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Leonard Bernstein
Born: Aug 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died: Oct 14, 1990 in New York, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Music, Children's/Family
Career Highlights: On the Waterfront, On the Town, West Side Story
First Major Screen Credit: On the Town (1949)
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Leonard Nimoy
Born: Mar 26, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Spy Film, History
Career Highlights: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Deathwatch
First Major Screen Credit: Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
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Lesley Ann Warren
Born: Aug 16, 1946 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Spy Film
Career Highlights: Victor/Victoria, The Limey, Choose Me
First Major Screen Credit: Cinderella (1964)
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Leslie Bricusse
Born: Jan 29, 1931 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Writer, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Musical, Comedy
Career Highlights: Goldfinger, Victor/Victoria, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
First Major Screen Credit: Charley Moon (1956)
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Leslie Caron
Born: Jul 01, 1931 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: An American in Paris, Gigi, Father Goose
First Major Screen Credit: An American in Paris (1951)
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Leslie Howard
Born: Apr 03, 1893 in London, England, UK
Died: Jun 02, 1943 in Bay of Biscay
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Gone With the Wind, Pygmalion, The Petrified Forest
First Major Screen Credit: Outward Bound (1930)
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Lester Novros
Born: 1909c
Died: Sep 10, 2000 in Sherman Oaks, California Active: '40s Major Genres: Children's/Family, Musical
Career Highlights: Fantasia
First Major Screen Credit: Fantasia (1940)
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Lev Kuleshov
Born: Jan 14, 1899 in Tambov, Russia
Died: 1970
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Children's/Family
Career Highlights: Po Zakonu, Velikii Uteshitel, Neobychainye Priklyucheniya Mistera Vesta v Strane Bolshevikov
First Major Screen Credit: Proekt inzhenera Praita (1918)
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LeVar Burton
Born: Feb 16, 1957 in Landsthul, West Germany
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Children's/Family, Language & Literature
Career Highlights: Roots, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection
First Major Screen Credit: Almos' a Man (1977)
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Lewis Milestone
Born: Sep 30, 1895 in Kishinew, Ukraine, Russia
Died: Sep 25, 1980 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '20s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Kid Brother, Of Mice and Men
First Major Screen Credit: The Home Stretch (1921)
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Liam Neeson
Born: Jun 07, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-??s Major Genres: Drama, History
Career Highlights: Schindler's List, Michael Collins, Ethan Frome
First Major Screen Credit: The Innocent (1985)
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Lillian Hellman
Born: Jun 20, 1905 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: Jun 30, 1984 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Active: '30s-'40s, '60s-'70s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Julia, Watch on the Rhine, Dead End
First Major Screen Credit: The Dark Angel (1935)
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Lillie Hayward
Born: Sep 12, 1892 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Died: 1978
Occupation: Writer, Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: Blood on the Moon, My Friend Flicka, Janice Meredith
First Major Screen Credit: Janice Meredith (1924)
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Lily Tomlin
Born: Sep 01, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Flirting With Disaster, The Late Show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
First Major Screen Credit: Nashville (1975)
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Lina Wertmüller
Born: Aug 14, 1928 in Rome, Italy
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: 8 1/2, Seven Beauties, Love and Anarchy
First Major Screen Credit: 8 1/2 (1963)
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Linda Darnell
Born: Oct 16, 1923 in Dallas, Texas
Died: Apr 10, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: My Darling Clementine, Unfaithfully Yours, Hangover Square
First Major Screen Credit: Day-Time Wife (1939)
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Lino Ventura
Born: Jul 14, 1919 in Parma, Italy
Died: Oct 23, 1987 in Saint-Cloud, France
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Crime, Thriller
Career Highlights: Army of Shadows, Garde à Vue, Cadaveri Eccellenti
First Major Screen Credit: Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
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Linwood G. Dunn
Born: 1905 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Died: May 20, 1998 in Burbank, California Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Musical, Horror
Career Highlights: The Thing, Citizen Kane, Bringing Up Baby
First Major Screen Credit: King Kong (1933)
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Lionel Atwill
Born: Mar 01, 1885 in Croydon, England
Died: Nov 20, 1946 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Horror
Career Highlights: To Be or Not to Be, Three Comrades, The Mystery of the Wax Museum
First Major Screen Credit: Doctor X (1932)
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Lionel Banks