While most of the ladies on the list owe their fame to on-screen or on-stage personas, many have built their fortunes through smart brand extension.

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Richard Burton, the Welsh actor of stage and screen, was at the height of his fame when he married Susan Hunt, an international model, in August 1976.

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In 2007, Brian Eno of Roxy Music fame produced "Luminous, " a multi-screen installation that combined constantly changing audio and video.

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The toy's "magic screen" was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998, and it was added by the Toy Industry Association to its "Century of Toys" list in 2003.

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In order to see how he was shaping up in his attempt to accurately bring Robinson's skills to life, Boseman would watch a split-screen of his own practices next to some of Robinson's Hall of Fame footage -- so he could see "how bad I was" compared to Robinson.

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