Career: After graduating from Berkeley, Peck went to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse. To make ends meet, he worked at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide for NBC at Radio City Music Hall. He made his Broadway debut in 1942 as the lead in The Morning Star. He was in high demand as an actor during the Second World War as he was exempt from military service due to a back injury. In 1947, he co-founded The La Jolla Playhouse with Mel Ferrer and Dorothy McGuire. Peck's first film, Days of Glory, was released in 1944. He received Academy Award nominations for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). He went on to win an Oscar for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Among his other films were Spellbound (1945), Moby Dick (1956), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Roman Holiday (1953), The Omen (1976), MacArthur (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Other People's Money (1991). Peck died in his sleep on June 12, 2003 at the age of 87.

Career: Loren became a huge star in Italy, and also began making waves in Hollwyood in movies such as The Pride and the Passion and Houseboat. In 1960, her performance in Two Women made her the first person to win a Best Actress Oscar for a non-English speaking role, and her success continued throughout the decade as she became one of the biggest movie stars in the world. After becoming a mother in 1969, she scaled back on her film work, although in 1980 she did play herself and her mother in the TV film Sophia Loren: My Story. More recently, she's appeared in the likes of Pret a Porter, Grumpier Old Men and Nine.