International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers - Actors and Actresses

This is a revised edition of the 3rd volume of the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, which also includes Volume 1, Films, Volume 2, Directors, and Volume 4, Writers and Production Artists. The book contains 615 entries, consisting of a brief biography, a complete filmography, a selected bibliography of works by and about the entrant, and a critical essay written by a specialist in the field. There are 68 entrants new to this edition. Most of the entries from the previous edition have been retained here; all entries have updated filmographies and bibliographies; and many entries have updated critical essays. A few of the entrants are also listed in either the Directors or Writers and Production Artists volumes, but their entries in this volume are written from the standpoint of their work as actors. Since film is primarily a visual medium, the majority of entries are illustrated, either by a portrait or by a representative still from the entrant’s body of work.


The selection of entrants is based on the recommendations of the advisory board. It was not thought necessary to propose
strict criteria for selection: the book is intended to represent the wide range of interests within North American, British, and West
European film scholarship and criticism. The eclecticism in both the list of entrants and the critical stances of the different writers
emphasizes the multifarious notions of the cinema, and indeed of the various entrants’ role within it.\