| IDALUPINO | Trailblazing actress-turned-director who starred in "High Sierra" |
| CUSACK | John who starred in 'High Fidelity, or sister Joan who starred in 'Working Girl' (6) |
| LETTERED | Starred in high school sports |
| FRANKOZ | Muppeteer-turned-director (In & Out, etc.) |
| ADDISON | The Thick Of It star turned director, Chris - - - (7) |
| BRAD | ___ Pitt, US actor and director who starred in Inglourious Basterds (4) |
| CHAPLIN | Charlie, actor/director who starred in the film Limelight (7) |
| EASTWOOD | Clint, U.S. actor and director who starred in the 2008 film Gran Torino (8) |
| ROBERT | Veteran actor and director who starred in The Sting and The Candidate, _ Redford (6) |
| STOLTZ | Eric, actor and director who starred in 1987's Some Kind Of Wonderful (6) |
| MELGIBSON | Australian actor and director who starred in the Lethal Weapon series of films (3,6) |
| EARLE | Bogart's role in "High Sierra" |
| IDA | Humphrey's costar in "High Sierra" |
| LUPINO | Bogart costar in "High Sierra" |
| BRANAGH | Kenneth - actor and director who starred as Hercule Poirot in the 2017 version of Murder on the Orient Express |
| ASHER | Actress turned patissier who was engaged to Paul McCartney in the Sixties; her film repertoire includes The Greengage Summer, Alfie and The Buttercup Chain (5) |
| ANOUSKAHEMPEL | Actress turned couturier and hotelier who played the title role in the 1973 film Tiffany Jones (7,6) |
| ALISONBRIE | She plays an actress-turned-wrestler in the Netflix series "GLOW": 2 wds. |
| EVA | Ms Longoria the US actress turned up in Stonehaven (3) |
| ROYSCHEIDER | European actress-turned-American actor? (M N) |