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1. Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Actor, Rocky Sylvester Stallone became one of Hollywood's highest paid actors, usually playing monosyllablic, antisociety, underdog heroes. While Stallone has attempted to extend his range into film comedies and drama, his real box office success continues in action films.
2. Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Actor, Die Hard Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London to Margaret (Welsh) and Bernard (Irish) Rickman. Alan has an older brother David, a younger brother Michael and a younger sister Sheila. When Alan was 8 years old, his father died. He attended Latymer Upper School on a scholarship. He studied Graphic Design at Chelsea College of Art and Design...
3. Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Producer, Saving Private Ryan Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as producer, director and writer...
4. Blake Clark Blake Clark Actor, 50 First Dates
5. Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones Actor, No Country for Old Men Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed...
6. Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon Actress, Thelma & Louise It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe. Chris Sarandon, who had studied to be an actor, was passed over. His wife Susan got a major role...
7. David Lynch David Lynch Writer, Mulholland Dr. Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future director Jennifer Chambers Lynch shortly after he turned 21...
8. Tim Curry Tim Curry Actor, The Rocky Horror Picture Show The son of a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain, James, and his wife Patricia, a school secretary, Tim Curry studied Drama and English at Cambridge and at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors. His first professional success was in the London production of 'Hair,' followed by more work in the Royal Shakespeare Company...
9. Sally Field Sally Field Actress, Forrest Gump Sally Margaret Field was born in 1946 in Pasadena, California to actress Margaret Field and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother remarried stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, Richard Field. Sally attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California...
10. Diane Keaton Diane Keaton Actress, The Godfather: Part II Diane Keaton was a California native who studied Drama at Santa Ana College before dropping out to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. After appearing in summer stock for several months, she got her first major stage role in the Broadway rock musical "Hair". As understudy to the lead, she gained attention by not removing any of her clothing...
11. Oliver Stone Oliver Stone Director, Platoon Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success. After dropping out of Yale University...
12. Brian Cox Brian Cox Actor, Troy Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning actor, first coming to attention in the early 1970s with performances in numerous television films. His first big break was as "Dr. Hannibal Lecter (/Lecktor)" in Manhunter. The film was not overly successful at the box office, although Cox's career prospects and popularity continued to develop...
13. Liza Minnelli Liza Minnelli Self, Sex and the City 2 Liza Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946, the daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli. She was practically raised at MGM studios while her parents worked long hours there and she made her film debut at fourteen months of age in the movie In the Good Old Summertime. Her parents divorced in 1951 and...
14. Ed O'Neill Ed O'Neill Actor, The Bone Collector
15. Martin Kove Martin Kove Actor, The Karate Kid New York born, strong featured, narrow eyed actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good and bad guys! First turned up on screen in several minor roles, and got himself noticed as the villainous "Nero The Hero" in the low budget road race Death Race 2000, and then as "Clem" the sadistic rigger, breaking Jan-Michael Vincent's ribs in White Line Fever...
16. Danny Glover Danny Glover Actor, Saw Danny Glover is the dean of African American character actors. Though he has never managed to break through into stardom as has character-lead Morgan Freeman, he remains one of the top character actors working in cinema, constantly in demand, after almost thirty years since making his movie debut in a bit part in the 1979 Clint Eastwood potboiler Escape from Alcatraz...
17. Talia Shire Talia Shire Actress, Rocky
18. Candice Bergen Candice Bergen Actress, Gandhi One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the 60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that débutante image in the 70s both on- and off-camera. A staunch, outspoken feminist with a decisive edge, she went on to take a sizable portion of these contradicting qualities to film and...
19. Cher Cher Self, Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the four-decade mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, über-glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups and downs than the 2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average...
20. Donald Trump Donald Trump Self, Zoolander
21. Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Jones Actor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off Jeffrey Duncan Jones was born in Buffalo, New York. He is a very tall, fair-haired character actor who is recognized all over for his excellent work. He is a veteran stage actor having such plays as "The Elephant Man" and Neil Simon's "London Suite" under his belt. His first film role was in The Revolutionary.
22. Cheech Marin Cheech Marin Actor, Grindhouse
23. Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling Actress, Swimming Pool Charlotte Rampling was born in Sturmer, England, in 1946. The daughter of a British Colonel who became a NATO commander and a painter, she was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, France and at the exclusive St. Hilda's school in Bushley, England. She was a model before entering films in Richard Lester's The Knack... and How to Get It...
24. Peggy Lipton Peggy Lipton Actress, The Postman
25. Rade Serbedzija Rade Serbedzija Actor, Snatch. Rade Serbedzija, born 27 July 1946, is a Croatian of Serbian nationality born actor and director of ethnic Serbian descent. He became internationally famous mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films in the 1990s. His film career has been long both in his home country and elsewhere. Serbedzija was born in the village of Bunic...
26. Eugene Levy Eugene Levy Actor, Best in Show Eugene Levy has appeared in over forty motion pictures, seven of which having topped the one hundred million dollar mark. His box office success in films like Bringing Down the House, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Father of the Bride Part II and Over the Hedge) has helped establish him as one of Hollywood's most popular comedic character actors...
27. Frank Welker Frank Welker Actor, Aladdin
28. Lesley Ann Warren Lesley Ann Warren Actress, The Limey Lithe and lovely Lesley Ann Warren started gearing towards a life in show business right off the bat as a child ballerina; little did she know that Hollywood stardom would arrive on her doorstep in the form of a "Cinderella" story -- literally! The New York-born actress (born in 1946) was the daughter of a realtor and a night club singer...
29. Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Actor, The Usual Suspects An odd-looking but quite fascinating bloke with prominent, bony cheeks and a rawboned figure, distinguished character actor Pete Postlethwaite was born in 1946 and grew up in Cheshire, England amid middle-class surroundings. He went to college and while completing his studies developed an interest in theatre...
30. Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Soundtrack, Transamerica Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, one of 12 children of Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer, and Avie Lee Parton (née Owens). Dolly grew up on a run-down farm in Locust Ridge, TN. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and, at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry...
31. Lasse Hallström Lasse Hallström Director, Chocolat
32. John Woo John Woo Director, Mission: Impossible II Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before Ying hung boon sik (aka...
33. David Suchet David Suchet Actor, A Perfect Murder Best known in the United States and abroad as Agatha Christie's suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot in scores of late 1980s and '90s mini-movies, London-born actor David Suchet's early interest in the theater led to his membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in the 1960s following graduation from high school...
34. Hayley Mills Hayley Mills Actress, The Parent Trap Born Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills in London in 1946, she is the daughter of the great actor Sir John Mills and the well-known novelist-playwright Mary Hayley Bell. Her sister is the actress Juliet Mills. She grew up in her parents' home, an outgoing, funny child, and, because she spent so much time with her parents and their friends...
35. Joanna Lumley Joanna Lumley Actress, Corpse Bride Joanna Lumley was born in Kashmir, India, on 1st May 1946. Her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and she spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted. An aspiring actress, she first came to fame as a model in London's swinging 1960s, where she was photographed by the greats...
36. Dennis Dugan Dennis Dugan Actor, Happy Gilmore
37. John Waters John Waters Actor, Hairspray Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences drawn by word of mouth and street leafleting campaigns...
38. Michael Sloan Michael Sloan Writer, The Equalizer
39. André the Giant André the Giant Actor, The Princess Bride André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the Giant grew up (very quickly...
40. Stephen Rea Stephen Rea Actor, V for Vendetta
41. Bruce Davison Bruce Davison Actor, X-Men With his blond, cleancut, Ivy League handsomeness and ready-whipped smile reminiscent of Kennedyesque times, actor Bruce Davison fits the prototype of today's more current crop of fresh-faced, likeable blonds such as Brian Kerwin and Aaron Eckhart. While it proved difficult at times for the actor to get past those perfect features and find meatier roles...
42. Lana Wood Lana Wood Actress, Diamonds Are Forever Provocative and ever the temptress in her prime, the dark-maned, gorgeous-looking Lana Wood was born Svetlana Gurdin on March 1, 1946, in Santa Monica, California, the younger daughter of Nicholas Zacharaenko, a Russian émigré who changed the family surname to Gurdin before Lana was born. Both her parents'...
43. Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman Producer, Ghost Busters Ivan Reitman, as a producer and director, has created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and has worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman has produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's Animal House, which introduced John Belushi to American filmgoers...
44. Charles Dance Charles Dance Actor, Alien³
45. Patty Duke Patty Duke Actress, Valley of the Dolls Born on December 14, 1946, in Elmhurst, New York, as Anna Marie Duke. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross. Soon after, Anna Marie became Patty, the actress. Patty started off in commercials, a few movies and some bit parts. Her first big...
46. Michael Tucci Michael Tucci Actor, Grease
47. Robert Urich Robert Urich Actor, Magnum Force Robert grew up in Toronto, Ohio, where his athletic ability led to a four year football scholarship at Florida State University (FSU). There he earned a B.A. in Communications. He later received an M.A. at Michigan State University and then joined WGN radio in Chicago as a sales account representative...
48. Suzanne Somers Suzanne Somers Actress, American Graffiti Suzanne Somers is the third of four children born to Frank and Marion Mahoney. Her father worked loading beer onto boxcars, and her mother was a homemaker. She grew up living in constant fear of being hurt or even killed at the hands of her verbally and physically abusive alcoholic father. She was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was young...
49. Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn Actress, Atonement After twenty years of hard work on stage and both television and stage, there are not many other actresses who deserved the success, recognition and stardom which Brenda Blethyn has now achieved. Born in 1946 in Ramsgate in Kent, England, she started her career at British Rail in the 1960s. Saving money during her time there...
50. Tim Pigott-Smith Tim Pigott-Smith Actor, V for Vendetta British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both here and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol in 1967 (where he frequently lectures) and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repertory...
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