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Jane Fonda was born Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda on December 21, 1937 in New York. She grew up in Beverly Hills with her movie star father Henry Fonda, so it was perhaps inevitable that she and her younger brother Peter would become actors.

Donald Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on July 17, 1935. He studied at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and acted in British films until he was cast in The Dirty Dozen (1967) by Robert Aldrich, then moved to Hollywood, where he became a symbol of the counter-culture with films like M*A*S*H (1970) by Robert Altman, Alex in Wonderland (1970) by Paul Mazurski, Kelly’s Heroes (1970) with Clint Eastwood, Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) with Gene Wilder.

Shirley MacLaine was born on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia. She had studied ballet from the age of 3 and moved to New York at 18 after graduating high school to perform in musical theatre on Broadway.

Dustin Hoffman, one of the most engaging actors of American cinema with dozens of exciting performances to his credit, didn’t believe he had a chance to make it in movies. “Not against all those handsome leading men like Warren Beatty”, as he put it.

The American Cinematheque presents Noir City: the 16th annual Festival of Film Noir. Once again the Guys and Dames of Hollywood’s darkest genre will live on the Egyptian Theater’s big screen.

Gene Hackman, born January 30, 1930 in San Bernardino, California, is one of Hollywood’s finest actors and he played a variety of characters in his 40-year movie career. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse with Dustin Hoffman, where they were voted “least likely to succeed”, then they both moved to New York in the early 1960s to work in the theater with their actor friend Robert Duvall.

I can't help but feel different once I'm cinched into that corset for Age of Innocence. I start to carry myself differently, I stand differently, I sit differently, I walk differently, and I present myself differently.

A costume is very important. Some mystical thing happens when you wear the right costume.

I lived in Bel Air for quite a long time. If you have a party and someone asks how to get to my house, I just say, "Buy a map.

I was born in Nevada, Missouri. My grandfather won the town in a poker game.