The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later.
Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the
list of American television actresses.
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Key to entries:
: born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth
: ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life
: a range is ''birth''–''death'' years
: if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly
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Beverly Aadland
Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010) was an American film actress.
She appeared in films including '' South Pacific''. As a teenager, she co-starred in the Errol Flynn film'' Cuban Rebel Girls'', and had a relationsh ...
1942–2010
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Mariann Aalda born
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Caroline Aaron born
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Diahnne Abbott
Diahnne Eugenia Abbott (born January 1, 1945) is an American actress and singer. She played supporting roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Taxi Driver'' (1976).
Abbott was married to actor Robert De Niro from 1976 to 1988. Th ...
born
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Rose Abdoo
Rose Marie Abdoo (born November 28, 1962) is an American actress and comedian, known for her roles as Stars Hollow's local mechanic, Gypsy, on ''Gilmore Girls'' and as Spanish teacher Señorita Rodriguez on ''That's So Raven''.
Life and career
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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreograph ...
born
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Donzaleigh Abernathy
Donzaleigh Abernathy is an American actress, author and civil rights activist.
Early life
Abernathy’s Mother was pregnant with her when her parents’ home was bombed in the pre-dawn hours of January 10, 1957 after the successful close of ...
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Whitney Able born
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Candice Accola born
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Amy Acker
Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ''Angel'' (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ''Alias'' (2005 ...
born
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Jean Acker 1893–1978
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Bettye Ackerman
Bettye Louise Ackerman (February 28, 1924 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress primarily known for her work on television.
Early years
Ackerman was born in Cottageville, South Carolina (another source says she was born in Williston, So ...
1924–2006
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Amy Adams born (born in Italy)
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Brooke Adams born
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Edie Adams 1927–2008
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Jane Adams born
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Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress and director. Adams starred in ''Chasing Amy'', for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and played smaller role ...
born
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Julie Adams
Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams toward the beginning of her career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of ...
1926–2019
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Lillian Adams
Lillian Adams (May 13, 1922 – May 25, 2011) was an American actress who appeared in over 100 film and television roles.
Born in Chicago, Adams appeared in movies such as '' Private Benjamin'' and '' Bruce Almighty'' as well as televisio ...
1922–2011
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Mary Kay Adams
Mary Kay Adams (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress known for her roles in television.
In a career that spanned from the mid-1980s to 2000, she had several roles on daytime television. Her most high profile role was as jet-setting ...
born
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Nancy Addison
Nancy Addison Altman (March 21, 1946Born 1946 as peSocial Security Death Index website accessed August 20, 2014. – June 18, 2002), also known as Nancy Addison, was an American actress noted for her appearances in soap operas. She first attrac ...
1946–2002
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Shohreh Aghdashloo
Shohreh Aghdashloo ( fa, شهره آغداشلو, ; née Vaziri-Tabar (); 11 May 1952) is an Iranian and American actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she made her film debut in ''Chess of the Wind'' (1976). Her next two film ...
born (Iranian-born)
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Dianna Agron born
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Christina Aguilera born
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Lexi Ainsworth born
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Malin Åkerman born (Swedish-born)
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Jessica Alba born
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Lola Albright 1924–2017
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Denise Alexander born
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Erika Alexander born
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Jaimie Alexander
Jaimie Lauren Alexander (born Jaimie Lauren Tarbush; March 12, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Jessi on the TV series ''Kyle XY'' and Sif (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Lady Sif in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Th ...
born
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Jane Alexander born
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Khandi Alexander born
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Sasha Alexander
Sasha Alexander (born Suzana Drobnjakovic on May 17, 1973), is an American actress and TV director. She played Gretchen Witter in ''Dawson's Creek'' and has acted in films including '' Yes Man'' (2008) and ''He's Just Not That Into You'' (20 ...
born
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Kristian Alfonso born
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Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Marisol Ali is an American actress and singer best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from 1990 to 1996. She starred as Tyana Jones on the TV One original series ''Love That Girl!'', and ...
born
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Mary Alice
Mary Alice Smith (December 3, 1936 – July 27, 2022), known professionally as Mary Alice, was an American television, film, and stage actress. Alice was known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on the sitcom ''A Different World'' (1987 ...
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Ana Alicia
Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres (born December 12, 1956) is a Mexican-American former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera ''Fa ...
born (born in Mexico)
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Christa B. Allen
Christa B. Allen (born November 11, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for playing the younger version of Jennifer Garner's character in '' 13 Going on 30'' (2004) and ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009), as well as for her role as so ...
born
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Debbie Allen
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an ...
born
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Elizabeth Allen 1929–2006
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Joan Allen born
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Jonelle Allen
Jonelle Allen (born July 18, 1944) is an American actress, singer, and dancer from Harlem, New York, United States. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s, Allen has co-starred in films, Broadway productions, and television. In 19 ...
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Karen Allen born
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Krista Allen
Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress, model and Stand-up comedy, stand-up comic. She is best known for her work in the television series ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Baywatch Hawaii'', and the Erotic art, erotic TV series ''Emman ...
born or 1971
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Laura Allen born
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Nancy Allen born
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Rosalind Allen
Rosalind Allen (born September 23, 1957) is a New Zealand-born actress, best known for her portrayal of Doctor Wendy Smith in the second season of ''seaQuest DSV''.
Early life
Born Rosalind Ingledew in New Zealand, she studied acting there, ...
born (born in New Zealand)
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Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 ...
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Jamie Anne Allman
Jamie Anne Allman (née Brown; born April 6, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Terry Marek on AMC's '' The Killing'', and Connie Riesler on the FX police drama ''The Shield''.
Early life
Allman grew up on a farm in Ka ...
born
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June Allyson
June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer.
Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She sign ...
1917–2006
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Daniella Alonso born
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María Conchita Alonso
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a singer, actress and former beauty queen.
She has participated in film and television productions, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit ...
born
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Trini Alvarado born
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Lauren Ambrose born
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Mädchen Amick born
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Suzy Amis
Suzy Amis Cameron (born Susan Elizabeth Amis; January 5, 1962) is an American environmental advocate, and a former actress and model. Her acting career began in 1985, known for roles in ''The Ballad of Little Jo'', ''The Usual Suspects'' and '' ...
born
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Eva Amurri
Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American lifestyle blogger and actress.
Early life
Amurri was born on March 15, 1985 in New York City, to Italian director Franco Amurri and American actress Susan Sarandon (whose mother's ancestry was It ...
born
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Kristina Anapau
Kristina Elizabeth Anapau Roper (born October 30, 1979), better known as Kristina Anapau, is an American actress and writer. She is known for her roles as Maurella on the HBO series ''True Blood'' and as Galina in the 2010 film ''Black Swan''. ...
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Andrea Anders born
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Gillian Anderson born
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Loni Anderson born or 1945
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Mary Anderson, 1918–2014
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Melody Anderson
Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian retired actress, social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. As an actress, her most high-profile role was playing Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation ...
born
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Nicole Gale Anderson born
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Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...
born
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Odette Annable
Odette Juliette Annable (; born May 10, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for various roles in film and television, including as Dr. Jessica Adams in the Fox medical drama series ''House'', Beth McIntyre in the monster film ''Cloverfie ...
born
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Susan Anton born
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Shiri Appleby
Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her leading roles as Liz Parker in the WB/UPN science fiction drama series '' Roswell'' (1999–2002) and Rachel Goldberg in the L ...
born
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Christina Applegate born
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Anne Archer
Anne Archer (born August 24, 1947) is an American actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature film debut ''The Honkers'' (1972). She had supporting roles in ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1 ...
born
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Beverly Archer born
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Leila Arcieri
Leila Carmelita Arcieri (born December 18, 1973) is an American actress, model and businesswoman. She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss California pageant and has appeared in many films such as '' XXX'', ''Wild Things 2'' and ''Daddy Day Ca ...
born
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Eve Arden
Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades.
Beginning her film career in 1929 ...
1908–1990
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Ashley Argota
Ashley Argota (born January 9, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles on television, such as Lulu on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''True Jackson, VP'', and Kelly on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventure ...
born
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Jillian Armenante
Jillian Armenante is an American television and film actress, known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on the TV show ''Judging Amy''.
Life and career
Armenante was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Her fe ...
born
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Bess Armstrong born
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Samaire Armstrong born (born in Japan)
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Alexis Arquette 1969–2016
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Patricia Arquette
Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Ed Wo ...
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Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song ( ...
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Bea Arthur 1922–2009
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Jean Arthur 1900–1991
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Katie Aselton born
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Ashanti born
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Elizabeth Ashley born
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Mary Astor 1906–1987
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Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery (born April 15, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including '' Cool Breeze'' (1972), ''Which Way Is Up?'' (1977), ''Scott Joplin'' (1977), and ''T ...
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Awkwafina born
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Nicki Aycox
Nicki Lynn Aycox (May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022) was an American actress and musician, known for her roles in ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'', ''Cold Case'', ''Jeepers Creepers 2'', ''Perfect Stranger (film), Perfect Stra ...
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Rochelle Aytes
Rochelle Aytes is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as April Malloy on ABC drama series ''Mistresses'' (2013–16) and as the voice of Rochelle in the critically acclaimed video game ''Left 4 Dead 2'' (2009). Aytes al ...
born
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Candice Azzara
Candice Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress.
She is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla.
Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She was inspired to pursue acting by the film ...
born
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Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Aw ...
1924–2014
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Barbara Bach born
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Catherine Bach born
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Mary Badham born
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Jane Badler born
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Erykah Badu born
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Katherine Bailess
Katherine Bailess (born April 24, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for playing the role of Erica Marsh on the CW's hit show ''One Tree Hill'', Life and Death Brigade member Stephanie on ''Gilmore Girls'', and Kyle H ...
born
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Laura Bailey
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Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer and author. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in '' St. Louis Woman'' in 1946. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role i ...
1918–1990
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Barbara Bain
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel; September 13, 1931) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series '' Mission: Impossible'' (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awar ...
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Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Early life
Bainter wa ...
1893–1968
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Blanche Baker born
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Carroll Baker born
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Diane Baker
Diane Carol Baker is an American actress, producer and educator who has appeared in motion pictures and on television since 1959.
Early life
Baker was born in 1938 at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California a ...
born
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Kathy Baker born
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Leigh-Allyn Baker
Leigh-Allyn Baker (born March 13, 1972) is an American actress. She had recurring roles on ''Charmed'' and as Ellen on ''Will & Grace'', and a starring role as the matriarch Amy Duncan (Good Luck Charlie), Amy Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom ...
born
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Brenda Bakke
Brenda Jean Bakke (born May 15, 1963) is an American actress and real estate broker. She is best known for her roles in 1990s films ''Hot Shots! Part Deux'', '' Gunmen'', ''Demon Knight'', '' Under Siege 2: Dark Territory'', and ''L.A. Confiden ...
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Fairuza Balk born
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Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden ...
1911–1989
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Kaye Ballard 1925–2019
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Talia Balsam born
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Anne Bancroft 1931–2005
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Lisa Banes 1955-2021
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Tallulah Bankhead 1902–1968
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Elizabeth Banks born
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Tyra Banks born
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Theda Bara 1885–1955
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Christine Baranski
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' ...
born
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Adrienne Barbeau born
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Ellen Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress and a producer. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film '' Diner'', and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as ''Tender Mercies'' (1983), ''Eddie and the ...
born
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Joanna Barnes
Joanna Barnes (November 15, 1934 – April 29, 2022) was an American actress and writer.
Early life and education
Barnes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the eldest daughter of John Pindar Barnes and Alice Weston Mutch. She had two younger ...
1934–2022
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Priscilla Barnes born
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Majel Barrett 1932–2008
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Barbara Barrie born
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Dana Barron
Dana Barron is an American actress who is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' which she reprised in 2003's '' National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adv ...
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Drew Barrymore born
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Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
1879–1959
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Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and former presidential candidate. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy before gaining acclaim in the television sitcom '' Roseanne'' (1988– ...
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Bonnie Bartlett born
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Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's ''Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at Ne ...
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Ella Jay Basco
Ella Jay Basco (born September 17, 2006) is an American actress, singer and songwriter best known for her work in ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). In 2020, she released her EP, Middle School. In February 2022, she released her single Eye to Eye for he ...
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Kim Basinger
Kimila Ann Basinger ( ; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Glo ...
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Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award ...
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Justine Bateman born
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Florence Bates 1888–1954
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Kathy Bates born
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Cyia Batten
Cyia Batten (born January 26, 1972) is an American dancer, model, actress, and former Pussycat Dolls dance troupe member.
Career
She has worked as a professional dancer all over the world for various projects including The Pussycat Dolls and ...
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Frances Bavier
Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role o ...
1902–1989
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Barbara Baxley 1923-1990
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Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.
A granddaughter of Fra ...
1923–1985
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Meredith Baxter born
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Jennifer Beals born
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Amanda Bearse born
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Madisen Beaty
Madisen Beaty (born February 28, 1995) is an American actress and DJ. As an actress, she is known for her roles as Daisy Fuller in ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), Doris Solstad in ''The Master'' (2012), Rebeccah Mulcahey in '' ...
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Louise Beavers 1902–1962
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Kimberly Beck born
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Bonnie Bedelia born
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Nicole Beharie
Nicole Beharie is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in films such as the drama ''American Violet'' (2008), the psychological drama ''Shame (2011 film), Shame'' (2011), the biographical sports drama ''42 (film), 42'' ...
born
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Beth Behrs
Elizabeth Ann Behrs (born December 26, 1985) is an American actress known for her starring role as Caroline Channing in the CBS comedy series ''2 Broke Girls''. The show ran for six seasons and earned Behrs praise and nominations for the Teen an ...
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Doris Belack 1926–2011
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Ashley Bell born
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Catherine Bell born
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Jillian Bell
Jillian Leigh Bell (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress, comedian and screenwriter. She stars in the 2019 film ''Brittany Runs a Marathon'' and 2022's ''I'm Totally Fine''. She starred as Jillian Belk on ''Workaholics'', voiced the role o ...
born
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Kristen Bell born
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Lake Bell born
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Camilla Belle
Camilla Belle Routh (born October 2, 1986), known professionally as Camilla Belle, is an American actress, director, and producer.
Early life
Belle was born to Deborah Cristina Gould and Jack Wesley Routh, a country music performer and compose ...
born
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Kathleen Beller
Kathleen Beller (born February 19, 1956) is an American actress who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in '' Promises in the Dark'' (1979) and was well known for her role as Ki ...
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Troian Bellisario
Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress. A graduate of the University of Southern California, in 2010, she received her breakthrough role as Spencer Hastings in the Freeform drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' ( ...
born
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Maria Bello
Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' (1999), ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), ''A Hist ...
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Bea Benaderet
Beatrice Benaderet ( ; April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that ...
1906–1968
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Andrea Bendewald born
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Annette Bening born
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Constance Bennett
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid ...
1904–1965
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Haley Bennett
Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy '' Music and Lyrics'' (2007) and has since appeared in films such as '' The Equalizer'' ( ...
born
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Joan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a show-business family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more t ...
1910–1990
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Melissa Benoist born
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Amber Benson born
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Ashley Benson
Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18, 1989) is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for her role as Hanna Marin in the teen mystery-drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017). Benson has starred in films, including ' ...
born
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Jodi Benson born
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Julie Benz born
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Candice Bergen born
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Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur.
She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in ''The Helen Mo ...
1930–2014
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Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1974) is an American actress. She played Jessie Spano in the television series ''Saved by the Bell'' and Nomi Malone/Polly Ann Costello in the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film ''Showgirls''. She voiced the title role o ...
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Jeannie Berlin
Jeannie Berlin (born Jeannie Brette May; November 1, 1949) is an American film, television and stage actress and screenwriter, the daughter of Elaine May. She is best-known for her role in the 1972 comedy film '' The Heartbreak Kid'', for which sh ...
born
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Crystal Bernard born
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Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, singer, comedian and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy, where she often critiqued celebrity culture and political figures.
She is perhaps b ...
born
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Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Mis ...
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Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress. She first achieved recognition as a child actress, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom ''One Day at a Time (1975 TV series), One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984) for w ...
born
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Angela Bettis
Angela Marie Bettis (born January 9, 1973) is an American actress, film producer, and director. Following her breakthrough role as Janet Webber in the drama film ''Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), she earned acclaim for her portrayals of Carrietta Wh ...
born
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Troy Beyer
Troy Byer (born November 7, 1964) is an American psychologist, author, director, screenwriter, and actress.
Early life and education
Born in New York City to an African Americans, African-American mother and white father, Byer spent the firs ...
born
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Mayim Bialik
Mayim Chaya Bialik ( ; born December 12, 1975) is an American actress, game show host, and author. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom ''Blossom (TV series), Blossom''. From 2010 to 2019, she played neuroscientist ...
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Leslie Bibb born or 1973
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Jessica Biel
Jessica Claire Timberlake (née Biel ; born March 3, 1982) is an American actress and model. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Biel be ...
born
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Barbara Billingsley 1915–2010
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Rachel Bilson born or 1982
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Traci Bingham born
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Thora Birch born
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Kerry Bishé born
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Summer Bishil
Summer Yasmine Bishil (born July 17, 1988) is an American actress. She first came to prominence starring as Jasira in the 2007 film '' Towelhead'', for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Over the followi ...
born
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Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...
1914–2001
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Danielle Bisutti born
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Karen Black
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...
1939–2013
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Sofia Black-D'Elia
Sofia Black-D'Elia (born December 24, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Tea Marvelli in '' Skins'', Sage Spence in ''Gossip Girl'', Andrea Cornish in ''The Night Of'', and Frannie Latimer in '' Your Ho ...
born
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Joan Blackman
Joan May Blackman (born May 17, 1938, in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.
Film
Blackman appeared in her first motion picture, ''Good Day for a Hanging'', in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films. She play ...
born
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Betsy Blair 1923–2009
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Linda Blair
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress and activist. She played Regan MacNeil in the horror film ''The Exorcist'' (1973), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award. The film ...
born
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Patricia Blair
Patricia Blair (born Patsy Lou Blake; January 15, 1933 – September 9, 2013) was an American television and film actress, primarily on 1950s and 1960s television. She is best known as Rebecca Boone in all six seasons of NBC's ''Daniel Boone'', w ...
1933–2013
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Selma Blair
Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She played a number of roles in films and on television before obtaining recognition for her leading role in the film '' Brown's Requiem'' (1998). Her breakthrough came when she s ...
born
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Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 21, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with ...
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Susan Blakely born
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Ronee Blakley born
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Jolene Blalock born
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Rowan Blanchard born
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Tammy Blanchard
Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as teenage Judy Garland in the critically acclaimed television film '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' (2001), for which she received ...
born
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Sally Blane 1910–1997
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Alexis Bledel
Kimberly Alexis Bledel ( ; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Emily Malek in ''The Handmaid's Tale (TV series), The ...
born
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Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on ''Baywatch'', Ryan Fenelli on ''Ryan's Hope'', and LeeAnn Demerest on ''One Life to Live''.
Early life and career
Blee ...
born
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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...
born
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Joan Blondell 1906–1979
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Nikki Blonsky
Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film ''Hairspray'' (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and received nominati ...
born
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Moon Bloodgood
Korinna Moon Bloodgood (born September 20, 1975) is an American actress and model, known for her role as Lt. Blair Williams in the 2009 film ''Terminator Salvation'' and as Anne Glass in the TNT television series '' Falling Skies''.
Early life
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born
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Lindsay Bloom
Lindsay Diane Bloom is an American actress and former beauty-pageant contestant.
Bloom is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. At age 17, she decided to become an actress and entered beauty pageants to gain attention. She was Miss Omaha in the 1968 preli ...
born
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Verna Bloom
Verna Frances Bloom (August 7, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was an American actress.
Career
On Broadway, Bloom portrayed Charlotte Corday in '' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Chare ...
1938–2019
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Emily Blunt
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards. ...
born
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Ann Blyth
Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an American retired actress and singer. For her performance as Veda in the 1945 Michael Curtiz film ''Mildred Pierce'', Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is one of ...
born
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Eleanor Boardman
Olive Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress of the silent era.
Early life and career
Olive Eleanor Boardman was born on August 19, 1898, the youngest child to George W. Boardman and Janice Merriam ...
1898–1991
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Mary Boland 1880–1965
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Melissa Bolona
Melissa Boloña (born December 28, 1989) is an American actress and model. She starred in the films ''Acts of Violence'', '' The Hurricane Heist'', ''Malicious'', and '' Dog Eat Dog''.
Early life and education
Boloña was born in Connecticut, a ...
born
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Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981)According to the State of California. ''California Death Index, 1940–1997''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At ...
1889–1981
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Lisa Bonet
Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet; November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet (), is an American actress. She is known for playing Denise Huxtable on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), for which she earned widespread a ...
born
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Shirley Booth
Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of only 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awa ...
1898–1992
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Olive Borden 1906–1947
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Alex Borstein
Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Borstein voices Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series '' Family Guy'' (1999–present), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the rol ...
born
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Michelle Borth born
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Samantha Boscarino
Samantha Boscarino (born December 26, 1994) is an American actress from Ventura County, California. She is known for the film ''The Clique'', for her role as Molly Garfunkel on the Nickelodeon series ''How to Rock'', and for her lead role as Ell ...
born
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Rachel Boston
Rachel Elizabeth Boston (born May 9, 1982) is an American actress and producer. Boston has had leading roles in a number of independent films, and was a regular cast member in several television series. She starred in the NBC drama series, ''Amer ...
born
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Kate Bosworth born
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Barbara Bouchet born or 1943 (born in Germany)
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Julie Bovasso
Julia Anne Bovasso (August 1, 1930 – September 14, 1991) was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.
Life and career
Bovasso was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of that borough, the daughter ...
1930–1991
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Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the ...
1905–1965
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Katrina Bowden
Katrina Bowden (born September 19, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cerie on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' (2006–2013) and as Flo Fulton on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (2019–prese ...
born
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Lilan Bowden
Alice Lilan Bowden (born September 1, 1985) is an American actress, filmmaker, and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Rebecca "Bex" Mack in ''Andi Mack'' and Amber Kang in the Netflix series '' Murderville''.
Life and career
Lilan Bowde ...
born
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Andrea Bowen born
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Julie Bowen
Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer (born March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she received critical acclaim and six nominations for the Primetim ...
born
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Jessica Bowman
Jessica Robyn Bowman (born November 26, 1980) is an American actress known for her role as Colleen Cooper on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''.
Career
Bowman was born in Walnut Creek, California. She began acting in community theater and commercial ...
born
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Jenna Boyd
Jenna Michelle Boyd (born March 4, 1993) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress with roles in the 2003 films '' The Hunted'', '' Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star'' and '' The Missing'', and the 2005 film ''The Sisterho ...
born
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Anise Boyer
Anise Margaret Boyer (1914–2008) was an American dancer and actress known for her work during the Harlem Renaissance. She joined the Cotton Club chorus line when she was a teenager and starred in the 1932 film '' Harlem is Heaven.'' She also da ...
1914–2008
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Lara Flynn Boyle
Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Hayward in the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991). After portraying Stacy in Penelope Spheeris's comedy ''Wayne's World'' (1992), ...
born
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Lucy Boynton
Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a British-American actress. Raised in London, she made her professional debut as the young Beatrix Potter in '' Miss Potter'' (2006). She starred in television productions '' Ballet Shoes'' (2007), '' Sens ...
born
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Lorraine Bracco born
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Alice Brady 1892–1939
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Alexandra Breckenridge born
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Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey Elizabeth Bregman is an American soap opera actress. She is best known for the role of Lauren Fenmore on ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.
Early life
Bregman was born May 29, 1963, in Munich, Germany to A ...
born (born in Germany)
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Lucille Bremer 1917–1996
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Eileen Brennan 1932–2013
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Amy Brenneman
Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She worked extensively in television, coming to prominence as Detective Janice Licalsi in the ABC police drama series ''NYPD Blue'' (1993–1994). Brenneman nex ...
born
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Abigail Breslin born
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Jordana Brewster born
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Paget Brewster born
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Chloe Bridges born
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Alison Brie born
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Connie Britton born
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Pamela Britton
Pamela Britton (born Armilda Jane Owens, March 19, 1923 – June 17, 1974) was an American actress, best known for appearing as Lorelei Brown in the television series ''My Favorite Martian'' (1963–1966) and for her female lead in the film noi ...
1923-1974
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Beth Broderick born
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Jayne Brook born
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Geraldine Brooks 1925–1977
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Louise Brooks 1906–1985
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Blair Brown
Bonnie Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American theater, film and television actress. She has had a number of high-profile roles, including in the play ''Copenhagen'' on Broadway, the leading actress in the films ''Altered States'' ( ...
born or 1947
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Chelsea Brown
Chelsea Brown (born Lois Brown, December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American-born actress of television and film, comedian and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''. She had a success ...
1942–2017
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Kimberlin Brown
Kimberlin Ann Brown Pelzer (born June 29, 1961) is an American television actress, best known for her role as Sheila Carter in the CBS daytime soap operas ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 1990.
Career
Brown ...
born
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Kimberly J. Brown
Kimberly Jean Brown is an American actress, best known to audiences for her portrayal of the teen witch Marnie Piper in the '' Halloweentown'' films, in which she starred alongside Debbie Reynolds. Before being cast as Marnie, Brown found notor ...
born
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Olivia Brown born
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Pat Crawford Brown
Pat Crawford Brown (June 29, 1929July 2, 2019) was an American actress.
Life and career
Brown married Calvin B. Brown on January 3, 1961, and they remained married until his death in 1976. They had one daughter, Charlotte Brown Swanson.
She beg ...
1925–2019
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Vanessa Brown 1928–1999
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Yvette Nicole Brown born
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Leslie Browne
Leslie Browne (born June 29, 1957) is an American prima ballerina and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City from 1986 until 1993. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Ac ...
born
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Logan Browning born
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Sabrina Bryan
Reba Sabrina Hinojos (born September 16, 1984), known professionally as Sabrina Bryan, is an American dancer, choreographer, actress and singer. She was best known as a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls, and starred in the Disney Chann ...
born
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Joy Bryant born
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Nana Bryant
Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.
Biography
Bryant was born 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in ...
born
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Tara Buck
Tara Buck (born March 16, 1975) is an American film, stage, and television actress. Buck is known for her roles in ''True Blood,'' '' Ray Donovan'', and ''Party of Five''.
Early life
Buck attended Wood River High School in Hailey Idaho, where ...
born
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Kira Buckland born
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Betty Buckley
Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer. Buckley is the winner of a Tony Award, and was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Olivier Award. In 2012, she was inducted into the American T ...
born
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Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Bullock, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was ...
born
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Cara Buono born
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Candace Cameron Bure
Candace Cameron Bure (; born Candace Helaine Cameron; April 6, 1976) is an American actress, producer, author and television personality. She is known for portraying D.J. Tanner on ''Full House'' and its sequel series '' Fuller House'', and a nu ...
born
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Billie Burke 1884–1970
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Delta Burke born
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Marylouise Burke born
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Carol Burnett born
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Brooke Burns
Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March 16, 1978) is an American fashion model, game show host, actress, and television personality. Burns began her television career in 1995, portraying the supporting character Out of the Blue (1996 TV series), Pe ...
born
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Catherine Burns
Catherine Burns (September 25, 1945 – February 2, 2019) was an American actress of stage, film, radio and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Last Summer'' (1969).
Early ...
born
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Heather Burns
Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film '' Miss Congeniality'' and its 2005 sequel, '' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous''. Her other film appearan ...
born
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Ellen Burstyn born
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Hilarie Burton born
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Kate Burton born
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Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush Hughes (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as Brooke Davis in The WB/ CW drama series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Lindsay in the NBC police procedural drama series ''Chicago P.D.'' (2014– ...
born
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Brett Butler born
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Yancy Butler born
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Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Ann Buzzi ( ; born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 ...
born
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Spring Byington
Spring Dell Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of ''December Bride''. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in ...
1886–1971
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Amanda Bynes born
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Marion Byron 1911–1985
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Jeanne Cagney 1919–1984
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Erin Cahill born
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L. Scott Caldwell
L. Scott Caldwell (born Laverne Scott; April 17, 1950) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Deputy U.S. Marshall Erin Poole in '' The Fugitive'' (1993) and Rose on the television series ''Lost''.
Early life
Born the mid ...
born
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Alice Calhoun 1900–1966
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Sarah Wayne Callies born
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Vanessa Bell Calloway
Vanessa Bell Calloway ( Bell; born March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Beginning her career as a dancer, Bell Calloway became known for her film roles as Princess Imani Izzi in the 1988 comedy ''Coming to America'', as well as for her roles ...
born
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Anna Camp
Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as the villainous Sarah Newlin in the HBO vampire drama ''True Blood'' (2009, 2013–2014) and Aubrey Posen in the musical comedy '' ...
born
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Colleen Camp born
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Christa Campbell
Christa Campbell (born December 7, 1972) is an American actress and producer. Campbell is best known for her roles in '' 2001 Maniacs'', '' Mozart and the Whale'', '' Lonely Hearts'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Cleaner'', ''Day of the Dead'', '' L ...
born
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Danielle Campbell born
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Maia Campbell
Maia Campbell is an American former film, television actress, singer and model. She is best known for her role as Nicole on the 1994 Fox comedy-drama series '' South Central'' and her portrayal of Tiffany Warren in the NBC/UPN sitcom '' In the ...
born
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Tisha Campbell
Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film '' Little Shop of Horrors'', and later starred on the short-lived NBC musical comedy dra ...
born
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Maria Canals-Barrera born
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Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen; January 4, 1937) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Her accolades include a Saturn Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations, and a star on the Ho ...
born
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Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her first acting role was on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000). She received wider recognition with roles in the films ''Mean Girls'' (2004) and ''Cloverfi ...
born
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Jessica Capshaw born
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Kate Capshaw born
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress of Black, Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Cara rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', and f ...
born
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Gina Carano born
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Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), the medical drama '' ER'' (2003–09), the drama thriller ''Bloodline'' (2 ...
born
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Clare Carey born
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whi ...
born
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Lynn Carlin
Mary Lynn Carlin (née Reynolds) is an American former actress. She is best known for her debut role in the film ''Faces'' (1968), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.
Life and career
She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of so ...
born
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Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American actress, singer, and spokeswoman for the arts. She was the leading lady of the Marx Brothers movie '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) and was a regular ...
1910–2007
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Amy Carlson
Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968) is an American actress known for her roles as Linda Reagan in the CBS police procedural '' Blue Bloods,'' as Alex Taylor on the NBC drama ''Third Watch'', and Josie Watts in the NBC daytime soap opera ''Ano ...
born
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Kelly Carlson
Kelly Lee Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Kimber Henry in the FX drama series ''Nip/Tuck''.
Career
Carlson was raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, and attended the Academy o ...
born
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Jeanne Carmen
Jeanne Laverne Carmen (August 4, 1930 – December 20, 2007) was an American model, actress and trick-shot golfer.
Early life and career
Carmen was born in Paragould, Arkansas. As a child, she picked cotton before running away from home at ...
1930–2007
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Julie Carmen
Julie Carmen (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist. She came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s, for her role in John Cassavetes' film, ''Gloria'' (1980), opposite Gena Rowlands.
Acting
Carmen was ...
born
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Sue Carol
Sue Carol (born Evelyn Jean Lederer, October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress and talent agent. Carol's film career lasted from the late 1920s into the 1930s; when it ended, she became a talent agent. The last of her f ...
1906–1982
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Charisma Carpenter born
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Jennifer Carpenter
Jennifer Carpenter is an American actress who is known for her role as Debra Morgan in the Showtime series '' Dexter'', for which she earned a Saturn Award in 2009, and also for playing Rebecca Harris in the CBS television series '' Limitless'' ...
born
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Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and had a recurring role on Fox Broadcasting ...
born
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Ever Carradine born
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Barbara Carrera
Barbara Carrera (born Barbara Kingsbury) is an American actress, model and artist. She starred in the films ''The Master Gunfighter'' (1975), ''Embryo'' (1976), '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1977), ''Condorman'' (1981), ''I, the Jury'' (1982) a ...
born or 1944, or 1946, or 1951 (born in Nicaragua)
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Tia Carrere
Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere (), is an American actress, singer and former model who got her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''.
Carrere played C ...
born
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Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll (; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. She rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including ''Car ...
1935–2019
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Madeline Carroll
Madeline Carroll (born March 18, 1996) is an American actress known for starring as Juli Baker in '' Flipped'', as Molly Johnson in ''Swing Vote'', as Farren in ''The Spy Next Door'', and as Willow O'Neil in ''The Magic of Belle Isle''.
Early ...
born
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Nancy Carroll 1903–1965
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Pat Carroll
Patricia Ann Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress and comedian. She was known for voicing Ursula in ''The Little Mermaid'' and for appearances in CBS's ''The Danny Thomas Show'', ABC's ''Laverne & Shirley'', and NBC' ...
born
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Dixie Carter 1939–2010
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Lynda Carter
Lynda Jean Cordova Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant.
Carter is best known as the star of th ...
born
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Gabrielle Carteris born
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Angela Cartwright
Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is a British actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the long- ...
born (English-born)
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Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is a British-American actress. She is known for appearing in science fiction and horror films, and has earned numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
As a child actress, sh ...
born (British-born)
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Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Theresa Cash (December 31, 1938October 31, 1995) was an American actress. Her best-known film role is in the 1971 science-fiction film ''The Omega Man''. Cash also had another notable role as Mary Mae Ward in ABC's ''General Hospital'', ...
1938–1995
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Peggy Cass
Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass (May 21, 1924 – March 8, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ...
1924–1999
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Joanna Cassidy born
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Katie Cassidy born
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Peggie Castle 1927–1973
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Shanley Caswell
Shanley Caswell (born December 3, 1991) is an American actress. She has guest starred in television series such as ''CSI: NY'', ''Bones'', ''iCarly'' and '' The Middle''. She is best known for her starring roles in '' Detention'' (2011) as Rile ...
born
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Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) is an American former actress, known primarily for her roles in films such as ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982), ''Gremlins'' (1984) and ''Drop Dead Fred'' (1991).
Early life
Cates was born ...
born
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Kim Cattrall born (Canadian-born)
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Jessica Cauffiel born
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Emma Caulfield
Emma Caulfield Ford (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as former demon Anya Jenkins on the supernatural drama television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1998–2003), which earned her a no ...
born
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Joan Caulfield
Beatrice Joan Caulfield (June 1, 1922 – June 18, 1991) was an American actress and model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually led to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures. In th ...
1922–1991
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Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari (born January 5, 1987) is an American television personality, fashion designer, actress and author. She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series '' Laguna Beach: The Re ...
born
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Lacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert ( ; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress. One of her first roles was playing Erica Kane's daughter on ''All My Children''. She was the third actress to play Bianca Montgomery, playing the part from 1992 until 1993. ...
born
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Faune Chambers
Faune Alecia Chambers is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles in the films ''White Chicks'' (2004), ''Bring It On Again'' (2004) and ''Epic Movie'' (2007).
Career
Chambers has had roles in the films ''White Chicks'' (2004 ...
born
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Carol Channing 1921–2019
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Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film '' Grease'' (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' ( ...
born
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Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer.
After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...
1922–2008
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Annette Charles 1948–2011
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Daveigh Chase
Daveigh Elizabeth Chase ( ; née Chase-Schwallier; born July 24, 1990) is an American actress, singer, and model. She began her career appearing in minor television roles before being cast as Samantha Darko in Richard Kelly's cult film ''Donnie ...
born
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Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. ''Time'' ...
born
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Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, ...
1892–1961
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Molly Cheek
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Cheek is best known for her roles in the televisio ...
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Cher
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Vanessa Lee Chester
Vanessa Lee Chester (born July 2, 1984) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in the films ''A Little Princess'' (1995) and ''Harriet the Spy'' (1996), before her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg's '' The Lost World: ...
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Lois Chiles
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Anna Chlumsky
Anna Maria Chlumsky (; born December 3, 1980) is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and first became known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the film '' My Girl'' (1991) and its sequel, ''My Girl 2''. Following her early roles, she we ...
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Margaret Cho born
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Erika Christensen
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress and singer whose filmography includes roles in ''Traffic'' (2000), '' Swimfan'' (2002), ''The Banger Sisters'' (2002), ''The Perfect Score'' (2004), ''Flightplan'' (2005), '' ...
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Claudia Christian born
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Jamie Chung
Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series '' The Real World: San Diego'' and subsequently through her appe ...
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Marguerite Churchill 1910–2000
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Ciara
Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...
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Candy Clark
Candace June Clark is an American actress and model. She is well known for her roles as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film ''American Graffiti'', for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Mary Lou i ...
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Judy Clark
Judy Clark (June 9, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film and television actress and singer. Clark adopted a brash and energetic singing style, similar to that of musical-comedy star Betty Hutton (with trade critics almost alw ...
1924–2002
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Melinda Clarke born
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Sarah Clarke born
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Patricia Clarkson
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades incl ...
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Jill Clayburgh 1944–2010
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Kiersey Clemons
Kiersey Nicole Clemons (born December 17, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the 2015 comedy-drama film '' Dope'', playing Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews. Subsequently, she went on to co-star in '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ...
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Colleen Clinkenbeard
Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, ADR director, line producer, and writer working for the anime-dubbing company Funimation. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore ...
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", ...
1928–2002
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Glenn Close
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Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca (born Emogeane Coca; November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on ''Your Show of Shows''. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wishe ...
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Annalisa Cochrane born
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Lauren Cohan born (British-born)
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Lynn Cohen 1933-2020
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Mindy Cohn born
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Claudette Colbert 1903–1996
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Taylor Cole
Taylor Cole (born April 29, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model.
Early life and modeling
Cole was born in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Cole attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, where she traveled with the Junior Ol ...
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Tina Cole
Christina Yvonne Cole (born August 4, 1943) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Katie Miller Douglas on the sitcom ''My Three Sons'' (1967–1972).
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Cole is the daughter of Yvonne King and Buddy Cole. ...
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Holliston Coleman
Holliston Taylor Coleman is a former American actress. She is perhaps best known for starring in the Paramount feature film, ''Bless the Child'', and her recurring role in the television series ''Medium''.
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Coleman was born in P ...
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Monique Coleman
Adrienne Monique Coleman (born November 13, 1980) is an American actress known for her role in Disney's ''High School Musical'' movies, in which she plays Taylor McKessie.
Early life and education
Adrienne Monique Coleman was born in Orangebu ...
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Kim Coles born
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Patricia Collinge
Eileen Cecilia "Patricia" Collinge (September 20, 1892 – April 10, 1974) was an Irish-American actress and writer. She was best known for her stage appearances, as well as her roles in the films ''The Little Foxes'' (1941) and ''Shadow of a Do ...
1892–1974
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Lily Collins born (British-American)
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Lynn Collins born
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Holly Marie Combs born
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Anjanette Comer born
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Dorothy Comingore
Mary Louise Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971), known professionally as Dorothy Comingore, was an American film actress. She starred as Susan Alexander Kane in ''Citizen Kane'' (1941), the critically acclaimed debut film of ...
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Betty Compson
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...
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Michaela Conlin born
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Carole Cook born
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Rachael Leigh Cook born
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Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Audrey Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress known for her roles in comedic film and television particularly in American Pie (series), ''American Pie'' film series (1999–2012), Legally Blonde (franchise), ''Legally Bl ...
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Ellen Corby
Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also ...
1911–1999
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Carrie Coon born
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Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...
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Dolores Costello 1903-1979
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Stephanie Courtney
Stephanie Courtney (born February 8, 1970) is an American actress and comedian, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television and radio commercials for Progressive Corporation beginning in 2008.
Courtney is also noted fo ...
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Jane Cowl 1883–1950
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Courteney Cox born
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Laverne Cox born
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Nikki Cox
Nicole Avery Cox (born June 2, 1978) is an American actress known mostly for her roles on the television series ''Unhappily Ever After'', ''Las Vegas'', ''The Norm Show'', and ''Nikki''.
Career
Cox began her career at the age of four, when s ...
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Yvonne Craig 1937–2015
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Jeanne Crain 1925–2003
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Barbara Crampton
Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She began her career in the 1980s in television soap operas before starring in horror and thriller films—both paths would define her continued accolade-winning care ...
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Norma Crane
Norma Crane (born Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman; November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an American actress of stage, film, and television best known for her role as Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She also star ...
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Joan Crawford
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Cathy Lee Crosby born
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Mary Crosby
Mary Frances Crosby (born September 14, 1959) is an American actress. She played Kristin Shepard in the television series ''Dallas'' (1979–1981, 1991). born
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Marcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross (born March 25, 1962) is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as ''The Edge of Night'', '' Another World'', and ''One Life to Live'' before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on ''Knots ...
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Lindsay Crouse born
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Gia Crovatin
Gia Alessandra Crovatin is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her film roles as Dylan in the 2015 comedy film '' Dirty Weekend'' and Sasha in the comedy film '' I Feel Pretty''.
Her television roles include Drew in the comedy ...
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Suzanne Cryer
Suzanne Rossell Cryer (born January 13, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Ashley on the ABC sitcom ''Two Guys and a Girl'' and as Laurie Bream on the HBO original series ''Silicon Valley''. She featured in " The Yada Yada", a ...
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Constance Cummings 1910–2005
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Erin Cummings
Erin Lynn Cummings is an American actress and online film pundit. She has appeared in the television series, ''Charmed'', ''Dante's Cove'', ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', ''Cold Case'', ''Dollhouse'', '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', and ''Detr ...
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Quinn Cummings born
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Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco ( ; born November 30, 1985) is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' (2002 ...
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Jane Curtin born
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Jamie Lee Curtis born
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Ann Cusack
Ann Cusack (born May 22, 1961) is an American actress. She had minor roles in ''Multiplicity'' (1996), ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), and ''The Informant!'' (2009). Additionally, she has made guest appearances in a number of television series, ...
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Joan Cusack born
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Tawny Cypress
Tawny Cypress is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She starred as art dealer Simone Deveaux on the TV series ''Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes''. She previously held roles on several TV series, includin ...
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
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Caroline D'Amore born
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Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for h ...
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Patti D'Arbanville born
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Donna D'Errico born
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Shae D'lyn born
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Yaya DaCosta
Camara DaCosta Johnson (born November 15, 1982), better known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of ''America's Next Top Model''. DaCosta eventually went to star in ABC's daytime drama series ''All ...
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Alexandra Daddario
Alexandra Anna Daddario (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress who had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in the ''Percy Jackson'' film series (2010–2013). In 2021, she starred in the first season of the HBO series ''The White L ...
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Arlene Dahl 1925-2021
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Irene Dailey
Irene Dailey (September 12, 1920 – September 24, 2008) was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Biography
Dailey was born in New York City, the daughter of Helen Theresa (née Ryan) and Daniel James Dailey. Her brother was actor Da ...
1920–2008
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E. G. Daily
Elizabeth Ann Guttman, (born September 11, 1961) better known as E. G. Daily and Elizabeth Daily, is an American actress and singer.
Daily is best known for her animation voice roles as Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and its spin-off ''All Grown ...
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Nadia Dajani
Nadia Dajani (born December 26, 1965) is an American actress. She hosts the baseball comedy web series ''Caught Off Base with Nadia''.
Early life and education
Dajani was born in Los Angeles, California on December 26, 1965. She grew up the youn ...
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Abby Dalton 1932–2020
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Tyne Daly
Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.
Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, ...
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Dorothy Dandridge 1922–1965
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Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influentia ...
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Shera Danese born
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Brittany Daniel born
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Bebe Daniels 1901–1971
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Erin Daniels
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Early life
Daniels was bor ...
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Sarah E. Daniels
Sarah Daniels is an American actress, singer, and Twitch streamer.
Early life
Sarah Daniels was born in Tallahassee, Florida to John and Adrienne and has one older sister Alyssa. Daniels grew up in Celebration, Florida where from the age of t ...
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Blythe Danner
Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on '' Huff'' (2004–2006), and a ...
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Linda Darnell 1923–1965
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Lisa Darr
Lisa Darr (born April 21, 1963) is an American actress.
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Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mollie, an actress, and Karl Grabemann, a lawyer. She attended Stanford University and graduated in ...
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Jane Darwell 1879–1967
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Stacey Dash born
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Alexa Davalos
Alexa Davalos Dunas (born May 28, 1982) is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series ''Angel'' (2002–03) was followed by some Hollywood films, including ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004), ''F ...
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Amy Davidson
Amy Davidson is an American actress. She is known for playing Kerry Hennessy in the ABC sitcom '' 8 Simple Rules''.
Early life and education
Born in Phoenix, Davidson was raised by educators. Her father was a principal at ''El Mirage'' Elemen ...
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Ann B. Davis
Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress. She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy ''The Bob Cummings Show'' (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outst ...
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Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...
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Hope Davis born
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Phyllis Davis
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1940–2013
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Viola Davis born
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Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) is an American-South African actress. Her screen roles include movies such as ''Army of Darkness'', ''Schindler's List, '' ''Matilda'', ''Mansfield Park'', ''Bicentennial Man'', ''Fallen,'' '' Junebug,' ...
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Pam Dawber born
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Rosario Dawson
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Roxann Dawson
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Doris Day
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1922–2019
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Felicia Day born
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Marceline Day
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Marceline Newlin was born in Colorado Springs, Color ...
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Priscilla Dean 1896–1987
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Yvonne De Carlo
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Brooklyn Decker born
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Frances Dee 1909–2004
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Ruby Dee
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Sandra Dee 1942–2005
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Kaylee DeFer
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DeFer was born in T ...
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Ellen DeGeneres born
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Gloria DeHaven 1925–2016
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Olivia de Havilland
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Nicole DeHuff
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DeHuff was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, and raised in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and ...
1975–2005
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Wanda De Jesus
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Aside from her work on soap operas, De Jesus appeared in several TV shows in a guest sta ...
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Paz de la Huerta
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Allie DeBerry
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Idalis DeLeón
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Grey DeLisle
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Julie Delpy
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Drea de Matteo
Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO television drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...
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Rebecca De Mornay
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Carol Dempster 1901–1991
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Lori Beth Denberg
Lori Beth Denberg (born February 2, 1976) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitcom ...
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Kat Dennings
Katherine Victoria Litwack (born June 13, 1986), known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom '' 2 Broke Girls'' (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel ...
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Sandy Dennis
Sandra Dale Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American actress. She made her film debut in the drama ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961). For her performance in the comedy-drama film ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966), she rec ...
1937–1992
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Bo Derek born
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Laura Dern
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Born to actor Bruce Dern and ac ...
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Melissa De Sousa
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Emily Deschanel
Emily Erin Deschanel (; born October 11, 1976) is an American actress. She portrayed Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the Fox crime procedural series ''Bones'' (2005–2017).
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Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, to cin ...
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Amanda Detmer
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In early 2000s, Detmer had starring r ...
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Madelyn Deutch
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Deutch was born i ...
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Zoey Deutch born
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Patti Deutsch
Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress and comedian who was well known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows ''Match Game'' and ''Tattletales''.
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1943–2017
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Kaitlyn Dever
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Torrey DeVitto born
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Jenna Dewan born
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Rosemarie DeWitt
Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt (born October 26, 1971) is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series '' Standoff'' (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on ''Unit ...
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Noureen DeWulf
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Susan Dey
Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is a retired American actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom ''The Partridge Family'' from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series ''L.A. Law'' from ...
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Alyssa Diaz
Alyssa Elaine Diaz (born September 7, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, such as Celia Ortega on the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'', Jasmine on the ABC Family series ''The Nine Lives of Chloe K ...
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Cameron Diaz
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. With a variety of works in film, she is widely recognised for her work in romantic comedies and animation. Diaz has received various accolades, including nominations for ...
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Melonie Diaz born
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Kim Dickens
Kimberly Jan Dickens (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. Her film debut was in the 1995 comedy film ''Palookaville (film), Palookaville''. Dickens played lead roles in the films ''Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film), Truth or Consequences ...
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Angie Dickinson
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Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
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Victoria Dillard
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Phyllis Diller 1917–2012
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Melinda Dillon born
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Mia Dillon
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Early life
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dillon graduated from Marple-Newtown Senior High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Career
Dillon made her Broadway debut as an unde ...
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Donna Dixon
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Biography
Dixon was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Earl Dixon. Her father owned a nightclub in ...
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Ellen Drew 1915–2003
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Megan Dodds
Megan Lynne Dodds is an American actress. She played Kate in the 2006 series ''Not Going Out'', alongside Lee Mack and Tim Vine, and has appeared in the series '' Spooks'', ''House'', ''Detroit 1-8-7'', and ''CSI: NY'', and the films ''Ever Afte ...
born
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Shannen Doherty born
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Ami Dolenz
Ami Bluebell Dolenz (born January 8, 1969) is an American former actress.
Early life
Dolenz was born in Burbank, California, into a show business family. She is the daughter of Micky Dolenz of the 1960s group the Monkees, and British televisi ...
born
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Dagmara Dominczyk Dagmara is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
*Dagmara Domińczyk (born 1976), Polish-American actress and author
*Dagmara Grad (born 1990), Polish footballer
* Dagmara Handzlik (born 1986), Polish-born Cypriot long distance ...
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Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue, April 19, 1937) is an American actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom ''Father Knows Best''.
Early ...
born
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Jocelin Donahue
Jocelin Donahue (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played the lead role in Ti West's critically acclaimed horror film ''The House of the Devil'', winning Best Actress at the 2009 LA Screamfest, and young version of Barbara Hershe ...
born
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Elisa Donovan born
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Kaitlin Doubleday
Kaitlin Janette Doubleday (born July 19, 1984) is an American actress. She played a number of supporting film roles in her early career, including in '' Waiting...'' (2005) and ''Accepted'' (2006). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Rhonda Lyon in ...
born
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Portia Doubleday
Portia Ann Doubleday is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sheeni Saunders in the film '' Youth in Revolt'' (2009), Chris Hargensen in the film '' Carrie'' (2013), and as Angela Moss in the USA Network television drama ''Mr ...
born
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Donna Douglas 1932–2015
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Illeana Douglas born
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Suzzanne Douglas 1957-2021
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Fiona Dourif
Fiona Christianne Dourif (born October 30, 1981) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Bart Curlish in BBC America's ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' and as the young Diane Jones in Dustin Lance Black's ''W ...
born
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Billie Dove 1903–1997
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Ann Dowd born
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Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling (May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004) was an American actress of film, stage and television. Best known for the films '' The Crimson Key'' (1946) and ''Bitter Rice'' (1949). Also known for playing Irene Adams on ''My Living Doll'' (19 ...
1923–2004
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Denise Dowse born
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Polly Draper born
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Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic.
Her breakthrough ro ...
born
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Fran Drescher born
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Louise Dresser 1878–1965
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Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Depression-era film star. In 1914, she was in the first full-length film comedy. She ...
1868–1934
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Minnie Driver born
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Joanne Dru 1922–1996
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Alice Drummond 1928–2016
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Ja'Net DuBois 1932–2020
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Heather Dubrow born
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Anne Dudek
Anne Louise Dudek (born March 22, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film ''White Chicks'', Danielle Brookson in the USA Network television series ''Covert Affairs'', Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox ...
born
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Haylie Duff born
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Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her act ...
born
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Julia Duffy
Julia Margaret Duffy (née Hinds; June 27, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She began her career in television, appearing in minor guest roles before being cast in the role of Penny Davis in the series ''The Doctors (1963 ...
born
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Karen Duffy
Karen "Duff" Duffy (born May 23, 1961) is an American writer, model, television personality, and actress. She is a certified hospital chaplain, a former Coney Island Mermaid Queen, and one of ''People'' Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in ...
born
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Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not lon ...
1931–2021
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Patty Duke 1946–2016
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Faye Dunaway born
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Jennifer Dundas
Jennifer Dundas, credited as Jennie Dundas in her early work, is an American actress best known for her role as Chris Paradis, Annie Paradis (Diane Keaton)'s lesbian daughter, in ''The First Wives Club''.
Biography
Dundas was born in Boston a ...
born
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Dominique Dunne 1959–1982
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Irene Dunne 1898–1990
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Mildred Dunnock
Mildred Dorothy Dunnock (January 25, 1901 – July 5, 1991) was an American stage and screen actress. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award: first ''Death of a Salesman'' in 1951, then ''Baby Doll'' in 1956.
Early life
Born in Baltimore, ...
1901–1991
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Kirsten Dunst born
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Tiffany Dupont
Tiffany Dupont (born March 22, 1981) is an American actress, known for playing the lead character, Hadassah, a Jewish girl who will become the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia, in the Hollywood film ''One Night with the King''. From 2007 to 2009 ...
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Eliza Dushku born
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Clea DuVall born
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Shelley Duvall born
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Ann Dvorak
Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress.
Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...
1911–1979
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Natalia Dyer born
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Alexis Dziena
Alexis Gabrielle Dziena (born July 8, 1984) is an American actress.
Early life
Dziena was born in New York City and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her ''Bringing Rain'' (2003) co ...
born
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Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. A former Ziegfeld Girl, Eagels went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously no ...
1890–1929
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Bobbie Eakes
Bobbie Diane Eakes (born July 25, 1961) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Macy Alexander on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1989–2000, 2001, 2002–2003) and for her role as Krystal Carey on ''All My Children'' ( ...
born
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Leslie Easterbrook
Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress and producer. She played Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan in the ''Police Academy'' films and Rhonda Lee on the television series ''Laverne & Shirley''.
Early life
Easterbrook was adopted when she was nin ...
born
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Alison Eastwood
Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American actress. After three uncredited roles between 1980 and 1997, she appeared as Mandy, the love interest of John Cusack in ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' (1997).
Early life
Eastwood w ...
born
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Mary Eaton
Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was an American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s, probably best known today from her appearance in the first Marx Brothers film, ''The Cocoanuts'' (1929). A profession ...
1901–1948
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Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She starred in the Broadway musicals '' 42nd Street'' and ''Grey Gardens'', winning two Tony Awards. She has co-s ...
born
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Sonya Eddy
Sonya Eddy (June 17, 1967 – December 19, 2022) was an American actress.
Early life and education
Eddy was born in Concord, California, on June 17, 1967. She majored in theatre and dance at University of California, Davis and received her B.A. ...
born
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Lisa Edelstein Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
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Barbara Eden
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Melissa Claire Egan
Melissa Claire Egan (born September 28, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Annie Lavery on ''All My Children'' and Chelsea Lawson on ''The Young and the Restless''.
Early years
Egan was born to Mary and Dennis Egan, and is ...
born
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Nicole Eggert born
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Jennifer Ehle born
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Lisa Eilbacher born (born in Saudi Arabia)
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Jill Eikenberry
Jill Susan Eikenberry (born January 21, 1947) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as lawyer Ann Kelsey on the NBC drama '' L.A. Law'' (1986–94), for which she is a five-time Emmy Award and four-time Go ...
born
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Hallie Eisenberg
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born August 2, 1992) is an American former child actress, best known for being "The Pepsi Girl" in a series of Pepsi commercials, as Marie Alweather in ''Paulie'', and her role as Erika Tansy in '' How to Eat Fried Worms''. ...
born
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Carmen Electra born
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Erika Eleniak born
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Jenna Elfman
Jennifer Mary Elfman (née Butala, born 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Televisi ...
born
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Kimberly Elise
Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967) is an American film and television actress. She made her feature film debut in '' Set It Off'' (1996), and later received critical acclaim for her performance in ''Beloved'' (1998).
During her career, ...
born
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Shannon Elizabeth born
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Vera-Ellen 1921–1981
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Jane Elliot
Jane Elliot is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, ''General Hospital''.
Life and career
Elliot was born in New York City. She was married to Luis Rojas and has three children, Adria ...
born
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Patricia Elliott
Patricia Elliott (July 21, 1938 – December 20, 2015) was an American theatre, film, soap opera, and television actress.
Early life
Elliott was born July 21, 1938, in Gunnison, Colorado to Clyde and Lavon (née Gibson) Elliott. She claimed dire ...
1938–2015
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Aunjanue Ellis born
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Georgia Engel
Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on ''Everybody Loves Ra ...
1948–2019
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Molly Ephraim born
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Shareeka Epps
Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for starring in the 2006 film '' Half Nelson'', alongside Ryan Gosling. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the film.
Life ...
born
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Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alexandra Eames on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', a spin-off of ''Law & Order'', and Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series '' Oz''.
Early life
Erbe was born in New ...
born
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Jennifer Esposito born
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Susie Essman
Susan Essman is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and television producer, best known for her role as Susie Greene on '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'', Bobbi Wexler on ''Broad City'', and the voice of Mittens in '' Bolt''.
Early life
Es ...
born
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Scarlett Estevez
Scarlett Estevez (born December 4, 2007) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress playing Megan in the films '' Daddy's Home'' (2015) and its sequel ''Daddy's Home 2'' (2017). Estevez went on to play Trixie on the televisi ...
born
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Estelle Evans
Estelle Rolle Evans (October 1, 1906 – July 20, 1985) was a Bahamian American actress during the 20th century. Some of her most famous appearances were in the movies '' The Quiet One'' (1948), ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), and ''The Lear ...
1906–1985
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Judi Evans born
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Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck) in the Western tel ...
born
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Madge Evans 1909–1981
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Mary Beth Evans
Mary Beth Evans (born March 7, 1961) is an American television actress, known for her role as Kayla Brady on the NBC daytime soap ''Days of Our Lives'', and her role as Sierra Estaban on the CBS daytime soap ''As the World Turns''.
Career
Evans ...
born
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Eve
Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...
born
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Angie Everhart
Angela Kay Everhart (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress and former model who appeared in several Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issues in the 1990s and posed nude for ''Playboy'' in 2000.
Early lif ...
born
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Bridget Everett born
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Wynn Everett
Wynn Everett is an American actress.
Life and career
Everett was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up in Dunwoody and Cumming, Georgia. She attended Forsyth Central High School. Her junior year, she was the lead role in a One Act Competition pr ...
born
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Briana Evigan
Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan is an American actress and dancer best known for her roles in the ''Step Up'' series and for her scream queen roles in numerous horror films. Born in Los Angeles, Evigan is the daughter of actor Greg Evigan and his ...
born
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Kayla Ewell
Kayla Noelle Ewell (born August 27, 1985) is an American actress known for her roles on television as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS's long-running soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', as Maureen Sampson on NBC's ''Freaks and Geeks'', and as Vick ...
born
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Shelley Fabares
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom ''The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom ...
born
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Nanette Fabray 1920–2018
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Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress. She began acting in the early 1970s and has had roles in several television series since.
Fairchild began her career on the CBS daytime soap opera ''Search for T ...
born
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Lola Falana born
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Edie Falco born
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Siobhan Fallon born
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Dakota Fanning born
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Elle Fanning born
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Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris (; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the ''Scary Movie'' film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number o ...
born
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Frances Farmer
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913August 1, 1970) was an American actress and television hostess. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her l ...
1913–1970
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Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga ( ; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress who is best known for portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films '' The Conjuring'' (2013), '' The Conjuring 2'' (2016), '' Annabelle Co ...
born
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Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classical Hollywood films. Farrell's career spanned more than 50 years, appearing in numerous Broadwa ...
1904–1971
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Sharon Farrell born
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Terry Farrell born
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Mia Farrow born
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Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she playe ...
1947–2009
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Alice Faye
Alice Faye (born Alice Jeanne Leppert; May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as ''On the Avenue'' (1937) and ''Alexander's Ragtime B ...
1915–1998
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Barbara Feldon born
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Tovah Feldshuh born
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Beanie Feldstein born
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Sherilyn Fenn born
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Vanessa Ferlito
Vanessa Ferlito is an American actress. She is known for playing Detective Aiden Burn in the first season of the CBS crime drama ''CSI: NY'', as well as for her recurring portrayal of Claudia Hernandez in FOX drama '' 24'', and for her starring ...
born or 1977/1976
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Conchata Ferrell 1943–2020
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America Ferrera born
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Peggy Feury
Peggy Feury (born Margaret Feury; June 30, 1924 – November 20, 1985) was an American actress on Broadway, in films, and on television. She became a highly regarded acting teacher in New York and then in Los Angeles. Throughout her career, she t ...
1924–1985
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Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
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Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film F ...
born
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Chip Fields born
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Holly Fields
Holly Fields is an American actress.
Career
Fields was Molly Ringwald's understudy at age 7 in ''Through the Looking Glass''. After touring the country in the national show, she joined the Broadway cast of ''Annie'' at age ten. She starred in ...
born
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Jere Fields born
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Kim Fields born
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Hala Finley
Hala Finley (born May 18, 2009) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Man with a Plan'' (2016–2020) as Emme Burns and in '' We Can Be Heroes'' (2020) as Ojo.
Early life
Finley was born on May 18, 2009, in Kansas City, M ...
born
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Ashley Fink born
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Linda Fiorentino
Clorinda "Linda" Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958 or 1960) is an American former actress. Fiorentino made her screen debut with a leading role in the 1985 coming-of-age drama film ''Vision Quest'', followed that same year with a lead role in the ac ...
born or 1960
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Jenna Fischer born
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Takayo Fischer
Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and television actress, as well as voice-over actress.
Personal life
Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the youngest of four daughters of ''Issei'' (Japane ...
born
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Danielle Fishel born
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Carrie Fisher 1956–2016
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Frances Fisher born
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Joely Fisher born
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Schuyler Fisk
Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk (pronounced ) is an American actress and singer-songwriter.
Early life
Fisk was born in Los Angeles, California, to actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk. She has a younger sister named Madison.
Fisk b ...
born
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Fannie Flagg
Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show ''Match Game'' and for the 1987 novel ''Fried Green Toma ...
born
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Jennifer Flavin born
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Jaqueline Fleming
Jaqueline Fleming (born September 10, 1977) is an American-Danish actress. Fleming has appeared in ''Enemies Among Us'', ''Red'', '' Contraband'', '' Bering Sea Beast'', Queen of the South and '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter''.
Fleming is als ...
born
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Rhonda Fleming 1923–2020
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Louise Fletcher
Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress who portrayed the antagonist Nurse Ratched in '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, ...
1934-2022
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Calista Flockhart
Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying the title character on the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 1998 ...
born
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Ann Flood
Ann Flood (born Maryanne Elizabeth Ott; November 12, 1932 – October 7, 2022) was an American actress, best known for her role as journalist and author Nancy Pollock Karr in the soap opera ''The Edge of Night'', a role she began in 1962. Floo ...
born
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Nina Foch 1924–2008
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Megan Follows
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows (born March 14, 1968) is a Canadian-American actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries ''Anne of Green Gables'' and its two sequels. From 2013 t ...
born (born in Canada)
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Bridget Fonda
Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990), ''Single White Female'' (1992), ''Singles'' (1992), ''Point of No Return'' (1993), '' It Could Happen to You'' ( ...
born
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Jane Fonda
Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. Recognized as a film icon, Fonda is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, sev ...
born
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Lyndsy Fonseca born
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Joan Fontaine 1917–2013 (born in Japan)
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Anitra Ford
Anitra Ford (born 1942) is an American former actress and former model. She is best known for her work as a model from 1972 to 1976 on the CBS daytime and syndicated nighttime game show ''The Price Is Right'' starring Bob Barker (CBS) and Dennis ...
born
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Constance Ford
Constance Ford (born Cornelia M. Ford; July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Lucas Hobson on the daytime soap opera '' Another World'', which she played from 1 ...
1923–1993
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Courtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' (2009), Portia Bellefleur on ''True Blood'' (2011), Lily on ''Parenthood (2010 TV serie ...
born
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Faith Ford
Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Corky Sherwood on the CBS sitcom '' Murphy Brown'', for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and as Hope Shanowski on the A ...
born
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Maria Ford
Maria Ford (born 1966) is an American film and television actress, model and dancer.
Known for her " scream queen" performances in low-budget films of the 1990s, she is one of the main subjects of the 1998 documentary ''Some Nudity Required''.Ri ...
1966
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Deborah Foreman
Deborah Lynn Foreman (born October 12, 1962) is an American photographer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her starring role in the 1983 film ''Valley Girl'' opposite Nicolas Cage. She is also regarded as a scream queen and known for ...
born
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Sally Forrest
Sally Forrest (born Katherine Feeney; May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015), was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She studied dance from a young age and shortly out of high school was signed to a contract by Metro-Gol ...
1928–2015
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Jodie Foster born
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Kimberly Foster born
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Meg Foster born
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Sara Foster
Sara Foster (born February 5, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Jen Clark on '' 90210''. She was a fashion model before moving to the film industry.
Career
Foster guest-starred as herself on the HBO series ''Entourage' ...
born
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Sutton Foster born
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Jorja Fox
Jorja-An Fox ( ) is an American actress and producer. She first came to prominence with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical success in the recurring ro ...
born
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Megan Fox born
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Vivica A. Fox born
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Anne Francis
Anne Francis (also known as Anne Lloyd Francis; September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her ground-breaking roles in the science-fiction film ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956) and the television action-drama seri ...
1930–2011
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Kay Francis
Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 an ...
1905–1968
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Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress, known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the television series '' One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984). She was nominated for Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards. ...
1944–2013
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Diane Franklin
Diane Franklin is an American actress, producer, and model.
Education
Franklin attended New York University for one year in 1981–1982 before dropping out to become a professional actress. She continued her education thirty years later when ...
born
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Kathleen Freeman 1919–2001
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Mona Freeman 1926–2014
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Kate French
Kate Lauren French is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known for her role as Niki Stevens on ''The L Word''.
Early life
Kate Lauren French was born in Flemington, New Jersey.
Career
Following in her parents' footsteps, Frenc ...
born
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Lindsay Frost
Lindsay Elisabeth Frost (born June 4, 1962) is an American former actress.
Early life
Frost was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up elsewhere in Minnesota. She is the daughter of actor Warren Frost, and sister of writer/producer Mark Fro ...
born
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Soleil Moon Frye born
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Isabelle Fuhrman born
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Emma Fuhrmann
Emma Cate Fuhrmann (born September 15, 2001) is an American actress known for her work as Finnegan O'Neil in ''The Magic of Belle Isle'' (2012), Espn Friedman in '' Blended'' (2014), and Cassie Lang in '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019).
Personal l ...
born
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Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She was one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the orig ...
1942–2013
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Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor ( ; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-American actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite. She voiced Duchess and Miss Bianca in the animated Disney Classics, ''The Aristocats'' (1970), ''The Rescuers'' (1977), ...
1919–1995 (Hungarian-born)
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Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917–2016 (Hungarian-born)
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Jacqueline Gadsden
Jacqueline Gadsden (August 3, 1900 – August 10, 1986) was an American film actress during the silent era. A native of Southern California, she was born in Lompoc to Gerald F. and Jessie H. (Salter) Gadsden and is probably best known to mode ...
1900–1986
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Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
born
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Rita Gam 1927–2016
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Aimee Garcia
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom ''George Lopez'', Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama ''Veg ...
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Virginia Gardner
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Ava Gardner 1922–1990
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Beverly Garland 1926–2008
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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...
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Jennifer Garner born
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Julia Garner born
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Kelli Garner
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A native of Southern California, Garner made her feature film debut at age seventeen ...
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Peggy Ann Garner 1932–1984
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Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Marie Garofalo ( ; born September 28, 1964) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on the now-defunct Air America Radio's ''The Majority Report''.
Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on ...
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Teri Garr born Or 1944
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Betty Garrett 1919–2011
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Greer Garson 1904–1996 (British-born)
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Jennie Garth born
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Ana Gasteyer born
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Janina Gavankar
Janina Zione Gavankar (; born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her roles include Shiva on ''The ...
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Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin (born Donna Graff; July 22, 1947) is an American film actress best known for playing the title role in Russ Meyer's 1968 film ''Vixen!''
Early years
Gavin was born in Los Angeles, California. At age 19, she worked as a topless dance ...
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Rebecca Gayheart
Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a teen model in the 1980s and subsequently appeared in a student short film by Brett Ratner, with whom she had an extensive relationship.
In the ea ...
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Sami Gayle
Sami Gayle is an American actress. She co-stars as Nicky Reagan in the CBS series '' Blue Bloods''.
Early life
Gayle was born and raised in Weston, Florida.[Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress.
Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later ...]
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Mitzi Gaynor born
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Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the t ...
1922–2005
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Sarah Michelle Gellar born
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Gladys George 1904–1954
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Lynda Day George born
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Melissa George
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Lauren German
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Gina Gershon born
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Jami Gertz born
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Greta Gerwig born
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Estelle Getty 1923–2008
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*Sandra Giles 1932–2016
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*Ann Gillis 1923–2018
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*Dorothy Gish 1898–1968
*Lillian Gish 1893–1993
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*Paulette Goddard 1910–1990
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*Lecy Goranson born
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*Alice Ghostley 1923–2007
*Betty Grable 1916–1973
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*Lauren Graham born
*Gloria Grahame 1923–1981
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*Bonita Granville 1923–1988
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*Kathryn Grayson 1922–2010
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*Ashley Greene born
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*Virginia Grey 1917–2004
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*Carla Gugino born
*Ann Morgan Guilbert 1928–2016
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*Danai Gurira born
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*Sara Haden 1899–1981
*Marianne Hagan born
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*Jean Hagen 1923–1977
*Uta Hagen 1919–2004 (born in Germany)
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*Nikki Hahn born
*Stacy Haiduk born
*Leisha Hailey born (born in Japan)
*Barbara Hale 1922–2017
*Jennifer Hale born (born in Canada-American)
*Lucy Hale born
*Alaina Reed Hall 1946–2009
*Grayson Hall 1922–1985
*Irma P. Hall born
*Rebecca Hall born
*Regina Hall born
*Florence Halop 1923–1986
*Daria Halprin born
*Courtney Halverson born
*Veronica Hamel born
*Kim Hamilton 1932–2013
*Linda Hamilton born
*LisaGay Hamilton born
*Lois Hamilton 1943–1999
*Margaret Hamilton (actress), Margaret Hamilton 1902–1985
*Melinda Page Hamilton born
*Barbara Hancock born
*Chelsea Handler born
*Daryl Hannah born
*Anne Haney 1934–2001
*Alyson Hannigan born
*Sammi Hanratty born
*Marcia Gay Harden born
*Melora Hardin born
*Ann Harding 1902–1981
*Mariska Hargitay born
*Jean Harlow 1911–1937
*Angie Harmon born
*Joy Harmon born
*Marie Harmon 1923–2021
*Elisabeth Harnois born
*Jessica Harper born
*Tanisha Harper born
*Tess Harper born
*Valerie Harper 1939–2019
*Laura Harring 1964 (Mexican-born)
*Barbara Harris (actress), Barbara Harris 1935-2018
*Cynthia Harris 1934-2021
*Danielle Harris born
*Danneel Harris born
*Estelle Harris 1928-2022
*Harriet Sansom Harris born
*Julie Harris 1925–2013
*Mel Harris born
*Rachael Harris born
*Jenilee Harrison born
*Linda Harrison (actress), Linda Harrison born
*Kathryn Harrold born
*Deborah Harry born
*Margo Harshman born
*Dolores Hart born
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*Elizabeth Hartman 1943–1987
*Lisa Hartman Black born
*Teri Hatcher born
*Anne Hathaway born
*Marcia Haufrecht born
*Aaliyah Haughton 1979–2001
*Wanda Hawley 1895–1963
*Kali Hawk born
*Goldie Hawn born
*Salma Hayek born (Mexican-born)
*Allison Hayes 1930–1977
*Helen Hayes 1900–1993
*Susan Hayward 1917–1975
*Rita Hayworth 1918–1987
*Glenne Headly 1955–2017
*Shari Headley born
*Amber Heard born
*Patricia Heaton born
*Anne Heche 1969–2022
*Jessica Hecht born
*Eileen Heckart 1919–2001
*Tippi Hedren born
*Katherine Heigl born
*Jayne Heitmeyer born (born in Canada)
*Marg Helgenberger born
*Katherine Helmond 1929–2019
*Mariel Hemingway born
*Zulay Henao born (born in Colombia)
*Florence Henderson 1934–2016
*Lauri Hendler born
*Christina Hendricks born
*Elaine Hendrix born
*Marilu Henner born
*Shelley Hennig born
*Linda Kaye Henning born
*Pamela Hensley born
*Taraji P. Henson born
*Natasha Henstridge born (Canada)
*Audrey Hepburn 1929–1993 (British)
*Katharine Hepburn 1907–2003
*Rebecca Herbst born
*Barbara Hershey born
*Lori Heuring born
*Jennifer Love Hewitt born
*Catherine Hicks born
*Brianna Hildebrand born
*Marianna Hill born or 1941
*Paris Hilton born
*Nichole Hiltz born
*Cheryl Hines born
*Connie Hines 1931–2009
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*Judith Hoag born
*Mitzi Hoag 1932–2019
*Gaby Hoffmann born
*Brooke Hogan born
*Alexandra Holden born
*Laurie Holden born
*Willa Holland born
*Judy Holliday 1921–1965
*Polly Holliday born
*Laurel Holloman born or 1971
*Lauren Holly born
*Celeste Holm 1917–2012
*Katie Holmes born
*Darla Hood 1931–1979
*Charlene Holt 1928–1996
*Miriam Hopkins 1902–1972
*Hedda Hopper 1885–1966
*Cody Horn born
*Lena Horne 1917–2010
*Julianne Hough born
*Whitney Houston 1963–2012
*Bryce Dallas Howard born
*Traylor Howard born
*Beth Howland 1939–2015
*Kelly Hu born
*Season Hubley born
*Vanessa Hudgens born
*Jennifer Hudson born
*Haley Hudson born
*Kate Hudson born
*Rochelle Hudson 1916–1972
*Felicity Huffman born
*Sharon Hugueny 1944–1996
*Josephine Hull 1877–1957
*Gayle Hunnicutt born
*Bonnie Hunt born
*Helen Hunt born
*Linda Hunt born
*Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917), Marsha Hunt 1917-2022
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*Kaki Hunter born
*Kim Hunter 1922–2002
*Mary Beth Hurt born
*Ruth Hussey 1911–2005
*Anjelica Huston born
*Gunilla Hutton born (Swedish-born)
*Lauren Hutton born
*Martha Hyer 1924–2014
*Sarah Hyland born
*Joyce Hyser born
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*Laura Innes born
*Kathy Ireland born
*Marin Ireland born Or 1980
*Amy Irving born
*Judith Ivey born
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*Janet Jackson born
*Kate Jackson born
*Shar Jackson born
*Sherry Jackson born
*Skai Jackson born
*Victoria Jackson born
*Allison Janney born
*Anne Jeffreys 1923–2017
*Claudia Jennings 1949–1979
*Scarlett Johansson born
*Amy Jo Johnson born
*Anne-Marie Johnson born
*Ashley Johnson (actress), Ashley Johnson born
*Dakota Johnson born
*Rita Johnson 1913–1965
*Kristen Johnston born
*Lynn-Holly Johnson born
*Sandy Johnson born
*JoJo (singer), JoJo born
*Angelina Jolie born
*Anissa Jones 1958–1976
*Carolyn Jones 1930–1983
*Cherry Jones born
*Janet Jones born
*January Jones born
*Jasmine Cephas Jones born
*Jennifer Jones (actress), Jennifer Jones 1919–2009
*Jill Marie Jones born
*Marcia Mae Jones 1924–2007
*Rashida Jones born
*Renée Jones born
*Shirley Jones born
*Tamala Jones born
*Dorothy Jordan (American actress), Dorothy Jordan 1906–1988
*Jackie Joseph born (or 1933)
*Milla Jovovich born
*Leatrice Joy 1893–1985
*Elaine Joyce born
*Ella Joyce born
*Ashley Judd born
*Victoria Justice born
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*Jane Kaczmarek born
*Madeline Kahn 1942–1999
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*Kathryn Kates 1948–2022
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*Jane Kean 1923–2013
*Staci Keanan born
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*Arielle Kebbel born
*Monica Keena born
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*Sally Kellerman 1937-2022
*Sheila Kelley (American actress), Sheila Kelley born or 1963, 1964, 1966
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*Grace Kelly 1929–1982
*Jean Louisa Kelly born
*Lisa Robin Kelly 1970–2013
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*Nancy Kelly 1921–1995
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*Barbara Kent 1907–2011
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*Joanna Kerns born
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*Margot Kidder 1948–2018
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*Laura Kightlinger born or 1969
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*Kent King born
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*Regina King born
*Phyllis Kirk 1927–2006
*Lola Kirke born (English-born)
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*Tawny Kitaen 1961–2021
*Eartha Kitt 1927–2008
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*Alexis Knapp born
*Karen Kopins born
*Gladys Knight born
*Shirley Knight 1936–2020
*Keisha Knight-Pulliam born
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*Solange Knowles born
*Susan Kohner born
*Karen Kopins born
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*Jane Krakowski born
*Clare Kramer born
*Louisa Krause born
*Zoë Kravitz born
*Lisa Kudrow born
*Mila Kunis born
*Swoosie Kurtz born
*Nancy Kwan born (born in Hong Kong)
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*Eva LaRue born
*Vanessa Lachey born
*Cheryl Ladd born
*Diane Ladd born
*Christine Lahti born
*Sanoe Lake born or 1979
*Ricki Lake born
*Veronica Lake 1922–1973
*Christine Lakin born
*Hedy Lamarr 1914–2000 (born in Austria)
*Dorothy Lamour 1914–1996
*Sarah Lancaster born
*Juliet Landau born
*Ricki Noel Lander 1980
*Audrey Landers born
*Judy Landers born
*Carole Landis 1919–1948
*June Lang 1917–2005
*Diane Lane born
*Priscilla Lane 1915–1995
*Sasha Lane born
*Hope Lange 1933–2003
*Jessica Lange born
*Heather Langenkamp born
*A. J. Langer born
*Brooke Langton born
*Angela Lansbury 1925-2022 (British-born)
*Joi Lansing 1929–1972
*Liza Lapira born
*Brie Larson born
*Ali Larter born
*Louise Lasser born
*Louise Latham 1922–2018
*Sanaa Lathan born
*Queen Latifah born
*Ashley Laurence born
*Oona Laurence born
*Piper Laurie born
*Linda Lavin born
*Barbara Lawrence 1930–2013
*Jennifer Lawrence born
*Vicki Lawrence born
*Bianca Lawson born
*Jayme Lawson born
*Maggie Lawson born
*Nicole Leach born
*Cloris Leachman 1926–2021
*Sharon Leal born
*Michael Learned born
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*Gwen Lee 1904–1961
*Gypsy Rose Lee 1911-1970
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*Peggy Lee 1920–2002
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*Sheryl Lee born
*Cassandra Lee Morris born
*Andrea Leeds 1914–1984
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*Cherami Leigh
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*Bethany Joy Lenz born
*Kay Lenz born
*Melissa Leo born
*Téa Leoni born
*Joan Leslie 1925–2015
*Margarita Levieva born (born in Russia)
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*Juliette Lewis born
*Vicki Lewis born
*Liana Liberato born
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*Judith Light born
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*Sophia Lillis born
*Abbey Lincoln 1930–2010
*Riki Lindhome born
*Margaret Lindsay 1910–1981
*Bai Ling born (Chinese-born)
*Laura Linney born
*Peggy Lipton 1946–2019
*Peyton List (actress, born 1986), Peyton List born
*Peyton List (actress, born 1998), Peyton List born
*Zoe Lister-Jones born
*Lucy Liu born
*Blake Lively born
*Sabrina Lloyd born
*Amy Locane born
*Sondra Locke 1944–2018
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*Anne Lockhart (actress), Anne Lockhart born
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*Heather Locklear born
*Lindsay Lohan born
*Alison Lohman born
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*Carole Lombard 1908–1942
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*Eva Longoria born
*Jennifer Lopez born
*Traci Lords born
*Josie Loren born
*Joan Lorring 1926–2014
*Caity Lotz born
*Lori Loughlin born
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus born
*Anita Louise 1915–1970
*Tina Louise born
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*Bessie Love 1898–1986
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*Myrna Loy 1905–1993
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*Deanna Lund 1937–2018
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*Carol Lynley 1942–2019
*Meredith Scott Lynn born
*Sue Lyon 1946–2019
*Natasha Lyonne born
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*Ali MacGraw born
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*Allison Mack July 29, 1982 (born in Germany)
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*Meredith MacRae 1944–2000
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*Linda Manz 1961-2020
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*Vanessa Marano born
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*Vanessa Marcil born
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*Rose Marie 1923–2017
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*Chase Masterson born
*Mary Stuart Masterson born
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*Marlee Matlin born
*Marilyn Maxwell 1921–1972
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*Virginia Mayo 1920–2005
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*Monet Mazur born
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*Dorothy McGuire 1916–2001
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*Lonette McKee born or 1955
*Danica McKellar born
*Nancy McKeon born
*Nina Mae McKinney 1912–1967
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*Katherine McNamara born
*Maggie McNamara 1928–1978
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*Katharine McPhee born
*Butterfly McQueen 1911–1995
*Caroline McWilliams 1945–2010
*Meredith MacRae 1944–2000
*Eve McVeagh 1919–1997
*Emily Meade born
*Anne Meara 1929–2015
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*Tamara Mello born
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*Erica Mendez
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*Maria Menounos born
*Idina Menzel born
*Lee Meriwether born
*Una Merkel 1903–1986
*Ethel Merman 1908–1984
*Theresa Merritt 1922–1998
*Debra Messing born
*Dina Meyer born
*AJ Michalka born
*Aly Michalka born
*Lea Michele born
*Bette Midler born
*Alyssa Milano born
*Sylvia Miles 1924–2019
*Vera Miles born
*Christina Milian born
*Cristin Milioti born
*Penelope Milford born
*Ivana Miličević born (born in Yugoslavia)
*Ann Miller 1923–2004
*Christa Miller born
*Lara Jill Miller born
*Penelope Ann Miller born
*Alley Mills born
*Donna Mills born
*Yvette Mimieux 1942-2022
*Nicki Minaj born
*Rachel Miner born
*Ming-Na born (born in Macau)
*Liza Minnelli born
*Kelly Jo Minter born
*Beverley Mitchell born
*Elizabeth Mitchell born
*Katy Mixon born
*Mary Ann Mobley 1937–2014
*Katherine Moennig born
*Gretchen Mol born
*Taylor Momsen born
*Michelle Monaghan born
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*Daniella Monet born
*Mo'Nique born
*Maika Monroe born
*Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962
*Meredith Monroe born or 1968
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*Grace Moore 1898–1947
*Joanna Moore 1934–1997
*Juanita Moore 1914–2014
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*Kenya Moore born
*Mandy Moore born
*Mary Tyler Moore 1936–2017
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*Natalie Moorhead 1901–1992
*Dolores Moran 1926–1982
*Erin Moran 1960–2017
*Peggy Moran 1918–2002
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*Rita Moreno born
*Chloë Grace Moretz born
*Cathy Moriarty born
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*Haviland Morris born
*Kathryn Morris born
*Jennifer Morrison born
*Shelley Morrison 1936–2019
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*Tamera Mowry born (born in Germany)
*Tia Mowry born (born in Germany)
*Bridget Moynahan born or 1970
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*Liliana Mumy born
*Diana Muldaur born
*Kate Mulgrew born
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*Olivia Munn born
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*Rosemary Murphy 1925–2014
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*Mildred Natwick 1905–1994
*Elise Neal born or 1970
*Patricia Neal 1926–2010
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*Novella Nelson 1938–2017
*Tracy Nelson (actress), Tracy Nelson born
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*Julie Newmar born
*Kathryn Newton born
*Barbara Nichols 1928–1976
*Nichelle Nichols 1932–2022
*Rachel Nichols (actress), Rachel Nichols born
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*Lorraine Nicholson born
*Cynthia Nixon born
*Stephanie Niznik 1967–2019
*Maidie Norman 1912–1998
*Mabel Normand 1892–1930
*Sheree North 1932–2005
*Brandy Norwood born
*Kim Novak born
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*Erin O'Brien-Moore 1902–1979
*Renee O'Connor born
*Rosie O'Donnell born
*Brittany O'Grady born
*Gail O'Grady born
*Catherine O'Hara born
*Maureen O'Hara 1920–2015 (Irish)
*Jodi Lyn O'Keefe born
*Tricia O'Kelley born
*Tatum O'Neal born
*Barbara O'Neil 1910–1980
*Jennifer O'Neill born (born in Brazil)
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*Maureen O'Sullivan 1911–1998
*Annette O'Toole born
*Randi Oakes born
*Jacqueline Obradors born
*Larisa Oleynik born
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*Ashley Olsen born
*Elizabeth Olsen born
*Mary-Kate Olsen born
*Susan Olsen born
*Nancy Olson born
*Olivia Olson born
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*Lupe Ontiveros 1942–2012
*Ana Ortiz born
*Emily Osment born
*Beth Ostrosky born
*Cheri Oteri born
*Park Overall born
*Kelly Overton (actress), Kelly Overton born
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*Judy Pace born
*Genevieve Padalecki born
*Anita Page 1910–2008
*Geraldine Page 1924–1987
*Janis Paige born
*Brina Palencia born
*Adrianne Palicki born
*Betsy Palmer 1926–2015
*Keke Palmer born
*Gwyneth Paltrow born
*Kay Panabaker born
*Danielle Panabaker born
*Hayden Panettiere born
*Annie Parisse born
*Grace Park (actress), Grace Park born (Canadian-American)
*Linda Park born
*Eleanor Parker 1922–2013
*Lara Parker born or 1937
*Mary-Louise Parker born
*Nicole Ari Parker born
*Sarah Jessica Parker born
*Suzy Parker 1932–2003
*Lana Parrilla born
*Janel Parrish born
*Leslie Parrish born
*Estelle Parsons born
*Karyn Parsons born
*Dolly Parton born
*Tonye Patano born
*Luana Patten 1938–1996
*Elizabeth Patterson (actress), Elizabeth Patterson 1874–1966
*Marnette Patterson born
*Neva Patterson 1920–2010
*Paula Patton born
*Alexandra Paul born
*Sarah Paulson born
*Sara Paxton born
*Alice Pearce 1917–1966
*Patricia Pearcy born
*Nia Peeples born
*Amanda Peet born
*Mary Beth Peil born
*Elizabeth Peña 1959–2014
*Piper Perabo born
*Rosie Perez born
*Elizabeth Perkins born
*Millie Perkins born
*Rhea Perlman born
*Pauley Perrette born
*Valerie Perrine born
*Barbara Perry (actress), Barbara Perry 1921–2019
*Donna Pescow born
*Bernadette Peters born
*Jean Peters 1926–2000
*Susan Peters 1921–1952
*Amanda Peterson 1971–2015
*Cassandra Peterson born
*Valarie Pettiford born
*Madison Pettis born
*Lori Petty born
*Jade Pettyjohn born
*Dedee Pfeiffer born
*Michelle Pfeiffer born
*Jo Ann Pflug born
*Mary Philbin 1902–1993
*Busy Philipps born
*Gina Philips born
*Bijou Phillips born
*Mackenzie Phillips born
*Michelle Phillips born
*Cindy Pickett born
*Mary Pickford 1892–1979
*Christina Pickles born
*Molly Picon 1898–1992
*Julie Piekarski born
*Sasha Pieterse born (born South African)
*Jada Pinkett Smith born
*Leah Pipes born
*Maria Pitillo born or 1966
*Zasu Pitts 1894–1963
*Mary Kay Place born
*Dana Plato 1964–1999
*Alice Playten 1947–2011
*Aubrey Plaza born
*Suzanne Pleshette 1937–2008
*Martha Plimpton born
*Eve Plumb born
*Amy Poehler born
*Priscilla Pointer born
*Sydney Tamiia Poitier born
*Teri Polo born
*Scarlett Pomers born
*Ellen Pompeo born
*Alisan Porter born
*Natalie Portman born
*Parker Posey born
*Laura Post born
*Markie Post 1950–2021
*Monica Potter born
*Annie Potts born
*CCH Pounder born (Guyana-born)
*Phyllis Povah 1893–1975
*Eleanor Powell 1912–1982
*Jane Powell 1929-2021
*Stefanie Powers born
*Keri Lynn Pratt born
*Kyla Pratt born
*Laura Prepon born
*Paula Prentiss born
*Jaime Pressly born
*Carrie Preston born
*Kelly Preston 1962–2020
*Lindsay Price born
*Megyn Price born
*Pat Priest (actress), Pat Priest born
*Victoria Principal born
*Emily Procter born
*Dorothy Provine 1935–2010
*Linda Purl born
*Missi Pyle born
Q
*Maggie Q born
*Margaret Qualley born
*Rainey Qualley born
*Kathleen Quinlan born
*Maeve Quinlan born
*Aileen Quinn born
*Molly Quinn born
*Pat Quinn (American actress), Pat Quinn born
*Beulah Quo 1923–2002
*Audrey Quock born
R
*Cassidy Rae born
*Charlotte Rae 1926–2018
*Cristina Raines born
*Ella Raines 1920–1988
*Francia Raisa born
*Mary Lynn Rajskub born
*Sheryl Lee Ralph born
*Esther Ralston 1902–1994
*Marjorie Rambeau 1889–1970
*Leven Rambin born
*Cierra Ramirez born
*Dania Ramirez born (Dominican-born)
*Sara Ramirez born (Mexican-born)
*Anne Ramsey 1929–1988
*Laura Ramsey born
*Marion Ramsey 1947-2021
*Theresa Randle born
*Jane Randolph 1914-2009
*June Diane Raphael born
*Phylicia Rashad born
*Emily Ratajkowski born
*Kim Raver born
*Navi Rawat born
*Martha Raye 1916–1994
*Tania Raymonde born
*Nancy Davis Reagan 1921–2016
*Elizabeth Reaser born
*Alyson Reed born
*Crystal Reed born
*Donna Reed 1921–1986
*Nikki Reed born
*Pamela Reed born
*Della Reese 1931–2017
*Autumn Reeser born
*Bridget Regan born
*Storm Reid born
*Tara Reid born
*Lee Remick 1935–1991
*Leah Remini born
*Retta born
*Anne Revere 1903–1990
*Judy Reyes born
*Debbie Reynolds 1932–2016
*Alicia Rhett 1915–2014
*Barbara Rhoades born or 1947
*Cynthia Rhodes born
*Jennifer Rhodes born
*Kim Rhodes born
*Monica Rial born
*Marissa Ribisi born
*Elizabeth Rice born
*Gigi Rice born
*Christina Ricci born
*Ariana Richards born
*Beah Richards 1920–2000
*Denise Richards born
*Kim Richards born
*Kyle Richards born
*Cameron Richardson born
*LaTanya Richardson born
*Natasha Richardson 1963–2009 (British-American)
*Patricia Richardson born
*Ashley Rickards born
*Beth Riesgraf born
*Amanda Righetti born
*Jeannine Riley born
*LeAnn Rimes born
*Molly Ringwald born
*Lisa Rinna born
*Kelly Ripa born
*Krysten Ritter born
*Thelma Ritter 1902–1969
*Naya Rivera 1987–2020
*AnnaSophia Robb born
*Doris Roberts 1925–2016
*Emma Roberts born
*Julia Roberts born
*Tanya Roberts 1955–2021
*Britt Robertson born
*Louise Robey, Robey born (Canadian-American born)
*Wendy Robie born
*Wendy Raquel Robinson born
*Ann Robinson born
*Cindy Robinson born
*Holly Robinson-Peete born
*Lela Rochon born
*Holland Roden born
*Gina Rodriguez born
*Michelle Rodriguez born
*Raini Rodriguez born
*Sarah Roemer born
*Ginger Rogers 1911–1995
*Mimi Rogers born
*Elisabeth Röhm born
*Esther Rolle 1920–1998
*Rose Rollins born or 1978
*Ruth Roman 1922–1999
*Christy Carlson Romano born
*Rebecca Romijn born
*Xosha Roquemore born
*Anika Noni Rose born
*Cristine Rose born
*Emily Rose (actress), Emily Rose born
*Margot Rose born
*Diana Ross born
*Katharine Ross born
*Tracee Ellis Ross born
*Emmy Rossum born
*Lillian Roth 1910–1980
*Jessica Rothe born
*Misty Rowe born or 1950
*Victoria Rowell born
*Kelly Rowland born
*Gena Rowlands born
*Jennifer Rubin (actress), Jennifer Rubin born
*Zelda Rubinstein 1933–2010
*Maya Rudolph born
*Cher Rue born
*Sara Rue born
*Mercedes Ruehl born
*Janice Rule 1931–2003
*Olesya Rulin born (born in Russia)
*Jennifer Runyon born
*Debra Jo Rupp born
*Barbara Rush born
*Odeya Rush born (Israeli-born)
*Betsy Russell born
*Gail Russell 1924–1961
*Jane Russell 1921–2011
*Keri Russell born
*Rosalind Russell 1907–1976
*Theresa Russell born
*Deanna Russo born
*Rene Russo born
*Kelly Rutherford born
*Amy Ryan born
*Blanchard Ryan born
*Debby Ryan born
*Eileen Ryan born
*Irene Ryan 1902–1973
*Jeri Ryan born
*Meg Ryan born
*Winona Ryder born
S
*Katee Sackhoff born
*Katey Sagal born
*Halston Sage born
*Eva Marie Saint born
*Susan Saint James born
*Jill St. John born
*Zoe Saldana born
*Laura San Giacomo born
*Kiele Sanchez born
*Erin Sanders born
*Jackie Sandler born
*Bianca Santos born
*Mia Sara born
*Susan Sarandon born
*Tura Satana 1938–2011
*Lori Saunders born
*Morgan Saylor born
*Allison Scagliotti born
*Gia Scala 1934–1972 (English-born)
*Diana Scarwid born
*Cassie Scerbo born
*Kristen Schaal born
*Wendy Schaal born
*Felice Schachter born
*Rebecca Schaeffer 1967–1989
*Natalie Schafer 1900–1991
*Anne Schedeen born
*Taylor Schilling born
*Carly Schroeder born
*Rebecca Schull born
*Amy Schumer born
*Annabella Sciorra born
*Ashley Scott born
*Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott born
*Lizabeth Scott 1922–2015
*Martha Scott 1912–2003
*Stefanie Scott born
*Amy Sedaris born
*Kyra Sedgwick born
*Sandra Seacat born
*Marian Seldes 1928–2014
*Christian Serratos born
*Joan Severance born
*Chloë Sevigny born
*Amanda Seyfried born
*Anne Seymour (actress), Anne Seymour 1909–1988
*Jane Seymour (actress), Jane Seymour born
*Sarah Shahi born
*Yara Shahidi born
*Molly Shannon born
*Karen Sharpe born
*Lindsey Shaw born
*Vinessa Shaw born
*Alia Shawkat born
*Lin Shaye born
*Norma Shearer 1920–1983 (Canadian-American)
*Ally Sheedy born
*Kate Lyn Sheil born 1985
*Adrienne Shelly 1966–2006
*Marley Shelton born
*Cybill Shepherd born
*Sherri Shepherd born
*Ann Sheridan 1915–1967
*Lisa Sheridan 1974–2019
*Margaret Sheridan (actress), Margaret Sheridan 1926–1982
*Nicollette Sheridan born (British-born)
*Brooke Shields born
*Alexandra Shipp born
*Talia Shire born
*Anne Shirley (actress), Anne Shirley 1918–1993
*Dinah Shore 1916–1994
*Elisabeth Shue born
*Jane Sibbett born
*Gabourey Sidibe born
*Sylvia Sidney 1910–1999
*Drew Sidora born
*Maggie Siff born
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler born
*Karen Sillas born
*Leslie Silva born
*Sarah Silverman born
*Alicia Silverstone born
*Jessica Simpson born
*Molly Sims born
*Nancy Sinatra born
*Jaz Sinclair born
*Lori Singer born
*Marina Sirtis born
*Jennifer Sky born
*Azura Skye born
*Ione Skye born
*Jenny Slate born
*Helen Slater born
*Lindsay Sloane born
*Amy Smart born
*Jean Smart born
*Amber Smith born
*Anna Nicole Smith 1967–2007
*Brooke Smith (actress), Brooke Smith born
*Jaclyn Smith born
*Kellita Smith born
*Lois Smith born
*Madolyn Smith born
*Martha Smith born
*Shawnee Smith born or 1970
*Shelley Smith (actress), Shelley Smith born
*Tasha Smith born
*Willow Smith born
*Yeardley Smith born
*Jan Smithers born
*Carrie Snodgress 1945–2004
*Brittany Snow born
*Liza Snyder born
*Leelee Sobieski born or 1982
*Rena Sofer born
*Marla Sokoloff born
*Sarah Sokolovic born
*P. J. Soles born
*Suzanne Somers born
*Bonnie Somerville born
*Phyllis Somerville 1943–2020
*Gale Sondergaard 1899–1985
*Brenda Song born
*Mira Sorvino born
*Shannyn Sossamon born
*Ann Sothern 1909–2001
*Sissy Spacek born
*Jordin Sparks born
*Britney Spears born
*Jamie Lynn Spears born
*Tori Spelling born
*Abigail Spencer born
*Danielle Spencer (American actress), Danielle Spencer born
*Octavia Spencer born or 1970
*Ashley Spillers born
*June Squibb born
*Gina St. John
*Kelly Stables born
*Florence Stanley 1924–2003
*Kim Stanley 1925–2001
*Barbara Stanwyck 1907–1990
*Jean Stapleton 1923–2013
*Maureen Stapleton 1925–2006
*Karen Steele 1931–1988
*Mary Steenburgen born
*Leslie Stefanson born
*Hailee Steinfeld born
*Amandla Stenberg born
*Jan Sterling 1921–2004
*Mindy Sterling born
*Frances Sternhagen born
*Amber Stevens born
*Connie Stevens born
*Kaye Stevens 1932–2011
*Stella Stevens born
*Elaine Stewart 1930–2011
*Kristen Stewart born
*Julia Stiles born
*Emma Stone born
*Jennifer Stone born
*Sharon Stone born
*Alyson Stoner born
*Gale Storm 1922–2009
*Madeleine Stowe born
*Beatrice Straight 1914–2001
*Susan Strasberg 1938–1999
*Meryl Streep born
*Barbra Streisand born
*Cecily Strong born
*Brenda Strong born
*Jessica Stroup born
*Sally Struthers born
*Barbara Stuart 1930–2011
*Jean Stuart 1906–1926 Silent films
*Gloria Stuart 1910–2010
*Margaret Sullavan 1909–1960
*Kelly Sullivan (actress), Kelly Sullivan born
*Kristine Sutherland born
*Carol Sutton (actress), Carol Sutton 1944–2020
*Mena Suvari born
*Dominique Swain born
*Hilary Swank born
*Gloria Swanson 1899–1983
*Kristy Swanson born
*Julia Sweeney born
*Jodie Sweetin born
*Taylor Swift born
*Amanda Swisten born
*Loretta Swit born
*Wanda Sykes born
*Raven-Symoné born
T
*Sophia Takal
*Nita Talbot born
*Patricia Tallman born
*Constance Talmadge 1898–1973
*Natalie Talmadge 1896–1969
*Norma Talmadge 1894–1957
*Amber Tamblyn born
*Jessica Tandy 1909–1994
*Katelyn Tarver born
*Lilyan Tashman 1896–1934
*Sharon Tate 1943–1969
*Christine Taylor born
*Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011
*Holland Taylor born
*Jennifer Taylor (actress), Jennifer Taylor born
*Leigh Taylor-Young born 1945
*Lili Taylor born
*Scout Taylor-Compton born
*Tamara Taylor born (Canadian-American born)
*Aimee Teegarden born
*Shirley Temple 1928–2014
*Tia Texada born
*Maria Thayer born
*Charlize Theron born (South African-born)
*Tiffany Thiessen born
*Lynne Thigpen 1948–2003
*Olivia Thirlby born
*Marlo Thomas born
*Lea Thompson born
*Susanna Thompson born
*Tessa Thompson born
*Bella Thorne born
*Callie Thorne born
*Courtney Thorne-Smith born
*Uma Thurman born
*Gene Tierney 1920–1991
*Maura Tierney born
*Pamela Tiffin born
*Jennifer Tilly born
*Meg Tilly born
*Addison Timlin born
*Lio Tipton, credited as Analeigh Tipton through 2021, born
*Ashley Tisdale born
*Hallie Todd born
*Thelma Todd 1906–1935
*Lauren Tom born
*Nicholle Tom born
*Marisa Tomei born
*Tamlyn Tomita born
*Lily Tomlin born
*Gina Torres born
*Audrey Totter 1917–2013
*Constance Towers born
*Michelle Trachtenberg born
*Thalia Tran
*Nancy Travis born
*Claire Trevor 1910–2000
*Jeanne Tripplehorn born
*Rachel True born
*Jessica Tuck born
*Robin Tunney born
*Paige Turco born
*Bree Turner born
*Janine Turner born
*Kathleen Turner born
*Lana Turner 1921–1995
*Tina Turner born
*Helen Twelvetrees 1908–1958
*Aisha Tyler born
*Liv Tyler born
*Susan Tyrrell 1945–2012
*Cicely Tyson 1924–2021
U
*Alanna Ubach born
*Leslie Uggams born
*Tracey Ullman born
*Kim Johnston Ulrich born
*Carrie Underwood born
*Sara Jean Underwood born
*Sheryl Underwood born
*Gabrielle Union born
*Kate Upton born
*Jenna Ushkowitz born (Korean-born)
V
*Brenda Vaccaro born
*Cristina Vee, Cristina Valenzuela born
*Sigrid Valdis 1935–2007
*Nancy Valen born
*Brooke Valentine born
*Cindy Valentine born
*Karen Valentine born
*Amber Valletta born
*Joan Van Ark born
*Mamie Van Doren born
*Hilary Van Dyke born
*Grace Van Patten born
*Joyce Van Patten born
*Deborah Van Valkenburgh born
*Monique Van Vooren 1927–2020 (born in Belgium)
*Jo Van Fleet 1914–1996
*Danitra Vance 1954–1994
*Vivian Vance 1909–1979
*Shantel VanSanten born
*Janet Varney born
*Diane Varsi 1938–1992
*Liz Vassey born
*Sofia Vassilieva born
*Countess Vaughn born
*Terri J. Vaughn born
*Alexa Vega born
*Makenzie Vega born
*Jaci Velasquez born
*Nadine Velazquez born
*Lauren Vélez born
*Diane Venora born
*Cassie Ventura born
*Gwen Verdon 1925–2000
*Elena Verdugo 1925–2017
*Sofia Vergara born (born in Colombia)
*Kate Vernon born (born in Canada)
*Victoria Vetri born
*Yvette Vickers 1928–2010
*Christina Vidal born
*Lisa Vidal born
*Tracy Vilar born
*Nana Visitor born
*Jenna von Oÿ born
*Lark Voorhies born
*Gloria Votsis born
W
*Caitlin Wachs born
*Lindsay Wagner born
*Natasha Gregson Wagner born
*Janet Waldo 1920–2016
*Shawna Waldron born
*Abby Walker born
*Ally Walker born
*Arnetia Walker born
*Bree Walker born
*Dreama Walker born
*Kathryn Walker born
*Nancy Walker 1922–1992
*Dee Wallace born
*Marcia Wallace 1942–2013
*Quvenzhané Wallis born
*Kate Walsh (actress), Kate Walsh born
*Maiara Walsh born
*Jessica Walter 1941–2021
*Lisa Ann Walter born
*Laurie Walters born
*Melora Walters born or 1968, or 1959
*Nancy Walters 1933–2009
*Susan Walters born
*Peggy Walton-Walker born or 1948
*Zoë Wanamaker born
*B. J. Ward (actress), B. J. Ward born
*Maitland Ward born
*Megan Ward born
*Rachel Ward born (British-American born)
*Sela Ward born
*Susan Ward born
*Emily Warfield born
*Marlene Warfield born
*Marsha Warfield born
*Dawn Rochelle Warner born
*Julie Warner born
*Estella Warren born
*Jennifer Warren born
*Karle Warren born
*Kiersten Warren born
*Lesley Ann Warren born
*Ruth Warrick 1916–2005
*Fredi Washington 1903–1994
*Kerry Washington born
*Ethel Waters 1896–1977
*Katherine Waterston born (English-born)
*Carlene Watkins born
*Michaela Watkins born
*Cynthia Watros born
*Vernee Watson-Johnson born
*Rolonda Watts born
*Kim Wayans born
*Carol Wayne 1942–1985
*Shawn Weatherly born
*Sigourney Weaver born
*Bresha Webb born
*Chloe Webb born
*Haley Webb born
*Jane Webb 1925–2010
*Veronica Webb born
*Ann Wedgeworth 1934–2017
*Virginia Weidler 1927–1968
*Liza Weil born
*Rachel Weisz born
*Raquel Welch born
*Savannah Welch born
*Tahnee Welch born
*Tuesday Weld born
*Gwen Welles 1951–1993
*Rebecca Wells 1928–2017
*Dawn Wells 1938–2020
*Mae West 1893–1980
*Celia Weston born
*Patricia Wettig born
*Dana Wheeler-Nicholson born
*Jill Whelan born
*Lisa Whelchel born
*Shannon Whirry born
*Betty White 1922-2021
*Carole Ita White born
*Julie White born
*Karen Malina White born
*Michole Briana White born
*Persia White born
*Ruth White (actress), Ruth White 1914–1969
*Lynn Whitfield born
*Mae Whitman born
*Kym Whitley born
*Grace Lee Whitney 1930–2015
*Mary Wickes 1910–1995
*Dianne Wiest born
*Laura Slade Wiggins born
*Kristen Wiig born
*Collin Wilcox (actress), Collin Wilcox 1935–2009
*Lisa Wilcox born
*Abby Wilde born
*Olivia Wilde born
*Samira Wiley born
*Kathleen Wilhoite born
*Adrienne Wilkinson born
*Allison Williams (actress), Allison Williams born
*Cara Williams born
*Cindy Williams born
*Esther Williams 1921–2013
*JoBeth Williams born
*Kelli Williams born
*Kiely Williams born
*Kimberly Williams-Paisley born
*Kimberly Kevon Williams born
*Malinda Williams born
*Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams born
*Michelle Williams (singer) born
*Natashia Williams born
*Vanessa Williams born
*Vanessa Estelle Williams born
*Vesta Williams 1957–2011
*Wendy Williams born
*Zelda Williams born
*Afton Williamson born
*Kate Williamson 1931–2013
*Kenya D. Williamson born
*Alicia Leigh Willis born
*Katherine Willis born
*Rumer Willis born
*Beverly Wills 1933–1963
*Bridgette Wilson born
*Casey Wilson born
*Chandra Wilson born
*Debra Wilson born
*Elizabeth Wilson 1921–2015
*Kristen Wilson born
*Mara Wilson born
*Mary Louise Wilson born
*Rita Wilson born
*Sheree J. Wilson born
*Camille Winbush born
*Oprah Winfrey born
*Debra Winger born
*Mare Winningham born
*Mary Elizabeth Winstead born
*Ariel Winter born
*Shelley Winters 1920–2006
*Jane Withers 1926–2021
*Reese Witherspoon born
*Alicia Witt born
*Collette Wolfe born
*Fryda Wolff born
*Deborah Ann Woll born
*Evan Rachel Wood born
*Lana Wood born
*Natalie Wood 1938–1981
*Alfre Woodard born
*Pat Woodell 1944–2015
*Shailene Woodley born
*Joanne Woodward born
*Shannon Woodward born
*Fay Wray 1907–2004
*N'Bushe Wright born
*Robin Wright born
*Teresa Wright 1918–2005
*Kari Wuhrer born
*Jane Wyman 1917–2007
*Jane Wyatt 1910–2006
Y
*Celeste Yarnall 1944–2018
*Deborah Yates born
*Amy Yasbeck born
*Morgan York born
*Evelyn Young 1915–1983
*Loretta Young 1913–2000
*Sean Young born
*Barrie Youngfellow born
Z
*Grace Zabriskie born
*Pia Zadora born or 1954
*Lisa Zane born
*Carmen Zapata 1927–2014
*Natalie Zea born
*Nora Zehetner born
*Renée Zellweger born
*Zendaya born
*Madeline Zima born
*Vanessa Zima born
*Yvonne Zima born
*Stephanie Zimbalist born
*Constance Zimmer born
*Charlotte Zucker 1921–2007
*Daphne Zuniga born
See #key, key to entries above.
See also
* Lists of Americans
References
External links
Most popular American actresses on Wikipedia, with user comments on traffic jumps
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