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The actors on this list are ranked according to their lifetime success (awards & nominations), along with their acting skills, versatility and role transformation. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites; they are based on the true greatness and/or success of the person, place or thing being ranked ...
Nov 25, 2020 · Joaquin Phoenix. By James Gray. Joaquin Phoenix has appeared in four of the director James Gray’s movies, starting with “The Yards” in 2000 and including “We Own the Night” (2007 ...
- Hollywood and Its Stars
- Sharon Tate
- Roman Polanski
- Jay Sebring
- Voytek Frykowski
- Abigail Folger
- Charles Manson
- Tex Watson
- Susan "Sexy Sadie" Atkins
- Patricia "Katie" Krenwinkel
Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as fictionalized characters: DiCaprio portrays an aging Western star and Pitt is his stunt double. The film is full of famous faces portraying real people, including Sharon Tate and Bruce Lee, plus darker figures like Charles Manson and his followers. Let's take a look at the a...
The 26-year-old actress was known for her star-making roles in films such as Eye of the Devil and Valley of the Dolls, the latter earning her a Golden Globe nomination. Tate married acclaimed film director Roman Polanski in 1968 and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with the couple's son at the time of her death. She was murdered by Charles Mans...
The French-Polish film director became the talk of Tinseltown when he directed the cult classic horror movie, Rosemary's Baby in 1968. The success of the film cemented his status, as did his marriage to beautiful rising actress Sharon Tate that same year. At the time of the murders in August 1969, Polanski was in Europe working on his film The Day ...
Sebring was a famed celebrity hair stylist and founder of the hair-styling corporation Sebring International. He had a long list of famous clients, from Warren Beatty to Jim Morrison. He previously was in a relationship with Sharon Tate before she became romantically involved with Roman Polanski. The trio became good friends, and Sebring regarded t...
Voytek Frykowski was Polanski's friend and an aspiring screenwriter, as well as partner to Folger coffee heiress Abigail Folger. He was murdered by Manson's followers at the Tate residence.
Abigail Folger was an heiress and daughter of Peter Folger, who ran the Folger Coffee Company. She was only 25 years old when she was murdered at the Tate residence by Manson followers. After her death, Folger's father conducted his own investigation into her murder and spent the rest of his life protecting her name from being the subject of salaci...
Charles Manson was the infamous criminal and cult leader who formed the "Manson Family," a quasi-commune based in California. His followers committed a series of nine murders between July and August 1969, terrorizing the city of Los Angeles. Manson plotted to start a race war and ordered the grisly Tate-LaBianca murders in August. He died in prison...
Tex Watson was a central member of the Manson family and was considered to be Manson's right-hand man. He was the leading force in the brutal Tate-LaBianca murders and was later arrested and put on trial. On October 12, 1971, Watson was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. At 73, his parole ...
Atkins was only 21-years-old when she took part in the Tate-LaBianca murders. As a Manson follower, she also participated in the murder of Gary Hinman, a former friend of Charles Manson's. She was tried and sentenced to death, which was eventually commuted to life in prison, due to the California Supreme Court invalidating all death sentences prior...
Krenwinkel was only 20 when she first met Charles Manson and became a part of the "Family." She and fellow member Ella Bailey met Beach Boys founding member and drummer Dennis Wilson in 1968 and were invited to stay in his mansion. This led to Manson and the other members invading Wilson's home and space, eating his food, and partying on his proper...
May 5, 2000 · Gladiator: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
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- Denzel Washington. Notable roles: Alonzo Harris (Training Day), Malcolm X (Malcolm X), Private Silas Trip (Glory), Troy Maxson (Fences), John Creasy (Man On Fire), Frank Lucas (American Gangster), Robert McCall (The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2)
- Tom Hanks. Notable roles: Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Andrew Beckett (Philadelphia), Woody (Toy Story), Jim Lovell (Apollo 13), Captain Miller (Saving Private Ryan), Captain Phillips (Captain Phillips), Josh Baskin (Big)
- Marilyn Monroe. Notable roles: Rose Loomis (Niagara), Lorelei Lee (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Pola Debevoise (How to Marry a Millionaire), The Girl (The Seven Year Itch), Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk (Some Like It Hot), Roslyn Tabor (The Misfits)
- Robert De Niro. Notable roles: Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver), Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull), Vito Corleone (The Godfather Part II), Jimmy The Gent (GoodFellas), Neil McCauley (Heat), Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein (Casino), Al Capone (The Untouchables), Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran (The Irishman)
Chronicle is a 2012 American found footage superhero thriller film directed by Josh Trank with a screenplay by Max Landis from a story they both co-wrote. It follows three Seattle high school seniors, bullied Andrew (Dane DeHaan), his cousin Matt (Alex Russell), and more popular Steve (Michael B. Jordan), who form a bond after gaining telekinetic powers from an unknown object and using them ...
Joker. (2019 film) Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver. The film, loosely based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker.
