| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | FIGHTING FOR AN OSCAR $600: He won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as real-life champ Jake LaMotta in 1980's "Raging Bull" De Niro |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $400: As Mission Commander Lewis, Jessica Chastain leaves something very important behind in this 2015 film The Martian |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $800: J.K. Simmons played this newspaper man in "Spider-Man" movies & voiced him in many cartoons & a video game J. Jonah Jameson |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1200: This versatile actor played the sartorially splendid Caesar Flickerman in "The Hunger Games" movies (Stanley) Tucci |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1600: Alexander Chaplin played the speech-writer who put the words in the mayor's mouth on this Michael J. Fox sitcom Spin City |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $2000: A big 2015 for Emilia Clarke, named Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" & starring as Sarah Connor in "Terminator" this Genisys |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $400: He received Oscar nominations for acting in & directing "Million Dollar Baby" Clint Eastwood |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $800: The dad of this "Sideways" star was President of Yale & Commissioner of Major League Baseball Paul Giamatti |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1200: James Caan played a character based on this playwright in the film "Chapter Two" Neil Simon |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Girls and Boys Town.) He sent his "Boys Town" Oscar to Father Flanagan, saying his "great human qualities were strong enough to shine through my humble efforts" (Spencer) Tracy |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $2000: Last name of this Iowa-born "Superman Returns" star is pronounced like "South" Brandon Routh |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $200: Later a "rebel", he was playing a wicked Arab boy on Broadway in 1954 when "discovered" by Elia Kazan James Dean |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $400: (Hi, I'm Carol Burnett.) This hilarious actor won 4 Emmys for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show" Harvey Korman |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $600: Sean Connery's introduction to show biz was as a sailor in a British production of this musical "South Pacific" |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $800: (Hi, I'm Nathan Lane.) In my (sad little) career I've played a priest, a gangster, a Roman slave & a wisecracking one of these in the film "The Lion King" a meerkat |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1000: World drama was changed forever in 1898 when this director & acting teacher opened the Moscow Art Theater Constantin Stanislavski |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE $100: When an actor overacts, it's said that he's "chewing" this the scenery |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE $200: Ed Asner, Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan have been president of this actors union SAG (Screen Actors Guild) |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE $300: An actor's "rep" (representation) may get him booked into "rep", one of these theater groups repertory |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE $400: Pat Kingsley of PMK is one of the most famous of these people who keep actors' names in the news publicist |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE $500: When an actress is "treading" these, she's appearing on stage the boards |
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