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George Clooney
George Clooney (George Timothy Clooney), American actor, director, and philanthropist from Lexington, Kentucky; ER's Dr. Doug Ross; two Oscars (Syriana, Argo), Ocean's Eleven, Good Night and Good Luck, Clooney Foundation for Justice.
Glenn Close
American stage, film, and television actress (born 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut); eight Oscar nominations, three Tonys, three Emmys; known for Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, 101 Dalmatians, Damages, and The Wife.
Hunter Carson
Hunter Carson (born 1975, Los Angeles) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director, son of Karen Black and L.M. Kit Carson; child star of Paris, Texas (1984) and Invaders from Mars (1986), later co-director of Single in South Beach.
Irene Cara
Irene Cara (Irene Cara Escalera, 1959-2022), American singer and actress, starred in Fame (1980) and co-wrote and sang Flashdance... What a Feeling, winning the 1984 Oscar, Golden Globe, and two Grammys; career later sidetracked by a royalty lawsuit.
James Caan
James Edmund Caan (1940–2022), American actor known as Jimmy Caan; Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (Oscar nomination), Brian's Song, Misery, Elf; Meisner-trained, Bronx-born, five-decade career with a 1982–1987 hiatus.
Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010), American actress of film, stage, and television; star of An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over; Cannes best actress winner 1978, twice Oscar-nominated, wife of playwright David Rabe.
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy (Joanna Virginia Caskey, born 1945) is an American actress known as Zhora in Blade Runner (1982) and Dolores in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Golden Globe winner for Buffalo Bill, Emmy-nominated for Six Feet Under.
Josh Charles
Josh Charles, also known as Joshua Aaron Charles, is an American film, television, and stage actor from Baltimore, known for Dead Poets Society, Sports Night, and The Good Wife.
Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman (born Judith Shepard) is an American soap opera actress, best known as Gloria Bardwell on The Young and the Restless since 2005, with earlier roles on General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Ryan's Hope, As the World Turns, and One Life to Live.
Julius Carry
Julius Carry (Julius John Carry III, 1952–2008), American actor from Chicago, best known as Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, in The Last Dragon (1985); also The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) and The New Guy (2002); died of pancreatic cancer in 2008.
K Callan
K Callan (Katherine Elizabeth Borman, born January 9, 1936, Dallas) is an American character actress known for Joe (1970), Martha Kent on Lois & Clark, the All in the Family episode 'Cousin Liz', Knives Out, and Ruth in Apple TV's Widow's Bay, plus 30-plus showbiz reference books.
Kam Fong Chun
Kam Fong Chun (Kam Tong Chun, 1918-2002), Honolulu police officer turned actor, played Detective Chin Ho Kelly in 241 episodes of Hawaii Five-O (1968-1978) after auditioning for Wo Fat.
Karen Carlson
Karen Carlson (born 1945, Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American actress, producer, and director, first runner-up at the 1965 Miss America pageant, known for The Candidate, The Octagon, Dallas, and In the Heat of the Night.
Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw (born Kathleen Sue Nail, 1953) is a retired American actress, Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), wife of Steven Spielberg since 1991, later a painter and philanthropist.
Keith Carradine
Keith Carradine (born 1949, San Mateo, California), American actor and songwriter, son of John Carradine, half-brother of David, brother of Robert. Won the 1976 Oscar for "I'm Easy" from Nashville; known for The Duellists, Pretty Baby, The Long Riders, Deadwood, Dexter, and Madam Secretary.
Kevin Chamberlin
Kevin Chamberlin (born 1963) is an American stage and screen actor from Moorestown, New Jersey, with three Tony nominations (Dirty Blonde, Seussical, The Addams Family), known as Bertram on Disney's Jessie and for the Ratatouille TikTok musical.
Kirk Cameron
Kirk Cameron (born 1970, Panorama City, California), American actor and evangelical activist; rose to fame as Mike Seaver on Growing Pains (1985–1992), starred in Fireproof and Saving Christmas, hosts Takeaways on TBN and The Kirk Cameron Show.
Kristen Cloke
Kristen Cloke (born 1968, Van Nuys, California), also Kristen Ann Cloke, is an American actress and writer best known as Captain Shane Vansen in Space: Above and Beyond, for Valerie Lewton in Final Destination, and for writing The X-Files episode Rm9sbG93ZXJz.
Lana Clarkson
Lana Jean Clarkson (1962-2003), American actress and model, star of Roger Corman's Deathstalker and Barbarian Queen; shot dead at Phil Spector's Alhambra mansion in 2003; Spector convicted of second-degree murder in 2009.
Lisa Nicole Carson
Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress born 1969 in Brooklyn, played Renee Radick on Ally McBeal and Carla Reese on ER simultaneously in the late 1990s, with films including Devil in a Blue Dress and Eve's Bayou.
Lois Chiles
Lois Chiles (Lois Cleveland Chiles, born 1947) is a retired American actress and former model, known as Dr. Holly Goodhead in Moonraker (1979), Holly Harwood on Dallas, and roles in The Great Gatsby and Broadcast News.
Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter, American actress and singer (born 1951, Phoenix), Miss World USA 1972, star of the 1975-1979 Wonder Woman TV series; later albums, Emmy-winning specials, Supergirl, Skyrim and Fallout voice roles.
Maia Campbell
Maia Campbell (Maia Chinassa Campbell), American actress born 1976 in Takoma Park, Maryland; played Tiffany Warren on In the House (1995–1999) and Nicole on South Central; daughter of author Bebe Moore Campbell; later publicized bipolar disorder and recovery.
Marcus Chong
Marcus Chong (born 1967, Seattle) is an American actor known as Tank in The Matrix (1999), Huey P. Newton in Panther (1995), and a Theatre World Award winner for Broadway's Stand-Up Tragedy.
Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American character actress known as housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on Diff'rent Strokes and as the voice of Mrs. Puff on SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999, with a Broadway career beginning in Hello, Dolly! (1964).
Matt Cedeño
Matt Cedeño (born 1973, Moses Lake, Washington) is an American actor and former model, Afro-Cuban and Irish-English heritage, known for Brandon Walker on Days of Our Lives, Devious Maids, Z Nation, Power, and Ruthless.
Megan Cavanagh
Megan Cavanagh (born 1960) is a Chicago-born American actress best known as Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own and the voice of Judy Neutron; distinct from actress Megan Cavanagh (V) and Christine Cavanaugh.
Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis (born 1963, Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American actor known as Vic Mackey on The Shield, Tony Scali on The Commish, and the Thing in Fantastic Four; Emmy and Golden Globe winner.
Monica Calhoun
Monica Calhoun (born 1971) is an American actress known as Mia Morgan in The Best Man films and Ebony in The Players Club; active since 1985, Daytime Emmy nominee, later co-producer of No Regrets.
Morris Chestnut
Morris Chestnut (born 1969, Cerritos, California) is an American actor and producer known for Ricky in Boyz n the Hood, Lance in The Best Man films, Rosewood, and CBS's Watson; two-time NAACP Image Award winner.