Career: Hudson made his acting debut with one line in Fighter Squadron (1948). He continued to take acting lessons for a number of years and success came in 1954 with Magnificent Obsession. His popularity soared after appearing alongside James Dean in Giant (1956), and acclaimed film Something of Value (1957). During the late 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in a number of romantic comedies with Doris Day, including Pillow Talk (1959). He also appeared in action film Tobruk (1967), spy thriller Ice Station Zebra (1968) and western The Undefeated (1969). His big-screen appeal waned in the 1970s and he turned his attention to TV, starring in McMillan & Wife. He had a recurring role in the 1980s in Dynasty. He died from Aids-related complications on October 2, 1985 at the age of 59.

Career: Day's first film was 1948's Romance on the High Seas. Although she did appear in darker projects from time to time, she will always be best known for such movies as Tea for Two, On Moonlight Bay, Young at Heart, Calamity Jane, That Touch of Mink, Please Don't Eat the Daisies and Move Over, Darling. She famously made three films with Rock Hudson - Pillow Talk, Send Me No Flowers and Lover Come Back - and even worked on The Man Who Knew Too Much with Alfred Hitchcock. Day also had a hugely successful recording career, and fronted her own TV series.