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Top 1000 Actors and Actresses Page 4
301. José Ferrer Actor | Dune José
Ferrer was born on January 8, 1912 in Santurce,
Puerto Rico as José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón.
He was an actor, known for Dune (1984), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) and Moulin Rouge (1952). He was married to
Stella Daphne Magee, Rosemary Clooney, Phyllis Hill and Uta Hagen. He died on ...
302. Broderick Crawford Actor | All the King's Men Broderick
Crawford is best remembered for two roles: his Oscar-winning turn as Willie
Stark in All the King's Men (1949), and as Chief
Dan Mathews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol(1955). He was also memorable
as Judy Holliday's boisterous boyfriend
in Born Yesterday (1950).
303. Ronald Colman Actor | Random Harvest British
leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden
Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk
merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he first discovered
amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but
his ...
304. Fredric March Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric
March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in
films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in
1926 and would return there between screen appearances later
on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up
of ...
305. Ray Milland Actor | The Lost Weekend Ray Milland became one of Paramount's most bankable and
durable stars, under contract from 1934 to 1948, yet little in his early life
suggested a career as a motion picture actor.
306. Bing Crosby Actor | White Christmas Bing
Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of
seven children of Catherine Helen "Kate" (Harrigan) and Harry Lowe
Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby
studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in ...
307. Paul Lukas Actor | Watch on the Rhine Oscar-winning
actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for
Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice (Kassa) to
be an actor; in 1918 he became an actor specializing in comedy. For ten years
he was the most popular character player and romantic lead of the company. In
1918 ...
308. Robert Donat Actor | The 39 Steps Robert
Donat's pleasant voice and somewhat neutral English
accent were carefully honed as a boy because he had a stammer and took elocution
lessons starting at age 11 to overcome the impediment. It was not too
surprising that freedom from such a vocal embarrassment was encouragement to
act. His ...
309. Paul Muni Actor | Scarface Paul
Muni was born Sept. 22, 1895, in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Salli and Phillip Weisenfreund,
who were both professionals. His family was Jewish, and
spoke Yiddish. Paul was educated in New York and Cleveland public schools. He
was described as 5 feet 10 inches, with black hair and ...
310. Victor McLaglen Actor | The Quiet Man Rambunctious
British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry,
not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion
pictures, especially those of director John Ford. McLaglen
(pronounced ...
311. Charles Laughton Actor | Witness for the Prosecution Charles
Laughton was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, to
Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English
descent. He was educated at Stonyhurst, Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal). His first appearance on stage
was in 1926. Laughton ...
312. Wallace Beery Actor | Dinner at Eight 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 ...
313. Lionel Barrymore Actor | It's a Wonderful Life Famed
actor, composer, artist, author and director. His talents extended to the
authoring of the novel "Mr. Cartonwine: A
Moral Tale" as well as his autobiography. In 1944, he joined ASCAP, and
composed "Russian Dances", "Partita", "Ballet Viennois", "The Woodman and the Elves",
"Behind the Horizon...
314. Jeff Goldblum Actor | The Grand Budapest Hotel Jeffrey
Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of
four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio
broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a
doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of
Austrian Jewish ancestry.
315. Chris Hemsworth Actor | The Avengers Chris
Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, to
Leonie (van Os), a teacher of English, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. His brothers are
actors Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth. He
is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal grandfather), Irish, English,
Scottish, and German ...
316. Warner Baxter Actor | Penthouse Warner
Baxter claimed to have an early pre-disposition toward show business: "I
discovered a boy a block away who would eat worms and swallow flies for a
penny. For one-third of the profits, I exhibited him in a tent." When he
was age 9, his widowed mother moved to San Francisco where, following ...
317. Emil Jannings Actor | The Last Command His
real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in
the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies
where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Madame DuBarry (1919)
and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924)(aka The ...
318. Chris Cooper Actor | Adaptation. Christopher
Walton Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mary Ann (Walton), a
homemaker, and Charles Sherwood Cooper, a cattleman and internist who served
as a doctor in the US Air Force. His parents were from Texas, where Cooper
was raised.
319. Jim Broadbent Actor | Moulin Rouge! One
of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent was born on May
24, 1949, in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of furniture maker Roy Laverick Broadbent and sculptress Doreen "Dee"
(Findlay) Broadbent. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading before
successfully applying for a ...
320. James Coburn Actor | The Great Escape Lanky,
charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at
ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to
study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several
stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns ...
321. Cuba Gooding Jr. Actor | Jerry Maguire Cuba
Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother,
Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His
father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the
R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with
the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...
322. Martin Landau Actor | Ed Wood Oscar-winning
character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928 in Brooklyn, New
York. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News as a staff
cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years on the paper, he served as the
illustrator for Billy Rose's "Pitching Horseshoes"
column. He also ...
323. Jack Palance Actor | City Slickers Jack Palance exemplified evil incarnate on film -- portraying
some of the most intensely despised villains witnessed in 50s westerns and
melodrama. He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations early in his
career, but it would take a grizzled, eccentric comic performance 40 years
later for him...
324. Kevin Kline Actor | Wild Wild West Kevin
Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret and Robert Joseph Kline,
who owned several stores. His father was of German Jewish descent and his
mother was of Irish ancestry. After attending Indiana University in
Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, ...
325. Don Ameche Actor | Cocoon Don
Ameche was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s,
usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio
master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the
1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film ...
326. Kate Beckinsale Actress | Underworld: Evolution Kate
Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and has
resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has
appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as
an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her ...
327. Zooey Deschanel Actress | New Girl Zooey
Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy
Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and
her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an
actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...
328. Michelle Williams Actress | Blue Valentine A
small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid
Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry
Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian,
as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was ...
329. Milla Jovovich Actress | The Fifth Element Milla
Jovovich is an Ukrainian-born actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer
and public figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and
starred in such films as The Fifth Element (1997), Ultraviolet (2006), and the Resident Evil (2002) franchise.
330. Selena Gomez Actress | Spring Breakers Actress
and singer Selena Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in
Grand Prairie, Texas. She is the daughter of Mandy Teefey and
Ricardo Gomez. Her mother is of part Italian ancestry, and her father is of
Mexican descent. She was named after Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who died in 1995.
331. Rachel Weisz Actress | The Constant Gardener Rachel
Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London,
U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and
George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her
father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of
Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. ...
332. Kristen Bell Actress | Frozen Kristen
Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and
raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news
director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and
Scottish (father). ...
333. Katherine Heigl Actress | One for the Money Katherine
Marie Heigl was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, D.C., to Nancy Heigl (née Engelhardt), a
personnel manager, and Paul Heigl, an accountant and executive. Her father is
of German/Swiss-German and Irish descent, and her mother is of German
ancestry. A short time after her birth, the...
334. Liv Tyler Actress | Armageddon Liv
Tyler is an actress of international renown and has been a familiar face on
our screens for over two decades and counting. She began modelling at the age
of fourteen before pursuing a career in acting. After making her film debut
in Bruce Beresford's Silent Fall, she was cast by fledgling ...
335. Jessica Chastain Actress | Zero Dark Thirty Jessica
Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a
middle-class household in a northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri
Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her
stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and ...
336. Megan Fox Actress | Transformers Megan
Denise Fox was born in Rockwood, Tennessee, to Gloria Darlene (Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. Megan
began her training in drama and dance at age 5 and, at age 10, moved to St.
Petersburg, Florida where she continued her training and finished school.
Megan began acting and ...
337. Betty White Actress | The Proposal Betty
White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis),
a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the
Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. She is of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh
descent.
338. Geraldine Page Actress | The Trip to Bountiful Considered
by many to be one of the greatest American actresses of all time, Geraldine
Page was a master craftswoman who seemed to bring out the most inner detail
of the character she was playing. Her dedication to her craft has earned her
the respect of many of today's great actors including Meryl...
339. Eliza Dushku Actress | Bring It On Eliza
Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith
(Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku,
a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian
and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent).
She was discovered at the end of a five-month ...
340. Robin Wright Actress | Forrest Gump Robin
Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national
director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She
grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a
model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris
and Japan. After ...
341. Leighton Meester Actress | Gossip Girl Leighton
Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to
Constance Lynn (Haas) and Douglas Jay Meester.
Although born in Texas, Meester spent her early
years in Marco Island, Florida with her grandparents. There, she became
involved with the local playhouse and made her stage debut in a ...
342. Jennifer Jones Actress | The Towering Inferno One
of the world's most underrated Academy Award-winning actresses, Jennifer
Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley
on 2 March 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Flora Mae (Suber)
and Phillip Ross Isley, who ran a travelling stage
show. As a young aspiring actress, she met and fell for young, handsome,
aspiring ...
343. Shirley Temple Actress | Captain January Shirley
Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got
her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super
stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of
five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in ...
344. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Actress | Seinfeld Julia
Louis-Dreyfus was born on January 13, 1961, in the New York City borough of
Manhattan, to Judith (LeFever), a special needs
tutor and author, and Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, a billionaire businessman. Her
parents divorced when she was young, and she spent her childhood in
Washington, D.C., and New ...
345. Olivia Thirlby Actress | Juno Olivia
resides in New York City where she was born and raised. She has trained
extensively in classical Shakespearian acting in New York at the American
Globe Theatre, and in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began
acting professionally in 2003, and plans to pursue a career in both ...
346. Cher Actress | Moonstruck The
beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar
entertainer who has well surpassed the four-decade mark while improbably
transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate"
singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again!
With more ups ...
347. Sissy Spacek Actress | In the Bedroom As a
kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam,
and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek
on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek,
Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German
origin.
348. Louise Fletcher Actress | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Born
in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife
Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing
at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the
University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her...
349. Julie Christie Actress | Doctor Zhivago Julie
Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic
of all actresses," was born in Chabua, Assam,
India, on April 14, 1940, the daughter of Rosemary (Ramsden), a painter, and
Francis St. John "Frank" Christie, a tea planter. The young
Christie grew up on her father's ...
350. Patricia Neal Actress | Hud Patricia
Neal, the Oscar- and Tony Award-winning actress, was born Patricia Louise
Neal in Packard, Kentucky. Her father managed a coal mine and her mother was
the daughter of the town doctor. She grew up in Knoxville, where she attended
high school.
351. Haing S. Ngor Actor | The Killing Fields Haing S. Ngor was a
native of Cambodia, and before the war was a physician (obstetrics) and
medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge
during the and was imprisoned and tortured; in order to escape execution he denied being a doctor or having an education.
He ...
352. Louis Gossett Jr. Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman Louis
Gossett Jr. is one of the most respected and beloved actors on stage, screen
and television and is also an accomplished writer, producer and director.
Off-screen he is a social activist, educator and author dedicated to
enriching the lives of others. Gossett was the first African-American to ...
353. John Gielgud Actor | Arthur Born
in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and
RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first
played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian
Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other ...
354. Timothy Hutton Actor | Ordinary People Timothy
Hutton was born in Malibu, California, one of three children born to Maryline (Poole), a teacher, and actor Jim Hutton(Dana James Hutton). He burst onto
the acting scene in the late 1970s. After only a few significant roles in TV
movies, he bagged the part of Conrad in the Robert Redford-...
355. Melvyn Douglas Actor | Being There Two-time
Oscar-winner Melvyn Douglas was one of America's finest actors. In addition
to his two Oscars, he also won a Tony Award and an Emmy. Douglas would enjoy
cinema immortality if for no other reason than his being the man who
made Greta Garbo laugh in Ernst Lubitsch's classic comedy Ninotchka ...
356. Jason Robards Actor | All the President's Men Powerful
and highly respected American actor Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was born in
Chicago, Illinois, to Hope Maxine (Glanville) and stage and film star Jason Robards Sr. He had Swedish,
English, Welsh, German, and Irish ancestry. Robards was raised mostly in Los
Angeles. A star athlete at ...
357. George Burns Actor | Oh, God! George
Burns was born on January 20, 1896 in New York City, New York, USA as Nathan
Birnbaum. He was an actor and producer, known for Oh, God! (1977), Going in Style (1979) and The Sunshine Boys (1975). He was
married to Gracie Allen and Hannah Siegel. He died
on March 9, 1996 in Beverly Hills, Los...
358. Christian Bale Actor | The Dark Knight Christian
Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire,
Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny"
(James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus
performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial
pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
359. Ethan Hawke Actor | Training Day Ethan
Green Hawke was born on November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole
(Green), a charity worker, and James Steven Hawke, an insurance actuary. His
parents were students at the University of Texas at the time but divorced
when Ethan was 5 years old. His mother raised him alone for the ...
360. Ben Johnson Actor | The Last Picture Show Born
in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo performer when, in
1940, Howard Hughes hired him to take a load
of horses to California. He decided to stick around (the pay was good), and
for some years was a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for such stars
as John Wayne, Gary Cooper ...
361. John Mills Actor | The Family Way Sir
John Mills, one of the most popular and beloved English actors, was born
Lewis Ernest Watts Mills on February 22, 1908, at the Watts Naval Training
College in North Elmham, Norfolk, England. The
young Mills grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where
his father was a mathematics teacher and his ...
362. Jack Albertson Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory A
former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway,
Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV
series Chico and the Man(1974), for which he won an
Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best
Supporting ...
363. Sean Penn Actor | Mystic River Sean
Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has
gone from strength to strength during a colourful
film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private
life and political viewpoints.
364. George Kennedy Actor | Cool Hand Luke George
Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born on February 18, 1925 in New York City, to Helen
A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris
Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. Following high school graduation,
Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in 1943 with the hope to become a
fighter ...
365. Walter Matthau Actor | The Odd Couple Walter
Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often
worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
366. Martin Balsam Actor | All the President's Men Martin
Henry Balsam was born on November 4, 1919 in the Bronx, New York City, to
Lillian (Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, a manufacturer of women's sportswear.
He was the first-born child. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and
his mother was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. ...
367. Peter Ustinov Actor | Spartacus Peter
Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, a director, writer,
journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical
productions.
368. Ed Begley Actor | 12 Angry Men Charismatic
character star Edward James Begley was born in Hartford, Connecticut of Irish
parents and educated at St.Patrick's
school. His interest in acting first surfaced at the age of nine, when he
performed amateur theatricals at the Hartford Globe Theatre. Determined to
make his own way, he ...
369. George Chakiris Actor | West Side Story George
Chakiris made his film debut at the age of 12
singing in the chorus of Song of Love (1947). Following his
graduation from high school, he supported his night-time dancing, singing and
dramatic lessons with a daytime job clerking in a Los Angeles department
store. Later he started his acting/...
370. Hugh Griffith Actor | Ben-Hur Enjoyably
larger-than-life character actor Hugh Emrys Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales, to Mary (Williams) and
William Griffith. Griffith left the world of banking (having been employed as
a teller) after winning a scholarship to study acting at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic ...
371. Burl Ives Actor | The Big Country Burl
Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family. He
first sang in public for a soldiers' reunion when he was age 4. In high
school, he learned the banjo and played fullback, intending to become a
football coach when he enrolled at Eastern Illinois State Teacher's College
...
372. Red Buttons Actor | The Poseidon Adventure Although
Red Buttons is best known as a stand-up comic, he is also a successful
songwriter, an Academy Award-winning actor (and has been nominated for two
Golden Globe awards) and an accomplished singer. Born Aaron Chwatt in New York City's Lower East Side, Buttons (who
got his name from a uniform ...
373. Edmond O'Brien Actor | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Oscar-winner
Edmond O'Brien was one of the most-respected character actors in American
cinema, from his heyday of the mid-1940s through the late 1960s. Born on September
10, 1915, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, O'Brien learned the craft
of performance as a magician, reportedly tutored by...
374. Chris Pratt Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Christopher
Michael Pratt is an American film and television actor. He came to prominence
for his small-screen roles, including Bright Abbott in Everwood (2002), Ché in The O.C. (2003), and Andy Dwyer
and Parks and Recreation (2009), and notable
film roles in Moneyball (2011), The Five-Year ...
375. Frank Sinatra Actor | The Manchurian Candidate Frank
Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa),
from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino
Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty
streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...
376. Anne Bancroft Actress | The Graduate Anne
Bancroft was born on September 17, 1931 in the Bronx, the daughter of Michael
Italiano (1905-2001), a dress pattern maker, and
Mildred DiNapoli (1908-2010), a telephone operator. She made her cinema debut
in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) in 1952
and over the next five years appeared in a lot of...
377. Kim Novak Actress | Vertigo Kim
Novak was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 13, 1933 with the birth name
of Marilyn Pauline Novak. She was the daughter of Joseph Novak, a former
teacher turned transit clerk and his wife, Blanche Kral
Novak, also a former teacher. Throughout elementary and high school, Kim did
not get ...
378. Simone Signoret Actress | Les diaboliques The
face of Simone Signoret on the Paris Metro
movie posters in March 1982 looked even older than her 61 years. She was
still a box office draw, but the film, L'étoile du Nord (1982),
would be her last theatrical release. She played the landlady. Signoret had a
long film apprenticeship ...
379. Ellen Page Actress | Juno Ellen
Grace Philpotts-Page was born on February 21, 1987,
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Martha Philpotts, a
teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at
an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. She began her career at
the age of 10 on the award-winning ...
380. Angela Lansbury Actress | The Manchurian Candidate British
character actress, long in the United States. The daughter of an actress and
the granddaughter of a high-ranking politician, Lansbury studied acting from
her youth, departing for the United States as the Second World War began. She
was contracted by MGM while still a teenager and nominated ...
381. Judy Holliday Actress | Born Yesterday Judy
Holliday was born Judith Tuvim in New York City on
June 21, 1921. Her mother, a piano teacher, was attending a play when she
went into labor and made it to the hospital just in time. Judy was an only
child. By the age of four, her mother had her enrolled in ballet school which
fostered a ...
382. Loretta Young Actress | The Farmer's Daughter Sweet,
sweeter, sweetest. No combination of terms better describes the screen
persona of lovely Loretta Young. A&E's Biography (1987) has stated that Young
"remains a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamour
and stardom is a woman of substance whose true beauty lies in her ...
383. Shirley Jones Actress | The Music Man Named
after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing
at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would
dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae.
Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for
the casting director of Rodgers & ...
384. Vera Farmiga Actress | Up in the Air Vera
Farmiga is an American actress who received an Academy Award nomination for
Best Supporting Actress for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and a Primetime
Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her
role in Bates Motel (2013).
385. Helen Hayes Actress | Airport Known
as "The First lady of the American Theater", Helen Hayes had a
legendary career on stage and in films and television that spanned over
eighty years. Hayes was born in Washington, D.C., to Catherine Estelle
"Essie" Hayes, an actress who worked in touring companies, and
Francis van Arnum Brown,...
386. Marie Dressler Actress | Min and Bill Once
you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became
one of the top box office draws of the sound era.
She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage
and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star
comedienne on...
387. Janet Gaynor Actress | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Janet
Gaynor was born Laura Gainor on October 6, 1906, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she & her parents moved to San
Francisco, California, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She then
moved to Los Angeles where she enrolled in a secretarial school. She got a
job at a shoe ...
388. Lupita Nyong'o Actress | 12 Years a Slave Lupita
Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico
City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator,
was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya.
At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to...
389. Octavia Spencer Actress | Hidden Figures Spencer
is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle
of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in
Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting,
this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry,
...
390. Melissa Leo Actress | The Fighter Melissa
Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is
known for her Academy Award-winning performance in the 2010 film The Fighter (2010). She was born on
September 14, 1960, in New York City. Leo starred as the mother of
boxer Micky Ward in the 2010 film The
Fighter, also starring Mark Wahlberg. ...
391. Mo'Nique Actress | Precious Mo'Nique received a standing
ovation when she stepped on stage for the first time in her hometown of
Baltimore, Maryland, giving her confidence to pursue a career as a stand-up
comedian. After numerous stand-up performances, she took a leap forward with
one of the starring roles in The Parkers (...
392. Marlee Matlin Actress | Children of a Lesser God Marlee Beth Matlin was in Morton Grove, Illinois,
to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older
brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.
393. Tilda Swinton Actress | We Need to Talk About Kevin The
iconoclastic gifts of the visually striking and fiercely talented actress
Tilda Swinton have been appreciated by a more international audience of late.
394. Jennifer Hudson Soundtrack | Dreamgirls Jennifer
Hudson is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning
actress and best-selling author. Bright and booming talent Hudson is a perfect
example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol (2002) can actually be a
boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a ...
395. Renée Zellweger Actress | Chicago Renée
Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA. Her
mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen),
is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent. Her father, Emil
Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The two married in 1963. ...
396. Marcia Gay Harden Actress | Mystic River Marcia
Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, California, the third of
five children. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was
a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. The
family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre when the
family was...
397. Anna Paquin Actress | The Piano Anna
Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination
for acting, and the first to win.
398. Marisa Tomei Actress | My Cousin Vinny Marisa
Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, to Patricia
"Addie" (Bianchi), a teacher of English, and Gary Tomei, a lawyer,
both of Italian descent. Marisa has a brother, actor Adam Tomei. As a child, Marisa's mother
frequently corrected her speech as to eliminate her heavy ...
399. Mercedes Ruehl Actress | The Fisher King Ruehl received her first Academy Award nomination
and win for her performance as Anne Napolitano, the emotionally driven
girlfriend to fallen radio personality, (played by Jeff Bridges), in Terry Gilliam's masterpiece, The Fisher King (1991). In addition to
an Oscar, and a Golden Globe, Ruehl's ...
400. Brenda Fricker Actress | My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Irish
character actress Brenda Fricker was born in Dublin, and
gained experience in Irish theatre and with the National Theatre, the Royal
Shakespeare Company, and the Court Theatre Company in Great Britain. Brenda
received great acclaim for her Oscar-winning supporting performance as the
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