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Emily McLaughlin
Emily McLaughlin (1928–1991), American actress, original cast member of ABC's General Hospital, playing nurse Jessie Brewer from 1963 to 1991; also Dr. Ellen Seaton on Young Dr. Malone; Jeffrey Hunter's widow.
Everett McGill
Everett McGill (Charles Everett McGill III), American retired actor born 1945 in Miami Beach; played Naoh in Quest for Fire, Stilgar in Dune, and Big Ed Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 2017 Showtime revival, after a Broadway career and a 1999 retirement.
Fred Melamed
Fred Melamed is an American character actor and voice-over performer. He is known for his role as Sy Ableman in the 2009 film A Serious Man.
Gates McFadden
Gates McFadden (Cheryl Gates McFadden, born 1949) is an American actress and choreographer, best known as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation (154 episodes), four films, and Picard, plus choreography on Labyrinth.
Gerald McRaney
Gerald Lee McRaney (born 1947, Collins, Mississippi) is an American TV and film actor, star of Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land, later a character actor in Deadwood and House of Cards, and 2017 Emmy winner for This Is Us.
Holt McCallany
Holt McCallany (Holt Quinn McAloney) is an American actor known as FBI agent Bill Tench in Netflix's Mindhunter (2017–2019), lead of FX's Lights Out (2011), Fritz Von Erich in The Iron Claw, and Harlan Buckley in The Waterfront (2025).
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Ilan Mitchell-Smith (born 1969) is an American academic and former actor, known as Wyatt Donnelly in Weird Science (1985) and for The Chocolate War, Superboy, and his CSULB medieval literature professorship.
James Mitchum
James Mitchum (James Robin Spence Mitchum, 1941–2025), American actor, eldest son of Robert Mitchum; debuted in Thunder Road (1958) as Robin Doolin, appeared in over 30 films including In Harm's Way and Two-Lane Blacktop.
Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy (Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg), American actress, model, and TV host born 1972 in Chicago; Playboy 1994 Playmate of the Year, co-host of MTV's Singled Out, author of Belly Laughs, judge on The Masked Singer since 2019, and controversial vaccine-autism advocate.
Jimmy McNichol
Jimmy McNichol (James Vincent McNichol, born 1961) is an American actor and singer, 1970s teen idol of The Fitzpatricks, California Fever, and General Hospital, RCA duet albums with sister Kristy, later a Colorado environmentalist and real-estate developer.
John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley (born 1959) is an American actor known as Dr. Perry Cox on Scrubs (2001–2010, 2026 ABC revival) and for Oliver Stone films Platoon, Wall Street, and Any Given Sunday, plus Seven, The Rock, Office Space, and Rooster.
Julie Michaels
Julie Michaels (born 1970) is an American actress, stuntwoman, and stunt coordinator known for Road House, Point Break, and Jason Goes to Hell, and the first woman nominated for the stunt coordination Emmy; not the Toronto crew member or singer Julia Michaels.
Kel Mitchell
Kel Mitchell (Kel Johari Rice Mitchell, born 1978) is an American actor and comedian, an original All That cast member, star of Kenan & Kel, and Ed in Good Burger (1997) and Good Burger 2 (2023).
Kelly McGillis
Kelly McGillis (born 1957, Newport Beach, California) is an American actress known for Witness (1985), Top Gun (1986), and The Accused (1988), later focusing on theater, independent films, and recovery work.
Kim McGuire
Kim McGuire (Kim Diane McGuire, 1955-2016) was an American actress, later attorney and author, best known as Mona "Hatchet-Face" Malnorowski in John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby; she died of pneumonia complications in Naples, Florida.
Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly McCullough (Kimberly Anne McCullough), American actress and director, born 1978 in Bellflower, California; originated Robin Scorpio on General Hospital (1985-2021), won two Daytime Emmys, then became a TV director on shows like The Conners and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
Kristy McNichol
Kristy McNichol (Christina Ann McNichol, born 1962) is a retired American actress, two-time Emmy winner as Buddy Lawrence on Family, star of Little Darlings and Only When I Laugh, who left acting in the late 1990s.
Kurt McKinney
Kurt McKinney (Kurt Robin McKinney), American actor and taekwondo black belt born 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky; starred in No Retreat, No Surrender opposite Van Damme, played Ned Ashton on General Hospital and Matt Reardon on Guiding Light.
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf (Laura Elizabeth Metcalf, born 1955) is an American actress, Steppenwolf founding ensemble member, Emmy-winning Jackie Harris on Roseanne, three-time Tony winner, and Oscar nominee for Lady Bird.
Linda Miller (actress)
Linda Miller, birth name Linda Mae Gleason, is an American film, stage, and television actress, daughter of Jackie Gleason and mother of Jason Patric, known for Alice, Sweet Alice.
LisaRaye McCoy
LisaRaye McCoy (also LisaRaye; born 1967, Chicago) is an American actress, director, and entrepreneur: Diamond in The Players Club (1998), Neesee James on All of Us, Keisha Greene on Single Ladies, former First Lady of Turks and Caicos.
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli (born 1946, Los Angeles), daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, is an EGOT-winning American singer-actress famous for Cabaret (1972 Oscar), Liza with a Z, four Tonys, and her 2026 memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!.
Lonette McKee
Lonette McKee (born 1954, Detroit) is an American actress, singer, and composer, breakout as Sister in Sparkle (1976), Tony-nominated as Julie in Show Boat, films include The Cotton Club and Malcolm X.
Lynnette Mettey
Lynnette Mettey, also credited as Lynette Mettey, is an American actress born in 1943. Her career is known for recurring parts as Lt. Nancy Griffin on M*A*S*H and Lee on Quincy, M.E.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure (born 1957, San Mateo, California) is an American actor, the Jimmy Olsen of the 1978-1987 Superman films and Supergirl, and Dave McFly in Back to the Future; also Apollo 13 and Freaky Friday.
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Mary Elizabeth McDonough (Mary Beth McDonough), American actress born 1961 in Van Nuys, California; played Erin Walton on The Waltons 1972–1981, later actress, memoirist, novelist, and breast implant safety activist.
Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell (born 1952, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, two-time Oscar nominee for Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, known as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica and Captain Sharon Raydor in The Closer and Major Crimes.
Matt McCoy (actor)
Matt McCoy (born 1958) is an American actor known as Sgt. Nick Lassard in two Police Academy films, Michael Bartel in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential, and Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld; distinct from musicians and entrepreneurs of the same name.
Maureen McCormick
Maureen Denise McCormick (born 1956) is an American actress, singer, and author best known as Marcia Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969-74). Not the McCormick spice family. Later work: Grease on Broadway, Pen Pals Off-Broadway, 2008 memoir Here's the Story.
Melinda McGraw
Melinda McGraw (born 1963, Nicosia, Cyprus) is an American RADA-trained actress known for Bobbie Barrett on Mad Men, Barbara Gordon in The Dark Knight, and Melissa Scully on The X-Files.