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1. Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, ...

2. Brandon Tartikoff

Writer | Beggars and Choosers

Brandon Tartikoff was a graduate of Yale University, and started his career out at WLS-TV in Chicago. He switched jobs to ABC in New York in the mid-1970s, and moved to NBC in 1977 where he became a programming executive hired by Dick Ebersol. Tartikoff took over programming duties from Fred ...

3. Judy Ovitz

Actress | Back to the Future Part II

Judy Ovitz is known for Back to the Future Part II (1989), Junior (1994) and Ghostbusters II (1989). She has been married to Michael Ovitz since August 3, 1969. They have three children.

4. Michael Ovitz

Producer | Timeline

Ovitz co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. He later served as President of the Walt Disney Company from 1995 to 1997. His "package deals" at CAA coupled actors, directors and screenwriters together, allowing the talent greater negotiating power ...

5. Kenneth Ziffren

Ken Ziffren is a co-founder of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, which commenced operations in December 1978. Ken is known industry wide for his groundbreaking deals on behalf of individuals in both the television and film business. His current practice consists primarily of representing corporate clients in...

6. 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. ...

7. Karl Malden

Actor | A Streetcar Named Desire

Born to a Czech mother and a Serbian father in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, on March 22, 1912, Karl Malden did not speak English until he was in kindergarten. After graduating from high school in the nearby steel town of Gary, Indiana, Malden worked in the industry for three years until 1934, when...

8. Jacob A. Bloom

Jacob A. Bloom was born on April 10, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Ruth Kahlenberg. He died on September 7, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.

9. Tony Thomas

Producer | Dead Poets Society

Tony Thomas was born on December 7, 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Dead Poets Society (1989), The Golden Girls (1985) and Insomnia (2002). He has been married to Ann Souder since September 24, 2005.

10. James Woods

Actor | Vampires

James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...

11. Sharon Stone

Actress | Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. Her strict father was a factory worker, and her mother was a homemaker. She was the second of four children. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro ...

12. Gabriel Byrne

Actor | The Usual Suspects

Byrne was the eldest of six children born to a family in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a cooper and his mother a hospital worker. He was raised Catholic and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said...

13. Edward R. Pressman

Producer | The Crow

With over 80 diverse motion pictures and more than 30 years of experience to his credit, native New Yorker and film producer Edward R. Pressman has forged a career of international renown, marked by originality and eclecticism. Throughout his maverick career, he has brought numerous emerging ...

14. Annie McEnroe

Actress | Beetlejuice

Annie McEnroe was born on September 3, 1955. She is an actress, known for Beetlejuice (1988), Battletruck (1982) and The Hebrew Hammer (2003). She was previously married to Edward R. Pressman.

15. Warren Littlefield

Producer | The Handmaid's Tale

Warren Littlefield was born on May 11, 1952 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Fargo (2014) and Dopesick (2021).

16. Armand Deutsch

Producer | Kind Lady

Armand Deutsch was born on January 25, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for Kind Lady (1951), The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) and Right Cross (1950). He was married to Harriet Berk and Benay Venuta. He died on August 13, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Stanley K. Sheinbaum

Producer | Never Again, Forever

Stanley K. Sheinbaum was born on June 12, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Never Again, Forever (1996), The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) and Citizen Stan (2004). He was married to Betty Warner Sheinbaum. He died on September 12, 2016 in Brentwood, ...

18. Neil Simon

Writer | The Odd Couple

Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Odd Couple (1968), Murder by Death (1976) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). He was married to Elaine Joyce, Diane Lander, Marsha Mason and Joan Baim. He died on August 26, 2018 in ...

19. Diane Lander

Actress | House Calls

Diane Lander was born on December 13, 1951 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for House Calls (1979), Remington Steele (1982) and The Get-Man (1974). She was previously married to Neil Simon.

20. Ruth Fox

21. Barry London

Producer | Whipped

Barry London was born on September 22, 1946 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Whipped (2000), Buying the Cow (2002) and Beautiful (2000).

22. John Goldwyn

Producer | Dopesick

John Goldwyn was born on August 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for Dopesick (2021), Dexter (2006) and MacGruber (2010). He has been married to Jeffrey Michael Klein since April 30, 2011. He was previously married to Colleen Camp.

23. Mace Neufeld

Producer | Beverly Hills Cop III

Mace Neufeld was born on July 13, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), The Saint (1997) and No Way Out (1987). He was married to Helen Katz and Diane Conn. He died on January 21, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

24. Robert Rehme

Producer | Beverly Hills Cop III

Robert Rehme, a film producer and executive in the entertainment industry, has had over 35 years experience in exhibition, distribution and production.

Working as a theater usher at the age of 16 in his hometown of Cincinnati and received his Bachelors Degree from University of Ohio, Cincinnati. His...

25. Phillip Noyce

Producer | Rabbit-Proof Fence

Born in the Australian rural town of Griffith, New South Wales, Phillip Noyce moved to Sydney with his family at the age of 12. As a teenager, he was introduced to underground films produced on shoestring budgets as well as mainstream American movies. He was 18 when he made his first film, the 15-...

26. Barbara Davis

Actress | The Front Page

Barbara Davis is known for The Front Page (1974), McCloud (1970) and Route 66 (1960).

27. Robert Shriver

Producer | True Lies

Robert Shriver was born on April 28, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer, known for True Lies (1994), The Burial (2023) and Black Cat Run (1998). He has been married to Malissa Feruzzi since May 7, 2005. They have one child.

28. Christopher Peters

Actor | River's Edge

Christopher Peters (also known as Chris Peters) is the son of producer Jon Peters (studio head, producer - Batman, Rain Man (1988), The Color Purple (1985), Superman Returns (2006)) and actress Lesley Ann Warren,(Academy Award Nominated Actress - Cinderella (1965), Victor/Victoria (1982) and, ...

29. 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 ...

30. Ann Turkel

Actress | Humanoids from the Deep

Ann Kathryn Turkel was born in 1946, and raised in Manhattan, the daughter of Thelma L. (Friedricks) and Melvin A. Turkel. She is of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent. Ann took acting, dance and voice lessons from an early age. By the time she reached 16, Ann had studied at the Musical ...

31. Abbe Lane

Actress | Twilight Zone: The Movie

Singer and actress Abbe Lane made a splash in the 50s and 60s with revealing costumes and a seductive style of dancing. Far removed from her sultry Latin image, she was born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, of Jewish parentage. Abbe began performing on radio from the age of four and first ...

32. 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).

33. Tracy Tweed

Actress | Johnny Mnemonic

Tracy Tweed was born on May 10, 1965 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is an actress, known for Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Night Rhythms (1992) and Night Eyes Three (1993).

34. Anne Jeffreys

Actress | Riffraff

The ever-lovely, poised and vivacious blonde Anne Jeffreys was born Annie Jeffreys Carmichael in 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Firmly managed by her mother, she trained in voice at a fairly early age and received her first break in the entertainment field after signing with the John Robert ...

35. Cesar Romero

Actor | Batman: The Movie

Tall, suave and sophisticated Cesar Romero actually had two claims to fame in Hollywood. To one generation, he was the distinguished Latin lover of numerous musicals and romantic comedies, and the rogue bandit The Cisco Kid in a string of low-budget westerns. However, to a younger generation weaned...

36. Hume Cronyn

Actor | Cocoon

Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor with a lengthy career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Seventh Cross" (1944).

Cronyn was born to a prominent family. His father was politician Hume Blake Cronyn (1864-1933), Member of Parliament for London, ...

37. Jessica Tandy

Actress | Driving Miss Daisy

A beloved, twinkly blue-eyed doyenne of stage and screen, actress Jessica Tandy's career spanned nearly six and a half decades. In that span of time, she enjoyed an amazing film renaissance at age 80, something unheard of in a town that worships youth and nubile beauty. She was born Jessie Alice ...

38. Ron Meyer

Self | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

An industry veteran with over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, Ron Meyer's tenure at NBCUniversal included a consistent stream of worldwide box office hits. During his time as President and Chief Operating Officer, nine of the studio's films were nominated at the Oscars for Best Picture, ...

39. Lilly Tartikoff

Producer | Beggars and Choosers

Lilly Tartikoff was born on June 23, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Beggars and Choosers (1999), Steambath (1984) and 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001). She has been married to Bruce E. Karatz II since November 2009. She was previously married to ...

40. Jim Curley

Actor | In the Line of Fire

Jim Curley is known for In the Line of Fire (1993), Deterrence (1999) and Nero Wolfe (1981).

41. Patricia McQueeney

Patricia McQueeney was born on September 16, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Robert McQueeney. She died on September 4, 2005 in Santa Monica, California, USA.