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1. Christopher Atkins

Actor | The Blue Lagoon

Christopher Atkins was born on February 21, 1961 in Rye, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Blue Lagoon (1980), The Pirate Movie (1982) and A Night in Heaven (1983). He was previously married to Lyn Barron.

2. Joseph Barbera

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner William Hanna.

Barbera was born in an Italian-American family. His parents were barbershop-owner Vincent Barbera (1889-1965) and ...

3. Linda Blair

Actress | The Exorcist

From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed...

4. Ernest Borgnine

Actor | Marty

Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents were Anna (Boselli), who had emigrated from Carpi (MO), Italy, and Camillo Borgnino, who had emigrated from Ottiglio (AL), Italy. As an only child, Ernest enjoyed most sports, especially boxing, ...

5. Tova Borgnine

Self | TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

Tova Borgnine was born on November 17, 1941 in Oslo, Norway. She was married to Ernest Borgnine and Louis A. Littleton. She died on February 26, 2022 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

6. Beau Bridges

Actor | The Fabulous Baker Boys

Beau Bridges was born in Hollywood, and is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his ...

7. Dylan Bridges

Actor | The Wild Pair

Dylan Bridges was born on October 25, 1984 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Wild Pair (1987), The Outer Limits (1995) and A Stranger to Love (1996).

8. Emily Bridges

Actress | Acting: The First Six Lessons

Emily Bridges was born on July 2, 1986 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Acting: The First Six Lessons (2021), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013).

9. Angie Dickinson

Actress | Rio Bravo

Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota, in 1931, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brown. Mr. Brown was the publisher of The Kulm Messenger. The family left North Dakota in 1942 when Angie was 11 years old, moving to Burbank, California. In December of 1946, when she was a senior at ...

10. Morgan Fairchild

Actress | Friends

This elegant lady has defined the television version of the rich, sophisticated businesswoman who knows what she wants, and will do whatever it takes to get it. She was born Patsy Ann McClenny on February 3, 1950 in Dallas, Texas. She began acting as a child, when her mother enrolled her in drama ...

11. David Faustino

Actor | Married with Children

David Faustino was born on March 3, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Married... with Children (1987), The Legend of Korra (2012) and Star-ving (2009). He was previously married to Andrea Faustino.

12. Jennifer Flavin

Actress | Rocky V

Jennifer Flavin was born on August 14, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Rocky V (1990), The No Name Gang and Stallone: Frank, That Is (2021). She has been married to Sylvester Stallone since May 17, 1997. They have three children.

13. Jeff Goldblum

Actor | Jurassic Park

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry.

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14. Tippi Hedren

Actress | The Birds

From working for the exacting Alfred Hitchcock to a film written by Edward D. Wood Jr., Tippi Hedren, the Minnesota blonde, has had a distinctive career. She was born Nathalie Kay Hedren in New Ulm, MN, to Dorothea (née Eckhardt) and Bernard Hedren, who ran a general store, and is of Swedish, ...

15. Ernie Hudson

Actor | Ghostbusters

As a child growing up in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ernie Hudson wrote short stories, poems and songs, always thinking that his words might one day come to life on stage. After a short stint in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest ...

16. Joseph Mazzello

Actor | Jurassic Park

Born in Rhinebeck, New York, he got into acting when he was 5 years old, after his sister had appeared in 30-odd commercials. Since then he has acted opposite some of the best actors in Hollywood as a bright, expressive actor with complexity, sensitivity, and emotion. He attended film school at USC...

17. Craig T. Nelson

Actor | Coach

Craig T. Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.

18. Anthony Perkins

Actor | Psycho

Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & ...

19. Ariana Richards

Actress | Jurassic Park

Ariana Richards is an American film and television actress, artist, and producer. Her official website is GalleryAriana.

Born on September 11, 1979 in Healdsburg, California, U.S. as Ariana Clarice Richards, she is the older sister of actress Bethany Richards.

Whether she's working on a busy, noisy ...

20. Jane Seymour

Actress | Somewhere in Time

Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was ...

21. Sissy Spacek

Actress | In the Bedroom

As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German origin.

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22. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

23. Sylvester Stallone

Actor | Rocky

Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.

Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...

24. James Stewart

Actor | Vertigo

James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he ...

25. Wendy Treece

Self | The Variety Club International All Star Party

Wendy Treece has been married to Beau Bridges since April 10, 1984. They have three children.

26. Jerry Van Dyke

Actor | Coach

He had that same genuine likability factor, owned that same trademark lantern jaw and was just as appealing and gifted as his older brother, Dick Van Dyke, but, for decades, Jerry Van Dyke bore the brunt of his brother's overwhelming shadow.

Six years younger than brother Dick, the comic actor was ...

27. Ben Vereen

Actor | All That Jazz

Few entertainers today are as accomplished or versatile as Ben Vereen. His legendary performances transcend time and have been woven into the fabric of this country's artistic legacy. His first love and passion is and always will be the stage. "The theater was my first training ground. It taught me...

28. Robert Wagner

Actor | The Towering Inferno

R.J. Wagner was born 1930 in Detroit, the son of a steel executive. His family moved to L.A. when he was six. Always wanting to be an actor, he held a variety of jobs (including one as a golf caddy for Clark Gable) while pursuing his goal, but it was while dining with his parents at a Beverly Hills...

29. Lew Wasserman

Self | AFI Life Achievement Award

Lew Wasserman was born on March 22, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Edie Wasserman. He died on June 3, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

30. Tom Wilson

Actor | Back to the Future Part III

Tom Wilson is a creative artist whose professional career has explored almost every imaginable artistic discipline, blending them into a unique and very individual declaration of a life in the arts. A man of fervent but private faith his whole life, the last few years have been interesting, with ...

31. Henry Winkler

Actor | The Waterboy

Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...

32. Michael J. Fox

Actor | Back to the Future

Michael J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll clerk, and William Fox. His parents moved their 10-year-old son, his three sisters, Kelli Fox, Karen, and Jacki, and his brother Steven, to Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

33. Bill Cosby

Actor | The Cosby Show

Bill Cosby is one of the world's most well-known entertainers and comedians. William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Anna Pearl (Hite), a maid and William Henry Cosby, Sr., a U.S. Navy sailor. After 10th grade, Cosby joined the Navy and completed high ...

34. Jay Stein

Production_manager | Back to the Future... The Ride

Jay Stein is known for Back to the Future... The Ride (1991).

35. Michael Eisner

Producer | Glenn Martin DDS

For four decades, Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry. He began his career at ABC, overseeing shows including Happy Days, Barney Miller, and Roots. He became president of Paramount Pictures in 1976, turning out hit films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, ...

36. Janet Leigh

Actress | Psycho

Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped several grades and finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters. She was a student, studying music and...

37. Charlton Heston

Actor | Ben-Hur

With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...

38. Sid Sheinberg

Producer | What Lola Wants

Sid Sheinberg was born on January 14, 1935 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He was a producer and executive, known for What Lola Wants (2015), For Richer or Poorer (1997) and The Devil's Tomb (2009). He was married to Lorraine Gary. He died on March 7, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

39. Danny Aiello

Actor | Do the Right Thing

Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. He was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione in the comedy-drama film "Do the Right Thing" (1989).

Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York ...

40. Benjamin Bratt

Actor | Miss Congeniality

The middle of five children, Bratt hails from a close-knit family. His mother, an indigenous Quechua Peruvian from Lima, moved to the U.S. at age 14. He grew up in San Francisco. He is known for his roles in the films Traffic (2000), Miss Congeniality (2000), and Despicable Me 2 (2013). He is ...

41. Richard Brooks

Director | Anticipation

Commanding actor Richard Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an actor, director and singer. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan. Later, he moved to New York City and was a student of the Circle in the Square ...

42. Gerard Christopher

Actor | Superboy

Gerard Christopher was born on May 11, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Superboy (1988), Dangerously Close (1986) and General Hospital (1963).

43. Dom DeLuise

Actor | The Cannonball Run

As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...

44. Brooke Fontaine

Actress | Ghost Dad

Brooke Fontaine was born in 1983 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Ghost Dad (1990), Official Spacegirl: The Movie (2023) and Thirtysomething (1987).

45. Don Franklin

Actor | SeaQuest DSV

Don Franklin was born on December 14, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for SeaQuest 2032 (1993), Bosch (2014) and Insecure (2016).

46. Dennis Franz

Actor | NYPD Blue

Dennis Franz was born Dennis Franz Schlacta in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and is the son of Eleanor (Mueller) and Franz Ferdinand Schlachta, who were postal workers. He has two sisters, Marlene (born 1938) and Heidi (born 1935). He graduated from Southern Illinois University and was ...

47. Lorraine Gary

Actress | Jaws: The Revenge

Lorraine Gary was born on August 16th, 1937 in New York. Lorraine was raised in Los Angeles. At age 16, she won a best actress award in a competition at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse. She was offered a scholarship to enroll at the Pasadena Playhouse, but declined said offer and attended ...

48. Marjoe Gortner

Actor | Starcrash

In his early career as the 4-year-old "World's Youngest Ordained Minister," Pentecostal preacher Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner became a 'Miracle Child' extraordinaire. Born in Long Beach, California, the young tyke, who ministered the gospel from memory and performed faith healings, drew capacity crowds...

49. Salim Grant

Actor | Ghost Dad

Author of "Show Biz Kids Quest For Success" and older brother of Crystal Celeste Grant, an actress and singer. Salim has always been active in the entertainment business: at the age of 4, he did a commercial for Sesame Street (1969), appeared in several theater productions at 5 with a Houston ...

50. Craig Hurley

Actor | Saw X

A native of Chicago, Illinois and graduate of the Chicago Academy for The Arts and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Craig Hurley has been an active member of the entertainment industry his entire life. At eighteen, after having showed great promise as a child actor in television and theater ...

51. Olivia Hussey

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

At age 15, when most young women are nurturing dreams of romance, Olivia Hussey was giving life to Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). Her performance in one of the most celebrated roles ever written in the English language won her the Golden Globe and two successive Best Actor ...

52. Jeff Kaake

Actor | Bad Influence

Jeff Kaake, 12 years as the Lead Actor (Series Lead) in 5 Television shows.

Jeff Kaake, born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Jeff moved to Southern California in 1980 to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming an actor and a serious actor. After studying and appearing in several national television ...

53. Kevin Meaney

Actor | Big

Kevin Meaney was born on April 23, 1956 in Valhalla, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Big (1988), Uncle Buck (1990) and The Nightmare Room (2001). He was married to Mary Ann Halford and Leanne Coronel. He died on October 21, 2016 in Forestburgh, New York, USA.

54. Michael Moriarty

Actor | Courage Under Fire

As one of Hollywood's tallest actors standing at 6' 3", he will always be noticed. Michael Moriarty is one of the great character T.V. actors of all time. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1941. Moriarty was to move to London, England, where he built up a name as a great stage actor. It was also...

55. Ken Olandt

Actor | Leprechaun

Ken Olandt, an American actor, producer, and co-founder of Unified Film Organization, LLC. Olandt is best known for starring roles in Summer School (1987), Leprechaun (1992), and April Fool's Day (1986).

Olandt was born on April 22, 1958 in Richmond California. The second son of Robert H. Olandt, an...

56. CCH Pounder

Actress | The Shield

The CCH stands for Carol Christine Hilaria, her birth name. Most of her characters are enriched with positive attributes -- strength, confidence, integrity, strong-mindedness -- and it is a testament to the abilities of this four-time Emmy nominated actress that she continues on such a high plane ...

57. Kimberly Russell

Actress | Head of the Class

Kimberly Russell was born on December 29, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Head of the Class (1986), Precious (2009) and The Game (1997). She has been married to Michael Bonewitz since June 17, 2000. They have eight children.

58. Jill St. John

Actress | Diamonds Are Forever

An incredible piece of 1960s eye candy, Jill St. John absolutely smoldered on the big screen, a trendy presence in lightweight comedy, spirited adventure and spy intrigue who appeared alongside some of Hollywood's most handsome male specimens. Although she was seldom called upon to do much more ...

59. Telly Savalas

Actor | Kojak

Of Greek descent on both sides, the son of immigrants, Savalas was a soldier during World War II, although most of his enlistment records were destroyed in a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1973. He later studied psychology at Columbia University under the ...

60. Dee Wallace

Actress | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

This attractive, happy go lucky blonde actress, educated at the University of Kansas and a former ballet soloist, first broke into both TV and cinema screens in the mid 1970s and through her appearances in several well remembered horror and sci-fi films, and Dee quickly gained a cult following ...

61. Philip Michael Thomas

Actor | Miami Vice

Philip Michael Thomas - the multi-talented performer best known as Detective Rico Tubbs in the iconic 1980s TV series Miami Vice (1984) - made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody...and hasn't looked back since.

In a remarkable career that spans ...

62. William Hanna

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

William Hanna was an animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner Joseph Barbera.

Hanna was born in an Irish-American family, son of William John Hanna (1873-1949) and his wife Avice Joyce Denby. He was born in ...

63. 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. ...

64. Walter Lantz

Producer | Jolly Little Elves

Walter Lantz was an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and film director from New Rochelle, New York. He was the eponymous founder of the animation studio Walter Lantz Productions (1928-1972). The studio was initially famous for continuing the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film series from ...

65. Gene Roddenberry

Writer | Star Trek

While in junior high school, he became interested in science fiction, and years later while reading a copy of 'Astounding Stories' when he was working as an airline pilot, he decided to give it up and become a writer. He moved West and joined the Los Angeles police force to gain experience that ...

66. Marc Summers

Stunts | The Florida Project

Born in Indianapolis, he paid his dues as a magician, disc jockey, comedian and studio page in Los Angeles during the 1970s. When Jack Barry's announcer fell sick on The Joker's Wild (1972), 1973, Marc (then a 22-year-old page) filled in. That was his break. He began warming up audiences for ...

67. Mark McEwen

Producer | An American Tragedy

Mark McEwen was born on September 16, 1954 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for An American Tragedy (2007), Murphy Brown (1988) and Tickits (1992). He is married to Denise. They have two children. He was previously married to Judith Consdale.

68. Natalie Allen

The Newsroom

Natalie Allen was born on August 11, 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She is known for The Newsroom (2012), CNN Newsroom (1989) and CNN NewsCenter (2012).

69. Norman Newberry

Art_department | Avatar

American art director, production designer and specialist in digital technology whose career spanned more than half a century. Norman Newberry was the son of Bill Newberry, a qualified architect who worked in Hollywood as art director under contract at Universal from 1955 to 1958. Like his father, ...

70. Henry Thomas

Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had a lead role in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in films ...

71. Jack Valenti

Self | This Week

Texas born, Harvard educated, Jack Valenti has led several lives; a wartime bomber pilot, advertising agency founder, political consultant, White House Special Assistant, movie industry leader. In his current role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America,...

72. Bob Graham

Self | Panorama

Bob Graham was born on November 9, 1936 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA. He was married to Adele Khoury. He died on April 16, 2024 in Florida, USA.

73. Patricia Hitchcock

Actress | Strangers on a Train

Patricia Alma Hitchcock was the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville. Her upbringing was 'English' and strict. Two years of boarding school from the age of eight was followed by relocation to the U.S. a year later when Hitch was contracted by David O. Selznick to direct Rebecca ...

74. Renee Hambley

Actress | Based on an Untrue Story

Renee Hambley is known for Based on an Untrue Story (1993), Lap Dancer (1995) and Jesus 2000 (1998).

75. Bob Martinez

Actor | Thunderboat Row

Robert "Bob' Martinez was born in Tampa, Florida, the grandson of Spanish immigrants, he obtained his undergraduate degree in Social Science at the University of Tampa in 1957, then earned a Masters degree, in "labor and industrial relations" from the University of Illinois in 1964. Returning to ...

76. Ron Masak

Actor | The Benchwarmers

Ron Masak (MAY-SACK) was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a salesman/musician (Floyd Lewis Masak, of Bohemian Czech descent), and a mother (Mildred Alice Rudy, of Irish descent), who was a merchandise buyer. Ron attended Chicago City College, and studied theater at both the CCC and the Drama ...

77. Kay Knebes

Self | Tattletales

Kay Knebes was previously married to Ron Masak.

78. Patrick Meaney

Self | Election 92

79. Lydia Clarke

Actress | The Atomic City

Lydia Clarke came to Chicago in 1941, at the age of 18, and graduated from Northwestern University in 1945. She worked in summer stock at the Belfry Theater in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and with the University Players at Northwestern. After graduating, she had four years of professional experience ...

80. Johnny Grant

Actor | Hollywood Homicide

Johnny Grant was born on May 9, 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), Gene Autry: America's Cowboy (2000) and Mask of the Dragon (1951). He died on January 9, 2008 in Hollywood, California, USA.

81. Katherine Flynn

Actress | Once Upon a Time in Venice

Katherine Flynn was born on January 7, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017), Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2021) and Blind Dating (2006).

82. Tom Pollack

Producer | Stripes

Tom Pollack is known for Stripes, Spiritual India: River of Compassion (2008) and India's Song (2009).

83. Schuyler Fisk

Actress | Orange County

The actress and singer-songwriter Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk, who met on the set of Badlands (1973), which starred Spacek (Fisk was the art director on the film). Although she was born in Los Angeles, California, she...

84. Jack Fisk

Production_designer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Jack Fisk was born on December 19, 1945 in Canton, Illinois, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Revenant (2015) and The Tree of Life (2011). He has been married to Sissy Spacek since April 12, 1974. They have two children.

85. Ernie Hudson Jr.

Actor | Candyman: Day of the Dead

Ernie Hudson Jr. is known for Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999), Oz (1997) and Our Lips Are Sealed (2000).

86. Edie Wasserman

Self | The American Ireland Fund Annual Tribute a Salute to Gene Kelly

Edie Wasserman was born on November 4, 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was married to Lew Wasserman. She died on August 18, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

87. Kay Freeman

Actress | Murder, She Wrote

Kay Freeman is known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Riptide (1984) and Simon & Simon (1981).

88. Michael Faustino

Actor | The Monster Squad

Michael Faustino was born on November 16, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Monster Squad (1987), CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984) and Blank Check (1994).

89. Gregg Allman

Soundtrack | Jack Reacher

Gregg LeNoir Allman was NOT primarily known for being an actor, he was a musician, songwriter and singer that formed the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Duane in 1969. His music appeared in the movie soundtracks of films such as Walking Tall (2004) and Jack Reacher (2012) and in the ...

90. Chuck Berry

Soundtrack | Men in Black

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll ...

91. Sean M. Flynn

Director | Numb

Sean M. Flynn was born on July 31, 1985 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Numb (2007), The French Revolution (1989) and Destination Anywhere (1997).

92. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

93. Ivan Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...

94. Harold Ramis

Writer | Ghostbusters

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...

95. Spike Lee

Director | Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...

96. Mark Rydell

Actor | The Long Goodbye

Mark Rydell was born on March 23, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), On Golden Pond (1981) and Hollywood Ending (2002). He was previously married to Esther Jacobs and Joanne Linville.

97. Sidney Poitier

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal ...