Walter Jack Palahnuik
Born: 18 February 1919
Lattimer, Pennsylvania

Best known as Curly in "City Slickers", winning an Academy Award for the role. He was badly burned during WWII, the resulting plastic surgery gave his face its taut leathery look.

Jason Miller
Born: 17 June 1966
Queens, USA

Star of "The Lost Boys" with Keifer Sutherland and star of "Speed II" with Sandra Bullock. However, he is probably better known for his liaison with Julia Roberts - she dumped her fiance Keifer Sutherland just three days before the wedding and fled to Ireland with Patric, who by the way was pals with Sutherland. Thus ensuring that he was no longer Jason who?

Coy Luther Perry III
Born: 11 October 1966
Mansfield, Ohio, USA

Best known as Dylan McKay in the hit TV show "Beverly Hills 90210".

Bernadette Lazzara
Born: 28 February 1948
Queens, New York

Practically born on stage, she began her career as a child, taking tap dancing lessons are just 5 years old. At around the age of 9 Bernadette changed her name, the reasoning behind the name change came mostly from her mother. It was believed that Bernadette may have trouble securing non-Italian roles with her real name. The name 'Peters' came from her father's first name.

Lou Upchurch
Born: 17 February 1962
Subic Bay Naval Station, Phillipines

Starred as rock star Richie Valens in "La Bamba" (1987) and as a gang member in "Stand and Deliver" (1988). Also appeared on Broadway as the lead role in "The King and I" from 1996.

Joaquin Raphael Bottom
Born: 28 October 1974
Puerto Rico

Brother of River Phoenix, who died outside the notorious "Viper Room" club after a drug and alcohol binge. Starred in "To Die For" with Nicole Kidman, and "Gladiator" with Russell Crowe.

Gladys Marie Smith
Born: 8 April 1892
Died: 29 May 1979

Starred in films featuring the "damsel in distress" theme. Married to Douglas Fairbanks, it was with him that she formed United Artists with Charlie Chaplin along with DW Griffith. The move made her a millionaire many times over. She and Fairbanks divorced in 1929. Mary died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 87.

William Bradley Pitt
Born: 18 December 1963
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Acting aside, best known for his long relationship with Friends star Jennifer Aniston. Before movie stardom, supported himself driving strippers in a limo, and dressed as a giant chicken outside a restaurant.

Natalie Hershlag
Born: 9 June 1981
Jerusalem, Israel

Appeared in "Heat" (1995), "Beautiful Girls" (1996), "Mars Attacks!" (1996), but best known for her role as Queen Amidala in the blockbuster Star Wars franchise. Also starred in "Anywhere But Here" (1999) and "Where the Heart Is" (2000). Fluent in Hebrew, English, French, German and Japanese.

Stefania Zofia Federkeiwicz
Born: 2 November 1942
Hollywood, California

Best known as secret agent April Dancer on "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.". Her significant other was William Holden, some 29 years older than Stefanie. Made movies with Sandra Dee and Connie Stevens, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Her former classmate was Tuesday Weld.

Frederick Karl Pruetzel
Born: 28 January 1954
New York
Died: 29 January 1977 (self inflicted gunshot)

Best known as comedian and star of TV's "Chico and the Man". Father of Freddie Prinze Jnr.