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Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929)
film director, playwright, film editor, philosopher, poet, theatrical director, mime artist, actor, composer, artist, puppeteer, sculptor, essayist, painter, drawer, director, film producer, comics creator, comics artist, penciller, tarotologist
Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945)
autobiographer, actor, playwright
Stephen Fry (born 1957)
actor, comedian, television presenter, autobiographer, director, television actor, stage actor, film actor, journalist, film director, improviser, performing artist, narrator
Matt Groening (born 1954)
animator, film producer, comics artist, actor, cartoonist
John Lennon (1940-1980)
record producer, actor, guitarist, film producer, poet, composer, film actor, pianist, singer, painter, film director, public figure, peace activist, political activist, recording artist
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
painter, sculptor, actor, film director, photographer, film actor, scenographer, illustrator, jewelry designer, graphic artist, holographer
Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
beekeeper, journalist, blogger, film producer, actor, film director, poet
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Lynne Reid Banks (1929-2024)
reporter, actor, stage actor
