Bet You Can’t Ace This 70s Actors Quiz. Can You?

Are you ready to test your knowledge of 70s actors? We’ve created a quiz that will separate the true TV and movie buffs from the rest. With questions spanning across the decade, you’ll be challenged to name actors from popular shows and movies like Three’s Company, The Godfather, and Rocky. But we bet you can’t ace this quiz – it’s not for the faint of heart. So gather your friends, pour a drink (or two), and put your thinking caps on – it’s game time! Will you come out on top as the ultimate 70s actor expert?

Results

#1. Name This 70s Actor!

Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) has received two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, Foster has been nominated for two Directors Guild of America Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

#2. Name This 70s Actor!

Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Always, and Mr. Holland’s Opus.

#3. Name This 70s Actor!

Gene Hackman (born January 30, 1930) has a career that spanned nearly five decades. Hackman was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning Best Actor in The French Connection and Best Supporting Actor in Unforgiven. He won four Golden Globes, one SAG Award, and two BAFTAs.

#4. Name This 70s Actor!

Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is often described as the “best actress of her generation”. Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptation. Nominated for a record 21 Academy Awards, she has won three.

#5. Name This 70s Actor!

Donald Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades. Sutherland rose to fame after starring in a series of successful films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly’s Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don’t Look Now (1973), Fellini’s Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980) and Eye of the Needle (1981).

#6. Name This 70s Actor!

Richard Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was a stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial epithets.

#7. Name This 70s Actor!

Gena Rowlands’ (born June 19, 1930) career in film, stage, and television has spanned over six decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980).

#8. Name This 70s Actor!

Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra.

 

#9. Name This 70s Actor!

Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) she has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy, and was the first recipient of a Leopard Club Award that honors film professionals whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination. In 2011, the government of France made her an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.

 

#10. Name This 70s Actor!

Peter Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is is the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s.

#11. Name This 70s Actor!

Walter Matthau (born October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was best known for his film roles, including as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, based on the play of the same title by playwright Neil Simon, in which he also appeared on Broadway theatre, and notably, opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade.

#12. Name This 70s Actor!

Teri Garr (born December 11, 1944) began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film, in the early 1960s including appearances as a dancer in nine Elvis Presley musicals. She is perhaps best known for appearing in comedy films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), Mr. Mom (1983) and Tootsie (1982) which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role Sandra “Sandy” Lester.

#13. Name This 70s Actor!

After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway, and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 70s, where she acted in Andy Warhol’s ‘Bad’. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera and became a director.

#14. Name This 70s Actor!

Jessica Harper (born October 10, 1949) is an actress, producer, and singer. Harper made her feature film debut in Inserts (1974), followed by a starring role in Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise (1974). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento’s Giallo cult classic Suspiria (1977).

#15. Name This 70s Actor!

Karen Black (July 1, 1939 ‚Äì August 8, 2013) studied acting in New York City and performed on Broadway before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola’s You’re a Big Boy Now (1966).

#16. Name This 70s Actor!

Paul Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an actor, voice actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He won and was nominated for numerous awards, winning an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others.

#17. Name This 70s Actor!

Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) has worked mainly in American film and television in a career spanning six decades. As a child actress, she appeared in supporting roles in The Children’s Hour and The Birds. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the science fiction films Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Alien (1979).

#18. Name This 70s Actor!

Mary Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme’s 1980 film Melvin and Howard.

#19. Name This 70s Actor!

Brigitte Mira (20 April 1910 ‚Äì 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, later in her career with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on many occasions. Believed to have been born in Hamburg, she moved early on to Berlin. Brigitte Mira’s mother was German while her father was Russian Jewish.

#20. Name This 70s Actor!

Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses and as Catherine Martell in the cult television series Twin Peaks.

#21. Name This 70s Actor!

Nancy Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an actress and anti-cancer activist best known for her roles in the films Carrie (1976), RoboCop (1987), and Dressed to Kill (1980), the last of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

#22. Name This 70s Actor!

Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 ‚Äì July 1, 2004) was an actor and film director. Regarded for his cultural influence on 20th century film, Brando’s Academy Award-winning performances include that of Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954) and Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972). Brando was an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements.

#23. Name This 70s Actor!

Shelley Duvall (born July 7, 1949) garnered critical acclaim for her portrayals of various eccentric characters. Duvall began her career appearing in various Robert Altman films in the 1970s, including Brewster McCloud (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), Nashville (1975), and 3 Women (1977).

#24. Name This 70s Actor!

Olivia Hussey (born April 17, 1951) was chosen to play the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet. She won a Golden Globe and the David di Donatello Award for her performance and gained international recognition.

#25. Name This 70s Actor!

Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 ‚Äì August 28, 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (1966). Shaw’s other notable film roles include From Russia with Love (1963), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969), Young Winston (1972), The Sting (1973), Jaws (1975), Robin and Marian (1976), and Black Sunday (1977).

#26. Name This 70s Actor!

John Cleese (October 27, 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python.

#27. Name This 70s Actor!

Ellen Burstyn (December 7, 1932) is best known for her roles in films of the 1970s, such as The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, for which she won an Academy Award. Burstyn is one of the few performers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

#28. Name This 70s Actor!

Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is the recipient of several awards, including two Academy Awards, one Tony Award, three Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Critics Choice Award, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Dorian Awards.

#29. Name This 70s Actor!

Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 ‚Äì October 20, 1994), initially known for playing “tough guys”, went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles. He was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960.

#30. Name This 70s Actor!

James Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.

#31. Name This 70s Actor!

Sally Field (born November 6, 1946) is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.

#32. Name This 70s Actor!

Clint Eastwood (born May 31, 1930) is an actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

 

#33. Name This 70s Actor!

Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 ‚Äì December 27, 2016) was known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, a role for which she was nominated for four Saturn Awards. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The ‘Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008).

#34. Name This 70s Actor!

Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983), and many successful films such as The Bourne Identity (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.

#35. Name This 70s Actor!

Margot Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) rose to fame in 1978 for her role as Lois Lane in the Superman film series, alongside Christopher Reeve. Kidder began her career in the 1960s appearing in low-budget Canadian films and television series, before landing a lead role in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970).

#36. Name This 70s Actor!

Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) has had a career spanning over five decades. He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the “Triple Crown of Acting”. He achieved international acclaim and recognition for his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972).

#37. Name This 70s Actor!

Liv Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. She is known as one of the “muses” of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress ‚Äì Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Emigrants (1971) and has been nominated for another four.

#38. Name This 70s Actor!

Jane Seymour (born February 15, 1951), is best known for her performances in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973); Somewhere In Time (1980); East of Eden (1981); and Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988).

#39. Name This 70s Actor!

Caroline Munro (born 16 January 1949) is an English actress and model known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s.

#40. Name This 70s Actor!

Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared alongside James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956) and Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957).

#41. Name This 70s Actor!

P.J. Soles (born July 17, 1950) made her film debut in 1976 as Norma Watson in Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) before portraying Lynda van der Klok in John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and Riff Randell in Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979).

#42. Name This 70s Actor!

Sevda Aktolga was born on September 24, 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Yol (1982), The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1977) and Saban, Son of Saban (1977).

#43. Name This 70s Actor!

Klaus Kinski (born October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Cobra Verde (1987).

#44. Name This 70s Actor!

Diane Keaton (born January 5, 1946) began her career on stage and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972.

#45. Name This 70s Actor!

John Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, writing and directing over a dozen movies, which he partially self-financed, and pioneered the use of improvisation and a cinéma vérité style.

#46. Name This 70s Actor!

Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 ‚Äì July 9, 2002) was noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as “one of Hollywood’s most charismatic and dynamic stars”, he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars.

#47. Name This 70s Actor!

M. Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) has appeared in over 200 films and television series. He appeared in the Coen Brothers’ first film, Blood Simple (1984). He also appeared in such other films as Carl Reiner’s comedy The Jerk (1979), Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), and Brad Bird’s animated film The Iron Giant (1999).

#48. Name This 70s Actor!

Madeline Kahn (born September 29, 1942 ‚Äì December 3, 1999) was known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What’s Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974, )High Anxiety (1977), and History of the World, Part I (1981).

#49. Name This 70s Actor!

Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) has received an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards. She is known for her social and political activism for a variety of causes.

#50. Name This 70s Actor!

Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the Star Wars film series and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when adjusted for inflation).

#51. Name This 70s Actor!

Melinda Dillon (born October 13, 1939) received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Teresa in Absence of Malice (1981).

#52. Name This 70s Actor!

Bruce Dern (born June 4, 1936) is often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013).

#53. Name This 70s Actor!

Michael Douglas’ career includes a diverse range of films in the independent and blockbuster genres, for which he has received a number of accolades, both competitive and honorary.

#54. Name This 70s Actor!

Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award).

#55. Name This 70s Actor!

Michael Caine (born March 14, 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author who has appeared in over 125 films and is considered to be a British film icon. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films, including Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966).

#56. Name This 70s Actor!

Julie Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the “swinging London” era of the 1960s, she has received such accolades as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute’s 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, and in 1997 she received the BAFTA Fellowship.

#57. Name This 70s Actor!

Burton Reynolds’ first rose to prominence starring in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962‚Äì1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970‚Äì1971). His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972).

#58. Name This 70s Actor!

Linda Hayden (born 19 January 1953) is an English film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in 1970s British horror films and sex comedies. She trained with the Aida Foster stage school in dancing, singing and stage acting before making her film debut at the age of 15 in the controversial Baby Love (1968), playing a schoolgirl who seduces her adoptive family.

#59. Name This 70s Actor!

Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953) began her film career with a role in the 1976 horror film Carrie, followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Yentl (1983), and for a Golden Globe Award for the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988).

#60. Name This 70s Actor!

Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). A big hit, the film established her as a notable actress in horror, and she subsequently starred in Halloween II (1981), The Fog (1980), Prom Night (1980), Terror Train (1980), and Roadgames (1981), gaining the status of “scream queen” to mainstream audiences.

 

#61. Name This 70s Actor!

Dustin Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of various accolades including; two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Genie Award.

#62. Name This 70s Actor!

Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943) was cast as the young Vito Corleone in the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull.

#63. Name This 70s Actor!

Goldie Hawn (born November 21, 1945) rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1968‚Äì70) before going on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cactus Flower (1969).

#64. Name This 70s Actor!

Irmgard Hermann (born 4 October 1942) became a publishing clerk after finishing school and worked as a secretary for ADAC when she met Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1966, who convinced her to quit her job to work with him, despite her lack of formal training as an actor.

#65. Name This 70s Actor!

Isabelle Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is a French film actress and singer. She is one of the most acclaimed French actresses of all time. A five-time winner of the César Award for Best Actress, she won for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), La Reine Margot (1994), and Skirt Day (2009), making her the only actress or actor in history to have five wins.

#66. Name This 70s Actor!

Katharine Ross (born January 29, 1940) had starring roles in three of the most popular films of the 1960s and 1970s: as Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (1967), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; and as Etta Place in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

#67. Name This 70s Actor!

Max von Sydow (10 April 1929) is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has appeared in many European and American films in several languages, including Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.

#68. Name This 70s Actor!

Nancy Kyes (born December 19, 1949) is credited under her stage name Nancy Loomis. She is best known for her role as Annie Brackett in Halloween (1978) and the sequel Halloween II (1981), as well as roles in two of John Carpenter’s films: Julie in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Sandy Fadel in The Fog (1980).

#69. Name This 70s Actor!

Jeffrey Bridges (born December 4, 1949) comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–60) with his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in six other films.

#70. Name This 70s Actor!

James Caan (born March 26, 1940) came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as Brian’s Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Rollerball (1975), Funny Lady (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Chapter Two (1979).

#71. Name This 70s Actor!

Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 ‚Äì August 29, 2016) began his career on stage and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, Wilder’s first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

#72. Name This 70s Actor!

Roy Scheider (November 10, 1932 ‚Äì February 10, 2008) gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in several iconic films from the 1970s, playing NYPD Detective Buddy “Cloudy” Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci in The Seven Ups (1973); Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978)land Doc in Marathon Man (1976).

#73. Name This 70s Actor!

Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 ‚Äì October 25, 2002) appeared on stage and in many films, appearing as Frank Machin in This Sporting Life, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show. He played an aristocrat captured by Native Americans in A Man Called Horse (1970), a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood’s Western film Unforgiven (1992), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.

#74. Name This 70s Actor!

Jason Robards (July 26, 1922 ‚Äì December 26, 2000) was a winner of a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, and an Emmy Award. He was also a United States Navy combat veteran of World War II. He became famous playing works of American playwright Eugene O’Neill and regularly performed in O’Neill’s works throughout his career.

#75. Name This 70s Actor!

Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 ‚Äì September 15, 2017) was an actor, musician, and singer. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton made appearances in the films Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly’s Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), and many others.

#76. Name This 70s Actor!

Cybill Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) roles include Jacy in The Last Picture Show (1971), Kelly in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Betsy in Taxi Driver (1976), Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting (1985–1989), Cybill Sheridan on Cybill (1995–1998), Phyllis Kroll on The L Word (2007–2009), Madeleine Spencer on Psych (2008–2013), Cassie in the television film The Client List (2010) and Linette Montgomery on The Client List (2012–2013).

#77. Name This 70s Actor!

Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an eight-time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor).

#78. Name This 70s Actor!

Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is the winner of one Academy Award, having been nominated for four. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has so far been nominated for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.

#79. Name This 70s Actor!

Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film The Exorcist (1973), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe. She reprised her role in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award.

#80. Name This 70s Actor!

Brooke Shields (born May 31, 1965) was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle’s film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century.

#81. Name This 70s Actor!

Jack Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) has performed for over sixty years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance, and dark portrayals of anti-heroes and psychopathic characters. In many of his films, he has played the “eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter”, someone who rebels against the social structure.

#82. Name This 70s Actor!

George Segal (born February 13, 1934) became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. He was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname—thus paving the way for Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand.

#83. Name This 70s Actor!

Marilyn Burns (born May 7, 1949 ‚Äì August 5, 2014) made her film debut as a tour guide in Robert Altman’s experimental comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970) while in high school, followed by minor appearances in low-budget independent films where her scenes were ultimately cut such as Sidney Lumet’s drama film Lovin’ Molly (1974).

#84. Name This 70s Actor!

Pam Grier (born May 26, 1949) became known in the early 1970s for starring in a string of women in prison and blaxploitation films such as The Big Bird Cage (1972), Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974), and Sheba, Baby (1975).

#85. Name This 70s Actor!

Olivia Newton-John (born 26 September 1948) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five number-one and ten other top ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, and two number-one Billboard 200 solo albums.

#86. Name This 70s Actor!

Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. In addition to his performance in the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gould is perhaps best known for his significant leading roles in Robert Altman films, starring in M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973), and California Split (1974).

#87. Name This 70s Actor!

Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role in Rocky.

#88. Name This 70s Actor!

Carol Kane (born June 18, 1952) became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street (for which she received an Oscar nomination) and Annie Hall. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work.

#89. Name This 70s Actor!

Robert Duvall’s career spans more than six decades. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies), seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award.

#90. Name This 70s Actor!

Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) wrote and recorded the songs “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.

#91. Name This 70s Actor!

John Travolta (born February 18, 1954) first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978).

#92. Name This 70s Actor!

Robert Redford (born August 18, 1936) is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. Redford began acting on television in the early 1960s. Redford began acting on television in the late 1950s, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962).

#93. Name This 70s Actor!

Stefania Sandrelli (born June 5, 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the Commedia all’Italiana, starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Angela, the cousin and love interest of Ferdinando, played by Marcello Mastroianni.

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Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee. He has appeared in films such as Theo Angelopoulos’ Ulysses’ Gaze, Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and The Last Temptation of Christ; Ridley Scott’s The Duellists and Thelma & Louise; Istv√°n Szab√≥‚Äôs Taking Sides; Peter Yates’ Mother, Jugs & Speed; Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

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Sissy Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.

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Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film The Ten Commandments (1956), for which he received his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.

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Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936) is a retired English actor. Beginning in theatre, Finney achieved especial success as a Shakespearean actor before switching to film. He achieved prominence in film during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer, directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in plays.

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Karen Allen (born October 5, 1951) is a film and stage actress. After making her film debut in Animal House (1978), she became best known for her portrayal of Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), a role she later reprised for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

 

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