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1. This actress didn't turn to acting until late in life but she was quite busy in the 1980s. She was often portrayed as a gruff character in films like "The Goonies" (1985) and "Deadly Friend" (1986).
2. This child star became an overnight success when she was picked by Steven Spielberg to play the young girl, Carol, in "Poltergeist" (1982). Spielberg initially thought she was too young for the part but he liked what he saw and was convinced when she screamed at her second audition.
3. This English actor and raconteur is famous for the "Carry on" film series which were relatively inexpensive to make but highly successful in the UK. He often played a rather camp character with a nasal, whiny, voice. He was also a regular on the radio in a show called "Round the Horn", in which he played a number of characters like the folk singer called Rambling Sid Rumpo, criminal mastermind Peasemold Gruntfuttock and Sandy, one half of the camp couple Julian and Sandy.
4. This English actor leapt to stardom in David Lean's wartime romance "Brief Encounter". He also played Captain William Bligh in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty", with Marlon Brando. He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1961 for the film "Sons and Lovers".
5. This German actor was a talented violinist who mainly made German language films but is best remembered for playing a Bond villain. His voice was dubbed into English because of his thick accent by actor Michael Collins.
6. This English actor became a household name in the 1960s when he was a regular on a late night satirical show called "That Was The Week That Was" which also launched the career of David Frost. He played the father of Veruca Salt in the film "Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971).
7. This Romanian born actor/producer won an Oscar in 1974 for his performance as the stern Professor Kingsfield at the Harvard Law School in "The Paper Chase". He went on to recreate the role in a TV series a few years later. He was co-founder of the Mercury Theatre along with Orson Welles with whom he worked a lot. The Mercury Theatre became the Mercury Theatre on the Air and he was responsible for their most famous radio production, "The War of the Worlds" in 1938.
8. This English character actor found fame as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in a popular American TV series which has gone on to spawn a number of major Hollywood blockbusters with several different actors in the lead role.
9. This American singer-songwriter was at the height of his fame in the 1960s. In 1988 he joined a supergroup (the Traveling Wilburys) with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. He died of a heart attack later that year.
10. This American actor is well known for supporting roles in "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962). He is the father of Keith Carradine, David Carradine and Robert Carradine.
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