glamorous stars like Rita Hayworth and Jean Arthur in the 1940's. The columnist Jack Sher (later a noted writer and director) referred to him in 1944 as 'a very hot commodity' in Hollywood. A graduate from the University of Cincinnati...
20. Laverne Andrews Laverne Andrews Actress, Give Out, Sisters Ms. Andrews and her sisters, Patty and Maxene, were one of the most successful women's singing groups, with 19 gold records and sales of nearly 100 million copies. The sisters began performing in the early 1930s when the Depression wiped out their father's business. In 1937, the sisters scored their first big hit with 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen.' In addition to 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'...
21. Charles S. Dubin Charles S. Dubin Director, Square One TV
22. Carl Esmond Carl Esmond Actor, Sergeant York U.S. character actor often in portrayals of suave, oily types.
23. George Eckstein George Eckstein Producer, Murder with Mirrors
24. Walter Scharf Walter Scharf Music Department, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner and ten-time Oscar-nominee Walter Scharf was born and raised in New York City, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants. He started playing music at an early age, helping his uncle play the piano in theaters for silent films. His mother Bessie Zwerling was a well-known comedian in New York's Yiddish theater...
25. Della Barris Della Barris Self, The Gong Show
26. Molly Lamont Molly Lamont Actress, The Awful Truth
27. Miles Goodman Miles Goodman Composer, Little Shop of Horrors Goodman attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. (There is now a scholarship there bearing his name.) At Antioch, he was an English major. Goodman studied Shakespeare in London and originally desired to be a director. He studied with private music teachers including Albert Harris and instead became involved in composing music and producing albums.
28. Martha Tilton Martha Tilton Soundtrack, Swing Hostess Big-band vocalist who sang with Benny Goodman's Orchestra on recordings and radio from 1937-38 (and the famous Carnegie Hall concert) and later guest-appeared in his biopic, "The Benny Goodman Story" (1955) .
29. Julia Cukier Siegler Julia Cukier Siegler Thanks, Game Changer
30. George Ives George Ives Actor, Intolerable Cruelty
31. Lucile Gleason Lucile Gleason Actress, The Clock
32. Nat Hiken Nat Hiken Writer, Sgt. Bilko An author, producer and songwriter. His chief musical collaborators were George Bassman, Gordon Jenkins, and Dick Stutz. He composed "Close To Me"; "Irving"; and "Fugitive From Fifth Avenue".
33. Dorothy Coonan Wellman Dorothy Coonan Wellman Actress, Wild Boys of the Road
34. Anna Mae Bilson Anna Mae Bilson Actress, Now or Never
35. Stephen J. Friedman Stephen J. Friedman Producer, The Last Picture Show
36. Natalie Draper Natalie Draper Actress, Forever Amber
37. Willard Mack Willard Mack Writer, The Dove
38. Peter Forster Peter Forster Actor, Escape from the Planet of the Apes
39. Sam Denoff Sam Denoff Writer, That Girl Composer ("Bupkis"), author and actor, educated at Adelphi College, and later on the staff at WNEW in New York. He was a television script writer and also wrote much special material for night clubs and a number of singing commercials. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical collaborators include Gene Klavan, Bill Persky and James Haines.
40. Gil Friesen Gil Friesen Producer, The Breakfast Club
41. Sy Gomberg Sy Gomberg Writer, Summer Stock Sy Gomberg was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, producer and activist who spoke out forcefully against what he called "gratuitous and unpunished violence" in movies and television. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1951 for best story in "When Willie Comes Marching Home", and again that same year for best screenplay for "Summer Stock" starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
42. Jean Bartel Jean Bartel Actress, The Oscar
43. Beverly Lloyd Beverly Lloyd Actress, Utah
44. Edwin H. Knopf Edwin H. Knopf Producer, Mr. Imperium The brother of publisher Alfred Knopf, Edwin H. Knopf began his career in the editorial department of his brother's company. He left the publishing industry in 1920 to try his hand at acting, and appeared in stage productions on Broadway and in Europe. After producing several successful plays, he was brought to Hollywood as a director and screenwriter...
45. Dee Caruso Dee Caruso Writer, Which Way to the Front?
46. Ulpio Minucci Ulpio Minucci Composer, Robotech
47. Irving H. Levin Irving H. Levin Producer, To Live and Die in L.A.
48. Brendan Cahill Brendan Cahill Music Department, Skatetown, U.S.A.
49. Victor Baravalle Victor Baravalle Music Department, Carefree
50. Arnold Peyser Arnold Peyser Writer, G.E. True Theater
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