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| The voting's over. Now it's time to find out who the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of all time are, as voted by you. Watch Channel 4's 100 Greatest Movie Stars to find out if these nominees made it onto the final list. |
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| Kim Basinger |
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Kim Basinger was born in Athens, Georgia in December 1953 to a ballet dancer and a jazz musician. A shy child, she found her confidence appearing in beauty pageants, and by the time she was 20 was a top model earning $1,000 a day. After appearing in numerous commercials, she took acting lessons and appeared on TV and as a Bond girl. A Playboy shoot and a starring role in 9 1/2 Weeks brought her to prominence, and she has gone on to trade largely on her sex appeal. More recently she won an Oscar for her sensational performance in L.A. Confidential. |
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| Kirk Douglas |
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Born Issur Danielovitch in New York, 1916. The son of penniless Jewish-Russian immigrants, Douglas escaped the ghetto by putting himself through St Lawrence University, where he excelled at wrestling. In 1941 he turned to acting, featuring in a couple of Broadway plays before serving in the US Navy in World War Two. An intense performer who in his own words "made a career of playing sons of bitches", he debuted in The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers in 1946, and made his name in 1949's Champion. In 1988 he wrote a best-selling autobiography, The Ragman's Son, and has since written two novels. In 1991 he received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award and an honorary Oscar followed in 1996 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. |
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