<!- the Actors Are Arranged Alphabetically by Last Stagename. ->

!- . The ACTORS Table -

<!- The actors are arranged alphabetically by last stagename. ->

<|- There is one entry for each actor, but not all actors listed in CAST are documented. ->

<!- There are also comment entries for each letter of the alphabet.<BR>

<!ELEMENT actor (stagename, alias?, dowstrt?, dowend?, familyname?, givenname?, gender?, dob?, dod?, type?, origin, background?, picref?, rels, awards?, notes?, error?) >

<!ELEMENT stagename <!- Comment: Name used by the actor in movies. This is nearly the key of the table.

There are a few actors with identical names. Then the birthyear (dob) becomes important. ->

<!ELEMENT alias > <!- Alternate stagename, the last one used is preferred. ->

<!ELEMENT dowstart > <!- Comment: Beginning of the "dates of work" interval: year of first movie . -->

<!ELEMENT dowend > <!- Comment: End of "dates of work" interval. . -->

<!ELEMENT familyname > <!- Comment: Original last name. . -->

<!ELEMENT givenname > <!- Comment: Original first name. Nick-names or other assumed names in (). . -->

<!ELEMENT gender > <!- Coded as M,F, and X for unknown, or G for group, and A for Animal. -->

<!ELEMENT dob > <!- Comment: Date of Birth. If not found in [ref]. If found, but date unknown *. . -->

<!ELEMENT dod > <!- Comment: Date of Death, if unknown or alive coded as \UN. Year+ indicates also still alive in that year, mainly used for oldies. . -->

<!ELEMENT roletype > <!- Comment: The type of roles typically played by the actor; coded as rolecode. -->

<!ELEMENT roles > <!- Comment: Description of roles typically played by the actor; e.g., leading man, hero. . -->

<!ELEMENT origin > <!- Comment: Country of origin using COUNTRY-CODES . -->

<!ELEMENT picref > <!- Comment: Photos in reference books may be cited as [book.page(-s)] . -->

<!ELEMENT rels (relship*) >

<!ELEMENT relship (reltype, towhom*) >

<!ELEMENT reltype > <!- Coded as relcode, for instance, Marriages(Mt), Lived-with(Lw), Parent (Pa), Child (ch),

Worked-with(Ww), InfluencedBy (Inb), groupmember (Mem) -->.

<!ELEMENT towhom (relname, rel_attr?) > <!- subject person of relationship -->

<!ELEMENT relname > <!- subject name in relationship, maybe in actors or people file. -->

<!ELEMENT relattr > <!- Comment: attributes of subject person -->

<!ELEMENT studio > <!- Comment: Used for studio for actors working on contracts. -->

<!ELEMENT awards(award+, awardattr) > <!- Comment: Used for Awards . -->

<!ELEMENT award(awardtype, awardyear?, awardattr?<!- Comment: specific award . -->

<!ELEMENT awardtype > <!- Comment: specific award type. Coded per awardsfile. -->

!ELEMENT awardyear > <!- Comment: attributes of ward, as year . -->

!ELEMENT awardattr > <!- Comment: attributes of ward, as year . -->

<!ELEMENT notes > <!- Comment: Used mainly for Also, Mainly, Debut, Studio -->

<!ELEMENT error > <!- Comment: A code Cit(n) indicates how frequently the actor is cited in CASTS.html. This field is used for maintenance, as a weight of importance for completion of the data. . -->