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1. Damien Chazelle Damien Chazelle Writer, Whiplash
2. Logan Lerman Logan Lerman Actor, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Logan was born in Beverly Hills, to a Jewish family. His parents are Lisa (Goldman), who works as his manager, and Larry Lerman, an orthotist and businessman. He has two siblings, Lindsey and Lucas, both older. His relatives operate the orthotics and prosthetics company Lerman & Son, which was founded by his great-grandfather, Jacob Lerman...
3. Katey Sagal Katey Sagal Actress, Sons of Anarchy An extremely gifted and versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married with Children. During its lengthy run, she received three Golden Globe and two American Comedy Award nominations...
4. Jodie Sweetin Jodie Sweetin Actress, Full House
5. Drea de Matteo Drea de Matteo Actress, The Sopranos Andrea Donna de Matteo, called Drea (pronounced "dray"), was born on January 19, 1972 in Queens, New York, into an affluent family, the youngest of three children and the only girl. She is the daughter of Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher at HB Studio in New York, and Albert A. De Matteo, a furniture manufacturer...
6. Elizabeth Tulloch Elizabeth Tulloch Actress, Grimm
7. Antoine Fuqua Antoine Fuqua Director, Training Day Attended West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia on an athletic scholarship for basketball. He studied electrical engineering (focusing on electromagnetism and signal processing) before moving back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (this move was brief and only to figure out his true calling) and then to New York, New York to work in film.
8. Shelley Fabares Shelley Fabares Actress, The Donna Reed Show Vibrant, increasingly lovely teen fave Shelley Fabares withstood the test of time by transitioning successfully into adult parts unlike many of her 1960s "teen queen" peers who faded quickly into the memory books. She was born Michele Marie Fabares on January 19, 1944, in sunny Santa Monica, Californnia...
9. Marsha Thomason Marsha Thomason Actress, White Collar Marsha Thomason, is a British actress, who is known for her roles on Las Vegas, Lost and White Collar and such movies as The Haunted Mansion and Black Knight. Thomason was born in Manchester, the daughter of Phyllis, a Jamaican electronics company employee and Peter Thomason, who works in the public sector...
10. Roger Ashton-Griffiths Roger Ashton-Griffiths Actor, Game of Thrones Dual Canadian/British nationalities. Read Music at Lancaster University (1975-78) before joining English National Opera as singer (1979-81). Theatre credits subsequently include Gloucester (King Lear) at Colchester, Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) at Liverpool and Watford, Algol (Space Queen Maladjusta) at Southampton...
11. Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren Actress, The Birds Tippi Hedren was born Nathalie Kay Hedren in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Dorothea Henrietta (Eckhardt) and Bernard Carl Hedren, who ran a general store. Her father was of Swedish descent and her mother was of German and Norwegian ancestry. Tippi was working as a New York fashion model when she married her first husband...
12. Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Self, The Porter Wagoner Show Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, one of 12 children of Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer, and Avie Lee Parton (née Owens). Dolly grew up on a run-down farm in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and, at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry...
13. Luke Macfarlane Luke Macfarlane Actor, Brothers & Sisters
14. Rachel Luttrell Rachel Luttrell Actress, Stargate: Atlantis Rachel Luttrell is an accomplished actress and singer who has worked in film, television and on stage. Rachel Zawadi Luttrell was born in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and is the second-born of four daughters to Veronica Makihiyo Shenkunde Luttrell, the daughter of a powerful medicine man of the Washambala tribes people...
15. Natassia Malthe Natassia Malthe Actress, This Means War
16. Shawn Wayans Shawn Wayans Actor, White Chicks
17. Desi Arnaz Jr. Desi Arnaz Jr. Actor, Here's Lucy Desi Arnaz Jr. has lived in Boulder City, Nevada, since 1986, where he owns the Historic Boulder Theatre and helps direct non-profit Boulder City Ballet Company (BCBC) with his wife, Amy Arnaz. Boulder Theatre was built in 1932 during the construction of Hoover Dam and operated as a movie theatre until it could no longer compete with the new...
18. Erin Sanders Erin Sanders Actress, Guilty at 17 Erin Sanders first started acting at the age of 9, after being discovered by an agent while selling Girl Scout cookies. She has worked on set with Edward Asner, Tom Arnold, James Garner, Elizabeth Perkins, David Spade, Joe Pesci, Clancy Brown, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tyne Daly, Amy Brenneman...
19. Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton Actress, All in the Family Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle...
20. Wendy Moniz Wendy Moniz Actress, Guiding Light
21. Nicholas Colasanto Nicholas Colasanto Actor, Raging Bull Nicholas Colasanto, the actor and television director who achieved his greatest success as "Coach" on the TV series Cheers at the end of his career, was born January 19, 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island, one of seven children. He attended Providence's Central High School but did not graduate due to World War II...
22. Rob Delaney Rob Delaney Actor, Catastrophe
23. Zachary Mabry Zachary Mabry Actor, The Little Rascals
24. Michael Crawford Michael Crawford Actor, Hello, Dolly!
25. William Ragsdale William Ragsdale Actor, Herman's Head Dark, wavy-haired, boyishly earnest, Williams Ragsdale graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas studying religion and humanities before deciding to buckle down and become an actor. The acting bug began to tempt the handsome young actor while appearing in a few college plays and musicals on the sly...
26. Mickey Sumner Mickey Sumner Actress, Frances Ha
27. Benjamin Ayres Benjamin Ayres Actor, Saving Hope
28. Drew Powell Drew Powell Actor, Gotham From the moment Drew Powell was born, he was getting peoples attention. The actor who went on to play a young "Hoss Cartwright" started out as a real life Hoss setting a record at the Indiana hospital weighing in at more than 11 lbs. Drew grew up in Lebanon, Indiana outside of Indianapolis and was singing and acting throughout his formative years...
29. Larry Clark Larry Clark Director, Kids Was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1943). Son of Frances Clark (baby photographer) and Lewis Clark. Graduated from Central High school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Attended Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Studied under Walter Sheffer and Gerard Bakker. Film debut was the movie Kids. He was already well known for his revolutionary photographic body of work...
30. Paul McCrane Paul McCrane Actor, The Shawshank Redemption
31. Guy Madison Guy Madison Actor, Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he...
32. Javier Cámara Javier Cámara Actor, Talk to Her Born in La Rioja (Spain) in 1967. Soon he moved to Madrid to graduate in Dramatic Arts. He use to work as an usher at the Fígaro Theatre in Madrid. His stage debut was in "El caballero de Olmedo" by Félix Lope de Vega back in 1991. After his great success in the TV-sitcom 7 vidas, he worked with Pedro Almodóvar in the acclaimed Talk to Her.
33. Nash Edgerton Nash Edgerton Editor, The Square
34. Fritz Weaver Fritz Weaver Actor, All My Children Fritz Weaver, the American actor, was born on January 19, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk Garden," which garnered five Tony Award nominations...
35. Taliesin Jaffe Taliesin Jaffe Actor, 2010
36. Denise Boutte Denise Boutte Actress, Meet the Browns
37. Linda Hayden Linda Hayden Actress, Taste the Blood of Dracula Gorgeous and voluptuous blonde actress Linda Hayden made a strong and lasting impression with her steamy portrayals of lusty nymphets and tempting seductresses in a handful of pictures made in the 60s and 70s. Linda was born on January 19, 1953 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England. She studied her craft at the esteemed Aida Foster Stage School...
38. Paul Rodriguez Paul Rodriguez Actor, Ali Friendly as all get-out, Latino stand-up comic Paul Rodriguez was born in Mexico but raised in East Los Angeles. After finishing his military service, he went to college on the GI bill with the idea of becoming an attorney, but developed an interest in comedy while taking elective courses. He honed his stand-up act at L.A.'s famous The Comedy Store while working as a doorman there...
39. Shaun Brown Shaun Brown Actor, The Great Indoors Shaun Brown is an American actor born on March Air Force Base in Riverside, California. Growing up Shaun Brown wanted to be a heart surgeon but when he was cast in his first musical, "West Side Story", he instantly fell in love with acting and continued exploring this new love with many high school musical productions...
40. Anthony Eisley Anthony Eisley Actor, Hawaiian Eye The future stage, screen and TV star (real name: Fred Eisley) was born in Philadelphia. His father was general sales manager and "troubleshooter" for a large company, and his work kept the family on the move (up and down the East Coast) throughout Eisley's young life. As early as the days of school plays Eisley knew that he wanted to be an actor...
41. Raynor Scheine Raynor Scheine Actor, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
42. Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Soundtrack, Watchmen Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta...
43. Richard Lester Richard Lester Director, Superman II Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), the frenetic cutting style of which was seen by many as the predecessor of the music video a generation later...
44. Jack Prince Jack Prince Actor, The Johnny Carson Show Jack Prince, whose birth name was John Upchurch, was trained in singing at an early age. Prince appeared on Broadway in the 1950s in main and understudy/replacement roles in at least three musicals: "Guys and Dolls" (1950-1953), as "Nicely Nicely Johnson", "Lil' Abner" (1956-1958) as "Marryin' Sam", and "Destry Rides Again" (1959-1960) as Tom Destry's sidekick "Wash"...
45. Veanne Cox Veanne Cox Actress, One Life to Live
46. Matt Hill Matt Hill Actor, Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy
47. Loes Haverkort Loes Haverkort Actress, Schneider vs. Bax
48. Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith Writer, The Talented Mr. Ripley
49. Frank Caliendo Frank Caliendo Actor, MADtv
50. Reiner Schöne Reiner Schöne Actor, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation A tall, German actor with a constant villainous and cunning gaze in his eyes is Reiner Schone. Born in Germany on January 19, 1942, Reiner studied acting at the German National Theatre Weimar. He started his acting career in the '60s and since then has enjoyed his share of longevity in television and film...
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