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Jamie Lee Curtis (51)

This lanky, down-to-earth leading lady, the daughter of film stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, made her film debut starring as a bookish suburban teen stalked in John Carpenter's landmark horror thriller, "Halloween" (1978), which--in the words of Britis

Scarlett Johansson (25)

This pretty blonde New York stage-trained actress first came to attention playing the daughter of Sean Connery and Kate Capshaw who was terrorized by Blair Underwood in "Just Cause" (1995). Scarlett Johansson made her stage debut in 1993 at age eight in "

Mark Ruffalo (42)

An acclaimed theater actor who has struggled with a series of big screen flops before becoming a valuable player in the independent film world, Mark Ruffalo won particular attention for his sterling work in the Off-Broadway production "This Is Our Youth".

Mariel Hemingway (48)

The tall, striking granddaughter of celebrated writer Ernest Hemingway made her feature debut with her older sister Margot (aka Margaux) in the controversial rape drama "Lipstick" (1976). Mariel Hemmingway, though truly came into her own with her Oscar-no

Tom Conti (68)

Gifted, stage-trained comedic player; adept at, and often cast in, a variety of ethnic roles. Conti won a Tony for his Broadway performance in "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" as well as acclaim for his film work as the title character, a boozy Scottish poet, i

Robert Vaughn (77)

Robert Vaughn began in films as boyish and rather callow youths, graduated to considerable success in the 1960s in intelligent, sophisticated roles, especially on TV, and later played a wide range of authoritative character parts. An intelligent and sensi

Brian Robbins (46)

Brian Robbins began a successful television career as an actor on ABC's "Head of the Class" but really made his mark in the medium as a prolific producer and director.

Robbins' foray into acting proved uneven with unmemorable roles in the unsuccessful

Terry Gilliam (69)

A successful cartoonist who met John Cleese while working on the magazine HELP!, Gilliam subsequently became the resident animator with Monty Python's Flying Circus, making his solo directing debut with "Jabberwocky" (1976), a grisly medieval interpretati

Allen Garfield (70)

Usually plump and always decidedly "ethnic", this dependable character player of stage, screen and TV was already nearly 30 years old when he made his film debut with a memorable bit as a "smut peddler" in Brian De Palma's "Greetings" (1968). This once da

Arthur Hiller (86)

Although he has worked in a variety of genres, from the dramatic ("The Man in the Glass Booth" 1974) to the romantic ("Love Story" 1970), Hiller is on surest ground with light comedy, perhaps a reflection of his background in TV. "Silver Streak" (1976), "

Richard Kind (53)

A beefy comic actor with stage and improvisational roots, Richard Kind found steady work playing Paul, the press secretary to the mayor, on the hit sitcom "Spin City" (ABC, 1996- ) after years in failed series or smaller supporting roles.

Kind origina

Steven Van Zandt (59)

Prolific musician-songwriter-producer turned actor Steven Van Zandt, best known as the high-energy bandana-clad guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had an illustrious career in entertainment that hit a remarkable high note beginning in 1999

Oswald Morris (94)

One of Britain's leading directors of photography, Oswald Morris eschewed formal training to work his way from clapper boy to cinematographer. His lifelong interest in films began as a child when he found work as a projectionist during school vacations. D

Robert M Young (85)

New York filmmaker who collaborated on a number of documentaries with Michael Roemer in the 1960s, notably "Cortile Cascino/The Inferno" (1962), shot for the NBC series "White Paper" but deemed too controversial to air. Young's first fiction feature as a

Sir Peter Hall (79)

This acclaimed theater director has made occasional forays into film--usually stage adaptations--which have met with varying degrees of success. The Suffolk native began directing while at Cambridge, and founded the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1957 wh

Tom Freston (64)

Beginning as director of marketing for MTV in 1980, Freston made it to vice presidential status in that division after three years. In 1987, with experience at The Movie Channel and VH-1 as well as time as general manager of MTV behind him, he became pres