Profiles — Actors
Performers of stage and screen: how their careers were built, and the roles that defined them.
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films.
Read biography ↗Japanese author (1925–1970)
Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku.
Read biography ↗Russian-born American actor (1920–1985)
Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.
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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films.
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Ivo Livi, better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer.
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Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American actor.
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Zara Maria Larsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
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Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist.
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman is an American actress and singer.
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