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by tony-jahnke | created - 22 Mar 2016 | updated - 22 Mar 2016 | PublicEn hyllning till 2006
1. Amy Winehouse
Soundtrack | Amy
Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Enfield, London, England and raised in Southgate, London, England to Janis Holly Collins (née Seaton), a pharmacist & Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, a window panel installer and taxi driver. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was ...
2. Brittany Murphy
Actress | Clueless
Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...
3. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
4. Whitney Houston
Soundtrack | The Bodyguard
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.
She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...
5. Marilyn Monroe
Actress | Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. Monroe is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. She became one of the world's most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodiment of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic personal and ...
6. Bette Davis
Actress | All About Eve
Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but...
7. Lana Turner
Actress | Madame X
Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the "Sweater Girl" image MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they knew she was capable of greatness (check out The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)). Unfortunately, her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional ...
8. Josefin Nilsson
Actress | Chess
Second youngest daughter of Doris & Allan Nilsson. Two sisters and one brother. After growing up in Gotland, the talented young singer moved to Stockholm to attend High School. She became a member of the well known Swedish singing group, Ainbusk. While still performing with the group, Josefin also ...
9. Susan Hayward
Actress | With a Song in My Heart
Susan Hayward was born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her father was a transportation worker, and Susan lived a fairly comfortable life as a child, but the precocious little redhead had no idea of the life that awaited her. She attended public school in Brooklyn, where she...
10. Rita Hayworth
Actress | Gilda
Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York, into a family of dancers. Her father, Eduardo Cansino Reina, was a dancer as was his father before him. He emigrated from Spain in 1913. Rita's American mother, Volga Margaret (Hayworth), who was of mostly ...
11. Beverly Garland
Actress | The Alligator People
Born in Santa Cruz, California, Beverly Garland studied dramatics under Anita Arliss, the sister of renowned stage and screen star George Arliss. She acted in a little theater in Glendale then in Phoenix after her family relocated to Arizona. Garland also worked in radio and appeared scantily-clad ...
12. Nita Talbot
Actress | Hogan's Heroes
Despite being in just seven episodes, Nita Talbot is best remembered for her Emmy-nominated role as the crafty Russian spy Marya Parmanova in the iconic 60s wartime sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965). Her character was the only one in the show capable of outmaneuvering Bob Crane's shrewd Colonel Hogan.
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13. Carole Lombard
Actress | My Man Godfrey
Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip out West. While there they decided to settle down in the Los Angeles area. After being spotted playing baseball in the street with the ...
14. Kay Francis
Actress | Mandalay
Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the 'forgotten stars' from Hollywood's Golden Era. Yet, for a while in the 1930s she ranked as one of America's most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers'. By 1935, she earned a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with $18,000...
15. Elvis Presley
Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...
16. Michael Jackson
Soundtrack | Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson (no relation to Joe Jackson, also a musician), had been a guitarist, but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Michael's ...
17. Ray Charles
Actor | The Blues Brothers
A tragic fate may have given this visionary a heightened sensitivity, perception, awareness, even expansion to his obvious musical gifts that he may have never touched upon had he not suffered from his physical affliction. Whatever it was, Ray Charles revolutionized American music and was ...
18. Neil Sedaka
Soundtrack | Deadpool
Neil Sedaka was born on March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Deadpool (2016), Transsiberian (2008) and Better Off Dead (1985). He has been married to Leba Strassberg since September 11, 1962. They have two children.
19. Jerry Samuels
Producer | Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
Jerry Samuels was born on May 3, 1938 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966), Ash vs Evil Dead (2015) and Martians Go Home (1989). He was married to Bobbie Simon and Rosemary Djivre. He died ...
20. Tiny Tim
Soundtrack | Insidious
Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. A high school dropout, his ...
21. Jerry Falwell
Writer | Old Time Gospel Hour
Jerry Falwell was born on August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Old Time Gospel Hour (1956), The Grim Reaper (1976) and LateLine (1998). He was married to Macel Falwell. He died on May 15, 2007 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
22. Harold Camping
Self | Camping at the End of the World
Harold Camping was born on July 19, 1921 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was married to Shirley Vander Schuur. He died on December 15, 2013 in Alameda, California, USA.
23. Sonny Bono
Soundtrack | The Sonny and Cher Show
Sonny Bono was born on February 16, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Hairspray (1988). He was married to Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher and Donna Rankin. He died on January 5, 1998 in South Lake Tahoe...
24. John Lennon
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...
25. Jimi Hendrix
Soundtrack | Woodstock
Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al ...
26. Freddie Mercury
Soundtrack | Flash Gordon
Freddie Mercury was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, sent him off to a private school in India, from 1955 til 1963. In 1964, he and his family flew to England. In 1966 he started his education at the Ealing College of Art, where he graduated in 1969. He ...
27. Kurt Cobain
Soundtrack | The Batman
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He...
28. Bon Scott
Soundtrack | School of Rock
Ronald Belford Scott was born on July 9, 1946 in Kirriemuir, Scotland, UK. In 1952, the Scott family relocated to Australia. Bon's strong distaste for authority led him to quit his studies at the age of 15. Bon's earliest musical efforts were both on vocals and drums. His first "real" job in the ...
29. Björn Afzelius
Soundtrack | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Björn Afzelius was born on January 27, 1947 in Huskvarna, Jönköpings län, Sweden. He was a composer, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Man on the Roof (1976) and Tusen bitar (2014). He was married to Carina Eriksson (1955-2007) . He died on February 16, 1999 in Sahlgrenska sjukhuset...
30. Cornelis Vreeswijk
Soundtrack | Rännstensungar
Cornelis Vreeswijk was born on August 8, 1937 in Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Rännstensungar (1974), The Searchers (1993) and You're Lying! (1969). He was married to Anita Strandell, Bim Vreeswijk and Inga-Lill Rehnberg. He died on November 12, 1987...
31. Ted Gärdestad
Soundtrack | Tillsammans
Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad was born in Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden, to Margit Gärdestad and Arne Gärdestad. He was a singer and composer, known for writing numerous hits together with his lyric writing brother Kenneth Gärdestad. During the 70s, he was one of Sweden's biggest pop idols. He died ...
32. Eddie Meduza
Soundtrack | Tårtgeneralen
Eddie Meduza was born on June 17, 1948 in Varberg, Hallands län, Sweden. He died on January 17, 2002 in Växjö, Sweden.
33. Tommy Andersson
Actor | Saltön
Tommy Andersson was born on November 19, 1962 in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Saltön (2005), Behind Blue Skies (2010) and Labyrint (2007). He died on October 15, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.
34. Marcia Wallace
Actress | The Simpsons
Born on November 1, 1942, the eldest of three born to an Iowa general storeowner, Marcia Wallace endured a troubled childhood (alcoholism, physical abuse). Performing in high school plays as a teenager, she studied at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, where she majored in English and theatre.
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35. Olof Palme
Self | Jag är nyfiken - En film i gult
Palme came from an upper class family in Stockholm. While studying at the college of Stockholm he got involved in student politics and got the opportunity to travel through post-war Europe in 1949. He became president of Sweden's United Student Unions in 1952. When prime minister Tage Erlander ...
37. Anna Lindh
Self | Gomorron
Anna Lindh was a Swedish politician who served as Sweden's Foreign Minister. She also served as a Member of the Riksdag or Swedish Parliament from 1982 to 1985, and as Sweden's Environmental Minister. Lindh was stabbed in the chest, arm, and stomach by an unknown assailant while out shopping in ...
38. Princess Diana
Self | Charles & Diana: Never Meant to Be
Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity.
Diana was born into the British nobility ...
39. Pierre Isacsson
Soundtrack | Underbara älskade
Pierre Isacsson was born on December 1, 1947 in Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden. He died on September 28, 1994 in Baltic Sea.
40. Ludwig van Beethoven
Soundtrack | Elysium
Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...
41. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soundtrack | Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert ...
42. Johann Sebastian Bach
Soundtrack | Minority Report
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, into a large and distinguished family of professional musicians. His father, named Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a violinist and trumpeter, employed by the city of Eisenach. His uncles were church organists, court ...
43. Albert Einstein
Writer | Schooling the World
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, to a German Jewish family. He was the son of Pauline (Koch) and Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman. Albert began reading and studying science at a young age, and he graduated from a Swiss high school when he was 17. He then attended a ...
44. Adolf Hitler
Self | Triumph des Willens
Born the fourth of six children to Austrian customs officer Alois Hitler--who had been married twice before--and the former Klara Polzl, Adolf Hitler grew up in a small Austrian town in the late 19th century. He was a slow learner and did poorly in school. He was frequently beaten by his ...
45. Theodore Roosevelt
Writer | Simple Gifts
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as ...
46. John Jacob Astor
Self | Col. John Jacob Astor, Staff and Veterans of the Spanish-American War
John Jacob Astor was born on July 13, 1864 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA. He was married to Madeleine Talmadge Force and Ava Willing. He died on April 15, 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
47. Thomas Addison
Writer | The Grand Passion
Thomas Addison was born in February 1859 in South Carolina, USA. He is known for The Grand Passion (1918). He was previously married to Frances A. "Fannie" Massey.
48. Leonardo Da Vinci
Writer | The Year of Living Locked Up
The archetypal "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest scientific minds as well as one of the greatest visual artists the human race has ever produced. The illegitimate son of a wealthy Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman named Caterina, Leonardo was born in ...
49. Bob Ross
Writer | The Andy Griffith Show
Bob Ross was born on June 26, 1908 in New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Andy Griffith Show (1960), The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951) and Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). He died on August 18, 1970 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
50. Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe was born on November 4, 1946 in Queens, New York, USA. He was a director, known for Breathless (1983), Lady (1984) and Patti Smith: Still Moving (1978). He died on March 9, 1989 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
51. Laila Westersund
Actress | Raggargänget
Laila Westersund was born on March 27, 1942 in Trollhättan, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Swedish Punks (1962), För tapperhet i tält (1965) and Leif (1987). She died on February 22, 2011 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.
52. Tupac Shakur
Actor | Juice
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital ...
53. The Notorious B.I.G.
Soundtrack | Fast X
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and small-time politician. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. ...
54. Guru
Soundtrack | Training Day
Guru was born on July 17, 1961 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Training Day (2001), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) and Addams Family Values (1993). He died on April 19, 2010 in Suffern, New York, USA.
55. Frank Sinatra
Actor | From Here to Eternity
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. ...
56. Spike Jones
Soundtrack | Mr. Nobody
Spike Jones was born on December 14, 1911 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), I.Q. (1994) and Fireman Save My Child (1954). He was married to Helen Grayco and Patricia Middleton. He died on May 1, 1965 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California,...
57. Povel Ramel
Soundtrack | En man som heter Ove
Ramel grew up in the posh neighbourhood Östermalm in Stockholm. His father was a lawyer and his mother a homemaker. When they died in a traffic accident in 1938 he stayed with an aunt who saw his potential and he debuted in the Aftonbladet young talent show "Vi som vill opp" in 1939. He made his ...
58. Abraham Lincoln
Director | Krishna Pakshakkilikal
Abraham Lincoln is known for Krishna Pakshakkilikal (2002), Mazha Peyyumbol (2003) and Hitler (1996).
59. George Washington
Transportation_department | The Nanny Diaries
George Washington is known for The Nanny Diaries (2007), The Yards (2000) and Above the Rim (1994).
60. Heinrich Himmler
Self | The Twisted Cross - Twelve Years that Shook the Earth
Born in 1900, Heinrich Himmler was the godson of a Bavarian prince and became an officer cadet during the First World War. Never actually seeing combat, Himmler was discharged at the war's end and went to a technical college, where he majored in agriculture. During the turbulent years of the 1920s ...
62. Betty Hill
Self | Where Are All the UFO's?
Betty Hill was born on June 28, 1919 in Newton, New Hampshire, USA. She is known for Where Are All the UFO's? (1996), UFOs Are Here! (1977) and In Advance of the Landing (1993). She was married to Barney Hill and Robert Stewart. She died on October 17, 2004 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
63. Joseph Stalin
Self | One Inch from Victory
Joseph Stalin (a code name meaning "Man of Steel") was born Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in 1878 in Gori, Georgia, the Transcaucasian part of the Russian Empire. His father was a cobbler named Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a drunkard who beat him badly and frequently and left the family ...
64. Osama bin Laden
Self | Knowledge Is for Acting Upon: The Manhattan Raid
Osama bin Laden was the founding General Emir and NATO-FVEY designated criminal mastermind behind his militarist forces under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda, and the world's most sought-after militiaman since the 1998 raids on U.S. embassies in parts of East Africa accused by FBI at him, and then accused...
65. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England, the younger daughter of Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father was a greengrocer and respected town leader, serving as lay-leader with their church, city-alderman and then as mayor. He taught Margaret never to do things because ...
66. Bruce Lee
Actor | Jing wu men
Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...
67. Tony Curtis
Actor | Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz, the eldest of three children of Helen (Klein) and Emanuel Schwartz, Jewish immigrants from Hungary. Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only ...
68. James Deen
Actor | The Canyons
At the age of 12, James was first called "James Deen" due to the way he smoked. As a teenager he listened to an interview with Jenna Jameson on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Loveline." When a male caller asked Jenna how he could become a porn star. She responded that he needed to be ...
69. James Dean
Actor | East of Eden
James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to ...
70. Errol Flynn
Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood
Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn, a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. Young Flynn was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school in which he was enrolled. In his late teens ...
71. John Wayne
Actor | True Grit
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...
72. David Bowie
Soundtrack | Labyrinth
David Bowie was one of the most influential and prolific writers and performers of popular music, but he was much more than that; he was also an accomplished actor, a mime and an intellectual, as well as an art lover whose appreciation and knowledge of it had led to him amassing one of the biggest ...
73. Pablo Picasso
Art_department | Something's Gotta Give
Pablo Picasso, one of the most recognized figures of 20th century art, who co-created such styles as Cubism and Surrealism, was also among most innovative, influential, and prolific artists of all time.
He was born Pablo Ruiz Picasso on October 6, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of ...
74. Michelangelo
Actor | CollegeHumor Originals
Michelangelo is known for CollegeHumor Originals (2006), Die Drehscheibe (1964) and ZDF Hitparade (1969).
75. Mendelson
Composer | Sous mon lit
Mendelson is known for Sous mon lit (2005) and Des mots de minuit (1999).
76. Igor Stravinsky
Soundtrack | The Lobster
Igor Stravinsky's father was a singer at the opera, and thus Stravinsky became a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after a short stint as a law student. Very much influenced by Russian composers, only his sponsor Sergei Diaghilev in Paris was able to convince him to try new styles of ballet, e.g. ...
77. Emma Gallello
Actress | Jennifer's Body
Emma Gallello is known for Jennifer's Body (2009) and The Mary Contest (2014).
79. Neil Armstrong
Soundtrack | Forest 404
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue University...
80. Isaac Newton
81. Vince Guaraldi
Soundtrack | Cast Away
Born in San Francisco on July 17, 1928, Vince Guaraldi graduated from Lincoln High School and then San Francisco State College. Guaraldi was already performing while in college in such venues as the Black Hawk and Jackson's Nook, sometimes with the Chubby Jackson/Bill Harris band, other times in ...
82. Sven Svärd
Actor | Under ditt parasoll
Sven Svärd was born on November 19, 1939 in Slottsbron, Värmlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Under ditt parasoll (1968) and Hylands hörna (1962). He died on February 3, 2003 in Sweden.
83. Monica Zetterlund
Actress | Äppelkriget
Monica Zetterlund was born on September 20, 1937 in Hagfors, Värmlands län, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for The Apple War (1971), The New Land (1972) and The Emigrants (1971). She was married to Magnus Roger, Sture Åkerberg, Göran Pettersson and Torbjörn Zetterlund. She died on May...
84. Brita Borg
Actress | Den store amatören
Brita Borg was born on June 10, 1926 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Den store amatören (1958), Flickor på fabrik (1935) and Kvinnan tar befälet (1942). She was married to Allan Johansson. She died on May 4, 2010 in Borgholm, Öland, Sweden.
85. Ingmar Bergman
Writer | Smultronstället
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...
86. Ingemar Johansson
Actor | All the Young Men
Handsome and charming, Ingemar Johansson was one of Heavyweight Boxing's most exciting and colorful champions. Born in Sweden on September 22, 1932, Johannsson discovered at a young age that he had "thunder" in his hands, and entered amateur boxing. As a member of the European Amateur Boxing Team, ...
87. Steve Jobs
Producer | Toy Story
Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to students Abdul Fattah Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple, Paul and Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View...
88. 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, ...
89. Stieg Larsson
Writer | The Girl in the Spider's Web
Stieg Larsson's three novels (collectively known as "The Millennium Series") were published posthumously, and each became a feature film. They were entitled (for the American market) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (originally published in 2005), The Girl Who Played with Fire (originally published ...
90. Göran Stangertz
Actor | Spring för livet
Göran Stangertz was born on July 19, 1944 in Flen, Södermanlands län, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for Run for Your Life (1997), Det sista äventyret (1974) and Ögat (1998). He was married to Kajsa Ernst, Jeanette Nevrin and Nina Gunke. He died on October 27, 2012 in ...
91. Anne Frank
Writer | Anne Frank Remembered
Born in Germany in 1929 and raised and raised in Germany and Amsterdam. In 1942, shortly after receiving a diary for her 13th birthday, she and her family were forced to go into hiding to escape Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Hiding with another family and a dentist in an annex behind the ...
92. Sture Lagerwall
Actor | Djävulens öga
After a few years as an intern and actor at the Oscarsteatern in Stockholm 1931-1934 he was engaged by Gösta Ekman at Vasateatern and then, 1934-1936, at The Royal Dramatic Theatre. After 1936 he became a freelancer and worked on all the theatres in Stockholm, particularly so for Per-Axel Branner ...
93. Jan Blomberg
Actor | Selambs
Jan Blomberg was born on October 6, 1934 in Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Selambs (1979), Nya Dagbladet (1985) and Kråsnålen (1988). He died on May 8, 1997 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
94. Håkan Serner
Actor | Mannen på taket
Håkan Serner was born in Malmö, Sweden in 1933. His father was a secundary school teatcher, his mother was a pharmacist. When Serner was six years old his family moved to Stockholm. After finishing school, Serner attended the dramatic school "Terserus teaterskola", and 1960, when the City Theater ...
95. Ulf Larsson
Actor | 1628 eller Regalskeppet Wasans uppbyggnad och undergång
Ulf Larsson was born on July 1, 1956 in Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for 1628 eller Regalskeppet Wasans uppbyggnad och undergång (1991), Stall-Erik och Snapphanarna and PS sista sommaren (1988). He died on September 28, 2009 in Solna, ...
96. Harry Goldstein
Actor | Jalla! Jalla!
Harry Goldstein was born on May 12, 1950 in Enskede, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Jalla! Jalla! (2000), Kopps (2003) and När mörkret faller (2006). He died on July 22, 2009 in Göteborg, Sweden.
97. Sture Ericson
Actor | Societetshuset
Sture Ericson was born on September 27, 1912 in Salem, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Societetshuset (1963), Onkel Vanja (1967) and It Rains on Our Love (1946). He died on March 15, 1979 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
98. Lars Bagge
Soundtrack | Låt den rätte komma in
Lars Bagge was born on May 7, 1935 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a composer and actor, known for Let the Right One In (2008), Partaj (1969) and Frida och hennes vän (1970). He was married to Kerstin Bagge. He died on January 19, 2000 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
99. Östen Warnerbring
Actor | Mördare utan ansikte
Östen Warnerbring was born on November 22, 1934 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Faceless Murderer (1995), Melodifestivalen 1973 (1973) and Melodifestivalen 1983 (1983). He died on January 18, 2006 in Canary Islands, Spain.
100. Ingvar Wixell
Actor | Rigoletto
Ingvar Wixell was born on May 7, 1931 in Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Rigoletto (1987), Aïda (1977) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Margareta Wixell. He died on October 8, 2011 in Malmö, Sweden.
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