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Sam Waterston
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1940 -
Sam Waterston is an acclaimed actor known for his film, TV and stage work, including roles in Law & Order and Gore Vidal's Lincoln.
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(1940-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Emma Watson
Film Actor, Model / 1990 -
Emma Watson is best known for playing the character of Hermione, the best friend of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film franchise.
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(1990-)
Film Actor, Model
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Naomi Watts
Film Actress / 1968 -
Actress Naomi Watts starred in Mulholland Drive and The Ring. She's also a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, and works on HIV/AIDS awareness programs.
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(1968-)
Film Actress
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Damon Wayans
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer / 1960 -
Damon Wayans is an African-American comedian who appeared on the sketch comedy show In Living Color.
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(1960-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer / 1958 -
Comedian and actor Keenen Ivory Wayans hosted his own late night show, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. His famous siblings are Damon, Shawn, Marlon and Kim.
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(1958-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer
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Marlon Wayans
Film Actor, Comedian / 1972 -
Marlon Wayans is best known for his role in the Scary Movie series, and for being one of the Wayans siblings.
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(1972-)
Film Actor, Comedian
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Shawn Wayans
Film Actor / 1971 -
Shawn Wayan is an actor known for co-starring with his brother Marlon in various comic spoofs, including the Scary Movie franchise.
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(1971-)
Film Actor
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John Wayne
Film Actor / 1907 - 1979
John Wayne, one of the most popular film actors of the twentieth century, remains a popular American icon to this day.
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(1907-1979)
Film Actor
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Jacki Weaver
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1947 -
Veteran Australian actress Jacki Weaver has received Academy Award nominations for her work in such films as Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
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(1947-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Sigourney Weaver
Film Actress / 1949 -
Actress Sigourney Weaver is best known for her roles in films since the 1980s, including Ghost Busters, Working Girl and Alien.
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(1949-)
Film Actress
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Hugo Weaving
Film Actor / 1960 -
Hugo Weaving is best known for playing Agent Smith in the Matrix film trilogy and Elrond in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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(1960-)
Film Actor
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Rachel Weisz
Film Actress, Television Actress, Model / 1970 -
British actress and model Rachel Weisz is best known for her performances in The Mummy, Stealing Beauty and The Constant Gardener.
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(1970-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Model
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Raquel Welch
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up / 1940 -
Actress Raquel Welch was launched as a cinematic sex symbol in One Million Years BC (1966) and continues to be regarded as one of the world's great beauties.
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(1940-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up
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Orson Welles
Film Actor, Director / 1915 - 1985
Orson Welles wrote, directed and starred in the film Citizen Kane, among others, which remains one of the most influential films ever made.
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(1915-1985)
Film Actor, Director
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Rutina Wesley
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1979 -
Rutina Wesley is an African-American actress known for her role as Tara Thornton on the HBO vampire series True Blood.
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(1979-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Adam West
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1928 -
Actor Adam West play the crime-fighting superhero Batman in the 1966 TV series. The phenomenal popularity of the series made West a household name.
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(1928-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Mae West
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up / 1893 - 1980
Mae West started in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York, and later moved to Hollywood to star in films known for their blunt sexuality and steamy settings.
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(1893-1980)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up
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Samuel West
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director / 1966 -
Samuel West is a British actor best known for his roles in the films Howards End, Notting Hill, Van Helsing and Hyde Park on Hudson.
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(1966-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director
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Jack Weston
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1924 - 1996
Actor Jack Weston was a regular as a character actor in a variety of 1950s television shows and enjoyed constant film work in the 1960s and 1970s.
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(1924-1996)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Forest Whitaker
Film Actor, Filmmaker / 1961 -
Actor, producer and director Forest Whitaker won an Academy Award for his portrayal of dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. He’s also known for films like Bird, Ghost Dog and The Butler.
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(1961-)
Film Actor, Filmmaker
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Pearl White
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress / 1889 - 1938
Pearl White was an American silent film actress best known for her role in The Perils of Pauline, in which she did her own stunt work.
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(1889-1938)
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress
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Richard Widmark
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1914 - 2008
Actor Richard Widmark had a long and successful film career and is best known for his shocking debut as a psychopath in Kiss of Death.
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(1914-2008)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Dianne Wiest
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Dianne Wiest is an actress known for roles in films such as The Lost Boys and on the TV show In Treatment.
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(1948-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Kristen Wiig
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian / 1973 -
Comedian Kristen Wiig's Saturday Night Live characters Penelope and Gilly, and spot-on impressions of Suze Orman and Nancy Pelosi, have become fan favorites.
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(1973-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian
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Cindy Williams
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1947 -
Actress Cindy Williams played Shirley Feeney in ABC's long-running hit series Laverne & Shirley. She was also in George Lucas's classic film American Graffiti.
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(1947-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Esther Williams
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Pin-up, Professional Swimmer / 1921 -
Actress Esther Williams, nicknamed “America’s Mermaid,” helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in the 1940s and 1950s.
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(1921-)
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Pin-up, Professional Swimmer
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Michelle Williams
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1980 -
Michelle Williams first came to stardom as a star of teen drama Dawson's Creek. She rose to critical acclaim with films such as Blue Valentine and Brokeback Mountain.
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(1980-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Treat Williams
Film Actor / 1951 -
Treat Williams in primarily a film actor known for roles in such films as Prince of the City and Once Upon a Time in America.
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(1951-)
Film Actor
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Vanessa Williams
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1963 -
Vanessa Williams is an actress and singer known for her Miss America scandal and her roles on TV shows such as Ugly Betty.
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(1963-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Bruce Willis
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1955 -
Bruce Willis first made a splash on TV in Moonlighting, costarring Cybill Shepherd, but his fame really grew with films such as Die Hard, The Sixth Sense and The Expendables.
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(1955-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Chandra Wilson
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1969 -
Actress Chandra Wilson is perhaps best know for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC’s hit prime-time series Grey’s Anatomy.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Luke Wilson
Film Actor / 1971 -
Luke Wilson is a film actor known mostly for his comedic roles in such films as Old School and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
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(1971-)
Film Actor
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Owen Wilson
Film Actor / 1968 -
Actor Owen Wilson is known for his subtle humor and quirky roles in films like The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic.
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(1968-)
Film Actor
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Paul Winfield
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1939 - 2004
Actor Paul Winfield was best known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper in the film Sounder, which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
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(1939-2004)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Oprah Winfrey
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Producer, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1954 -
Billionaire Oprah Winfrey has hosted her own internationally popular talk show since 1986. She is also an actress, philanthropist, publisher, and producer.
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(1954-)
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Producer, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer
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Kate Winslet
Film Actress / 1975 -
Oscar winner Kate Winslet has starred in a number of acclaimed dramas and comedies. She first gained fame in the blockbuster Titanic.
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(1975-)
Film Actress
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Shelley Winters
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up / 1920 - 2006
Shelley Winters was a popular American actress who is perhaps most remembered for her starring role in the 1951 film A Place in the Sun, for which won an Oscar.
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(1920-2006)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up
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Elijah Wood
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1981 -
Elijah Wood is known for playing the hobbit Frodo in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, as well as for parts in The Ice Storm, Sin City and Happy Feet.
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(1981-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Natalie Wood
Film Actress / 1938 - 1981
Actress Natalie Wood starred in the films Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean and in West Side Story as Maria. She drowned during a boating trip in 1981.
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(1938-1981)
Film Actress
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James Woods
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1947 -
James Woods is an award-winning actor of stage and screen, known for his versatility in fare like Salvador, My Name Is Bill W. and Ghosts of Mississippi.
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(1947-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Joanne Woodward
Film Actress / 1930 -
Joanne Woodward is an award-winning American actress best known for her roles in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Rachel Rachel (1968) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). Woodward is the widow of actor Paul Newman.
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(1930-)
Film Actress
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Irene Worth
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1916 - 2002
Irene Worth was an American and English actress, widely respected for her vast versatility. She was a leading actress on London and Broadway stages.
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(1916-2002)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Robin Wright
Film Actress / 1966 -
Robin Wright was born in Dallas, Texas on April 8, 1966 but grew up in San Diego, California. The daughter of a pharmaceutical executive and an independent executive sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics, Wright was a natural beauty and began modeling
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(1966-)
Film Actress
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Weird Al Yankovic
Film Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer / 1959 -
Weird Al Yankovic parodies popular hit music. His version of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", which he titled "Eat It", became an MTV favorite.
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(1959-)
Film Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer
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Michelle Yeoh
Film Actress / 1962 -
Michelle Yeoh is a Chinese actress and dancer known for her roles in Hong Kong action and martial arts films and for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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(1962-)
Film Actress
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Sean Young
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1959 -
Sean Young is an American actress best known for her roles in the films Blade Runner (1982) and No Way Out (1987).
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(1959-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Chow Yun-Fat
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1955 -
Chow Yun-Fat was named "The Coolest Actor in the World," by the Los Angeles Times in 1995. He starred in the Chinese action film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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(1955-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Renee Zellweger
Film Actress, Producer / 1969 -
Texas-born actress Renee Zellweger first gained wide-spread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire and later Bridget Jones's Diary.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Producer
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Zhang Ziyi
Film Actress / 1979 -
Zhang Ziyi is a celebrated film actress known for starring in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2, 2046 and Memoirs of a Geisha.
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(1979-)
Film Actress