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Christopher Reeve 2004 Deaths

Christopher ReeveAge: 52 actor who became a movie icon with the title role in 1978's Superman. Vowing to “escape the cape,” he starred in the period films The Bostonians and The Remains of…

Suzanne Pleshette Biography

sitcom actressDied: January 19, 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: actress who played Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show" Suzanne…

Ray Bradbury

Name at birth: Raymond Douglas BradburyRay Bradbury wrote the 1953 science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451, a tale of a futuristic society where reading is outlawed and books are burned at the title…

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn was known to modern moviegoers as the feisty character actor who appeared in Cocoon (1985) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). Fans of live theater knew him better for his 60 years on the…

Jimmy Stewart

Name at birth: James StewartJimmy Stewart was an American film hero from the 1930s through the 1950s, playing sturdy, honest, all-American types in a series of popular films. He is now perhaps best…

Tallulah Bankhead Biography

Tallulah BankheadactressBorn: 1/31/1903Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama Known for her throaty, seductive voice and witty repartee, she starred on stage in The Little Foxes (1939), The Skin of…

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman is the actress to whom Humphrey Bogart says "Here's looking at you, kid" in the 1942 film Casablanca. She came to Hollywood from Sweden in 1939 and became a tremendous star in the…

Viggo Mortensen

An actor, poet, painter and photographer, Viggo Mortensen got into the movies in the mid-1980s, starting with small roles in big movies and big roles in small movies. Since then, Viggo Mortensen has…

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr(William Stacey Burr)actorBorn: 5/21/1917Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer…

Anthony Perkins

Anthony PerkinsactorBorn: 4/4/1932Birthplace: New York City After working as a juvenile lead actor early in the 1950s, especially winning praise for his Broadway role in Tea and Sympathy (…