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1. Jim Caviezel Jim Caviezel Actor, The Passion of the Christ James Patrick Caviezel was born on September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington. He was one of five children born to Margaret (Lavery), a former stage actress, and James Caviezel, a chiropractor. The Caviezels are a closely knit Catholic family. He is of Irish (mother) and Swiss and Slovak-Romansh (father) descent; the surname...
2. Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton Actress, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Linda Carroll Hamilton was born on September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland, to Barbara K. (Holt) and Carroll Stanford Hamilton, a physician. Following Wicomico High School, she studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York. In New York...
3. Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John Soundtrack, Grease Actress/singer Olivia Newton-John was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. She lived there until she was five years old, and her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a college in Melbourne. When she was a teen she returned to live in England with her mother...
4. Talulah Riley Talulah Riley Actress, Pride & Prejudice
5. Christina Milian Christina Milian Actress, American Pie
6. Sheri Moon Zombie Sheri Moon Zombie Actress, The Devil's Rejects Sheri Moon Zombie was born Sheri Lyn Skurkis. She is the daughter of Carol A. and William B. Skurkis, and has Lithuanian and Polish ancestry. She was raised in Torrington, Connecticut, from a young age. In her late teens, Sheri moved to California, but continued to spend a great deal of time in the New England state...
7. Emma Rigby Emma Rigby Actress, The Physician
8. Susanne Wuest Susanne Wuest Actress, Goodnight Mommy Susanne grew up close to Vienna, Austria. Right after high school she started working at the prestigious "Volkstheater" in Vienna. On the big screen she gained international attention with a leading part in the feature "Antares". 'Antares' (dir: Goetz Spielmann) not only became Austria's submission for the Academy Awards in 2005 (Best Foreign Language Film)...
9. Julie London Julie London Actress, Man of the West Julie London was born Julie Peck on September 26, 1926 in Santa Rosa, California. She was an actress and sultry singer who starred in a number of movies in the 1940s and 1950s before beginning a popular singing career, but is probably best remembered for her role as Nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency! in the 1970s...
10. Serena Williams Serena Williams Self, Episode dated 19 October 2009 Serena Williams, is one of the top female tennis player in the world, has always maintained a level of interest. She earned her first grand slam singles title at the U.S. Open back in 1999, and made a string of four straight grand slam singles title wins - the 2002 French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open titles...
11. Ashley Leggat Ashley Leggat Actress, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Ashley Leggat, a twice Gemini nominated actress, was born into a large family in Hamilton, Ontario. She joined her parents, Roy (a car dealer) and Patty (a former Secondary School teacher) and four older brothers -Rob, Brett, and twins Todd and Bram. Ashley's four brothers, all very athletic, played hockey in the winters and baseball in the summers...
12. Melissa Sue Anderson Melissa Sue Anderson Actress, Happy Birthday to Me Melissa Sue Anderson was very much like her most famous character, Mary Ingalls -- a quiet, slightly shy girl who would rather read a book than climb a tree. Her show business career got underway when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her. She began doing TV commercials, and the blond...
13. Melanie Paxson Melanie Paxson Actress, Saving Mr. Banks Melanie Paxson was born in Champaign, Illinois, and received her B.A. degree in theater from the University of Missouri. Relocating to Chicago, she received more training at the famed Second City and performed with another renowned theater troupe, Steppenwolf Theatre. Moving into the television arena...
14. Donna Douglas Donna Douglas Actress, Frankie and Johnny An honest-to-goodness Southern Belle, similar to her most famous role, "Elly May Clampett" on The Beverly Hillbillies, Donna Douglas grew up in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, loving "critters". She got married soon after high school, had a son, divorced and won a couple of beauty contests, all within the span of a few years...
15. Kent McCord Kent McCord Actor, Predator 2 The son of Bert and Laura McWhirter, Kent Franklin McWhirter was born in Los Angeles on September 26, 1942. Planning to become a physical education instructor and football coach, he transferred from Citrus Junior College to the University of Southern California in 1961. There he met Ricky Nelson during a football game and they became good friends...
16. Lysette Anthony Lysette Anthony Actress, Krull
17. Martine Beswick Martine Beswick Actress, Thunderball Born to British parents in Port Antonio, Jamaica, Martine Beswick did some brief modeling and pageant entering before seeking a career in films. She allegedly once won a "Miss Autoville" contest and won a car only to sell it in order to move to and study acting in London. A minor break for her occurred in the James Bond film series...
18. Yaniv Schulman Yaniv Schulman Self, Catfish
19. Julienne Davis Julienne Davis Actress, Eyes Wide Shut Julienne Davis was born in Los Angeles. She left home at seventeen and moved to New York to pursue a career in classical ballet. When she grew too tall to audition for the corps de ballet, she made the tough decision to quit dance and began a modeling career. As a successful international model, Julienne's career led to her living and working in many cities...
20. Tricia O'Kelley Tricia O'Kelley Actress, Weather Girl Tricia O'Kelley began her acting career in Chicago, where she appeared in numerous television commercials, including spots for McDonald's, Budweiser and Sears. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (where she studied TV and film production), she returned to Chicago to continue acting...
21. Mary Beth Hurt Mary Beth Hurt Actress, The World According to Garp
22. Jill Soloway Jill Soloway Producer, Transparent
23. Richard Herd Richard Herd Actor, Planes, Trains & Automobiles Utilitarian character actor Richard Herd is one of those stern familiar faces you've seen countless times on film and TV but can't quite place the name. The stage-trained actor who shares a striking resemblance to actor Karl Malden never found the one role that would make him a household name, but he has made up for it with a number of rich and rewarding stage...
24. Ben Shenkman Ben Shenkman Actor, Pi
25. Mark Famiglietti Mark Famiglietti Actor, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
26. Joyce Jameson Joyce Jameson Actress, General Hospital Well-endowed, attractive Joyce Jameson was typecast as 'broads', 'dames' and dizzy blondes - somewhat in the vein of Barbara Nichols. In real life, she was said to have been the antithesis of her screen personae, a graduate in theatre arts from UCLA, highly intelligent and well-read. Joyce began acting in films from 1951...
27. Patrick Bristow Patrick Bristow Actor, Transformers: Age of Extinction
28. David Slade David Slade Director, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
29. Togo Igawa Togo Igawa Actor, Memoirs of a Geisha Togo Igawa is an actor/director living in England. He trained in Japan at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. In 1986, he became the first Japanese actor to become a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His work spans stage, film, anime, games and television...
30. Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith Actor, Go Tell the Spartans
31. Maria Bonnevie Maria Bonnevie Actress, I Am Dina
32. Jake Paltrow Jake Paltrow Director, The Good Night
33. Jillian Barberie Jillian Barberie Self, Alvin and the Chipmunks
34. Patrick O'Neal Patrick O'Neal Actor, Under Siege Dark, dashing and coldly handsome with intense, penetrating eyes, Patrick O'Neal was known for walking that fine line between elegant heroics and elegant villainy during his five-decade career. Born in 1927 in Ocala, Florida, and of Irish descent, he served toward the end of WWII with the United States Army Air Corp and...
35. Philip Bosco Philip Bosco Actor, My Best Friend's Wedding Philip Michael Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Margaret Raymond (Thek), a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. He is of Italian and German descent. Bosco graduated from Saint Peter's Prep School, 1948, and from the Catholic University of America, A.B. 1957. He served as a private in the U.S...
36. Ty Miller Ty Miller Actor, Shapes
37. Caitlin Keats Caitlin Keats Actress, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
38. George Raft George Raft Actor, Some Like It Hot George Raft was born and grew up in a poor family in Hell's Kitchen, at the time one of the roughest, meanest areas of New York City. He was born George Ranft, and was the son of Eva (Glockner) and Conrad Ranft, a department store deliveryman. His parents were both of German descent. In his youth, he showed a great interest in...
39. Jerry Weintraub Jerry Weintraub Producer, Ocean's Eleven
40. Daniel Buran Daniel Buran Actor, Sweetheart
41. Victoria Vetri Victoria Vetri Actress, Rosemary's Baby Born Victoria Vetri (but also known as Angela Dorian) to Italian parents (her mother was from Rome, her father Sicily) and grew up in Los Angeles. She studied art at Los Angeles City College in the 60s before embarking on her movie-television career. Thanks to her beautiful, exotic looks she was cast in parts that required ethnic beauties or scantily clad lovelies...
42. Stephania Potalivo Stephania Potalivo Actress, Southern Comfort
43. Ricky Tomlinson Ricky Tomlinson Actor, Mike Bassett: England Manager
44. Dev Anand Dev Anand Actor, Guide Dev Anand was born as Dharam Dev on September 26, 1923, in the Punjabi-speaking Anand family, son to Advocate Pishorimal, younger brother to Chetan and Manmohan, and senior to Vijay. He had one sister, Sheela, who was subsequently married in the Kapur family, and gave birth to actor/film-maker, Shekhar Kapur; two daughters...
45. Marc Gilpin Marc Gilpin Actor, Jaws 2
46. Helmut Bakaitis Helmut Bakaitis Actor, The Matrix Revolutions Helmut Bakaitis is attached to the world of acting in both performing, directing and screen-writing. He was born in Lauban, Silesia, Germany (later became Luban, Poland). He moved to Australia, where he was educated in Sydney at the Fort Street High School. On the steps of the Sydney War Memorial, Helmut...
47. Brett Climo Brett Climo Actor, Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here
48. Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn Actor, The Trouble with Harry There are very few character actors from the 1930s, '40s or '50s who rose to the rank of stardom. Only a rare man or woman reached the level of renown and admiration, and had enough audience appeal, to be the first name in a cast's billing, a name that got marquee posting. Charles Coburn comes to mind, but there aren't many others. However, one who made it was Edmund Gwenn...
49. Jack LaLanne Jack LaLanne Self, The Jack LaLanne Show LaLanne was addicted to sugar as a child, causing him to commit acts of violence, including setting his parents' house on fire and attacking his brother with an axe. He was so weak his family physician recommended he be removed from school to rest and regain his strength. Around this time, he and his mother attended a lecture by Paul C...
50. Nancy Dolman Nancy Dolman Actress, Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
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