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1. This actress was one of the Hollywood greats. She was nominated 11 times for the Best Actress Oscar, winning on two occasions - in 1936 for "Dangerous" and in 1939 for "Jezebel". She was known as "the fifth Warner Brother". She had another big success in 1950 with "All About Eve".
2. This actress is famous as a dizzy redhead from her TV comedy shows but was in fact anything but. She met and married her Cuban husband Desi in 1940. She made a radio comedy "My Favorite Husband" in 1948 and CBS made it into a sitcom TV series which is still one of the most popular of all time.
3. This English actor, famous for playing Shakespearean roles but made the transition to a Hollywood star. He married Vivien Leigh in 1940, just after she had made "Gone with the Wind" and he had made "Wuthering Heights", both of which were massive box-office hits.
4. This actor is famous as a villain, mainly in Westerns but also in dramas such as "The Big Combo" (1955) with Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte. In the mid 1960s he got the role of Col. Mortimer in "For A Few Dollars More" and became a star.
5. The son of a famous Italian film pioneer, this director is famous for his Spaghetti Westerns such as "Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966).
6. This American actor did radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. He played James Dean's father in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). His most famous role is as the cartoon character Mr. Magoo. He made many short films as this character and also some TV series. He also played Thurston Howell III in "Gilligan's Island".
7. This English actor was a qualified doctor but practiced medicine only for a few years before realising he wanted to perform comedy. His father was a police Inspector and may well have been the inspiration for the constables he played in many comedy sketches. He formed a team with his university friends to make the BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
8. This American actor was heard by millions but would probably not have been recognised by the majority of his fans. If you can think of a Warner Brothers cartoon character, there is a very good chance this man created the voice to go with it.
9. This English actor initially made his name as a Shakespearian actor. During WW2 he served with the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of major. In films he often made historical epics due to his classical training, such as Cardinal Wolsey in "Anne of the Thousand days" (1969).
10. This Spanish painter is famous for surreal images. His most famous painting, "The Persistence of Memory" was completed in 1931 showing images of melting pocket watches.
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