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Ann Miller
Ann Miller, born Johnnie Lucille Collier (1923–2004), was an American tap dancer, singer, and actress known for her rapid "machine-gun" tap style in MGM movie musicals.
Anthony Johnson (actor)
Anthony "A.J." Johnson (1966–2021), American actor and comedian from Compton, California; played Ezal in Friday and E.Z.E. in House Party; died in Los Angeles at 55.
Bailee Madison
Bailee Madison, also known as Bailee Madison Riley, is an American actress born in 1999 who played May Belle in Bridge to Terabithia and Grace Russell on Good Witch.
Barbara Nichols
Barbara Nichols (Barbara Marie Nickerauer, 1928-1976), American character actress of brassy comic roles; known for Sweet Smell of Success, Pal Joey, The Pajama Game (1957), Broadway's Let It Ride, and TV guest roles; died of liver failure at 47.
Bart Johnson
Bart Johnson (born 1970) is an American actor best known as Coach Jack Bolton in Disney's High School Musical trilogy; husband of Robyn Lively, brother-in-law of Blake Lively, later seen in Yellowstone and Landman.
Carole Landis
Carole Landis (Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, 1919-1948), American film actress whose breakthrough was One Million B.C. (1940); Fox contract player, all-female USO tour performer, Four Jills in a Jeep author, died by suicide at 29 after affair with Rex Harrison.
Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell (born Ann Steely, 1923) was an American actress best known as Keechie in They Live by Night and Wilma in The Best Years of Our Lives.
Chad McQueen
Chad McQueen (Chadwick Steven McQueen, 1960–2024), American actor, producer, martial artist, and race car driver, only son of Steve McQueen and Neile Adams; played Dutch in The Karate Kid and founded McQueen Racing.
Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin (born 1946, Richard Anthony Marin) is an American comedian, actor, and art collector; half of Cheech and Chong, star of Born in East L.A. and Nash Bridges, and founder of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
Cory Hardrict
Cory Hardrict is an American actor and producer from Chicago, Illinois, with a career of over 100 films and series including American Sniper and All American: Homecoming.
Darcy LaPier
Darcy LaPier (born 1965), birth name Darcy Lynn LaPier, is an American model, actress, producer, and NPRA Rookie of the Year barrel racer who starred in and executive-produced the 2013 A&E series Rodeo Girls and was married to Jean-Claude Van Damme and Herbalife founder Mark Hughes.
Diana Lewis
Diana Lewis (1919–1997), American MGM actress, Miss Dunk in It's a Gift (1934), Go West and Cry 'Havoc'; wife of William Powell for 44 years; distinct from the Detroit WXYZ news anchor Diana Lewis.
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner) was an American actress with a seven-decade career who earned three Academy Award nominations, appearing in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Wild at Heart.
Dolores Hart
Dolores Hart (Dolores Hicks, born 1938) is an American Benedictine nun and former actress who starred with Elvis Presley in Loving You and King Creole, then entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut in 1963 and became its prioress.
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor (1925-2003), American dancer-singer-actor from a vaudeville family; Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain (1952), "Make 'Em Laugh," Francis the Talking Mule series, Golden Globe and Emmy winner.
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, 1914-1996), American actress and singer, Paramount star in sarong films and seven Road to comedies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope; WWII pin-up who sold $300 million in War Bonds.
Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo (Frank Anthony Grillo, born 1965, New York City) is an American actor known as Crossbones in the MCU, Rick Flag Sr. in the DCU, Leo Barnes in The Purge films, and star of Kingdom, Wolf Warrior 2, and Boss Level.
Fred Gwynne
Fred Gwynne (1926–1993), American actor, played Francis Muldoon in Car 54, Where Are You? and Herman Munster in The Munsters; later a character actor in Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny, and an Obie-winning stage performer and children's author.
Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray (Frederick Martin MacMurray, 1908–1991), American actor of Double Indemnity, The Apartment, Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor, and twelve seasons as Steve Douglas on My Three Sons.
Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon (born 1962) is an American actress known for Cristal Connors in Showgirls (1995) and Corky in Bound (1996), plus Face/Off, Killer Joe, Broadway's Cabaret, and the 2026 memoir AlphaPussy.
Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall (born 1935, Beaumont, Texas), also Irma Dolores Player Hall, is an American stage and film actress known for Soul Food, The Ladykillers (2004 Cannes Jury Prize), and A Family Thing, and for co-founding Dallas Minority Repertory Theatre and the African American Repertory Theater.
Jack O'Halloran
Jack O'Halloran (John O'Halloran), American heavyweight boxer 1966–1974 (34-21-2, 17 KOs, California State Heavyweight Title 1972) and actor, best known as the mute Kryptonian villain Non in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980).
Jake Johnson
Jake Johnson (Jake Mark Johnson), American actor from Evanston, Illinois; played Nick Miller on New Girl, voiced Peter B. Parker in the Spider-Verse films, directed Self Reliance, stars in The Dink.
Jason Mewes
Jason Mewes (born 1974) is an American actor from Highlands, New Jersey, best known as Jay of Jay and Silent Bob, created with childhood friend Kevin Smith in Clerks (1994); known for never booking an audition, his sobriety advocacy, and the Jay and Silent Bob Get Old podcast.
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer, was an American actress and singer, one of Hollywood's leading blonde sex symbols of the late 1950s, who died in a 1967 car crash.
Jayne Marie Mansfield
Jayne Marie Mansfield (born 1950, Dallas, Texas) is an American actress, eldest daughter of Jayne Mansfield and Paul Mansfield; credits include Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) and the 2025 documentary My Mom Jayne.
Jean Hagen
Jean Hagen (Jean Shirley Verhagen, 1923–1977), American actress; Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), Oscar-nominated supporting actress; Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle; Danny Thomas's TV wife on Make Room for Daddy.
Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter, 1911-1937), American film actress and pre-Code Hollywood sex symbol known as the Platinum Blonde; MGM star of Red Dust, Red-Headed Woman, and Bombshell; died at 26 of kidney failure.
Jean Speegle Howard
Jean Speegle Howard (1927–2000), American character actress from Duncan, Oklahoma; mother of Ron and Clint Howard and wife of Rance Howard. Known for Mrs. Claus in Scrooged and Blanch Lovell in Apollo 13.
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American soprano and actress, starred in 29 films 1929–1949; musicals with Chevalier and eight MGM operettas with Nelson Eddy, including Naughty Marietta; died in Houston.