The first time I saw (Actor) was in the movie. ___________

Jun 10, 2017 1:00:24 GMT spiderwort said:

Too many to name, so I'll stick to the most memorable ones (all on the big-screen unless otherwise noted).

James Dean - East of Eden (mid-60s, on tv)
Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (mid-60s on tv)
Meryl Streep - Holocaust (TV movie) (1978)
John Wayne - The Searchers (1956)
Warren Beatty - Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate (1967)
Ellen Burstyn - hundreds of tv shows in the 60s when she was Ellen McRae, then The Last Picture Show (1971)
Robert Redford - Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music (1965)
Jack Nicholson - Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Julie Christie - Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl (1966)
Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame (1958)
Jane Fonda - Tall Story (1960)
Angela Lansbury - The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz (late 50s on tv)
Dorothy McGuire - Old Yeller (1957)
Paul Newman - Somebody Up There Likes Me (late 50s on tv)

I saw most of these for the first time on tv (many were video rentals) unless otherwise noted. I'm going to follow your list, Spider, more or less.

Brando - On the Waterfront; still my favorite Brando film

Meryl Streep - Julia; she had a small role, and I was more impressed with Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jason Robards. In the 1980s I saw Streep at the cinema in Sophie's Choice and realised what all the fuss was about!

John Wayne - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Warren Beatty - Splendour in the Grass; I couldn't take my eyes off Natalie Wood

Faye Dunaway - Chinatown (in the cinema); Great film! Chinatown is one of the few movies I can watch Dunaway in. In almost everything else, I find her cringe-inducing.

Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy (rented on videocassette); completely gobsmacked by his performance; this is a great film but very depressing.

Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at the cinema

Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider (on cassette); I wasn't a fan of Nicholson's earliest works; became a fan when I saw Chinatown.

Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Julie Christie - Far from Madding Crowd

Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl

Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate; great performance - the most evil mother since Medea!

Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz when I was a kid; I worried all through the film that the Wicked Witch was going to harm Toto!

Paul Newman - probably Butch and Sundance, too.

Gregory Peck - Spellbound with Ingrid Bergman

Cary Grant - Notorious with Ingrid