Oliver & Company 1988 premiere

1. Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr.) is an American actor and singer from Pennsylvania. He is a former child actor, and has had an active career since the early 1980s. Lawrence is primarily known for television roles in sitcoms. He portrayed middle child Joseph "Joey" Russo in the ...

2. Matthew Lawrence

Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire

Matthew William Lawrence was born on February 11, 1980 in Abington, Pennsylvania, to Donna (Shaw), a personnel manager, and Joseph Lawrence, an insurance broker. He is the middle brother of three, with Andrew Lawrence the youngest and Joey Lawrence the oldest. He played Jack Hunter on Boy Meets ...

3. Andrew Lawrence

Actor | United States of Tara

Andrew Lawrence, affectionately called Andy, was born the youngest son of Donna and Joe Lawrence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1988. Starting in show business at age 3, he proved to fit right into star-filled family. People everywhere love Andy for his charming smile, accurate ...

4. Donna Lawrence

Producer | Mistletoe Mixup

Donna Lawrence was born on March 9, 1951. She is a producer and actress, known for Mistletoe Mixup (2021), My Best Friend the Baby Snatcher (2023) and Melissa & Joey (2010).

5. Joe Lawrence Sr.

Producer | Brotherly Love

Joe Lawrence Sr. is known for Brotherly Love (1995), Brothers of the Frontier (1996) and The Brotherly Love Pod (2023).

6. Leonard Nimoy

Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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 ...

7. Susan Bay Nimoy

Actress | Eve

Susan Bay Nimoy (DGA) is a filmmaker, writer, actress, art institutional philanthropist, and lover of all four legged creatures. She began her career as theatre and film actor. Later Bay Nimoy went behind the camera, working as a producer, TV director and documentary filmmaker, including "Twyla ...

8. Harry Anderson

Actor | Night Court

Harry Anderson was born on October 14, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Court (1984), It (1990) and Tales from the Crypt (1989). He was married to Elizabeth Morgan and Leslie Pollack. He died on April 16, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

9. Leslie Pollack

Self | Renée

Leslie Pollack was born on August 29, 1933 in New York, USA. He died on April 9, 2017 in Bedford, New York, USA.

10. Dashiell Anderson

Self | Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade

Dashiell Anderson was born on January 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

11. Max Tucker

Production_manager | Model Behaviour

Max Tucker was born in 1982. He is a production manager and actor, known for Model Behaviour (2013), Revenge of the Gweilo (2020) and Alien Love.

12. Julia Duffy

Actress | Newhart

October 2018 her book Bad Auditions is released online and in stores. In it she tells stories of her own 'bad' auditions, in an irreverent manner, in order to help prepare young actors for the real world of auditioning. It features a foreword by director Michael Lehmann and a cover blurb by Danny ...

13. Dawn Steel

Producer | Fallen

Born in New York City. Championed motion picture marketing tie-ins with the overwhelming success of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) campaign. Became the first woman to head a major film studio in 1987 (Columbia) and hold the title of "Studio President." Best-selling author of the book, "...

14. Rebecca Steel Roven Oakley

Producer | Wonder Woman

Rebecca Steel Roven Oakley was born on March 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer, known for Wonder Woman (2017), Man of Steel (2013) and The Brothers Grimm (2005).

15. Charles Fleischer

Actor | Zodiac

Charles Fleischer was born on August 27, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He has been married to Sheryl Stressman since 1977. They have two children.

16. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

17. Vanessa Williams

Actress | Ugly Betty

Vanessa Lynne Williams was born on March 18, 1963 in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, New York and raised in Millwood, New Castle, New York to Helen Williams & Milton Williams, both music teachers. Vanessa and her brother grew up in suburban New York in comfortable surroundings. Vanessa sang and danced in ...

18. Chevy Chase

Actor | Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Chevy Chase was born Cornelius Crane Chase on October 8, 1943 in Lower Manhattan, New York, to Cathalene Parker (Browning), a concert pianist and librettist, and Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase, an editor and writer. His parents both came from prominent families, and his grandfathers were artist and ...

19. Amy Irving

Actress | Traffic

Naturally brunette/blue-eyed beauty Amy Davis Irving was born in Palo Alto, California. She is the youngest of three children, and the daughter of influential theatrical/television director and producer Jules Irving, and actress Priscilla Pointer. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent, and her ...

20. Michael Eisner

Producer | Glenn Martin DDS

For four decades, Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry. He began his career at ABC, overseeing shows including Happy Days, Barney Miller, and Roots. He became president of Paramount Pictures in 1976, turning out hit films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, ...

21. Henry Winkler

Actor | The Waterboy

Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...

22. John Lithgow

Actor | The World According to Garp

If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was ...

23. Jane Seymour

Actress | Somewhere in Time

Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was ...

24. David Flynn

Actor | Proximity

David Flynn is known for Proximity (2001), Double Revenge (1988) and CSI: Miami (2002).

25. Jennifer Flynn

Visual_effects | Phantoms

Jennifer Flynn is known for Phantoms (1998), She Sings to the Stars (2015) and VR.5 (1995).

26. Katherine Flynn

Actress | Once Upon a Time in Venice

Katherine Flynn was born on January 7, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017), Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2021) and Blind Dating (2006).

27. Sean M. Flynn

Director | Numb

Sean M. Flynn was born on July 31, 1985 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Numb (2007), The French Revolution (1989) and Destination Anywhere (1997).

28. Candice Bergen

Actress | Miss Congeniality

One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the '60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that débutante image in the '70s, both on- and off-camera. A staunch, outspoken feminist with a decisive edge, she went on to ...

29. Blair Underwood

Actor | Deep Impact

A true multi-hyphenate, Blair Underwood is enjoying success in film, television and theatre, as an actor, director and producer. Underwood recently returned to Broadway starring opposite David Alan Grier in the Pulitzer Prize winning drama "A Solider's Play" for director Kenny Leon and the ...

30. Malcolm McDowell

Actor | A Clockwork Orange

Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life...

31. Charlie McDowell

Director | The One I Love

Charlie McDowell was born on July 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The One I Love (2014), The Discovery (2017) and Windfall (2022). He has been married to Lily Collins since September 4, 2021.

32. Mary Steenburgen

Actress | Last Vegas

Mary Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress.

She was born in Newport, Arkansas, USA. Her mother, Nellie May (Wall) Steenburgen, was a school-board secretary, and her father, Maurice H. Steenburgen, was a freight-train conductor. Her surname comes from distant Dutch ancestry, and ...

33. Lilly McDowell

Actress | The Manchurian Candidate

Lilly McDowell was born on January 22, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Made of Honor (2008) and Sons of Anarchy (2008). She has been married to Charles Abram Walton since September 25, 2010. They have three children.

34. Max Winkler

Director | Flower

Max Winkler was born on August 18, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Flower (2017), The King of Central Park (2006) and Jungleland (2019). He has been married to Jessica Barden since March 2021. They have one child.

35. Zoe Winkler

Self | Extra

Zoe Winkler has been married to Rob Reinis since June 27, 2009. They have three children.

36. John Schuck

Actor | MASH

Of English and German heritage, lumbering, oval-faced John Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts on February 4, 1940, the son of an English professor who taught at, among others, both Princeton College and SUNY Buffalo while John was growing up. Following graduation from ...

37. Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress | Oliver & Company

Sheryl Lee Ralph was born December 30, 1956 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. She is known for her roles in Moesha (1996), Its A Living (1980), and Instant Mom (2013). Her Career Began in the late 1970s. She has been Married to Vincent Hughes since July 30, 2005 a Pennsylvania state senator. She was ...

38. Martin Short

Actor | Innerspace

Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the ...

39. Billy Joel

Soundtrack | Oliver & Company

William Martin Joel is an American singer, pianist, composer and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his single and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 12 pop and rock studio albums from 1971...

40. Cheech Marin

Actor | Born in East L.A.

Cheech Marin was born on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Born in East L.A. (1987), Tin Cup (1996) and Up in Smoke (1978). He has been married to Natasha Rubin since August 8, 2009. He was previously married to Rikki Marin and Patti Heid.

41. Richard Mulligan

Actor | Soap

Originally a student of playwriting at Columbia University, Richard Mulligan began his acting career in regional theater and soon after made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "All the Way Home". In addition to his continuing Broadway career, Mulligan had successfully transferred...

42. Roscoe Lee Browne

Actor | The Cowboys

He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims.

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43. Ruth Pointer

Soundtrack | The Nutty Professor

Soul and R&B singer Ruth Pointer was born on March 19, 1946 in Oakland, California. She's the eldest member of the hugely popular and successful soul and R&B group The Pointer Sisters. Ruth began her formal vocal training as director of the junior choir at her priest father Elton Pointer's church ...

44. Dom DeLuise

Actor | The Cannonball Run

As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...

45. Taurean Blacque

Actor | DeepStar Six

Although best known for his role as "Detective Sgt. Neal Washington" on the long-running and critically acclaimed police drama Hill Street Blues (1981), Taurean Blacque was one of the best stage actors of his time. A long-time resident of Atlanta, Georgia, he performed in several productions at the...

46. Carl Weintraub

Actor | Air Force One

Carl Weintraub was born on March 27, 1946 in Berkeley, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Air Force One (1997), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Oliver & Company (1988). He has been married to Laurie O'Brien since 1988. They have one child. He was previously married to Joyce Ellen ...

47. Robert Loggia

Actor | Big

Born and raised in New York City, Robert Loggia studied journalism at the University of Missouri before moving back to New York to pursue acting. He trained at the Actors Studio while doing stage work. From the late 1950s he was a familiar face on TV, usually as authoritative figures. Loggia also ...

48. Natalie Gregory

Actress | Alice in Wonderland

Natalie Gregory was born on October 20, 1975. She is an actress, known for Alice in Wonderland (1985), Oliver & Company (1988) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). She has been married to Marc Mitchell since 1997. They have two children.

49. Myhanh Tran

Soundtrack | Oliver & Company

Myhanh Tran is known for Oliver & Company (1988) and Lady in White (1988).

50. William Glover

Actor | Oliver & Company

William Glover began his professional career in his native England. He began acting on stage in 1945, but emigrated to North America to work for two seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. Glover moved to the American state of California in 1965 to appear in the Center ...

51. Bette Midler

Soundtrack | Beaches

Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a ...

52. Frank Welker

Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on ...

53. Huey Lewis

Soundtrack | Back to the Future

Huey Lewis was born on July 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Back to the Future (1985), Short Cuts (1993) and Wag the Dog (1997). He has been married to Sidney Conroy since July 20, 1983. They have two children.

54. Barry Mann

Music_department | An American Tail

Barry Mann was born on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for An American Tail (1986), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) and Top Gun (1986). He was previously married to Cynthia Weil.

55. Howard Ashman

Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Howard Ashman moved to New York City in 1974 and began writing plays while working as an editor in a publishing house. His work attracted attention and he became WPA Theatre's artist director in 1977. In 1982, Ashman collaborated with composer Alan Menken on the ...

56. Dan Hartman

Soundtrack | Oliver & Company

Dan Hartman was born on December 8, 1950 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Oliver & Company (1988), Scrooged (1988) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995). He died on March 22, 1994 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.

57. Charlie Midnight

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Charlie Midnight is an American songwriter and record producer. Although primarily known as a producer and songwriter for other artists, Midnight actually began his career as a singer and musician himself, performing in several groups throughout the late 1970s/early 1980s, culminating in the ...

58. Dean Pitchford

Soundtrack | Fame

Dean Pitchford was born on July 29, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Fame (1980), Footloose (1984) and Chances Are (1989).

59. Tom Snow

Soundtrack | Footloose

Tom Snow was born on October 25, 1947 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Footloose (1984), Chances Are (1989) and Let's Be Cops (2014).

60. Barry Manilow

Soundtrack | Thumbelina

Barry Manilow was born on June 17, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Thumbelina (1994), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and Transsiberian (2008). He has been married to Garry Kief since April 2014. He was previously married to Susan Deixler.

61. Jack Feldman

Soundtrack | Newsies

Jack Feldman was born in 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Newsies (1992), Thumbelina (1994) and The Vanishing (1993).

62. Bruce Sussman

Soundtrack | The Vanishing

Bruce Sussman was born in July 1949 in Queens, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Vanishing (1993), Pretty in Pink (1986) and Despicable Me (2010).

63. Ron Rocha

Producer | Enchanted

Ron Rocha is known for Enchanted (2007), The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Oliver & Company (1988).

64. Rob Minkoff

Director | The Lion King

Rob Minkoff was born on August 11, 1962 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Lion King (1994), Stuart Little 2 (2002) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). He has been married to Crystal Kung Minkoff since September 29, 2007. They have two children.

65. George Scribner

Director | Oliver & Company

George Scribner is known for Oliver & Company (1988), The Lion King (1994) and Heavy Metal (1981).

66. Jim Cox

Writer | FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Jim Cox is known for FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Oliver & Company (1988) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He has been married to Penney Finkelman Cox since December 24, 1985. They have two children.

67. Tim Disney

Director | Blessed Art Thou

Tim Disney is known for A Question of Faith (2000), American Violet (2008) and Oliver & Company (1988). He has been married to Neda Pourang since May 22, 2010. He was previously married to Martha Hackett.

68. James Mangold

Producer | Logan

James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).

Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...

69. Vance Gerry

Writer | The Great Mouse Detective

Vance Gerry was born on August 21, 1929 in Pasadena, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Hercules (1997) and Oliver & Company (1988). He was married to Mary. He died on March 5, 2005 in Pasadena, California, USA.

70. Mike Gabriel

Director | The Rescuers Down Under

Mike Gabriel was born on November 5, 1954 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is known for The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Pocahontas (1995) and Oliver & Company (1988). He is married to Tammy Rae Norman. They have three children.

71. Joe Ranft

Writer | The Brave Little Toaster

Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Cars, Monsters, Inc and Finding Nemo. He voiced in the many films he worked on, notably as ...

72. Jim Mitchell

Art_department | The Jungle Book

Jim Mitchell is known for The Jungle Book (2016), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and The Avengers (2012).

73. Chris Bailey

Producer | Kim Possible

Chris Bailey was born on March 26, 1962 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Kim Possible (2002), Deep Rising (1998) and Oliver & Company (1988).

74. Kirk Wise

Director | Beauty and the Beast

Kirk Wise was born on August 24, 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

75. David Michener

Writer | The Great Mouse Detective

David Michener was born on November 5, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Oliver & Company (1988) and Robin Hood (1973). He was married to Donna Roberta Burke. He died on February 15, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

76. Roger Allers

Director | The Lion King

Roger Allers is an American animated film director and writer who is known for co-directing the influential 1994 Disney musical film The Lion King. He also worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. He was intended to direct the musical drama Kingdom of the Sun, which got ...

77. Gary Trousdale

Director | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in ...

78. Kevin Lima

Director | Enchanted

Kevin Lima was born on June 12, 1962 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Enchanted (2007), A Goofy Movie (1995) and Aladdin (1992). He is married to Brenda Chapman. They have one child.

79. Michael Cedeno

Art_department | Oliver & Company

Michael Cedeno is known for Oliver & Company (1988), Hercules (1997) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

80. Peter Young

Writer | The Great Mouse Detective

Peter Young was born on May 5, 1948. He was a writer, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Oliver & Company (1988) and The Fox and the Hound (1981). He died on October 16, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

81. Leon Joosen

Director | Master Moley

Leon Joosen is known for Master Moley (2019), Oliver & Company (1988) and The Little Mermaid (1989).

82. J.A.C. Redford

Composer | Coach

J.A.C. Redford is an accomplished composer of concert music, film and television scores, and music for the theater. His concert compositions span a wide range of forms from symphony, choral music and ballet, to art songs and chamber music. His larger works have been performed by the Los Angeles ...

83. George Burns

Actor | Oh, God!

George Burns was an American actor, comedian, singer, and published author. He formed a comedy duo with his wife Gracie Allen (1895-1964), and typically played the straight man to her zany roles. Following her death, Burns started appearing as a solo performer. He once won an Academy Award for Best...

84. Monica Lacy

Actress | The Kicks

Monica Lacy is one of the rare actresses working today to move easily between comedy and drama. She's played everything from brainiacs to bombshells, her off-beat humor and warmth always hinting at the surprises underneath her All-American good looks. Next up, she's appearing in Amazon's The Kicks ...

85. Leanna Creel

Actress | Freeway

Leanna Creel began her television career acting in series such as Parent Trap III (1989) and Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991), her most popular role being that of "Tori Scott" in Saved by the Bell (1989). She graduated from UCLA in 1993 with a BA (Honors) in History and, in 1996, ...

86. Walter Cronkite

Actor | Liberty's Kids

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist. He ...

87. Jane Fonda

Actress | Klute

Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...

88. John Forsythe

Actor | Dynasty

John Forysthe was born Jacob Lincoln Freund in Penns Grove, New Jersey, the son of Blanche Materson (Blohm) and Samuel Jeremiah Freund, a Wall Street businessman. He chose to pursue acting over the objections of his father. He did some work in radio soaps and on Broadway before signing a movie ...

89. Estelle Getty

Actress | The Golden Girls

She was truly one mother of a mom...on stage, on film and on TV. A favorite firecracker on 80s and 90s television, tiny character player Estelle Getty became best known for her carping, meddlesome moms -- complete with bemused, cynical looks, irreverent digs and dead-pan Henny Youngman-like ...

90. George S. Irving

Actor | The Year Without a Santa Claus

George S. Irving was born on November 1, 1922 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Live from Lincoln Center (1976) and Pinocchio's Christmas (1980). He was married to Maria Karnilova. He died on December 26, 2016 in Manhattan, New ...

91. Kate Jackson

Actress | Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Lucy Kate Jackson was born in Birmingham, AL on October 29.1948. She attended the University of Mississippi but left during her sophomore year to begin studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was a supporting cast member on Dark Shadows (1966) (Daphne, 1970-1971) and on The Rookies (...

92. Rue McClanahan

Actress | The Golden Girls

A New York stage actress in the 1950s, McClanahan was plucked from the stage by Norman Lear for roles on All in the Family (1971) and later Maude (1972). For two years (1982 - 1984), she played "Aunt Fran" on Mama's Family (1983) until her character was killed off and she joined the cast of The ...

93. Ann Miller

Actress | Mulholland Dr.

Ann Miller was born Johnnie Lucille Ann Collier on April 12, 1923 in Chireno, Texas. She lived there until she was nine, when her mother left her philandering father and moved with Ann to Los Angeles, California. Even at that young age, she had to support her mother, who was hearing-impaired and ...

94. Yves Montand

Actor | Jean de Florette

Yves Montand was born on October 13, 1921 in Monsummano Terme, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Jean de Florette (1986), Z (1969) and The Wages of Fear (1953). He was married to Simone Signoret. He died on November 9, 1991 in Senlis, Oise, France.

95. Willie Nelson

Soundtrack | The Dukes of Hazzard

This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads ("Always On My Mind"), autobiographical road songs ("On the Road Again") and catchy rhythms ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on April 30, ...

96. David Johansen

Soundtrack | Scrooged

New York City born David Johansen sang in Rock & Roll dance bands as a teenager, joining Charles Ludlum's Ridiculous Theater and starting the New York Dolls.

The highly influential Dolls made two iconic Rock & Roll records before disbanding in the mid seventies. At this time he created the David ...

97. Stefanie Powers

Actress | Hart to Hart

Stefanie Powers began her career as a teenager dancing for the Michele Paniaff Ballet Company and Jerome Robbins. At 16 she was put under contract to Columbia Pictures in the twilight of the Hollywood Studio System where she made 15 motion pictures and was loaned to United Artists for the John Wayne...

98. Tony Randall

Actor | The Odd Couple

Tony Randall was born on February 26, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg. He attended Tulsa Central High School and later Northwestern University and New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. After graduating, he starred in two plays: George Bernard Shaw's '...

99. John Ritter

Actor | Sling Blade

Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born in Burbank, California, on September 17, 1948. He was the son of legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter) and his wife, actress Dorothy Fay (née Dorothy Fay Southworth). The couple married in 1941 and had their first child, Tom ...

100. Smokey Robinson

Soundtrack | Big Time

Multi-talented performer/writer/producer Smokey Robinson's career, and life, is inextricably tied up with Motown Records' founder Berry Gordy (his first two children are named Tamla, for the Gordy-owned label Smokey recorded for, and Berry, for Gordy himself). He and Gordy have had a professional ...