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Jack Nicholson MP

"Jack Nicholson", "Jack"

Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer. Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles, many of which ...

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4/22/2007
6/24/2016
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4/22/2007

Jack Nicholson MP

"Jack Nicholson", "Jack"

Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer. Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles, many of which ...

6/24/2016

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanour, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for...

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8/9/2011
6/24/2016
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8/9/2011

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanour, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for...

6/24/2016

A large nose in Roxanne and large families in Parenthood and Cheaper By The Dozen made a big impression on Hollywood. Twenty years after starting out, Steve Martin is still bringing down the house.Mart...

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9/16/2008
6/24/2016
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9/16/2008

A large nose in Roxanne and large families in Parenthood and Cheaper By The Dozen made a big impression on Hollywood. Twenty years after starting out, Steve Martin is still bringing down the house.Mart...

6/24/2016

John Williams MP

"Johnny"

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scor...

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9/20/2012
6/24/2016
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9/20/2012

John Williams MP

"Johnny"

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scor...

6/24/2016

Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....

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8/8/2014
4/8/2015
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8/8/2014

Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....

4/8/2015

Mike Nichols MP (1931 - 2014)

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931) is a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian.See more:

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9/11/2012
2/12/2014
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9/11/2012

Mike Nichols MP (1931 - 2014)

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931) is a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian.See more:

2/12/2014

Harrison Ford MP

"Harry"

Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, United States

Harrison Ford is an American actor, pilot, and environmental activist. As of 2020, the U.S. domestic box office grosses of his films total over $5.4 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $9.3 bill...

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3/8/2009
1/1/2014
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3/8/2009

Harrison Ford MP

"Harry"

Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, United States

Harrison Ford is an American actor, pilot, and environmental activist. As of 2020, the U.S. domestic box office grosses of his films total over $5.4 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $9.3 bill...

1/1/2014

Frank Capra MP (1897 - 1991)

"Frank Russell Capra"

Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who worked his way from Los Angeles's Italian ghetto to become the creative force behind...

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1/1/2014
1/1/2014
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1/1/2014

Frank Capra MP (1897 - 1991)

"Frank Russell Capra"

Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who worked his way from Los Angeles's Italian ghetto to become the creative force behind...

1/1/2014

Jack Lemmon MP (1925 - 2001)

"Jack"

Jack Lemmon was an American actor. Equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leading The Guardian ...

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12/31/2013
12/31/2013
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12/31/2013

Jack Lemmon MP (1925 - 2001)

"Jack"

Jack Lemmon was an American actor. Equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leading The Guardian ...

12/31/2013

She is an American singer, actress, director and songwriter. She has won two Academy Awards, nine Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody ...

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2/10/2009
12/31/2013
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2/10/2009

She is an American singer, actress, director and songwriter. She has won two Academy Awards, nine Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody ...

12/31/2013

Al Pacino MP

"Al Pacino"

Alfredo James Pacino- Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 afte...

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6/13/2011
12/31/2013
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6/13/2011

Al Pacino MP

"Al Pacino"

Alfredo James Pacino- Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 afte...

12/31/2013

Mel Brooks MP

"מל ברוקס"

Melvin Kaminsky, better known by his stage name Mel Brooks , is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor, and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film f...

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12/15/2010
12/31/2013
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12/15/2010

Mel Brooks MP

"מל ברוקס"

Melvin Kaminsky, better known by his stage name Mel Brooks , is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor, and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film f...

12/31/2013

Sir Sean Connery MP (1930 - 2020)

"Tommy", "Tom"

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930, died 31 October 2020), better known as Sean Connery, was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFT...

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1/20/2012
12/31/2013
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1/20/2012

Sir Sean Connery MP (1930 - 2020)

"Tommy", "Tom"

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930, died 31 October 2020), better known as Sean Connery, was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFT...

12/31/2013

Meryl Streep MP

"Meryl Streep", "Mary Gummer", "Meryl Gummer"

Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Meryl Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era. Streep has received...

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3/19/2010
12/31/2013
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3/19/2010

Meryl Streep MP

"Meryl Streep", "Mary Gummer", "Meryl Gummer"

Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Meryl Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era. Streep has received...

12/31/2013

Tom Hanks MP

"Tom Hanks"

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an America...

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5/14/2009
12/31/2013
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5/14/2009

Tom Hanks MP

"Tom Hanks"

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an America...

12/31/2013

Sir David Lean, CBE MP (1908 - 1991)

David Lean, CBE, was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (19...

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7/18/2012
12/31/2013
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7/18/2012

Sir David Lean, CBE MP (1908 - 1991)

David Lean, CBE, was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (19...

12/31/2013

John Huston MP (1906 - 1987)

motion-picture director John Huston's taut dramas were some of the most famous movies of the 20th century, including the Humphrey Bogart classics The Maltese Falcon (1941), Key Largo (1948), The Treasu...

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7/3/2007
12/31/2013
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7/3/2007

John Huston MP (1906 - 1987)

motion-picture director John Huston's taut dramas were some of the most famous movies of the 20th century, including the Humphrey Bogart classics The Maltese Falcon (1941), Key Largo (1948), The Treasu...

12/31/2013

Jimmy Stewart MP (1908 - 1997)

Jimmy Stewart was one of Hollywood's most respected and admired stars during his long movie career. He won an Academy Award in 1940 and was considered by many critics to be one of the great lea...

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8/29/2008
12/31/2013
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8/29/2008

Jimmy Stewart MP (1908 - 1997)

Jimmy Stewart was one of Hollywood's most respected and admired stars during his long movie career. He won an Academy Award in 1940 and was considered by many critics to be one of the great lea...

12/31/2013

Shirley MacLaine MP

Richmond, Virginia, United States

She is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works...

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11/4/2010
12/31/2013
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11/4/2010

Shirley MacLaine MP

Richmond, Virginia, United States

She is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works...

12/31/2013

Michael Douglas MP

CA, United States

Major star, prominent producer, and member of one of Hollywood's most prominent families to boot, Michael Douglas is one of Hollywood's biggest movers and shakers. The son of movie icon Kirk Douglas an...

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6/1/2009
12/31/2013
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6/1/2009

Michael Douglas MP

CA, United States

Major star, prominent producer, and member of one of Hollywood's most prominent families to boot, Michael Douglas is one of Hollywood's biggest movers and shakers. The son of movie icon Kirk Douglas an...

12/31/2013