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Joan Plowright

actressBorn: 10/28/1929Birthplace: Brigg, England A stage actress of distinction, Plowright has performed most of the major roles in the classical theater repertoire. She made her screen debut in…

Tim Roth

actorBorn: 5/14/1961Birthplace: London, England An actor who has primarily appeared in foreign and independent films such as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) and Rosencrantz and…

Mare Winningham

actress, singerBorn: 5/6/1959Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona Winningham's feature film debut was in One-Trick Pony (1980), but her show business debut was on The Gong Show at the age of 17, where she…

Renee Zellweger

actressBorn: 4/25/1969Birthplace: Katy, Texas Zellweger graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, where she earned a B.A. in English. She gained critical notice in 1996 with roles in Jerry…

Ian Bannen

actorBorn: 6/29/1928Birthplace: Airdrie, Scotland After an early career with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1951–54) and several critically acclaimed appearances in plays by Eugene O'Neill, Bannen…

Mercedes Ruehl

actressBorn: 2/28/1948Birthplace: Queens, New York Ruehl made a big splash as a gun-toting mafia moll in Married to the Mob (1988) and received an Oscar as best supporting actress for her role in…

Paul Hogan

actorBorn: 10/8/1939Birthplace: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia Actor who had been active in the Austrailian entertainment industry for years before coming to the attention of American…

Ridley Scott

director, producerBorn: 11/30/1937Birthplace: South Shields, England Scott began directing programs for the BBC in the 1960s and formed a production company that turned out a number of award-…

Oliver Hardy

(Norvell Hardy)actorBorn: 1/18/1892Birthplace: Harlem, Georgia The portly half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team, he and Stan Laurel made more than 110 films together over some twenty years.…

Lana Turner

(Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner)actressBorn: 2/8/1921Birthplace: Wallace, Idaho The legendary Turner was “discovered” while sipping soda at Schwab's Drugstore on Sunset Boulevard and, after…