Jean Simmons, British-born American actress who was known for her cool elegance. She earned Academy Award nominations for her performances in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969). Learn more about Simmons’s life and career, including her other nota
1940: Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind) 1941: John Ford (The Grapes of Wrath) 1942: John Ford (How Green Was My Valley) 1943: William Wyler (Mrs. Miniver) 1944: Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) 1945: Leo McCarey (Going My Way) 1946: Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend) 1947: William Wyle...
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and then American film actress popular in 1930-1940 and inventor. She was frequently called the most beautiful woman in motion pictures. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was born on November 9, 1914 in Vienna. She was the only child into the family of Gertrude and Emil ...
patricia neal had been in hollywood films since the 1940s, starring in such memorable movies as “the fountainhead,”“the day the earth stood still,” and “breakfast at tiffany’s.” though her role in “hud” could be considered supporting, she made a big impact as the housekeeper at ...
In doing so, Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win in that category and the second woman of color to do so. (The first, Halle Berry, helped announce her as the winner and handed her the trophy.) DuringYeoh's acceptance speech, she noted how important representation is and...
Which of these performances by actors (born in July) winning an Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress do you like the most? Also, check out the polls: Best Actor/Actress Winner - Born in January, February, March, April, May, and June. Discuss the
Which of these performances by actors (born in May) winning an Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress do you like the most? Also, check out the polls: Best Actor/Actress Winner - Born in January, February, March, and April Discuss the poll here...
Well, he is the 80 years old Hollywood actor who still has the ability to rock any movie or stage with his extraordinary role play and charismatic personality at any time of the day. Born in 1940 in the city of New York, this actor, with his rather average height of 5’ 7”, thick...
Lum was born in New York City To an ethnic Chinese-American father, Wally And a South Korean immigrant mother, a painter She grew up in Forest Hills, Queens One of her paternal great-grandfathers was a Chinese immigrant in the 1940s who opened the Cantonese restaurant Lum’s in Flushing,...
Born: Alida Maria Altenburger in Pola, 31 May 1921; often billed as Valli in non-Italian films. Education: Attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome. Family: Married the pianist Oscar de Mejo, 1944 (divorced), two sons. Career: 1935—film debut in Il capello a tre punte...