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1. Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Davis Actress, Halt and Catch Fire Mackenzie Davis was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and went to McGill University in Montreal. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Shortly thereafter, she was discovered by Drake Doremus, and made her acting debut in his feature film, Breathe In.
2. Asa Butterfield Asa Butterfield Actor, Hugo Asa Butterfield was born in Islington, London, England, to Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He began acting at the age of 8, after a talent spotting casting director saw him at his local after school drama club, The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. Following on from a couple of small roles in films...
3. Matt Lanter Matt Lanter Actor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Matthew Mackendree Lanter was born April 1, 1983 in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, to Jana Kay (Wincek) and Joseph Hayes Lanter. He has a sister, Kara. When he was eight years old, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his father's family is from. His recent ancestry includes Polish, English, Austrian, Scottish, and German...
4. Annette O'Toole Annette O'Toole Actress, Smallville Beautiful red-haired and beloved actress Annette was born in Houston, Texas on April 1, 1952 to William West Toole Jr. and Dorothy Geraldine Toole née Niland. She is a film/stage actress, dancer, writer, singer, producer and composer. She started with acting at a very young age and during the 60s, she began a career in theater and television...
5. Sam Huntington Sam Huntington Actor, Superman Returns Sam Huntington was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on April 1, 1982. His father is a cabinet maker and owns his own business. His mother is an actress on stage and screen (most famously in Knots Landing). She also is a teacher, writer, and currently serves as Sam's manager. Sam began acting at the age of 9 under the direction of his mother as a part of her children's theater...
6. Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds Actress, Singin' in the Rain Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Maxine N. (Harmon) and Raymond Francis Reynolds, a carpenter for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Her film career began at MGM after she won a beauty contest at age 16 impersonating Betty Hutton. Reynolds wasn't a dancer until she was selected to be Gene Kelly's partner in Singin' in the Rain...
7. Taran Killam Taran Killam Actor, 12 Years a Slave Taran Killam was born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California, USA as Taran Hourie Killam. He is an actor, known for Saturday Night Live, The Heat and 12 Years a Slave. He has been married to Cobie Smulders, since September 8, 2012. They have two children.
8. Ali MacGraw Ali MacGraw Actress, Love Story
9. Bijou Phillips Bijou Phillips Actress, Almost Famous The multi-talented Bijou Phillips has led an unusual life. She spent her childhood in New York, California and South Africa. She excelled in Equestrienne sport. When she was 13, she became a model to escape boarding school and became one of the youngest people to grace the cover of "Interview" Magazine and "Italian Vogue"...
10. Jessica Collins Jessica Collins Actress, The Young and the Restless
11. JJ Feild JJ Feild Actor, Captain America: The First Avenger
12. David Oyelowo David Oyelowo Actor, Selma David Oyelowo (pronounced - "oh-yellow-oh"), is a classically trained stage actor who has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and received the "Scholarship for Excellence" from Nicholas Hytner in 1998. David starred as Martin Luther King Jr...
13. Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca Actress, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
14. Troy Baker Troy Baker Actor, The Last of Us
15. Grace Lee Whitney Grace Lee Whitney Actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture Grace Lee Whitney was a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands. Grace debuted on Broadway in "Top Banana"...
16. Kris Marshall Kris Marshall Actor, Love Actually
17. Method Man Method Man Actor, How High
18. Jane Adams Jane Adams Actress, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Jane Adams has performed theatre at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The plays include "Love Diatribe", "The Nice and the Nasty", and "Greetings From Elsewhere Cabaret". She also performed in "Careless Love" at the Empty Space Theatre, "Candide/Len Jenkin" at the Pioneer Square Theatre", "Talking With" at the Group Theatre and "Camino Real" at the Juilliard School...
19. Hannah Spearritt Hannah Spearritt Actress, Seed of Chucky Hannah was born on 1 April 1981 at Great Yarmouth, England. At the age of 3 she modelled in a Mothercare catalogue. At school she liked sports but at 12 she decided she wanted to be a performer. She landed a part in a local production of Annie. Hannah enjoyed it so much she decided to join the National Youth Music Theatre production of Pendragon where she met S Club 7 member Paul...
20. Jennifer Runyon Jennifer Runyon Actress, Ghostbusters
21. Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune Actor, Seven Samurai Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in his father's studio for a time after graduating from Dalian Middle School...
22. Jane Powell Jane Powell Actress, Royal Wedding Jane Powell was singing and dancing at an early age. She sang on the radio and performed in theaters before her screen debut in 1944. Through the 1940s and 1950s, she had a successful career in movie musicals. However, in 1957, her career in films ended, as she had outgrown her innocent girl-next-door image...
23. Traci Lind Traci Lind Actress, The End of Violence
24. Lon Chaney Lon Chaney Actor, The Phantom of the Opera Although his parents were deaf-mutes, Leonidas Chaney became an actor and also owner of a theatre company (together with his brother John). He made his debut at the movies in 1912, and his filmography is vast. Lon Chaney was especially famous for his horror parts in movies like e.g. Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
25. Kayla Collins Kayla Collins Self, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW! Kayla Collins first captured the hearts of viewers around the world with her appearance on the hit show The Girls Next Door, Season 4, on E!. She flew to Los Angeles to test shoot for "Playboy" after being recruited by Hugh M. Hefner's ex-girlfriend Holly Madison via the popular networking site MySpace...
26. Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson Director, Let the Right One In
27. Sung Hi Lee Sung Hi Lee Actress, The Girl Next Door Sung Hi Lee was born on April 1, 1970 in Eunpyong-Gu (Gija-Chon), a borough of Seoul, South Korea. She moved to the United States in 1978 and spent a large part of her childhood moving around from city to city. Sung Lee was a studious child and teenager spending more time at the library than at stay-overs and parties before attended Ohio State University on a scholarship for three years...
28. Josh Zuckerman Josh Zuckerman Actor, Sex Drive
29. Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Sonnenfeld Director, Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from New York University of Film School in 1978. He started work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated In Our Water. Then Joel Coen and Ethan Coen hired him for Blood Simple.. This film began his collaboration with the Coen Bros....
30. Jenna Presley Jenna Presley Actress, Bikini Time Machine Tiny (5'1"), but lovely, slender and buxom brunette stunner Jenna Presley was born April 1, 1987, in San Diego, California. She has a brother and a sister. Jenna grew up in Chula Vista in San Diego County. She attended Hilltop High School and was a straight-"A" student. She was unfortunately the victim of a rape at age 14...
31. Randy Orton Randy Orton Actor, WWE Raw Randal Keith "Randy" Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor best known to sports entertainment audiences for his career signed with WWE. Orton was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Bob Orton, Jr. and his wife Elaine. He is the grandson of Bob Orton, Sr. and the nephew of wrestler-turned-musician Barry Orton...
32. Denise Nickerson Denise Nickerson Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Denise Nickerson was best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and as a member of the Short Circus on The Electric Company. She left the acting business at the end of 1978, and she worked as a nurse since then. Now, she spends time at home as a full-time mom. She will be remembered as Violet!
33. Carol White Carol White Actress, Poor Cow
34. Susan Boyle Susan Boyle Soundtrack, Million Dollar Arm
35. Rachel Maddow Rachel Maddow Self, The Rachel Maddow Show
36. Nancy Morgan Nancy Morgan Actress, Lucky Luke
37. Wallace Beery Wallace Beery Actor, Grand Hotel In 1902, 16-year-old Wallace Beery joined the Ringling Brothers Circus as an assistant to the elephant trainer. He left two years later after a leopard clawed his arm. Beery next went to New York, where he found work in musical variety shows. He became a leading man in musicals and appeared on Broadway and in traveling stock companies...
38. John Quade John Quade Actor, The Sting Character actor John Quade was born John William Saunders on April 1, 1938 in Kansas City, Kansas. Quade transferred from Perry Rural High School in Perry, Kansas to Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas in 1954. John was a football tackle and participated in both track and basketball at Highland Park High School...
39. Michael Praed Michael Praed Actor, 9 Dead Gay Guys Michael Praed was born in Berkeley, England to Derrick and Kay Prince, but spent his early years in Iran because his father worked as an accountant for a petroleum company. Michael was sent back to England for a public school education, which he did not enjoy. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London...
40. Gordon Jump Gordon Jump Actor, The New WKRP in Cincinnati The burly character actor Gordon Jump will probably be best remembered for the role of the radio station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. This is ironic, since in the first part of his working life he was found either behind a microphone or camera in stints with radio and TV stations in the Midwest, including producing jobs at stations in Kansas and Ohio...
41. George Baker George Baker Actor, Ruth Rendell Mysteries
42. Colby Donaldson Colby Donaldson Self, Survivor
43. Albert Hughes Albert Hughes Producer, From Hell Albert and Allen Hughes began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice. Their next work, Uncensored videos, was broadcast on cable...
44. Chris Evans Chris Evans Self, The One Show
45. Aliza Gur Aliza Gur Actress, From Russia with Love Aliza Gur was born Aliza Gross in Ramat Gan, Israel, in 1944. She was Miss Israel of 1960 in the Miss Universe pageant, placing in the top 15. Her parents had fled Germany during the rise to power of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and they eventually settled in Israel, where she and her brother were born...
46. Jonathan Gosselin Jonathan Gosselin Self, Jon & Kate Plus 8
47. George Grizzard George Grizzard Actor, Wonder Boys In retrospect, he was considered an actor's actor to be sure. Renowned theater performer George Grizzard would make his biggest impact under the Tony-winning Broadway lights in a career spanning over five decades. Born an only child on April 1, 1928, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, George Cooper Grizzard...
48. Cyril Raffaelli Cyril Raffaelli Stunts, The Incredible Hulk
49. Lachy Hulme Lachy Hulme Actor, The Matrix Revolutions Striking, intense actor from Australia. A leading man with both strong dramatic range and ample comic timing, Lachy Hulme broke into movies by writing Canadian action/drama Men with Guns, a bloody tale of friendship and revenge directed by Kari Skogland. Following numerous guest appearances on Australian television and many "fringe" theatre productions...
50. Ned Glass Ned Glass Actor, West Side Story Veteran Polish-born character actor Ned Glass grew up in New York, and, after vaudeville experience, started acting in small parts on Broadway from the early 1930's. He gained further experience in the capacity of theatrical production supervisor, before entering motion pictures in 1937 as an MGM contract player...
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