Edward Scissorhands 1990 premiere
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1. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
2. Amy M. Allen
Actress | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands
Amy M. Allen is known for In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990).
3. Alan Arkin
Actor | Argo
Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.
He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to...
5. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
6. Geena Davis
Actress | Thelma & Louise
As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston ...
7. Dawn Eash
Actress | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands
Dawn Eash is known for In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990).
8. Hannah Eckstein
Actress | Ed Wood
Hannah Eckstein is known for Ed Wood (1994), Lady Avenger (1988) and California Casanova (1991).
9. Danny Elfman
Music_department | The Nightmare Before Christmas
As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. It wasn't until the early 1970s that Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started a musical troupe while in Paris; the group "Mystic Knights of Oingo-Boingo" was created for Richard's ...
10. Jimm Giannini
Actor | Horrible Bosses
Jimm Giannini is known for Horrible Bosses (2011), Tyler and Borelli (2015) and Babylon 5 (1993).
11. Jeffrey Jones
Actor | Amadeus
Jeffrey Duncan Jones was born in Buffalo, New York. He is a very tall, fair-haired character actor who is recognized all over for his excellent work. He is a veteran stage actor having such plays as "The Elephant Man" and Neil Simon's "London Suite" under his belt. His first film role was in The ...
12. Bob Kane
Writer | The Batman
Bob Kane was an American comic book writer and artist of Jewish descent, most famous for co-creating Batman and several members of Batman's supporting cast. Kane was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.
Kane...
13. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
14. Patrick LaBrecque
Actor | Heavyweights
Patrick LaBrecque is known for Heavyweights (1995), Rookie of the Year (1993) and Beethoven (1992).
15. Stuart Lancaster
Actor | Edward Scissorhands
Stuart Lancaster was born on November 30, 1920 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) and Batman Returns (1992). He was married to Ivy Bethune, Mary Brooks Wood, Martha Ann Rhubottom and Betty Warren. He ...
16. Will Lyman
Actor | Mystic River
Will Lyman is a greatly underused actor who grabbed a bit of popularity with two TV series: Crossbow (1987) and Hull High (1990), playing Mr. Deerborn under the direction of Kenny Ortega. He also played in two well-regarded made-for-TV movies, American Playhouse: Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I ...
17. Elizabeth MacDonald
Actress | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands
Elizabeth MacDonald is known for In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990).
18. Ben McCreary
Actor | Kindergarten Cop
Ben McCreary was born on August 23, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Kindergarten Cop (1990), Knights (1993) and Grand Canyon (1991).
19. Catherine O'Hara
Actress | A Mighty Wind
Canadian actress, writer, and comedian, Catherine O'Hara gained recognition as one of the original cast members on the Canadian television sketch comedy show SCTV (1976). On the series, she impersonated the likes of Lucille Ball, Tammy Faye Bakker, Gilda Radner, Katharine Hepburn, and Brooke Shields...
20. Vincent Price
Actor | The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Actor, raconteur, art collector and connoisseur of haute cuisine are just some of the attributes associated with Vincent Price. He was born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri, to Marguerite Cobb "Daisy" (Wilcox) and Vincent Leonard Price, who was President of the National Candy ...
21. Paul Reubens
Actor | Pee-wee's Playhouse
Paul Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York, to Judy (Rosen), a teacher, and Milton Rubenfeld, a car salesman who had flown for the air forces of the U.S., U.K., and Israel, becoming one of the latter country's pioneering pilots. Paul grew up in Sarasota, Florida,...
22. Joe Roth
Producer | The Great Debaters
Joe Roth was born on June 13, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Great Debaters (2007), Maleficent (2014) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He has been married to Irene Oh since April 8, 2006. He was previously married to Donna Roth.
23. Winona Ryder
Actress | Little Women
Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Ukrainian Jewish and ...
24. Glenn Shadix
Actor | Beetlejuice
William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.
Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (...
25. Heather Thomas
Actress | Zapped!
Heather Thomas was born on September 8, 1957 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Zapped! (1982), The Fall Guy (1981) and Cyclone (1987). She has been married to Harry M. Brittenham since October 10, 1992. They have one child. She was previously married to Alan Rosenthal.
26. Dianne Wiest
Actress | The Birdcage
One of three children (she has two brothers, Greg and Don), Dianne Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on 28 March 1946. Her original ambition was to be a ballerina, but she was bitten by acting bug after some stage work, most notably playing Desdemona to James Earl Jones' Othello on ...
27. Stan Winston
Make_up_department | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Stan Winston was born on April 7, 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Karen Winston. He died on June 15, 2008 in Malibu, California, USA.
28. Biff Yeager
Actor | Edward Scissorhands
Biff Yeager was born on October 24, 1942 in Frazier Park, Kern, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sid and Nancy (1986) and Batman Returns (1992).
29. Will Smith
Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...
30. Anthony Michael Hall
Actor | War Machine
Anthony Michael Hall was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His parents are Mercedes Hall, an actress-blues and jazz singer, and Larry Hall, who owned an auto body shop. His stepfather is a show-business manager. His sister, Mary Christian, is also a performer. He has Irish and Italian ancestry. ...
31. Christopher Meloni
Actor | Man of Steel
Blessed with a piercing, blue-eyed glint, brawny looks, cocky "tough guy" stance and effortless charisma, TV's Christopher Meloni has grabbed audiences' attention, male and female alike, finding breakthrough small screen stardom playing both sides of the law. Audiences first were taken in by his ...
32. Suzanne Newlander Arkin
Actress | Blood (Thinner Than Water)
Suzanne Newlander Arkin is known for Blood (Thinner Than Water) (2004). She was previously married to Alan Arkin.
33. Anthony Arkin
Actor | The Americans
Anthony Arkin was born on November 29, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Americans (2013), Succession (2018) and Madoff (2016). He has been married to Amelia Campbell since October 4, 1997.
34. Lisa Marie
Actress | We Are Still Here
By age 16, Lisa Marie was a model and an actress. She has modeled for photographers such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber and has been featured for Calvin Klein. She has worked with many different film-makers; Woody Allen, Matthew Modine, Tim Burton, and Rob Zombie, and has starred in feature...
35. Jackie Swanson
Actress | Cheers
Jackie Swanson was born on June 25, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Cheers (1982) and Lethal Weapon (1987).
36. Bo Welch
Production_designer | Edward Scissorhands
Bo Welch was born on December 24, 1951 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a production designer and director, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Men in Black (1997) and A Little Princess (1995). He has been married to Catherine O'Hara since April 25, 1992. They have two children.
37. Gary Busey
Actor | The Buddy Holly Story
A blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an unsettling glint in his eyes, Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas, and was raised in Oklahoma. He is the son of Sadie Virginia (Arnett), a homemaker, and Delmar Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He has ...
38. Jake Busey
Actor | Starship Troopers
Jake spent his childhood in sunny southern California, as well as a plethora of film sets around the country. His childhood similar to a "military brat", a series of strung-together extended-stay location shoots, alternating with tours on the road with his father's various bands and associates. In ...
39. Susanna Hoffs
Soundtrack | Austin Powers in Goldmember
Susanna Hoffs is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, novelist and co-founder of the multi-platinum selling group, The Bangles. Her voice is instantly recognizable on such hit singles as, "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room" (both co-written by Hoffs), and "Manic Monday".
Her first novel, "This Bird...
40. Donovan Leitch Jr.
Actor | The Blob
Donovan Jerome Leitch is an English-born actor and documentary maker. He is a member of the band Camp Freddy, and was a founding member of neo-glam group Nancy Boy along with Jason Nesmith. Son of pop singer Donovan Leitch (born Donovan Philips Leitch) and Enid Karl, born on August 16, 1967 in ...
41. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
42. Peter Scolari
Actor | Newhart
Peter Scolari was born on September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Newhart (1982), Girls (2012) and That Thing You Do! (1996). He was married to Tracy Shayne, Cathy Trien, Debra Steagall and Lisa Kretzschmar. He died on October 22, 2021 in Manhattan...
43. Ted Field
Producer | Cocktail
Ted Field was born on June 1, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Cocktail (1988), Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
44. David Geffen
Producer | Little Shop of Horrors
David Geffen was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham and Batya Geffen. He has an older brother Mitchell. Although his grades in school were generally poor, he credits his shopkeeper mother with teaching him his business skills, especially since his father died when Geffen was 16. ...
45. Carole Bayer Sager
Soundtrack | The Spy Who Loved Me
Carole Bayer Sager was born on March 8, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a composer, known for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Arthur (1981) and Junior (1994). She has been married to Robert A. Daly since June 8, 1996. She was previously married to Burt Bacharach and Andrew Sager.
46. Judd Hirsch
Actor | The Fabelmans
Judd Hirsch is an American actor from New York City. His main claim to fame is playing taxicab driver Alex Reiger in the hit sitcom Taxi (1978). For this role, Hirsch twice won the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series." He has since had a long career.
In 1935, Hirsch ...
47. Bonnie Bedelia
Actress | Die Hard
The native New Yorker was born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948, the daughter of Phillip Harley Culkin, a journalist, and Marian Ethel Wagner Culkin, a writer and editor. Trained in ballet, her parents guided all of the children at one time or another into acting (which included Kit Culkin, ...
48. John Waters
Writer | Pecker
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore ...
49. Ricki Lake
Actress | Serial Mom
Ricki Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, surprisingly as a blond. She has one sister, who is one year younger than she, named Jennifer. Her father, Barry, is a pharmacist, and her mother, Jill, is a homemaker. The two currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ricki attended Hastings ...
50. Beverly D'Angelo
Actress | National Lampoon's Vacation
Intriguing, inspiring, and never less than interesting -- key adjectives in describing the career of Beverly D'Angelo, which has well passed the four-decade mark. Perhaps deserving better movies than she generally found herself in, she nevertheless was always an object of fascination and the one to...
51. Lala Sloatman
Actress | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Lala Sloatman was born Lala Cassandra Sloatman in Winterpark, Florida on October 12, 1970. The name Lala is Hawiian for Laura and Lala is named after her grandmother, Laura who was born in Hawaii, and still lives there. She has one younger brother, John Sloatman IV, who is 12 years her junior.
52. Geoffrey Ammer
Producer | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands
Geoffrey Ammer was born on April 6, 1950 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990) and The Making of Alan Parker's Film 'the Commitments' (1991). He was married to Mia. He died on September 9, 2012 in Santa Monica, ...
53. Tom Sherak
Producer | The One
Tom Sherak was born on June 22, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a production manager and actor, known for The One (2001), Rent (2005) and Columbus Circle (2012). He was married to Madeleine. He died on January 28, 2014 in Calabasas, California, USA.
54. Kim McGuire
Actress | Cry-Baby
Born in 1956 in New Orleans, LA, Kim McGuire was an actress, best known for playing Mona "Hatchet-Face" Malnorowski in John Waters' Cry-Baby (1990). Her other films include Disturbed (1990) and Acting on Impulse (1993). In 1997, after passing the State Bar exam, she began working as an attorney in ...
55. Lena Gieseke
Visual_effects | 2012
Lena Gieseke is known for 2012 (2009), Immortals (2011) and Wickie und die starken Männer (2009). Lena was previously married to Tim Burton.
56. Denise Di Novi
Producer | Heathers
Denise Di Novi was born on March 21, 1956 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Heathers (1988), Little Women (2019) and Ed Wood (1994).
57. Samantha Mathis
Actress | Broken Arrow
Samantha Mathis was born in 1970 in New York, to Donald Mathis and Austrian-born Bibi Besch, an aspiring actress at the time. Her maternal grandmother was actress Gusti Huber. Her first acting job was in a commercial for baby products with her mother. Since her parents divorced when she was only ...
58. Bill Paxton
Actor | Aliens
Bill Paxton was born on May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Mary Lou (Gray) and John Lane Paxton, a businessman and actor (as John Paxton). Bill moved to Los Angeles, California at age eighteen, where he found work in the film industry as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World ...
59. Adam Rifkin
Writer | Dog Years
Adam Rifkin is a Writer/Director whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty dramas. Most recently, Rifkin Wrote and Directed THE LAST MOVIE STAR, a poignant drama starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter and Chevy Chase. The critically acclaimed film ...
60. Kathy Baker
Actress | Picket Fences
For someone who has made an award-winning impact in all three mediums (stage, film and TV), actress Kathy Baker has been strangely denied all-out stardom, yet continues to demonstrate her versatility in whatever material comes her way.
The comely blonde was born Katherine Whitton Baker in Midland, ...
61. Robert Oliveri
Actor | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Robert Oliveri was born on April 28, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) and Edward Scissorhands (1990).
62. Conchata Ferrell
Actress | Two and a Half Men
It took 30 years since it was first predicted, but Conchata Ferrell finally achieved television stardom, albeit of the supporting variety, as the housekeeper "Berta" in the situation-comedy Two and a Half Men (2003). Ferrell originally had been tipped for stardom with her turn as the prostitute "...
63. Caroline Aaron
Actress | 21 Jump Street
Secondary to studying performing arts as American University in Washington, D.C., Aaron made her debut in motion pictures with a small part in Robert Altman's Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Since, she has built her acting career as a character actress, and continues to...
64. Dick Anthony Williams
Actor | Edward Scissorhands
Dick Anthony Williams was born on August 9, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Jerk (1979) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He was married to Gloria Edwards. He died on February 16, 2012 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
65. O-Lan Jones
Actress | Edward Scissorhands
O-Lan Jones is an award winning composer, sound designer, writer, and actress who has been consistently involved in experimental theater, music, and opera since the age of 16. The press has referred to her as an "uncategorizable legend." She is the Artistic Director for Overtone Industries, ...
66. Caroline Thompson
Writer | Edward Scissorhands
Caroline Thompson was born on April 23, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Addams Family (1991) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). She is married to Steve Nicolaides. She was previously married to Henry ...
67. Stefan Czapsky
Cinematographer | Edward Scissorhands
Stefan Czapsky is an American Cinematographer of Ukrainian descent. At the age of five months he emigrated from Germany to the USA as a DP of a different sort, a Displaced Person, settling in Cleveland Ohio. His interest in film making began at Case Western Reserve University where he took an ...
68. Richard Halsey
Editor | Rocky
Richard Halsey was born to be a film editor. While in junior high school at Bancroft Jr High, they needed someone to run the projectors for different classes so he volunteered in order to get out of class, so started his first experience with film. He was also in the orchestra with Ricky Nelson. ...
69. Colleen Halsey
Editor | Edward Scissorhands
Colleen Halsey attended UCLA and the San Francisco Art Institute. Colleen got into the Editors Guild in 1985 on the film "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" directed by Paul Mazursky. She edited as a team with her Academy Award winning editor husband Richard Halsey. Colleen received her first ...
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