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Jane Russell (1921-2011)

Film actress, Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress, and was one of Hollywood’s leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. Russell moved from the Midwest to California, where she had her first film role in 1943 with The Outlaw. Born: June 21, 1921, Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. Died: February 28, 2011, Santa Maria, California, United States

Judy Garland (1922 – 1969)

Singer, actress, Judy Garland was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her vocals and attained international stardom which continued throughout a career that spanned more than 40 years. Born: June 10, 1922, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States.Died: June 22, 1969, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom.

Eroll Flyn (1909 – 1959)

Actor, Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-American actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his playboy lifestyle. Born: June 20, 1909, Hobart, Australia. Died: October 14, 1959, Vancouver, Canada.

Martha Hyer (1924 – 2014)

Actress, Martha Hyer was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some Came Running, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Born: August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Died: May 31, 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.

Jean Simmons (1929 – 2010) and Steward Granger (1913 – 1993)

Actress, Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE was a British actress. One of J. Arthur Rank’s “well-spoken young starlets”, she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after the war. Born: January 31, 1929, Lower Holloway, London, United Kingdom. Died: January 22, 2010, Santa Monica, California, United States.

Film actor, Stewart Granger was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas. Born: May 6, 1913, Kensington, London, United Kingdom. Died: January 22, 2010, Santa Monica, California, United States.

Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980)

Film actor,Peter Sellers, CBE was a British film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs and became known to a world-wide star. Born: September 8, 1925, Southsea, United Kingdom. Died: July 24, 1980, Fitzrovia, United Kingdom.

Bette Davis (1908 – 1989)

Film actress, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known as Bette Davis, was an American actress of film, television and theater. Born: March 29, 1889, Columbus, Ohio, United States. Died: May 7, 1951, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Warner Baxter (1889 – 1951)

Actor, Warner Leroy Baxter was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona, for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Born: March 29, 1889, Columbus, Ohio, United States. Died: May 7, 1951, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Loretta Young (1913 – 2000)

Film actress, Gretchen Young was an American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. Born: January 6, 1913, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Died: August 12, 2000, Santa Monica, California, United States.

Carole Landis (1919 – 1948)

Film actress, Carole Landis was an American film and stage actress, who worked as a contract-player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakthrough role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C., with United Artists. Born: January 1, 1919, Fairchild, Wisconsin, United States. Died: July 5, 1948, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Richard Jaeckel (1926 – 1997)

Actor,Richard Hanley Jaeckel was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a highly respected and in-demand character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. Born: October 10, 1926, Long Beach, New York, United States. Died: June 14, 1997, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Gladys Swarthout (1900 – 1997)

Soprano, Film actress, Gladys Swarthout was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer and entertainer. Born: December 25, 1900, Deepwater, Missouri, United States. Died: July 7, 1969, Florence, Italy.

Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) Gregory Pick (1916 – 2003)

Film actress, Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood’s Golden Age. Born: May 4, 1929, Ixelles, Belgium. Died: January 20, 1993, Tolochenaz, Switzerland.

Actor, Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor. One of the world’s most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play major film roles until the late 1970s. Born: April 5, 1916, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States. Died: June 12, 2003, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Robert Stack (1919 – 2003)

Actor, Robert Stack was an American actor, sportsman, and television host. In addition to acting in more than 40 feature films, he starred in the 1959–63 ABC-TV hit television series The Untouchables. Born: January 13, 1919, Los Angeles, California, United States. Died: May 14, 2003, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

June Lang (1917 – 2005)

Film actress, June Lang was an American film actress. Born: May 5, 1917, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Died: May 16, 2005, Valley Village, California, United States.

Greer Garson (1904 – 1996)

Actress, Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson Fogelson, CBE, was an English-American actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America’s top ten box office draws from 1942 to 1946. Born: September 29, 1904, Manor Park, London, United Kingdom. Died: April 6, 1996, Dallas, Texas, United States.

Deanna Durbin (1921 – 2013)

Actress,Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, who appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, her singing voice being variously described as being light but full, sweet and unaffected. Born: December 4, 1921, Winnipeg, Canada. Died: April 20, 2013, Neauphle-le-Château.

Tyrone Power (1914 – 1958)

Film actor, Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., was an American film and stage actor. From 1930s to the 1950s Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. Born: May 5, 1914, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Died: November 15, 1958, Madrid, Spain.

Paul Newman (1925 – 2008)

Actor, Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional racing driver and team owner; he was also an environmentalist, social activist and philanthropist. Born: January 26, 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States. Died: September 26, 2008, Westport, Connecticut, United States.

Madge Evans (1909 – 1981)

Film actress, Madge Evans was an American stage and film actress. She began her career as a child performer and model. Born: July 1, 1909, New York City, New York, United States. Died: April 26, 1981, Oakland, New Jersey, United States.

Ava Gardner (1922 -1990)

Film actress, Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress. She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers. Born: December 24, 1922, Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. Died: January 25, 1990, Westminster, United Kingdom.

Gary Grant (1904 – 1986) and Randolph Scott (1898 – 1987)

Film actor, Cary Grant 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. Born: January 18, 1904, Horfield, United Kingdom. Died: March 2, 1987, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Film actor, George Randolph Scott was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres. Born: January 23, 1898, Orange County, Virginia, United States. Died: March 2, 1987, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Jean Harlow (1911 – 1937)

Film actress, Jean Harlow was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. After being signed by director Howard Hughes, Harlow’s first major appearance was in Hell’s Angels, followed by a series of critically. Born: March 3, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Died: June 7, 1937, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Shirley Temple (1928 – 2014)

Film actress, Shirley Temple Black was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as Hollywood’s number one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, California, United States. Died: February 10, 2014, Woodside, California, United States.

Pier Angeli (1932 – 1971)

Actress, Pier Angeli was an Italian-born television and film actress. Her American cinematographic debut was in the starring role of the 1951 film Teresa, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Born: June 19, 1932, Cagliari, Italy. Died: September 10, 1971, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Dolores Moran (1924 – 1982)

Film actress, Dolores Moran was an American film actress and model. Born: January 27, 1924, Stockton, California, United States. Died: February 5, 1982, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Barbara Stanwyck (1907 – 1990)

Patricia Owens (1925 – 2000)

Film actress, Patricia Molly Owens was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. She appeared in about 40 films and 10 TV episodes in a career lasting from 1943 to 1968. Born: January 17, 1925, Golden, Canada. Died: August 31, 2000, Lancaster, California, United States.

Johnny Weissmuller (1904 – 1984)

Actor, Swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller was an American competition swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. Born: June 2, 1904, Freidorf, Romania. Died: January 20, 1984, Acapulco, Mexico.

Lucille Ball (1911 – 1984)

Film actress, Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, film studio executive, TV producer and singer. She was the star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy, and Life with Lucy. Born: August 6, 1911, Jamestown, New York, United States. Died: April 26, 1989, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Esther Williams (1921 – 2013)

Swimmer, Actress, Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Born: August 8, 1921, Inglewood, California, United States. Died: June 6, 2013, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Greer Garson (1904 – 1996)

Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962)

Film actress, Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s. Born: June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, United States. Died: August 5, 1962, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States.

James Cagney (1899 – 1986)

Actor, James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Born: July 17, 1899, New York City, New York, United States. Died: March 30, 1986, Stanfordville, New York, United States.

Norma Shearer (1902 – 1983)

Film actress, Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress, and a major Hollywood star from 1925 through 1942. Her early films cast her as a spunky ingenue, but in the Pre-Code film era, she played sexually liberated women. Born: August 10, 1902, Montreal, Canada. Died: June 12, 1983, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Joan Blondell (1906 – 1979)

Film actress, Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Born: August 30, 1906, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Died: December 25, 1979, Santa Monica, California, United States.