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Jean Vigo
Born: Apr 26, 1905 in Paris, France
Died: Oct 26, 1934 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '30s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: L'Atalante, Zero for Conduct, À Propos De Nice
First Major Screen Credit: À Propos De Nice (1929)
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Jean-Luc Godard
Born: Dec 03, 1930 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental, Drama
Career Highlights: Breathless, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Alphaville
First Major Screen Credit: Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak (1951)
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Born: Apr 09, 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Breathless, Le Doulos, Two Women
First Major Screen Credit: Sois Belle Et Tais-Toi (1957)
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Jeanne Moreau
Born: Jan 23, 1928 in Paris, France
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Le Feu Follet, Jules and Jim, La Femme Nikita
First Major Screen Credit: Dernier Amour (1948)
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Jerry Goldsmith
Born: Feb 10, 1929 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Jul 21, 2004
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, L.A. Confidential
First Major Screen Credit: Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
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Jerry Lewis
Born: Mar 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'60s, '80s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: The Nutty Professor, Living It Up, The Patsy
First Major Screen Credit: At War With the Army (1950)
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Jessica Tandy
Born: Jun 07, 1909 in London, England, UK
Died: Sep 11, 1994
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'50s, '80s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Fried Green Tomatoes, Cocoon, The Birds
First Major Screen Credit: The Seventh Cross (1944)
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Jimmy Durante
Born: Feb 10, 1893 in New York City, New York
Died: Jan 29, 1980 in San Diego, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Frosty the Snowman, Music for Millions
First Major Screen Credit: Roadhouse Nights (1930)
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Joan Crawford
Born: Mar 23, 1908 in San Antonio, Texas
Died: May 10, 1977 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Mildred Pierce, Grand Hotel, The Women
First Major Screen Credit: Old Clothes (1925)
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Jodie Foster
Born: Nov 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Taxi Driver, The Accused, Waking the Dead
First Major Screen Credit: Tom Sawyer (1973)
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John Barry
Born: Nov 03, 1933 in York, England
Died: Jan 30, 2011
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Walkabout, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love
First Major Screen Credit: Beat Girl (1960)
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John Cassavetes
Born: Dec 09, 1929 in New York City, New York
Died: Feb 03, 1989 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: A Woman Under the Influence, The Dirty Dozen, Faces
First Major Screen Credit: The Night Holds Terror (1955)
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John Ford
Born: Feb 01, 1895 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Died: Aug 31, 1973 in Palm Desert, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: teens-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: The Quiet Man, My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach
First Major Screen Credit: Broken Coin (1915)
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John Gielgud
Born: Apr 14, 1904 in London, England, UK
Died: May 21, 2000 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation: Actor Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
Career Highlights: Chariots of Fire, Brideshead Revisited, Shine
First Major Screen Credit: The Good Companions (1933)
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John Huston
Born: Aug 05, 1906 in Nevada, Missouri
Died: Aug 28, 1987 in Middletown, Rhode Island
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '30s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Chinatown, The Asphalt Jungle, The Maltese Falcon
First Major Screen Credit: The Acquittal (1923)
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John Travolta
Born: Feb 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Blow Out
First Major Screen Credit: Welcome Back, Kotter: Season 01 (1975)
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John Wayne
Born: May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa
Died: Jun 11, 1979
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '20s-'70s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, Rio Bravo
First Major Screen Credit: Words and Music (1929)
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John Williams
Born: Feb 08, 1932 in Flushing, Queens, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Career Highlights: Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
First Major Screen Credit: Daddy-O (1959)
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Josef von Sternberg
Born: May 29, 1894 in Vienna, Austria
Died: Dec 22, 1969 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Active: '20s-'30s, '50s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: The Blue Angel, The Wedding March, Underworld
First Major Screen Credit: Masked Bride (1925)
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Joseph Barbera
Born: Mar 24, 1911 in New York, New York
Died: Dec 18, 2006 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '40s-'80s Major Genres: Children's/Family
Career Highlights: Charlotte's Web, The Gathering, Mother, Jugs & Speed
First Major Screen Credit: Gallopin' Gals (1940)