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1.		Keira Knightley Actress, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Keira Christina Knightley was born in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond on March 26th 1985. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh origin...
2.		Carly Chaikin Actress, The Last Song
3.		Leslie Mann Actress, Knocked Up Actress Leslie Mann was born in San Francisco, California. She was raised by her mother, Janet, a realtor, and was educated at Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California. At the age of 17 she launched her career, appearing in various TV commercials. Her screen break came when she was cast as Nurse Mary in the short-lived Birdland...
4.		Jennifer Grey Actress, Dirty Dancing Jennifer Grey is an American actress who starred in the film Dirty Dancing opposite Patrick Swayze, a sleeper hit that would become one of the biggest films of the 1980s. She had previously appeared with Patrick Swayze in John Milius's cold war drama Red Dawn as 'Toni', one of the 'Wolverines', a group of renegade teenagers fighting for their country during World War III...
5.		Amy Smart Actress, The Butterfly Effect Amy Smart was born in Topanga Canyon, California, to Judy, who worked at a museum, and John Boden Smart, a salesman. She has German, English, and Irish ancestry. Smart was a relatively new arrival when she first gained notice for her supporting roles in the 1999 hit teen films Varsity Blues and Outside Providence...
6.		Natasha Leggero Actress, Let's Be Cops
7.		Bianca Kajlich Actress, 10 Things I Hate About You
8.		James Caan Actor, The Godfather A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred. He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) and Arthur Caan...
9.		T.R. Knight Actor, 42 T.R. Knight was a member of the acting company of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Roles there included Richard Miller in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" and Amadeus in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus". On the New York stage, he portrayed Tim Allgood in "Noises Off", Damis in "Tartuffe", Joe in "This Lime Tree Bower" and Brendan Hilliard in "Anto Scattergood"...
10.		Joe Anderson Actor, Across the Universe
11.		Jonathan Groff Actor, Frozen
12.		Michael Imperioli Actor, Made in America Imperioli was born James Michael Imperioli in Mt. Vernon, New York on March 26, 1966. His film work began in the late 1980s. An early part that brought him recognition was in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, as Spider, a local kid who works for the gangsters and has a run-in with a psychopathic mob soldier played by Joe Pesci...
13.		Johnny Crawford Actor, El Dorado
14.		Neal Bledsoe Actor, Revolutionary Road Neal was born in Toronto, but grew up in Seattle. He has been a lifelong Seattle Mariners and Seahawks fan, and before they were stolen away to Oklahoma City, he was a fan of the SuperSonics too. He attended the Shawnigan Lake School, the Idyllwild Arts Academy and the North Carolina School of the Arts...
15.		Leonard Nimoy Actor, Star Trek Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit part in Queen for a Day and another as a ballplayer in the perennial Rhubarb...
16.		Martin Short Actor, Frankenweenie
17.		Diana Ross Soundtrack, Bridget Jones's Diary Best known as the the lead singer of the popular 1960s singing group The Supremes, Diana Ernestine Earle Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, the second of six children of African-American parents Ernestine Lillian (Moten), a schoolteacher, and Fred Earl Ross, who served in the army...
18.		Vicki Lawrence Actress, The Fox and the Hound 2 Famed actress, comedian, singer, and dancer Vicki Lawrence has appeared in television shows, on Broadway and in nightclubs. Her career included shows with such popular actors as Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway. Lawrence was born Vicki Ann Axelrad in Inglewood, California, to Ann Alene (Loyd) and Howard Axelrad...
19.		Alan Arkin Actor, Argo Alan Arkin is an Academy Award-winning American actor who is also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer. He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946 the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles...
20.		Steven Tyler Soundtrack, Charlie's Angels
21.		Eric Allan Kramer Actor, American Wedding
22.		Sterling Hayden Actor, The Godfather Born to George & Frances Simonson Walter, and named Sterling Relyea Walter. Father died in 1925. Adopted by stepfather 'James Hayden' renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. Grew up in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Maine. Though very poor, attended prep school at Wassookeag School in Dexter...
23.		Freya Tingley Actress, X: Night of Vengeance
24.		Francis Lawrence Director, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
25.		Martin McDonagh Writer, In Bruges
26.		Haley Ramm Actress, Into the Wild Haley Ramm must have been in quite a hurry to start living because her entrance into this world came five weeks early. At age three she started dancing in local studios, and by the time she was seven she was choreographing her own freestyle dances at school talent shows. Her love of center stage led to enrollment in acting classes and...
27.		Tinto Brass Actor, Monella Giovanni Brass was born on 26 March 1933 into the family of a famous artist, Italico Brass, who was his grandfather. Italico gave his grandson a nickname "Tintoretto," which Giovanni later adapted into his cinematic name, Tinto Brass. Tinto inherited his grandfather's artistic skills, but he applied them to film instead of canvas...
28.		Sara Jean Underwood Self, The House Bunny Cute, slim and sunny blonde sprite Sara Jean Underwood was born on March 26, 1984, in Portland, Oregon. She was on the volleyball team in junior high school. She graduated from Scappoose High School in Scappoose, Oregon, in 2002. Her first job was assisting in the sales of heavy construction equipment...
29.		Ella Anderson Actress, The Possession of Michael King
30.		Charlene McKenna Actress, Breakfast on Pluto
31.		Strother Martin Actor, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Strother Martin Jr. was the youngest of three children of Strother Douglas Martin, a machinist, and Ethel Dunlap Martin. His family moved soon after his birth to San Antonio, Texas, but quickly returned to Indiana...
32.		Paige Diaz Actress, Workout Party... Let's Dance!
33.		Jonathan Glazer Director, Under the Skin
34.		Todd Barry Actor, The Wrestler
35.		Brittney Wilson Actress, Scar Brittney began acting at the age of six and has built up an impressive list of credits. Starting in commercials, Brittney quickly moved on to the film and television world, landing her first speaking role in Disney's "So Weird" at the age of seven. She's since gone on to land leading and recurring roles in several television series...
36.		Ernest Thomas Actor, Malcolm X Ernest Lee Thomas was born in an economically-low neighborhood in Gary, Indiana. Thomas's attempt to become a successful person was to move to New York and become a Broadway actor. He made his professional debut as as a Broadway actor appearing in the 1974 revival production of Love For Love, also in the 1975 revival production of 'The Member Of The Wedding'...
37.		Frederikke Dahl Hansen Actress, Copenhagen
38.		Luke Ford Actor, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
39.		Leeza Gibbons Self, The Player
40.		Marcus Allen Self, A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
41.		Alan Silvestri Composer, Forrest Gump In over thirty years as a film composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. Born in Manhattan in 1950, Alan was first drawn to music at an early age. Beginning as a drummer, his love for instruments quickly grew to include the bassoon...
42.		Alicia Lagano Actress, ParaNorman
43.		Nurgül Yesilçay Actress, The Edge of Heaven Born in 1976, Nurgul Yesilcay studied drama at the Anadolu University State Conservatoire in Eskisehir. Since graduating, she has performed several major roles for the stage, including Ophelia in "Hamlet" and Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Besides theater projects, she has shot to prominence in three record-breaking Turkish television dramas. She made her screen debut in Everything's Gonna Be Great.
44.		Matt Barber Actor, Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey.
45.		Billy Warlock Actor, Society
46.		Niels Arden Oplev Director, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
47.		Sterling Sulieman Actor, In Time Sterling Sulieman is an American actor from Oahu, Hawaii. While he may have attended Punahou High School like Barack Obama, he has no aspirations of becoming the President of the United States. Unless its in a Motion Picture or Television Show. Or if this whole acting career thing doesn't work out. Then, maybe a presidency. But lets not bet on that.
48.		Luke Askew Actor, Cool Hand Luke Tall and rangy, usually sporting long mangy hair, and frequently projecting a strong and intense on-screen presence, character actor Luke Askew made a potent and lasting impression playing a substantial volume of mean and fearsome villains in both motion pictures and television shows alike in a career that spanned over forty years...
49.		Will Wright Actor, Adam's Rib One of those familiar character actors who seems to have been born old, Will Wright specialized in playing crusty old codgers, rich skinflints, crooked small-town politicians and the like. A former newspaper reporter in San Francisco, he switched careers and entered vaudeville, then took to the stage...
50.		Harrison Houde Music Department, Poop Harrison Houde has been involved in music and film since he was 4 years old, creating dance routines, lip syncs, improvising scenes and character, as well as preparing performances with his older sister Kaylee. Since Harrison's early teens he has been writing music and composing scores for his original online content...