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G. D. Spradlin
G. D. Spradlin, also known as Gervase Spradlin, was an American character actor known for playing authority figures, notably in The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now.
Gail Strickland
Gail Strickland, also Katherine Gail Strickland, American retired character actress of The Drowning Pool, Norma Rae, and The American President; HeartBeat (1988) lesbian-nurse role, Broadway Status Quo Vadis, Drama Desk Award 1973.
Jaclyn Smith
Jaclyn Smith, born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith, is an American actress best known as Kelly Garrett on Charlie's Angels, the only Angel to stay all five seasons.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith (Jada Koren Pinkett), American actress and talk show host born 1971 in Baltimore; star of A Different World, The Matrix sequels, Madagascar; creator of Red Table Talk; wife of Will Smith; memoir Worthy (2023).
James Spader
James Spader (born 1960, Boston) is an American actor known for sex, lies, and videotape, Alan Shore on Boston Legal (3 Emmys), Reddington on The Blacklist, and Ultron in Age of Ultron and VisionQuest.
Jean Smart
Jean Smart (born 1951, Seattle) is an American actress, Emmy record holder as Deborah Vance on Hacks, formerly Charlene on Designing Women, with three Golden Globes and a Tony nomination.
Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton (Jeanne Murray, 1923-2013), American character actress famous as Edith Bunker on All in the Family; three Emmys, two Golden Globes, Television Academy Hall of Fame 2002, stage career in Damn Yankees and Funny Girl.
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits (born 1955, Brooklyn) is an American actor, Emmy winner for L.A. Law (1990) as Victor Sifuentes, and star of NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy; co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.
Joe Spano
Joe Spano (Joseph Peter Spano, born 1946) is an American character actor known as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues, Det. John Clark Sr. on NYPD Blue, and FBI Agent Tobias Fornell on NCIS; he won a 1989 Emmy for Midnight Caller.
John Spencer (actor)
John Spencer (born John Speshock, 1946-2005), American character actor; not the snooker champion or the Princess Diana biopic. Emmy-winning Leo McGarry on The West Wing, Tommy Mullaney on L.A. Law, Obie for Still Life.
John Stamos
John Stamos (born 1963, Cypress, California) is an American actor and musician, full name John Phillip Stamos, known for Uncle Jesse on Full House (1987–1995), Fuller House, ER, Grandfathered, Big Shot, and touring with the Beach Boys.
John Stockwell (actor)
John Stockwell (John Stockwell Samuels IV, born 1961, Galveston, Texas) is an American actor turned director-writer, known for Christine, Losin' It, and Top Gun (Cougar), and for directing Blue Crush, Into the Blue, and Turistas; distinct from the CIA officer of the same name.
Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer (Maximilian Josef Sommer, born 1934, Greifswald, Germany) is a German-American retired stage, film, and television actor, an Obie winner known for Witness, Dirty Harry, Close Encounters, Silkwood, and portraying Ford, FDR, and Joseph Kennedy on TV.
Josh Stewart
Josh Stewart (Joshua Regnall Stewart, born 1977) is an American actor from Diana, West Virginia, known for Holt McLaren in Dirt, Detective William LaMontagne Jr. on Criminal Minds, Arkin in The Collector films, and Sheriff Handy Wade in Dutton Ranch (2026).
Julie Sommars
Julie Sommars (Juliana Sommars, born 1940, Fremont, Nebraska) is an American retired actress, Golden Globe winner for The Governor & J.J. (1970) and ADA Julie March on Matlock (1987-1994).
Kerr Smith
Kerr Smith (Kerr Van Cleve Smith, born 1972) is an American actor, Jack McPhee on Dawson's Creek, site of TV's first loving gay male kiss on primetime network TV, later Final Destination, Charmed, Life Unexpected, The Fosters, Riverdale.
Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo, American actor born 1958 in Mound, Minnesota, starred as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-99) and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000-2005), later leading faith-based films like God's Not Dead.
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey is the stage name of American actor Kevin Spacey Fowler, who won Academy Awards for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999) and starred in House of Cards.
Kristine Sutherland
Kristine Sutherland (born 1955, Boise, Idaho; birth name Kristine Young) is an American actress known as Joyce Summers in 58 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2002) and as Mae Thompson in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); married to John Pankow since 1986.
Kurtwood Smith
Kurtwood Smith (Kurtwood Larson Smith, born 1943) is an American character actor known as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987) and Red Forman on That '70s Show (1998–2006), also seen in Star Trek, Patriot, and Netflix's That '90s Show.
Lane Smith
Lane Smith (1936–2005), American character actor born in Memphis, Tennessee; McMurphy in 650 off-Broadway performances of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Drama Desk winner for Glengarry Glen Ross, Nixon in The Final Days (1989), and Perry White on Lois & Clark (1993–97). Died of ALS, aged 69.
Lionel Stander
Lionel Jay Stander (1908–1994), American gravel-voiced character actor of stage, radio, film, and TV; blacklisted after defying HUAC in 1953, worked as a stockbroker, then starred as Max the chauffeur on Hart to Hart (1979–84), winning a 1983 Golden Globe.
Liza Snyder
Liza Snyder (born 1968, Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American actress known as Christine Hughes on Yes, Dear and Andi Burns on Man with a Plan, also Sirens, Jesse, and Pay It Forward.
Louise Sorel
Louise Sorel (born August 6, 1940) is an American actress known for soap villainesses Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara and Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives since 1992, with five Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Lynne Marie Stewart
Lynne Marie Stewart (1946–2025), American actress; Miss Yvonne on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Bonnie Kelly, Charlie's mom, on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; died of cancer in Los Angeles.
Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe (Madeleine Marie Stowe Mora), American actress born 1958 in Los Angeles; star of Stakeout, The Last of the Mohicans, Short Cuts, and 12 Monkeys, Golden Globe-nominated as Victoria Grayson on Revenge, and Ingrid/Mrs. Kersh in IT: Welcome to Derry (2025).
Madolyn Smith
Madolyn Smith (Madolyn Smith Osborne), born 1957, Albuquerque, is a retired American actress known for Urban Cowboy (1980), If Tomorrow Comes (1986), All of Me, 2010, and Funny Farm; retired from acting in 1994 due to chronic illness, married former NHL player Mark Osborne since 1988. Distinct from therapists and nurse practitioners of similar names.
Marcia Strassman
Marcia Ann Strassman (1948–2014) was an American actress and singer, Julie Kotter on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and Diane Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; not to be confused with casting director Marcia, or psychologist James Marcia.
Marla Sokoloff
Marla Sokoloff, American actress born 1980 in San Francisco; Gia Mahan on Full House/Fuller House, Lucy Hatcher on The Practice (1998-2004); films Dude, Where's My Car?, Sugar & Spice; also writes and directs.
McLean Stevenson
McLean Stevenson (Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr.), 1927–1996 American comedic actor and writer, played Lt. Col. Henry Blake on M*A*S*H's first three seasons, won a Golden Globe, earned four Emmy nominations, then starred in short-lived sitcoms.