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1. Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

2. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

3. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

4. Robert Levine

Producer | Being Mary Tyler Moore

Robert Levine was born on September 22, 1954 in Mineola, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023), The Dick Van Dyke Show - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary (2021) and The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986). He was previously married to Mary ...

5. Mary Tyler Moore

Actress | Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...

6. Wayne Rogers

Actor | M*A*S*H

Tough around the edges and with a handsome durability, Alabama-bred Wayne Rogers was born in Birmingham on April 7, 1933. He graduated from Princeton with a history degree in 1954 and joined the Navy before giving acting a thought. During his military service, however, he became associated with ...

7. Amy H. Rogers

Producer | Perfect Witness

Amy H. Rogers is known for Perfect Witness (1989). She was previously married to Wayne Rogers.

8. Peggy Siegal

Actress | Hopeless Pictures

Peggy Siegal is known for Hopeless Pictures (2005), Five Corners (1987) and The Dick Cavett Show (1989).

9. Peter Gabriel

Soundtrack | WALL·E

Peter Gabriel was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, England. He was the lead singer of leading progressive rock band Genesis from its inception until he left in 1975 for a successful solo career as a singer-songwriter, soundtrack composer and innovator in visual presentation of music, music ...

10. Rosanna Arquette

Actress | Pulp Fiction

Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.

Arquette was born in New York City, New York. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other ...

11. Nick Nolte

Actor | Warrior

Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska and began his career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), playing the role of "Tom/Tommy Jordache". Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in ...

12. Steve Buscemi

Actor | Fargo

Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...

13. Jesse Borrego

Actor | Fame

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Borrego studied theatre and dance at The University of Incarnate Word; he studied acting at The California Institute of the Arts. In the 1980s he attended an open audition for the TV Series "Fame" where he won the role of "Jesse Velasquez", a role he would ...

14. Illeana Douglas

Actress | Stir of Echoes

Illeana Douglas is an actress, writer, and producer. Born with show business in her blood, she is the granddaughter of screen legend Melvyn Douglas. Illeana began studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. While working in New York as a stand-up comedian and sketch comedy artist, ...

15. Debbie Harry

Actress | Videodrome

Deborah Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida. At three months, she was adopted by Catherine (Peters) and Richard Smith Harry, and was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. In the 1960s, she worked as a Playboy Bunny and hung out at Max's Kansas City, a famous Warhol-inhabited ...

16. Heather McComb

Actress | American Gigolo

Heather McComb was born in Barnegat, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Gigolo (2022), Ray Donovan (2013) and The Event (2010). She was previously married to James Van Der Beek.

17. Talia Shire

Actress | Rocky

Talia Rose Shire is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the ...

18. Giancarlo Giannini

Actor | Quantum of Solace

Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.

He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...

19. Don Novello

Actor | Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Don Novello was born on January 1, 1943 in Lorain, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), The Godfather Part III (1990) and Casper (1995).

20. Adrien Brody

Actor | The Pianist

Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the ...

21. Chris Elliott

Actor | Groundhog Day

Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian and writer. He appeared in comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990-1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994). His writing has won four ...

22. Carmine Coppola

Composer | Apocalypse Now

Composer, conductor, arranger and flautist, educated at the Manhattan School of Music (BA, MA) and Juilliard (on scholarship) (MM). He was first flautist for Radio City Music Hall from 1934 to 1936, the Detroit Symphony from 1936 to 1941, the NBC Toscanini Orchestra from 1942 to 1948 and staff ...

23. Carole Bouquet

Actress | For Your Eyes Only

Carole Bouquet is a French actress and fashion model. She is best known for played Bond girl Melina Havelock in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

She also starred in That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), Nemo (1984), The Bridge (1999) and Do Not Disturb (2014).

In 2017 she starred in the...

24. Woody Allen

Writer | Annie Hall

Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.

Allen ...

25. Mae Questel

Actress | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Her Orthodox Jewish family were totally averse to her having an entertainment career. Her parents and grandparents forced her to leave the Theatre Guild school (New York) while still a teenager and had their wills drawn up accordingly so as to discourage this career choice.

Studied drama at Columbia...

26. Mia Farrow

Actress | Rosemary's Baby

Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the ...

27. Julie Kavner

Actress | The Simpsons

Julie Deborah Kavner is an American actress. She first attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the younger sister of Valerie Harper's title character in the sitcom Rhoda (1974), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is best ...

28. George Schindler

Actor | New York Stories

George Schindler is known for New York Stories (1989), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and The Art of Ventriloquism (1979).

29. Larry David

Actor | Whatever Works

Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your ...

30. Mike Starr

Actor | Ed Wood

Mike Starr was born on July 29, 1950 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Ed Wood (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Uncle Buck (1989). He has been married to Joanne since 1975. They have three children.

31. Ira Wheeler

Actor | Hannah and Her Sisters

Ira Wheeler was born on November 9, 1920 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Analyze This (1999) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). He died on August 10, 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.

32. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

33. Barbara De Fina

Producer | Goodfellas

Barbara De Fina is known for Goodfellas (1990), Hugo (2011) and Casino (1995). She was previously married to Martin Scorsese.

34. Fred Fuchs

Producer | Faerie Tale Theatre

Fred Fuchs was born on July 29, 1954. He is a producer and actor, known for Faerie Tale Theatre (1982), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).

35. Robert Greenhut

Producer | Working Girl

Robert Greenhut was born on December 18, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Working Girl (1988), Big (1988) and Annie Hall (1977).

36. Charles H. Joffe

Producer | Annie Hall

Charles H. Joffe was born on July 16, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Annie Hall (1977), Match Point (2005) and Sleeper (1973). He was married to Carol Joffe. He died on July 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

37. Jack Rollins

Producer | Match Point

Jack Rollins was born on March 23, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Match Point (2005), Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013). He was married to Pearl (Jane) Rose Levine. He died on June 18, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York,...

38. Fred Roos

Producer | The Godfather Part II

Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a casting director and producer, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), St. Vincent (2014) and Apocalypse Now (1979).

39. Sofia Coppola

Actress | The Godfather Part III

Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...

40. Richard Price

Writer | Sea of Love

Richard Price was born on October 12, 1949 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Sea of Love (1989), Ransom (1996) and The Color of Money (1986). He was previously married to Judith Hudson.

41. Kid Creole

Soundtrack | Against All Odds

Kid Creole was born on August 12, 1950 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Against All Odds (1984), Mystery Men (1999) and Summer of Sam (1999). He has been married to Eva Tudor-Jones since November 5, 2019. They have one child. He was previously married to Adriana Kaegi.

42. Sven Nykvist

Cinematographer | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Sven Nykvist was considered by many in the industry to be one of the world's greatest cinematographers. During his long career that spanned almost half a century, Nyvist perfected the art of cinematography to its most simple attributes, and he helped give the films he had worked on the simplest and...

43. Vittorio Storaro

Cinematographer | Apocalypse Now

Vittorio Storaro, the award-winning cinematographer who won Oscars for "Apocalypse Now (1979)", "Reds (1981)" and "The Last Emperor (1987)". He was born on June 24, 1940 in Rome, where his father was a projectionist at the Lux Film Studio. At the age of 11, he began studying photography at a ...

44. Néstor Almendros

Cinematographer | Days of Heaven

One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers. He was born in Spain but moved to Cuba by age 18 to join his exiled anti-Franco father. In Havana, he founded a cineclub and wrote film reviews. Then, he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale. He directed six shorts in Cuba ...

45. Susan E. Morse

Editor | Manhattan

Susan E. Morse was born in 1952. She is an editor, known for Manhattan (1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Radio Days (1987). She was previously married to Jack Richardson.

46. Barry Malkin

Editor | The Godfather Part III

Barry Malkin was born on October 26, 1938 in the USA. He was an editor, known for The Godfather Part III (1990), The Godfather Part II (1974) and Big (1988). He was married to Stephanie Malkin. He died on April 4, 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.

47. Thelma Schoonmaker

Editor | The Departed

Thelma Schoonmaker was born on January 3, 1940 in Algiers, Algeria. She is an editor and producer, known for The Departed (2006), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and The Irishman (2019). She was previously married to Michael Powell.