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| 1952 | Simone Signoret |
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Simone Signoret (French pronunciation: [simɔn siɲɔˈʀɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in...
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Casque d'or | ||
| 1952 | Nicole Stéphane |
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Nicole Stéphane (born Baroness Nicole de Rothschild, 27 May 1923 – 13 March 2007) was a French actress, producer and director. As an actress, she is mostly known for her role in two films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Les Enfants terribles and Le Silence...
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Les Enfants terribles | ||
| 1952 | Judy Holliday |
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Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress.
Holliday began her career as part of a night-club act, before progressing to work in Broadway roles. Her success in the 1946 production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in...
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The Marrying Kind | ||
| 1952 | Edwige Feuillère |
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Edwige Feuillère (29 October 1907, Vesoul, Haute-Saône – 13 November 1998) was a French film actress.
She was born christened Edwige Louise Caroline Cunati but sometimes used the stage name of Cora Lynn.
In 1931 she married actor Pierre Feuillère,...
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Olivia | ||
| 1952 | Katharine Hepburn |
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, television and stage.
Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her...
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Pat and Mike | ||
| 1953 | Leslie Caron |
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Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (French pronunciation: [lɛzli kaʁɔ̃]; born 1 July 1931) is a French film actress and dancer, who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. She was one of the most famous Hollywood musical stars in the 1950s. Caron is...
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Lili | ||
| 1953 | Shirley Booth |
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Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress.
Primarily a theatre actress, Booth's Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she...
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Come Back, Little Sheba | ||
| 1953 | Maria Schell |
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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1956 for Gervaise.
The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the...
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The Heart of the Matter | ||
| 1953 | Marie Powers |
Marie Powers (1902–1973) was an American contralto who was best known for her performance as Madame Flora in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium, a role that she played on stage, screen and television.
Born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, she left home...
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The Medium | |||
| 1954 | Cornell Borchers |
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Cornell Borchers (born 16 March 1925) is a German actress, active in the late 1940s and 1950s, who starred along with Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in the film Istanbul (1957).
Borchers was born Cornelia Bruch in Šilutė (German:Heydekrug), Klaipėda...
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The Divided Heart | ||
| 1954 | Shirley Booth |
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Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress.
Primarily a theatre actress, Booth's Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she...
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About Mrs. Leslie | ||
| 1954 | Grace Kelly |
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Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929—September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was commonly referred to as Princess...
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Dial M for Murder | ||
| 1954 | Gina Lollobrigida |
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Gina Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927 in Subiaco, Italy), is an Italian actress and photojournalist. She was one of Italy's most prominent actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Born Luigina Lollobrigida, she was one of four daughters of a furniture...
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Bread, Love and Dreams | ||
| 1954 | Judy Holliday |
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Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress.
Holliday began her career as part of a night-club act, before progressing to work in Broadway roles. Her success in the 1946 production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in...
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Phffft! | ||
| 1955 | Betsy Blair |
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Betsy Blair (December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.
Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and...
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Marty | ||
| 1955 | Dorothy Dandridge |
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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and popular singer. Dandridge was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Cyril...
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Carmen Jones | ||
| 1955 | Judy Garland |
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Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the...
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A Star Is Born | ||
| 1955 | Julie Harris |
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Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She also...
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I Am a Camera | ||
| 1955 | Katharine Hepburn |
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, television and stage.
Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her...
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Summertime | ||
| 1955 | Grace Kelly |
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Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929—September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was commonly referred to as Princess...
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The Country Girl | ||
| 1955 | Giulietta Masina |
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Giulia Anna (Giulietta) Masina (February 22, 1921 – March 23, 1994) was an Italian film actress. She starred in La strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Masina...
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La Strada | ||
| 1955 | Marilyn Monroe |
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Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led...
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The Seven Year Itch | ||
| 1956 | Anna Magnani |
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Anna Magnani (pronounced: mahn-YANNI; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose...
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The Rose Tattoo | ||
| 1956 | Carroll Baker |
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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, a movie sex symbol. Despite being cast in a wide range of roles during her heyday, Baker's...
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Baby Doll | ||
| 1956 | Ava Gardner |
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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in supporting roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became...
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Bhowani Junction | ||
| 1956 | Maria Schell |
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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1956 for Gervaise.
The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the...
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Gervaise | ||
| 1956 | Jean Simmons |
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Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (born 31 January 1929) is an English actress. Simmons was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in 2003.
Born in Lower Holloway, London, England, to Charles Simmons and his wife Winifred (Loveland) Simmons,...
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Guys and Dolls | ||
| 1956 | Susan Hayward |
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Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress.
After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 in the hope of playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939). Although...
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I'll Cry Tomorrow | ||
| 1956 | Kim Novak |
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Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. She is best known for her performance in the classic 1958 film Vertigo. She retired from acting in 1991 and is now an artist of watercolor and oil...
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Picnic | ||
| 1956 | Marisa Pavan |
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Marisa Pavan (born Marisa Pierangeli on June 19, 1932) is an Italian-born actress who first became famous as the twin sister to movie star Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli) before achieving movie stardom on her own. Her breakthrough came in the...
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The Rose Tattoo | ||
| 1956 | Eva Dahlbeck |
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Eva Dahlbeck (March 8, 1920 – February 8, 2008) was a Swedish actress and author.
Eva Dahlbeck was born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs near Stockholm. She attended the prestigious acting school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (in Swedish: Dramatens elevskola) from...
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Smiles of a Summer Night | ||
| 1956 | Shirley MacLaine |
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Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many...
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The Trouble with Harry | ||
| 1957 | Simone Signoret |
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Simone Signoret (French pronunciation: [simɔn siɲɔˈʀɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in...
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Les Sorcières de Salem | ||
| 1957 | Augusta Dabney |
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Augusta Dabney (October 23, 1918 – February 4, 2008) was an American actress known for her role as Isabelle Alden on the daytime series Loving. She played the role from 1983-87, 1988-91, and again from 1994-95.
In the early days of live television,...
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That Night! | ||
| 1957 | Katharine Hepburn |
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, television and stage.
Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her...
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The Rainmaker | ||
| 1957 | Marilyn Monroe |
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Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led...
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The Prince and the Showgirl | ||
| 1957 | Lilli Palmer |
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Lilli Palmer, born Lillie Marie Peiser, (May 24, 1914 – January 27, 1986) was a German actress. She won the Volpi Cup, the Deutscher Filmpreis three times, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.
Palmer, who took her surname from an...
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Anastasia | ||
| 1957 | Eva Marie Saint |
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Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress who has starred in films, on Broadway and television in a career spanning seven decades. She won an Academy Award for her feature film debut in On the Waterfront (1954), and later appeared...
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A Hatful of Rain | ||
| 1957 | Joanne Woodward |
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. Woodward is also a television and theatrical producer.
Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, daughter of Elinor Gignilliat (née Trimmier) and Wade Woodward, Jr...
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The Three Faces of Eve | ||
| 1958 | Simone Signoret |
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Simone Signoret (French pronunciation: [simɔn siɲɔˈʀɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in...
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Room at the Top | ||
| 1958 | Karuna Banerjee |
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Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) (December 25, 1919 – November 13, 2001) was a Bengali actress immortalized by her roles in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best...
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Aparajito | ||
| 1958 | Elizabeth Taylor |
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an Anglo-American actress. She is known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | ||
| 1958 | Ingrid Bergman |
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Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish-American actress noted for her starring roles in American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest...
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | ||
| 1958 | Tatiana Samoylova |
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Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova (Russian: Татья́на Евге́ньевна Само́йлова; b. 4 May 1934) is a Russian film actress who starred in The Cranes Are Flying (1957), The Unsent Letter (1959) and Anna Karenina (1967).
Evgeny Samoilov's only daughter, she...
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The Cranes are Flying | ||
| 1958 | Joanne Woodward |
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Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. Woodward is also a television and theatrical producer.
Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, daughter of Elinor Gignilliat (née Trimmier) and Wade Woodward, Jr...
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No Down Payment | ||
| 1958 | Giulietta Masina |
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Giulia Anna (Giulietta) Masina (February 22, 1921 – March 23, 1994) was an Italian film actress. She starred in La strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Masina...
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Le Notti di Cabiria | ||
| 1958 | Anna Magnani |
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Anna Magnani (pronounced: mahn-YANNI; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose...
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Wild Is the Wind | ||
| 1959 | Shirley MacLaine |
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Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many...
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Ask Any Girl | ||
| 1959 | Rosalind Russell |
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Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame...
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Auntie Mame | ||
| 1959 | Susan Hayward |
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Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress.
After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 in the hope of playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939). Although...
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I Want to Live! | ||
| 1959 | Ava Gardner |
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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in supporting roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became...
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On the Beach | ||
| 1959 | Ellie Lambeti |
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Ellie Lambeti (Έλλη Λαμπέτη, April 13, 1926 – September 3, 1983) was a Greek actress.
Born 1926 in Greece, her father was Kostas Loukos, who owned a Greek tavern in the village of Vilia Attikis; her mother was Anastasia Stamati. Ellie Loukou had 6...
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A Matter of Dignity | ||
| 1960 | Shirley MacLaine |
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Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many...
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The Apartment | ||
| 1960 | Pier Angeli |
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Pier Angeli (June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971) was an Italian-born television and film actress.
Born Anna Maria Pierangeli in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Her twin sister is the actress Marisa Pavan. Angeli made her film debut with Vittorio de Sica...
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The Angry Silence | ||
| 1960 | Monica Vitti |
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Monica Vitti (born 3 November 1931) is an Italian actress most widely noted for her frosty expressiveness and starring roles in films by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli in Rome, as a teenager she acted in amateur productions,...
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L'avventura | ||
| 1960 | Jean Simmons |
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Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (born 31 January 1929) is an English actress. Simmons was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in 2003.
Born in Lower Holloway, London, England, to Charles Simmons and his wife Winifred (Loveland) Simmons,...
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Elmer Gantry | ||
| 1960 | Emmanuelle Riva |
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Emmanuelle Riva (born 24 February 1927 in Cheniménil) is a French actress.
Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress. Her best known role was as Elle (French for "she") in Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959).
She...
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Hiroshima Mon Amour | ||
| 1960 | Melina Mercouri |
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Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born Maria Amalia Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη) (October 18, 1920 – March 6, 1994), was a Greek actress, singer and politician.
As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met...
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Never on Sunday | ||
| 1961 | Sophia Loren |
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Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is an Italian actress. In 1961, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Two Women, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has also won five Golden...
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Two Women | ||
| 1961 | Piper Laurie |
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Rosetta Jacobs, better known as Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932), is an American academy award nominee actress of stage and screen noted for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the film Carrie.
Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in...
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The Hustler | ||
