Denzel Washington Born: Dec 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller Career Highlights: A Soldier's Story, Glory, He Got Game First Major Screen Credit: Carbon Copy (1981)
Dustin Hoffman Born: Aug 08, 1937 in Los Angeles, California Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Career Highlights: Tootsie, All the President's Men, The Graduate First Major Screen Credit: The Graduate (1967)
David Maysles Born: Jan 10, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts
Died: Jan 03, 1987 in New York Occupation: Director, Cinematographer, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Culture & Society, Music Career Highlights: The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, Salesman First Major Screen Credit: What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964)
Dick Van Dyke Born: Dec 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-'80s, 2000s Major Genres: Comedy Career Highlights: Mary Poppins, Diagnosis of Murder, Cold Turkey First Major Screen Credit: The Show (1961)
D.A. Pennebaker Born: Jul 15, 1925 in Evanston, Illinois Occupation: Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Music, Culture & Society Career Highlights: Don't Look Back, Monterey Pop, The War Room First Major Screen Credit: Daybreak Express (1953)
Doris Day Born: Apr 03, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical Career Highlights: Lover Come Back, The Pajama Game, Love Me or Leave Me First Major Screen Credit: Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Deanna Durbin Born: Dec 04, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Musical, Comedy Career Highlights: Three Smart Girls, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, One Hundred Men and a Girl First Major Screen Credit: Three Smart Girls (1936)
Desi Arnaz Born: Mar 02, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba
Died: Dec 02, 1986 Occupation: Actor, Active: '40s-'60s, '90s Major Genres: Comedy Career Highlights: The Long, Long Trailer, Father Takes a Wife, Too Many Girls First Major Screen Credit: Too Many Girls (1940)
Dorothy Lamour Born: Dec 10, 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: Sep 21, 1996 Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s, '60s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical Career Highlights: The Road to Morocco, Road to Rio, Chad Hanna First Major Screen Credit: The Jungle Princess (1936)
Danny Kaye Born: Jan 18, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York
Died: Mar 03, 1987 Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '40s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical Career Highlights: The Five Pennies, Knock on Wood, Hans Christian Andersen First Major Screen Credit: Up in Arms (1944)
David Niven Born: Mar 01, 1910 in London, England, UK
Died: Jul 29, 1983 in Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama Career Highlights: A Matter of Life and Death, Around the World in 80 Days, Wuthering Heights First Major Screen Credit: Beloved Enemy (1936)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Born: Dec 09, 1909 in New York City, New York
Died: May 07, 2000 in Manhattan, New York Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '20s-'50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Career Highlights: Little Caesar, Gunga Din, The Rage of Paris First Major Screen Credit: Stephen Steps Out (1923)
David Lean Born: Mar 25, 1908 in Croydon, England
Died: Apr 16, 1991 in London, England, UK Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Brief Encounter, A Passage to India First Major Screen Credit: Dreaming Lips (1932)
Darryl F. Zanuck Born: Sep 05, 1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska
Died: Dec 22, 1979 Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: All About Eve, 42nd Street, How Green Was My Valley First Major Screen Credit: Find Your Man (1924)
David O. Selznick Born: May 10, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: Jun 22, 1965 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Occupation: Writer, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: The Third Man, Rebecca, Gone With the Wind First Major Screen Credit: The Four Feathers (1928)
Douglas Fairbanks Born: May 23, 1883 in Denver, Colorado
Died: Dec 12, 1939 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: teens-'20s Major Genres: Adventure, Comedy Career Highlights: The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers First Major Screen Credit: The Lamb (1915)
D.W. Griffith Born: Jan 22, 1875 in La Grange, Kentucky
Died: Jul 23, 1948 in Hollywood, California Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: 1900s-teens Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: The Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms, Hearts of the World First Major Screen Credit: Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)
Drew Barrymore Born: Feb 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama Career Highlights: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Scream, Altered States First Major Screen Credit: Altered States (1980)
Demi Moore Born: Nov 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama Career Highlights: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Ghost, Mortal Thoughts First Major Screen Credit: Parasite (1981)
David Fincher Born: May 10, 1962 in Denver, Colorado Occupation: Director, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller Career Highlights: Seven, Alien ³, Fight Club First Major Screen Credit: Twice Upon a Time (1983)