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Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Marie Eilbacher, American retired actress born 1956 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; known as Casey Seeger in An Officer and a Gentleman and Jenny Summers in Beverly Hills Cop; active 1972–1995.
Luke Edwards (actor)
Luke Daniels Edwards (born 1980, Nevada City, California) is an American actor and producer, a child star of The Wizard (1989), Newsies (1992) as Les Jacobs, and Little Big League (1994) as Billy Heywood, later in Jeepers Creepers 2 and independent film producing.
Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith, 1957, Reseda, California) is an American actor, writer, and director, the Hal Hartley leading man of Trust, Simple Men, and Amateur, NSFC Best Supporting Actor winner for The Portrait of a Lady, and later a Weeds, Big Little Lies, Tenet, and The Apprentice performer.
Merrin Dungey
Merrin Dungey (Merrin Melissa Dungey, b. 1971, Sacramento) is an American actress known for Francie Calfo/Allison Doren on Alias, Kelly Palmer on The King of Queens, Ursula on Once Upon a Time, Big Little Lies, and Chicago Med's Dr. Jennifer Kingston.
Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor, Oscar-nominated as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999); also Armageddon, Daredevil's Kingpin, voice of Kung Fu Panda; died after a July 2012 heart attack.
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born 1944), American actor and producer, son of Kirk Douglas; Oscar-winning producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor winner as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
Michael Dudikoff
Michael Dudikoff, American actor born 1954 in Redondo Beach, California, star of Cannon Films' American Ninja (1985) as Joe Armstrong, also Bachelor Party, Platoon Leader, Cobra; no martial arts training before casting; now restores old homes.
Michael Easton
Michael Easton (born 1967) is an Irish-American actor, writer, and filmmaker. Not the composer or other namesakes: played Tanner Scofield, Caleb Morley, John McBain, Silas Clay, and Hamilton Finn across Days of Our Lives, Port Charles, One Life to Live, and General Hospital.
Nicole Eggert
Nicole Eggert (born 1972, Glendale, California) is an American actress known as Jamie Powell on Charles in Charge and Summer Quinn on Baywatch (1992–1994); later an ice cream business owner, podcast host, and public breast cancer survivor who accused Scott Baio of abuse, which he denies.
Noah Emmerich
Noah Nicholas Emmerich (born 1965), American character actor; Stan Beeman on FX's The Americans, Marlon in The Truman Show, Miracle, Super 8; also directs television episodes.
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn (born 1952, Chicago) is an American actress and comedian, an SNL cast member 1985–1990 known for Pat Stevens and the Sweeney Sisters, who boycotted the Andrew Dice Clay episode and later starred in Passion Fish, Three Kings, and Entourage.
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis (1931–2021), American Greek-American stage and screen actress, won the 1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Moonstruck as Rose Castorini, cofounded the Whole Theater, played Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City, and published the memoir Ask Me Again Tomorrow.
Omar Epps
Omar Hashim Epps (born 1973, Brooklyn) is an American actor, rapper, and producer known as Q in Juice (1992), Dr. Eric Foreman on House (2004-2012), and Detective Howard on Power Book III: Raising Kanan; also a musician, author, and producer.
Patrick Duffy
Patrick Duffy (born 1949, Townsend, Montana) is the American actor who played Bobby Ewing on Dallas (1978-1991), Mark Harris on Man from Atlantis, and Frank Lambert on Step by Step; also known for the 1986 dream-scene return and directing Dallas episodes.
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Lee Brown, 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American character actor of seven decades, known as the dad in Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles, Wimpy in Altman's Popeye, co-creator of The Electric Company, and the voice of Sarge in Pixar's Cars.
Personal life of Clint Eastwood
The personal life of Clint Eastwood covers his family background, marriages to Maggie Johnson and Dina Ruiz, eight documented children, and single term as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1986 to 1988.
Ramon Estevez
Ramon Estevez (Ramon Luis Estevez, also billed Ramon Sheen), born 1963 in Staten Island, is an American actor and producer, son of Martin Sheen, brother of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, who runs Estevez Sheen Productions and produced Anger Management.
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor born 1947 in Brooklyn, star of Jaws, Close Encounters, American Graffiti; won the 1978 Best Actor Oscar for The Goodbye Girl as its youngest male recipient.
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart (1929–2015), American character actor; Emmy-winning Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law (1986–94, 171 episodes), Drama Desk-winning Coach in That Championship Season, founding member of American Conservatory Theater.
Richard Edson
Richard Edson (born 1954, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor and musician, Sonic Youth's original drummer 1981-82 and a Konk trumpet player, best known as Eddie in Stranger Than Paradise and Vito in Do the Right Thing.
Rob Estes
Rob Estes (Robert Alan Estes), American actor born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia; known for Sgt. Chris Lorenzo in Silk Stalkings, Kyle McBride in Melrose Place, and Harry Wilson in 90210; also directed episodes of those series.
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall (1931–2026), American actor and filmmaker, Oscar winner for Tender Mercies; played Tom Hagen in The Godfather and Kilgore in Apocalypse Now; founded Butchers Run Films.
Robert Englund
Robert Englund (born 1947, Glendale, California) is an American RADA-trained actor famous as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street films (1984-2003), also known for V's Willie, voice roles, and a 2025 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973) is an American actor known as Kenny Chadway in Soul Food, C-Note in Prison Break, Eli Roosevelt in Sons of Anarchy, and Michael Grant in 9-1-1, from which he exited in 2021 over a vaccine dispute he later lost in court.
Ron Eldard
Ron Eldard (Ronald Jason Eldard), American actor born 1965 in New York, former Golden Gloves boxer; known for ER's Shep, Sleepers, Black Hawk Down, Super 8, and Broadway roles in On the Waterfront, Death of a Salesman, and Doubt.
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Ronnie Claire Edwards (1933–2016), American character actress, playwright, and memoirist from Oklahoma City, best known as Corabeth Walton Godsey on The Waltons; also Broadway and repertory stage actress, author of The Knife Thrower's Assistant.
Sam Edwards
Sam Edwards (1915-2004), American character actor; voice of adult Thumper in Bambi, Dexter Franklin on radio's Meet Corliss Archer, and banker Bill Anderson on Little House on the Prairie.
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott (Samuel Pack Elliott), American actor born 1944 in Sacramento, California, known for his deep voice, horseshoe moustache, and Western roles in Tombstone, The Big Lebowski, 1883, and Oscar-nominated A Star Is Born.
Sandy Duncan
Sandy Duncan (Sandra Kay Duncan, born 1946, Texas) is an American actress, dancer, and singer known for her Tony-nominated Peter Pan on Broadway (1979, 554 performances), the sitcoms Funny Face and The Hogan Family, and an Emmy-nominated role in Roots, after losing sight in one eye to a brain tumor in 1971.
Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty (1971-2024), American actress known as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Prue Halliwell in Charmed, also starred in Heathers and Mallrats; died of breast cancer aged 53.