Julie Christie | 4/14/1980 | 81

Julie Christie starred in a small but significant number of classic films in England and the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s. She is most remembered for her portrayal as Lara in Doctor Zhivago, but she also had memorable prominent roles in McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Shampoo. Julie created a name for herself as a serious performer in challenging films.

Her independent attitude and political involvement limited her cinematic appearances, but she triumphantly returned to film in Hamlet in the mid-1990s. Since then, she has acted in numerous notable movies, including Afterglow. She then portrayed Achilles’ mother in Troy, Madame Rosmerta in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Kate Winslet’s disapproving mother in Finding Neverland. Christie’s performance as a woman who has Alzheimer’s disease in Away from Her gained her critical acclaim and several prizes, cementing her degree as one of the best elderly actresses of her generation.