Screen Legends Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-05 · 28 entries checked · 24 flagged · 52 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 52 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Adam West — West did not graduate from Whitman College; he left before completing his degree.

Adam West — West was not drafted; he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Alec Guinness — The entry states Guinness commanded a landing craft during the invasion of Elba, but his service record does not include commanding a landing craft at Elba.

Angelina Jolie — The entry states Jolie won a Tony Award, but she has not personally won a Tony Award; she produced The Outsiders, which won Best Musical, but she is not listed as a credited winner.

Angelina Jolie — The entry states Jolie was made an honorary Dame Commander (DCMG), but she was actually appointed an Honorary Dame Grand Cross (GCMG), a higher rank.

Anne Bancroft — Bancroft was not one of ten actors to win both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role; as of her death, only a handful of actors had achieved this, and the number is not ten.

Anne Bancroft — Bancroft was 35, not 36, when she played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (filmed in 1966, released in 1967; she was born September 17, 1931, making her 35 during filming).

Anne Baxter — Baxter won one Photoplay Award and one Laurel Award, not seven and two.

Anne Baxter — Anne Baxter was not nominated for an Emmy.

Anthony Perkins — The entry states he 'won him a Golden Globe for Best New Actor', but the correct award name is 'Most Promising Newcomer – Male'.

Burt Reynolds — Reynolds was born to Burton Milo Reynolds Sr. and Harriet Fernette Reynolds. Correction: His father's name was Burton Milo Reynolds, not Burton Milo Reynolds Sr. (he was not a 'Sr.'; Burt was Burton Leon Reynolds Jr., but his father did not use 'Sr.').

Burt Reynolds — He was critically injured in an automobile accident at age 19, suffering a ruptured spleen. Correction: The car accident occurred at age 17, not 19, and while it caused serious injuries, a ruptured spleen is not widely documented as the primary injury; the acc

Charles Bronson — Bronson did not receive a Purple Heart; his military records show no Purple Heart, and his official biography often omits it.

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