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- Academy Award for Best ActressAward presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Academy Honorary AwardAnnual award
- Adrian A. BasoraAdrian Anthony Basora (born July 18, 1938) is an American diplomat, and former United Stat
- Al PacinoAmerican actor (born 1940)
- Alain DelonFrench actor (1935–2024)
- American Film InstituteNonprofit educational arts organization
- Amitabh BachchanIndian actor (born 1942)
- Anna PavlovaRussian ballet dancer (1881–1931)
- Audrey HepburnBritish actress (1929–1993)
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- Balanchine (crater)Balanchine is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It possesses a ray system of slightl
- Balanchine (horse)Balanchine (16 April 1991 – 18 February 2021) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, bred in the Un
- Bess HoudiniWilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Houdini (née Rahner; January 23, 1876 – February 11, 1943) was
- Bette DavisAmerican actress (1908–1989)
- Big Deal (musical)Big Deal is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as
- Bill CosbyAmerican entertainer (born 1937)
- Bob FosseAmerican choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)
- BodysurfingBodysurfing is the sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device suc
- Bowler hatHard, round-crowned hat with a narrow rolled brim
- Brigitte BardotFrench actress and activist (1934–2025)
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- Cary GrantBritish-American actor (1904–1986)
- CastellanetaCastellaneta (Tarantino: Castelanéte) is a city and comune in the province of Taranto in t
- Clark GableAmerican actor (1901–1960)
- Clint EastwoodAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1930)
- Comedy troupeA comedy troupe is a group of comedians and associated personnel who work together to perf
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- Gene KellyAmerican actor, dancer, singer and director (1912–1996)
- Generation gapDifference of opinions between generations
- George BalanchineGeorgian-American ballet choreographer (1904–1983)
- George CarlinAmerican stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
- Ginger RogersAmerican actress, singer, and dancer (1911–1995)
- Girl CrazyGirl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Gu
- Gregory PeckAmerican actor (1916–2003)
- Greta GarboSwedish and American actress (1905–1990)
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- J. Michael RivaJohn Michael Riva (June 28, 1948 – June 7, 2012), better known as J. Michael Riva, was an
- Jack NicholsonAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
- Jackie ChanHong Kong martial artist and actor (born 1954)
- James StewartAmerican actor and military officer (1908–1997)
- Jeanne MoreauFrench actress, singer, screenwriter, director and socialite (1928–2017)
- John GielgudEnglish actor and theatre director (1904–2000)
- John WayneAmerican actor (1907–1979)
- Josephine BakerAmerican-born French entertainer (1906–1975)
- Judy GarlandAmerican actress and singer (1922–1969)
- Julie AndrewsEnglish actress, singer and author (born 1935)
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- La Peregrina pearlThe La Peregrina pearl is one of the most famous pearls in the world. Its owners include t
- Lake View Cemetery (Jamestown, New York)Lake View Cemetery is a cemetery in the city of Jamestown, in Chautauqua County, New York.
- Latin loverLatin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system. It appe
- Laurel and HardyEnglish-American comedy duo
- Laurence OlivierEnglish actor and director (1907–1989)
- Lela E. RogersLela E. Rogers (née Lela Emogene Owens; December 25, 1891 – May 25, 1977), sometimes known
- Lillian GishAmerican actress (1893–1993)
- Louis de FunèsFrench actor and comedian (1914–1983)
- Lucille BallAmerican actress (1911–1989)
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- Machpelah Cemetery (Queens)Machpelah Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located within the Cemetery Belt in Glendale, Quee
- MadhubalaIndian actress (1933–1969)
- Mae WestAmerican actress and singer (1893–1980)
- Marcel MarceauFrench mime artist (1923–2007)
- Marcello MastroianniItalian actor (1924–1996)
- Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model (1926–1962)
- Marius PetipaFrench-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
- Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress (1901–1992)
- Marlon BrandoAmerican actor (1924–2004)
- Martha GrahamAmerican dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
- Marx BrothersAmerican comedy team (1905–1949)
- Mary PickfordCanadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
- Meryl StreepAmerican actress (born 1949)
- Mikhail BaryshnikovLatvian and American dancer (born 1948)
- Monty PythonBritish surreal comedy group
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- RajinikanthIndian actor (born 1950)
- Richard PryorAmerican comedian and actor (1940–2005)
- Robert De NiroAmerican actor (born 1943)
- Robert P. Smith (ambassador)Robert Powell Smith (March 5, 1929 – January 20, 2012) was an American diplomat.
- Robert Tracy (dancer)Robert Tracy (1955 – June 7, 2007) was an American dancer, writer, and educator in New Yor
- Rudolf NureyevSoviet-born ballet dancer (1938–1993)
- Rudolph ValentinoItalian actor (1895–1926)
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- Sandra KnightSandra D. Knight is a retired American actress.
- Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress (1844–1923)
- Sean ConneryScottish actor (1930–2020)
- Self-deprecationAct of devaluating one's self-worth
- Setsuko HaraJapanese actress (1920–2015)
- Shirley TempleAmerican actress and diplomat (1928–2014)
- Sidney PoitierBahamian-American actor, filmmaker, diplomat and author (1927–2022)
- SlapstickStyle of comedy
- Sondheim TheatreThe Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaft
- Sophia LorenItalian actress (born 1934)
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- The Long and the Short and the Tall (play)The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play written by British playwright Willis Hall. S
- The Shubert OrganizationThe Shubert Organization is a theatrical producing organization and a major owner of theat
- The Sons of the DesertThe Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and
- Theatre of the United KingdomTheatre of United Kingdom plays an important part in British culture, and the countries th
- Tom HanksAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1956)
- Tony Award for Best ChoreographyThe Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreo
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalThe Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical has been given since 1960. Before 1960 ther
- Toshiro MifuneJapanese actor (1920–1997)
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- Vaslav NijinskyRussian dancer and choreographer (1889–1950)
- Veronique PeckVeronique Peck (née Passani; February 5, 1932 – August 17, 2012) was a French-American art
- View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-RémyView of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-Rémy is an oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Go
- Vivien LeighBritish actress (1913–1967)