# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1552
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31024 "2014-11-10T20:57:15Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31025 "2014-11-10T20:58:27Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31026 "2014-11-10T20:59:49Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nancy Landon Kassebaum ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31027 "2014-11-10T21:03:20Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31028 "2014-11-10T21:06:04Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein 9. Barbara Boxer ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31029 "2014-11-10T21:22:31Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein 9. Barbara Boxer 10. Mary Landrieu ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31030 "2014-11-10T22:29:02Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein 9. Barbara Boxer 10. Mary Landrieu 11. Debbie Stabenow ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31031 "2014-11-10T23:01:00Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein 9. Barbara Boxer 10. Mary Landrieu 11. Debbie Stabenow 12. Rebecca Latimer Felton ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31032 "2014-11-10T23:13:54Z")
Female US Senators, Past and Present 1. Margaret Chase Smith 2. Hillary Rodham Clinton 3. Barbara Mikulski 4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway 5. Tammy Baldwin 6. Kay Bailey Hutchison 7. Nandy Landon Kassebaum 8. Dianne Feinstein 9. Barbara Boxer 10. Mary Landrieu 11. Debbie Stabenow 12. Rebecca Latimer Felton 13. Kirsten Gillibrand As previously requested An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31033 "2014-11-10T23:16:39Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” Academy award winner for Best Supporting Actor. He continued acting, but never distinguished himself like that again. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31034 "2014-11-10T23:43:48Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” Double amputee WW2 vet playing a double amputee WW2 vet. He won two Oscar’s for the role, but did not continue acting. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31035 "2014-11-10T23:46:30Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” After his first and only role as Charlie, he quit acting and became a veterinarian. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31036 "2014-11-11T01:22:31Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” Like Peter, he had the title role. Despite a few more roles, he had nothing to match Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31037 "2014-11-11T01:36:07Z")
- good topic \* ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31038 "2014-11-11T01:56:56Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” _Almost a cheat, since she died young, but she was ineffably creepy._ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31039 "2014-11-11T03:25:11Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” 7. Ron Moody, “Oliver” Like Lester, he never matched Fagin in another performance. In what he freely admits was a stupid career decision he turned down the chance to star in Doctor Who (I think this was when Tom Baker took it, might be wrong). Married for the first time at 62 and had 6 kids and still acts a bit in his early 90s. (Lester says he suspects he might be Paris Jackson’s bio father, btw.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31040 "2014-11-11T03:31:02Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” 7. Ron Moody, “Oliver” 8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game” Was nominated for an Oscar in his film debut. Did one more movie (“Stargate”) and then said he didn’t like acting and quit the business. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31041 "2014-11-11T03:36:49Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” 7. Ron Moody, “Oliver” 8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game” 9. Robert Forster, “Jackie Brown” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31042 "2014-11-11T03:39:19Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” 7. Ron Moody, “Oliver” 8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game” 9. Robert Forster, “Jackie Brown” 10. Adam West, “Batman” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31043 "2014-11-11T04:09:10Z")
An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” 2. Haing S. Ngor, “The Killing Fields” 3. Harold Russell, “The Best Years Of Our lives” 4. Peter Ostrum, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 5. Mark Lester, “Oliver” 6. Heather O’Rourke, “Poltergeist” 7. Ron Moody, “Oliver” 8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game” 9. Robert Forster, “Jackie Brown” 10. Adam West, “Batman” 11. Carrie Henn, “Aliens” She was a great Newt - her one and only film role. She’s now a teacher: [Aliens (film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Henn) When _Oliver!_ came out, my mom was told by lots of folks how much I looked like Mark Lester: [http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/12/09/Oliver460.jpg](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/12/09/Oliver460.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1551) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1553)