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401. Jean Reno Actor | Léon Jean
Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco, to
Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who moved to North Africa to seek work. His
father was a linotypist. Reno settled in France at 17. He began studying
drama and has credits in French television and theater as well as films. ...
402. George Sanders Actor | All About Eve George
Sanders was born of English parents in St. Petersburg, Russia. He worked in a
Birmingham textile mill, in the tobacco business and as a writer in
advertising. He entered show business in London as a chorus boy, going from
there to cabaret, radio and theatrical understudy. His film debut, in ...
403. Dean Jagger Actor | White Christmas Dean
Jagger was born in Lima, Ohio, on November 7, 1903. He dropped out of high
school twice before finally graduating from Wabash College. Working first as
a school teacher, he soon became interested in acting and enrolled at
Chicago's "Lyceum Art Conservatory". Mr. Jagger made his first
movie and...
404. Walter Huston Actor | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre For
many years Walter Huston had two passions: his career as an engineer and his
vocation for the stage. In 1909 he dedicated himself to the theatre, and made
his debut on Broadway in 1924. In 1929 he journeyed to Hollywood, where his
talent and ability made him one of the most respected actors in ...
405. Edmund Gwenn Actor | Miracle on 34th Street There
are very few character actors from the 1930s, '40s or '50s who rose to the
rank of stardom. Only a rare man or woman reached the level of renown and
admiration, and had enough audience appeal, to be the first name in a cast's
billing, a name that got marquee posting. Charles Coburn comes to ...
406. Harold Russell Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives Harold
John Russell was born in Nova Scotia in 1914. His family moved to Cambridge
Massachusetts when his father died in 1919. He was training paratroopers at
Camp MacKall NC on June 6, 1944 when some TNT he was using exploded in his
hands. He lost both hands. After receiving hooks, and training on...
407. Hugh Grant Actor | Love Actually Hugh
Grant, one of Britain's best known faces, has been equally entertaining
on-screen as well as in real life, and has had enough sense of humor to
survive a media frenzy. He is known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994),
with Andie MacDowell, Notting Hill (1999), opposite Julia ...
408. Barry Fitzgerald Actor | The Quiet Man One
of Hollywood's finest character actors and most accomplished scene stealers,
Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland.
Educated to enter the banking business, the diminutive Irishman with the
irresistible brogue was bitten by the acting bug in the 1920s and ...
409. Charles Coburn Actor | The More the Merrier A
cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his Old South
manners and charm. In 1918 he and his first wife formed the Coburn Players
and appeared on Broadway in many plays. With her death in 1937, he accepted a
Hollywood contract and began making films at the age of sixty.
410. Van Heflin Actor | Shane Craggy-faced,
dependable star character actor Van Heflin never quite made the Hollywood
"A" list, but made up for what he lacked in appearance with hard
work, charisma and solid acting performances. He was born Emmett Evan Heflin
in Oklahoma in December 1908, the son of Fanny Bleecker (Shippey) and...
411. Donald Crisp Actor | How Green Was My Valley Donald
Crisp was born George William Crisp at the family home in Bow, London.
Donald's parents were James Crisp and Elizabeth Crisp, his birth was
registered by his mother on 4th September 1882. Donald's sisters were
Elizabeth, Ann, Alice (known as Louisa) and Eliza and his brothers were James,
...
412. Thomas Mitchell Actor | Stagecoach Thomas
Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read
like a list of the greatest films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a Wonderful Life...
413. Walter Brennan Actor | To Have and Have Not In
many ways the most successful and familiar character actor of American sound
films and the only actor to date to win three Oscars for Best Supporting
Actor, Walter Brennan attended college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying
engineering. While in school he became interested in acting and ...
414. Joseph Schildkraut Actor | The Diary of Anne Frank An
imposing Austrian import-turned-matinée idol on the silent screen, Hollywood
actor Joseph Schildkraut went on to conquer talking films as well -- with
Oscar-winning results. Inclined towards smooth, cunning villainy, his Oscar
came instead for his sympathetic portrayal of Captain Alfred Dreyfus ...
415. Keanu Reeves Actor | The Matrix Keanu
Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the
mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon.
He is the son of Patricia Taylor, a showgirl and costume
designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Keanu's father was born in
Hawaii, of British, ...
416. Channing Tatum Actor | 21 Jump Street Channing
Tatum was born in a small town, Cullman, Alabama, 50 miles north of Birmingham.
He is the son of Kay (Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Matthew Tatum, who
worked in construction. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat
troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in ...
417. Hugh Jackman Actor | Les Misérables Hugh
Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer
and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in
major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best
known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...
418. Dwayne Johnson Actor | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Dwayne
Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward,
California. He is the son of Ata Johnson(born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu
Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas
Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black
...
419. Adam Sandler Actor | The Waterboy Adam
Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith
(Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an
electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his
first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took
...
420. Daniel Radcliffe Actor | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Daniel
Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to
casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and
literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a
Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South
Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
421. Daniel Craig Actor | Casino Royale One
of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables
as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to
star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and Bond 25 (2020).
422. Henry Cavill Actor | Man of Steel Henry
William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown
dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a
housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English
ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of ...
423. Vin Diesel Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Vin
Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal
twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his
astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive
father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an
artists' ...
424. Ben Affleck Producer | Argo American
actor and filmmaker Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972
in Berkeley, California, and was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His
mother, Chris Anne (née Boldt), is a school teacher, and his father, Timothy
Byers Affleck, is a social worker; the two are divorced. Ben has...
425. Chris Pine Actor | Star Trek Chris
Pine was born in Los Angeles. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal
grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood
Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. His sister, Katherine Pine, has also acted. Chris's
ancestry is Russian Jewish (from ...
426. Olympia Dukakis Actress | Moonstruck Long
a vital, respected lady of the classic and contemporary stage this grand lady
did not become a household name and sought-after film actress until age 56
when she turned in a glorious, Oscar-winning perf as Cher's sardonic mother in the romantic
comedy Moonstruck (1987). Since then movie
(and ...
427. Peggy Ashcroft Actress | A Passage to India Academy
Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the
British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost
always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933). On stage she
was cast...
428. Linda Hunt Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously Veteran
character actress Linda Hunt was born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, New
Jersey, to Elsie Doying and Raymond Davy Hunt. She attended the Interlochen
Arts Academy and the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago (now part of DePaul
University). Her film debut was in Robert Altman's Popeye(1980)...
429. Maureen Stapleton Actress | Reds Academy
Award-winner Maureen Stapleton was born June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York, to
Irene (née Walsh) and John P. Stapleton. Her family was of Irish descent.
Maureen moved to New York City at the age of eighteen and did modeling to pay
the bills. Already a Tony Award-winner, she made her Academy ...
430. Mary Steenburgen Actress | Last Vegas Mary
Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
431. Beatrice Straight Actress | Network In
her long career, Beatrice Straight actually did very little work in the
movies, plying her trade mostly onstage. But when she did grace the silver
screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theater, having
debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work
garnered her much...
432. Vanessa Redgrave Actress | Atonement On
January 30, 1937, renowned theatre actor Michael Redgravewas performing in a
production of Hamlet in London. During the curtain call, the show's
lead, Laurence Olivier, announced to the audience:
"tonight a great actress was born". This was in reference to his
co-star's newborn daughter, ...
433. Lee Grant Actress | In the Heat of the Night Academy
Award-winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925
in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and actress, and
Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish
descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee ...
434. Eileen Heckart Actress | The Bad Seed Versatile,
award-winning character actress Eileen Heckart, with the lean, horsey face
and assured, fervent gait, was born Anna Eileen Stark on March 29, 1919, in
Columbus, Ohio. An only child, she lived with her mother after her parents
separated at age 2. Her childhood was an acutely unhappy one. ...
435. Cloris Leachman Actress | The Last Picture Show The
legendary actress set a record when at age 82, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005). Cloris
Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Berkeley Claiborne
"Buck" Leachman and the former Cloris Wallace. Her father's family
owned a lumber company, Leachman Lumber Co. She ...
436. Ruth Gordon Actress | Rosemary's Baby When
Ruth Gordon convinced her father, a sea captain, to let her pursue acting she
came to New York and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She
acted in a few silents made at Fort Lee, New Jersey, in 1915. She made her
Broadway debut in "Peter Pan" as Nibs the same year. The next 20
...
437. Estelle Parsons Actress | Bonnie and Clyde The
charming, witty, and immeasurably gifted Estelle Parsons was born November
20, 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Elinor and Eben Parsons. She attended the
Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine, and later graduated from Connecticut
College in 1949. She worked as a singer with a band before she ...
438. Sandy Dennis Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It
would not be easy for anyone to out-do one of American theater's finest
thespians, but somehow actress Sandy Dennis managed to even out-quirk the
legendary Geraldine Page when it came to
affecting nervous ticks and offbeat mannerisms on stage and in film. She and
Page had few peers when it came ...
439. Shelley Winters Actress | The Poseidon Adventure Shelley
Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920
(some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her mother, Rose
(Winter), was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents, and her father,
Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Her father moved ...
440. Maggie Gyllenhaal Actress | Secretary Academy
Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977, on
the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Her parents, Naomi Foner (née Achs) and Stephen Gyllenhaal, are both filmmakers, and
her brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Her mother is from an
Ashkenazi Jewish ...
441. Katie Holmes Actress | Batman Begins Born
two months premature at four pounds, Kate Noelle Holmes made her first
appearance on December 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio. She is the daughter of
Kathleen Ann (Craft), a philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr., a
lawyer. She is of German, Irish, and English ancestry. Her parents have said
...
442. Patty Duke Actress | Valley of the Dolls Patty
Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York, to
Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver
and handyman. She is of Irish, and one eighth German, descent. Her acting
career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's ...
443. Rita Moreno Actress | West Side Story Rita
Moreno has had a thriving acting career for the better part of six decades.
One of the very few performers (and the very first) to win an Oscar, an Emmy,
a Tony and a Grammy, she was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao, Puerto
Rico, on December 11, 1931, to seamstress Rosa María (Marcano) ...
444. Wendy Hiller Actress | Murder on the Orient Express Wendy
Hiller, daughter of Frank and Marie Hiller, was born on 15th August 1912 in
Bramhall, near Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was educated at Winceby
House School, Bexhill then moved on to Manchester Repertory Theatre. She
appeared on stage in Sir John Barry's tour of Evensong, then as Sally ...
445. Miyoshi Umeki Actress | Flower Drum Song Although
she projected the typical Japanese female stereotype of humbleness, delicacy
and subservience in most of her prime film and stage roles, beguiling,
tiny-framed Miyoshi Umeki was nevertheless an assertive scene-stealer. This
docile and deceptive-looking talent with the cropped hair and ...
446. Dorothy Malone Actress | Written on the Wind The
blonde, sultry, dreamy-eyed beauty of Dorothy Malone, who was born in
Chicago, Illinois, took some time before it made an impact with American
film-going audiences. But once she did, she played it for all it was worth in
her one chance Academy Award-winning "bad girl" performance, a role
quite ...
447. Jo Van Fleet Actress | East of Eden Jo
Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She
established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several
years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role,
playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to ...
448. Eva Marie Saint Actress | On the Waterfront Actress
and producer Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4,
1924 on Newark, New Jersey. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), for which she
won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Her film
career also includes ...
449. Gloria Grahame Actress | The Bad and the Beautiful Gloria
Hallward, an acting pupil of her mother (stage actress and teacher Jean
Grahame), acted professionally while still in high school. In 1944 Louis B. Mayer saw her on Broadway and
gave her an MGM contract under the name Gloria Grahame. Her debut in the
title role of Blonde Fever (1944) was ...
450. Kim Hunter Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire Her
father, Donald Cole, was a consulting engineer, and died in 1926 when Kim was
only 3 years old. Her mother, Grace Lind, once performed as a concert
pianist. She had one brother who was eight years older than she, and she was
educated at Miami Beach High.
451. Lee J. Cobb Actor | 12 Angry Men Lee
J. Cobb, one of the premier character actors in American film for three
decades in the post-World War II period, was born Leo Jacoby in New York
City's Lower East Side on December 8, 1911. The son of a Jewish newspaper
editor, young Leo was a child prodigy in music, mastering the violin and
the...
452. Andrew Garfield Actor | The Social Network Andrew
Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British-born
mother, Lynn (Hillman), and an American-born father, Richard Garfield. When
he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother.
He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Andrew was raised in a ...
453. John Cazale Actor | Dog Day Afternoon John
Cazale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an Irish-American mother,
Cecilia (Holland), and an Italian-American father, John Cazale. Cazale only
made five feature films in his career, all which many fans and critics alike
call classics. But before his film debut, the short The American Way (...
454. Jeremy Renner Actor | The Hurt Locker Jeremy
Lee Renner was born in Modesto, California, the son of Valerie (Tague) and
Lee Renner, who managed a bowling alley. After a tumultuous yet happy
childhood with his four younger siblings, Renner graduated from Beyer High
School and attended Modesto Junior College. He explored several areas of...
455. Steve Carell Actor | The Office Steve
Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell
on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet
Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical
engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...
456. Jean Dujardin Actor | The Artist In
1995 he began his first one man show, the same year he met Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massotwith whom he created the
"Nous C nous". In 1999, he became "Loulou" in Un gars, une fille (1999). This part
permitted him to show his talent to a larger public. Since the end ...
457. Chris Evans Actor | The Avengers Christopher
Robert Evans began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in school
productions and community theatre.
458. James Franco Actor | 127 Hours Known
for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks(1999), James Franco was
born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress,
and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley
business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of ...
459. Zach Galifianakis Actor | The Hangover Zach
Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Mary Frances
(Cashion), who owned a community arts center, and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil vendor.
His father is of Greek descent and his mother is of mostly English and
Scottish ancestry. Zach moved to New York City after failing ...
460. Will Ferrell Producer | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby John
William Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, to Betty Kay (Overman), a
teacher, and Roy Lee Ferrell, Jr., a musician. His parents
were originally from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
461. Shia LaBeouf Actor | Transformers Shia
Saide LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, to Shayna (Saide) and
Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf, and is an only child. His mother is from an Ashkenazi
Jewish family, while his father has Cajun (French) ancestry. His parents are
divorced. He started his career by doing stand-up comedy around ...
462. Seth Rogen Actor | This Is the End An
actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing
stand-up comedy as a teen.
463. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor | Inception Joseph
Gordon-Levitt has completed production on the untitled Henry Joost/Ariel
Schulman sci-fi film for Netflix in which he stars opposite Jamie Foxx and on
the independent thriller, 7500, written and directed by Patrick Vollarth.
Among his other projects, he is in development on a variety of ...
464. Ryan Reynolds Actor | Deadpool Ryan
Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds,
was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy"
(Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish
ancestry. ...
465. Paul Rudd Actor | Ant-Man Paul
Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and
Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. He has
one sister, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his
family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at ...
466. Jason Segel Actor | Forgetting Sarah Marshall Multi-talented
Jason Jordan Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised
by his parents, Jillian (Jordan), a homemaker, and Alvin Segel, a lawyer. His
mother is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and his father is of
Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He was educated at St. ...
467. Jason Statham Actor | Crank Jason
Statham was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to Eileen (Yates), a dancer, and
Barry Statham, a street merchant and lounge singer. Statham has done quite a
lot in a short time. He has been a Diver on the British National Diving Team
and finished 12th in the World Championships in 1992. He has ...
468. Dick Van Dyke Actor | Mary Poppins Dick
Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel
Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His
younger brother is entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes
English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, and Dutch. Although he'd had ...
469. Jesse Eisenberg Actor | The Social Network Curly
haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known
for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The
Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale,
Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...
470. Owen Wilson Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums Self-proclaimed
troublemaker Owen Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American
parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother,
Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad
exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and ...
471. Jason Bateman Actor | Arrested Development Jason
Bateman is an American film and television actor, known for his role as
Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development (2003), as well as
his role on Valerie (1986).
472. Tyler Perry Writer | Diary of a Mad Black Woman Perry
was born and raised in New Orleans, to Willie Maxine (Campbell) and Emmitt
Perry, Sr. His mother was a church-goer and took Perry along with her once a
week. His father was a carpenter and they had a very strained and abusive
relationship, which led Perry to suffer from depression as a ...
473. Liam Hemsworth Actor | The Hunger Games Liam
Hemsworth was born on January 13, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia, and is the
younger brother of actors Chris Hemsworthand Luke Hemsworth. He is the son of Leonie (van
Os), a teacher of English, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor.
He is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...
474. William Shatner Actor | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier William
Shatner has notched up an impressive 50-plus years in front of the camera,
displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several
generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T.
Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.
475. Gene Wilder Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Gene
Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Jeanne (Baer)
and William J. Silberman, who manufactured miniature whiskey and beer
bottles. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, while his Illinois-born
mother was of Russian Jewish descent.
476. Thora Birch Actress | Ghost World For
some people, oatmeal starts the day off right - for Thora Birch, it launched
a healthy career in front of the camera. It's hard to believe that the
actress, who slunk into stardom with her turn as the disillusioned daughter
in American Beauty (1999), is even related
to the apple-cheeked blonde ...
477. Claire Trevor Actress | Key Largo Claire
Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New
York, the only child of Fifth Avenue merchant-tailor Noel Wemlinger, an
immigrant Frenchman from Paris who lost his business during the Depression,
and his Belfast-born wife, Benjamina, known as "Betty". Young ...
478. Celeste Holm Actress | All About Eve Celeste Holm was an only child, born
into a home where her mother was a painter and her father worked in
insurance. She would study acting at the University of Chicago and make her
stage debut in 1936. Her Broadway debut came when she was 19. She appeared in
many successful plays, including "The ...
479. Anne Baxter Actress | All About Eve Anne
Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the
daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter
of Frank Lloyd Wright, the world-renowned
architect. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York
City, which at that time was ...
480. Queen Latifah Actress | Chicago Often
considered hip-hop's first lady (though some would attribute that to Roxanne Shanté), the woman behind the
moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East
Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot
Owens, Sr. She came from a ...
481. Ethel Barrymore Actress | None But the Lonely Heart Ethel
Barrymore was the second of three children seemingly destined for the actor's
life of their parents Maurice and Georgiana. Maurice Barrymore had emigrated
from England in 1875, and after graduating from Cambridge in law had shocked
his family by becoming an actor. Georgiana Drew of ...
482. Rosario Dawson Actress | Rent This
stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far.
Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the
series Gemini Division (2008), which she
executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent
stands out the most in edgy...
483. Teresa Wright Actress | Shadow of a Doubt A
natural and lovely talent who was discovered for films by Samuel Goldwyn, the always likable Teresa
Wright distinguished herself early on in high-caliber, Oscar-worthy form --
the only performer ever to be nominated for Oscars for her first three films.
Always true to herself, she was able to ...
484. Mary Astor Actress | The Maltese Falcon Mary
Astor was born, Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, on May 3, 1906 in Quincy,
Illinois to a German immigrant father, Otto Ludwig Langhanke, and an American
mother from Illinois, Helen Marie Vasconcellos, of Portuguese and Irish
ancestry. Her parents were very ambitious for her as they recognized ...
485. Jane Darwell Actress | The Grapes of Wrath Missouri-born
Jane Darwell was born Patti Woodard, the daughter of William Robert Woodard,
president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen (Booth) Woodard, in
Palmyra, Missouri, where she grew up on a ranch . She nursed ambitions to be
an opera singer, but put it off because of her ...
486. Alicia Vikander Actress | Ex Machina Alicia
Vikander is a Swedish actress, dancer and producer. She was born and raised
in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Maria Fahl-Vikander, an actress of stage and
screen, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist. She is of Swedish and one
quarter Finnish descent. Alicia began acting as a ...
487. Mia Wasikowska Actress | Alice in Wonderland Mia
is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra.
She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her
mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has
an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight,...
488. Abigail Breslin Actress | Little Miss Sunshine Academy
Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin is one of the most sought-after
actors of her generation. Her unique and charismatic talents have contributed
to her versatile roles in both comedy and drama.
489. Gale Sondergaard Actress | The Mark of Zorro Sly,
manipulative, dangerously cunning and sinister were the key words that best
described the roles that Gale Sondergaard played in motion pictures, making
her one of the most talented character actresses ever seen on the screen. She
was educated at the University of Minnesota and later married ...
490. Melissa McCarthy Actress | The Heat Melissa
McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy,
and was raised on her family's corn and soybean farm. She began her
performing career as a stand-up comedian in New York where she appeared at
the famous clubs, Stand Up New York and The Improv. She worked on her ...
491. Tina Fey Writer | 30 Rock Elizabeth
Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of
Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee,
and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother
is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,...
492. Zoe Saldana Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy Zoe
Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario
and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican.
She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her
family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...
493. Elisabeth Moss Actress | The One I Love Elisabeth
Moss is an American actress. She is best known for the AMC series Mad Men
(2007-2015), Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and the film
The One I Love (2014).
494. Adrianne Palicki Actress | G.I. Joe: Retaliation Adrianne
Palicki was born on May 6, 1983 in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and
Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her
mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer
High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a...
495. Jennifer Garner Actress | Alias Jennifer
Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television
series Alias (2001), has come a long way from
her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her
mother, Patricia Ann (née English), a retired teacher of English, and her
father, William John...
496. Kristen Wiig Actress | Bridesmaids Kristen
Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, to Laurie
J. (Johnston), an artist, and Jon J. Wiig, a lake marina manager. She is of
Norwegian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, English, and Scottish
descent. The family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before ...
497. June Squibb Actress | Nebraska June
Squibb was born on November 6, 1929 in Vandalia, Illinois, USA as June Louise
Squibb. She is an actress, known for Nebraska (2013), About Schmidt (2002) and In & Out (1997). She was previously
married to Charles Kakatsakis and Edward Leon Sostek.
498. Sally Hawkins Actress | The Shape of Water Sally
Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to
Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books. She
is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in
southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich...
499. Kaley Cuoco Actress | The Big Bang Theory Kaley
Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and
Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and
English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6,
Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape ...
500. Naomi Watts Actress | Mulholland Dr. Naomi
Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England, to Myfanwy
Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set
designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), the
road manager to Pink Floyd. Her maternal grandfather was
Welsh. Her father died when Naomi was seven |
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