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Diane Grayson (born Diane Guinibert [1] in 1948 in London, England) is an English actress.
She played "Jenny", probably her best known role, in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) [2] and "Janie Harker" in Emmerdale . Her earliest television role was as "Penny Richardson" (niece of motel owner "Meg Richardson", played by Noele Gordon) in the early years of Crossroads. She also played Sandy Rexton in See No Evil (1971). [3]
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns is a British retired actress, dancer, musician and singer. Recognised as a film and Broadway icon, Johns has a career spanning eight decades, in which she appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She is the recipient of awards and nominations in various drama award denominations, including the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Laurel Awards, the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, and the Laurence Olivier Awards, within which she has won two thirds of her nominations. As one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema, she has several longevity records to her name.
Diane Keaton is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Emmy Awards. She was honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2007 and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2017.
Anne Lockhart is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lieutenant Sheba in the television series Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979).
Heidi Hudson Leick is an American actress, known for her role as villainess Callisto in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She is also a certified Yoga instructor and intuitive counselor.
Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.
Lee Patrick was an American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred Astaire.
Diana Hyland was an American stage, film and television actress.
Jane Adams is an American actress and screenwriter. Known for her work in independent cinema, her acting credits include Happiness (1998), Mumford (1999), Songcatcher (2000), The Anniversary Party (2001), Orange County (2002), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Little Children (2006). For her starring role in All the Light in the Sky (2012)—which she co-wrote with frequent collaborator Joe Swanberg—she was named Best Actress at the Nashville Film Festival. Adams has also appeared in mainstream films such as You've Got Mail (1998), Wonder Boys (2000), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Last Holiday (2006), and The Brave One (2007).
Lois Moran was an American film and stage actress.
Martine Beswick is a Jamaican-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965), who went on to appear in several other notable films in the 1960s. In 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.
Wendy Barrie was a British-American film and television actress.
Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges, known professionally as Linda Cristal, was an Argentinian actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough.
Invasion of the Animal People is a 1959 Swedish-American black-and-white science fiction-monster film released to Swedish cinemas on August 19, 1959. The film was produced by Bertil Jernberg and Gustaf Unger, directed by American Virgil W. Vogel, and stars Barbara Wilson, Robert Burton, and Stan Gester. Written by Arthur C. Pierce, the film had most of its dialogue in English.
Elena Angela Verdugo was an American actress who began in films at the age of five in Cavalier of the West (1931). Her career in radio, television and film spanned six decades.
Helen Menken was an American stage actress.
Perils of Nyoka is a 1942 Republic serial directed by William Witney. It stars Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial Jungle Girl.
Laura Elena, Countess von Bismarck on March 3, 1964, known professionally as Laura Harring, is an American actress. In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She later began her acting career in television and film. She is best known for her dual roles as Rita and Camilla Rhodes in the 2001 postmodern neo-noir film Mulholland Drive. She is also known for her roles in other films, including The Forbidden Dance (1990), John Q (2002), Willard (2003), The Punisher (2004), The King (2005), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Ghost Son (2007), The Caller (2008), Drool (2009), Sex Ed (2014), and Inside (2016). She also played Carla Greco in General Hospital (1990–1991), Paula Stevens on Sunset Beach (1997), and Rebecca "Becca" Doyle in The Shield (2006).
Peggy Webber is an American actress and writer who has worked in film, stage, television, and radio.
Rita Jean Taggart is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Carla Bouvier on Night Court.
Jessie Coles Grayson was an American singer and actress, known for The Little Foxes (1941), Cass Timberlane (1947) and Homecoming (1948).
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