Walt Disney

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century.

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Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith as the Penguin

One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century who often suffered lesser roles, Oliver Burgess Meredith, known professionally as Burgess Meredith, (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 and educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts before joining Eva Le Gallienne's stage company in New York City in 1933. Meredith was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director.

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Mabel Normand

Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors.

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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison, May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979, better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa. He received his first leading film role in The Big Trail (1930). Settling in Glendale, California, Wayne received his distinctive nickname "Duke" while living there. John Wayne had a dog by that name of "Duke", and he spent so much time with his pet that the pair became known as "Little Duke" and "Big Duke," according to the official John Wayne website.

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Roscoe Browne

Actor, director, and narrator known for his rich voice and dignified bearing, Roscoe Lee Browne,  (May 2, 1925 – April 11, 2007) in Woodbury, New Jersey, the son of Sylvanus Browne, a Baptist minister, and Lovie Lee. A bright student who excelled in the study of literature, Browne graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1946 and did postgraduate work at Columbia University and the University of Florence in Italy.

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., KBE (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable director and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns ever caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field.

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Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director.

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