Across

1 Israeli statesman Abba ___
5 Buddy Holly chart-topper "Peggy ___"
8 ___ Mahal
11 Attorney General Janet___
12 Fred Astaire musical The ___ Wagon
13 First Lady ___ McKinley
14 Holm, McKellen and Ziering
15 Dry and barren
16 Setting for Platoon, for short
17 Star of Living Out Loud (2 wds.)
20 Mineo of Rebel Without a Cause
21 Affirmative vote
22 Simple as ___
25 Actor ___ Hunter
27 Star-writer-director Billy Bob Thornton's ___ Blade
31 Dance Dorothy Lamour did in films
33 Actor Benicio ___ Toro
35 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes author Anita ___
36 Astronaut adventure The Right ___
38 English pop singer-songwriter ___ Kershaw
40 ___ Thurman of Les Misérables ('98)
41 ___ gratia artis (MGM's motto)
43 By way of
45 Star of Beloved (2 wds.)
51 The ___ and the Pussycat (Streisand romance)
52 Gary Cooper western High ___
53 Figure skater ___ Lipinski
54 Prefix meaning "new"
55 King ___ ('76 Jeff Bridges movie)
56 Daredevil ___ Knievel
57 Flik, in A Bug's Life, e.g.
58 Sterling (abbr.)
59 The ___ and Fall of Legs Diamond('60 caper)

Down

1 ___ LaSalle of TV' ER
2 Lloyd Bridges's son
3 Six Days, Seven Nights star ___ Heche
4 Famed features of Pinoc-chio and Jimmy Durante
5 ___ Gilbert played Roseanne's TV daughter
6 '93 hit single from 17 Across
7 Van Halen and Murphy
8 "Private Dancer" singer ___ Turner
9 Esau's wife
10 "I Got Id" rock band Pearl ___
12 The ___ of the Sad Cafe (Vanessa Redgrave drama)
18 Natalie Cole's dad
19 Anthony Hopkins saga Legends of the ___
22 Sounds made for a throat doctor
23 "___ I Do" (Clarence Henry hit)
24 The Virginian TV actor ___ Gulager
26 ___ Affleck of Armageddon
28 Promissory note
29 Ed McBain is Evan Hunter's ___ de plume
30 Girl Scouts of America (abbr.)
32 ___ cry from (very different from; 2 wds.)
34 TV's ___ Single featured 17 Across
37 Gifford and Langella
39 Next of ___ ('89 Patrick Swayze flick)
42 Sidney Poitier thriller ___ to Kill
44 The Morning ___ starring Jane Fonda
45 American novelist ___ Wister
46 Hitchcock's Family ___
47 William Holden movie The World of Suzie ___
48 Sitarist ___ Shankar
49 Mocedades hit"___ Tu Touch the Wind)"
50 Where Meryl Streep attended grad school
51 Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof (2 wds.)