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1. Katy Jurado Katy Jurado Actress, High Noon Katy Jurado was born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García into a wealthy family on January 16, 1924, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her early years were spent amid luxury until her family's lands were confiscated by the federal government for redistribution to the landless peasantry. Despite the loss of property...
2. Carole Landis Carole Landis Actress, Topper Returns Carole Landis was born on New Year's Day in 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, as Frances Lillian Mary Ridste. Her father, a railroad mechanic, was of Norwegian descent and her mother was Polish. Her father walked out, leaving Carole, her mother and an older brother and sister to fend for themselves. After graduating from high school...
3. Gordon Tootoosis Gordon Tootoosis Actor, Legends of the Fall A Canadian actor of Cree and Stoney descent, Gordon Tootosis made his film debut in the western film Alien Thunder with Donald Sutherland and Chief Dan George. Tootoosis holds several acting roles in television and movies, including the role of 'One Stab' in Legends of the Fall, the role of 'Growling Bear'...
4. Rosemary Murphy Rosemary Murphy Actress, To Kill a Mockingbird
5. N!xau N!xau Actor, The Gods Must Be Crazy N!xau, a San from the Kalahari Desert, was discovered by director Jamie Uys and cast in the lead role in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. He received only a few hundred dollars for his work in that film, but was astute enough to negotiate for over half a million for his appearance in the sequel...
6. Mildred Dunnock Mildred Dunnock Actress, The Trouble with Harry Petite American character actress who was celebrated for her definitive portrayal of long-suffering Linda Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", a part she played opposite Lee J. Cobb at the Morosco Theatre for 742 consecutive performances between 1949 and 1950. Mildred recreated her...
7. Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland Actress, Pretty Woman
8. Kerwin Mathews Kerwin Mathews Actor, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Before there was a George Lucas and Harrison Ford running around creating special-effects excitement, there was a virile, boyishly handsome actor named Kerwin Mathews who was entertaining audiences battling a variety of creatures courtesy of pioneer special effects guru Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen's...
9. Leo McCarey Leo McCarey Director, An Affair to Remember
10. Erik Satie Erik Satie Soundtrack, Hugo
11. Ben Alexander Ben Alexander Actor, All Quiet on the Western Front Starting out as a child actor in 1915, Ben Alexander's first roles were in the films of such directors as Cecil B. DeMille and D.W. Griffith. He later graduated to juvenile leads and supporting parts in sound films, most notably in All Quiet on the Western Front. When his acting career slowed down in the mid-'30s...
12. Harry James Harry James Soundtrack, The Matrix Harry James was born in a rundown hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia. His mother and father were members of a circus - she as a trapeze artist and he a band leader - with the Mighty Haag Circus. At seven, they settled in Beaumont, Texas where Harry learned to play drums. By twelve, he was playing trumpet in the Christy Brothers circus band...
13. Georgia Brown Georgia Brown Actress, Tales That Witness Madness Georgia Brown (then Lillian Klot) was sent to Wales with other youngsters to escape the German Blitzkrieg.
14. Noel Black Noel Black Director, One Life to Live Director Noel Black was born on June 30, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. He has a B.A. and Masters degree in Film from UCLA. His directing "debut" was with Skaterdater, an 18-minute short that used only music and sound effects to advance the plot. Initially winning the Grand Prix and the Golden Palm Awards at the Cannes Film Festival...
15. Imogen Bain Imogen Bain Actress, The Phantom of the Opera
16. Lambert Hillyer Lambert Hillyer Director, Dracula's Daughter A former journalist who came from a show-business family--his mother was actress Lydia Knott--western specialist Lambert Hillyer entered films in 1917. After becoming a director, he soon teamed up with cowboy actor William S. Hart for a series of westerns that resulted in making Hart a star, for...
17. Sorrells Pickard Sorrells Pickard Soundtrack, Hardbodies Actor, singer and songwriter Sorrells Pickard was born James W. Bazzell, Jr. on September 20, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up on his family's peanut farm in Lovedale, Florida. Sorrells began his music career after graduating from high school; he fronted the rock'n'roll band Jimmy Bazzell and the Mardells in the late 1950's and early 1960's...
18. Ted Williams Ted Williams Self, Lineup for Today: Ted Williams and Friend Theodore Samuel Williams was born in San Diego, California, on August 30, 1918. He signed a contract at the age of 18 in 1936 with the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He was assigned to their farm team in San Diego. In 1939 he made his Major League Baseball debut, where he set the record for most runs batted in by a rookie with 145...
19. David Haubenstock David Haubenstock Thanks, La passante du Sans-Souci
20. Porfirio Rubirosa Porfirio Rubirosa Uncategorised
21. Peter Whitman Peter Whitman Actor, The Spy Who Loved Me
22. Ray Kellogg Ray Kellogg Visual Effects, The King and I
23. Jüri Järvet Jüri Järvet Actor, Solaris Jüri Järvet (born as Georgi Kuznetsov) was a highly prolific and respected Estonian screen and stage actor. He was born in Tallinn. His mother moved to Moscow in 1920. Jüri stayed to live in family's friend who later gave him into an orphanage. At the age of five he was taken into a family with three children though his new parents didn't adopt him officially...
24. Alison Skipworth Alison Skipworth Actress, The Devil Is a Woman In her younger days, auburn-haired Alison Skipworth had been a celebrated patrician beauty. She was the favorite model of English artist Frank Markham Skipworth (1854-1929) who would later become her husband. A physician's daughter, Alison did not make her professional acting debut until the age of thirty-one...
25. John P. Fulton John P. Fulton Visual Effects, Rear Window Born in Nebraska, John P. Fulton moved with his family to California in 1914. His father, adamant that John NOT become involved with the movie industry, insisted that he study electrical engineering; after graduating from high school, he worked as a surveyor, but frequently took time out to watch D...
26. Marion Byron Marion Byron Actress, Steamboat Bill, Jr. At Warner Brothers, tiny, five feet tall Marion Byron was nicknamed (and occasionally billed as) "Peanuts". She was a cute and vivacious soubrette who featured in early, long forgotten musicals, with titles like The Show of Shows, Broadway Babies and Playing Around. Marion began her performing career...
27. Johnny Speight Johnny Speight Writer, Till Death Us Do Part
28. Dusan Janicijevic Dusan Janicijevic Actor, Stojan Mutikasa
29. Nobuo Nakamura Nobuo Nakamura Actor, Ikiru
30. Alan Gibson Alan Gibson Director, The Satanic Rites of Dracula
31. John Berkes John Berkes Actor, Ace in the Hole
32. Roberta Sherwood Roberta Sherwood Self, Episode #5.29
33. Kali Bannerjee Kali Bannerjee Actor, Paras-Pathar
34. Blaine Gibson Blaine Gibson Visual Effects, Alice in Wonderland
35. A.D. Flowers A.D. Flowers Special Effects, The Godfather For more than thirty years, A. D. Flowers worked his magic in movies and on TV and ended his career as one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after special effects experts. His craft, however, predated the now-universally employed computerized high-tech FX that the movie and TV industry relies upon today...
36. Sayre Dearing Sayre Dearing Actor, Mystery Plane
37. Milivoje Popovic-Mavid Milivoje Popovic-Mavid Actor, Winnetou
38. Ted Billings Ted Billings Actor, Bride of Frankenstein
39. Judson Laire Judson Laire Actor, The Ugly American
40. Juan Pablo Rebella Juan Pablo Rebella Director, Whisky
41. John Sweet John Sweet Actor, A Canterbury Tale John Sweet was a US Army sergeant serving in the UK in WWII. He wasn't a professional actor but was spotted by Michael Powell in a touring production of "Our Town" and was just what Powell was looking for to represent an American serviceman discovering the joys and hidden treasures of the English countryside...
42. Hongshen Jia Hongshen Jia Actor, Suzhou River
43. Marian Waldman Marian Waldman Actress, Black Christmas Character actress Marian Waldman was born on December 16, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The daughter of a professor mother and a physician father, Waldman was an Ashkenazi Jew. Marian began her career as a stage actress in the 1950's in the Toronto area initially as a choir girl before branching out by acting in stage plays...
44. Barry Crane Barry Crane Director, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
45. Milo Miranovic Milo Miranovic Actor, Moja porodica, privatizacija i ja
46. Joan Kemp-Welch Joan Kemp-Welch Director, Romeo and Juliet
47. Mabel Forrest Mabel Forrest Actress, The Satin Girl
48. Don Nicholl Don Nicholl Writer, Three's Company
49. Bob Probert Bob Probert Self, Episode #1.14
50. Vasant Shinde Vasant Shinde Actor, Balaji Nimbalkar
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