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1. Holly Hunter Holly Hunter Actress, The Incredibles Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of seven children. Her parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play...
2. Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano Actress, Guiding Light Television + Film Romano has had a long relationship with Disney ABC Television Group by starring in hit series and movies for the Disney Channel and ABC Family including: Cadet Kelly, The Even Stevens franchise, Campus Confidential, Taking Five, The Cutting Edge 2: Going for the Gold, and The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream...
3. David Thewlis David Thewlis Actor, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen (Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and entered Guildhall School of Drama...
4. Michael Rapaport Michael Rapaport Actor, The 6th Day A true New Yorker through and through, Michael Rapaport was born in Manhattan, to June Brody, a radio personality, and David Rapaport, a radio program manager. He is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent. Rapaport moved to Los Angeles to try stand-up comedy following high school graduation (which came after a series of expulsions)...
5. William Hurt William Hurt Actor, Into the Wild William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his supporting role in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence...
6. Spike Lee Spike Lee Director, Malcolm X Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University...
7. Bianca Lawson Bianca Lawson Actress, Save the Last Dance
8. Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan Actor, I Killed My Mother
9. RJ Cyler RJ Cyler Actor, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl RJ Cyler, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, was born Ronald Cyler II, the youngest of three boys. RJ has always been an entertainer in some way or form. At the age of 12, he started a dance team with his older brother. In Jan,2012; RJ heard a commercial for open auditions in the Jacksonville area. RJ was asked to Los Angeles for another acting camp...
10. Paula Garcés Paula Garcés Actress, The Station Agent Paula Garces was born on March 20, 1974, in Medellin, Colombia. Her father was a fisherman, and her mother was a schoolteacher. At age 7 she relocated with her parents to New York City, where she resided primarily in Harlem. She she started acting in commercials hired by agent Diego Santiago, her father's best friend...
11. Emma Fitzpatrick Emma Fitzpatrick Actress, The Social Network
12. Freema Agyeman Freema Agyeman Actress, Blink
13. Michael Cassidy Michael Cassidy Actor, Argo
14. Theresa Russell Theresa Russell Actress, Spider-Man 3 Theresa Russell, named one of the "100 sexiest stars in film history" (Empire Magazine), was born in San Diego, California. She was discovered by a photographer at the age of 12, and made her film debut in Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon, opposite Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Robert Mitchum...
15. Amy Aquino Amy Aquino Actress, White Oleander
16. Nick Blood Nick Blood Actor, Identicals
17. Marc Warren Marc Warren Actor, Wanted
18. Carl Reiner Carl Reiner Writer, The Dick Van Dyke Show Carl Reiner is a legend of American comedy, having achieved great success as a comic actor, a director, producer and recording artist. He has won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, three as a writer and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his "2,000 Year Old Man" album, based on his comedy routine with Mel Brooks...
19. Jane March Jane March Actress, The Lover March was born Jane March Horwood in Edgware, London. Her father, Bernard Horwood, is a secondary school teacher of English and Spanish ancestry. Her mother, Jean, is Vietnamese and Chinese. March has one brother. At age 14, March won a local "Become a Model" contest. She signed with Storm Model Management and began working as a print model using her middle name March...
20. Dean Geyer Dean Geyer Actor, Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown Dean Geyer was born on the 20th of March in 1986, into a family with two sisters. Geyer commenced his schooling in Australia by going to Melbourne High School. Geyer's family have a strong connection to martial arts, with members from previous and current generations gaining 'black-belts' in karate...
21. John de Lancie John de Lancie Actor, Reign Over Me John de Lancie was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Kent State University where he won a scholarship to Juilliard. John's father was a professional oboist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. de Lancie is probably best known for his portrayal as Eugene Bradford on Days of Our Lives and the iconic, all-powerful Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
22. Kathy Ireland Kathy Ireland Self, The Player
23. Linda Larkin Linda Larkin Actress, Aladdin
24. Vanessa Bell Calloway Vanessa Bell Calloway Actress, Coming to America
25. Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Soundtrack, The Dukes of Hazzard Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955. However, in 1958...
26. Lawrence Makoare Lawrence Makoare Actor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
27. Stephen Sommers Stephen Sommers Writer, The Mummy Stephen Sommers was born on March 20, 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended St. John's University and the University of Seville in Spain. Afterward, Sommers spent the next four years performing as an actor in theater groups and managing rock bands throughout Europe...
28. Jake Hoffman Jake Hoffman Actor, The Wolf of Wall Street
29. Justine Ezarik Justine Ezarik Actress, The Wedding Ringer With nearly 3 million subscribers and more than 430 million video views across her five YouTube channels, Justine is one of top female personalities on YouTube. Justine, who has more than 1.5 million Twitter followers, has been named "the most influential person online" by Fast Company and in 2012 was ranked No. 6 most influential personality by The Daily Beast's Digital Power Index...
30. Kangana Ranaut Kangana Ranaut Actress, Queen Kangana was born in the Hindi-speaking Ranaut family on 20 March 1987 in Bhambla, near Manali, which is in the Mandi district in the State of Himachal Pradesh, India. Her dad's name is Amardeep, who is a businessman and contractor, her mom, Asha, is a school-teacher. She has two sisters, eldest one is Rangoli...
31. Hal Linden Hal Linden Actor, Search for Tomorrow Born in 1931, Bronx-born Hal Linden was the son of Charles Lipshitz and Frances Rosen and had an older brother who would become a future professor of music at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Similarly musical, Hal took up classical clarinet in his late teens and played regularly with symphony orchestras...
32. Edgar Buchanan Edgar Buchanan Actor, Penny Serenade At the age of seven, he and his family moved to Oregon. After studying at the University of Oregon, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a dentist, graduating from North Pacific Dental College. From 1929 to 1937, he practiced oral surgery in Eugene, Oregon. He then moved his practice to Altadena...
33. Elizabeth Bourgine Elizabeth Bourgine Actress, Un Coeur en Hiver
34. Jack Kruschen Jack Kruschen Actor, The Apartment Canadian-born Jack Kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. Often cast as ethnic comedy relief, Kruschen occasionally landed a role as a villain, but was more often the volatile, emotional Italian or Jewish neighbor patriarch. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Apartment.
35. Chase Coleman Chase Coleman Actor, Mama Chase Coleman is an American actor, director and musician. Coleman is best known for portraying the character Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. He first attended Grace Episcopal School for elementary and Junior High education and graduated to Saint Frederick High School...
36. Jessica Lundy Jessica Lundy Actress, The Stupids Jessica Lundy made her film debut in the film Bright Lights, Big City, and soon appeared in Vampire's Kiss, 0094824, and many others. She also starred as Gloria Utz on the NBC sitcom Hope & Gloria. She attended NYU and began her career writing and acting in comedy shows working with a group in many New York City cabarets and clubs...
37. Rollo Weeks Rollo Weeks Actor, Girl with a Pearl Earring Rollo Weeks was born on March 20, 1987 in Chichester, West Sussex, UK. He is the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the brother of Honeysuckle Weeks and Perdita Weeks (also actors). His name means 'famous wolf' after his family's most traceable ancestor (a viking). He has been acting since the age of two...
38. Cedric Yarbrough Cedric Yarbrough Actor, The 40-Year-Old Virgin Cedric went to and graduated from Burnsville Highschool, Minnesota. He has two brothers, Eni and Trevor and has a sister Amber. Attended Minnesota State University and wrote/acted sketch comedy at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.
39. Duke Johnson Duke Johnson Director, Anomalisa
40. Fred Rogers Fred Rogers Soundtrack, Bowling for Columbine Fred Rogers was the host of the popular long-running public television children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The show debuted in Pittsburgh in 1967 and was picked up by PBS the next year, becoming a staple of public TV stations around the United States. Rogers' mild manner, cardigan sweaters and soft speaking voice made him both widely beloved and widely parodied...
41. Edoardo Ballerini Edoardo Ballerini Actor, Romeo Must Die
42. Liza Snyder Liza Snyder Actress, Pay It Forward
43. Ramin Bahrani Ramin Bahrani Writer, 99 Homes
44. Steve Borden Steve Borden Actor, Ready to Rumble He has held the WCW World Title 10 times, and has been the US, Tag, TV, and the US tag champ. He has been the only wrestler to stay in WCW since the late 1980s and he had reconstructive knee surgery in 1991. Steve aka Sting is also the only wrestler from the WCW who has never worked for WWE.
45. Michael Redgrave Michael Redgrave Actor, The Lady Vanishes Sir Michael Redgrave was of the generation of English actors that gave the world the legendary John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, Britain three fabled "Theatrical Knights" back in the days when a knighthood for thespian was far more rare than it is today. A superb actor, Redgrave...
46. Michael Genadry Michael Genadry Actor, Admission
47. Murray Bartlett Murray Bartlett Actor, August
48. Wendell Corey Wendell Corey Actor, Rear Window Wendell Corey was a hard-working American character actor who appeared in numerous movies and television productions in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Born on March 20, 1914 in Dracut, Massachusetts, in the northeastern part of the Commonwealth near the New Hampshire border, Corey was the son of a Congregationalist clergyman...
49. Tom Towles Tom Towles Actor, Night of the Living Dead A character player, often playing scumbags or obnoxious men, who worked for more than a decade in Chicago theatre before establishing himself in films and TV beginning in the late 80s, often in lower-budget fare. Tom Towles drifted into acting after serving in the Marine Corps. Although he made an isolated appearance in a bit role in Dog Day Afternoon with Al Pacino...
50. Gregg Binkley Gregg Binkley Actor, The Man Who Wasn't There
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