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1. Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Inception Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor whose portrayal of doomed suitor Jack Dawson in Titanic made him a generation's definition of a heartthrob. Throughout his career, DiCaprio has demonstrated a high level of dramatic versatility, from his breakout film role as a mentally-challenged teenager in What's Eating Gilbert Grape...
2. Christina Applegate Christina Applegate Actress, Pilot Christina is the daughter of record producer Robert Applegate and singer-actress, Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. 10 October 1977) & Kyle (b. 15 July 1981). Alisa and Christina are best friends and even lived together while Alisa was going to college...
3. Katey Sagal Katey Sagal Actress, Pilot An extremely gifted and versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married with Children. During its lengthy run, she received three Golden Globe and two American Comedy Award nominations...
4. Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh Actress, The Machinist Born in Los Angeles, Jennifer Jason Leigh - the daughter of actor Vic Morrow - worked in her first film at the age of nine, in a nonspeaking role for the film Death of a Stranger (The Spy Who Never Was). At 14 she attended summer acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg and landed a role in the Disney TV movie The Young Runaways...
5. Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey Actress, Black Swan Born in Hollywood and raised in a small bungalow, Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Herzstein) had dreams of being an actress from her earliest memories. The multi-award-winning actress has been in some of Hollywood's most memorable films. She has been a winner of an Emmy and a Golden Globe for A Killing in a Small Town...
6. Agnes Bruckner Agnes Bruckner Actress, Blood and Chocolate Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, Agnes Bruckner is quickly emerging as one of Hollywood's most promising new talents. Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, she became a series regular at the age of 11 on CBS' daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful as "Bridget Forrester"...
7. Katharine Ross Katharine Ross Actress, The Graduate Katharine Ross was born in Hollywood, California on January 29, 1940. Her father was in the US Navy and was away when she was born. His navy career shuttled the family around to Virginia, then Palo Alto and finally to Walnut Creek, outside of San Francisco, where Ross grew up. She graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek in 1957 and attended Diablo Valley College in the Bay Area...
8. Burn Gorman Burn Gorman Actor, The Dark Knight Rises
9. Lucie Arnaz Lucie Arnaz Actress, The Jazz Singer
10. Jordan Ladd Jordan Ladd Actress, Cabin Fever
11. Beau Bridges Beau Bridges Actor, The Descendants Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind...
12. Lukas Haas Lukas Haas Actor, Inception Lukas was born on April 16, 1976 in West Hollywood, California. His mother, Emily Tracy, is a writer, and his father, Berthold Haas, is an artists. He has twin brothers, Simon and Nikolai. It's widely noted that Lukas was discovered at the age of 5 by casting director Marjorie Simkin while he was in kindergarten...
13. Kyle Richards Kyle Richards Actress, Halloween Daughter of Kathleen and Ken Richards. Ken died in 1998. The same year Kathleen was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away in March of 2002. Kyle, like her sister Kim, began acting at a very young age. She made many appearances on Little House on the Prairie as Alicia Sanderson Edwards. Kyle has four daughters: Farrah (from her previous relationship to Guraish Aldjufrie)...
14. David Carradine David Carradine Actor, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 David Carradine was the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine and presided over an acting family that included brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine as well as his daughters Calista Carradine and Kansas Carradine, and nieces Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton. He was born in Hollywood and educated at San Francisco State College...
15. Robert Carradine Robert Carradine Actor, Django Unchained
16. Nia Peeples Nia Peeples Actress, General Hospital Nia Peeples was born in Hollywood, California, on December 10, 1961. Her family moved to West Covina, California, where she and her two sisters, Paula and Cynthia, grew up. At eight years old she began performing with her family, giving concerts for community groups and conventions and doing dances of different cultures...
17. Elizabeth Montgomery Elizabeth Montgomery Actress, The Legend of Lizzie Borden Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years intensive training, she made her...
18. Karolyn Grimes Karolyn Grimes Actress, It's a Wonderful Life At age 6, Karolyn Grimes played the role of Zuzu Bailey in the holiday film It's a Wonderful Life. Her childhood film career spanned 16 movies, but she is best remembered for playing the daughter of George and Mary Bailey (James Stewart and Donna Reed). The petals from her rose symbolize the values of family...
19. Katharine Towne Katharine Towne Actress, What Lies Beneath
20. Pauly Shore Pauly Shore Actor, Son in Law Stand-up comic Pauly Shore (né Paul Montgomery Shore) tasted super-stardom in 1990 when his precedent-setting MTV show Totally Pauly hit the airwaves to major fan approval. The show ran for four years, opening the door wide for him for television and film roles. In 1993, he wrote and starred in a one-hour HBO television special, Pauly Does Dallas, which drew in even more loyal fans...
21. Robert J. Anderson Robert J. Anderson Production Manager, Demolition Man
22. Noah Wyle Noah Wyle Actor, Donnie Darko Born in Hollywood, California, as one of six children of an electrical engineer and an orthopedic head nurse. Participated in a theater arts program at Northwestern University during high school and appeared in high school plays. After graduation he learned from acting teacher Larry Moss while living in a small apartment on Hollywood Boulevard...
23. Corbin Bernsen Corbin Bernsen Actor, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Rugged, hirsutely handsome Corbin Bernsen blazed to TV stardom in 1986 on L.A. Law as opportunistic divorce lawyer "Arnie Becker", whose blond and brash good looks, impish grin and aggressive courting style proved a wild sex magnet to not only the beautiful female clients desirous of his "services"...
24. Denise Crosby Denise Crosby Actress, Pet Sematary Denise Michelle Crosby was born on November 24, 1957 on Hollywood, California. Forming part of the extensive Crosby family dynasty, this striking leading actress, daughter of entertainer Dennis Crosby, has appeared in film and television since the early 1980s. A photo spread in a 1979 issue of Playboy...
25. Karyn Parsons Karyn Parsons Actress, The Ladies Man Karyn Parsons grew up the only child in historic Hollywood, California. At an early age, Parsons was an aspiring dancer whose only words were "Keep Trying". Nonetheless, Karyn had torn out a knee ligament from which she'd retired from dancing at an early pre-teen age. Then, at thirteen, Parsons gotten inspired by the craft of acting when seeing her schoolmates perform in George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs...
26. Todd Karns Todd Karns Actor, It's a Wonderful Life Son of character actor Roscoe Karns. They appeared together for 5 years in the live televisionshow 'Rocky King, Detective'. The last 30 years Todd Karns had his own theatre near Guadalajara, Mexico.
27. John Lasseter John Lasseter Director, Toy Story
28. Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Actor, Blue Velvet Photogenic American child actor of the 1940s, popular due in no small measure to his air of innocence and his beautiful, cherubic face with its dimples and his sparkling eyes, topped with a crown of curls. Still an actor in demand while well into his middle years, he is one of the few juvenile performers to succeed lifelong in films...
29. Stefanie Powers Stefanie Powers Actress, McLintock! Stefanie Powers, a graduate of Hollywood High, is a veteran of over 200 television appearances as well as the star of ABC's '80s hit Hart to Hart. At the early age of 15, Stefanie was signed to a movie deal with Columbia Pictures and labeled as one of the brightest up-and-coming stars in America...
30. Bart Johnson Bart Johnson Actor, High School Musical
31. Heather Vandeven Heather Vandeven Actress, Sacred Sin Heather's beginnings were simple; she came into this world in September under the sign of Virgo the Virgin. She grew up in Northern California the land of hippies and wine with her loving and supportive family. Heather has a propensity for self challenge and adventure. She embarked on her first major adventure by enlisting in US Army at the age of 17...
32. Brenda Benet Brenda Benet Actress, Days of Our Lives Brenda Benet, born Brenda Ann Nelson in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1945, was a classic example of the modern-day Hollywood tragedy. As a television actress with good dramatic scope, she managed to piece together a wide and impressive portfolio of guest shots in a career spanning just over 16 years before taking her life at the age of 36...
33. Jan Smithers Jan Smithers Actress, Where the Lilies Bloom One of four girls, Smithers was raised in the comfortable San Fernando Valley suburb of Woodland Hills just north of Los Angeles, CA. Her father was an attorney. While studying art at Taft High School, Smithers swerved her automobile to avoid hitting another driver and ran into a telephone pole. The accident left a permanent scar on her chin...
34. Yvette Mimieux Yvette Mimieux Actress, The Time Machine Yvette Mimieux was born on January 8, 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA as Yvette Carmen Mimieux. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (1960), Where The Boys Are (1960), The Black Hole (1979) and Dark of the Sun (1968). She has been married to Howard Ruby since December 20, 1986. She was previously married to Stanley Donen.
35. Diane Baker Diane Baker Actress, The Silence of the Lambs Actress with a notable career in films and television. Born and raised in Hollywood, she moved to New York at eighteen to study acting with Charles Conrad and ballet with Nina Fonaroff. She continued her training in Los Angeles at the Estelle Harman Workshop, securing a contract with Twentieth Century Fox...
36. Lindsay Greenbush Lindsay Greenbush Actress, Little House on the Prairie Lindsay Greenbush, was born Rachel Lindsay Rene Bush the elder sister of, identical twin sister Sidney Robyn Denae Bush (was born three minutes later) on May 25, 1970 in Hollywood, California. Their father, Billy Bush is an actor who starred in films such as "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974)...
37. Branden Williams Branden Williams Actor, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
38. Raquel Gardner Raquel Gardner Actress, A Night at the Roxbury
39. Kimmy Robertson Kimmy Robertson Actress, Beauty and the Beast Kimmy Robertson began her career as a ballet dancer but her distinctive sense of humor and quirky style brought her to the attention of an agent who happened to worked in the same office as her ballet company. After at first being unsure about becoming an actor, Kimmy was then hired for the first role she auditioned for in the teen comedy The Last American Virgin...
40. Wendie Jo Sperber Wendie Jo Sperber Actress, Back to the Future Though she was known best for drawing laughs as whiny, excitable characters throughout her raucous film and TV career, actress/comedienne Wendie Jo Sperber showed a brave, compassionate and humane side in the last years of her life. The Los Angeles-born performer developed a driving passion for acting in her teen years...
41. Leif Garrett Leif Garrett Actor, The Outsiders Born on November 8, 1961 in Hollywood, California, Leif grew up in a world of showbiz and got his first taste of acting in the blockbuster film, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice playing the son of Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon, though he was uncredited. Then he was a frequent guest in TV shows such as Nanny and the Professor...
42. Spice Williams-Crosby Spice Williams-Crosby Stunts, Scrubs Born on a ranch in North Hollywood, California, Spice Williams rode her horse to kindergarten, grew up playing in her father's medical offices, eventually hitting the road as a musician, singer, and dancer under contract to 20th Century-Fox Records. Overcoming a seven-year drug and alcohol problem, at the age of 26...
43. Tony Dow Tony Dow Actor, General Hospital
44. Katherine Kelly Lang Katherine Kelly Lang Actress, Till the End of the Night
45. Bradley Gregg Bradley Gregg Actor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
46. Lisa Wilhoit Lisa Wilhoit Actress, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Lisa Wilhoit started acting at the age of 10 when a casting director discovered her during a gymnastics class. She was instantly intrigued when she was cast in a stunt role for the movie "Hook", playing a young Julia Roberts. Lisa made her TV series debut as Danielle Chase, the attention seeking little sister of Claire Danes...
47. Peter Jason Peter Jason Actor, Adaptation. Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Peter Jason was born on July 22, 1944, in Hollywood, CA, and grew up in Balboa. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High and Newport Harbor High School. He originally planned on being a football player, but fell in love...
48. Edward Bunker Edward Bunker Actor, Reservoir Dogs
49. Aron Eisenberg Aron Eisenberg Actor, The Horror Show
50. Buck Taylor Buck Taylor Actor, Cowboys & Aliens
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