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1. John Wayne

Actor | True Grit

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.

Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...

2. Chill Wills

Actor | Giant

Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he ...

3. Linda Cristal

Actress | The High Chaparral

Argentinian leading lady Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges was one of three siblings, born in Buenos Aires to a French father and Italian mother. When she was five years of age, her father, a publisher, fled with his family to Montevideo, Uruguay, where they went on to live for several years in ...

4. Richard Boone

Actor | Have Gun - Will Travel

Richard Allen Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, to Cecile Lillian (Beckerman) and Kirk Etna Boone, a wealthy corporate lawyer. His maternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, while his father was descended from a brother of frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Squire Boone.

Richard was a...

5. Patrick Wayne

Actor | The Searchers

Possessing his father's durable good looks, vigor and charm, this tall, strapping, exceedingly handsome second son of John Wayne had huge boots to fill in trying to escape his legendary father's shadow and corral Hollywood fame on his own terms. But attempt he did and, looking back, he may not have...

6. Frankie Avalon

Soundtrack | Grease

One of a spate of teen idols to come out of Philadelphia in the 1950s and 1960s, Frankie Avalon--unlike many of the others--actually had a musical background, having been taught to play the trumpet at a very young age by his father. As a youth Avalon performed in local clubs and theaters. He won a ...

7. Joan O'Brien

Actress | Operation Petticoat

Joan O'Brien began her show-biz career while she was in high school, on a local TV music show in California with Tennessee Ernie Ford. Soon, she was a successful singer, and made the jump to acting. In about half the films she ever made, it appeared that Joan played a nurse. Perhaps her most ...

8. Price Daniel

Self | Longines Chronoscope

9. Hedda Hopper

Actress | Sunset Blvd.

Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr. and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of...

10. Erskine Johnson

Actor | Trocadero

Erskine Johnson was a Hollywood gossip columnist who worked for the Hearst newspaper chain and appeared on the radio and in motion pictures, including his own newsreel productions. His syndicated column was called "Hollywood" and "Hollywood Notes". Between 1937 and 1960, Johnson appeared in eight ...

11. Sheilah Graham

Actress | Jiggs and Maggie in Society

Sheilah Graham was born on September 15, 1904 in Leeds, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947), Impact (1949) and Girls Town (1959). She was married to Wojciechowicz Wojtkiewicz, Trevor Westbrook and John Graham Gillam. She died on November 17, 1988...

12. Lyndon B. Johnson

Self | Spartamerika

Lyndon Baines Johnson often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 under President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also...

13. Dimitri Tiomkin

Soundtrack | High Noon

Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian Jewish composer who emigrated to America and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. He won a hallowed place in the pantheon of the most successful and productive composers in American film history, earning himself four Oscars ...

14. Mike Connolly

Writer | I'll Cry Tomorrow

Mike Connolly was born on July 19, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), Here's Hollywood (1960) and This Is Your Life (1950). He died on November 18, 1966.

15. Joe Hyams

Writer | Brubaker

Joe Hyams was born on June 6, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Brubaker (1980), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Kill the Golden Goose (1979). He was married to Melissa Hyams, Elke Sommer and Eleanor Gustafson. He died on November 8, 2008 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

16. Louella Parsons

Actress | Hollywood Hotel

Louella Parsons was born on August 6, 1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Hollywood Hotel (1937), Without Reservations (1946) and Starlift (1951). She was married to Dr. Henry Watson Martin, John McCaffrey Jr. and John Demont Parsons. She died on December 9, ...

17. Vernon Scott

Actor | Burke's Law

The United Press International Hollywood correspondent and columnist for 52 years, Vernon Scott was a widely respected member of the Tinseltown journalistic community. In addition to his daily column for UPI, which started in 1950, Scott also offered a radio version of his filmic observations and ...

18. Army Archerd

Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Army Archerd was born on January 13, 1922 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Burke's Law (1963) and Gable and Lombard (1976). He was married to Selma Archerd and Joan Carol Paul. He died on September 8, 2009 in ...

19. John Ford

Director | The Quiet Man

John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...

20. Henry Hathaway

Director | True Grit

Henry Hathaway, son of a stage actress and manager, started his career as a child actor in westerns directed by Allan Dwan. His movie career was interrupted by World War I. After his discharge he briefly tried a career in finance but returned to Hollywood to work as an assistant director under such...