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American actors: 1970s to 1990s, Surnames Sc to Sl

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Adrienne Shelly

Adrienne Shelly (Adrienne Levine, 1966-2006) was an American indie film actress, writer, and director, star of Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth and Trust, and writer-director of Waitress (2007), who was murdered in November 2006.

Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone (born 1976, San Francisco) is the American actress who played Cher Horowitz in Clueless (1995), Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1997), and starred in the Aerosmith videos Cryin', Amazing, and Crazy; also a vegan author and PETA spokesperson.

Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy (born 1962) is an American actress, Brat Pack member of WarGames, The Breakfast Club, and St. Elmo's Fire, Independent Spirit Award winner for High Art, now teaching at City College of New York.

Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris (born 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer, sister of David Sedaris, creator and star of Strangers with Candy as Jerri Blank and of At Home with Amy Sedaris, and voice of Princess Carolyn in BoJack Horseman.

Andrew Shue

Andrew Shue (born 1967, South Orange, NJ) is an American actor, soccer player, and entrepreneur: Billy Campbell on Melrose Place 1992-1998, LA Galaxy midfielder in MLS's 1996 inaugural season, and co-founder of Do Something and CafeMom.

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra (Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra), American actress and producer; Emmy-nominated as Gloria Trillo on The Sopranos, known for True Love, Jungle Fever, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

Anne Schedeen

Anne Schedeen (Luanne Ruth Schedeen), American actress (1949–2026), played Kate Tanner, the mother on NBC's ALF (1986–1990, 100+ episodes); earlier Paper Dolls; died June 14, 2026, age 77.

Armin Shimerman

Armin Shimerman (born 1949) is an American actor best known as Quark in 172 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; also Principal Snyder in Buffy, voice of BioShock's Andrew Ryan, author, and USC Shakespeare professor.

Attallah Shabazz

Attallah Shabazz (born 1958, New York City), eldest daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, is a diplomat, producer, actress, and lecturer, Belize's Ambassador-at-Large since 2002, witness to her father's 1965 assassination, and foreword author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X; distinct from unrelated namesakes such as the DC educator Attalah Shabazz.

Azura Skye

Azura Skye (Azura Dawn Storozynski, born 1981) is an American actress known as Jane Cooper on Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, for supporting roles in 28 Days, Bandits, and Red Dragon, and for Best Actress awards for The Swerve (2018).

Bitty Schram

Bitty Schram (born 1968), American actress best known as Sharona Fleming on Monk (2002–2009) and Evelyn Gardner in A League of Their Own (1992); left Monk in a 2004 contract dispute, returned for one 2009 episode.

Brad Sherwood

Brad Sherwood, also known as Bradley Sherwood, is an American improvisational comedian best known for Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and since 2003 he has toured with Colin Mochrie.

Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields (Brooke Christa Shields, born 1965) is an American actor and model famous for Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, Calvin Klein ads, Suddenly Susan, memoirs, and Actors' Equity presidency.

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott, American actor, producer, and director born 1961 in New York City, son of George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst; known for Longtime Companion, co-directing Big Night with Stanley Tucci, Roger Dodger, House of Cards, and the Amazing Spider-Man films.

Catherine Scorsese

Catherine Scorsese (1912-1997), mother of director Martin Scorsese, was an American character actress typecast as the Italian mother, appearing in his films from Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967) to Casino (1995), notably Goodfellas.

Charlie Schlatter

Charlie Schlatter (born 1966, Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor and voice actor, the voice of The Flash and Kick Buttowski, and Dr. Jesse Travis on Diagnosis Murder; also starred in 1988's 18 Again!.

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estévez, born 1965), American actor of Platoon, Wall Street, and Two and a Half Men; fired in 2011, HIV-positive disclosure 2015, 2025 memoir and Netflix documentary.

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny (born 1974) is an American actress, director, and designer, an indie-film figure since Kids (1995), Oscar-nominated for Boys Don't Cry, Golden Globe winner for Big Love, and Emmy-nominated for Monsters (2025).

Christian Slater

Christian Slater (born 1969, New York City) is an American actor known for Heathers, Pump Up the Volume, True Romance, and his Golden Globe-winning role in Mr. Robot; he received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2025.

Constance Shulman

Constance Shulman (born 1958, Johnson City, Tennessee) is an American actress known as Yoga Jones on Orange Is the New Black, the voice of Patti Mayonnaise on Doug, and the original Annelle in Off-Broadway's Steel Magnolias.

Cornelia Sharpe

Cornelia Sharpe (Cornelia Lynn Sharpe, born 1943, Selma, Alabama) is an American former actress and model known for Leslie Lane in Serpico (1973) and the assassin Nicole Scott opposite Sean Connery in The Next Man (1976); married producer Martin Bregman in 1981.

Craig Sheffer

Craig Eric Sheffer (born 1960, York, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known as Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It, Aaron Boone in Nightbreed, and Keith Scott on One Tree Hill; also directed American Crude.

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd, born 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American actress, model, and singer known for The Last Picture Show, Moonlighting with Bruce Willis, and her sitcom Cybill, with Golden Globe wins and four Emmy nominations.

Danny Seagren

Danny Seagren (Daniel Morley Seagren, 1943–2025), American puppeteer and dancer trained by Jim Henson; Sesame Street Ernie/Big Bird performer and the first live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company, 1974–1977.

David Schwimmer

David Lawrence Schwimmer (born 1966) is an American actor and director, Ross Geller on Friends (234 episodes, 1994–2004), co-founder of Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre, director of Run Fatboy Run and Trust, and Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson.

David Selby

David Selby (born 1941, Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American actor and writer known as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows (1968-71) and Richard Channing on Falcon Crest (1982-90), with Broadway credits and repeated Abraham Lincoln portrayals.

Debralee Scott

Debralee Scott (1953–2005), American actress of 1970s television comedy; played Cathy Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Hotsy Totsy on Welcome Back, Kotter; also American Graffiti and Police Academy films.

Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born 1963, Wilmington, Delaware) is an American actress, sister of Andrew Shue; starred in The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, and Leaving Las Vegas, earning a 1995 Oscar nomination.

Frank Silva

Frank Silva (1950–1995), American set dresser and actor, played the demonic BOB in Twin Peaks after David Lynch spotted him in a mirror reflection during pilot filming; also worked on Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart.

Frank Sivero

Frank Sivero (Francesco LoGiudice), Italian-American actor born 1952 in Siculiana, Sicily, raised in Brooklyn; played Genco in The Godfather Part II and Frankie Carbone in Goodfellas; sued Fox over the Simpsons' Louie.