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The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

She received a Golden Globe in 1954 as that year’s rising star and appeared in movies alongside Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman.

His portrayal of a drill instructor earned him the Oscar for best supporting actor. He was the first Black performer to win in that category.

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and...

While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, he remained active for more than four decades afterward.

While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, the actor remained active for more than four decades afterward.

She began as just another product of the studio system, but she went on to receive three Oscar nominations, win an Emmy and appear on...

With a poetic sensibility, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” echoed his Liverpool upbringing, and “The House of Mirth” put Edith Wharton’s novel on the screen.

Beginning with a doeskin bikini in “One Million Years B.C.,” she built a celebrated show business career around sex appeal and, sometimes, a comic touch.

She began her career in her native Italy and, although she achieved fame in America worked more often in Europe. She later had a second...