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Darshan Jariwala (દર્શન જરીવાલા)

Darshan Jariwala (દર્શન જરીવાલા), born 1958, is an Indian actor in Hindi films, television, and Gujarati theatre, known for Gandhi in Gandhi, My Father (2007), which won him the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Darsheel Safary

Darsheel Safary (born 1997, Mumbai) is an Indian actor famous as Ishaan in Taare Zameen Par (2007); Filmfare and Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor winner, later in theatre, Tibba, Phule, and Gamerlog.

David Andrews (actor)

David Andrews (Stanley David Andrews, born 1952, Baton Rouge) is an American character actor and former Stanford Law-trained lawyer, known for Apollo 13, Terminator 3, Fair Game, JAG, and The Boys.

David Arquette

David Arquette (born 1971, Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor, Dewey Riley in Scream, and briefly the 2000 WCW World Heavyweight Champion, a stunt fans reviled; he later returned to indie wrestling and Scream 7.

David Belle

David Belle (born 1973, Fécamp, France) is the French founder of parkour, developed in Lisses with the Yamakasi, and an actor and stunt coordinator known for District B13, Brick Mansions, and Dying Light 2.

David Bowie filmography

David Bowie filmography: the singer's screen career from The Virgin Soldiers (1969) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) to Labyrinth, Basquiat, and Bandslam (2009), plus TV, cameos, soundtracks, and posthumous appearances.

David DeLuise

David DeLuise (David Dominick DeLuise, born 1971, Burbank, California) is an American actor and director, son of Dom DeLuise; known as Jerry Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place, Pete Shanahan on Stargate SG-1, and Bug Pollone on 3rd Rock from the Sun.

David Graham (actor)

David Graham (1925-2024), English voice actor; voiced Parker, Brains, Gordon Tracy and Kyrano in Thunderbirds, original Dalek voices with Peter Hawkins in Doctor Who, and Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig from 2004 to 2022.

David Howard Thornton

David Howard Thornton (born 1979, Huntsville, Alabama) is an American actor who plays the silent serial killer Art the Clown in Terrifier, Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, and the planned Terrifier 4; also a musical theater performer and voice actor.

David Leitch

David Leitch, American filmmaker and former stunt performer, Brad Pitt's double on Fight Club and Troy, co-director of John Wick, director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and The Fall Guy.

David Mendenhall

David Mendenhall (born 1971, Oceanside, California) is an American actor and attorney; a 1980s child star of General Hospital, Over the Top, and The Transformers: The Movie (Daniel Witwicky), later a producer.

Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin (Edna Mae Durbin, 1921–2013), Winnipeg-born American lyric soprano and actress; teenage star credited with saving Universal from bankruptcy; retired to France in 1949 after 21 films.

Death of Marilyn Monroe

Death of Marilyn Monroe: the actress (Norma Jeane Mortenson) found dead August 5, 1962, age 36, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, of acute barbiturate poisoning, ruled probable suicide; a 1982 district attorney review found no evidence of murder.

Debashree Roy (দেবশ্রী রায়)

Debashree Roy, also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema, with more than forty awards including the National Film Award for Best Actress for Unishe April.

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds (Mary Frances Reynolds, 1932-2016), American actress, singer, and dancer; MGM musical star of Singin' in the Rain and Oscar-nominated The Unsinkable Molly Brown; mother of Carrie Fisher; Las Vegas hotel owner and Hollywood memorabilia collector.

Debi Diamond

Debi Diamond, stage name of Debra Ann Lester (born 1965), American adult film actress and producer active 1983-1995 and 2009-2011, XRCO and AVN Hall of Fame member, founder of Debi Diamond Films; distinct from the Chicago radio host and the Januries musician of the same name.

Debra Feuer

Debra Feuer (Debra Lee Feuer), American actress born 1959 in Las Vegas, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Homeboy (1988) opposite then-husband Mickey Rourke, and Miami Vice Season 5; active 1977-2000.

Debra Paget

Debra Paget (Debralee Griffin, born 1933) is an American actress of 1948–1963, star of The Ten Commandments, Broken Arrow, Fritz Lang's Indian films, and Elvis Presley's first film Love Me Tender; retired at about thirty.

Deeksha Seth

Deeksha Seth (born 1990, Delhi) is an Indian former actress, Femina Miss India 2009 finalist, who debuted in Telugu film Vedam (2010) opposite Allu Arjun, acted in ten films across four languages, then earned an MBA from IESE and joined Tripledot Studios in London.

Deep Sidhu

Deep Sidhu (1984-2022) was an Indian lawyer, model, and Punjabi film actor, star of Jora 10 Numbaria, who joined the 2020-21 farmers' protest, was accused in the 2021 Red Fort violence, and died in a road accident in Haryana.

Deepa Sannidhi (ದೀಪಾ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿ)

Deepa Sannidhi (ದೀಪಾ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿ), born Rahasya in 1990 in Chikkamagaluru, is an Indian actress known for Kannada films Saarathi, Paramathma, Sakkare, and Tamil Enakkul Oruvan; she stopped acting after 2017's Chakravarthy.

Deepak Dobriyal (दीपक डोबरियाल)

Deepak Dobriyal (दीपक डोबरियाल), born 1975 in Pauri Garhwal, is an Indian film and theatre actor known for Pappi in Tanu Weds Manu, Shyam Prakash in Hindi Medium, and Inspector Ram Charan Pandey in Sector 36.

Deepak Parashar (दीपक पराशर)

Deepak Parashar (दीपक पराशर), born 1952 in Pune, is an Indian actor and the first Mr India (1976), known for Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980), Nikaah (1982), and Sharaabi (1984), later a TV actor and CINTAA treasurer; distinct from a same-named assistant director.

Deepika Padukone (दीपिका पादुकोण)

Deepika Padukone (दीपिका पादुकोण), Indian actress and producer, debuted in Om Shanti Om (2007); star of Pathaan, Jawan, Piku; Live Love Laugh founder; married Ranveer Singh.

Deepika Padukone filmography

Deepika Padukone filmography: the screen career of the Indian actress (born 1986, Copenhagen), from Kannada debut Aishwarya (2006) and Om Shanti Om (2007) through Piku, Padmaavat, Pathaan, and Kalki 2898 AD, plus Ka Productions credits and upcoming films King and Raaka.

Deepti Bhatnagar (दीप्ति भटनागर)

Deepti Bhatnagar (दीप्ति भटनागर), born 1967 in Meerut, is an Indian former actress and model, Miss India 1990 (5th at Miss World), known for Hindi, Telugu films and for producing the Star Plus travel show Musafir Hoon Yaaron.

Deepti Naval

Deepti Naval (दीप्ति नवल), born 1952 in Amritsar, is an Indian actor of 1980s Hindi parallel cinema (Chashme Buddoor's Miss Chamko), also a painter, photographer, poet and director of Do Paise Ki Dhoop.

Deepti Sati

Deepti Sati (ദീപ്തി സതി), born 1995 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, also in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Marathi films. Former Miss Kerala 2012, she debuted as Neena in Lal Jose's Nee-Na (2015).

Delhi Ganesh

Delhi Ganesh (டெல்லி கணேஷ்), born Ganesan in 1944, was a Tamil character actor, ex-Indian Air Force serviceman, and Balachander discovery who appeared in over 400 films before dying in Chennai in November 2024.

Dennis Burkley

Dennis Henry Burkley (1945-2013), American character actor, director, and producer from Van Nuys, California; played Bud on The Texas Wheelers and Cal Pettie on Sanford, voiced Principal Moss on King of the Hill, and appeared in Tin Cup and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.