The 33th Annual Tony Awards (1979) Premiere

1. Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury was born in 1925 into a prominent family of the upper middle class living in the Regent's Park neighborhood of London. Her father was socialist politician Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887-1935), a member of both the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Labour Party. Edgar ...

2. Jane Alexander

Actress | Kramer vs. Kramer

Angular in features, reserved in demeanor and more-or-less plaintive in appearance, actress Jane Alexander has played down the glamour card for the most part. Her true brilliance has come from the remarkable range and depth of her talent. Heralded as one of the finest 70s actresses to arrive in ...

3. Henry Fonda

Actor | 12 Angry Men

This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. He was born in Grand Island, ...

4. Liv Ullmann

Actress | Viskningar och rop

Liv Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer who used to work abroad, so as a child she lived in Tokyo, Canada, New York and Oslo. In the mid-1950s she made her stage debut and in 1957 made her film debut. She really became successful, however, when she began to work for Swedish director Ingmar ...

5. Philip Anglim

Actor | Haunted Summer

Philip Anglim was born on February 11, 1952 in Oakland, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Haunted Summer (1988), The Thorn Birds (1983) and The Elephant Man (1982).

6. Lucie Arnaz

Actress | The Jazz Singer

Lucie Arnaz was born on July 17, 1951 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Jazz Singer (1980), Here's Lucy (1968) and Smoking Nonsmoking (2011). She has been married to Laurence Luckinbill since June 22, 1980. They have three children. She was ...

7. Bob Avian

A Chorus Line

Bob Avian was born on December 26, 1937 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for A Chorus Line (2016), Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998) and Putting It Together (2010). He was married to Peter Pileski. He died on January 21, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale...

8. Bob Balaban

Actor | Gosford Park

Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.

9. Richard Barr

Director | Outrageous Fortune

Richard Barr is known for Outrageous Fortune (2005), Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005) and Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004).

10. Michael Bennett

Writer | A Chorus Line

Michael Bennett was born on April 8, 1943 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for A Chorus Line (1985), A Chorus Line and A Chorus Line (2016). He was married to Donna McKechnie. He died on July 2, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

11. Ken Billington

Camera_department | Broadway! A Special Salute

Ken Billington was born on December 29, 1946 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is known for Broadway! A Special Salute (1982), American Playhouse (1980) and Heights (2005).

12. Eubie Blake

Soundtrack | My Girl

Songwriter ("I'm Just Wild About Harry", "You Were Meant For Me", "Memories of You"), pianist and arranger, Eubie Blake was educated at New York University. He studied the Schillinger System, and studied with Margaret Marshall and Llewellyn Wilson. He was a pianist and organist in cafés and in ...

13. Tom Bosley

Actor | Happy Days

Tom Bosley was born on October 1, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Happy Days (1974), The Back-up Plan (2010) and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). He was married to Patricia Carr and Jean Eliot. He died on October 19, 2010 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

14. Barry Bostwick

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tall (6' 4"), agile, energetic, and ever-so-confident as both actor and singer, especially on the award-winning Broadway stage, Barry Bostwick possesses that certain narcissistic poise, charm and élan that reminds one instantly (and humorously) of a Kevin Kline -- both were quite brilliant in their...

15. Ellen Burstyn

Actress | Requiem for a Dream

Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of Irish, French/French-Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and Native American ancestry.. She worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a ...

16. Len Cariou

Actor | About Schmidt

Len Cariou was born on September 30, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for About Schmidt (2002) and Blue Bloods (2010). He has been married to Heather Summerhayes since October 25, 1986. He was previously married to Susan Barbara Kapilow and Patricia Otter.

17. Glenn Close

Actress | Fatal Attraction

Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.

Glenn was a noted ...

18. Christine Colby

Actress | A Chorus Line

Christine Colby was born on February 27, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for A Chorus Line (1985) and The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979).

19. Tom Conti

Actor | Oppenheimer

Preferring contemporary over classical theatre (with nary a Shakespeare stage credit in sight), one of West End theatre's most enduring and popular faces of the past four decades has been that of Tom Conti.

He was born Thomas Antonio Conti on November 22, 1941, in Paisley, Scotland, to a pair of ...

20. Richard Cox

Actor | Cruising

Richard Cox was born on May 6, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Cruising (1980), The Vindicator (1986) and Executive Suite (1976). He has been married to Sarah Boucher since May 23, 1997. They have two children. He was previously married to Joanna Heimbold.

21. Richmond Crinkley

Producer | The Elephant Man

Richmond Crinkley was born on January 20, 1940 in Blackstone, Virginia, USA. He was a producer, known for The Elephant Man (1982), Tintypes (1982) and Macbeth (1981). He died on January 29, 1989.

22. Karl Eigsti

Art_director | American Playhouse

Karl Eigsti is known for American Playhouse (1980), Eubie! (1981) and Guests of the Nation (1981).

Georgia Engel was born on July 28, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Open Season (2006). She died on April 12, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

26. Tovah Feldshuh

Actress | Just My Luck

Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for more than four decades, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, ...

27. Jane Fonda

Actress | Klute

Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...

28. Henderson Forsythe

Actor | Species II

Macon, Missouri-born Henderson Forsythe was a respected film, stage and television actor, best-known for his 30-year run as "Dr. David Stewart" on the long-running American soap opera As the World Turns (1956). He won a Tony Award in 1979 for his work in the original Broadway production of 'The ...

29. Robert Fryer

Producer | The Boys from Brazil

Robert Fryer was born on November 18, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a producer, known for The Boys from Brazil (1978), The Shining (1980) and The Boston Strangler (1968). He died on May 28, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

30. Vincent Gardenia

Actor | Moonstruck

He was honored twice off-Broadway with Distinguished Performance OBIE Award, first in 1960 for "Machinal" and again in 1969 for "Passing Through From Exotic Places." In 1972 he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a play for "Prisoner on 2nd Avenue." In 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor ...

31. Paul Giovanni

Soundtrack | The Wicker Man

Paul Giovanni was born on June 2, 1933. He was an actor and writer, known for The Wicker Man (1973), Hostel (2005) and Michael and Claire: A Portrait of Love and Dreams (2004). He died on June 17, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.

32. Carlin Glynn

Actress | Sixteen Candles

Carlin Elizabeth Glynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. A life member of The Actors Studio, she debuted with amazing success as the Texas madam Mona Stangley in the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, for which she ...

33. Michael Gough

Actor | Batman & Robin

Tony Award-winning English actor Michael Gough, best known for playing the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first four Batman (1989, 1992, 1995 & 1997) movies and for playing the arch-criminal Dr. Clement Armstrong in The Avengers (1961) episode "The Cybernauts", was an accomplished performer on ...

34. Joel Grey

Actor | Cabaret

Joel Grey's father, Mickey Katz, created "Borscht Capades" in the early 1950s. Mickey Katz was a musician -- a clarinetist and a saxophone player -- in bands around the east. Mickey was performing, playing in a band in Cleveland, Ohio, which is where Joel Grey was born. Musician and bandleader ...

35. George Hearn

Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

George Hearn was born on June 18, 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982), Sneakers (1992) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001). He has been married to Leslie Arlene Simons since 1985. They ...

36. Jerry Herman

Soundtrack | Mystery Men

Grammy award-winning songwriter ("Hello Dolly!" [1965]), composer and author, educated at the University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts) and the Parsons School of Design. His stage scores include "I Feel Wonderful" and "Parade" (off-Broadway), "Night Cap" (for night clubs), and "Milk and Honey", "Mame"...

37. Gregory Hines

Actor | History of the World: Part I

Gregory Hines was born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Running Scared (1986) and Renaissance Man (1994). He was married to Pamela Koslow and Patricia Panella. He died on August 9, 2003 in Los Angeles,...

38. Jack Hofsiss

Director | Another World

Jack Hofsiss was born on September 28, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Another World (1964), Great Performances (1971) and The Elephant Man (1982). He died on September 13, 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

39. 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 in 'The Time of Your Life'. She appeared in many ...

40. John Houseman

Actor | The Paper Chase

Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation ...

41. Barnard Hughes

Actor | The Lost Boys

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Barnard Hughes forged a career as one of American's most successful character actors, equally at home and successful on stage, the silver screen, and television. Most of his success came after middle-age. He made his Broadway debut in 1939 in Mary McCarthy's "Please, Mrs....

42. Mary Lea Johnson

Producer | The Shining

Mary Lea Johnson was born on August 20, 1926 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. She was a producer, known for The Shining (1980), Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982). She was married to Martin Richards, Victor D'Arc and William Ryan. She died on ...

43. Robert Klein

Actor | Two Weeks Notice

Robert Klein was born on February 8, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Two Weeks Notice (2002), One Fine Day (1996) and The Back-up Plan (2010). He was previously married to Brenda Boozer.

44. Burton Lane

Soundtrack | Small Time Crooks

Composer, songwriter ("That Old Devil Moon") and author, educated at the High School of Commerce and Dwight Academy, and a private music student of Simon Bucharoff. At fifteen, he was a staff writer for the Remick Music Company. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Earl Carroll Vanities of 1931"...

45. Franne Lee

Production_designer | Saturday Night Live

Franne Lee was born on December 30, 1941 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was a production designer and costume designer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Baby It's You (1983) and Sam the Man (2001). She was married to Eugene Lee and Ralph Sandler. She died on August 27, 2023 in ...

46. Eugene Lee

Animation_department | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Eugene Lee is known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), The Sea Beast (2022) and Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021).

47. Ron Leibman

Actor | Garden State

Ron Leibman was born on October 11, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Garden State (2004), Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981) and Kaz (1978). He was married to Jessica Walter and Linda Lavin. He died on December 6, 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.

48. Jack Lemmon

Actor | The Apartment

Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company. His ancestry included Irish (from his paternal grandmother) and English. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers ...

49. Henry LeTang

Bojangles

Henry LeTang was born on June 19, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bojangles (2001), Tap (1989) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Emma Jimenez and Ellie Epps. He died on April 26, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

50. Hal Linden

Actor | Barney Miller

A familiar name thanks to his handsome, brush-mustachioed titular cop on a popular 70's TV show, Bronx-born actor/singer/musician Hal Linden (né Harold Lipschitz, March 20, 1931) was the son of Lithuanian immigrant Charles Lipshitz and his wife Frances Rosen. He had one older brother, Bernard, who ...

51. Dorothy Loudon

Actress | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Kinetic blonde comedienne and delightful mugger Dorothy Loudon had the confidence and talent to make anything or anyone around her funny. The veteran singer/entertainer earned the respect of theatergoers long ago with her hilarious, fully played-out characters on the nightclub and cabaret scene as ...

52. Joseph Maher

Actor | In & Out

Joseph Maher was born on December 29, 1933 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. He was an actor, known for In & Out (1997), I.Q. (1994) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died on July 17, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

53. Jean Marsh

Actress | Willow

Born in London, Jean Marsh became interested in show business while taking dancing and mime classes as therapy for a childhood illness. After attending a charm school and working as a model, she started acting in repertory and took voice lessons. Her repertory work was supplemented by a number of ...

54. Millicent Martin

Actress | Nothing But the Best

Millicent Martin was born on June 8, 1934 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Nothing But the Best (1964), Frasier (1993) and Theatre Night (1957). She has been married to Marc Alexander since 1978. She was previously married to Norman Eshley and Ronnie Carroll.

55. Elizabeth Ireland McCann

Amadeus

Elizabeth Ireland McCann was born on March 29, 1931 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Amadeus (1984), Great Performances (1971) and Passing Strange (2009). She died on September 9, 2021 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

56. Alec McCowen

Actor | Never Say Never Again

Alec McCowen was born Alexander Duncan McCowan on May 26, 1925 in Tunbridge Wells, England. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in 1942. He established his reputation in classical stage roles, appearing in the ensemble of Laurence Olivier's famed ...

57. Robert Morse

Actor | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

With that impish, gap-toothed grin, nervous bundle of energy, Robert Morse could never be contained long enough to become a film star. The live stage would be his calling.

He was born Robert Allen Morse on May 18, 1931, in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of May (Silver) and Charles Morse, who worked ...

58. Roger Morgan

Actor | CBS Children's Film Festival

Roger Morgan is known for CBS Children's Film Festival (1967) and Winter of the Witch (1969).

59. Tharon Musser

Camera_department | 42nd Street

Tharon Musser was born on January 8, 1925 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. She is known for 42nd Street (1986), Pacific Overtures (1976) and The Wiz (1983). She died on April 19, 2009 in Newtown, Connecticut, USA.

60. Nelle Nugent

Amadeus

Nelle Nugent was born on May 24, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and executive, known for Amadeus (1984), Getting In (1994) and Final Verdict (1991).

61. Edward James Olmos

Actor | Battlestar Galactica

Born February 24, 1947, in East Los Angeles, at The First Japanese Hospital to Pedro Olmos and Eleanor Huizar. Raised on Cheesebrough's Lane, he attended Greenwood Elementary and Montebello Junior High. He then graduated from Montebello High School in 1964. After which he received an Associative ...

62. Al Pacino

Actor | Serpico

Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.

He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...

63. Harold Prince

West Side Story

Harold Prince was born on January 30, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for West Side Story (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Cabaret (1972). He was married to Judith Arlene Chaplin. He died on July 31, 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

64. Martin Richards

Producer | Chicago

Martin Richards was born on March 11, 1932 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and executive, known for Chicago (2002), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and The Shining (1980). He was married to Mary Lea Johnson. He died on November 26, 2012 in New York City, New York, USA.

65. Richard Rodgers

Soundtrack | The Talented Mr. Ripley

He met Lorenz Hart in 1918 who was to write lyrics for Richard for the next 25 years. The produced many successful songs and musicals such as 'Pal Joey' and 'The Boys From Syracuse'. In 1943 Richard teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein to make a musical version of the play 'How Green Was Your Valley' ...

66. Carole Shelley

Actress | Hercules

Though English-born, Carole Shelley spent almost her entire award-winning career in the theatre in America, becoming one of Broadway's mainstays and a true pioneer of the American theatre.

Shelley was born in London, England, to Deborah (Bloomstein), an opera singer, and Curtis Shelley, a composer. ...

67. Dan Siretta

Children of a Lesser God

Dan Siretta is known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004) and Magic Sticks (1987).

68. Alexis Smith

Actress | The Age of Innocence

Statuesque, smart Canadian-born Alexis Smith, with her blue/green eyes and a seductively husky voice, lent a touch of class to her leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s.

After her family moved to California, Alexis grew into a precocious talent and performed ballet in public by the age of thirteen -...

69. Stephen Sondheim

Soundtrack | Dick Tracy

He did his pre college training at George School, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, then was in a class of 50 at Williams College majoring in music as an undergraduate distinguishing himself by writing a book, lyrics and music for two college shows based on the adaption of 'Beggar on Horseback'....

70. 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 ...

71. Frances Sternhagen

Actress | Outland

Raised in Washington, D.C., the great-granddaughter (on her father's side) of German immigrants, Frances Hussey Sternhagen taught acting, singing and dancing to young schoolchildren before first performing herself with the Arena Stage Group.

Since then, she was seen in numerous Broadway and ...

72. Maxine Sullivan

Soundtrack | Red Tails

One of the great American jazz vocalists, born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Maxine's precocious talent led to early jobs on radio broadcasts in Pittsburgh and gigs with a local group led by her Uncle Harry, the Red Hot Peppers. After being introduced to the proprietor, she was ...

73. Tommy Tune

Actor | Hello, Dolly!

Tommy Tune is possibly the tallest dancer in the country. He was in the New York Company of "How Now Dow Jones" when Ernest Lehman engaged him to play Ambrose Kemper in the film, "Hello, Dolly!". His father is a Texas restaurateur. Tommy acted in, directed and choreographed school productions, ...

74. 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 was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...

75. Hugh Wheeler

Writer | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Hugh Wheeler was born on March 19, 1912 in Hampstead, North London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Cabaret (1972) and Travels with My Aunt (1972). He died on July 26, 1987.

76. Billy Wilson

Sammy Stops the World

Billy Wilson was born on April 21, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Sammy Stops the World (1979), Say Brother (1970) and Zoom (1972). He died on August 14, 1994 in New York, New York, USA.

77. Charles Woodward

Self | Up With People

78. John Wulp

Art_department | O Pioneers!

John Wulp was born on May 31, 1928 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He is known for O Pioneers! (1991), The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978) and The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979). He died on November 27, 2018 in Rockport, Maine, USA.

79. Eileen Fulton

Actress | As the World Turns

Eileen Fulton was born on September 13, 1933 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for As the World Turns (1956), Our Private World (1965) and Girl of the Night (1960).

80. L. Arnold Weissberger

L. Arnold Weissberger was born on January 16, 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. L. Arnold died on February 27, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.

81. Ruth Warrick

Actress | Citizen Kane

Reedy and regal actress Ruth Warrick will be remembered for two names and two names alone. In films, she will indelibly be referred to as the castoff first "Mrs. Citizen Kane," and on TV she will forever be synonymous with her character of Phoebe Tyler Wallingford, the obnoxiously wealthy, ...

82. Shirlee Fonda

Self | Joanne Carson's VIPs

Shirlee Fonda was born on February 11, 1932 in Aurora, Illinois, USA. She is known for Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972), To Tell the Truth (1956) and V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971). She was previously married to Henry Fonda.

83. Felicia Farr

Actress | Charley Varrick

Of Russian/Romanian and Jewish ancestry, sultry, amber-eyed Olive Felicia Dines grew up in Westchester County, New York. She was the daughter of Max Dines and his wife Sylvia Schwartz. According to differing sources, Max may have been a journalist or an attorney.

Felicia began in movies after first ...

84. Marvin Hamlisch

Composer | The Spy Who Loved Me

Musical talent ran in Marvin Hamlisch's family - his father was an accordionist, and at seven Hamlisch was the youngest student ever accepted by Manhattan's Julliard School of Music. Hamlich furthered his education by taking night classes at Queens College and working during the day as a rehearsal ...

85. Susan Sarandon

Actress | Thelma & Louise

It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who ...

86. Gregory Peck

Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird

Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child...

87. Bill Boggs