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Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and
producer. She established herself as a leading lady in Hollywood after
headlining the romantic comedy film Pretty Woman (1990), which grossed
$464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards, from
eight nominations, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for
her film acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her
performance in Erin Brockovich Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the
Julia Roberts world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s.
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was
an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph
Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British
stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his
career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had
considerable success in television roles. Olivier's honors included
a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981).
For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British
Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Laurence Olivier
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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an
American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage
disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his
most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as
troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom
were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink
in Giant (1956). After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor
James Dean to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American
actor and military officer. Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55
years and 80 films. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off
the screen, Stewart epitomized the "American ideal" in twentieth-century
United States. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third
on its list of the greatest American male actors. He remained in the U.S. Air
Force Reserve and was promoted to brigadier general in 1959. He retired in
Jimmy Stewart 1968, and was awarded the US Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.
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