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Walt Disney 1901–1966Film, Television & ComedyAnimator and business magnate who created Mickey Mouse and built the world's largest entertainment empire.Charlie Chaplin 1889–1977Film, Television & ComedyBritish-American actor and filmmaker whose Tramp character became an icon of the silent film era.Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962Film, Television & ComedyActress and cultural icon whose blend of vulnerability and glamour made her a symbol of Hollywood's golden age.Steven Spielberg b. 1946Film, Television & ComedyDirector and producer whose blockbusters and dramas have defined American cinema for five decades.Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980Film, Television & ComedyDirector whose Hollywood films and television presence defined modern suspense and influenced generations of American filmmakers.John Wayne 1907–1979Film, Television & ComedyWestern star whose screen persona became a durable symbol of American masculinity.Lucille Ball 1911–1989Film, Television & ComedyComedic actress and producer whose I Love Lucy pioneered the sitcom format and changed television.George Lucas b. 1944Film, Television & ComedyFilmmaker who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones, later selling Lucasfilm to Disney for over $4 billion.Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011Film, Television & ComedyTwo-time Academy Award winner who turned the largest fame in the world into the first mass-audience campaign against AIDS.Marlon Brando 1924–2004Film, Television & ComedyActor whose method acting revolutionized film performance and influenced generations of actors.Humphrey Bogart 1899–1957Film, Television & ComedyStudio-era screen actor identified with Casablanca and the hardboiled detective role.Fred Astaire 1899–1987Film, Television & ComedyMade dance work on film by winning control of how it was shot.James Stewart 1908–1997Film, Television & ComedyThe everyman of American movies, and a combat bomber pilot who rarely mentioned it.Orson Welles 1915–1985Film, Television & ComedyDirector, actor, and broadcaster whose innovations in film, radio, and theater reshaped American visual and dramatic storytelling.Cary Grant 1904–1986Film, Television & ComedyThe definitive Hollywood leading man, and one of the first stars to break the studio contract system.Stanley Kubrick 1928–1999Film, Television & ComedyDirector whose technically ambitious films redefined science fiction, war, horror, and cinematic authorship.Martin Scorsese b. 1942Film, Television & ComedyDirector and preservation advocate whose films and institutions have shaped both American cinema and understanding of its history.Clint Eastwood b. 1930Film, Television & ComedyActor and director whose Westerns and gritty dramas, from Dirty Harry to Unforgiven, defined American masculinity.Katharine Hepburn 1907–2003Film, Television & ComedyFour-time Oscar-winning actress whose independent spirit and wit made her a screen legend.Meryl Streep b. 1949Film, Television & ComedyMost nominated actor in Oscar history, renowned for her chameleon-like ability to inhabit diverse roles.Jim Henson 1936–1990Film, Television & ComedyCreator of the Muppets and a central figure in Sesame Street and family television.Groucho Marx 1890–1977Film, Television & ComedyComedian who turned the verbal insult into the engine of American comedy, from vaudeville and the Marx Brothers pictures to 14 years of You Bet Your Life.Tom Cruise b. 1962Film, Television & ComedyAction superstar and producer whose Mission: Impossible franchise and box office dominance span four decades.Tom Hanks b. 1956Film, Television & ComedyAcademy Award-winning actor known for his everyman roles and status as one of Hollywood's most beloved stars.Sidney Poitier 1927–2022Film, Television & ComedyFirst Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, breaking barriers in Hollywood.Johnny Carson 1925–2005Film, Television & ComedyHost of The Tonight Show for thirty years and the model for American late-night television.Gene Kelly 1912–1996Film, Television & ComedyDanced in a T-shirt instead of tails, co-directed Singin' in the Rain, and rebuilt how dance is filmed.Quentin Tarantino b. 1963Film, Television & ComedyDirector of Pulp FictionBuster Keaton 1895–1966Film, Television & ComedySilent-film comedian and director whose visual precision, stunts, and deadpan style became foundational to screen comedy.Denzel Washington b. 1954Film, Television & ComedyAcademy Award-winning actor and director regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation.Francis Ford Coppola b. 1939Film, Television & ComedyDirector and producer whose landmark films helped define the New Hollywood era and modern American epic filmmaking.Robert De Niro b. 1943Film, Television & ComedyAcademy Award-winning actor whose method performances in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull defined a generation.Jack Nicholson b. 1937Film, Television & ComedyThree-time Oscar winner and one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood history.John Ford 1894–1973Film, Television & ComedyDirector of Westerns and Depression dramas who won four directing Academy Awards.Henry Fonda 1905–1982Film, Television & ComedyPlayed the plain American conscience for five decades — Tom Joad, Juror 8, Mister Roberts — and won his only Oscar at 76.Rock Hudson 1925–1985Film, Television & ComedyHollywood leading man and the first major American public figure to disclose an AIDS diagnosisRichard Pryor 1940–2005Film, Television & ComedyComedian whose candid treatment of race, class, addiction, and personal experience transformed American stand-up.Ginger Rogers 1911–1995Film, Television & ComedyActress and dancer of Hollywood's Golden AgeSpike Lee b. 1957Film, Television & ComedyFour decades of American films about race that refuse to end in reconciliation.George Carlin 1937–2008Film, Television & ComedyComedian whose linguistic precision and challenges to censorship made him a defining voice in modern American stand-up.Al Pacino b. 1940Film, Television & ComedyLegendary actor whose roles in The Godfather and Scarface made him an icon of American cinema.Leonardo DiCaprio b. 1974Film, Television & ComedyOscar-winning actor and environmental activist whose career spans blockbusters and prestige dramas.Frank Capra 1897–1991Film, Television & ComedyThree directing Oscars in five years, and the Christmas film nobody wanted in 1946.Bette Davis 1908–1989Film, Television & ComedyStudio-era actress who won two Academy Awards and fought Warner Bros. over contract terms.Morgan Freeman b. 1937Film, Television & ComedyAcademy Award-winning actor whose commanding voice and gravitas made him a beloved cultural figure.Harrison Ford b. 1942Film, Television & ComedyIconic actor whose roles as Han Solo and Indiana Jones made him a global superstar for decades.Robert Altman 1925–2006Film, Television & ComedyMade overlapping dialogue, drifting cameras and enormous casts into an American film language, lost Hollywood for a decade, and came back at 67.Warren Beatty b. 1937Film, Television & ComedyProducing Bonnie and Clyde and directing RedsJames Dean 1931–1955Film, Television & ComedyActor whose brief career and rebellious image in Rebel Without a Cause made him a symbol of teenage disillusionment.Elia Kazan 1909–2003Film, Television & ComedyDirected A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman and On the Waterfront, and named names to HUAC.Billy Wilder 1906–2002Film, Television & ComedyHollywood writer-director of Sunset Boulevard — Some Like It Hot and Double Indemnity.Grace Kelly 1929–1982Film, Television & ComedyFilm star turned Princess of MonacoJoan Rivers 1933–2014Film, Television & ComedyComedian and the first woman to host a late-night network talk showLenny Bruce 1925–1966Film, Television & ComedyProsecuted into bankruptcy for obscenity, and modern stand-up runs directly from him.Montgomery Clift 1920–1966Film, Television & ComedyScreen actor who brought an interior, self-doubting style to Hollywood before Brando or DeanSamuel L. Jackson b. 1948Film, Television & ComedyHighest-grossing actor of all time whose prolific career spans blockbusters and indie films.Dustin Hoffman b. 1937Film, Television & ComedyTwo-time Oscar winner whose roles in The Graduate and Rain Man showcased extraordinary range.Will Smith b. 1968Film, Television & ComedyActor and rapper who transitioned from Fresh Prince to one of Hollywood's biggest box office draws.Gene Hackman 1930–2025Film, Television & ComedyTwo-time Academy Award winner whose everyman intensity made him one of Hollywood's most respected actors.Johnny Depp b. 1963Film, Television & ComedyVersatile actor known for transformative roles from Edward Scissorhands to Pirates of the Caribbean.Stella Adler 1901–1992Film, Television & ComedyActing teacher who trained Marlon Brando and broke with Lee StrasbergPhyllis Diller 1917–2012Film, Television & ComedyStand-up comedyLee Strasberg 1901–1982Film, Television & ComedyTaught the Method to two generations of American actors, and made affective memory the centre of it.Julia Roberts b. 1967Film, Television & ComedyAcademy Award-winning actress whose smile and charm made her America's sweetheart of the 1990s.SMSanford Meisner 1905–1997Film, Television & ComedyActing teacher who created the Meisner techniqueBrad Pitt b. 1963Film, Television & ComedyActor and producer whose roles in Fight Club and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood made him a global star.Harold Clurman 1901–1980Film, Television & ComedyCo-founder of the Group Theatre and drama critic of The NationChuck Jones 1912–2002Film, Television & ComedyWarner Bros. animator who directed many of the studio's Bugs Bunny and Road Runner shorts.