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1. This American leading man kept his popularity for nearly 30 years. An uncomplicated, outdoor guy, beloved by women and admired by men. He was known as 'The King of Hollywood'.
2. This brow-mopping, gravel-voiced, black American jazz trumpeter gained pleasure from playing music and clowning around in his few film appearances. He died in 1971 from heart failure.
3. This actor viewed the world cynically through a whisky bottle. He communicated his dislike for women and children in his act and on Christmas Day 1946 his alcoholism caught up with him.
4. This British-born actor of the silent era was knighted in 1975. He married 4 times including actress Paulette Goddard (1936-42). He was the father of actress Geraldine.
5. His trademarks were a painted-on moustache, large eyebrows, steel-rimmed spectacles, a cigar and a mad crouching walk. His humour depended on elaborate wordplay and puns and he got the lion's share of the wisecracks.
6. Born in Kashmir, this British leading lady was in the 1969 Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 'Shirley Valentine' (1989). She was formerly married to actor and scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd.
7. This American comedian was in show business from the age of 8 when he ran away to sing in a minstrel show. He was noted for his tie twiddle and long-suffering look at the camera. He died in 1957 after a stroke.
8. This 5 feet 4 inches Canadian-born actor played Marty McFly in 'Back to the Future'. He plays younger than his years but alas now he is suffering progressively from Parkinson's Disease.
9. In his early career, this actor was accused of copying Marlon Brando. As a director he directed his wife, Joanne Woodward in 'Rachel Rachel'.
10. Australian actor who married British-born actress Rachel Ward in 1983. He co-starred with Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail' (1988).
11. This blonde American actress starred in three Alfred Hitchcock films. She died from a brain hemorrhage after a car crash.
12. This British blonde actress had 7 children before dying of cancer. She married David McCallum in 1968 and Charles Bronson.
13. This plump Canadian comic star was continually dieting and died of a heart attack while making a film in torrid heat in Mexico. He once said, 'A lot of people just see me as a jolly fat guy but I'd hate to think that was the only reason they were laughing'.
14. Scottish actor who founded his own Glasgow theatre company. He had a world-wide hit with 'The Full Monty'(1997) and played violent Begbie in 'Trainspotting' (1996).
15. This actor always suffered for being 'too good looking'. Male critics insisted that anyone that handsome couldn't be any good as an actor. He was the founder of the Sundance Institute for independent film-makers.
16. This British actor was born on the Isle of Wight and began his show business career busking in London's West End. He married actress Sinead Cusack.
17. He was a nightclub bouncer while studying acting and has a masters degree in chemical engineering. This blond, muscular, 6 feet 6 inches tall Swedish-born karate champion has starred in a James Bond film.
18. American actor who played Deputy Dewey Riley in the 'Scream' films and was married to co-star Courteney Cox. He is the brother of Patricia and Rosanna.
19. British blonde actress who is best remembered as the girl covered with gold paint in the James Bond film Goldfinger. Her autobiography was called 'Golden Girl'.
20. This glamour queen of the 1940s married Orson Welles. She contacted Alzheimer's Disease at 62 and for the last few years of her life she had to be cared for like a baby.
21. This British actor was knighted in 1953. He has the longest film career in the history of the British Cinema.
22. This Swedish-born international model is best known for her decorative roles in 2 James Bond films.
23. This tall American dancing star was an eye-catching partner for both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Since 1948 she has been married to her second husband Tony Martin.
24. This British actress was the great-granddaughter of one-time British prime minister Lord Herbert Asquith.
25. An American actress who was a latecomer to films. A strong soprano singer, she gained Broadway musical success in the mid 1990s in the leading role of 'Sunset Boulevard'.
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