Career: Gidget lasted for only one series, but Field proved a hit with TV audiences and in 1967 was given the lead role in the sitcom The Flying Nun, which ran for three years. When that came to an end, she was afraid she would never be taken seriously and signed up to study at the prestigious Actors Studio. In 1976, she won an Emmy for her performance in TV movie Sybill and big-screen success soon followed in Smokey and the Bandit. In 1979, Field picked up the Best Actress Oscar for Norma Rae, going on to win a second five years later for Places in the Heart. Her career has since struggled to reach those heights, but Field has appeared in successful movies including Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump and Say It Isn't So, and in 2001 won an Emmy for her recurring guest role in ER. She has since won further rave reviews for her role in US drama Brothers and Sisters. Her recent credits include Lincoln and The Amazing Spider-Man movies.

Career: After being discharged from service, Carradine became a commercial artist in New York, then found fame on Broadway in a number of productions. He moved back to Hollywood in the mid-1960s. Little-seen projects such as TV series Shane and movie Bus Riley's Back in Town followed. He became a household name thanks to long-running programme Kung Fu, playing a role originally earmarked for Bruce Lee. The same year, 1972, he starred in Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha. Films since include The Long Goodbye, Gray Lady Down, The Long Riders and Bird on a Wire before finding a new generation of fans in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies. He continued to act until his death in a Bangkok hotel room in 2009.