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Question: Who is the mother, also an actor, of the film star Gwyneth Paltrow?

Answer: Blythe Danner, herself a star of stage and screen, is the mother of film star Gwyneth Paltrow.

Question: Which of these actors served as an ambassador to Japan?

Answer: As a dual citizen of the United States and the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier was appointed in 1997 as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.

Question: Who starred in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart starred in The Maltese Falcon, a famous detective drama. He often portrayed detectives—and criminals, too!

Question: In The Lord of the Rings, who plays Bilbo?

Answer: The role of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, is played by Ian Holm. In the subsequent Hobbit films, the role is played by Martin Freeman.

Question: Which actor from the original television series appeared in the 2009 film Star Trek?

Answer: Leonard Nimoy, playing in the role of Spock, appeared in both the 1966–68 television series and 2009 film Star Trek.

Question: Who was not part of Hollywood’s "Brat Pack"?

Answer: The Brat Pack was a group of nine actors who first appeared in the early 1980s. Born in 1986, Shia LaBeouf was the star of films such as Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Question: In which film did Rex Harrison not appear?

Answer: Rex Harrison, a versatile English actor, died in 1990, 18 years before the international hit film Slumdog Millionaire was released.