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(1916- ) Born December 9,
Amsterdam, New York, USA |
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"Once
quoted as saying "I've made a career of playing sons of bitches," Kirk
Douglas is considered by many to be the epitome of the Hollywood hard
man. In addition to acting in countless films over the course of his
long career, Douglas has served as a director and producer, and will
forever be associated with his role in helping to put an end to the
infamous Hollywood black list."
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Key Films
Out of the Past (1947), Ace in the Hole
(1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Paths of Glory (1957), Spartacus (1960)
Key Directors
Vincente Minnelli,
Stanley Kubrick,
Richard
Fleischer Links
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Faye Dunaway |
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Leading Player |
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14, Bascom, Florida, USA |
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"As
the co-star of the landmark Bonnie and
Clyde,
actress Faye Dunaway helped usher in a new golden era in American
filmmaking, going on to appear in several of the greatest films of the
1970s.... Dunaway was virtually unknown when she accepted the role of
the notorious gangster Bonnie Parker opposite
Warren Beatty in
Arthur Penn's 1967 crime saga
Bonnie and Clyde.
The picture was an unqualified success, one of the most influential
films of the era, and she had become a star seemingly overnight."
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970), Chinatown (1974), Three
Days of the Condor (1975), Network (1976)
Key Directors
Arthur Penn,
Richard Lester
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Robert
Duvall |
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Diego, California, USA |
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"One
of Hollywood's most distinguished, popular, and versatile actors, Robert
Duvall possesses a rare gift for totally immersing himself in his
roles... He worked with some of the greatest directors over the years.
This included a long association with
Francis Ford Coppola,
for whom he worked in two Godfather movies (in 1972 and 1974)
and Apocalypse Now (1979)."
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Key Films
The Godfather Part II (1972), Network (1976),
Apocalypse Now (1979), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984)
Key Directors
Francis Ford Coppola Links
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Clint Eastwood |
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Leading Player |
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(1930- ) Born May 31, San
Francisco, California, USA |
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"With
his rugged good looks and icon status,
Clint Eastwood
was long one of the few actors whose name on a movie marquee could
guarantee a hit. Less well-known for a long time (at least until he won
the Academy Award as Best Director for Unforgiven), was the
fact that
Eastwood
was also a producer/director, with an enviable record of successes."
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw
Josey Wales (1976), Unforgiven (1992), The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Key Directors
Himself,
Don Siegel,
Sergio Leone Links
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Henry
Fonda |
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Leading Player |
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(1905-1982) Born May 16, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA |
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"One
of the cinema's most enduring actors, Henry Fonda enjoyed a highly
successful career spanning close to a half century. Most often in
association with director
John Ford,
he starred in many of the finest films of Hollywood's golden era...
Fonda majored in journalism in college, and worked as an office boy
before pursuing an interest in acting."
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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940),
My Darling Clementine (1946), 12
Angry Men (1957), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Key Directors
John Ford,
Sidney Lumet,
Otto Preminger
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Harrison Ford |
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Leading Player |
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13, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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"If
Harrison Ford had listened to the advice of studio heads early in his
career, he would have remained a carpenter and never gone on to star in
some of Hollywood's biggest films and become one of the industry's most
bankable stars... The early '80s elevated Ford to major stardom with the
combined impact of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and his
portrayal of action-adventure hero Indiana Jones in Raiders of the
Lost Ark (1981)."
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Films
Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of
the Lost Ark (1981), Blade Runner (1982), Witness (1985)
Key Directors
Steven Spielberg,
George
Lucas,
Peter Weir
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Leading Player |
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"The
most popular French actor of the prewar era, Jean Gabin was the essence
of world-weary stoicism; a classic antihero, his characters ran the
gamut of society's victims and losers, outsiders damaged by life and
with no hope of survival. Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé on May 17, 1904, in
Mériel, France, he was the son of professional cabaret performers, and
raised by relatives in the country."
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Pépé le Moko (1936), La Grande illusion (1937), La Bête
humaine (1938), Le
Jour se lève (1939), French Cancan (1955)
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Directors
Jean Renoir,
Julien Duvivier,
Henri Verneuil
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Vittorio
Gassman |
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September 1, Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
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"One
of the most popular and versatile stars in Italy for over 40 years,
handsome, flamboyant Vittorio Gassman has found tremendous success on
stage and screen as an actor... Before making his film debut in the 1946
Preludio d'Amore,
Gassman had established himself as a major stage star, having appeared
in some 40 productions; he specialized in classical plays."
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Bitter Rice (1948), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), Il
Sorpasso (1963), Scent of a Woman (1974), We All Loved Each
Other So Much (1974)
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Directors
Dino Risi,
Mario
Monicelli,
Ettore Scola
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April 14, South Kensington, London, England |
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"One
of the theatre's greatest legends, Sir John Gielgud spent almost 80 of
the 96 years of his life appearing in countless plays that saw him
portray every major Shakespearean role. The last surviving member of a
generation of classical actors that included
Laurence Olivier,
Peggy Ashcroft, and Ralph Richardson, Gielgud worked up to a month
before his death, performing in over 50 films and numerous television
productions when he wasn't busy with his stage work."
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Chimes at Midnight (1966), Providence (1977), The Elephant Man
(1980), Gandhi (1982), Richard III (1955)
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Directors
Otto Preminger
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October 14, Springfield, Ohio, USA |
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"The
First Lady of the Silent Screen, Lillian Gish was the movie
industry's first true actress. A pioneer of fundamental film performing
techniques, she was the first star to recognize the many crucial
differences between acting for the stage and acting for the screen, and
while her contemporaries painted their performances in broad, dramatic
strokes, Gish delivered finely etched, nuanced turns carrying a stunning
emotional impact."
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The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms
(1919), The Wind (1928), The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Key Directors
D.W. Griffith,
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Leading Player |
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January 18, Bristol, England |
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"After
acting in Broadway musicals, Grant was signed in 1932 by Paramount
Pictures to be built into leading-man material... A bit stiff-necked but
undeniably sexy, Grant vaulted to stardom, though Paramount continued
wasting his potential in second rate films... Seemingly growing
handsomer and more charming as he got older, Grant retained his stardom
into the 1960s."
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Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940),
Notorious (1946), North by Northwest (1959)
Key Directors
Howard Hawks,
Alfred
Hitchcock,
Stanley Donen
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Leading Player |
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April 2, Marylebone, London, England |
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"A
member of a generation of British actors that included
Sir Laurence Olivier and Ralph
Richardson, Sir Alec Guinness possessed an astonishing versatility that
was amply displayed over the course of his 66-year career. Dubbed "the
outstanding poet of anonymity" by fellow actor Peter Ustinov, Guinness
was a consummate performer, effortlessly portraying characters that
ranged from eight members of the same family to an aging Jedi master."
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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The
Ladykillers (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Key Directors
David Lean,
Alexander
Mackendrick,
Robert Hamer
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January 30, San Bernardino, California, USA |
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"A
remarkably prolific and versatile talent, Gene Hackman was a successful
character actor whose uncommon abilities and smart career choices
ultimately made him a most unlikely leading man. In the tradition of
Spencer Tracy, he excelled as an Everyman, consistently delivering
intelligent, natural performances which established him among the most
respected and well-liked stars of his era."
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The French Connection (1971), The
Conversation (1974), Eureka (1981), Unforgiven (1992), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Key Directors
Arthur Penn,
John
Frankenheimer
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February 10, Washington, DC, USA |
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"Bolstering
his acting income with odd jobs as a newspaperman and itinerant inventor
(at one point he considered becoming an osteopath!), Hale finally
enjoyed a measure of security as a much-in-demand character actor in the
1920s, usually as hard-hearted villains... Talkies made Hale more
popular than ever, especially in his many roles as Irishmen, blusterers
and "best pals" for Warner Bros."
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Happened One Night (1934), Stella Dallas (1937), The Adventures
of Robin Hood (1938), Pursued (1947),
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Key Directors
Michael Curtiz,
Raoul Walsh
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May 4, Brussels, Belgium |
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"Magical
screen presence, fashion arbiter, shrine to good taste, and tireless
crusader for children's rights, Audrey Hepburn has become one of the
most enduring screen icons of the twentieth century. Best-known for her
film roles in Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady,
Roman Holiday and Charade, Hepburn epitomized a
waif-like glamour, combining charm, effervescence, and grace."
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Roman Holiday (1953), War and Peace (1956), Funny Face (1957),
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), My Fair Lady (1964)
Key Directors
Stanley
Donen,
William
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12, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
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"I'm a personality as well
as an actress," Katharine Hepburn once declared. "Show me an actress who
isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star."
Hepburn's bold, distinctive personality was apparent almost from birth.
She inherited from her doctor father and suffragette mother her three
most pronounced traits: an open and ever-expanding mind, a healthy body,
and an inability to tell anything less than the truth."
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Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938), The
Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), The African Queen (1951)
Key Directors
George Cukor,
George Stevens Links
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October 4, Evanston, Illinois, USA |
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"Steely
jawed, hard bodied, terse in speech, Charlton Heston was an American
man's man, an epic unto himself. While he played modern men, he was at
his best when portraying larger-than-life figures from world history,
preferably with his shirt off... Heston began developing his persona of
an unflinching hero with a piercing blue-eyed stare and unbending,
self-righteous Middle American ethics."
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The Ten Commandments (1956), Touch of Evil (1958), Ben-Hur
(1959), El Cid (1961), Planet of the Apes (1968)
Key Directors
Franklin
J. Schaffner,
William Wyler,
Cecil B. DeMille
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8, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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"The
emergence of Dustin Hoffman in 1967 heralded the arrival of a new era of
Hollywood stardom. Diminutive, wiry and unassuming, he was anything but
the usual matinee idol, yet he quickly distinguished himself among the
most popular and celebrated screen performers of his generation. A
notoriously difficult talent famous for his battles with directors as
well as his total immersion in his performances, Hoffman further battled
against stereotypes by accepting roles which cast him firmly as an
antihero"
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Key Films The Graduate (1967),
Midnight Cowboy (1969), Straw Dogs (1971), All the President's
Men (1976), Tootsie (1982)
Key Directors
Barry Levinson,
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April 17, O'Fallon, Illinois, USA |
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"Spotted
by a talent scout during a stage production at Pasadena Junior College,
Holden was signed by both Paramount and Columbia, who would share his
contract for the next two decades. After one bit role, Holden was thrust
into the demanding leading part of boxer Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy
(1939)."
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Key Films Sunset Blvd. (1950), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957), The Wild Bunch (1969), Network (1976)
Key Directors
Billy Wilder
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Dennis Hopper |
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& Character Player |
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17, Dodge City, Kansas, USA |
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"The
odyssey of
Dennis Hopper
has been one of Hollywood's longest, strangest trips. A onetime teen
performer, he went through a series of career metamorphoses — studio
pariah, rebel filmmaker, drug casualty, and comeback kid — before
finally settling comfortably into the role of character actor par
excellence, with a rogues' gallery of killers and freaks unmatched in
psychotic intensity and demented glee."
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Rider (1969), The American Friend (1977), Rumble Fish (1983), Blue Velvet (1986),
Speed (1994) Key Directors
Himself,
Henry Hathaway,
Francis Ford Coppola Links
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Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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"Few
actors were more beloved of audiences across multiple generations — and
from more different fields of entertainment — than Edward Everett
Horton. For almost 70 years, his work delighted theatergoers on two
coasts (and a lot of the real estate in between) and movie audiences,
first in the silents and then in the talkies, where he quickly became a
familiar supporting player and then a second lead, often essaying
comically nervous "fuddy-duddy" parts."
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Trouble in Paradise (1932), Design for Living (1933), Top Hat (1935),
The Devil is a Woman (1935), Angel (1937)
Key Directors
Ernst Lubitsch,
Frank Capra,
Mark Sandrich
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November 17, Winnetka, Illinois, USA |
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"A
favorite of teen-oriented fan magazines, Hudson ascended to stardom, his
films gradually reaching the A-list category with such important
releases as Magnificent Obsession (1954) and Battle Hymn
(1957)... Hudson's career took a giant leap forward in 1959 when he was
cast in Pillow Talk, the first of several profitable
co-starring gigs with Doris Day."
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All That Heaven Allows (1955), Giant (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1958),
Pillow Talk (1959), Seconds (1966)
Key Directors
Douglas Sirk,
Anthony Mann
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Player |
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15, Stockholm, Sweden |
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"A
longtime friend of Swedish filmmaker
Ingmar Bergman,
actor Erland Josephson starred in six of
the director's best films, including
The Passion of Anna (1970),
Cries and Whispers
(1972), Scenes From a Marriage
(1973), and Fanny and Alexander
(1982). In these films and others, the aristocratic Josephson came to
embody one type of Bergman protagonist: the modern neurotic man, aloof,
introspective, and thoroughly self-centered."
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Hour of the Wolf (1967), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Nostalghia (1983), The Sacrifice (1986)
Key Directors
Ingmar Bergman,
Andrei
Tarkovsky Links
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October 4, Piqua, Kansas, USA |
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"Although
his career lacked the resilience of
Charlie Chaplin
and Laurel and Hardy,
Buster Keaton may well have been the
most gifted comedian to emerge from the cinema's silent era. And while
his skills as a gag writer and physical comic were remarkable,
Keaton
was one clown whose understanding of the film medium was just as great
as his talent for taking a pratfall."
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Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Navigator (1924), The General (1926),
The Cameraman (1928), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Key Directors
Himself,
Eddie
Cline Links
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13, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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"Sporting
a Brooklyn accent and bulldog features, Harvey Keitel first gained recognition with a
series of gritty roles in the early films of
Martin Scorsese,
and he was for a long time cast as one lowlife thug after another. His
career experienced a renaissance in the 1990s, when roles in such films
as Thelma & Louise, Bad Lieutenant, and The Piano
demonstrated his versatility and his willingness to let it all hang out
(literally) in the service of an authentic characterization."
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Mean Streets (1973), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Reservoir
Dogs (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), The Piano (1993)
Key Directors
Martin Scorsese,
Quentin
Tarantino,
Ridley Scott Links
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Leading Player |
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November 2, New York, New York, USA |
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"Rugged,
athletic, and handsome, Burt Lancaster enjoyed phenomenal success from
his first film, The Killers, to his last, Field of Dreams
— over a career spanning more than four decades. Boasting an
impressively wide range, he delivered thoughtful, sensitive performances
across a spectrum of genres: from film noir to Westerns to melodrama, he
commanded the screen with a presence and power matched by only a handful
of stars."
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From Here to Eternity (1953),
Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Leopard (1963), 1900 (1976), Local Hero (1983) Key Directors
John Frankenheimer,
Robert Aldrich,
Robert Siodmak
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Charles Laughton |
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Leading Player |
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(1899-1962) Born
July 1, Victoria Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
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"Tortured
but brilliant British actor
Charles Laughton's
unique performances made him a compelling performer both on stage and in
film. After starting his career as an hotel manager, Laughton switched
to acting. His performances in London's West End plays brought him early
acclaim, which eventually led him to the Old Vic, Broadway and
Hollywood."
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The Old Dark House (1932), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), This Land is Mine (1943),
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Key Directors
Alexander
Korda Links
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Leading &
Character Player |
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5, Paris, France |
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"In
addition to his many
Truffaut assignments, Léaud was also a
regular in the films of
Jean-Luc Godard,
including Masculin/Feminin (1966), for which he won the Berlin
Festival award for Best Actor. In addition, he co-starred in
Bernardo Bertolucci's
Last Tango in Paris (1972) with Marlon Brando and Maria
Schneider. On occasion, Léaud has functioned as assistant director for
his starring films."
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Key Films
The 400 Blows (1959), Masculin Feminin (1966), Stolen Kisses (1968), Two
English Girls (1972), The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Key Directors
Jean-Luc Godard,
François
Truffaut,
Jacques Rivette
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February 18, Newton, Massachusetts, USA |
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"A
private school-educated everyman who could play outrageous comedy and
wrenching tragedy, Jack Lemmon burst onto the movie scene as a 1950s
Columbia contract player and remained a beloved star until his death in
2001. Whether through humor or pathos, he excelled at illuminating the
struggles of average men against a callous world; as director
Billy Wilder
once noted, "There was a little bit of genius in everything he did."
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Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Avanti! (1972), Missing (1982),
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Key Directors
Billy Wilder,
Blake Edwards,
Robert Altman
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Leading Player |
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27, Hong Kong |
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"Leung's
relaxed charm and matinee-idol looks make it easy to overlook the
complexity of his performances. His most memorable ones are the result
of working with directors attuned to his talent for suggesting the
conflicted inner lives of his characters through introspective silences
and subtle gestures. In
Hou's
Flowers of Shanghai and Anh Hung Tran's Cyclo, entire
scenes seem to revolve around his melancholy, nearly wordless
performances."
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Key Films
Hard-Boiled (1992), Chungking Express (1994),
Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004)
Key Directors
Wong Kar-wai,
Hou Hsiao-hsien,
John Woo
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1,000 Greatest Films |
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Karl Malden |
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Leading Player |
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(1912-2009) Born
March 22, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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"While
not a prime candidate for stardom with his oversized nose and bullhorn
voice, Malden attended Chicago's Goodman Dramatic School, then moved to
New York, where he made his Broadway bow in 1937... For much of his film
career, Malden was assigned roles that called for excesses of ham; even
his Oscar-nominated performance in On
the Waterfront (1954) was decidedly "Armour
Star" in concept and execution."
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Key Films
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Ruby Gentry (1952), On the
Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), Patton (1970)
Key Directors
Elia Kazan Links
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Lee Marvin |
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Leading Player |
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(1924-1987) Born
February 19, New York, New York, USA |
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"Much
like Humphrey Bogart before him, Lee Marvin rose through the ranks of
movie stardom as a character actor, delivering expertly nasty and
villainous turns in a series of B-movies before finally graduating to
more heroic performances. Regardless of which side of the law he
traveled, however, he projected a tough-as-nails intensity and a
two-fisted integrity which elevated even the slightest material."
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Key Films
Seven Men from Now (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962),
The Dirty Dozen (1967), Point Blank (1967), The Big Red One (1980)
Key Directors
John Boorman,
Robert Aldrich,
John Ford
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James Mason |
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Leading
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May 15, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
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"Lending
his mellifluous voice and regal mien to more than 100 films, British
actor James Mason built a long career playing assorted villains,
military men, and rather dubious romantic leads. Though the quality of
his films ranged from the superb A Star Is Born (1954) and
The Reckless Moment (1949) to the ultra-trashy Bloodline
(1979), Mason always left an indelible impression."
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Key Films
Odd Man Out (1947), The Reckless Moment (1949), A Star is Born (1954), Bigger Than Life (1956),
Lolita (1962) Key
Directors
Max Ophüls,
Sidney Lumet,
Joseph L.
Mankiewicz
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● Appears in 7 of the
1,000 Greatest Films |
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