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1. Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Chriqui Actress, You Don't Mess with the Zohan Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Liliane (Benisty) and Albert Chriqui. Her family moved to Toronto when she was two years old. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver, guest-starring in series such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?...
2. Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh Actor, Valkyrie Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter born in 1930, and Frances (Harper) Branagh, also born in 1930. His brother, William Branagh Jr., was born in 1955 and sister, Joyce Branagh, was born in 1970...
3. Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan Actor, The Green Mile Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, on Chicago's South Side, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let him, afraid that he would get hurt. He then turned to acting, dreaming of becoming a famous actor...
4. Michael Schoeffling Michael Schoeffling Actor, Sixteen Candles
5. Raven-Symoné Raven-Symoné Actress, Dr. Dolittle 2 Raven-Symoné Pearman was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Lydia (Gaulden) and Christopher Pearman. At a young age, she moved to New York. While there Raven signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. They sent her out on a audition for a movie called Ghost Dad, which also starred the legendary Bill Cosby...
6. Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel Actor, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
7. Patrick John Flueger Patrick John Flueger Actor, Brothers
8. 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...
9. Mako Mako Actor, Memoirs of a Geisha Born in Japan, Mako was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S. residency by Congress...
10. Fionnula Flanagan Fionnula Flanagan Actress, The Others Fionnula Flanagan was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. From an early age she grew up speaking both English and Irish on a daily basis. Her parents weren't native Irish speakers but wanted Fionnula and her four siblings to learn the language. Her mother used to say, "A nation without a language is a nation without a soul"...
11. Alicia von Rittberg Alicia von Rittberg Actress, Fury
12. Arden Myrin Arden Myrin Actress, Evan Almighty
13. Summer Phoenix Summer Phoenix Actress, The Believer Born on 10 December 1978, Summer Joy Phoenix is the fifth and youngest child of Arlyn Phoenix and John Bottom, a carpenter. Summer was raised in Southern California, but spent her teen years in Central Florida, where she was born. She is an active supporter of numerous charities and activist groups...
14. Susan Dey Susan Dey Actress, Looker
15. Dan Blocker Dan Blocker Actor, Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Dan Blocker is one of the true television immortals, having played Hoss Cartwright -- the heart and soul of _"Bonzanza" (1959) -- for 13 seasons before his untimely death in 1972 at the age of 43. "Bonanza" was the most popular TV series of the 1960s, ranked #1 for three straight seasons (1964-65 through 1966-67) and spending a then-unprecedented nine seasons in the Top 5...
16. Amanda Anka Amanda Anka Actress, Lost Highway
17. Conner Dwelly Conner Dwelly Actress, Passengers
18. Tara Subkoff Tara Subkoff Actress, As Good as It Gets
19. Kristine DeBell Kristine DeBell Actress, Meatballs
20. Melissa Roxburgh Melissa Roxburgh Actress, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
21. Tommy Kirk Tommy Kirk Actor, The Absent-Minded Professor Scrappy Kentucky-born Tommy Kirk, who was born on December 10, 1941, became synonymous with everything clean and fun Disney Entertainment prescribed to in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Moving to California as an infant, it was ignited at the age of 13 years when he was discovered by talent agents performing with Will Rogers Jr. and Bobby Driscoll in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah...
22. Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour Actress, Road to Bali Dorothy Lamour was born with the birth name of Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton on December 10, 1914, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was a beautiful child who turned heads as a teenager with her long dark hair. However, her dream was to become a professional singer not actress. After she won a beauty contest as Miss New Orleans in 1931...
23. Barbara Nichols Barbara Nichols Actress, Sweet Smell of Success She was the archetypal brassy, bosomy, Brooklynesque bimbo with a highly distinctive scratchy voice. Barbara Nichols started life as Barbara Marie Nickerauer in Queens, New York on December 10, 1928, and grew up on Long Island. Graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School, the dame with the shapely frame...
24. Stephen Billington Stephen Billington Actor, Braveheart
25. Harold Gould Harold Gould Actor, The Sting Harold Gould earned a Ph.D. in theatre and taught speech and drama at Cornell University. Pursuing some off-Broadway work in the 1950s, he decided to practice what he preached, and became a full-time professional actor in the 1960s. He has appeared in hundreds of TV shows since, usually playing a father, grandfather or other authority figure.
26. Ray Collins Ray Collins Actor, Citizen Kane Ray Bidwell Collins was an American actor in film, stage, radio and television. One of his best remembered roles was that of Lt. Arthur Tragg in the long-running series Perry Mason. Collins was born in Sacramento, California, to Lillie Bidwell and William C. Collins, a newspaper drama editor. He started acting on stage at the age of 14...
27. Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen Actor, The Quiet Man Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. McLaglen (pronounced Muh-clog-len...
28. Bobby Flay Bobby Flay Self, A Star Is Chopped
29. Alexis Raich Alexis Raich Actress, A Cinderella Story Alexis Raich has been acting since the tender age of six. Since she started she has never looked back. It has been her passion since as long as she can remember and she works incredibly hard whether it be an audition or a leading role. Alexis loves to analyze each character and do the research to understand the psychological journey each role takes...
30. Monique Dupree Monique Dupree Actress, The Horror Vault 3 Newark, New Jersey native, Monique Dupree, also known by the title Tha Original Gata and in some circles is referred to affectionately as The First Black Scream Queen. She has done independent horror films, fetish, comic-book, catalog and/or alternative modeling, local and national reality television and an occasional cross-over into mainstream television and cinema...
31. John Colicos John Colicos Actor, The Changeling
32. Charles Matthau Charles Matthau Actor, Freaky Deaky Charlie Matthau is that rare director, writer, producer who knows exactly what he wants in both capacities: movies with humanity, heart and humor - qualities that have always defined great storytelling. Charlie's last film Freaky Deaky" based upon Elmore Leonard's book and starring Christian Slater and Crispin Glover...
33. Gavin Houston Gavin Houston Actor, The Rum Diary
34. Douglas Kenney Douglas Kenney Writer, Animal House Though almost completely unknown, this man was one of the originators of a highly popular and groundbreaking new form of comedy and satire. After working on the Harvard Lampoon as an undergraduate, Douglas C. Kenney co-founded the National Lampoon magazine and the National Lampoon Radio Hour. Kenney had originally collaborated at Harvard with friend...
35. Peter Michael Goetz Peter Michael Goetz Actor, My Girl
36. David-Paul Grove David-Paul Grove Actor, Elf
37. Gregg Berger Gregg Berger Actor, Inside Out
38. Teddy Wilson Teddy Wilson Actor, Blood In, Blood Out
39. Greg Giraldo Greg Giraldo Self, Comedian
40. Tommy Rettig Tommy Rettig Actor, River of No Return Tommy was a successful child actor in 1954 when he was chosen out of a field of 500 to play Jeff Miller in the TV series Lassie. He was with the show for four years, after which Lassie acquired a whole new family. Rettig, the only child of Elias Rettig, a Lockheed aircraft-parts inspector...
41. Taylor Dior Taylor Dior Actress, Don't Tell Mama Taylor Dior is a child stage and screen actress. Taylor began acting professionally at 5 years old when she won the recurring role of Zoe Weston in FOX pilot "Guilty". She played Zoe Weston - the daughter of Cuba Gooding Jr and Sharon Leal. The following year at the age of 6, Taylor made her professional theater debut...
42. Enrique Castillo Enrique Castillo Actor, Deja Vu Enrique Castillo was nominated for a SAG Award for his stand-out role in Showtime's wicked series "Weeds" where he plays the lethal Cesar. He guest starred on the CBS hit show "NCIS" and "Outlaw" opposite Jimmy Smits; and on the HBO series "Enlightened". Most recently starred in the in the film "Kill The Dictator" which broke box office records in the Dominican Republic...
43. Una Merkel Una Merkel Actress, The Parent Trap Una Merkel began her movie career as stand-in for Lillian Gish in the movie The Wind. After that, she performed on Broadway before she returned to movies for the D.W. Griffith film Abraham Lincoln. In her early years, before gaining a few pounds, she looked like Lillian Gish, but after Abraham Lincoln her comic potential was discovered...
44. Gabriela Spanic Gabriela Spanic Actress, Más allá de la usurpadora Gabriela studied psychology, but she knew all the time that her real passion is acting. In 1992, she participated in a beauty pageant, and won the title of "Miss Venezuela International". Gabriela first appeared as an extra, which brought her the opportunity to earn bigger parts in the future. She appeared in Rosangelica...
45. Tisha Sterling Tisha Sterling Actress, Coogan's Bluff
46. Stella Keitel Stella Keitel Actress, Goodfellas
47. Gloria Loring Gloria Loring Music Department, The Trial As a singer, entertainer and host, Gloria Loring is known for her energy, commitment and joy. She is the recording artist of the #1 hit song "Friends and Lovers"; co-composer of television theme songs for Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life; an audience favorite from daytime TV's Days of Our Lives; spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; author of four books...
48. Arnold Pinnock Arnold Pinnock Actor, The Incredible Hulk
49. Anne Gwynne Anne Gwynne Actress, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Vivid, strikingly beautiful actress Anne Gwynne arrived in Hollywood a typical starry-eyed model looking to become a big film star and ended up one of Universal Studio's favorite screamers in "B" horror films. Born in Waco, Texas, but raised in Missouri, she first modeled Catalina swimwear and appeared in local community theater productions to gain experience...
50. John J. York John J. York Actor, All My Children
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