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1. This legendary director was born in Italy. He won three Best Director Oscars. His films include "It Happened One Night", "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town", "Mr Smith Goes To Washington" and "Arsenic and Old Lace".
2. This director won two Best Director Oscars (1958 and 1963) and was nominated on five other occasions. Some of his most famous films are "Lawrence of Arabia", "A Passage to India" and "Doctor Zhivago". He was born in England.
3. This writer/producer created a TV series in the 1960s in which his wife was a semi-regular character. It only lasted 3 seasons but has gone on since to spawn 4 other series plus an animated series and twelve movies.
4. This American actress had made around 25 films with very small parts before getting her big break in "The Killers" (1946). MGM, to whom she was contracted, forced her to make more mediocre films, trading on her popularity but she did make a few noteworthy films such as ""Mogambo" (1953) and "Bhowani Junction" (1956). Her last quality film was "The Night of the Iguana" (1964). She is still regarded as one of the most beautiful stars in Hollywood history.
5. This actress is remembered as Victoria Barkley in the TV series "The Big Valley" or from appearances in "The Colbys", but she had a big career in the movies too.
6. This actress hailed from Europe. Her first US film was made in 1926 and she didn't therefore have to speak English, being still in the silent era. In 1930, she made "Anna Christie", her first 'talkie' and was nominated for an Oscar. She had a number of successes in the next few years including "Mata Hari" (1931) and "Grand Hotel" (1932). The film "Anna Karenina" (1935) was where she probably gave her greatest performance.
7. This would-be actor found a novel way to get himself noticed. He created a late night puppet show in 1955 which was aired after 11pm in the Washington DC area. He succeeded in his aim and ended up making several TV series and eventually, movies too.
8. This actor was married six times. He achieved international stardom in the film "Anna and the King of Siam" (1946). His most famous role was as a professor of elocution for which he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1965.
9. This gap-toothed British comedian was often cast as a blundering, upper-class character. His best known films are "I'm Alright Jack" (1959), "School for Scoundrels" (1960) and "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes" (1965). He was also the voice of Sir Hiss (a snake) in Disney's "Robin Hood" (1973).
10. This famous writer was born in Cardiff, Wales. Several of his children's books have been made into successful films such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda" and "The Witches". He also wrote the screenplays for "You Only Live Twice" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
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