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Lahr, Bert
Laine, Frankie
Lamarr, Hedy
Lamas, Fernando
Lamour, Dorothy
Lancaster, Burt
Lanchester, Elsa
Landis, Carole
Langford, Frances
Lansbury, Angela
Lansing, Joi
Lanza, Mario
Lassie
Laughton, Charles
Laurel, Stan
Lawford, Peter
Lee, Gypsy Rose
Lee, Michele
Lee, Peggy
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Lee, Ruta
Lehmann, Lotte
Leigh, Janet
Lemmon, Jack
Lennon, John
Leslie, Joan
Levant, Oscar
Lewis, Diana
Lewis, Jerry
Lewis, Ted
Lightner, Winnie
Lockhart, June
Lombardo, Guy
Loren, Donna
Loren, Sophia
Love, Bessie
Loy, Myrna
Lupino, Ida
Lynn, Leni
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La Barr, Donna
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La Cava, Joe
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La Manche, Bobbie
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La Marr, Margaret
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La Nore, Dee
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La Planche, Louise
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La Planche, Rosemary
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La Plante, Laura
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LaRoche, Mary
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La Rue, Al "Lash"
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La Rue, Emily
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LaRue, Frank
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LaRue, Grace
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La Venture, Martha
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La Verne, Lucille
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Laborteaux, Patrick
Films on Class Act:
Mame (1974)
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Lacey, Bruce
Films on Class Act:
Help! (1965)
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Lacey, Patti
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Lacy, Alva
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Ladd, David
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Laemmle, Beth
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Lafayette, Jeanne
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Bert Lahr (1895 - 1967)
Given name: Irving Lahrheim; born in New York, NY. Legendary comedian of stage and screen. Bigger than life - too big to fit on the screen, some say. His over-the-top antics just seemed to be too
much at times in the more intimate space of film. But, he was a gifted comedian, and he found immortality as The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.
Feature Films:
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Frankie Laine (1913 - 2007)
Given name: Frank Paul Lo Vecchio; born in Chicago, Illinois. One of the most popular vocalists of the 1950s. Started out in the church choir; first sang professionally at the age of 15. Hoagy
Carmichael attended one of Frankie's concerts, and it was he who got Frankie his first big recording break, even funding the session.
Feature Films:
He Laughed Last (1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
When You're Smiling (1950)
Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
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Hedy Lamarr (1913 - 2000)
Given name: Hedwig Kiesler; born in Austria. Began her film career in Europe before WWII. Beautiful, talented, and one very remarkable person! Not only was she a major movie star, but she helped out
during WWII by designing countermeasures systems. Credited with the invention of the spread-spectrum modulation technique. Famous quote: "Any girl can be glamorous: all you have to do is stand still and look stupid."
American Films Only:
The Female Animal (1957)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
The Face That Launced a Thousand Ships (1954)
My Favorite Spy (1951)
Copper Canyon (1950)
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Let's Live a Little (1948)
Dishounoured Lady (1947)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
Experiment Perilous (1944)
The Conspirators (1944)
The Heavenly Body (1943)
White Cargo (1942)
Crossroads (1942)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
H.M. Pulham Esq. (1941)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Come Live with Me (1941)
Comrade X (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
I Take This Woman (1940)
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
Algiers (1938)
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Fernando Lamas (1915 - 1982)
Operatic singer / actor originally from Argentina, in Hollywood from 1950. Married to Arlene Dahl, father of Lorenzo Lamas.
Feature Films:
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Powder Keg (1971)
Backtrack (1969)
100 Rifles (1969)
Kill a Dragon (1967)
Valley of Mystery (1967)
The Violent Ones (1967)
A Place Called Glory (1966)
The Lost World (1960)
The Girl Rush (1955)
Jivaro (1954)
Rose Marie (1954)
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
The Diamond Queen (1953)
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Sangaree (1953)
The Merry Widow (1952)
The Law and the Lady (1951)
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
The Avengers (1950)
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Dorothy Lamour (1914 - 1996)
(aka Dot or Dottie Lamour)
Given name: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; born in New Orleans, Louisiana. As with most vocalists of the era, Dorothy Lamour began as a big band vocalist before moving into pictures. She signed with
Paramount Studios in 1936. At Paramount, she played in light comedies and musical comedies. But Paramount loaned her to 20th Century-Fox occasionally, where she would get to sink her teeth into some
dramatic roles. And, of course, who can forget the famous trio of Hope, Crosby and Lamour in the "Road" movies?
Selected Feature Films:
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Burt Lancaster (1913 - 1994)
Given name: Burton Stephen Lancaster; born in New York, NY. Started out working in the circus as a boy, then landed a small part on Broadway, where he came to the attention of an agent that
introduced him to the world of movies. He did well from the beginning and rose to stardom quickly, typically playing tough men in hard circumstances.
Selected Feature Films:
Separate But Equal (1991)
Phantom of the Opera (TV, 1990)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Tough Guys (1986)
Scandal Sheet (TV, 1985)
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Local Hero (1983)
The Life of Verdi (TV miniseries, narrator, 1982)
Marco Polo (TV miniseries, 1982)
Atlantic City USA (AAN, 1980)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Vicory at Entebbe (TV, 1976)
1900 (1976)
Moses (1975)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Scorpio (1973)
Executive Action (1973)
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
Lawman (1971)
Airport (1970)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Castle Keep (1969)
The Scalphunters (1968)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Professionals (1966)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Leopard (1963)
A Child Is Waiting (1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz (AAN, 1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Elmer Gantry (AA, 1960)
The Unforgiven (1959)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Separate Tables (1958)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)
The Rainmaker (1956)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
The Kentuckian (1955)
Apache (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
From Here to Eternity (AAN, 1953)
Come Back Little Sheba (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Jim Thorpe - All-American (1951)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Criss Cross (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
All My Sons (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
The Killers (1946)
(many more)
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Elsa Lanchester (1902 - 1986)
Given name: Elizabeth Sullivan; born in London, England. Delighful, talented and versatile actress / singer / comedienne of stage and screen. She was great fun to watch, and ran the gamut from maids
to queens to monsters - creating a new persona for each character. Began her career in London and moved to Hollywood around 1940. Married to Charles Laughton.
Selected Feature Films:
Die Laughing (1980)
Murder By Death (1976)
Willard (1971)
Rascal (1969)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1967)
That Darn Cat (1965)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Pajama Party (1964)
Witness for the Prosecution (AAN, 1957)
Bell, Book and Candle (1957)
The Glass Slipper (1955)
Come to the Stable (AAN, 1949)
The Secret Garden (1949)
The Inspector General (1949)
The Big Clock (1948)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Rembrandt (1937)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1932)
Bluebottles (1928)
(many others)
Television Series (regular cast):
"The John Forsythe Show" (1965)
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Carole Landis (1919 - 1948)
Given name: Frances Ridste; born in Wisconsin. Teenage beauty contest winner; moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and played bit parts at Warner Bros. Landed a contract with 20th Century-Fox in
1941, where she was given second lead parts in some good productions. She rose in popularity, but never really attained stardom. Fox let her go in 1946, and after that and a series of bad marriages,
she committed suicide in 1948. A great loss to the moviegoing public!
Selected Feature Films:
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Landis, Monty
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Landon, Judy
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Landry, Clarence
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Landry, Richard
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Lane, Allan
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Lane, Donald
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Lane, Jocelyn
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Lane, Louise
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Lane, Lupino
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Lane, Maurice
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Lane, Michael
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Lane, Nora
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Lane, Pat
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Lane, Richard
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Lane, Ruby
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Lane, Vicky
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Lang, Christa
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Lang, Doreen
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Lang, Lise
Films on Class Act:
Xanadu (1980)
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Langan, Glenn
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Langdon, Harry
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Lange, Hope
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Lange, Mary
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Langford, Caroline
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Frances Langford (1914 - 2005)
Given name: Frances Langford; born in Florida. Singer / actress / comedienne; started on Rudy Vallee radio show in the 1930s and appeared in numerous musicals in the 1930s through the 1950s. Also
costarred in "The Bickersons" radio show with Don Ameche.
Feature Films:
Television Series (regular cast):
"Star Time" (1950 - 1951)
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Angela Lansbury (1925 - )
Given name: Angela Lansbury; born in London, England. A true living legend still going strong! Her latest appearance was as Jessica Fletcher in "America's Top Sleuths" (TV, 2006).
Miss Lansbury studied acting as a child (her mother is actress Moyna MacGill), and moved to Hollywood just before WWII broke out. She landed a contract at MGM, and her first film was
Gaslight. She played Nancy Oliver and won an Academy Award nomination for her efforts. Between then and now she has played in scores of movies including such hits as National Velvet
(1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Harvey Girls (1945) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962), receiving another Oscar nomination. And then there was The Pirates of
Penzance (1983).
On Broadway she won four Tony Awards for her work in "Mame," "Dear World," "Gypsy" and "Sweeney Todd." And, of course, she's been on television, turning in one of her best roles in the series
"Murder, She Wrote." And, if that weren't enough, she voiced Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Dowager Empress Marie in Don Bluth's Anastasia (1997). I just hope
she's up for another sixty years!
Selected Feature Films:
Nanny McPhee (2005)
The Blackwater Lightship (TV, 2004)
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (TV, 2003)
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (TV, 2001)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (TV, 2000)
Anastasia (voice only, 1997)
Beauty and the Beast (voice of Mrs. Potts, 1991)
The Pirates of Penzance (1982)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
The Manchurian Candidate (AAN, 1962)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
The Court Jester (1956)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (AAN, 1945)
National Velvet (1944)
Gaslight (AAN, 1944)
(many more)
Television Series (regular cast):
"Murder She Wrote" (1984 - 1996)
Broadway:
"Mame" (Tony Award)
"Dear World" (Tony Award)
"Gypsy" (Tony Award)
"Sweeney Todd" (Tony Award)
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Joi Lansing (1928 - 1972)
Given name: Joyce Wassmansdoff; born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Strikingly beautiful actress / model on screen and television. Died of cancer in 1972.
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Mario Lanza (1921 - 1959)
Given name: Alfredo Cocozza; born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Legendary operatic tenor rivaling the great Caruso. Mario grew up in Philadelphia working in his family's grocery store. But he had a
voice, and when he auditioned for conductor Serge Koussevitzky in 1942, he was immediately signed up for a concert tour. After serving in the Army during WWII, Mario landed a contract with
MGM.
MGM teamed him with soprano Kathryn Grayson for his debut film, and Mario's career was off and running. And he enjoyed enormous popularity during the 1950s. But, after only five movies at MGM, Mario
and studio boss Louis B. Mayer were no longer seeing eye-to-eye, and Mario left the studio. He made a few more films at various studios, then died unexpectedly under mysterious circumstances in 1959.
But he has a following of devoted fans to this day. Many say he was the greatest tenor of all time.
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Lassie
America's favorite dog! Lassie was actually a series of dogs, and they were all male! The first Lassie film, MGM's Lassie Come Home, costarring Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth
Taylor, was based on the book by Eric Knight. This first Lassie was played by a male collie named Pal. Lassie's popularity kept the story living in books, comics, radio, television and films into the
1990s, and we may not have seen the last of her, yet!
Owner and trainer: Rudd Weatherwax (1907 - 1985)
Feature Films:
Lassie (1994)
Magic of Lassie, The (1978)
Lassie: Adventures of Neeka (1968)
Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
The Painted Hills (1951)
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
Hills of Home (1948)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
Son of Lassie (1945)
Lassie Come Home (1942)
Television:
"The New Lassie" (1989 - 1991)
"Lassie's Rescue Rangers" (animated, 1973 - 1975)
"Lassie" (1954 - 1971)
Radio:
"Lassie" (1947 - 1950)
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Charles Laughton (1899 - 1962)
Given name: Charles Laughton; born in Yorkshire, England. Truly a legendary actor of immense talent. Following service in WWI, Laughton enrolled in Britain's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art. He made his stage debut in London in 1926. Married Elsa Lanchester in 1929. Moved to Hollywood in 1931. He played in a series of literary film
interpretations, comedies and even several musical comedies. His portrayals of his characters were as versatile as one can imagine - especially surprising given Laughton's distinctive build and face.
His films ranged from the lofty Mutiny on the Bounty to the light and breezy The Canterville Ghost. In It Started with Eve he danced the Conga with Deanna Durbin. He played
Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. One of his last films captures one of his most brilliant performances as an eccentric barrister in Witness for the Prosecution. If you want to
see acting as it was meant to be... don't miss Charles Laughton!
Selected Featue Films:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Witness for the Prosecution (AAN, 1947)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
The Blue Veil (1951)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
The Paradine Case (1948)
The Big Clock (1948)
Because of Him (1946)
Captain Kidd (1945)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Rembrandt (1936)
Mutiny on the Bounty (AAN, 1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (AA, 1933)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Piccadilly (1929)
Wolves (1927)
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Stan Laurel (1890 - 1965)
Given name: Arthur Stanley Jefferson; born in England. Primarily remembered today for his work as the smaller half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy, working with
Oliver Hardy in many films. But he was a renowned actor / writer / director / producer on his own. Appeared in nearly 200 films.
Feature Films:
Atoll K (1951)
The Bullfighters (1945)
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
The Big Noise (1944)
Jitterbugs (1943)
Great Guns (1941)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Swiss Miss (1938)
Way Out West (1937)
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
The Fixer Uppers (1935)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Twice Two (1933)
Towed in a Hole (1932)
Any Old Port! (1932)
Helpmates (1932)
Pardon Us (1931)
Our Wife (1931)
The Slippery Pearls (1931)
Chickens Come Home (1931)
Another Fine Mess (1930)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
Hog Wild (1930)
Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
Flying Elephants (1928)
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
Get 'Em Young (1926)
Pie-Eyed (1925)
Wide Open Spaces (1924)
Roughest Africa (1923)
Oranges and Lemons (1923)
When Knights Were Cold (1923)
Mixed Nuts (1922)
Hoot Mon! (1919)
No Place Like Jail (1918)
Nuts in May (1917)
(many, many others)
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