Superman 1978 premiere

1. Christopher Reeve

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...

2. Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Producer | Mary, Mother of Jesus

Eunice Kennedy Shriver was born on July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer, known for Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Westside Special Olympics (WSO) Games (1976) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). She was married to Sargent Shriver. She died on August 11, 2009 in Cape Cod, ...

3. Patricia Kennedy

Self | V.I.P.-Schaukel

Patricia Kennedy was born on May 6, 1924 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Peter Lawford. She died on September 17, 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.

4. Barbara Walters

Producer | The Barbara Walters Special

Barbara Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976), The View (1997) and 20/20 (1978). She was married to Merv Adelson, Lee Guber and Robert Henry Katz. She died on December 30, 2022 in ...

5. Gene Hackman

Actor | The French Connection

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...

6. Glenn Ford

Actor | Gilda

Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school...

7. Jimmy Carter

Actor | The American President

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to...

8. Rosalynn Carter

Americans

Rosalynn Carter was born on August 18, 1927 in Plains, Georgia, USA. She is known for Americans (1978), The American Sportsman (1965) and PBS NewsHour (1975). She was married to Jimmy Carter. She died on November 19, 2023 in Plains, Georgia, USA.

9. Amy Carter

Self | ABC Evening News

Amy Carter was born on October 19, 1967 in Plains, Georgia, USA. She has been married to Jay Kelly since 2007. They have one child. She was previously married to James Wentzel.

10. Edward Kennedy

Self | The Bob Braun Show

11. Sargent Shriver

Self | Jack: The Last Kennedy Film

One of America's greatest unsung leaders. Sargent Shriver was not only George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election, but also served at one time as the Ambassador to France (1968-1970). In addition, he was the first to head up the Peace Corps, served as the first director of the...

12. Pelé

Actor | Victory

Simply he was, and for many people still is, the greatest football player of the world. Not a single thing was impossible for him: he won three World Cups with his National Team of Brazil (Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970). He scored more than 1.200 goals during his long career (more than 1.300...

13. Ron Guidry

Self | 1980 American League Championship Series

Ron Guidry was born on August 28, 1950 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. He has been married to Bonnie Rutledge since September 23, 1972. They have three children.

14. Bert Jones

Actor | Miller Lite: Tastes Great, Less Filling

Bert Jones is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and The Los Angeles Rams. At Ruston High School in Ruston, Louisiana, he was given the nickname, "The Ruston Rifle." Jones played college football at Louisiana State ...

15. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

16. Ethel Kennedy

Actress | Cheers

Ethel Kennedy was born on April 11, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Cheers (1982), Ethel (2012) and The American Sportsman (1965). She was previously married to Robert F. Kennedy.

17. Ted Kennedy

Actor | Chicago Hope

Edward Moore Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on February 22, 1932. His parents were Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy. He was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. "Ted" Kennedy graduated Harvard University in 1956 and the University of ...

18. Caroline Kennedy

Actress | Poetry in America with Elisa New

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957 in New York. Her parents were John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. In 1960, John "Jack" Kennedy won the Presidential Election. So on February 4, 1961 three year old Caroline moved into the White House. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. ...

19. Art Buchwald

Writer | Playtime

Art Buchwald was born on October 20, 1925 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Playtime (1967), Surprise Package (1960) and Hallo Nachbarn! (1963). He was married to Ann McGarry. He died on January 17, 2007 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

20. Margot Kidder

Actress | Superman

Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...

21. Phyllis Thaxter

Actress | Superman

This warm and winning, very non-theatrical brunette was born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter in Portland, Maine, on November 20, 1919. The daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Thaxter, her acting talent came from her mother's side, who was a one-time Shakespearean actress. Phyllis was educated ...

22. Marc McClure

Actor | Back to the Future

Marc McClure was born on March 31, 1957 in San Mateo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Back to the Future (1985), Superman (1978) and Apollo 13 (1995). He has been married to Carol Courson Cowley since August 16, 1985. They have one child.

23. Richard Donner

Director | Superman

Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...

24. Pierre Spengler

Producer | Superman

Pierre Spengler started in the industry in 1964 on the film Paris Secret and went on working as an assistant director, assistant editor and a production assistant on such major films as The Madwoman of Chaillot starring Katharine Hepburn (1968), LE MANS starring Steve Mc Queen (1969) and The Light ...

25. Ilya Salkind

Producer | Superman

Ilya Salkind was born in Mexico City, and grew up in the world of motion pictures. At the age of one, Ilya was photographed sitting on the lap of Zsa Zsa Gabor. His grandfather, Michael Salkind, was one of the pioneers of silent films and produced The Joyless Street (1925) (aka "The Joyless Street"...

26. Joe Shuster

Writer | Superman

Joe Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At age 9 he and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he met and befriended his future partner Jerome "Jerry" Siegel. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that ...

27. Michael O'Donoghue

Writer | Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

Michael O'Donoghue was born on January 5, 1940 in Sauquoit, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Manhattan (1979). He was married to Cheryl Hardwick and Janice Bickel. He died on November 8, 1994 in New York City, New York...

28. Gae Exton

Self | The 50th Anniversary Gala for USC's Film Department

Mother, with Christopher Reeve, of son Matthew Reeve and daughter Alexandra Reeve.

29. Dick Cavett

Actor | Forrest Gump

Yale-educated Dick Cavett established his reputation as the most erudite of American talk show hosts in the late 1960s and early '70s. Although there were many contenders who took on Johnny Carson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of late-night TV, Cavett generally was considered the most ...

30. Alan Greenspan

Self | The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman

After school, he began studying economics at New York University, which he completed first with a bachelor's degree (1948) and then a master's degree (1950). In 1977 he subsequently completed his doctorate at the same university. At the beginning of the 1950s, Greenspan began working as a financial...

31. Deidre Hall

Actress | Days of Our Lives

Deidre Hall has emerged as one of America's most beloved actresses, who delighted her fans in August 1991, when she returned to NBC-TV's number one daytime program, Days of Our Lives (1965). Hall created the role of "Dr. Marlena Evans" in 1976, a character whose popularity has created a furor and a...

32. David Sheehan

Producer | Pippin: His Life and Times

In 1970, David Sheehan was the first entertainment reporter and critic on a news broadcast in the history of television. Sheehan wrote, produced and hosted the most successful o-t-o (one time only) syndicated special in the history of television: Academy Awards Movie Magic, airing in 96.544% of the...

33. Maria Shriver

Actress | Last Action Hero

Maria Shriver was born on November 6, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Last Action Hero (1993), Still Alice (2014) and Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert (2014). She was previously married to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

34. Roger Mudd

Writer | CBS Reports

Roger Mudd was born on February 9, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for CBS Reports (1959), Time Machine: True Stories of the NYPD (2000) and Empires of Industry (1997). He was married to Emma Jeanne Spears. He died on March 9, 2021 in McLean, Virginia...

35. Henry Kissinger

Tomorrow Never Dies

Heinz Alfred grew up in his hometown, where he attended school. When the persecution of the Jewish population in Germany intensified as a result of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in January 1933, he emigrated to the USA with his parents Paula Stern and Ludwig Kissinger in 1938. Kissinger attended ...

36. Nancy Kissinger

Self | Good Morning America

Nancy Kissinger was born on April 13, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. She was previously married to Henry Kissinger.