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1. This American actress was the daughter of a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She was very successful on the London stage but just didn't seem to have any luck with a successful film. She alternated with mediocre films and successful London plays several times. It wasn't until 1944 that she made a hit film with Hitchcock's "Lifeboat". Success was relatively short lived, though, so she returned to the stage.
2. This Scottish actor started on stage at age 20. He didn't make his first film until he was in his 54th year, but he kept working steadily and still managed to clock up 140 film and TV credits before his death. A large man with a very distinctive voice, he is well known for playing Pip's benefactor, Magwitch, in "Great Expectations" (1946), (Saint) Peter in "Quo Vadis" (1951) and Balthasar/the Narrator in "Ben-Hur" (1959).
3. This American clergyman had a dream while in Washington that social injustice in America would come to an end.
4. This American writer is known for his novella "Of Mice and Men" (1937) and his novels "East of Eden" (1952) and "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
5. This American lady was one of two subjects of the film "The Miracle Worker" (1962). Patty Duke won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing her and Anne Bancroft won the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for playing her teacher.
6. This Scottish racing driver won two Formula 1 World championships in 1963 and 1965. He also won the Indianapolis 500 and had two 2nd place finishes in the period 1963 to 1966. His win in 1965 made him the only man in history to win the Indy 500 and the F1 World Championship in the same year in the 20th century.
7. This Russian rocketed to fame in 1961 in a notable first. He lost a lot of weight achieving his claim to fame - but put it all back on.
8. This American politician was a New York senator who had previously been U.S. Attorney General. He was a leading candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President in 1968.
9. This man was Greek Prime Minister three times. The first time in the mid 1940s was for about 8 months, the second in 1963 for about 7 weeks and finally in 1964-65 for about 17 months. Doesn't sound that impressive? Well, Greek politics is notorious for changing its Prime Ministers. Between 10 Oct 1935 and the start of 2014, there have been 58 Prime Ministers. There have in fact been over 180 heads of Government (including Prime Ministers) between 1822 and 2014.
10. This English comedian was a very popular comedian who had first come to national attention with his radio show before being picked for his own TV show, where lived at "23 Railway Cuttings", an address which became synonymous with him. He was probably the most famous comedian on British TV in the late 1950s and early 1960's. He was unfortunately one minute an individual who believed in his comedy and the next he was full of self-doubt which led to alcoholism.
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