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1. Jessica Szohr Jessica Szohr Actress, The Internship
2. Kate Micucci Kate Micucci Actress, When in Rome Kate was born in New Jersey and spent most of her school years in Pennsylvania. As a kid she focused on playing outside in the woods and playing classical piano. In college she majored in art, focusing on painting and making puppets. She received an A.A. in Fine Arts from Keystone College. After a small stint watering banana and pineapple plants in Hawaii...
3. Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor Actor, Trainspotting Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Crieff, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. At age 16, he left Crieff and Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather than be unhappy...
4. Christopher Walken Christopher Walken Actor, Catch Me If You Can Nervous-looking lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, pale complexion and a somewhat nervous disposition. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Deer Hunter, and has been seen in mostly supporting roles, often portraying psychologically unstable characters...
5. Deborah Kara Unger Deborah Kara Unger Actress, The Game Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Prisoners of the Sun, followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Whispers in the Dark, Till There Was You, and Highlander: The Final Dimension. She acted in the award-winning television drama Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott...
6. Melissa Ordway Melissa Ordway Actress, Ted
7. Austin Highsmith Austin Highsmith Actress, Gangster Squad
8. Brittany O'Neil Brittany O'Neil Actress, The Forbidden Dimensions
9. Judith Shekoni Judith Shekoni Actress, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 British born Judi Shekoni is an exotic mix of African, Spanish and British descent. She is soon to be seen as 'Zafrina' the leader of the Amazons in Twilight Sagas: Breaking Dawn. Brought up in Britain, she has trained extensively including Shakespeare and the Classics. Her career in the UK included roles on every major television channel...
10. Michelle Nicastro Michelle Nicastro Actress, When Harry Met Sally...
11. Shirley Jones Shirley Jones Actress, Grandma's Boy Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & Hammerstein...
12. Richard Chamberlain Richard Chamberlain Actor, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Richard Chamberlain became THE leading heartthrob of early 1960s TV. As the impeccably handsome Dr. Kildare, the slim, butter-haired hunk with the near-perfect Ivy-League charm and smooth, intelligent demeanor, had the distaff fans fawning unwavering over him throughout the series' run. While this would appear to be a dream situation for any new star...
13. Tanya Tate Tanya Tate Actress, Spartacus MMXII: The Beginning Tanya Tate began her career in late 2008. She was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Before her starting year in the pornographic industry, she was an office professional. Seeking something far more exciting than work in an office, Tanya thus made a career change. Since then, Tanya has enjoyed a lucrative and fulfilling career in the industry...
14. Rhea Perlman Rhea Perlman Actress, Matilda
15. Josh Saviano Josh Saviano Actor, Hail and Farewell
16. William Daniels William Daniels Actor, The Graduate
17. William McNamara William McNamara Actor, Copycat William McNamara studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and has since notched up over sixty-five film and TV appearances. One of his first roles was that of Joel in the teen movie Dream a Little Dream with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. He followed this up with the Bette Midler film Stella...
18. Damon Herriman Damon Herriman Actor, The Lone Ranger
19. Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Writer, Welcome Back, Kotter
20. Tony Cox Tony Cox Actor, Bad Santa
21. Adam Green Adam Green Writer, Frozen
22. Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Composer, The Others Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis. His film Open Your Eyes was a huge success in Spain and was distributed worldwide...
23. Richard Kiley Richard Kiley Actor, Jurassic Park Although Richard Kiley's rich baritone and strong vocal talent was much in evidence and received due respect with his award of a Tony for "Man of La Mancha", it was little used in his television and movie appearances. Won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Musical): in 1959 for "Redhead" and in 1966 for his signature role...
24. Daniel Mays Daniel Mays Actor, The Adventures of Tintin
25. Ed Marinaro Ed Marinaro Actor, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
26. Lucille Bliss Lucille Bliss Actress, Robots
27. Marc McClure Marc McClure Actor, Back to the Future
28. Adrian Holmes Adrian Holmes Actor, Elysium Born in the UK, with Barbados heritage, Adrian Holmes grew up in Vancouver and now makes Vancouver and Los Angeles his home. As a child, Holmes loved to entertain and performed in numerous school plays. After high school he studied theatre but felt the need to satisfy his Moms with a plan B and got into nursing...
29. Roy Andersson Roy Andersson Director, Songs from the Second Floor
30. Mary Cadorette Mary Cadorette Actress, Stewardess School Mary Therese Cadorette was born on March 31, 1957 and is is an American actress best known for playing John Ritter's live-in girlfriend, flight attendant Vicky Bradford on the short-lived 1984 Three's Company spinoff, Three's a Crowd. Cadorette was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, United States...
31. Paul Mercurio Paul Mercurio Actor, Strictly Ballroom Blame it on Elvis. It was the lusty gyrations of The King in Jailhouse Rock that inspired nine-year-old Paul Joseph Mercurio to dance. His mother, Jean, responded with her usual supportive posture and enrolled Paul in a local ballet school. From there (with a short surfing break) it was on to John Curtin College of the Arts...
32. Andrew Bowen Andrew Bowen Actor, Conjurer Born in Boston and raised in Vermont, Andrew Bowen's career began at age 6 when after seeing the movie Grease he announced to his parents that he "wanted to be like John Travolta when he grow up." With his parents full support, 6 month's later, he performed in his first play and after hearing his audience roar with laughter for the first time...
33. Patrick Leahy Patrick Leahy Self, Batman & Robin Born on March 31, 1940, in Montpelier, Vermont, Patrick Leahy was elected to the United States Senate in 1974 and remains the only Democrat elected to this office from Vermont. He is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is a senior member of the Agriculture and Appropriations Committees and as of 2012 ranks second in seniority in the Senate...
34. Al Gore Al Gore Self, An Inconvenient Truth
35. JeeJa Yanin JeeJa Yanin Actress, Chocolate Yanin "Jeeja" pronounced "ChiCha" Vismitananda was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Her mother is Prasita Vismitananda and her father, Pawadol Borirak, was a businessman who died when his daughter was 17, she has an older brother, Nantapong "Jeed" Vismitananda. She is mainly of Thai descent with some English and Burmese ancestry...
36. Patrick Magee Patrick Magee Actor, A Clockwork Orange Born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Patrick Magee is a classic example of how certain actors rate the stage far more highly than the screen. Magee was well aware that the vast majority of the films that he appeared in were dreadful (he mostly played sinister villains in horror films), but the money came...
37. Gerard McCarthy Gerard McCarthy Actor, Dark Descent
38. Peggy Rea Peggy Rea Actress, Love Field
39. Sylvester Groth Sylvester Groth Actor, Inglourious Basterds
40. Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Oshima's career extends from the initiation of the "Nuberu bagu" (New Wave) movement in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to the contemporary use of cinema and television to express paradoxes in modern society. After an early involvement with the student protest movement in Kyoto...
41. Howard Gordon Howard Gordon Writer, Homeland
42. Dermot Morgan Dermot Morgan Actor, The First Snow of Winter Dermot went to University College Dublin, where he studied English and Philosopy. In 1974 he took up a teaching post, but left 2 years later to persue the comedy career that he had started at university. In 1979 his first introduction to TV came with an appearance on "Live Mike" on RTE television as Fr...
43. Kevin Greutert Kevin Greutert Editorial Department, Donnie Darko
44. R.D. Robb R.D. Robb Actor, A Christmas Story
45. Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff Director, The Tin Drum Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff and Eberhard Junkersdorf in 1973...
46. Valerie Curtin Valerie Curtin Actress, All the President's Men
47. Herb Alpert Herb Alpert Soundtrack, Iron Man 3 Bandleader who had several big instrumental hits in 1960s with his band, the Tijuana Brass. First big hit was "The Lonely Bull" in 1963. He and the Brass followed that with other big hits like "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea" (familiar to some as "the Dating Game song"), "A Taste of Honey", and "Zorba the Greek"...
48. Angus Young Angus Young Soundtrack, The Avengers Angus Young was born on March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. At school, Angus was an unenthusiastic student. His only real academic interest was art wich allowed him some freedom of expression. He gave up school at 15 and went to work for a soft porn magazine called Ribald as a printer. But his ambitions laid elsewhere anyway...
49. Robert Stevenson Robert Stevenson Director, Mary Poppins
50. Anne Marie Howard Anne Marie Howard Actress, Prince of Darkness Anne grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, and first appeared onstage in the musical, "Carousel", at age 4. She began producing plays in her backyard shortly after that and, at 14, when the family moved to Davenport, Iowa, she starred in every high school play, musical & variety show. At 18, she moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts...
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