Robin Williams at 16

Robin McLaurim Williams actor and comedian rose to fame with his role
as the alien Mork in the ABC- TV sitcom series Mork and Mindy (1978-
1982), and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many
feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor for his role in the 1997 Gus Van Sant film Good Will Hunting. He has
also won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild
Awards and five Grammy Awards. Williams performance in Good Morning
Vietnam (1987) was nominated for an Academy Award.  
 

Robin Williams with co-star Pam Dawber

Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993

Vikki Carr is a singer of Mexican ancestry from El Paso, Texas. She has
performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country,
but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish. Her album
“It Must Be Him” was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The title
track reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967 and sold
over one million copies. “It Must Be Him” was awarded a gold disc.

                         (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990)

Barbara Stanwyck was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career 
as a skillful and versatile professional with a strong screen presence. After a short
but notable career as a stage actress in the late 1920s, she made 85 films in 38
years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Her 1961 to 1962 series The
Barbara Stanwyck Show was not that big a success but earned her first Emmy
Award. The ABC-TV series The Big Valley (1965-1969) made her one of the
most popular actresses on television, winning her another Emmy. Barbara
Stanwyck is ranked as the eleventh greatest female stare of all time by the
American Film Institute.

                         (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

During her long career, Ginger Rogers made a total of 73 films, and is noted for  
her role as Fred Astaire’s romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of 
ten Hollywood musical films. She also achieved great success in a variety of
other film roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in
Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list of
actress screen legends.

Ginger Rogers with Fred Astaire

Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle

"Mona Lisa" was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the
Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey,U.S.A. (1950). The song won
the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950.The arrangement
was  by Nelson Riddle with Les Baxter and his Orchestra. Nat King  
Cole’s soundtrack version spent eight weeks at number on the
Billboard singles chart. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame in 1992.