07/01/1934 - 05/26/2008
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting. He began directing telev...
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07/11/1924 - 09/15/2007
Brett Somers (July 11, 1924 – September 15, 2007) was a American actress, singer, and comedienne who was born in Canada and raised in Maine. She was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show, Match Game and for her recurring role as Bl...
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01/31/1929 - 01/22/2010
Jean Merilyn Simmons, (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II ...
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01/16/1925 - 09/26/2008
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best...
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11/20/1924 - 10/14/2010
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was French-American mathematician universally known as the father of fractals. Fractals have been employed to describe diverse behaviour in economics, finance, the stock ma...
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Ray Barrett (Raymond Charles Barrett)
05/02/1927 - 09/08/2009
Raymond Charles "Ray" Barrett (2 May 1927 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian actor. He was one of the more popular leading men on British television in the 1960s, where he was best known for his appearances in The Troubleshooter...
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08/31/1920 - 07/24/2011
Gervais Duan "G. D." Spradlin (August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011) was an American actor. He often played devious authority figures. He is credited in over 70 television and film productions, and has performed alongside such notable a...
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12/24/1922 - 01/25/1990
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She...
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08/12/1881 - 01/21/1959
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Among his best...
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02/28/1928 - 07/22/2011
Tom Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American actor. He achieved notice on television, in films and in theatre.
02/23/1904 - 06/18/1980
Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England.
Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 2...
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05/13/1918 - 05/08/2008
Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008), known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades.
10/01/1930 - 10/25/2002
Richard St. John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur i...
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02/14/1943 - 08/24/2007
Aaron Russo (February 14, 1943 - August 24, 2007) was an American entertainment businessman, filmmaker, libertarian and political activist. He was best-known for producing Trading Places, Wise Guys, and The Rose.
12/11/1923 - 03/13/2009
Betsy Blair (December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.