Kirk Douglas
TCM overview: The archetypal Hollywood movie star of the postwar era, Kirk Douglas built a career with he-man roles as soldiers, cowboys and assorted tough guys in over 80 films. H
Julie Andrews
“When Julie Andres cam along there was only a handful of female stars with any appeal at all. Most of the others were the same tired hopefuls, manufactured if no
Dustin Hoffman
TCM overview: Dustin Hoffman emerged as a key figure in the Hollywood Renaissance period of the 1960s and 1970s, personifying identifiable misfits and antiheroes in films embraced
Phil Daniels
IMDB entry: Phil Daniels was born on October 25, 1958 in London, England as Philip Daniels. He is an actor, known for Chicken Run (2000), EastEnders (1985) and&
Gene Kelly
Tom Vallance & Gilbert Adair’s “Independent” obituary from 1996: As director and choreographer, dancer and singer, acrobat and actor, Gene Kelly was one of
Janet Blair
Ronald Bergan’s obituary of Janet Blair from the “Guardian” in 2007: Audiences familiar with Janet Blair’s neurotically charged performance as a woman who u
Bruce Davison
Gary Brumburgh’s entry: With his blond, clean-cut, Ivy League handsomeness and ready-whipped smile reminiscent of Kennedyesque times, actor Bruce Davison fits the prototype o
Mickey Shaughnessy
IMDB entry: Mickey Shaugnessy, the Irish-American character actor best known for his portrayal of Elvis Presley’s musical mentor in the rock n’ roll classic “Jail
Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales TCM Overview Sybil Fawlty- What a woman – bossy, controlling, vulgar, irritating, dim but absolutely brilliant. Prunella Sc ales created one of televisions mo
Noel Willman
Noel Willman was born in Derry in the North of Ireland in 1918. He made “Androcles and the Lion” in Hollywood in 1953. Other movies include “