José Ferrer - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring to you in this post is that of the Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer, who won the Oscar for best actor in 1951 for his performance in the film: “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1950), based on the play of the same name by Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1868-1918), playing the role of the skilled and big-nosed swordsman “Cyrano de Bergerac”. He also won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor and a Golden Globe for Best Actor for the same film; and a Tony Award for Best Director in 1952 for: “The Fourposter, Stalag 17, The Shrike”.

José Ferrer has a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard, in the motion picture category.

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, born January 8, 1912, San Juan, Puerto Rico, died January 26, 1992, Coral Gables, Florida, United States, at age 80.

José Vicente Ferrer was married five times. His first marriage was to German actress Uta Thyra Hagen (1919-2004) from 1938 to 1948; in 1948, after their separation, he married American dancer and actress Phyllis Hill (1920-1993) from 1948 to 1953; in 1953, after their separation, he married a third time, this time to American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002) from 1953 to 1961; the couple separated and got back together in 1964, when they separated permanently in 1967. His last marriage was to British Olympic athlete Stella Daphne Magee (1938-) from 1977 to 1992, who was widowed by the actor. José Ferrer had 11 children: actress Leticia Thyra Ferrer (1940-); American businessman Callum Ferrer (1941-); Spanish dancer George Thomas Ferrer (1943-); Filipino actress Liza Ferrer (1944-); American-Cuban actress Sarah Ferrer (1946-); American actor Miguel Ferrer (1955-2017); American actress Maria Ferrer (1956-); American artist agent Gabriel Ferrer (1957-); American actress Monsita Ferrer (1958-); American actor Rafael Ferrer (1960-) and American ballerina Phyllis Hill Ferrer Overton (1961-).

Ashton Kutcher - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring to you in this post is Ashton Kutcher, an American actor, television producer and investor, known for playing the character “Michael Kelso” on the Fox sitcom “That '70s Show” (1998) and on “Two and a Half Men”, in the role of “Walden Schimdt” from (2016 to 2020), replacing the protagonist Charlie Sheen (1965-) character “Charlie Harper”. Kutcher also played “Colt Bennett” in the Netflix series “The Ranch” (2016). 

In the cinema, the actor has made some average films. His best role was when he played the American computer magnate Steven Paul Jobs (1955-2011), co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple, in the film “Jobs” (2013). 

Awards are not Ashton Kutcher’s strong point and the actor also does not yet have his star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame. 

In August 2022, Ashton Kutcher revealed his battle with vasculitis. He was diagnosed in 2019 and took about a year to recover from the disease that made him stop seeing, hearing, talking and walking.

Ashton Kutcher, born Christopher Ashton Kutcher, on February 7, 1978, in the United States, is now 46 years old.

Ashton Kutcher was married to the famous actress Demetria Gene Guynes, better known as: Demi Moore (1962-) from 2005 to 2013 and is currently married to the Ukrainian actress, model and voice actress based in the United States, Milena Markova “Mila” Kunis (1983-) since 2015, with whom he has a couple of children, the nine-year-old girl Wyatt (2015-) and the seven-year-old boy Dimitri (2017-).

Walter Matthau - ©Theda Bara

The name I present today is Walter Matthau, another iconic American film actor and comedian, who served in the United States Air Force during World War II.

The son of poor immigrants and Russian/Ukrainian Jews, he was raised only by his mother Rose Berolsky Matthow (1894-1979), as his father Milton Melas Matthow (1886-1935) left home when he was 3 years old. The actor had an older brother, the American When Henry Matthow (1918–1995).

In his 45-year career, Walter Matthau won two Tony Awards, the first in 1962 for Best Supporting Actor in the Play: “A Shot in the Dark” and in 1965 for Best Leading Actor in the Play: “The Odd Couple”; in 1976 he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for: “The Sunshine Boys” (1975), character “Willy Clark” and in 1967, his peak, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the film: “The Fortune Cookie” (1966), character “Willie Gingrich”.

Walter Matthau has his star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 6357 Hollywood Boulevard, in the cinema category.

Walter Matthau, born Walter Matuchanskayasky on October 1, 1920, Manhattan, New York, United States, having died on July 1, 2000, aged 79.

The actor was married twice. The first time was with the American actress Grace Geraldine Johnson (1925–1982) from 1948 to 1958, with whom he had a son and a daughter: Jenny Matthau (1949-) executive of the company MatthauBiotics and journalist David Matthau (1953-); and he later married another Grace, the American actress and author Carol Grace Matthau, often called Carol Marcus Saroyan (1924-2003), the actor’s widow. The couple had one son, the American director, producer, actor and writer Charles Marcus Matthau (1962-).