| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: Coleridge said, "To see" Edmund Kean "act is like reading" this bard "by flashes of lightning" Shakespeare |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: This Barrymore said, "My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me" John Barrymore |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $600: Stage name of the actress born Eleanor Gwyn, who was a mistress of King Charles II Nell Gwyn |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: His last performance was in "The Apostate" on March 18, 1865 in Ford's Theatre John Wilkes Booth |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $1000: Guinness calls this late pair "the American theatre's most famous married couple" the Lunts (Lunt & Fontanne) |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: Thomas Betterton died in 1710 & became the first actor buried in this abbey Westminster |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: Guinness says this ancient civilization's most famous actor was Quintus Roscius Rome |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: Edith Evans was famous for her portrayal of Lady Bracknell in this Oscar WIlde comedy The Importance of Being Ernest |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $1000: He wrote "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" for the actress Ellen Terry (George Bernard) Shaw |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $2,700 (Daily Double): 1 Dramatist said of Sarah Siddons' performance as this tragic lady, "I swear that I smelt blood" Lady Macbeth |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: This "divine" French actress was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch courtesan Sarah Bernhardt |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: '40s film star whose family, the Lupinos, performed in Europe in the 17th century Ida Lupino |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $600: Italian actress Eleonora Duse was famous for her roles in this Norwegian's plays Henrik Ibsen |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: This "Jersey Lily" was the daughter of the Very Reverend Wm. C. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey Lillie Langtry |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $1000: This bass-voiced Alabama actress starred in the original 1939 production of "The Little Foxes", darling Tallulah Bankhead |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $100: In 1895 Henry Irving became the first British actor to receive this honor he was knighted |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: Stage name of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, the "Jersey Lily" Lillie Langtry |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $300: Historically, this ancient Greek is considered the very 1st actor Thespis |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: Born Maude Kiskadden in Utah in 1872, she was best known for playing Peter Pan Maude Adams |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $500: George Bernard Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle for this actress, whom he reported loved Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: Matinee idol Edwin Booth temporarily retired from the stage after his brother did this the assassination of President Lincoln |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: Drew Barrymore's grandfather John Barrymore |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $600: This queen of the French stage gave birth to the illegitimate son of a prince in 1864 Sarah Bernhardt |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: This sex symbol was Astaire's partner in 2 films, "You Were Never Lovelier" & "You'll Never Get Rich" Rita Hayworth |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $1000: Noel Coward wrote the play "Design for Living" for this married couple, who co-starred in it with him Lunt & Fontanne |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: Richard Burbage was the 1st actor to play Hamlet, Romeo, Lear, Richard III & this moor Othello |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: At age 14, Eleonora Duse played this Shakespearean ingenue at Verona Juliet |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $600: Herbert Blythe & Georgiana Drew begat this preeminent family of the American theater the Barrymores |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: King Charles II's deathbed request, "Let not poor Nelly starve", referred to this actress Nell Gwyn |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $100: James O'Neill, father of this playwright, was arrested for playing Jesus in a passion play Eugene O'Neill |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $200: 19th C. English star Fanny Kemble wrote a book denouncing this, even tho her husband owned a GA. plantation slavery |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $300: At age 80, William Gillette was still playing this British detective, his most famous role Sherlock Holmes |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: Born on the isle of Jersey, this actress was nicknamed "The Jersey Lily" Lillie Langtry |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $500: Armande Bejart was often 1st to play the ingenue roles created by this 17th C. playwright, her husband Moliere |
