This third volume of a reference work on the stars of cinema history focuses on the personalities of the modern era - both on and off the screen - and the state of the industry in the 1990s. Among those featured are Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Kim Basinger, Cher, Gerard Depardieu, Jodie Foster, Bob Hoskins, Madonna, Steve Martin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Maggie Smith, Denzel Washington, Sigourney Weaver and Robin Williams.

This third volume of The Great Movie Stars series brings the reader up-to-date on the major movie stars of contemporary Hollywood and European film making.