Trivia: After studying drama and dance in London, Gabrielle Anwar embarked upon a string of BBC TV appearances, including the weekly series Press Gang. In 1988, Gabrielle made her motion picture debut in Manifesto. Since that time, she has remained on the brink of full stardom without ever quite taking the plunge. Gabriella Anwar's best screen roles have included Donna, Al Pacino's dancing partner, in Scent of a Woman (1992); diving-horse equestrienne Sonora Webster in Disney's Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1993); and Queen Anne in the 1993 "Gen-X" version of Dumas' The Three Musketeers.

Trivia: Many know the square-jawed Michael Schoeffling as the dreamy Jake Ryan from the classic '80s teen movie Sixteen Candles. The model-turned-actor studied liberal arts and competed on the wrestling team at Temple University in Philadelphia before he started modeling for GQ, eventually taking acting classes at the Lee Strausberg Theatre Institute. Schoeffling's first major film role came with Sixteen Candles in 1984, and he would appear in a number of movies over the following years, like Vision Quest and Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, before starting a family and retiring from acting to design and craft furniture.

Trivia: The scion of a prosperous California ranching family, actor Cliff Robertson took up drama in high school simply because it was the only "legal" way to cut classes. After wartime service, Robertson entered Ohio's Antioch College, beginning his professional career as a radio announcer. His first extensive stage work consisted of two years with the touring company of Mister Roberts. He made it to Broadway in 1952 in a play directed by Joshua Logan, and in 1955 made his film debut in the Logan-directed movie version of Picnic. As Joan Crawford's schizophrenic boyfriend in Autumn Leaves (1955), Robertson achieved the critical acceptance that would enable him to seek out choice film roles. In 1963, Robertson became the first American actor to portray a living American president when he was selected to play John F. Kennedy in PT 109; one year later, he showed up as a paranoid Nixon type in The Best Man. Equally busy on television, Robertson was universally applauded for his grueling performance as an alcoholic in the 1958 TV staging of Days of Wine and Roses, and in 1965 won an Emmy for a guest appearance on the dramatic anthology Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre. Having lost the film version of Wine and Roses to Jack Lemmon, Robertson made certain that he'd star in the filmization of his 1961 TV drama The Two Worlds of Charly Gordon by buying up the story rights. The result was the 1968 film Charly, in which Robertson played a retarded adult turned into a genius by a scientific experiment -- for which he won an Academy Award. In 1977, Robertson made headlines when he was one of the whistle-blowers in the embezzlement scandal involving Columbia executive David Begelman -- a fact that did more harm to Robertson's career than Begelman's. Robertson continued to act into the 2000s, including the recurring role of Ben Parker in the Spider-Man franchise reboot. He died of natural causes a day after his 88th birthday in 2011.

Trivia: Ran away from home at the age of 15 after both of her parents died. Had a recurring role as Rep. Andrea Wyatt, ex-wife of Toby Ziegler, on The West Wing. Performed her Oscar-nominated song "In the Deep," from the film Crash, at the 2006 Academy Awards. Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, was so impressed with her performance at the Oscars he created a role for her on the show.

Trivia: British character actor Richard Warner appeared onscreen from the '60s, he often played small-town cops.