Individual Actors & Performers

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With her striking looks, the raven-haired, dark eyed Ruth Roman had an air of sophistication that made her seem sexy yet wholesome. She had to s...

Throughout Southeast Asia, film stars hold an important place in popular culture. They feature prominently in magazines and newspapers, on billboar...

The most distinguished actor among Charlie Chaplin's children, Geraldine Chaplin has created a striking performative presence across international ...

In this genre-defying work of cultural history, the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keatons unique c...

A world-famous ballerina's rise above a devastating illnessDancing Past the Light cinematically illuminates the glamorous and heartbreaking life of...

Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fame extended to the pu...

Renowned Korean American modern-dance choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess shares his deeply personal hyphenated world and how his multifaceted back...

Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles in 1905 to a Chinese family that did not support her ambition, is the only Asian-American actress to have ach...

The iconic actor Charles McGraw appeared in over 140 roles on films and television, including the classic noir pictures The Killers (1946) and T...

Wilfrid Brambell was one of Britains most loved and complex character actors. As Albert Ladysmith Steptoe, the unscrupulous rag-and-bone man with q...

The first biography of Robert Downey Jr. ever published A detailed and authoritative account of the life, career, stardom and controversy of Rober...

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