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1. Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Actress, Sleepless in Seattle Blond-haired, blue-eyed with an effervescent personality, Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Susan (Duggan), an English teacher and one-time actress, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. She has Polish, Irish, and German ancestry ("Hyra" is a Polish surname, and "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name)...
2. Adam Driver Adam Driver Actor, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes English...
3. Allison Janney Allison Janney Actress, The West Wing Allison Janney is an award-winning actress who has earned a solid reputation in stage productions and in many supporting roles on screen, and who more recently has become prominent by portraying one of the major characters in the popular TV series The West Wing. Entertainment Weekly magazine describes Janney's screen presence as "uncommonly beautiful and infinitely expressive"...
4. Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Actress, The Silence of the Lambs Alicia Christian Foster was born in Los Angeles on November 19, 1962. She is the daughter of Evelyn Ella "Brandy" (Almond) and Lucius Fisher Foster III, an Air Force lieutenant colonel and later real estate broker. Brandy had filed for divorce in 1959 after having three children with Lucius, but the exes had a brief re-encounter in 1962 which resulted in Alicia's birth...
5. Sandrine Holt Sandrine Holt Actress, House of Cards Sandrine Holt made her feature film debut in Bruce Beresford's epic Black Robe, which earned her a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has starred in such films as Rapa Nui, Dance Me Outside and Pocahontas: The Legend. In addition, she co-starred with Jennifer Garner, Buck Henry and Amanda Peet in 1999...
6. Terry Farrell Terry Farrell Actress, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Terry Farrell was born on November 19, 1963 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At age 15, she became a foreign exchange student to Mexico, and, from that experience, she decided she would like to live a more adventurous life in the big city. She sent several photos to a modeling agency and then, at age 17, dropped out of high school and became a model in New York...
7. Katherine Kelly Katherine Kelly Actress, Coronation Street
8. Gene Tierney Gene Tierney Actress, Laura With prominent cheekbones and the most appealing overbite of her day, her striking good looks helped propel her to stardom. Her best known role is the enigmatic murder victim in Laura. She was also Oscar-nominated for Leave Her to Heaven. Her acting performances were few in the 1950s as she battled a troubled emotional life that included hospitalization and shock treatment for depression.
9. Kathleen Quinlan Kathleen Quinlan Actress, Apollo 13 Kathleen Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, the only child of Josephine (Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director. She grew up in Mill Valley, Ca, and got her break in acting when George Lucas came to her high school to cast for his movie American Graffiti...
10. Douglas Henshall Douglas Henshall Actor, Orphans Douglas Henshall was born in Glasgow, Scotland in November 1965. His mother was a nurse and his father a salesman. He is the youngest of three children and has two older sisters. He grew up in Barrhead and attended Barrhead High School. Whilst at school a friend asked him to join The Scottish Youth Theatre based in Glasgow...
11. Jason Scott Lee Jason Scott Lee Actor, Back to the Future Part II Of Hawaiian and Chinese descent, Jason Scott Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Hawaii from the age of two. His interest in acting began while studying in high school. It blossomed further when he enrolled in Fullerton College, where he studied under acting coach Sal Romeo...
12. Charlie Kaufman Charlie Kaufman Writer, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon transferred NYU to study film...
13. Liana Mendoza Liana Mendoza Actress, Baskets Liana Mendoza, is considered "ethnically ambiguous" in Hollywood. However, she is Native American (Chichimeca Tribe and her given name is Strong Vine) Named "Sexiest Spaniard" by Latina Magazine, She Grew up between North East Los Angeles and San Juan Del Monte in an Adobe Hut made by the hands of her ancestors on land still currently occupied by her family...
14. Reid Scott Reid Scott Actor, Veep Born and raised in upstate New York, Reid attended Syracuse University before moving to New York City to pursue his acting/writing career. Things began strongly, with roles on "All My Children", in the off-Broadway play "Cargo", and in several television commercials. Reid first came to the west coast with a leading role in the Fox pilot "With You In Spirit"...
15. Robert Beltran Robert Beltran Actor, Star Trek: Voyager Robert Adame Beltran was born in Bakersfield, California. He is the seventh of ten children, of Mexican-Native American ancestry, though Robert describes his heritage as Latindio. After finishing high school, he attended Fresno State College, where he graduated with a degree in theater arts. Beltran landed his first film role in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit in 1981...
16. Robin Dunne Robin Dunne Actor, Sanctuary
17. Mark Bonnar Mark Bonnar Actor, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
18. Erika Alexander Erika Alexander Actress, Living Single
19. Wolfgang Bodison Wolfgang Bodison Actor, A Few Good Men
20. Alan Young Alan Young Actor, Mister Ed Alan Young was born in Northern England in 1919, but his Scots father moved the family to Edinburgh, Scotland, when Young was a toddler and then to Canada when Young was about 6 years old. As a boy, he suffered from severe asthma, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time but encouraged his love of radio...
21. Tyga Tyga Soundtrack, Get Hard
22. Dan Haggerty Dan Haggerty Actor, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
23. Larry King Larry King Self, Larry King Now
24. Eric Nenninger Eric Nenninger Actor, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
25. Nicole Forester Nicole Forester Actress, Boss
26. Samantha Futerman Samantha Futerman Actress, Memoirs of a Geisha
27. William Russell William Russell Actor, Doctor Who William Russell was born William Russell Enoch on 19 November 1924, in Sunderland, County Durham, England, to Eva Compston (Pile) and Alfred James Enoch. He became interested in acting at an early age. He was involved in organizing entertainments during his national service in the Royal Air Force and then...
28. Eleanor Audley Eleanor Audley Actress, Cinderella
29. Paul Weitz Paul Weitz Writer, About a Boy Paul Weitz was born on November 19, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA as Paul J. Weitz. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Grandma, About a Boy, and Mozart in the Jungle, for which he won a Golden Globe. He has been married to Patricia Brown since December 15, 2001. They have three children.
30. Gary Riley Gary Riley Actor, Stand by Me
31. Clifton Webb Clifton Webb Actor, Laura Already trained in dance and theater, he quit school at age 13 to study music and painting. By 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York, and by his mid-twenties he was performing in musicals, dramas on Broadway and in London, and in silent movies. His first real success in film came in middle age as the classy villain Waldo Lydecker in Laura...
32. Cleo Massey Cleo Massey Actress, H2O: Just Add Water
33. Dick Cavett Dick Cavett Self, The Dick Cavett Show Yale-educated Dick Cavett established his reputation as the most erudite of American talk show hosts in the late 1960s and early '70s. Although there were many contenders who took on Johnny Carson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of late-night TV, Cavett generally was considered the most successful of the pretenders to Carson's throne...
34. Terrence 'T.C.' Carson Terrence 'T.C.' Carson Actor, Living Single T.C. Carson was born and raised in Chicago. He was always encouraged by his family to pursue his dream of becoming a professional performer. He started by performing in many plays and musicals such as "The Wiz", "Dreamgirls" and "Ain't Misbehavin". His stage work earned him awards and credit.
35. Alan Baxter Alan Baxter Actor, Judgment at Nuremberg Before there was an Alan Ladd, there was another furtive-eyed, baby-faced, cigarette-dangling villain named Alan, impacting the movie scene with his various colorless and cold-hearted thugs, mobsters and killers. Dark-haired, bullet-headed actor Alan Baxter earned a noticeable degree of popularity back in the late 30s and 40s with his various despicables...
36. Tom Villard Tom Villard Actor, My Girl Thomas Louis Villard grew up in Spencerport, New York. He has two brothers and one sister. After high school, Tom attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for two years. After college, he moved to New York City. There he attended the Lee Strasberg Acting Studio and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts...
37. Bobby Naderi Bobby Naderi Actor, Under the Shadow Born in Tehran, Naderi had an cultured childhood having being raised between Iran, Europe, Canada and the U.S. Bobby by sheer chance found his way into the Arts in his early 20s which led him to study with Judith Weston then began working on stage and the indie film. He gained notice for his lead role in Sundance Festival Hit...
38. Allison Balson Allison Balson Actress, Best Seller Allison Balson is an American actress, who was on Little House on the Prairie (1981-1984), Bialy smok, Best Seller, Broken Blood. She began her acting career, at the age of five, as a child model for major department stores and clothing companies. She went on to acting in National Commercials, including the notable "Vivitar Camera" commercial with Orson Welles...
39. Glynnis O'Connor Glynnis O'Connor Actress, As the World Turns Glynnis O'Connor was primed for acting right from the beginning. Her parents are producer Daniel O'Connor and actress Lenka Peterson, who worked with Glynnis in several TV movies. Her brother, Darren O'Connor, has also enjoyed a successful acting career. In her late teens, she was featured on As the World Turns, and Sons and Daughters, co-starring Gary Frank...
40. Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen Actress, Main Hoon Na Sushmita was born in the Bengali-speaking Sen family on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her family consists of her dad, Shubeer, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander; mom, Subhra, Jewelry Designer and owner of a Dubai-based store. She has two siblings, a sister named Neelam, who is married to Nauman Malik, and a brother named Rajeev. Subhra's dad was a poet...
41. Nigel Bennett Nigel Bennett Actor, Forever Knight An accomplished theatre actor, Mr. Bennett appeared on the British stage for fifteen years before moving to Canada in 1986. During this time, he starred in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" at the Wyndhams Theatre in London's West End. He also performed in "Ghosts", "Private Lives" and "Rookery Nook" at such theaters as the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester...
42. Savion Glover Savion Glover Actor, Bamboozled
43. Tom Virtue Tom Virtue Actor, Iron Man 3
44. Iván Sánchez Iván Sánchez Actor, La Tempestad
45. Chris Gleason Chris Gleason Actor, Roadkill
46. Trevor Bardette Trevor Bardette Actor, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Wavy-haired, articulate, quietly-spoken Bardette was one of Hollywood's archetypal villains of westerns and cliffhanger serials. He initially aspired to become a mechanical engineer after graduating from Oregon State University in June 1925. However, by the late 1920's, he had changed his name from Terva Gaston Hubbard to Trevor Bardette and embarked on a brief...
47. Ted Turner Ted Turner Writer, Captain Planet and the Planeteers Ted Turner was born on November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA as Robert Edward Turner III. He is the founder of CNN, TurnerBrodcastSystem(TBS)and TNTnetwork He was previously married to Jane Fonda, Jane Shirley Smith and Judy Nye .He started in the business as a writer and producer but had a bigger vision.
48. Ann Curry Ann Curry Self, Dateline NBC
49. Ljubisa Samardzic Ljubisa Samardzic Actor, Viza za buducnost Ljubisa Samardzic was born into a miner's family. His acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. After graduating Belgrade Drama Arts Academy and playing a few theater roles, Ljubisa Samardzic was given the part in Igre na skelama. After that experience...
50. Aimee Brooks Aimee Brooks Actress, Port Charles
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