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1. This actor starred in a t.v. series that ran for 20 years. The name of the person he played is the same as an actor's actual name who starred in the movies "My Bodyguard" (1980), "The Outsiders" (1983), and "There's Something About Mary" (1998). Which celebrity am I talking about?
2. 1961 gave us the film "Judgment at Nuremburg", in which this actor played prosecuting attorney Colonel Tad Lawson. Other film credits include 1978's "Coma" (Dr. George Harris), 1960's "The Alamo" (Jim Bowie), and 1991's "True Colors", in which he starred alongside John Cusack and James Spader in his final movie role. Who is this celebrity who passed away at age 93 on March 24, 2008?
(daughter Anne Heath was married to baseball great Sandy Koufax for 13 years)
3. Some of this actor/comedian's roles were in "The Longest Day" (1962), "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), and the cult classic, "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" (1969). He won one Oscar, in 1957 for Best Supporting Actor in the production "Sayonara" in which Marlon Brando played the lead role. Who would this fellow be?
(his performing name came from the his hair color and some shiny implements that adorned his uniform from formerly being an entertaining bellhop)
4. This flamboyant actress married Burhan Belge in 1937, Conrad Hilton in 1942, and six other men before she finally settled on husband number nine, Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt, in 1986. In 1989, she was stopped by the police for a traffic violation and subsequently slapped him, for which she was found guilty of assault and spent three days in the El Segundo jail for her crime. Who is this feisty blonde actress?
(on April 13th, 1983, in an apparent drunken stupor, she married Felipe de Alba and on April 14th, 1983, the marriage was quickly annulled)
5. This man was the first celebrity to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They're in these five categories: Motion Pictures, Radio, Recording, Television, and Live Theatre. In the 1940s, he created what was known as "The Cowboy Code", or "Cowboy Commandments", in response to the young radio listeners who aspired to be like him. Who is this singing cowboy entertainer I'm speaking of?
6. Not to be confused with the British actress of the same name, this classy lady became the third person to win a Tony, a Grammy, an Emmy, and an Oscar (when she won a Grammy Award in 1976). She also won two Golden Globe awards. Her Oscars came in 1931 for Best Actress in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet"(her sound film debut), and for Best Supporting Actress in the 1970 production of "Airport", in which she played Mrs. Ada Quonsett, an elderly stowaway. She is probably best known in the latter part of her career for playing the elderly sleuth, "Miss Marple", in the television series based on Agatha Christie's works. So, Miss Marple fans, who am I talking about?
(be careful or her name may leave you with 'diminished visibility')
7. Cartoon lovers should remember this famous animation producer and writer for his famous holiday special from 1966, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". Not enough of a clue? Three of his hundreds of cartoons, "Duck Amuck" (with Daffy Duck), "One Froggy Evening", and "What's Opera, Doc" (with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd), are still hailed by animation critics to be "three of the best cartoons ever made". So cartoon lovers, what famous animator am I talking about?
(you might be able to 'keep up with his namesakes', but as an animator, he's ahead of everybody!)
8. This outspoken actor, and well known liberal activist, starred in over 70 movies. His most critically acclaimed role came in a 1962 production that is now #1 on the American Film Institute (AFI) list of all-time greatest courtroom dramas. This movie also treated us to the acting debut of Robert Duvall, who stars as a recluse named Arthur "Boo" Radley. What great film legend's name am I looking for?
(there were no animals harmed despite what this courtroom drama film's name suggests)
9. While still mourning the death of her second husband in 1968, Marty Melcher, this multi-talented entertainer was shocked to learn that he had signed a contract, that committed her to a television series for CBS. Despite her reluctance, she fulfilled the contract and started filming the series, which ended up lasting five years from 1968-1973. I guess all she could say about it was, "Que Sera Sera!" What is the name of this talented blonde lady whose lifelong friend was Rock Hudson?
10. This long-time entertainer, was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20th, 1896. He sang a song about being a certain age that all the celebrities in this quiz probably wished they were in the latter years of their careers. When you're over the age of 85, who wouldn't want to be "18 Again"? Which cigar chomping comedian/entertainer am I referring to? ("Goodnight Gracie!")
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