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Polly Walker. Polly Walker (born 19 May 1966) is an English actress.[1] Early life[edit] Walker was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England. She attended Padgate Church of England primary school in Warrington and Silverdale Preparatory School, West Acton, London. At 16, Walker graduated from Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham and began her career as a dancer but had to abandon dancing after a leg injury at the age of 18.

She then decided to become an actress. She moved from the Drama Centre in London to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played bit parts for six months before graduating to small roles on television. Film and television roles[edit] In 2012 she stared in BBC crime drama prisoners wives as crime wife Francesca miller she returned to the role in 2013 for the second series of the drama. In January 2014, she played the character Delphine Day in the ITV series Mr Selfridge. Personal life[edit] Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Television[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]

Diane Lane. Early life[edit] When Lane was fifteen years old, she declared her independence from her father and flew to Los Angeles for a week with actor and friend Christopher Atkins. Lane later remarked, "It was reckless behavior that comes from having too much independence too young. "[3] She returned to New York and moved in with a friend's family, paying them rent. Career[edit] Early work[edit] Recent work[edit] In 2012, Lane returned to her theater roots and headlined a production of Sweet Bird of Youth, the Tennessee Williams play, at the Goodman Theatre.

Awards[edit] Four days before the New York Film Critics Circle's vote in 2002, Lane was given a career tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Lane ranked at #79 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars. Personal life[edit] Marriages and family[edit] Lane with then-husband Josh Brolin in December 2009 Lane met actor Christopher Lambert in Paris while promoting The Cotton Club in 1984.[3] They had a brief affair and split up. Jeanne Crain. Early life[edit] Crain was born in Barstow, California, to George A.

Crain, a school teacher, and Loretta Carr; she was of Irish heritage on her mother's side, and of English and distant French descent on her father's. [citation needed] She moved to Los Angeles, California, as a young child. Career[edit] In 1944 Crain starred in Home in Indiana and In the Meantime, Darling. Crain starred opposite Myrna Loy and Clifton Webb in the 1950 biographical film Cheaper by the Dozen. While still at 20th Century Fox, Crain played a young wife quickly losing her mind amidst high-seas intrigue in Dangerous Crossing (1953), co-starring Michael Rennie. Personal life[edit] At the top of her stardom, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Crain was nicknamed 'Hollywood's Number One party girl', and she was quoted saying that she was invited to at least 200 parties a year.[5] The marriage was rocky for some years.

Legacy[edit] Filmography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Janet Leigh. Leigh died in 2004 at the age of 77, following a year-long battle with vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. She was survived by her fourth husband of 42 years, Robert Brandt, and her two daughters. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Film career[edit] Leigh made her film debut in the big budget film The Romance of Rosy Ridge in 1947, as the romantic interest of Van Johnson's character.

She got the role when performing Phyllis Thaxter's long speech in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) for the head of the studio talent department in 1946.[3] During the shooting, Leigh's name was first changed to "Jeanette Reames", then to "Janet Leigh" and finally back to her birth name "Jeanette Morrison", because "Janet Leigh" resembled Vivien Leigh too much.[4] However, Johnson did not like the name and it was finally changed back to "Janet Leigh".[4] Leigh initially left college for a film career, but enrolled in night school at the University of Southern California in 1947.[5] Writing[edit]

James Stewart. James "Jimmy" Maitland Stewart[N 1] (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive drawl voice and down-to-earth persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics. He was known for portraying the average American Middle Class man, with everyday life struggles. The actor Cary Grant said of Stewart's acting technique, "He had the ability to talk naturally. He knew that in conversations people do often interrupt one another and it's not always so easy to get a thought out. It took a little time for the sound men to get used to him, but he had an enormous impact. Early life and career[edit] Stewart attended Mercersburg Academy prep school, graduating in 1926. A shy child, Stewart spent much of his after-school time in the basement working on model airplanes, mechanical drawing and chemistry—all with a dream of going into aviation.

Prewar success[edit] James Stewart. Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema and has been placed in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. She is also regarded by some to be the most naturally beautiful woman of all time.[1][2][3][4] Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War.

In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell before moving to London in 1948 to continue her ballet training with Marie Rambert and perform as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. She appeared in fewer films as her life went on, devoting much of her later life to UNICEF. Early life[edit] Barbara Shelley. Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) is an English film and television actress. In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.[2][3] Selected filmography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Deborah Kerr. Early life[edit] Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born in a private nursing home (hospital) in Glasgow,[2][3] the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (née Smale) and Capt. Arthur Charles Kerr-Trimmer, a World War I veteran who lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and later became a naval architect and civil engineer.[4] She spent the first three years of her life in the nearby town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street.

Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. He was killed in a road rage incident in 2004.[5][6] Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze, Bristol (the school was demolished in 1937), and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Career[edit] Theatre[edit] Films[edit] Television[edit] Personal life[edit]

Naomi Watts. In 2002, Watts was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 2006, she became a goodwill ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which helps to raise awareness of AIDS-related issues. She has participated in several fundraisers for the cause, and she is presented as an inaugural member of AIDS Red Ribbon Awards. Early life[edit] In 1982, when Watts was 14, she moved to Sydney, New South Wales in Australia (her maternal grandmother was Australian) with her mother, brother and stepfather.[6][13] Myfanwy established a career in the burgeoning film business, working as a stylist for television commercials, then turning to costume design, ultimately working for the soap opera Return to Eden.[3] After emigrating, Watts was enrolled in acting lessons by her mother, where she met and befriended actress Nicole Kidman.[6] She also auditioned for and starred in numerous television advertisements.[3] Career[edit] 1986–1992: Early work[edit]

Joan Fontaine. Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year. Born in Japan to British parents, the sisters moved to California in 1919. Fontaine lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where she owned a home, Villa Fontana. It was there that she died of natural causes at the age of 96 in 2013. Early life[edit] Joan de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, to British parents. Fontaine's parents married in 1914 and separated in 1919, when Lilian decided to end the marriage after discovering that her husband used the sexual services of geisha girls; the divorce was not finalized, however, until February 1925.[9] Career[edit] Fontaine made her stage debut in the West Coast production of Call It a Day (1935) and was soon signed to an RKO contract.

Later career[edit] Personal life[edit] Marriages and children[edit] Maggie Grace. Early life[edit] Career[edit] "I went to audition after audition. I landed a few bit parts; nothing substantial, but LA taught me to grow up ... I was lucky I never got hooked into anything, but I saw the drugs, the partying. I come from a small, religious town with Midwestern values and Hollywood was a real eye-opener for me. " Personal life[edit] Grace says that the person she is most inspired by is her mother. Filmography[edit] References[edit] Grace Kelly.

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American film actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III. She died on September 14, 1982, after suffering a stroke the previous day while driving, which caused her to lose control of her automobile and crash. Her daughter, Princess Stéphanie, was in the car with her, and survived the accident.

In June 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her number 13 in its list of top female stars of American cinema. Family[edit] When Grace was born, the Kellys already had two children, Margaret Katherine, known as Peggy (June 13, 1925 – November 23, 1991) and John Brendan, Jr., known as Kell (May 24, 1927 – May 2, 1985). Another daughter, Elizabeth Anne, known as Lizanne (June 25, 1933 – November 24, 2009), was born three and a half years after Grace. Following in his father's athletic footsteps, John Jr. won in 1947 the James E. Acting career[edit] MGM Publicity Photo Theater and television[edit] Marriage[edit] Cary Grant. Cary Grant (born Archibald Alexander Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.[4] Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Penny Serenade and None But the Lonely Heart) and five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Grant was continually passed over.

In 1970, he was presented an Honorary Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards by Frank Sinatra "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues".[5][6] Early life and career[edit] Leach was expelled from the Fairfield Grammar School in Bristol in 1918. Leach became a naturalized United States citizen on June 26, 1942, at which time he also legally changed his name from "Archibald Alexander Leach" to "Cary Grant".[13] Hollywood stardom[edit] Ingrid Bergman. Early years: 1915–38[edit] Ingrid Bergman at 14 Bergman, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden, was born in Stockholm, on 29 August 1915 to a Swedish father, Justus Samuel Bergman, and his German wife, Frieda Henrietta "Friedel" (née Adler) Bergman.[6][7] When she was three years of age, her mother died.

Her father, who was an artist and photographer, died when she was thirteen. In the years before he died, he wanted her to become an opera star, and had her take voice lessons for three years. Her first film, Munkbrogreven (1934) at age 19. After his death, she was sent to live with an aunt, who died of heart disease only six months later. As I walked off the stage, I was in mourning, I was at a funeral. Her impression was wrong, as she later met one of the judges who described how the others viewed her performance: We loved your security and your impertinence.

Hollywood period: 1939–49[edit] Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)[edit] With Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca Casablanca (1942)[edit] Vincent Price. Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career. Early life and career[edit] Price was born in St.

Louis, Missouri, youngest of the four children of Vincent Leonard Price, Sr., president of the National Candy Company, and his wife Marguerite Cobb Wilcox.[1][2] His grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price, invented "Dr. Price attended St. Career[edit] 1960s[edit] Later career[edit] From 1962 to 1971, Sears-Roebuck offered the "Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art," selling about 50,000 pieces of fine art to the general public. During the early 1970s, Price hosted and starred in BBC Radio's horror and mystery series The Price of Fear.

In the summer of 1977, he began performing as Oscar Wilde in the one-man stage play Diversions and Delights written by John Gay and directed by Joe Hardy. Olivia de Havilland.