{"id":12300,"date":"2022-01-01T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:11:49","slug":"class-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=12300","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021,<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol to protest the result of the 2020 US Presidential election;<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched and landed a Starship prototype;<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Netanyahu lost his bid to continue as Prime Minister of Israel;<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin launched its first commercial space flight,<\/p>\n<p>The Games of the XXXII Olympiad were held in Tokyo (delayed a year because of the pandemic);<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Ida landed in New Orleans;<\/p>\n<p>El Salvador began accepting bitcoin as legal currency;<\/p>\n<p><em>Nomadland<\/em> won the Oscar for Best Picture;<\/p>\n<p>The following is my ranked list of the entertainers who passed away in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a statement of their worth, but a valuation of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s life is equally valuable, but their careers are not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fpeter-aykroyd.jpg%3Fw%3D1000&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Peter Aykroyd Dead:'SNL' writer and cast member was 66 ...\" width=\"329\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>43. Peter Aykroyd<\/p>\n<p>Dan Aykroyd&#8217;s little brother followed in his footsteps and featured in SNL for a bit in the 1980s, but that&#8217;s about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/10\/27\/obituaries\/00Didion1\/merlin_159060084_0bf6b443-8300-4a12-944d-1030c1f25bf5-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Joan Didion, &amp;#39;New Journalist&amp;#39; Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 - The New York Times\" width=\"257\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>42. Joan Didion<\/p>\n<p>Most famous as a writer \/ essayist, but she wrote a few screenplays:\u00a0<em>The Panic in Needle Park, Up Close and Personal,\u00a0<\/em>and the 1970s remake of\u00a0<em>A Star is Born<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fsites%2Fadvocate.com%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fvertical_gallery_desktop_1x%2Fpublic%2F20-anne-rice-getty.jpg%3Ftimestamp%3D1572554105&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Meet the 25 Divas of Horror Who Define Halloween\" width=\"214\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>41. Anne Rice<\/p>\n<p>The film version of her novel <em>Interview with the Vampire<\/em>\u00a0was a huge deal in the 1990s and revitalized the vampire genre (think <em>Twilight<\/em>), but subsequent film adaptations didn&#8217;t materialize and her career never again reached those heights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e992dd89e0721bb35e41ec51de0c7b003fccde2e\/0_0_4500_2699\/master\/4500.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=14aeaaad9674f224f24cb01cf040b073\" alt=\"Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts likely to miss US tour to recover from procedure | Charlie Watts | The Guardian\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>40. Charlie Watts<\/p>\n<p>Longtime drummer for The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Faa%2Fd4%2Fcc%2Faad4cc8bab877643eb217ffa2fdd2baa.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Elizabeth &quot;Betty&quot; Lynn (born 29 August 1926) | The andy ...\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>39. Betty Lynn<\/p>\n<p>Thelma Lou in\u00a0<i>The\u00a0Andy\u00a0Griffith<\/i> <em>Show.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTkyNjA5NTA1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjU0NjgyMQ@@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Walter - IMDb\" width=\"240\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>38. Jessica Walter<\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s, she memorably played a deranged stalker in Eastwood&#8217;s <em>Play Misty for Me.<\/em> After the role of a lifetime (Lucille Bluth in <em>Arrested<\/em> Development) ended in the 2000s, she extended her career as the voice of Mallory Archer (a character clearly inspired by Lucille).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fnypost.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2016%2F09%2Fscolari1_index1a.jpg%3Fquality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%26ssl%3D1&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Where actor Peter Scolari likes to juggle\" width=\"366\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>37. Peter Scolari<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Bosom Buddies<\/em>, he was the Andrew Ridgely to Tom Hanks&#8217; George Michael. Aside from his position as Hanks&#8217; bestie, he\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">starred in the TV version of<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Honey, I Shrunk the Kids<\/em> and <span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">had a memorable late career turn in <\/span><em style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.femalefirst.co.uk%2Fimage-library%2Fpartners%2Fbang%2Fland%2F1000%2Fj%2Fjames-michael-tyler-67c4c38dc42de68abf701fc9bad5735b8ca2ba70.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"James Michael Tyler grateful for Gunther money from ...\" width=\"364\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>36. James Michael Tyler<\/p>\n<p>As Gunther, he was background noise on one of the biggest TV shows of the early twenty first century: a show still relevant enough to warrant a highly rated reunion special twenty years later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cheatsheet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2Fold-yeller-tommy-kirk.jpg%3Fx23912&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Most Shocking Child Stars Scandals You Forgot About\" width=\"358\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>35. Tommy Kirk<\/p>\n<p>Star of Disney classics <em>Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent Minded-Professor,\u00a0<\/em>and (one of my personal favorites)\u00a0<em>The Monkey&#8217;s Uncle<\/em>. His homosexuality derailed his career, and he did a lot of horrible, under the radar stuff afterwards, but for a brief moment in the middle of the twentieth century, he was the male counterpart to Annette Funicello.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/9b\/Sonny_Chiba_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019.jpg\" alt=\"Sonny Chiba - Wikipedia\" width=\"268\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>34. Sonny Chiba<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen a lot of his early work, although Tarantino is a huge fan. Jules&#8217; speech in <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> was inspired by one of Chiba&#8217;s films, and Tarantino would later cast him in <em>Kill Bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"detail__media__img-highres js-detail-img js-detail-img-high aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F01%2Fde%2Fe6%2F01dee6f1876c448d76a7021ce685582f.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Jean-Paul Belmondo | Movie stars, Actor studio, Actors\" width=\"179\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>33. Jean-Paul Belmondo<\/p>\n<p>The French version of Steve McQueen; he was in several of the definitive films of the French New Wave, and if he had been willing to accept Hollywood&#8217;s repeated offers, I think he would have been at least as big a name as Marcello Mastroianni.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/ESyFJ9IR7vfaf0YdmYsFiI1JUv.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin MacLeod \u2014 The Movie Database (TMDB)\" width=\"237\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>32. Gavin MacLeod<\/p>\n<p><em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/em>.\u00a0<em>The Love Boat.\u00a0<\/em>A couple of film credits including\u00a0<em>Pork Chop Hill, Kelly&#8217;s Heroes<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Sand Pebbles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMhZwtGouL9c3pNUr-9nMOL3KPxdXRhRME8KxQciig4HnA2bAADxChPD3V4dVQmko44DqWGQ&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Yaphet Kotto Dies: Bond Villain, \u2018Homicide\u2019 Star, \u2018Alien\u2019 &amp; \u2018Midnight Run\u2019 Actor Was 81\" width=\"386\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>31. Yaphet Kotto<\/p>\n<p>Bond villain in\u00a0<em>Live and Let Die; <\/em>casualty\u00a0in <em>Alien<\/em>; and Lt. Al Giardello in\u00a0<em>Homicide: Life on the Street<\/em> (an underappreciated gem from the late twentieth century).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mubicdn.net\/images\/cast_member\/30307\/cache-3140-1582404340\/image-w856.jpg?size=800x\" alt=\"Robert Downey Sr. \u2013 Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI\" width=\"292\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>30. Robert Downey Sr.<\/p>\n<p>An underground filmmaker who peaked in the 1960s (<em>Putney Swope<\/em>). Paul Thomas Anderson liked him enough to give him small roles in <em>Boogie Nights<\/em> and <em>Magnolia,<\/em> but his biggest contribution to popular culture is his son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/richard-rush-dead.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Rush Dead: Stunt Man Director Was 91 - Variety\" width=\"423\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>29. Richard Rush<\/p>\n<p>It took him nine years to make, but he was Oscar nominated for writing and directing <em>Stunt Man<\/em> (1980). Unfortunately, his career never really took off after that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREcdMWwBY-3B6-sOhzyOB0-OvLq4oBXUsJI1J03pLJjF1Z6Nu3dSXJvg_nDIQ1mNGBxEeGTA&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Jane Powell (1929 - 2021)\" width=\"455\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>28. Jane Powell<\/p>\n<p>Star of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including <em>Royal Wedding<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/em>. In her late career, she played Jason Seaver&#8217;s mom in <em>Growing Pains<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2012\/02\/01\/17\/5333466.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75\" alt=\"My Secret Life: Jackie Mason, 75, comedian | The Independent | The Independent\" width=\"305\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>27. Jackie Mason<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">His standup career seemed destined for greatness until he allegedly gave Ed Sullivan the finger during a televised set and the powerful Sullivan blackballed him. In spite of this setback, he counts <\/span><em>The Jerk, History of the World Part I<\/em>, the notoriously bad <em>Caddyshack II<\/em>, and Rabbi Krustofski amongst his credits<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a6\/Norman_Lloyd_2007.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>26. Norman Lloyd<\/p>\n<p>He worked with Orson Welles and Hitchcock then found late career success with <em>St. Elsewhere <\/em>and <em>Dead Poets Society<\/em>. He lived over a century and continued working until to the end (<em>Trainwreck<\/em>) in a remarkable career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BODY1Mjk4ODc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDY2MDAz._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"Art LaFleur - IMDb\" width=\"309\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>25. Art LaFleur<\/p>\n<p>Character actor extraordinaire. <em>Wargames, Field of Dreams, The Sandlot<\/em>, <em>Maverick,<\/em> and The Tooth Fairy in <em>The Santa Clause\u00a0<\/em>movies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/willie-garson-obit-936x527.jpg\" alt=\"Willie Garson Remembered by 'Sex and the City,' 'White Collar' Casts: 'You Were a Gift From the Gods'\" width=\"419\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>24. Willie Garson<\/p>\n<p>Stanford on <em>Sex and the City<\/em>. Much like James Michael Tyler, he was a sidekick on an iconic TV show, but his character was more than background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1iy7TsszWV6HU2vD-jWLqmTtx576vLtq4VclJoTD66bg17sQlmH42DDVNEI21CR7jk_JB&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e - Golden Globes\" width=\"314\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>23. Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e<\/p>\n<p>Exploded on the scene with\u00a0<em>Dallas Buyers Club.\u00a0<\/em>Then a fruitful collaboration with Reese Witherspoon which produced\u00a0<em>Wild<\/em> and the miniseries sensation\u00a0<em>Big Little Lies<\/em>. He followed up with the Amy Adams vehicle\u00a0<em>Sharp Objects<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FnsFyOV3lDQ\/UXr5ph2clSI\/AAAAAAAAIJs\/naY8v2OWFzw\/s1600\/charles+grodin+pix+-+August+30+2010.jpg\" width=\"177\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>22. Charles Grodin<\/p>\n<p>Early success with a small role in <em>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby<\/em>. <em>The Heartbreak Kid<\/em> with Elaine May and <em>Real Life<\/em> with Albert Brooks. Personal favorites: <em>The Great Muppet Caper<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Incredible Shrinking Woman<\/em>. <em>Midnight Run<\/em> with De Niro. Known to countless Gen-Xers for <em>Beethoven<\/em>. He unexpectedly walked away from a thriving Hollywood career to become a political talk show host. After his show ended, he took a long hiatus, before a brief, late career reemergence as a character actor (with an especially memorable turn in <em>Louie<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/norm-macdonald-obit.jpg\" alt=\"Norm Macdonald, Stand-Up Comedian and &amp;#39;SNL&amp;#39; Star, Dead at 61 - Rolling Stone\" width=\"416\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>21. Norm Macdonald<\/p>\n<p>One of the driest and cerebral comedians. His run as <em>Weekend Update<\/em> anchor and his appearance as Burt Reynolds (Turd Ferguson) in <em>Celebrity Jeopardy!<\/em> sketches are legendary. His body of work is not as large as some of his contemporaries, but his influence is enormous.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/205571d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4230x2625+0+0\/resize\/1200x745!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F6b%2F97e4d545447d98f708ced21f60db%2Fmcmurtry.jpg\" alt=\"Larry McMurtry dies: 'Lonesome Dove' author was 84 - Los Angeles Times\" width=\"419\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>20. Larry McMurtry<\/p>\n<p>His novels were adapted into\u00a0<em>Hud, <\/em><em>The Last Picture Show<\/em> (which won him an Oscar),\u00a0<em>Terms of Endearment<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Lonesome Dove, <\/em>and he adapted Annie Proulx&#8217;s short story <em>Brokeback Mountain, <\/em>winning another Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Reminiscent of Faulkner&#8217;s work regarding the South, his work chronicled the intersection of the old and new West.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BMjEwODc2MTM3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDU5NDMzNw%40%40._V1_.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=970641f370e2587480d291d286d780b8f86ca2acd17f741746aed240c82ad26c\" alt=\"Michael Apted\" width=\"375\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>19. Michael Apted<\/p>\n<p>Director of a Bond film (<em>The World is Not Enough<\/em>), <em>The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em>, <em>Gorillas in the Mist<\/em>, and <em>Coal Miner&#8217;s Daughter<\/em>. His greatest achievement is the <em>Up<\/em> series, which he took over with the second installment in 1970 and continued to shepherd through <em>63 Up<\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTQ2MDM2OTU0MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDk2MTIzNTE@._V1_UY1200_CR580,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg\" alt=\"Helen McCrory - IMDb\" width=\"190\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>18. Helen McCrory<\/p>\n<p>Debuted in <em>Interview with the Vampire<\/em>. Cherie Blair in <em>The Queen<\/em> and <em>The Special Relationship<\/em>. Narcissa Malfoy in the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> films. George M\u00e9li\u00e8s wife in <em>Hugo.<\/em> <em>Skyfall<\/em>. <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPhGHqCi5d54vi7HY9HrDCKmNtJ25M4tJX60m87mQbcbBSK_Zz0PQt52GZn2CYvj44F5QJ&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Pioneering director Lina Wertm\u00fcller to finally get her Oscar | The Seattle Times\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>17. Lina Wertm\u00fcller<\/p>\n<p>First female nominee for the Academy Award for Best Director. Her films include: <em>Seven Beauties, Love &amp; Anarchy, <\/em>and <em>Swept Away <\/em>(the good one, not the crappy Madonna remake). Received an Honorary Oscar in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMjA3Mzc4NTQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTc0MzY1Mw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg\" alt=\"George Segal - IMDb\" width=\"314\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>16. George Segal<\/p>\n<p>After his electrifying, Oscar nominated turn in <em>Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, <\/em>he was an unlikely leading man in the 1970s: <em>A Touch of Class<\/em>, <em>Born to Win<\/em>, <em>The Hot Rock<\/em>, <em>Blume in Love<\/em>, <em>California Split<\/em>, <em>Fun with Dick and Jane<\/em>. Afterwards, he transitioned to supporting roles in in <em>Look Who&#8217;s Talking<\/em> and<em> The Mirror Has Two Faces<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Consistently working, he was in two long running TV shows: <em>Just Shoot Me!\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Goldbergs,<\/em> recurring in the latter up until his death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/2a19efae2f07763698a13862ccd5c5f7.jpg?width=683&amp;height=1024\" width=\"206\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>15. Bertrand Tavernier<\/p>\n<p><em>A Sunday in the Country<\/em>. <em>Coup de Torchon<\/em>. <em>Round Midnight<\/em>. <em>Life and Nothing But<\/em>. His films are slow, ponderous affairs. He loved asking big questions, and I loved him for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/1c3\/d6a\/c076ff7613701ee12bf6e9bda8cc896279-michael-k-williams.rsquare.w330.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Michael K. Williams Dead at 54\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>14. Michael K. Williams<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">He was great in<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Night of, When They See Us,<\/em> and <span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><em>Lovecraft Country,<\/em> but <\/span><em>The Wire<\/em> is his legacy. Omar Little is in contention for the best TV character of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/r6KMzxEJ6Csw1HmCGER-Z7vNvtQ=\/0x0:1200x630\/1200x800\/filters:focal(504x219:696x411)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/63827977\/people_larrry_king_37026423_e1528387609759.0.jpg\" width=\"372\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13. Larry King<\/p>\n<p>For thirty years, he was the face of CNN where his nightly interview show was influential and ubiquitous. A shameless self-promoter, he parlayed this into numerous cameos as himself in various film and TV projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/05\/02\/obituaries\/00Dukakis-Olympia1\/00Dukakis-Olympia1-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg\" alt=\"Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for 'Moonstruck,' Dies at 89 ...\" width=\"363\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12. Olympia Dukakis<\/p>\n<p>Career highlights include <em>Death Wish<\/em>, <em>Steel Magnolias<\/em>, <em>Look Who&#8217;s Talking<\/em>, <em>Mr. Holland&#8217;s Opus<\/em>, <em>Mighty Aphrodite,<\/em> and, of course, her fantastic turn in <em>Moonstruck<\/em>, which won her an Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.moviesinfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/richard-donner-interview.jpg?resize=620%2C775\" width=\"211\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11. Richard Donner<\/p>\n<p>Directed<em> Superman<\/em>, all four <em>Lethal Weapon<\/em> movies, <em>The Goonies,<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Omen,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Scrooged,<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Toy<\/em> (a personal favorite from my childhood), <em>Maverick,<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Conspiracy Theory<\/em>. Additionally, he shepherded the <em>X-Men<\/em> franchise to the screen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIzVzwV9ObzJlXjJeuVxDU4yhWL1u-EDnPsgACkzBS_YfNff33r7eqkVGKHpfWxJ4tlNnDtA&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Dean Stockwell - IMDb\" width=\"294\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10. Dean Stockwell<\/p>\n<p>A child actor in the 1940s (<em>The Boy with the Green Hair<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Gentleman&#8217;s Agreement<\/em>). Cannes awards winning actor in the 1960s (<em>Long Day&#8217;s Journey into Night<\/em>). He starred in <em>Sons and Lovers;<\/em>\u00a0<em>Paris, Texas;<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Player;<\/em>\u00a0<em>Beverly Hills Cop II;<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Air Force One<\/em>. He collaborated with David Lynch in <em>Dune<\/em> and <em>Blue Velvet<\/em>. Nominated for an Oscar for <em>Married to the Mob<\/em>. Late career success in sci-fi (<em>Quantum Leap<\/em> and <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Friends with Dennis Hopper and lived as a hippie for awhile in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSO5KK9UF0zZ4YOz_KPVhN5IEMDihrTZB_ihOvnZoEuF1y-k7Pr3DGx4CX_LjmXTQAUE0vY&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Miss Sloane director John Madden reflects candidly on his very own films | The Independent\" width=\"395\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. John Madden<\/p>\n<p>Won a Superbowl as a coach of the Raiders and has the highest winning percentage of any coach with 100 games or more.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary career was a broadcaster, and lent his name to one of the most famous videogames of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5gBZ62Pee8fDRIWqfkQgMkfShz-3ZMtGHsK3M-4CuInWJi5st9hnnnEneQa7-XDV5WU0DdPli0-rbBDQ\" alt=\"Brian To\/WireImage\" width=\"297\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8. Hal Holbrook<\/p>\n<p>He won a Tony Award for performing as Mark Twain in a one man show in 1966 and continued playing the role for over fifty years. Deep Throat in <em>All the President&#8217;s Men<\/em>. Five Emmys and awarded the National Humanities Medal by George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.televisionacademy.com\/files\/assets_r\/containers\/assets\/bios\/Tyson-Cicely-450x600.jpg\/e12bce096cfa95c0ddbdd668716dfed2\/Tyson-Cicely-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cicely Tyson | Emmy Awards and Nominations | Television Academy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7. Cicely Tyson<\/p>\n<p>In her sixty year career, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honorary Oscar, a Tony award (when she was ninety-one), an Oscar nomination for <em>Sounder<\/em>, and three Emmys.<\/p>\n<p>Famously married to Miles Davis, she was still performing in the final years of her life (Tyler Perry&#8217;s <em>A Fall from Grace<\/em> and <em>How to Get Away with Murder<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIMzgA4R3rKaaIFT5oSzpM-TOfU9t_p_NscoFLG-TyaomXeYk8KsW0AzLTOSQn4isaiEpYnYsLfuJwSLc\" alt=\"Ron Galella\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images\" width=\"307\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. Ned Beatty<\/p>\n<p>Otis in <em>Superman<\/em>. Oscar nominated for <em>Network<\/em>. Made everyone scared of squealing like a pig in <em>Deliverance<\/em>. <em>All the President&#8217;s Men<\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><em>The Toy<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><em>The Incredible Shrinking Woman<\/em>. <\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">Rudy<\/em><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">. <\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">Back to School<\/em><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">. Lotso in <\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">Toy Story 3<\/em><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">. Detective Bolander in <\/span><em style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">Homicide: Life on the Street<\/em><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTk0MDI4ODk5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzg3ODQ3MQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Asner - IMDb\" width=\"324\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. Ed Asner<\/p>\n<p>Carl Fredricksen in <em>Up;\u00a0<\/em>Santa in <em>Elf<\/em>. He earned a place in the pantheon as Lou Grant in <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/em>. One of the few actors to win an Emmy for Comedy and Drama for the same role. He starred in <em>Roots,\u00a0<\/em>was one of the most outspoken liberal actors of the age, and continued to work until shortly before his death in\u00a0<em>Cobra Kai<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOQkf-N41F5PFgHgQ9qWz3NZ5oF8YlmxlamxmCZ5L7FG87xm05YRdFi1_Sp8c6XqjUuGMwAA&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Betty White obituary | US television | The Guardian\" width=\"324\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. Betty White<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Tyler Moore Show. The Golden Girls<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Lake Placid<\/em>.\u00a0<em>The Proposal<\/em>. A legendary guest hosting stint on\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>. 5 Emmy wins. \u00a0She was beloved by everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fd\/Christopher_Plummer_2014.jpg\/960px-Christopher_Plummer_2014.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Plummer - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\" width=\"329\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. Christopher Plummer<\/p>\n<p>Two Emmys. One Oscar. Three Oscar nominations. <em>The Sound of Music<\/em>. <em>Up<\/em>. <em>National Treasure<\/em>, <em>Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country<\/em>, <em>12 Monkeys<\/em>, <em>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/em>, <em>All the Money in the World<\/em>, <em>Knives Out<\/em>. <em>The Man Who Would be King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTc86E1eJ6VfpRTfvfMu6fQ5X9PpqlG2lTawIG91912eEMW6sD9W0etoI-3ZVgm-cVqJBd7&amp;s=10\" alt=\"10 Noteworthy Facts About Songwriting Legend Stephen ...\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. Stephen Sondheim<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest popular composers of the twentieth century. <em>West Side Story,<\/em> <em>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,<\/em> <em>Sweeney Todd<\/em>, <em>Into the Woods<\/em>, <em>Gypsy<\/em>. &#8220;Send in the Clowns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Won an Oscar for <em>Dick Tracy<\/em>.\u00a0Presidential Medical of Freedom and\u00a0Kennedy Center Honors.<\/p>\n<p>Eight Grammys. Eight Tonys. In 2010, Broadway&#8217;s Henry Miller Theatre was renamed for him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8xT8XvjvIxeTuhHPHb6jvD95ozmoSTC8GDDdxIia6Aav1XnUTYNfFU8ietuG5hca2bSiF&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Remembering actress Cloris Leachman | CNN\" width=\"506\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Cloris Leachman<\/p>\n<p>One hundred and forty films in a sixty plus year career.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Tyler Moore Show, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em>, <em>Young Frankenstein<\/em>, <em>Bad Santa<\/em>, <em>Spanglish<\/em>. Replaced Charlotte Rae in the final seasons of\u00a0<em>The Fact of Life<\/em>. A record eight Emmy wins. A record twenty two Emmy nominations. Oscar win for\u00a0<em>The Last Picture Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A memorable small role in\u00a0<em>American Gods. <\/em>Competed on<em> Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0in her eighties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, Supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol to protest the result of the 2020 US Presidential election; SpaceX launched and landed a Starship prototype; Benjamin Netanyahu lost his bid to continue as Prime Minister of Israel; Blue Origin launched its first commercial space flight, The Games of the XXXII Olympiad were&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=12300\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Class of 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2087],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15109,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions\/15109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}