| VIDOR | King, director of the 1956 film War and Peace (5) |
| PIERRE | Which character did Henry Fonda play in the 1956 film War and Peace? (6) |
| SIRK | Douglas, director of the 1956 film Written on the Wind (4) |
| NATASHA | Role played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1956 epic film War and Peace (7) |
| GILLIAM | "The Fisher King" director |
| TAYMOR | 'The Lion King' director Julie |
| NIVEN | David -; actor in the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days who wrote the bestselling memoir The Moon's a Balloon (5) |
| GRACE | _ Metalious, author of the 1956 novel Peyton Place (5) |
| JONAH | _ Hill, starred in the film War Dogs (5) |
| COURT | 'The ---', 1956 film comedy starring Danny Kaye (5,6) |
| MOSES | Charlton Heston played this prophet in the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments |
| REATA | Ranch in the 1956 film "Giant" |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| DODIESMITH | Writer of the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| ANNA | Deborah Kerr's character in the 1956 film The King and I (4) |
| DORISDAY | Female star of the 1956 Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (5,3) |
| LACHUTE | French title of the 1956 Albert Camus novel The Fall (2,5) |
| LEVI | Primo, Italian author of the 1956 volume of memoirs The Periodic Table (4) |
| MIRANDAOTTO | Actress whose film roles include Mary Ann in the Steven Spielberg film War of the Worlds (7,4) |
| RAINMAKER | Katherine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster starred in the 1956 film adaptation of N Richard Nash's Broadway play, The ... |
