The Best Actresses and Actors - Born in the 1950s

1. Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid is an Academy Award-nominated actor, for his performance in The Last Detail (1973). Hal Ashby directed Quaid in the role of Meadows opposite Jack Nicholson and Otis Young. Quaid is a great and much-admired actor that has been recognized by Hollywood and the world's finest directors, ...

3062 points

2. Krystyna Janda

Actress | Przesluchanie

Krystyna Janda was born on December 18, 1952 in Starachowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for Interrogation (1989), Pestka (1995) and A Few People, a Little Time (2005). She was previously married to Edward Klosinski and Andrzej Seweryn.

2567 points

3. Sam Bottoms

Actor | Apocalypse Now

Sam Bottoms was born on October 17, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California, USA as Samuel John Bottoms. He was an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Seabiscuit (2003). He was married to Laura Bickford and Susan Arnold. He died on December 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, ...

2513 points

4. Carol Kane

Actress | The Princess Bride

American stage, screen and television actress, and comedian Carol Kane (b. Carolyn Laurie Kane, June 18, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio), was born to Elaine Joy (née Fetterman), a jazz singer and pianist, and Michael Myron Kane, an architect. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Poland, and Austria). Due ...

2136 points

5. Timothy Bottoms

Actor | The Last Picture Show

From a talented acting generation of four brothers, Timothy Bottoms was the closest to achieving out-and-out super-stardom in the 1970s. The eldest of four siblings, he was followed in birth by Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms and Ben Bottoms.

All four boys were born and raised in Santa Barbara, ...

1809 points

6. Amy Wright

Actress | The Amityville Horror

One of those dazzling chameleon players who never received their due, Amy Wright is still woefully unrecognized despite a superb resumé of Southern-styled film credits since the late 70s. On the other side of the coin, she has certainly made a distinct name for herself in the theater world as the ...

1802 points

7. 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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1800 points

8. Jerzy Radziwilowicz

Actor | Czlowiek z zelaza

Jerzy Radziwilowicz was born on September 8, 1950 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Man of Iron (1981), Man of Marble (1977) and Television Theater (1953).

1800 points

9. Fredric Lehne

Actor | Men in Black

Born in Buffalo, N.Y. but raised in the Garden State, Fredric first appeared in small theater productions at the age of six, and in his teens spent weekends studying at The Neighborhood Playhouse and HB Studios in NYC. During the summer he apprenticed at The Peterborough Players in N.H. - New ...

1646 points

10. Aleksandr Fatyushin

Actor | Moskva slezam ne verit

Aleksandr Fatyushin was born on March 29, 1951 in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, USSR as Aleksandr Konstantinovich Fatyushin. He was an actor, known for Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980), The Detached Mission (1986) and Garantiruyu zhizn (1977). He died on April 7, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.

1620 points

11. Barbara Sukowa

Actress | Hannah Arendt

A strikingly beautiful German lead actress, Barbara Sukowa broke into TV and films as the protégée of famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder with his masterpiece mini-series Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and the moody film drama Lola (1981) in the title role. In the latter, Barbara won critical ...

1604 points

12. Melanie Mayron

Actress | Thirtysomething

Melanie Mayron was born on October 20, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Thirtysomething (1987), Girlfriends (1978) and Snapshots (2018).

1472 points

13. Karen Allen

Actress | Raiders of the Lost Ark

Karen Jane Allen was born in Carrollton, rural southern Illinois, to Patricia (Howell), a teacher, and Carroll Thompson Allen, an FBI agent. She spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her parents and two sisters. She was always "the new girl in school." Acting did not really ...

1396 points

14. Boguslaw Linda

Actor | Psy

Boguslaw Linda was born on June 27, 1952 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Psy (1992), Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (1999) and Blind Chance (1987). He has been married to Lidia Popiel since July 23, 2000. They have one child.

1388 points

15. Sabine Haudepin

Actress | Jules et Jim

Sabine Haudepin was born on October 19, 1955 in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France. She is an actress and writer, known for Jules and Jim (1962), The Last Metro (1980) and Trap for the Assassin (1966).

1385 points

16. James Keane

Actor | Apocalypse Now

James Keane was born on September 26, 1952 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), Dick Tracy (1990) and Falling Down (1993).

1368 points

17. Eva Mattes

Actress | Enemy at the Gates

Versatile stage and screen actress best known for Werner Herzog films (Best Supporting winner at Cannes for "Woyzeck"). Possibly her most acclaimed starring role is as her mentor 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder' in "A Man Called EVA" (Fassbinder, who treated Eva Mattes kindly, was sometimes referred to ...

1358 points

18. Carla Mancini

Actress | Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla

Carla Mancini was born in 1950. She is an actress, known for Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972), All Screwed Up (1974) and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970).

1342 points

19. Carrie Fisher

Actress | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...

1340 points

20. Isabelle Huppert

Actress | Elle

Isabelle Huppert was born March 16, 1953, in Paris, France, but spent her childhood in Ville d'Avray. Encouraged by her mother Annick Huppert (who was a teacher of English), she followed the Conservatory of Versailles and won an acting prize for her work in Alfred de Musset's "Un caprice". She then...

1324 points

21. Pamela Franklin

Actress | The Innocents

British actress Pamela Franklin has worked with many notable actors and directors throughout her career. A somewhat underrated actress, she had a wide range of emotions that she brought to her many versatile characters. Franklin was born in Yokohama, Japan, and her father was an importer/exporter. ...

1281 points

22. Adam Ferency

Actor | Kanalia

Adam Ferency was born on October 5, 1951 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Kanalia (1991), Cold War (2018) and Television Theater (1953).

1246 points

23. Mark Hamill

Actor | Star Wars

Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - ...

1221 points

24. Michael Jeter

Actor | The Green Mile

Michael Jeter was an American actor from Tennessee. His best known roles were that of math teacher and assistant football coach Herman Stiles in the sitcom "Evening Shade" (1990-1994) and "Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle" in "Sesame Street", a role he played from 2000 to 2003. He specialized in...

1205 points

25. Marek Kondrat

Actor | Dzien swira

Marek Kondrat was born on October 18, 1950 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland as Marek Tadeusz Kondrat. He is an actor and director, known for Day of the Wacko (2002), Prawo ojca (1999) and We're All Christs (2006). He has been married to Antonina Turnau since September 19, 2015. He was previously ...

1203 points

26. Ewa Zietek

Actress | Lalka

Ewa Zietek was born on March 8, 1953 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Lalka (1978), Tylko milosc (2007) and Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (1980). She has been married to Jacob, Rainer since August 2000.

1197 points

27. Beverly D'Angelo

Actress | American History X

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...

1194 points

28. Zbigniew Buczkowski

Actor | Zlote runo

Zbigniew Buczkowski was born on March 20, 1951 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Zlote runo (1998), The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981) and Nocne graffiti (1997).

1180 points

29. John Megna

Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird

John Megna was born on November 9, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA as John Anthony Ingolia. He was an actor, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). He died on September 5, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1140 points

30. Tadeusz Bradecki

Actor | Teatr Telewizji

Tadeusz Bradecki was born on January 2, 1955 in Zabrze, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Television Theater (1953), Schindler's List (1993) and Camera Buff (1979).

1098 points

31. Cybill Shepherd

Actress | Cybill

Cybill Lynne Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Patty, a homemaker, and William Shepherd, a small business owner. Named after her grandfather, Cy, and her father, Bill, Shepherd's career began at a young age in modeling, when she won the "Miss Teenage Memphis" contest in 1966 and the "...

1081 points

32. Heinz Hoenig

Actor | Das Boot

Heinz Hoenig was born on September 24, 1951 in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Der Schattenmann (1996) and Der König von St. Pauli (1998). He has been married to Annika Kärsten since April 4, 2019. He was previously married to Simone Hoenig.

1069 points

33. Mary Badham

Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird

Mary Badham was born on October 7, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Let's Kill Uncle (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She has been married to Richard Wilt since 1975. They have two children.

1065 points

34. Patricia Gozzi

Actress | Rapture

She was born on April 12 1950. Father Yves Gozzi, mother Gylberte. Has three sisters. One son, Benoit Sauvage, born in California in 1980, one daughter, Celia Sauvage, also born in California in 1983. Nationality, French, married to Michael Sauvage.

So many people wondered why this young actress ...

1058 points

35. Darrell Larson

Actor | The China Syndrome

Darrell Larson was born on December 13, 1950 in Tracy, California, USA as Darrell Ray Larson. He is an actor and director, known for The China Syndrome (1979), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and City Limits (1984). He has been married to Susanna Styron since October 7, 1984. They have two children...

1057 points

36. Thomas G. Waites

Actor | The Thing

Thomas G. Waites was born on January 8, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Thing (1982), And Justice for All (1979) and Money Train (1995).

1053 points

37. Ellen Foley

Actress | Hair

Ellen Foley was born on June 5, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for Hair (1979), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Cocktail (1988). She has been married to Doug Bernstein since April 29, 1990. They have two children.

1045 points

38. Dominic Guard

Actor | The Go-Between

Dominic Guard was born on June 18, 1956 in London, England. He is an actor, known for The Go-Between (1971), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and The Lord of the Rings (1978).

1037 points

39. Frank Sivero

Actor | Goodfellas

Frank Sivero (born January 6, 1952) is an American character actor, perhaps best known for playing the roles of Genco Abbandando in Mario Puzo's and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II and Frankie Carbone (based on Angelo Sepe) in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas.

Sivero was born Francesco ...

1035 points

40. Josiane Tanzilli

Actress | Amarcord

Josiane Tanzilli was born on November 28, 1950 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), Love & Anarchy (1973) and Naughty Nun (1972).

1028 points

41. Gigi Vorgan

Actress | Jaws 2

Gigi Vorgan was born on August 3, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Giselle G. Vorgan. She is an actress and writer, known for Jaws 2 (1978), Red Heat (1988) and The 'Burbs (1989).

1024 points

42. Brad Dourif

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Gaunt character actor Brad Dourif was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye factory. His father died when Dourif was three years old, ...

1020 points

43. Natalya Bondarchuk

Actress | Solyaris

Natalya Bondarchuk was born on May 10, 1950 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR as Natalya Sergeevna Bondarchuk. She is an actress and director, known for Solaris (1972), Odna lyubov dushi moyey (2007) and Krasnoe i chernoe (1976). She is married to Nikolay Burlyaev. They have one child.

1015 points

44. Lionel Pina

Actor | Dog Day Afternoon

Lionel Pina was born on March 10, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for his work on Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Inside Man (2006) and World Trade Center (2006).

1013 points

45. Zane Lasky

Actor | The Tony Randall Show

Zane Lasky was born on April 23, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Tony Randall Show (1976), Network (1976) and Dallas (1978).

1009 points

46. Cathryn Harrison

Actress | Black Moon

Cathryn Harrison was born on May 25, 1959 in London, England as Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison. She was an actress, known for Black Moon (1975), Eat the Rich (1987) and The Dresser (1983). She was married to Paul Laing. She died in 2018 in Plymouth, Devon, England.

1007 points

47. Ray Lovelock

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Handsome, charming, and versatile actor Ray Lovelock was born on June 19, 1950 in Rome, Italy to an Italian mother and English father. Lovelock's father was an allied British soldier who in 1944 liberated Italy from a fascist regime. Ray's father met and eventually married his mother while ...

1007 points

48. Evgeniya Glushenko

Actress | Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu

Evgeniya Glushenko was born on September 4, 1952 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Yevgeniya Konstantinovna Glushenko. She is an actress, known for Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (1982), An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) and Live and Remember (2008).

1004 points

49. Marcin Tronski

Actor | And the Violins Stopped Playing

Marcin Tronski was born on June 13, 1954 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985).

997 points

50. Artur Barcis

Actor | Ranczo

Artur Barcis was born on August 12, 1956 in Kokawa, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Ranczo (2006), Ranczo Wilkowyje (2007) and A Short Film About Love (1988).

996 points

51. Michal Juszczakiewicz

Actor | Czlowiek z zelaza

Michal Juszczakiewicz was born on November 14, 1958 in Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland. He is an actor and writer, known for Man of Iron (1981), Rajski ptak (1988) and Mokry szmal (1986).

994 points

52. Mark Lester

Actor | Oliver!

Mark attended stage school in London, England as a young child and made his film debut in The Counterfeit Constable (1964) at the age of six. He made countless TV appearances and became very well known in England. Worldwide fame developed as a result of his portrayal of a stuttering child in Our ...

990 points

53. Jack Wild

Actor | Oliver!

Born September 30, 1952, in Royton, near Oldham, England, Jack Wild was discovered by talent agent June Collins, mother of rock star Phil Collins. His breakthrough came when he landed the role of Oliver in the London stage production of "Oliver!" When it came to casting the film, the role of the ...

990 points

54. Christophe Malavoy

Actor | Family Rock

Christophe Malavoy was born on March 21, 1952 in Reutlingen, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Family Rock (1982), Monte Carlo (2011) and The Woman of My Life (1986).

984 points

55. T.K. Carter

Actor | The Thing

T.K. Carter was raised just east of Los Angeles, California. He began his stand-up routine at age 12, and, by high school, appeared in Neil Simon's production of "The Odd Couple." He began his professional stand-up routine at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles and has also worked at the Improvisation ...

983 points

56. John Dennis Johnston

Actor | 48 Hrs.

John Dennis Johnston was born on May 14, 1950 in Elmwood, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), Wyatt Earp (1994) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

966 points

57. Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Actor | Das Boot

Claude-Oliver Rudolph was born on November 30, 1956 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Das Boot (1981), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Rote Erde (1983). He was previously married to Sabine von Maydell.

963 points

58. Martin Semmelrogge

Actor | Das Boot

Martin Semmelrogge was born on December 8, 1955 in Bad Boll, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Schindler's List (1993) and Das Boot (1985). He was previously married to Sonja Semmelrogge and Susanne.

962 points

59. Mark Linn-Baker

Actor | My Favorite Year

Mark Linn-Baker was born on June 17, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and director, known for My Favorite Year (1982), Adam (2009) and Perfect Strangers (1986). He has been married to Christa Justus since December 29, 2012. He was previously married to Adrianne Lobel.

961 points

60. Deborah Rush

Actress | You've Got Mail

Delightfully offbeat, redheaded comedic actress Deborah Rush, from theater, films and TV, was born on April 10, 1954, in Chatham, New Jersey and developed an early interest in making people laugh as a child. Following high school, she decided to pursue acting headfirst, apprenticing with the ...

951 points

61. Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Actress | Otesánek

Jaroslava Kretschmerová was born on September 1, 1955 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She is an actress, known for Greedy Guts (2000), The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) and Love Between the Raindrops (1980).

946 points

62. Shabana Azmi

Actress | Arth

One of the leading lights of the now-largely-defunct Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi (alongside the late Smita Patil) was one of the main female actors who dominated the films of the so-called "Parallel Cinema" in India in the 1970s and 1980s. Born to noted Urdu progressive poet and lyricist Kaifi ...

939 points

63. Laurie Bird

Actress | Two-Lane Blacktop

Laurie Bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably short-lived career. Bird was born on September 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director Monte Hellman, from nearly 500 women, to portray "...

938 points

64. Simon Chandler

Actor | The Man Who Knew Too Little

Simon Chandler was born in 1953 as Simon T Chandler. He is an actor, known for The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), The King's Speech (2010) and The Lord of the Rings (1978).

935 points

65. Kathleen Beller

Actress | The Godfather: Part II

Kathleen Beller was born on February 19, 1956 in Westchester County, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) and Dynasty (1981). She has been married to Thomas Dolby since July 2, 1988. They have three children. She was previously...

918 points

66. Mwako Cumbuka

Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Mwako Cumbuka was born on September 1, 1950 in the USA. He is an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Coffy (1973) and Police Woman (1974).

902 points

67. Béatrice Romand

Actress | Le genou de Claire

Béatrice Romand was born on April 16, 1952 in Birkadem, Alger, Algeria. She is an actress and director, known for Claire's Knee (1970), A Good Marriage (1982) and Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967).

900 points

68. Mathieu Carrière

Actor | La maison des bories

Mathieu Carrière was born on August 2, 1950 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for The House of the Bories (1970), Young Törless (1966) and Quantum Leap (1989).

891 points

69. Pîtâ

Actor | Ran

Pîtâ was born on August 8, 1952 in Osaka, Japan as Shinnosuke Ikehata. He is an actor, known for Ran (1985), Death Note: The Last Name (2006) and The Lightning Tree (2010).

867 points

70. Penny Brahms

Actress | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Penny Brahms was born in 1951 in Hampstead, London, England. She is an actress, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Lady Chatterly Versus Fanny Hill (1971) and The Ambushers (1967).

861 points

71. Mady Kaplan

Actress | The Deer Hunter

Mady Kaplan was born on August 6, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), Touched (1983) and Project X (1987).

858 points

72. Simonetta Stefanelli

Actress | The Godfather

Simonetta Stefanelli was born on November 30, 1954 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Godfather (1972), Young Lucrezia (1974) and Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1983). She was previously married to Michele Placido.

856 points

73. Colleen Camp

Actress | Clue

Colleen Camp was born in San Francisco, California. She began working as a juvenile actress at the age of 3 and was eventually 'discovered' while working as a bird trainer at Busch Gardens. She appeared on The Dean Martin Show (1965) and made her film debut in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (...

855 points

74. Marc Coppola

Actor | Apocalypse Now

Marc Coppola was born on April 29, 1958 in the USA. He is known for his work on Apocalypse Now (1979), Leaving Las Vegas (1995) and The Bling Ring (2013). He is married to Elizabeth Seton. They have two children.

855 points

75. Francesca Marciano

Writer | Viaggio sola

Francesca Marciano was born on July 17, 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a writer and actress, known for A Five Star Life (2013), Euforia (2018) and The Miracle (2018).

842 points

76. Enrica Bonaccorti

Actress | Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave

Enrica Bonaccorti was born on November 18, 1950 in Savona, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), Love & Anarchy (1973) and Cagliostro (1975).

841 points

77. Anna Bonaiuto

Actress | L'amore molesto

Anna Bonaiuto was born on January 28, 1950 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy as Anna Buonaiuto. She is an actress and writer, known for L'amore molesto (1995), Il Postino (1994) and Il Divo (2008).

841 points

78. Björn Andrésen

Actor | Midsommar

Björn Andrésen was born on January 26, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden as Björn Johan Andrésen. He is an actor, known for Midsommar (2019), Gentlemen & Gangsters (2016) and The Laser Man (2005).

840 points

79. Jörgen Lindström

Actor | Tystnaden

Jörgen Lindström was born on May 19, 1951 in Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for The Silence (1963), Night Games (1966) and 16 år (1960).

840 points

80. Daniel Stern

Actor | City Slickers

Daniel Stern was born in Bethesda, Maryland, to a social worker father and a day care manager mother. He has been acting professionally since the age of seventeen. Following his high school graduation, he auditioned for the Washington Shakespeare Festival seeking a job as a lighting engineer but ...

839 points

81. Kerry MacLane

Actor | Johnny Got His Gun

Kerry MacLane was born on April 18, 1958 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Johnny Got His Gun (1971), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972).

839 points

82. Frédéric Andréi

Actor | Diva

Frédéric Andréi was born on October 23, 1959 in Paris, France as Frédéric Andrei. He is an actor and director, known for Diva (1981), Par suite d'un arrêt de travail... (2008) and Paris minuit (1986).

838 points

83. Denise DuBarry

Actress | Being There

Denise DuBarry was born on March 6, 1956 in Killeen, Texas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Being There (1979), Black Sheep Squadron (1976) and Monster in the Closet (1986). She was married to William Ferrill Hay, Gary Lockwood and Connolly Kamornick Oyler. She died on March 23, ...

836 points

84. Gwen Humble

Actress | Being There

Gwen Humble was born on December 4, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Being There (1979), Remington Steele (1982) and JAG (1995). She has been married to Ian McShane since August 30, 1980.

836 points

85. Elya Baskin

Actor | Spider-Man 2

Elya Baskin is a Soviet Latvia-born American actor, best-known for his work on Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Name of the Rose (1986) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He was born on August 11, 1950 in Riga, USSR [now Latvia] as Elya Zalmanovich Baskin to Zalman and Frieda Baskin, both of Russian Jewish descent. ...

836 points

86. Geraldine Keams

Actress | Faster

Geraldine Keams was born on August 19, 1951 in Arizona, USA. She is known for her work on Faster (2010), The Car (1977) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).

834 points

87. Gina Gillespie

Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Gina Gillespie was born on September 20, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Gina Gail Gillespie. She is an actress, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Law of the Plainsman (1959). She has been married to James D. MacDonald since May 5, 1973.

833 points

88. Fabrice Luchini

Actor | Dans la maison

Fabrice Luchini was born on November 1, 1951 in Paris, France as Robert Luchini. He is an actor and writer, known for In the House (2012), Molière (2007) and Bicycling with Molière (2013).

831 points

89. Olga Barnet

Actress | Solyaris

Olga Barnet is a Russian actress of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).

She was born Olga Borisovna Barnet on September 3, 1951, in the Soviet Union. Her father, Boris Barnet, was a legendary Soviet film actor and director, who was in his fourth marriage to Olga's mother, Alla Kazarnovskaya, an actress of ...

831 points

90. Keith Szarabajka

Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Keith Szarabajka was born on December 2, 1952 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Argo (2012) and The Dark Knight (2008). He was previously married to Jennifer Jay Stewart.

831 points

91. Meral Orhonsay

Actress | Derya Gülü

Meral Orhonsay was born in 1952. She is an actress, known for Derya Gülü (1979), Maden (1978) and The Canal (1978).

829 points

92. Gary Springer

Actor | Jaws 2

Gary Springer is an entertainment publicist representing film, theatre and events. His company represents independent and foreign films at festivals in the US and abroad, and for release in NY and nationally as well as serving as sales, distribution and awards consultant. He has represented or ...

828 points

93. Chu Chu Malave

Actor | Dog Day Afternoon

Chu Chu Malave was born on August 4, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA as Edwin Malave. He is an actor, known for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Fit to Kill (1993) and A Force of One (1979).

828 points

94. Ewa Fröling

Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor

Ewa Fröling was born on August 9, 1952 in Sweden. She is an actress, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), Fanny and Alexander (1982) and Sally and Freedom (1981).

824 points

95. Lena Olin

Actress | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Swedish-born Lena Olin already had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. She acted at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm and was directed by Ingmar Bergman. She was born in Stockholm, to actors Britta Holmberg and Stig Olin, who appeared in six of Bergman's films. Lena also ...

824 points

96. Pernilla August

Actress | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Pernilla August started acting as a child, performing in plays at Vår teater and at school. In 1979 she was accepted at the Statens scenskola to study acting professionally. Director Ingmar Bergman took note of her early and cast her as a nanny in his Fanny and Alexander (1982).

In 1982 she got ...

824 points

97. Stina Ekblad

Actress | Fanny och Alexander

Stina Ekblad was born on February 26, 1954 in Solf, Finland. She is an actress, known for Fanny and Alexander (1982), The Serpent's Way (1986) and Wallander (2005).

824 points

98. Loyd Catlett

Actor | Blown Away

Former amateur and P.R.C.A. rodeo cowboy, events were Bareback Bronc, Saddle Bronc and Bull Riding. Originally from Texas, started with community theater and was cast for the part of Leroy in the film The Last Picture Show. Then came to L.A. to loop The Last Picture Show and never returned to Texas...

824 points

99. Kathy Cronkite

Actress | Network

Kathy Cronkite was born on September 5, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Mary Kathleen Cronkite. She is an actress, known for Network (1976), The Waltons (1972) and The Trial of Billy Jack (1974). She was previously married to William Forsyth Ikard and Mark Robert Stewart.

823 points

100. Ted Eccles

Wag the Dog

Ted Eccles began his entertainment career as a child actor appearing in dozens of movies and television shows including, "My Six Loves", "In Cold Blood", "My Side of The Mountain", "The Lucy Show", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Lassie", "The Munsters", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Daniel Boone", "My ...

821 points