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Jack L. Warner
Born: Aug 02, 1892 in London, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1978
Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: The Big Sleep, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy
First Major Screen Credit: Outward Bound (1930)
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Jack Lemmon
Born: Feb 08, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts
Died: Jun 28, 2001 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, Missing
First Major Screen Credit: It Should Happen to You (1954)
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Jack Nicholson
Born: Apr 22, 1937 in Neptune, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Terms of Endearment, Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces
First Major Screen Credit: The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
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Jackie Coogan
Born: Oct 26, 1914 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Mar 01, 1984 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '20s-'30s, '50s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Kid, Tom Sawyer, Million Dollar Legs
First Major Screen Credit: The Kid (1921)
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Jackie Cooper
Born: Sep 15, 1922 in Los Angeles, California
Died: May 03, 2011
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '30s-'40s, '70s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Champ, Superman II, Superman: The Movie
First Major Screen Credit: Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929)
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Jackie Gleason
Born: Feb 26, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Died: Jun 24, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Occupation: Actor, Active: '40s-'80s, 2000s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: The Hustler, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Orchestra Wives
First Major Screen Credit: Navy Blues (1941)
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James Cagney
Born: Jul 17, 1899 in New York City, New York
Died: Mar 30, 1986 in Stanfordville, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '30s-'50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Man of a Thousand Faces
First Major Screen Credit: The Doorway to Hell (1930)
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James Cameron
Born: Aug 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '80s-??s Major Genres: Science Fiction, Action
Career Highlights: The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies
First Major Screen Credit: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
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James Dean
Born: Feb 08, 1931 in Marion, Indiana
Died: Sep 30, 1955 in Paso Robles, CA (near)
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Film, TV & Radio
Career Highlights: East of Eden, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause
First Major Screen Credit: Studio One: Sentence of Death (1953)
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James Mason
Born: May 15, 1909 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Died: Jul 27, 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '30s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: North by Northwest, Georgy Girl, A Star Is Born
First Major Screen Credit: The Secret of Stamboul (1936)
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James Stewart
Born: May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died: Jul 02, 1997
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Anatomy of a Murder, Vertigo, Harvey
First Major Screen Credit: After the Thin Man (1936)
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James Whale
Born: Jul 22, 1893 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Died: May 29, 1957 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director Active: '30s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man
First Major Screen Credit: Journey's End (1930)
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Jane Fonda
Born: Dec 21, 1937 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Health & Fitness, Drama
Career Highlights: Coming Home, Klute, Julia
First Major Screen Credit: Tall Story (1960)
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Janet Leigh
Born: Jul 06, 1927 in Merced, California
Died: Oct 03, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'70s, '90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Manchurian Candidate, Psycho, The Naked Spur
First Major Screen Credit: If Winter Comes (1947)
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Jason Robards, Jr.
Born: Jul 26, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: Dec 26, 2000 in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, History
Career Highlights: All the President's Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Day After
First Major Screen Credit: The Journey (1959)
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Jean Arthur
Born: Oct 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York
Died: Jun 19, 1991 in Carmel, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Western
Career Highlights: Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
First Major Screen Credit: Biff Bang Buddy (1924)
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Jean Cocteau
Born: Jul 05, 1889 in Maisons-Lafitte, France
Died: Oct 11, 1963
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Orpheus, Beauty and the Beast, Les Enfants Terribles
First Major Screen Credit: The Blood of a Poet (1930)
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Jean Gabin
Born: May 17, 1904 in Paris, France
Died: Nov 15, 1976 in Paris, France
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s, '50s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Grand Illusion, Le Jour Se Lève, Pépé le Moko
First Major Screen Credit: Chacun Sa Chance (1930)
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Jean Harlow
Born: Mar 03, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri
Died: Jun 07, 1937 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Comedy, Romance
Career Highlights: Dinner at Eight, Bombshell, The Public Enemy
First Major Screen Credit: Hell's Angels (1930)
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Jean Renoir
Born: Sep 15, 1894 in Montmartre, Paris, France
Died: Feb 12, 1979 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '20s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: A Day in the Country, The Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion
First Major Screen Credit: Fille De L'Eau (1924)