--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Jimmy
Carter. He began campaigning for the U.S. presidency, and won the Democratic nomination
in 1976, narrowly beating Gerald Ford in the presidential election.
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--Answer to "WHO AM
I?"
Peter Gabriel. On March 17, 1971, Gabriel married Jill Moore and the couple had two daughters, Anna and Melanie. During
this time, his band Genesis became more popular from albums such as "Selling England By the Pound" and the "Lamb Lies Down
on
Broadway".
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--Answer to "WHO AM
I?"
Henry Winkler. After a month in Los Angeles, Winkler was homesick for life in New York and decided to move back. Before packing his bags he went
on one last audition, for the role of a biker in producer Garry Marshall's new TV series, "Happy Days". Marshall originally envisioned a big hunky Italian in the part, but after Winkler's audition,
his exhausting search ended.
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I?"
Jimmy Buffett. Having always been drawn to the sea, Buffett moved to Key
West in the early 1970s, where he adopted his trademark beachcombing persona. Under this new guise,
he signed a contract with ABC-Dunhill and put out "White Sport Coat and
a Pink Crustacean" in 1973. With instant party
hits like "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)", Buffett gained a loyal following who appreciated the laid-back atmosphere
of his live shows.
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I?"
Heather Locklear. Locklear entered UCLA in 1979 with the intention of majoring in psychology. Casual modeling jobs
soon turned into regular work appearing in television commercials for major companies like Pepsi, Polaroid and the California
Dairy Council. After a year at UCLA, Locklear dropped out to pursue acting full time. Locklear appeared in several big-screen
and television movies including "Firestarter" and
"Return of the Swamp Thing". She also served as spokeswoman for a national
chain of health clubs and produced an exercise video. Prior to Locklear's appearance on "Melrose Place", the show's ratings were dismal.
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I?"
Harvey Keitel. Soon after his time spent at New York's
Actors Studio, Keitel met up with a young student director by the name of Martin Scorsese, and they began the first of many
collaborations. The duo made their onscreen feature debuts with 1968's "Who's That Knocking at My Door?". Riding on their
success through the 1970s, Keitel and Scorsese put out two more seminal films, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "Taxi
Driver".
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John Elway. Now recognized as one of the finest all-around athletes to ever play the sport of football and one of
its most successful quarterbacks, John Elway enjoyed a 16-year NFL career marked by early promise, unmatched perseverance,
and - finally - by glory.
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I?"
Cameron Diaz. After starring opposite Ewan McGregor in the uneven romantic comedy "A Life Less Ordinary", Diaz made
the leap to A-list Hollywood stardom with her savvy comic turn in the unapologetically crude
surprise summer blockbuster "There's Something About Mary".
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I?"
Tim Burton. After forming his own production company, Burton
directed the lavish production "Batman". With a cast that included Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, and Kim Basinger, the stylized
feature became the first film to sell $100 million in the first 10 days of release.
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I?"
Ted Danson. Danson played the role of Sam Malone on "Cheers" for 11 seasons, during which he earned a Golden Globe
Award, two Emmy Awards, and several Emmy nominations.
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Kurt Russell. In the early 1980s, during the shoot of Jonathan Demme's comedy "Swing Shift", Russell met fellow actor
Goldie Hawn. The two immediately clicked and, despite Hollywood's
constant chatter about marriage, they have peacefully shared a residence since 1982 and have one child together. Russell eventually
made a transition to some hard-hitting dramatic roles, playing a co-worker and lover opposite the stellar Meryl
Streep
in Mike Nichol's "Silkwood", and a hardworking firefighter in Ron Howard's "Backdraft".
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Ray Liotta. His portrayal in "Something Wild" won him critical and popular acclaim, and he followed the performance
with an entirely different role, as a med student caring for his mentally challenged brother in 1988's "Dominick and Eugene".
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Johnny Depp. In 1990, after numerous roles in teen films, Depp received an opportunity
to exhibit his exhausting versatility in the title role of Tim Burton's fantasy "Edward Scissorhands".
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to "WHO AM I?"
William Shatner. He starred in the short-lived "For the People" before landing the role that would make
him famous: the self- assured Captain James Tiberius Kirk on the science fiction TV series "Star Trek". Shatner brought Captain
Kirk to the big screen in seven "Star Trek" films. He made his feature directorial debut with "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier",
a critical and commercial disappointment.
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I?"
Sir Ian McKellan. During his tenure with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1974 to 1978, McKellen played many memorable
parts, including the title role in the 1976 RSC production of "Macbeth". Though he was extremely well respected and won numerous
accolades in Britain as a Shakespearean actor, McKellen earned international stage stardom for the roles he originated in
two contemporary plays: Martin Sherman's "Bent"
in 1979 and Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" in 1980.
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to "WHO AM I?"
James Garner. Through the 1960s, Garner made several successful films, including "The Thrill of it All",
"Move Over, Darling", "The Americanization of Emily" and "Grand Prix", before returning to television with the series Nichols
in 1971. In 1974, Garner played private investigator Jim Rockford on the successful television drama "The Rockford Files",
for which he was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy in 1976 and won in 1977.