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Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin (born 1962, Chicago) is an American actor, no relation to the Baldwin brothers, known for Animal Mother in Full Metal Jacket, Jayne Cobb in Firefly and Serenity, John Casey in Chuck, and The Last Ship.
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau (born 1945, Sacramento) is an American actress and author, the original Rizzo in Broadway's Grease, Carol on Maude, star of John Carpenter horror films, and voice of Catwoman.
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin (Alexander Rae Baldwin III) is an American actor known for The Hunt for Red October, 30 Rock, and his Donald Trump impression on Saturday Night Live.
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett (born 1958) is an American actress known for Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, Queen Ramonda in Black Panther, American Horror Story, and 9-1-1; honorary Oscar and Emmy winner.
Anita Barone
Anita Barone (Anita Louise Barone), American actress born 1964 in St. Louis, raised in Detroit; played Carol Willick in one Friends episode, Karen Foxworthy on The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Vicky Gold on The War at Home, and Georgia Jones on Shake It Up.
Arija Bareikis
Arija Bareikis (Arija Allison Bareikis), American actress born 1966 in Bloomington, Indiana, known for Officer Chickie Brown on Southland, Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and her 1997 Broadway debut in The Last Night of Ballyhoo.
Barbara Babcock
Barbara Babcock (born 1937) is an American retired character actress who won the 1981 Emmy for playing Grace Gardner on Hill Street Blues, and later Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach (Barbara Ann Goldbach), American actress and model, Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Force 10 from Navarone; married Ringo Starr in 1981; retired from acting in 1986.
Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie (Barbara Ann Berman, born 1931) is an American actress and author, Cannes Best Actress winner for One Potato, Two Potato (1964), Oscar-nominated for Breaking Away, and the original Sarah in Company.
Becky Ann Baker
Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke), American character actress born 1953 in Fort Knox, Kentucky; known as Jean Weir on Freaks and Geeks and Loreen Horvath on Girls, with two Emmy nominations and a Broadway career including The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Blanche Baker
Blanche Baker (Blanche Garfein, born 1956, New York) is an American actress, Emmy winner for Holocaust (1978), known for Sixteen Candles, The Handmaid's Tale, Raw Deal, and Taking Chance, now a writer-director and NYFA senior faculty.
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban (Robert Elmer Balaban, born 1945, Chicago) is an American character actor, director, producer, and author of Close Encounters, Gosford Park, and Christopher Guest mockumentaries, from the Balaban theater family.
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett (Bonnie Bartlett Daniels), American actress born June 20, 1929, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; two-time Emmy winner as Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere, also Grace Snider Edwards on Little House on the Prairie, married to William Daniels since 1951.
Brian Baumgartner
Brian Bruce Baumgartner (born 1972, Atlanta) is an American actor, Kevin Malone on NBC's The Office (2005–2013), a Daytime Emmy and SAG Award winner, host of An Oral History of The Office, and Cameo's first $1 million celebrity.
Catherine Bach
Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman, 1954) is an American actress who played Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979–1985), popularizing "Daisy Dukes" shorts, later starring in African Skies and The Young and the Restless.
Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski (Christine Jane Baranski), born 1952, Buffalo, is a Juilliard-trained American actress: two-time Tony winner (The Real Thing, Rumors), Emmy winner for Cybill, and Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife/The Good Fight.
Christopher Daniel Barnes
Christopher Daniel Barnes (born 1972, Portland, Maine) is an American actor and voice actor, known as the voice of Spider-Man in the 1994 animated series, Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, Greg Brady in the 1995–96 Brady Bunch films, and Spider-Man Noir and 2099 in video games.
Dana Barron
Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.
Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Baldwin (Daniel Leroy Baldwin, born 1960, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, producer, and director, one of the four Baldwin brothers; known for Detective Beau Felton on Homicide: Life on the Street, films like Vampires, and public addiction-recovery advocacy.
Daniel von Bargen
Daniel von Bargen (1950-2015), American character actor from Cincinnati, played Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld and Commandant Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle; Theatre World Award winner for Mastergate, died March 1, 2015.
Diedrich Bader
Diedrich Bader (Karl Diedrich Bader, born 1966) is an American actor and voice actor, known as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence in Office Space, Rex in Napoleon Dynamite, and Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Harley Quinn.
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blythe Barrymore (born 1975, Culver City, California) is an American actress, producer, and talk show host, also known for Flower Films, Charlie's Angels, Grey Gardens, and The Drew Barrymore Show.
Dylan Baker
Dylan Baker (born 1959, Syracuse, New York) is an American actor and director known for Happiness, The Good Wife's Colin Sweeney, Spider-Man's Dr. Connors, and Broadway's La Bête.
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin (born 1954, Bronx, New York) is an American actress and producer known for Diner, The Big Easy, Sea of Love, and Animal Kingdom; she won a 1998 Emmy for Before Women Had Wings and a 2011 Tony for The Normal Heart.
Elya Baskin
Elya Baskin (Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin, Илья Залманович Баскин; born 1950, Riga) is a Soviet Latvia-born American character actor known for Moscow on the Hudson, Air Force One, The Name of the Rose, and as Mr. Ditkovich in Spider-Man 2 and 3, after emigrating from the USSR in 1976.
Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Balk (Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse), American actress born 1974 in Point Reyes, California; child star as Dorothy in Return to Oz (1985), Independent Spirit honoree for Gas Food Lodging, and cult icon as Nancy Downs in The Craft (1996), later an indie-film actress and musician.
G. W. Bailey
G.W. Bailey (George William Bailey), American character actor born 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas; played Sgt. Rizzo on M*A*S*H, Capt. Thaddeus Harris in Police Academy (1984–1994), and Lt. Provenza on The Closer and Major Crimes; executive director of the Sunshine Kids Foundation.
Gerry Bamman
Gerry Bamman (born 1941, Independence, Kansas) is an American stage and screen actor best known as Uncle Frank in Home Alone and Home Alone 2, an Obie-winning theater performer, and recurring player on Law & Order.
Jane Badler
Jane Badler (born 1953) is an American and Australian actress and singer, best known as the villainous alien leader Diana in NBC's 1983 miniseries V and its sequels.
John Blyth Barrymore
John Blyth Barrymore (John Barrymore III), born 1954, is an American actor, son of John Drew Barrymore and Cara Williams, half-brother of Drew Barrymore; best known as Zeke in Kung Fu (1975), later an acting coach and software developer.