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Leo McKern. Never realized that a) he was Australian, and b) he had a glass eye. Next: • Five Graves to Cairo (1943) • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) • Double Indemnity (1944) • Kiss Me Deadly (1955) • An Affair to Remember (1957)

Swoosie Kurtz was in Slap Shot (1977) with...Paul Newman. Next: Ralph Meeker

Peter Lorre in M (1931) Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993) Robin Williams in One Hour Photo (2002) Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Christian Bale in American Psycho (2000)

Ryan O'Neal was in A Bridge Too Far (1977) with Denholm Elliott, who was in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) with Laurence Harvey. Next: Marlene Dietrich and Sessue Hayakawa

No worries, I didn't realize it either until I looked it up! No need to be so hard on yourself. We're all learning about unfamiliar movies by having to solve these riddles. Take care + thanks for inventing the game! :-)

That's one of the reasons I find her a more convincing Eliza Dolittle than Audrey Hepburn--she was able to suggest both the unglamorous and the glamorous, whereas Hepburn's natural elegance was rather difficult to disguise.

Thanks, lavenderblue. Next: who is Hitchcock referring to here? (hint: it's one of his British films) "Although I've just told you that the screen player should not emote, I must admit that I found it rather difficult to get any shading into ________________'s face; yet on the other hand she had nice understatement."

Kate Hudson was in Le Divorce (2003) with Leslie Caron, who was in An American in Paris (1951) with Oscar Levant. Caron was still a very well-preserved geezer in 2003. (Apparently having been a dancer often helps with this--e.g., Rita Moreno.) Next: Merle Oberon and Christoph Waltz

Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946). (She had been in Spellbound the previous year.) Interesting to compare this to Grant's completely opposite experience with Joan Fontaine in Suspicion five years earlier: he considered her temperamental and unprofessional, and felt that Hitchcock was ignoring him and favoring her (to the point where he publicly announced that he would never work with Hitchcock again...a position he was thankfully persuaded to reconsider). Supposedly he also resented her winning an Oscar for it, while he failed to be nominated.

(posted it on Wednesday) :-)

The "life story" of two red objects: The Red Balloon (1956) The Red Violin (1998)

Good News (1947) Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) ("Let's fold scarves!")

Yes, good job! I was surprised to discover how few films she made, although she apparently did a fair amount of TV (she was primarily a stage actress). I remember her mainly as Miss Lonelyhearts in Rear Window (a role performed almost entirely in medium long-shots), and as Rock Hudson's mother in Giant. Your move. :-)

Zhang Ziyi was in Rush Hour 2 (2001) with Alan King, who was in The Helen Morgan Story (1957) with Paul Newman. or Zhang Ziyi was in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) with Ken Watanabe, who was in The Last Samurai (2003) with Tom Cruise, who was in The Color of Money (1986) with Paul Newman. Next: Jean Gabin

Norma Varden. IIRC, she's the woman who Bruno not-so-playfully strangles as a "party trick" in Strangers on a Train. Next: • Rear Window (1954) • Hilda Crane (1956) • Giant (1956) • The Brothers Karamazov (1958) • The Tingler (1959)

Wow, Dargo, you basically read my mind with those comments. Haven't decided yet whether to compile my own list, but at least among actors with "major" careers, George Raft would certainly be on it (although I do enjoy his mild self-parody in Some Like it Hot...just not sure he recognized it as such). Re Troy Donahue, I happened to catch about 2/3 of Rome Adventure the other day (that was about as much as I could take), and was surprised to learn that he and Suzanne Pleshette were (very) briefly married shortly afterwards. She just seems like so much more vivid a person and actress than he is, I don't quite get the attraction. At least in that film, he always looks vaguely annoyed for some reason--maybe he was more charming in real life.

Ringo Starr was in Sextette (1978) with Walter Pidgeon, who was in The Rack (1956) with Paul Newman. Next: Gladys Cooper

A Night at the Opera (1935)--the stateroom scene The Cameraman (1928)--the dressing room scene (which possibly inspired it?)

That would be Terry, the dog who most famously played Toto in The Wizard of Oz. Unlike many actors, she made an unusually smooth transition from child star to adult performer. Next: • The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) • The Seventh Veil (1945) • Night and the City (1950) • War and Peace (1956) • Mysterious Island (1961) hint: this performer played the same character in two of these films.

Correct-o-mundo, lavenderblue. Your move. :-)

Bill Murray was in Stripes (1981) with Warren Oates, and in Lost in Translation (2003) with Scarlett Johansson. Next: Dolores del Rio and Warren Oates

Room (2015) Panic Room (2002) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Next: Which actor and film was Hitchcock referring to here? "I dropped [the factory scene] from the final version because the film was too long. Aside from that, I wasn't too happy with the way ________________ played it. As you know, he's a "method" actor, and he found it hard to just give me one of those neutral looks I needed to cut from his point of view."

Thanks, GraceHepburn. Per lavenderblue's instructions, I was waiting for confirmation from CoraSmith, but since she upvoted my answer four days ago, I'm going to assume that means it was correct.

Janis Paige Next: Lucille Ball in Mame