| VIDOR | King, director of the 1956 film War and Peace (5) |
| PIERRE | Which character did Henry Fonda play in the 1956 film War and Peace? (6) |
| SIRK | Douglas, director of the 1956 film Written on the Wind (4) |
| NATASHA | Role played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1956 epic film War and Peace (7) |
| GILLIAM | "The Fisher King" director |
| TAYMOR | 'The Lion King' director Julie |
| NIVEN | David -; actor in the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days who wrote the bestselling memoir The Moon's a Balloon (5) |
| GRACE | _ Metalious, author of the 1956 novel Peyton Place (5) |
| COURT | 'The ---', 1956 film comedy starring Danny Kaye (5,6) |
| MOSES | Charlton Heston played this prophet in the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments |
| JONAH | _ Hill, starred in the film War Dogs (5) |
| REATA | Ranch in the 1956 film "Giant" |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| DODIESMITH | Writer of the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| ANNA | Deborah Kerr's character in the 1956 film The King and I (4) |
| DORISDAY | Female star of the 1956 Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (5,3) |
| RAINMAKER | Katherine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster starred in the 1956 film adaptation of N Richard Nash's Broadway play, The ... |
| KERR | Deborah, actress who played Anna Leonowens in the 1956 film The King and I (4) |
| DAVIDNIVEN | Actor who played Phileas Fogg in the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days (5,5) |
| LACHUTE | French title of the 1956 Albert Camus novel The Fall (2,5) |
