Leonardo DiCaprio Born: Nov 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama Career Highlights: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Titanic, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet First Major Screen Credit: Critters 3 (1991)
Louis Malle Born: Oct 30, 1932 in Thumeries, France
Died: Nov 23, 1995 in Beverly Hills, California Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Actor, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Culture & Society Career Highlights: My Dinner With Andre, Le Feu Follet, Vanya on 42nd Street First Major Screen Credit: The Silent World (1956)
Lauren Bacall Born: Sep 16, 1924 in Bronx, New York City, New York Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'50s, '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Career Highlights: The Big Sleep, Key Largo, To Have and Have Not First Major Screen Credit: To Have and Have Not (1944)
Lena Horne Born: Jun 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York Occupation: Actor, Active: '40s-2000s Major Genres: Music, Musical Career Highlights: Cabin in the Sky, Stormy Weather, Two Girls and a Sailor First Major Screen Credit: The Duke Is Tops (1938)
Lucille Ball Born: Aug 06, 1911 in Celeron, New York
Died: Apr 26, 1989 in Beverly Hills, California Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'50s, '90s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical Career Highlights: Dance, Girl, Dance, Ziegfeld Follies, Without Love First Major Screen Credit: Three Little Pigskins (1934)
Laurence Olivier Born: May 22, 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England
Died: Jul 11, 1989 in Steyning, West Sussex, England, UK Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, History Career Highlights: Hamlet, Henry V, Rebecca First Major Screen Credit: The Temporary Widow (1930)
Luchino Visconti Born: Nov 02, 1906 in Milan, Italy
Died: Mar 17, 1976 in Rome, Italy Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Drama Career Highlights: The Leopard, Rocco and His Brothers, Ossessione First Major Screen Credit: La Tosca (1940)
Lou Costello Born: Mar 06, 1906
Died: Mar 03, 1959 Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'50s Major Genres: Comedy Career Highlights: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein First Major Screen Credit: One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Luis Buñuel Born: Feb 22, 1900 in Calanda, Aragon, Spain
Died: Jul 29, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '30s, '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental Career Highlights: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Belle de Jour, Los Olvidados First Major Screen Credit: Un Chien Andalou (1928)
Lillian Gish Born: Oct 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio
Died: Feb 27, 1993 in New York City, New York Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: teens-'20s, '60s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: The Night of the Hunter, The Birth of a Nation, The Wind First Major Screen Credit: Home, Sweet Home (1914)
Louis B. Mayer Born: Jul 04, 1885 in Minsk, Russia
Died: Oct 29, 1957 Occupation: Actor, Active: teens-'20s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: The Eternal Struggle, He Who Gets Slapped, Sporting Venus First Major Screen Credit: The Great Secret (1917)
Lon Chaney Born: Apr 01, 1883 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Died: Aug 26, 1930 in Hollywood, California Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: teens-'20s Major Genres: Drama, Crime Career Highlights: The Phantom of the Opera, West of Zanzibar, The Hunchback of Notre Dame First Major Screen Credit: The Chimney's Secret (1915)
Lionel Barrymore Born: Apr 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: Nov 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: teens-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance Career Highlights: It's a Wonderful Life, Grand Hotel, Key Largo First Major Screen Credit: The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
Louis Lumière Born: Oct 05, 1864 in Besançon, France
Died: 1948 Occupation: Director Active: ??s Career Highlights: L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat First Major Screen Credit: L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat (1896)
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s Major Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family
Laura Dern Born: Feb 10, 1967 in Santa Monica, California Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama Career Highlights: Rambling Rose, Smooth Talk, Citizen Ruth First Major Screen Credit: Smooth Talk (1985)
Larry Wachowski Born: Jun 21, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure Career Highlights: Bound, The Matrix, Speed Racer First Major Screen Credit: Assassins (1995)
Laura Linney Born: Feb 05, 1964 in New York, New York Occupation: Actor Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama Career Highlights: The Truman Show, More Tales of the City, You Can Count On Me First Major Screen Credit: Tales of the City (1993)
Laurence Fishburne Born: Jul 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Children's/Family Career Highlights: What's Love Got to Do with It?, Deep Cover, School Daze First Major Screen Credit: Gardens of Stone (1987)
Luc Besson Born: Mar 18, 1959 in Paris, France Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Action, Thriller Career Highlights: The Professional, La Femme Nikita, Subway First Major Screen Credit: Deux Lions Au Soleil (1980)