Career: Starring roles on TV include playing Mary Collins in A Harlot's Progress for Channel 4, Jane in Oliver Parker's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys alongside Steve Coogan, Gemma in the first series of the Sky One UK TV series Hex, Hermia in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jenny Maple in the BBC miniseries Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Sheila Steafel in the 2008 BBC TV play The Curse of Steptoe and Anya Raczynski in the action-packed BBC remake of Survivors. She also took the lead role in the small-screen version of the Gothic ghost story Affinity.

Career: In the late-1970s, Huston decided to concentrate on acting. Early notable roles came in The Postman Always Rings Twice, Frances, This is Spinal Tap and The Ice Pirates. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1985's Prizzi's Honour, which was directed by her father - making her the third generation of her family to win the award (the first was her grandfather, actor Walter Huston, the second her dad John). A year later she appeared alongside Michael Jackson in the Disney film Captain Eo. Other memorable movies include The Witches, The Addams Family (and its sequel), The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited. She also had a lead role in musical TV drama Smash.

Career: In 1994, Lincoln made his TV debut in Drop the Dead Donkey. He appeared in TV series N7 and the movie Boston Kickout (1995) before cult BBC drama This Life helped turn him into a celebrity in 1996. The actor got on so well with This Life co-star Jack Davenport, he was best man at his wedding in 2000. Lincoln went on to appear in The Woman in White, Mersey Blues, Human Traffic and Offending Angels before landing another hit, starring in and directing the odd episode of cult Channel 4 comedy drama Teachers. He has also appeared in The Canterbury Tales, Afterlife, This Life: 10 Years On and Wuthering Heights. His movie credits include Love Actually (2003), Enduring Love (2004) and These Foolish Things (2006) and Made in Dagenham (2010). His career took off in America in 2010 when he started playing Rick Grimes in AMC's hugely popular horror drama The Walking Dead.

Career: Leon went on to star in the miniseries The Wild West, RocknRolla (2008) and Walking with the Enemy (2013). Between 2011 and 2014, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in ITV drama Vera, playing DS Joe Ashworth.

Career: Stamp and his flatmate Michael Caine struggled to make ends meet for years. Then, in 1962, Stamp landed the title role in the film Billy Budd, for which he gained an Oscar nomination. He became one of the faces of the 1960s thanks to his roles in the likes of The Collector, Poor Cow, and Far from the Madding Crowd. He rarely worked during the 1970s, preferring to spend time in India. He returned to form playing the villainous General Zod in Superman and its sequel. Since then, Stamp has appeared in such movies as The Hit, Wall Street, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace, Bowfinger and The Limey. More recent work includes Get Smart, Valkyrie, The Adjustment Bureau and Song for Marion.

Career: Bacall's film debut made her an instant star, although her second movie, Confidential Agent (1945), was less well received. The Big Sleep (1946) reteamed her with Bogart, and they went on to make two more films together. Her habit of turning down substandard roles earned her a reputation for being difficult, but she did go on to feature in Young Man with a Horn (1950), How To Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Written on the Wind (1956). Bacall's movie career waned during the following decades, but she found success on Broadway in the plays Cactus Flower and Applause. She received her first Academy Award nomination in 1996 for The Mirror Has Two Faces. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2010. She died on August 12, 2014, at the age of 89.

Career: While beavering away in theatre, where he was associate director of The Mermaid and had become an established star in the West End, Joss was also appearing in TV series such as The Avengers, Z Cars and The Persuaders. His most high-profile role came in the 1987 movie White Mischief, which brought him to the attention of Hollywood. Since then, he has amassed an eclectic body of work, including the films Lethal Weapon 2, The Hunt for Red October and These Foolish Things. His small-screen CV is equally impressive, and includes starring in Sky One's lavish adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather.

Career: In the early 1970s, McKenzie took over one of the leading roles in Stephen Sondheim's Company. And so began a long association with Sondheim's work. Her big break came in the mid-1970s in the musical review Side by Side by Sondheim. It was a big success in London and New York. During the 1980s, McKenzie won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre. McKenzie has also worked extensively on TV, notably in Fresh Fields and its spin-off French Fields, Blott on the Landscape and Cranford. More recently, she has played the title roles in ITV drama Marple and one-off BBC children's drama Gangsta Granny.