Career: Sharif spent the next eight years appearing in Arabic movies. His first English-speaking role was playing Sherif Ali in 1962's Lawrence of Arabia (for which he was Oscar-nominated). It made him a star, and he reunited with the film's director, David Lean, for Doctor Zhivago three years later. Movies such as The Night of the Generals (1967), Funny Girl (1968) and its 1975 sequel Funny Lady, The Last Valley (1970) and The Tamarind Seed (1974) followed. TV series The Far Pavilions was a hit in 1984, but he made little else of note until 1999 movie The 13th Warrior. He also starred alongside Steve Coogan in The Parole Officer (2001). He died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015.

Career: Christie started out on stage, but her big break came with a lead role in seminal sci-fi series A for Andromeda. Two years later she became a major force in the film world thanks to a role in Billy Liar. She won an Oscar for 1965's Darling. Her other notable projects during the 1960s included Doctor Zhivago, Fahrenheit 451, and Far from the Madding Crowd. More hits followed in the 1970s, such as McCabe and Mrs Miller, Don't Look Now, The Go-Between, Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. Since then she's been Oscar nominated for Afterglow and Away from Her. Other major projects include Troy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Finding Neverland and Red Riding Hood.

Career: Geraldine began her professional career with roles in European projects, such as Gran Parada and Dernier Soir. Her breakthrough came in David Lean's adaptation of Dr Zhivago in 1965. She appeared in her father's A Countess from Hong Kong two years later. She's rarely been out of work since, mixing mainstream movies and TV shows with arty European fare. Among her more famous projects are The Three Musketeers and its sequels, Nashville, The Mirror Crack'd, My Cousin Rachel, White Mischief, Jane Eyre and Dinotopia. She also played her own grandmother in biopic Chaplin.

Career: Courtenay's film debut was in 1962 with Private Potter. This was followed by The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Billy Liar, two highly acclaimed films and performances which helped usher in the British New Wave of the early-to-mid 1960s. For these roles Courtenay was awarded the 1962 Bafta for most promising newcomer and the 1963 award for best actor. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1965 for his role as revolutionary leader Pasha Antipov in Doctor Zhivago. Despite being catapulted to fame via the big screen he concentrated on stage work. Both Courtenay and pal Albert Finney received nominations for Best Actor in the 1984 Academy Awards for their roles in The Dresser. He teamed up again with Finney in the acclaimed BBC drama A Rather English Marriage. More recent work includes Last Orders, The Golden Compass, and an appearance in the 2008 Christmas special of The Royle Family.