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Esther Williams
Esther Williams (Esther Jane Williams, 1921-2013), America's Mermaid, was a U.S. swimming champion and MGM star of 26 Technicolor aquamusicals including Bathing Beauty and Million Dollar Mermaid.
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe, 1879-1959), American stage, film, and radio actress of the Barrymore family; won the 1945 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for None But the Lonely Heart and had the Broadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre named for her in 1928.
Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor (Gábor Éva, 1921–1995), Hungarian-born American actress, Broadway and film performer, Lisa Douglas on Green Acres (1965–1971), Disney voice of Duchess and Miss Bianca, and chairwoman of Eva Gabor International wig company.
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (1924-2026), American Oscar-winning actress of On the Waterfront and Hitchcock's North by Northwest; also Emmy winner for People Like Us, wife of Jeffrey Hayden, BGSU alumna.
Eve Arden
Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens, 1908-1990), American actress and comedian; Oscar-nominated for Mildred Pierce, star of radio and TV sitcom Our Miss Brooks, later The Mothers-in-Law and Grease.
Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American film actress, Suellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939); Columbia leading lady in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, The Jolson Story, and film noirs; married John Huston and Artie Shaw.
Evelyn Ward
Evelyn Ward (1923-2012), American Broadway and television actress from West Orange, New Jersey; Broadway roles in Early to Bed and New Girl in Town; first wife of Jack Cassidy and mother of David Cassidy.
Farley Granger
Farley Granger (1925–2011), American actor and Goldwyn contract star, best known for Hitchcock's Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951), also They Live by Night and Senso; bisexual, memoir Include Me Out (2007).
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway (Dorothy Faye Dunaway, born 1941) is an American actress, Oscar winner for Network (1976), known for Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, and Mommie Dearest, subject of the 2024 documentary FAYE.
Fess Parker
Fess Parker (1924-2010), American actor famous as TV's Davy Crockett (1954-55) and Daniel Boone (1964-70), who sparked the coonskin cap craze and later founded Fess Parker Winery in Santa Ynez Valley, California.
Florence Henderson
Florence Agnes Henderson (1934–2016), American actress and singer from Dale, Indiana; Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969–1974); Broadway star of Fanny and first female guest host of The Tonight Show.
Forrest Tucker
Forrest Tucker (Forrest Meredith Tucker) was an American actor known for nearly a hundred Western and action films and for starring as Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke on F Troop.
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier (1902–1989), American stage and screen actress, played Aunt Bee Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show (188 episodes, 1960–1968) and Mayberry R.F.D., winning the 1967 Emmy for supporting comedy actress; she retired to Siler City, North Carolina, in 1972.
Frances Bergen
Frances Bergen (née Westerman, 1922–2006), American actress and fashion model, wife of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and mother of actress Candice Bergen; Powers model, Madame Francine on Yancy Derringer, and star of Eating (1990).
Frances Farmer
Frances Farmer (1913-1970) was a Seattle-born stage and film actress, star of Come and Get It and Broadway's Golden Boy, later institutionalized in the 1940s and host of Indianapolis TV's Frances Farmer Presents; the lobotomy claim traces to a retracted biography.
Frances Reid
Frances Reid (1914-2010), American stage and television actress, best known as Alice Horton on NBC's Days of Our Lives from the 1965 premiere to 2007; Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award 2004.
Frank Cady
Frank Cady, born Frank Randolph Cady (1915–2012), was an American character actor best known as Sam Drucker, the Hooterville general-store owner on Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005), American actor, comedian, and impressionist from Pittsburgh; Emmy-nominated as the Riddler on the 1966–68 Batman series and Star Trek's Commissioner Bele, later starring as George Burns on Broadway.
Frank Sutton
Frank Sutton (1923–1974), American actor, played Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69, 150 episodes); Army WWII veteran with Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Columbia drama graduate, statue in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Fredric March
Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel, 1897–1975), American stage and screen actor from Racine, Wisconsin; two-time Best Actor Oscar winner (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Best Years of Our Lives) and two-time Tony winner.
Gail Russell
Gail Russell (1924–1961), born Betty Gale Russell, an American actress discovered at Santa Monica High School by Paramount, star of The Uninvited and Angel and the Badman, whose career ended through alcoholism.
Gale Gordon
Gale Gordon (Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr., 1906-1995), American radio and television character actor of the slow-burn style; Lucille Ball's foil as Mr. Mooney, Harrison Carter, and Osgood Conklin.
Gale Storm
Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle, 1922–2009), American actress and singer, star of 1950s sitcoms My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show (Oh! Susanna), Dot Records hitmaker with "I Hear You Knocking."
Gardner McKay
Gardner McKay (George Cadogan Gardner McKay, 1932–2001), American actor, playwright, and novelist; star of ABC's Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962) as Capt. Adam Troy, who quit acting for writing, winning the LA Drama Critics Circle award for Sea Marks.
Gary Collins (actor)
Gary Ennis Collins (1938–2012), American actor and television host from Venice, California; starred in The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Sixth Sense, and Born Free, then hosted Hour Magazine, winning a Daytime Emmy, and emceed the Miss America Pageant.
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper, 1901–1961), American film actor of Hollywood's Golden Age, star of The Virginian, Sergeant York, The Pride of the Yankees, and High Noon; two Best Actor Oscars, 1961 Honorary Award, AFI's 11th-ranked male legend.
Gary Crosby (actor)
Gary Evan Crosby (1933–1995), American singer and actor, eldest son of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee; half of the first double-sided gold record, Officer Ed Wells on Adam-12, author of Going My Own Way.
Gary Lockwood
Gary Lockwood (born 1937, born John Gary Yurosek) is an American actor known as Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell in Star Trek's second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and Dr. Frank Poole in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, after starting as a stuntman and Anthony Perkins stand-in.
Gary Merrill
Gary Fred Merrill (1915–1990) was an American film and television actor with more than 40 films, best known for All About Eve (1950) and his ten-year marriage to Bette Davis.
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod (Allan George See, 1931-2021), American actor known as Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat, later Princess Cruises global ambassador.