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...Or
the 100 Most Fortunate Actors in Film History? |
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Current Version:
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"Hollywood is where they shoot
too many pictures and not enough actors." - Walter Winchell |
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° The Shooting
Gallery is a list - we've put together - of the 100 most important (or is that most
fortunate?) film actors of all-time. These are the screen performers
that most often wound up in classic films in either leading roles or in
character parts. It's fair to say that the reward (artistically, that
is) for striking up lasting working relationships with better filmmakers
is high indeed. Not the least of which is an appearance on this list.
Would Robert De Niro, for example, be on this list if it was not for Scorsese?
What about John Wayne (if not for Ford?) Or Toshiro Mifune (if not for
Kurosawa?) Or Charlie Chaplin (if not for Charles Chaplin?) |
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° In summary, this
list does not represent box-office clout, it does not represent those
who became or are becoming obscenely rich and it certainly does not
represent those whose faces have been on the most billboards or magazine
covers. It instead represents those 100 performers that have graced and
- more often than not - embellished the world's finest movies and
therefore have stuck in the hearts and minds of most hardened
cineastes/cinephiles.
Of course, in many cases, fame, fortune and artistic credibility have gone hand in
hand. The Shooting Gallery is presented in alphabetical order, and
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Woody
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(1935- ) Born December 1,
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"Actor, director,
screenwriter, and playwright
Woody Allen redefined film comedy during
the 1970s, bringing a new measure of sophistication and personal
complexity to the form. His movies — intimate meditations on recurring
subjects such as art, religion, and romance — put a knowing,
confessional spin on the anxieties of contemporary audiences,
telescoping their fears and concerns through his own mordantly neurotic
onscreen persona." -
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Films Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979),
Zelig (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989) Key
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Dana Andrews |
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(1909-1992) Born January 1, Covington County, Mississippi, USA |
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"Andrews
bided his time in supporting roles until the wartime shortage of leading
men promoted him to stardom. His matter-of-fact, dead pan acting style
was perfectly suited to such roles as the innocent lynching victim in
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943) and laconic city detective Mark McPherson in
Laura
(1944)."
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Laura (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt (1956), While the City Sleeps (1956), Night of the
Demon (1957) Key
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Otto Preminger,
Fritz Lang,
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Martin Balsam |
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(1919-1996) Born November 4, Bronx, New York, USA |
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"Working
steadily if not profitably in nightclubs and TV, Balsam made his first
film, the Actors Studio-dominated
On the Waterfront,
in 1954. Averaging a movie and/or a play a year starting in 1957 (among
his best-known film roles were Juror #1 in
12 Angry Men
[1957] and the unfortunate detective Arbogast in
Psycho
[1960]), Balsam went on to win a Tony for the Broadway play
I Know You Can't Hear Me When the Water's Running."
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On the Waterfront (1954), 12 Angry Men (1957), Psycho (1960),
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), All the President's Men (1976)
Key
Directors
Sidney Lumet Links
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Lionel Barrymore |
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(1878-1954) Born April 28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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"Like
his younger brother John, American actor Lionel Barrymore wanted more
than anything to be an artist. But a member of the celebrated Barrymore
family was expected to enter the family trade, so Lionel reluctantly
launched an acting career. Not as attractive as John or sister Ethel, he
was most effectively cast in character roles - villains, military
officers, fathers - even in his youth."
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Camille (1936), Captains Courageous (1937), You Can't Take it with
You (1938), Duel in the Sun (1946), It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Directors
George Cukor,
D.W. Griffith,
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Jean-Paul Belmondo |
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April 9, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
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"Once
a key face of the French New Wave and one of the most famous actors in
French film, Jean-Paul Belmondo strayed from his art cinema roots and
morphed into a prolific, bankable action comedy star from the mid-'60s
on. The son of a sculptor, Belmondo spent his high school years as more
of an athlete than an artist, but he decided that acting was his calling
by the time he reached his twenties."
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femme (1961), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le fou (1965), Stavisky
(1974)
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Jean-Luc Godard,
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Ingrid Bergman |
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(1915-1982) Born August 29,
Stockholm, Sweden |
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"Famed
for her saintly, natural beauty, Ingrid Bergman was the most popular
actress of the 1940s; admired equally by audiences and critics...
Bergman's fresh-scrubbed Nordic beauty set her squarely apart from the
stereotypical movie starlet, and quickly both Hollywood executives and
audiences became enchanted with her."
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Key Films
Casablanca (1942), Notorious (1946), Stromboli (1949), Europa '51
(1951), Voyage in Italy (1953) Key
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Roberto Rossellini,
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Juliette Binoche |
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(1964- ) Born March 9,
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"An
international star of extraordinary, almost otherworldly beauty...
Binoche first earned recognition in 1985 for playing a modernized,
teenaged version of the Virgin Mary in
Jean-Luc Godard's controversial Je
Vous Salue, Marie (Hail Mary). The actress became a bona
fide French star the same year with an acclaimed performance in
André Téchiné's
Rendez-Vous."
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Three Colours: Blue (1993),
Code Unknown (2000), Caché (2005) Key
Directors
Krszystof
Kieslowski,
Lèos Carax,
Michael Haneke
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Humphrey Bogart |
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"The
quintessential tough guy, Humphrey Bogart remains one of Hollywood's
most enduring legends and one of the most beloved stars of all time.
While a major celebrity during his own lifetime, Bogart's appeal has
grown almost exponentially in the years following his death, and his
inimitable onscreen persona — hard-bitten, cynical, and enigmatic —
continues to cast a monumental shadow over the motion picture landscape."
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The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942),
To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), The
Treasure of the Sierre Madre (1948)
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Directors John Huston,
Michael Curtiz,
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(1903-1960) Born April 9,
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"American
actor Ward Bond was a football player at the University of Southern
California when, together with teammate and lifelong chum John Wayne, he
was hired for extra work in the silent film Salute (1928),
directed by John Ford.
Both Bond and Wayne continued in films, but it was Wayne who ascended to
stardom, while Bond would have to be content with bit roles and
character parts."
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My Darling Clementine (1946), The Quiet Man (1952), Johnny Guitar (1954),
The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959) Key Directors
John Ford,
Howard
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Hamden, Connecticut, USA |
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"With
a receding hairline, broad, jowly face, caterpillar eyebrows, bulgy
eyes, and an incongruent but charming gap-toothed grin, versatile
veteran actor Ernest Borgnine's resemblance to a pug dog pretty much
relegated him to character roles, but occasionally he was given the
opportunity to play leads, and when he did, proved himself a powerful
performer."
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Johnny Guitar (1954), The Dirty Dozen
(1967), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Escape from New York (1981)
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Marlon
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(1924-2004) Born April 3,
Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
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"Marlon
Brando was quite simply one of the most celebrated and influential
screen and stage actors of the postwar era; he rewrote the rules of
performing, and nothing was ever the same again. Brooding, lusty, and
intense, his greatest contribution was popularizing Method acting, a
highly interpretive performance style which brought unforeseen
dimensions of power and depth to the craft."
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),
On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972),
Last Tango in Paris (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979)
Key Directors
Elia
Kazan,
Francis Ford Coppola,
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(1894-1974) Born July 25,
Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA |
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"Brennan
joined the front rank of leading character actors, except that, unlike
most of them, he could convincingly play a vast range of roles. His
ethnic portrayals, however, gradually tapered off as Brennan took on
parts geared specifically for him... Remaining one of the top supporting
actors in Hollywood into the 1950s, Brennan's name actually lent some
box-office allure"
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To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River
(1948), The Far Country (1955), Rio Bravo (1959)
Key Directors
Howard
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Fritz Lang,
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(1949- ) Born December 4,
Los Angeles, California, USA |
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"After
serving in the Coast Guard reserve, the budding actor studied acting at
the Herbert Berghof school. While older brother Beau was developing into
a character player, Bridges, thanks in equal parts to his ability and
ruggedly handsome looks, became a bona fide leading man. He had his
first major success with a leading role in
Peter Bogdanovich's The Last
Picture Show."
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Key Films
The Last Picture Show (1971), Fat City (1972), Cutter's Way (1981),
Tron (1982), The Big Lebowski (1998)
Key Directors
Michael Cimino Links
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March 14, Rotherhithe, London, England |
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"Icon
of British cool in the 1960s, leading action star in the late '70s, and
knighted into official respectability in 1993, Michael Caine has enjoyed
a long, varied, and enviably prolific career. Although he played a part
in some notable cinematic failures, particularly during the 1980s, Caine
remains one of the most established performers in the business, serving
as a role model for actors and filmmakers young and old."
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The Ipcress File (1965),
Get Carter (1971), The Man Who Would Be King
(1975), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The Dark
Knight (2008) Key Directors
Christopher Nolan,
John Huston,
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April 15, Tunis, Tunisia |
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"Emerging
in the wake of Sophia Loren's international success, Claudia Cardinale
was originally touted as Italy's answer to Brigitte Bardot; while never
attaining a measure of global stardom comparable to either performer,
she nevertheless proved herself a highly capable actress, working with
many of the most renowned filmmakers in world cinema."
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Rocco and His Brothers (1960),
8½ (1963), The Leopard (1963), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Fitzcarraldo (1982) Key Directors
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"Ford
saw to it that the younger Carey was given a starring
assignment (along with another of the director's proteges, Ben Johnson),
in Wagonmaster (1950). Though he handled this assignment
nicely, exuding an appealing earnest boyishness, Carey wasn't quite
ready for stardom so far as the Hollywood "higher-ups" were concerned,
so he settled for supporting roles, mostly in westerns."
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Red River (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949),
Wagon Master (1950), The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959) Key Directors
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"Though
best known to modern filmgoers as a horror star, cadaverous John
Carradine was, in his prime, one of the most versatile character actors
on the silver screen... He came to Hollywood in 1930, where his
extensive talents and eccentric behavior almost immediately brought him
to the attention of casting directors."
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Stagecoach (1939), The Grapes of Wrath
(1940), Johnny Guitar (1954), The Court Jester (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
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John Ford,
Fritz Lang,
James Whale
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"The
first great screen comedian,
Charles Chaplin
was also one of the most gifted directors in history, in addition to
being a formidable talent as a writer and composer... After
D.W. Griffith,
Chaplin was the most
important filmmaker of the silent film era. Through his clear
understanding of film and its capabilities, and his constant
experimentation, he set most of the rules for screen comedy that are
still being followed, and his onscreen image remains one of the most
familiar."
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The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great
Dictator (1940), Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
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"One
of the few movie "superstars" truly worthy of the designation, actor
Sean Connery was born to a
middle-class Scottish family in the first year of the worldwide
Depression... Still a megastar in the 1990s, Sean Connery commanded one
of moviedom's highest salaries — not so much for his own ego-massaging
as for the good of his native Scotland, to which he continued to donate
a sizable chunk of his earnings."
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From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
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Terence Young,
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Helena, Montana, USA |
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"American
actor Gary Cooper was born on the
Montana ranch of his wealthy father, and educated in a prestigious
school in England — a dichotomy that may explain how the adult Cooper
was able to combine the ruggedness of the frontiersman with the poise of
a cultured gentleman. Injured in an auto accident while attending
Wesleyan College, he convalesced on his dad's ranch, perfecting the
riding skills that would see him through many a future Western film."
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Morocco (1930), Peter Ibbetson (1935), The Fountainhead (1949), High Noon (1952), Man of the West (1958)
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Cecil B. DeMille,
Henry Hathaway,
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"A
firmly established romantic lead by the early '40s,
Cotten occasionally stepped outside
his established screen image to play murderers (Alfred
Hitchcock's Shadow
of a Doubt [1943]) and surly drunkards (Under Capricorn
[1949]). A longtime contractee of David O. Selznick, Cotten won a
Venice Film Festival award for his performance in Selznick's
Portrait of Jennie (1948)."
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Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Shadow of a Doubt
(1943), Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Third Man (1949)
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Orson Welles,
Alfred Hitchcock,
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"An
Oscar-winning character actor whose career spanned three generations,
from the 1910s to the 1960s, Crisp was also unique as a director and,
before that, an assistant and colleague to such figures as
D.W. Griffith...
With the advent of sound, Crisp moved into acting entirely, and across
the 1930s and '40s he essayed a wide range of roles, most memorably as
the taciturn but loving father in
John
Ford's How Green Was My Valley (1941)."
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Broken Blossoms (1919), Wuthering Heights (1939), How Green Was My
Valley (1941), National Velvet (1944), The Man from Laramie (1955)
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John
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D.W. Griffith,
Michael Curtiz Links
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"An
actor whose name has become synonymous with all-American
testosterone-driven entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one of
Hollywood's brightest-shining golden boys. With black hair, blue eyes,
and unabashed cockiness, Cruise rode high on such hits as Top Gun
and Rain Man. Although his popularity dimmed slightly in the
early '90s, he was able to bounce back with a string of hits that
re-established him as both an action hero and a talented actor."
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Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996), Eyes Wide
Shut (1999), Magnolia (1999), Minority Report (2002)
Key Directors
Steven Spielberg,
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Appleton, Wisconsin, USA |
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"Known
for the darkly eccentric characters he often plays, Willem Dafoe is one
of the screen's more provocative and engaging actors. Strong-jawed and
wiry, he has commented that his looks make him ideal for playing the boy
next door — if you happen to live next door to a mausoleum."
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985),
Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart
(1990), Light Sleeper (1991)
Key Directors
Oliver Stone,
Martin Scorsese,
Paul Schrader Links
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"Dazzling
on-stage, Davis was signed to a contract by Universal in 1930. After an
unimpressive debut in Bad Sister in 1931, however, Davis was
out of work, but picked up by Warner Bros. soon thereafter. Davis
applied herself with white-hot intensity to becoming a star with that
company, and after a major role in the 1932 George Arliss vehicle
The Man Who Played God, a star she became."
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The Little Foxes (1941),
Now, Voyager (1942), All About Eve (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby
Jane? (1962), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965)
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William Wyler,
Robert Aldrich,
Irving Rapper
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New York, New York, USA |
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"Considered
the best actor of his generation, Robert De Niro has built a durable
star career out of his formidable ability to disappear into a character,
whether tempering his charisma to become a believable everyman or
imbuing his renowned gallery of mobsters and psychopaths with a
compelling, frightening authority."
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The Godfather Part II (1974),
Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Once Upon a Time in America (1984),
GoodFellas (1990) Key Directors
Martin Scorsese,
Brian
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Ulu Grosbard Links
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November 8, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
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"The
magnetic Alain Delon was among the most prominent French actors of the
postwar era; an exotically handsome performer, he sprung from offscreen
rumor and scandal to emerge as a uniquely enigmatic and sinister
talent... Despite mixed critical regard for his work, Delon was a
favorite among many of the era's most prominent filmmakers, and in 1962
he starred in
Michelangelo Antonioni's
brilliant L'Eclisse followed by a turn in
Visconti's
1963 masterpiece Il Gattopardo."
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Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Le
Samouraï (1967), The Red Circle (1970)
Key Directors
Jean-Pierre
Melville,
Luchino Visconti Links
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(1943- ) Born
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"A
model of Gallic elegance, cultivated lust object for art house filmgoers
everywhere, and one of the best-respected actresses in the French film
industry, Catherine Deneuve made her reputation playing a series of
beautiful ice maidens for directors such as
Luis Buñuel and
Roman Polanski."
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Key Films
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Repulsion (1965), Belle de jour
(1967), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968), Tristana (1970)
Key Directors
Luis Buñuel,
Jacques Demy,
Arnaud Desplechin Links
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● Appears in 5 of the
1,000 Greatest Films |
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● Appears in 4 of the
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Gérard Depardieu |
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(1948- ) Born
December 27, Châteauroux, Indre, France |
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"Despite
his unorthodox visage, Gérard Depardieu has made a profound mark on the
acting world, earning a recognition as one of Europe's most accomplished
performers and appealing leading men. Perhaps a contributor to his
consistently intense performances, Depardieu's childhood was one of
extreme poverty."
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Key Films
1900 (1976), Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980), The
Woman Next Door (1981), Danton (1982), Jean de Florette (1986)
Key Directors
Bertrand Blier,
Maurice Pialat,
François Truffaut Links
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● Appears in 3 of the
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Marlene
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(1901-1992) Born
December 27, Schoneberg, Germany |
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"At
the peak of her career in the 1930s, Marlene Dietrich was the screen's
highest-paid actress; moreover, she was also the very essence of
cinematic eroticism, a beguiling creature whose almost supernatural
allure established her among film's most enduring icons. While immensely
sensual, Dietrich's persona was also strangely androgynous; her fondness
for masculine attire not only spawned a fashion craze, it also created
an added dimension of sexual ambiguity which served to make her even
more magnetic."
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Key Films
The Blue Angel (1930), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The
Devil is a Woman (1935), Angel (1937), Touch of Evil (1958) Key Directors
Josef von Sternberg,
Billy
Wilder Links
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● Appears in 7 of the
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Kirk
Douglas |
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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
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● Appears in 7 of the
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Robert
Duvall |
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Leading
& Character Player |
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(1931- ) Born January 5, San
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 (1972), The Godfather Part II (1972), The Conversation
(1974), Network (1976),
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Key Directors
Francis Ford Coppola Links
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● Appears in 7 of the
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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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Key Films
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw
Josey Wales (1976), Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Key Directors
Himself,
Don Siegel,
Sergio Leone Links
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● Appears in 6 of the
1,000 Greatest Films |
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● Appears in 1 of the
21st Century's Most
Acclaimed Films |
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