1940

	Birth : 27 November 1940, San Francisco, California, USA Death : 20 July 1973, Hong Kong (cerebral edema) Birth Name: Lee Jun Fan Height: 171
Filmography: Golden Gate Girl Infant Lung men bei chi (archive footage) "Batman" Kato

The greatest icon of martial arts cinema, and a key figure of modern popular culture. Had it not been for the amazing Bruce Lee and his incredible movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream western cinema & audiences the way it has over the past three decades.

	Birth : 16 August 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Filmography: Evelyn: Behind the Scenes Himself Mao's Last Dancer Mao's Last Dancer

Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain.

	Birth : 1 February 1940, Vienna, Austria Death : 7 September 1996, Los Angeles, California, USA (metastasized breast cancer) Birth Name: Bibiana Besch Height: 163
Filmography: "CBS Schoolbreak Special" Mrs. Evans / ... (2 episodes, 1984) "The Secret Storm" Janet Hill (1966-1967) "The Edge of Night" Susan Forbes #2 (unknown episodes, 1969-1970)

Bibi had worked in television for over twenty years before she was nominated for an Emmy. She received one supporting actress Emmy nomination for Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) (TV) and another in 1993 for a guest appearance on "Northern Exposure" (1990).

	Birth : 22 June 1940, Teheran, Iran
Filmography: Roonevesht barabar asl ast Roonevesht barabar asl ast Roonevesht barabar asl ast

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30.

	Birth : 6 August 1940, New York, New York, USA Birth Name: Louise Cohen
Filmography: Eighteen and Anxious (as Jacqueline Sorel) "Days of Our Lives" Vivian Alamain (18 episodes, 1992-2000) The Party's Over Melina

A flashy, aggressive villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of soaps, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over two decades. She joined "Days of Our Lives" (1965) as the manipulative Vivian Alamain in March 1992.