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Lars von Trier
Born: Apr 30, 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Horror
Career Highlights: Breaking the Waves, The Kingdom, The Element of Crime
First Major Screen Credit: Befrielsesbilleder (1983)
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Lassie the Dog
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'70s, '90s Major Genres: Adventure, Children's/Family
Career Highlights: It's Showtime, The Painted Hills, Taxi: Fantasy Borough, Part 2
First Major Screen Credit: The Painted Hills (1951)
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Laszlo Kovacs
Born: May 14, 1933 in Cece, Hungary
Died: Jul 22, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Cinematographer, Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Last Waltz, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider
First Major Screen Credit: Target Zero (1955)
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Laura Dern
Born: Feb 10, 1967 in Santa Monica, California
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Rambling Rose, Smooth Talk, Citizen Ruth
First Major Screen Credit: Smooth Talk (1985)
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Laura Linney
Born: Feb 05, 1964 in New York, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: The Truman Show, More Tales of the City, You Can Count On Me
First Major Screen Credit: Tales of the City (1993)
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Laurence Fishburne
Born: Jul 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: What's Love Got to Do with It?, Deep Cover, School Daze
First Major Screen Credit: Gardens of Stone (1987)
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Lawrence Kasdan
Born: Jan 14, 1949 in Miami Beach, Florida
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, The Accidental Tourist
First Major Screen Credit: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Leatrice Joy
Born: Nov 07, 1896 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: May 13, 1985 in Riverdale, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: teens-'20s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Night Rose, Strong Boy, Nobody's Widow
First Major Screen Credit: Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921)
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Lee Grant
Born: Oct 31, 1927 in New York, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Culture & Society
Career Highlights: Detective Story, In the Heat of the Night, Shampoo
First Major Screen Credit: Detective Story (1951)
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Lee J. Cobb
Born: Dec 09, 1911 in New York City, New York
Died: Feb 11, 1976 in Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: On the Waterfront, 12 Angry Men, The Song of Bernadette
First Major Screen Credit: Golden Boy (1939)
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Lee Marvin
Born: Feb 19, 1924 in New York City, New York
Died: Aug 29, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: The Dirty Dozen, The Big Heat, The Professionals
First Major Screen Credit: Hangman's Knot (1952)
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Leni Riefenstahl
Born: Aug 22, 1902 in Berlin, Germany
Died: Sep 08, 2003 in Berlin, Germany
Occupation: Actor, Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Active: '20s-'30s, '50s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Olympia, Triumph of the Will, The Blue Light
First Major Screen Credit: The Holy Mountain (1926)
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Leo Carrillo
Born: Aug 06, 1880 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Sep 11, 1961 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Gay Desperado, The Phantom of the Opera, Deception
First Major Screen Credit: Mister Antonio (1929)
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Leo G. Carroll
Born: Oct 25, 1886 in Weedon, England, UK
Died: Oct 16, 1972 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Spy Film
Career Highlights: North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Spellbound
First Major Screen Credit: London by Night (1937)
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Leo Gorcey
Born: Jun 03, 1917 in New York, New York
Died: Jun 02, 1969 in Oakland, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Comedy, Crime
Career Highlights: So This Is New York, The Angels Wash Their Faces, Let's Go Navy!
First Major Screen Credit: Crime School (1938)
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Leo McCarey
Born: Oct 03, 1898 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Jul 05, 1969
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '20s-'50s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Duck Soup, Big Business, Going My Way
First Major Screen Credit: All Wet (1924)
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Leo McKern
Born: Mar 16, 1920 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: Jul 23, 2002 in Somerset, England
Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Help!, Travelling North, The Blue Lagoon
First Major Screen Credit: X the Unknown (1956)
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Leo T. Hurwitz
Born: Jun 23, 1909
Died: Jan 18, 1991
Occupation: Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Active: '40s, '60s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, History
Career Highlights: Native Land, The Specialist, Dialogue with a Woman Departed
First Major Screen Credit: Native Land (1942)
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Leon Errol
Born: Jul 03, 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: Oct 12, 1951 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: The Girl from Mexico, Mexican Spitfire, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
First Major Screen Credit: Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
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Leon Schlesinger
Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Western
Career Highlights: The Big Broadcast of 1938, The Penguin Parade, Daffy Duck in Hollywood
First Major Screen Credit: The Big Stampede (1932)