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James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contr ... ... ( read more! ) Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger January 27, 1921 January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capras 1946 film Its a Wonderful Life. In 1953 she received the Academy Awar ... ... ( read more! ) Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe April 28, 1878 November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capras 1946 film Its ... ... ( read more! ) Thomas Mitchell (July 11, 1892 December 17, 1962) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald OHara, the father of Scarlett OHara in Gone with the Wind, the drunken Doc Boone in John Fords Stagecoach, and Uncle Billy in Its a Wonderful Life. Mitchell was the first person to w ... ... ( read more! ) British-born Henry Travers was a veteran of the English stage before emigrating to the U.S. in 1917. He gained more stage experience there on Broadway working with the Theatre Guild, and began his long film career with Reunion in Vienna (1933). Travers kindly, grandfatherly demeanor became familiar to filmgoers over the next 25 years, especially ... ... ( read more! ) Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy May 3, 1889 - January 11, 1981) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She was twice nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. For a guest appearance on the television series The Waltons she won an Emmy Award. ... ... ( read more! ) Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in Its a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television s ... ... ( read more! ) Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm were featured in more than 200 films, as well as in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1961. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capras Its a Wonderful Life (1946) and Captain Cl ... ... ( read more! ) Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 October 5, 1981) was an American actress.Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in Its a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projec ... ... ( read more! ) Henry Byron Warner was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMilles The King of Kings (1927). He was born into a prominent theatrical family on October 26, 1875 in London. His father was Charles Warner, and his grandfather was James Warner, both prominent English actors. He replaced J.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927) ... ... ( read more! ) Francis Healey Albertson (February 2, 1909 February 29, 1964) was an American character actor who made his debut in a minor part in Hollywood at age thirteen. He had supporting roles in films such as Its a Wonderful Life (1946) and Psycho (1960). Albertson made well over 100 appearances (19231964) in movies and television. In his early career he ... ... ( read more! ) Roscoe Todd Karns (January 15, 1921 February 5, 2000) was an American actor.1 He is perhaps best remembered for playing George Baileys younger brother, Harry Bailey, in the 1946 film Its a Wonderful Life. ... ... ( read more! ) Samuel Southey Hinds (April 4, 1875 October 13, 1948) was an American actor and former lawyer. He was often cast as kindly authoritarian figures and appeared in over 200 films until his death.Hinds was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joseph E. Hinds and Mary A. Beetham Hinds.He was a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard Law Scho ... ... ( read more! ) :Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress, a familiar face who brought levity to the screen. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.Early yearsShe was born in St. Louis, ... ... ( read more! ) Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss (June 25, 1925 August 18, 2022) was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capras Its a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, with her final film credit being The Lucky Stiff (1949). ... ... ( read more! )