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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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| Laurel & Hardy |
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The greatest comedy duo of all time, Laurel & Hardy came from completely different sides of the Atlantic. Stan Laurel was born in 1890 in England and was raised in the English music halls, whilst Oliver Hardy was born in America and moved to Hollywood to get work as an actor. The two men began their partnership in 1926 at the Hal Roach studio. It was here that they made their greatest films, such as Forty Five Minutes From Hollywood (1926), The Battle Of The Century, From Soup To Nuts and Big Business. The two great comedians cruised into the age of "talkies" with ease in films like Men O'War, Perfect Day and Way Out West. Whatever the success of these great comedies, many feel that their best work came in their 1932 short The Music Box, in which the two try to deliver a piano up a huge flight of stairs. |
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| Lauren Bacall |
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Born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, 1924. In 1943 Bacall was working as a model when Howard Hawks' wife spotted her on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. A Hollywood career soon followed. Her debut in To Have And Have Not was a sensation, moving one to critic to praise her "javelinlike vitality" and "trombone voice". Her habit of looking downwards, raising her eyes to deliver the often suggestive dialogue, earned her the nickname "The Look" - although in fact she had pressed her chin to her chest to disguise her nervous trembling. Known as Betty to her friends, Bacall is the cousin of Shimon Peres, the former prime minister of Israel. |
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| Leonardo DiCaprio |
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Born in LA in 1974, Leonardo was a TV actor (including, early on, milk commercials) and bit-part player in movies before hitting his stride with This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and The Basketball Diaries, all tricky roles sensitively handled. The more palatable Romeo & Juliet led to his casting in the unsinkable Titanic, for which he was about the only thing not to be nominated for an Oscar. Since then he has been lined up to feature in both American Psycho and a Godfather prequel, opting instead for Scorsese's Gangs Of New York. |
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| Liam Neeson |
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Liam Neeson was born in a small town in Northern Ireland in 1952 and took up boxing at the age of nine. After becoming the Youth Heavyweight Champion of Ireland at 16, he quit and joined a local amateur dramatic society. Whilst acting in Dublin, Neeson was spotted by John Boorman who gave him the part of Sir Gawain in the cult movie Excalibur. After working on a series of small movies, Neeson took his chance in Hollywood in 1987 in the film Suspect in which he played a deaf-mute. Then came Sam Raimi's Darkman, before Neeson grew disillusioned with a series of parts in limited films. However, his work in the play Anna Christie in 1993 brought him to the attention of Steven Spielberg, who cast him as the lead in his classic Schindler's List. Neeson won wide acclaim for the role and followed it with great performances in Rob Roy, Michael Collins and probably the only great performance in Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace, as the Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn. |
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