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Ben Johnson

American actor

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Joey Bishop

American comedian

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François Delsarte

French singer and teacher

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress

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Ann. B. Davis

American actress

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Olivia Hussey

British actress

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Gilbert Roland

American actor

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Joan Hickson

British actress

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George Peppard

American actor

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Ian Bannen

Scottish actor

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Kevin Hart

American actor and comedian

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Madeline Kahn

American actress

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Florence Henderson

American actress

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Martin Balsam

American actor

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Saeed Jaffrey

Indian-born actor

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Brian Keith

American actor

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Fernando Rey

Spanish actor

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Vivian Blaine

American actress

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Stewart Granger

American actor

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Abe Vigoda

American actor

Drury Lane Theatre (London, England) showing a Roman play in progress, print (black ink with watercolor on paper), 1808; design by Thomas Rowlandson and August Charles Pugin. (theaters)

Actors and Acting Quiz

(From left) Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca" (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz.

A-List of Actors

(Left) Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the television series "Star Trek" (1966-69). (science fiction, Vulcans)

Casting Call

Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.

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