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1. This silent film star made her first film in 1915. She was married 6 times and had several lovers, among them Joseph Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy who was producer of "Queen Kelly" (1929). She made the transition to sound films successfully and was by then the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for "Sadie Thompson" (1928), "The Trespasser" (1929) and "Sunset Blvd." (1950).
2. This British actor was born on 1st March and was named after the patron Saint of Wales whose day is celebrated on that date. He was in the army as a young man before becoming a film star. He rejoined the Army at the outbreak of WW2 but did make two films of a propaganda nature during the war. On his return to Hollywood, he was made a Legionnaire of the Order of Merit (the highest American order that can be earned by an alien). He won an Oscar for "Separate Tables" (1958) but is probably best remembered for "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956).
3. This Oscar nominated Canadian actor is the father of Anna, a BAFTA winning actress and Daniel, an Oscar nominated actor. He is also the grandfather of an award winning producer with the same name as him. In the early 1960's he played Dr. Leonard Gillespie in a long-running TV medical series. His family were involved in making farm machinery.
4. This English actor was the first of his generation to be knighted (in 1947). He was of course a Shakespearian actor mainly but made quite a few films including "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" (1984) in which he played the 6th Earl of Greystoke and "Time Bandits" (1981), in which he played the Supreme Being.
5. This American singer and drummer was half of a duo that had enormous success in the 1970's. Their biggest hits include "(They Long to be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun".
6. This American playwright was nearly killed by diphtheria as a child. Although he showed a lot of promise in his early days, he wasn't actually that successful. He continued to struggle until his play "The Glass Menagerie" got good reviews in Chicago. It moved to New York and became a huge hit. His next play "A Streetcar Named Desire" secured his reputation and he went on to have a string of hit plays. By 1959 he had won two Pulitzer Prizes, three New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, three Donaldson Awards and a Tony Award.
7. This British character actor served as a captain in the Northwest Indian frontier during WW2. By the late 1950s he had made numerous films and appeared regularly on television. In 1968, he landed the role which made him a household name, a long-running sitcom called "Dad's Army" based on the local volunteer defence corps in wartime Britain. He played Sgt. Wilson.
8. This cartoonist was born in Belgium. He wrote 23 books based on his character of Tintin. More than one TV series has been made based on this character and in 2011 a major film "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" was released.
9. This British TV comic is famous for his creations of Hettie, the sex-starved spinster, a toothy vicar, the old pensioner Lampwick, and probably the most memorable of all, Mandy, a busty character who when being interviewed would mis-interpret something and cry out "Ooh, you are awful. But I like you!"
10. This American drummer, singer and songwriter is best known for being a member of a band he formed with his two brothers Brian and Carl and a cousin, Mike Love. They had a very distinctive sound. In 1968, he picked up two lady hitchhikers and took them to his home before going to a recording session. When he returned home in the early hours, his house had been taken over by Charles Manson and his followers. He was fascinated by Manson and they all stayed at his home for some time at his expense.
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