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Actors of Yesterday Pages

Directors & Filmmakers of Today

Film Directors
of the XXth Century

Pioneers of The Cinema

           actors onstage at London's Old Globe Theatre performing in Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" in July 2010           on page 1:

A thru F

G thru M

here on page 2:

N thru S

T thru Z


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Liam Neeson
#10 on Forbes Magazine list of Highest Paid Movie Actors for 2013

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1975]  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Terms of Endearment" [1983]  won Oscar for Best Actor for "As Good as It Gets" [1997]    Jack Nicholson
browse Jack Nicholson on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 12 Oscar nominations [1970-2003]; won in 1976, 1984 & 1998

"Drive, He Said" [1971] co-written & directed by Jack Nicholson

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Edward James Olmos Page

Magic Lantern's Hispanic-American Cinema Page

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "Scent of a Woman" [1992]     Al Pacino
browse Al Pacino on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 8 Oscar nominations [1973-1993]; won in 1993

Sonny's Al Pacino Online fansite

Magic Lantern's 'Godfather Saga' Page

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Gwyneth Paltrow
browse Gwyneth Paltrow on DVDIMDb listingofficial website/blogWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "Mystic River" [2003]  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Milk" [2008]    actor-director  Sean Penn
browse Sean Penn on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1996-2009]; won in 2004 & 2009

Fair Game feature film about the TreasonGate Scandal  "Fair Game" [Participant Media Nov 2010]
Feature film based on the book by Valerie Plame Wilson about the TreasonGate
Scandal
of 2003.
Directed by Doug Liman; screenplay by Jez & John Butterworth;
starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, David Andrews & Geoffrey Cantor
Summit Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2011] for $19.49
Summit Ent. widescreen color DVD [3/2011] for $8.84
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
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TV actress Pauley Perrette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauley_Perrette

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Magic Lantern's
writer-director-actor Tyler Perry Page

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Brad Pitt
listed Top Ten Star 2008
browse Brad Pitt on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

co-founder of 'Not On Our Watch' charity [est. 2009]

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Kevin Pollak
"How I Slept My Way To The Middle" [2012] by Kevin Pollak

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Michael J. Pollard
browse Michael J. Pollard on DVDIMDb listing [1959-2003]Wikipedia

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Natalie Portman
listed #8 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 (5/2011)
#8 on the Forbes Magazine List of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses (7/2013)
IMDb listingWikipedia

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Bill Pullman
browse Bill Pullman on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Director for "Ordinary People" [1980]  won Honorary Oscar Award in 2002    actor-director  Robert  Redford
browse Robert Redford on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1974-1995]; won in 1981 & 2002
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

Magic Lantern's Sundance Companies Page

"The Films of Robert Redford" [1977 & 1984] by James Spada
http://www.amazon.com/Films-Robert-Redford-James-Spada/dp/0806508981/

"The Old Man and The Gun" [Warner Bros. 2013?]
Announced 4/2013: Redford will star; adapted & directed by David Lowery; based on 2003 article in The New Yorker

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Keanu Reeves  from Canada
browse Keanu Reeves on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Britt Rentschler  member of American Mensa (2019)
IMDb listing

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Paul Reubens and his 'Peewee Herman' character
DVDs of Paul Reubens at Amazonofficial websiteIMDb listingWikipedia

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Molly Ringwald
browse Molly Ringwald on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

book "Getting The Pretty Back"

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Andrea Riseborough

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won Oscar for Best Actress for "Erin Brockovich" [2000]    Julia Roberts
listed as Top Ten Actress by Hollywood Reporter (12/2007); listed Top Ten Star 2008;
#10 on the Forbes Magazine List of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses (7/2013)
browse Julia Roberts on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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actress Michelle Rodriguez
IMDb listingofficvial website

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Richard Roundtree
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Richard Roundtree on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Mickey Rourke

"Diner" [1982]
"Year of The Dragon" [1985]
"A Prayer For The Dying" [1987]
"Angel Heart" [1987]
"The Last Outlaw" [1994]
"The Wrestler" [2008]

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Gena Rowlands {Cassavetes}
widow of John Cassavetes [1929-89]
browse Gena Rowlands on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Actress for "The Fisher King" [1991]    Mercedes Ruehl
browse Mercedes Ruehl on DVDIMDb listingBroadway creditsWikipedia

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Kurt Russell
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Kurt Russell on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Theresa Russell
browse Theresa Russell on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Winona Ryder
browse Winona Ryder on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Adam Sandler
#7 on Forbes Magazine list of Highest Paid Movie Actors for 2013

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Amy Schumer
official website

"Trainwreck" [Universal Pictures July 2015]
This is a comedy about modern dating in Manhattan, there are no actual trains in it.
Co-produced & directed by Judd Apatow; written by & starring Amy Schumer
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site

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Arnold Schwarzernegger
bodybuilder [1968-80], actor [1969-2004], Governor of California [Nov 2003-Jan 2011], actor [2010+]
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Arnold on DVDIMDb listing [since 1969]Wikipedia

Arnold's Birthplace Museum [est. 7/2011] in Stal, Austria

The Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy [est. 2011] at the University of Southern California

http://www.thelaststandfilm.com

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Annabella Sciorra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabella_Sciorra

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writer & actor Jason Segel

Co-produced, co-wrote & starred in "The Muppets" feature film [2011]

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Tom Selleck
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Selleck-Western-Collection/dp/B0013D8M44/

starred in seven "Jesse Stone" TV movies [2005-2012]

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playwright & actor Wallace Shawn
browse Wallace Shawn on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

book "Essays"

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actor-writer-producer Harry Shearer
browse Harry Shearer on DVDIMDb listing [1922-80]Wikipedia

The Big Uneasy documentary by Harry Shearer  "The Big Uneasy" documentary [indep Aug 2010]
"Natural Disaster? You Don't Know The Half Of It." A documentary that examines why New Orleans flooded from Hurricane Katrina and why it could happen again, thru the testimony of two scientists and a whistleblower. Written & directed by Harry Shearer; hosted by John Goodman
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
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author-actor Sam Shepard
browse Sam Shepard on DVDbrowse booksBroadway creditsIMDb listingWikipedia

Bucknell University's Sam Shepard site

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Talia Shire
browse Talia Shire on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Magic Lantern's Rocky Balboa Movies Page

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Martin Short  from Canada
browse Martin Short on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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actor-director Charles Martin Smith
browse Charles Martin Smith on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Will Smith
listed Top Ten Star 2008
browse Will Smith on DVDIMDb listingofficial siteWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Wesley Snipes
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Wesley Snipes on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" [1995]     Mira Sorvino [b. 1967]
browse Mira Sorvino on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Paul Sorvino [b. 1939]
browse Paul Sorvino on DVDIMDb listingofficial siteWikipedia
Paul Sorvino Foods []

"The Trouble With Cali" [in post-production 2012]  
Paul Sorvino convinced his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania to back this independent film, to the tune of $250,000,
plus a second $250,000; filming in the Scranton area was completed in 2006, but changes in political leaders and difficulties
in post-production caused delays, and the Sorvino family is on the defensive. World premiere is at the Sedona Film Festival
2/2012.
Written & co-produced by Amanda Sorvino; directed by & starring Paul Sorvino; co-produced by & starring
Michael Sorvino; also starring Laurence Leboeuf, Glynnis O'Connor, Chris Meyer, Joanne Baron, Frank Adonis,
Mira Sorvino, R.Z.A., D. Sorce & Bill Sorvino • full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Sylvester Stallone
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Sylvester Stallone on DVDpostersIMDb listingWikipedia

Magic Lantern's 'Rocky Balboa' Films Page
official Sylvester Stallone website

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Harry Dean Stanton
browse Harry Dean Stanton on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

"Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction" [Adopt Films Sept 2013?]  
Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction 2013 documentary  A mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films, and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs; stunningly photographed in color and black & white by Seamus McGarvey
Directed by Sophie Huber; starring Harry Dean Stanton, featuring David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson, Deborah Harry
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
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Jason Statham
browse Jason Statham on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Kristen Stewart
#3 on the Forbes Magazine List of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses (7/2013)

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Dean Stockwell
browse Dean Stockwell on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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actress Emma Stone
#5 on the Forbes Magazine List of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses (7/2013)
browse Emma Stone DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

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David Strathairn
browse David Strathairn on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs. Kramer" [1979]  won Oscar for Best Actress for "Sophie's Choice" [1982]    Meryl Streep
listed Top Ten Star 2008
browse Meryl Streep on DVDIMDb listingBroadway credits
official websiteWikipedia
received 15 Oscar nominations [1979-2009]; won in 1980 & 1983

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singer-actress Taylor Swift
listed #20 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 (5/2011)
IMDb listingofficial siteWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Michael Clayton" [2007]    Tilda Swinton
browse Tilda Swinton on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Tilda Swinton 'fanshrine'

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George Takei [b. 1937 in Los Angeles, CA]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei

George Takei's TED Talk about his WWII internment experience in June 2014 at TED Kyoto [15:58]

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Channing Tatum
#2 on Forbes Magazine list of Highest Paid Movie Actors for 2013

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won Oscar for Best Actress for "Monster" [2003]    Charlize Theron
listed as Top Ten Actress by Hollywood Reporter (12/2007)
#6 on the Forbes Magazine List of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses (7/2013)
browse Charlize Theron on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Tamlyn Tomita
browse Tamlyn Tomita on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  John Travolta
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse John Travolta on DVDIMDb listingofficial websiteWikipedia

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actress Liz Vassey
IMDb listingWikipedia

"All My Children" TV soap opera [1990-92] 10 episodes /tt0065272/
"The Adventures of Captain Zoom In Outer Space" TV movie [1995] /tt0112292/
"Brotherly Love" TV series [1995-97] /tt0111901/
"The Tick" TV series [2001-2002] as Captain Liberty /tt0242949/
"Nikki and Nora" TV movie [2004] /tt1320104/
"C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" TV series [2005-2010] 77 episodes /tt0247082/
"Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files" TV mini-series [2014] /tt2952630/

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actress Alexa Vega

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actress Alicia Vikander
IMDb listingWikipedia

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Mark Wahlberg
#4 on Forbes Magazine list of Highest Paid Movie Actors for 2013

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Fred Ward
browse Fred Ward on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Glory" [1989]  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Training Day" [2001]    Denzel Washington
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
#9 on Forbes Magazine list of Highest Paid Movie Actors for 2013
browse Denzel Washington on DVDIMDb listingBroadway creditsWikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1988-2002]; won in 1990 & 2002

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Emma Watson
forever famous as Hermione Granger in the The 'Harry Potter' movies, 2001-2011
http://www.amazon.com/Emma-Watson-Biography-David-Nolan/dp/1843583623/

Emma Watson visit to David Letterman TV Show [July 2007] in gray dress
watch segment [5/2016 download; 8:42] on YouTube

Emma Watson visit to David Letterman TV Show [July 2009] in yellow dress
watch segment [8/2009 download; 10:16] on YouTube

Emma Watson visit to David Letterman TV Show [July 2011] in sparkly dress
watch segment [7/2011 download; 11:05] on YouTube

Emma Watson visit to David Letterman TV Show [March 2014] in black pantsuit
watch segment [3/2014 download; 13:48] on YouTube

amateur 'tribute' to Emma Watson {compilation of clips}
watch video [2/2016 download; 6:58] on YouTube

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Naomi Watts
browse Naomi Watts on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

'Blue Jewel' Naomi Watts fansite

Fair Game feature film about the TreasonGate Scandal  "Fair Game" [Participant Media 2010]
Feature film based on the book by Valerie Plame Wilson about the
TreasonGate Scandal of 2003.
Directed by Doug Liman; screenplay
by Jez & John Butterworth; starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, David
Andrews & Geoffrey Cantor
Summit Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2011] for $13.99
Summit Ent. widescreen color DVD [3/2011] for $9.73
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia

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Peter Weller
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Peter Weller on DVDIMDb listingBroadway credits [1972-75]Wikipedia

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension  listed #90 on Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies in  2015  "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (Part 6)"
[Sherwood/Fox Aug 1984]

Rapid-fire sci-fi craziness pitting Team Banzai against a race of evil Lectriods from Planet Ten in a weird and brainy comic book world full of overlapping jokes and toss-away one-liners – wacky and bizarre and original. Directed by W.D. Richter; written by Earl Mac Rauch; starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum & Christopher Lloyd
MGM/UA color DVD 'Special Edition' [1/2002] for $14.99
MGM/UA color VHS [2/2001] for $9.94
Pocket 8x5 pb [12/2001] for $10.36
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

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Michelle Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Williams_(actress)

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songwriter & actor Paul Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931437/

"Paul Williams Still Alive" [indep June 2012]  
Paul Williams Still Alive documentary  Filmmaker Kessler was surprised to discover that the Oscar-winning '70s-era songwriter was still alive, so he sought out the reclusive but active Williams, whose IMDb credits lists eleven song credits (1973-87) but over 80 acting jobs (since 1965). Co-produced, written & directed by Stephen Kessler; featuring Paul Williams, Robert Blake, Karen Carpenter, Johnny Carson, Dick Clark, Angie Dickinson, Kermit the Frog, Jack Klugman, Peter Lawford, Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds, Telly Savalas, Barbra Streisand & John Travolta
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
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Fred Williamson
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Fred Williamson on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Bruce Willis
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
browse Bruce Willis on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Debra Winger
browse Debra Winger on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Undiscovered memoir by Debra Winger  
"Undiscovered" memoir [2008]
by Debra Winger

S&S hardcover [6/2008] for $16.79

"The Anarchist" Broadway stageplay [opens Nov 2012]  
Announced 6/2012: Debra Winger will make her Broadway debut this winter in a new work
by David Mamet, with co-star Patti LuPone • not yet listed at IBDb

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won Oscar for Best Actress for "Walk The Line" [2005]    Reese Witherspoon
listed as Top Ten Actress by Hollywood Reporter (12/2007); listed Top Ten Star 2008
browse Reese Witherspoon on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Evan Rachel Wood
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listingWikipedia

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Burt Young
browse Burt Young on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Sean Young
browse Sean Young on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

official Sean Young website {parked 2007}

starred in "Blade Runner" [1982]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Cold Mountain" [2003]    Renée Zellweger
listed as Top Ten Actress by Hollywood Reporter (12/2007)
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listingWikipedia

"New In Town" [E.E.G./LionsGate Jan 2009]
full credits from IMDbofficial movie site

"Cinnamon Girl" TV movie [Lifetime in 2012?]  
Announced 10/2011: A 1960s drama loosely based on Renée Zellweger’s journey from small-town Texas to
Hollywood. Co-produced & co-written by Zellweger; co-produced & directed by Gavin O’Conner; co-written by
Anthony Tambakis; co-produced & music supervision by Danny Bramson

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Actors  and  Others  of  Yesterday
Both known and lesser-known actors & actresses, from silents to recent times
– from Akim Tamiroff, thru many favorites, to Yakima Canutt

on page one: top of pageLinksActors A thru F
on page two: Actors G thru L • on page three: Actors M thru R
on page four: Actors S thru ZHollywood Collection videos

Foreign  Actors  and  Others  by  Country
Actors of Asia        Actors of Canada        Actors of China        Actors of France
Actors of Germany        Actors of India        Actors of Italy        Actors of Japan
Actors of Mexico        Actors of Russia        Actors of Spain        Other Foreign Actors

Magic Lantern's Hispanic-American Cinema Page / People Section


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