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American actors: 1970s to 1990s, Surnames Sw to T

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Aida Turturro

Aida Turturro (born 1962) is an American actress, cousin of John Turturro, best known as Janice Soprano on The Sopranos (2000–2007), with two Emmy nominations and health advocacy work.

Andrea Thompson

Andrea Thompson (Rebecca Andrea Thompson) is an American actress and former CNN Headline News anchor, known for Talia Winters on Babylon 5, Genele Ericson on Falcon Crest, and Detective Jill Kirkendall on NYPD Blue.

Barbara Trentham

Barbara Trentham (Barbara Lynn Schilling, 1944-2013), American model and actress, cover model in London, played Daphne in Rollerball (1975), married John Cleese, mother of Camilla Cleese, died in Chicago of leukemia.

Berlinda Tolbert

Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949, Charlotte, NC) is an American actress who played Jenny Willis Jefferson on The Jeffersons (1975-1985, 65 episodes) and appeared in Harlem Nights, GoodFellas, and Patriot Games; married journalist Bob Reid since 1979.

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (born 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. Won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sling Blade (1996); later known for Fargo, Goliath, Landman, and the Boxmasters.

Brian Tochi

Brian Tochi (Brian Keith Tochihara), American actor born in Los Angeles; played Takashi in Revenge of the Nerds, Cadet Nogata in Police Academy 3 and 4, and voiced Leonardo in the first three live-action TMNT films.

Cameron Thor

Cameron Thor (born 1960, Los Angeles) is an American former actor, director, and acting coach best known as Lewis Dodgson in Jurassic Park (1993), with roles in Hook and A Few Good Men; in 2016 he was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student.

Charlene Tilton

Charlene Tilton is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing on Dallas from 1978 to 1990, and later returned for the 2012 revival.

Christine Taylor

Christine Taylor (Christine Joan Taylor Stiller, born 1971) is an American actress from Allentown, Pennsylvania, known as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and for Zoolander, DodgeBall, and Hey Dude, and married to Ben Stiller.

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson was an American actress and model born in 1924. She was known for portraying resilient African American women, notably in Sounder and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Concetta Tomei

Concetta Tomei (born 1945, Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American character actress, not related to Marisa Tomei, known for Major Lila Garreau on China Beach, Lynda Hansen on Providence, and Broadway roles in The Elephant Man and Cyrano de Bergerac.

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Courtney Thorne-Smith (born 1967) is an American actress known for Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, and Cheryl on According to Jim, plus Emma Fielding Hallmark films.

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney (Daniel Bernard Sweeney, born 1961) is an American actor from Shoreham, Long Island, known for Eight Men Out, The Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Lonesome Dove, Strange Luck, and voiceover work including Mountain Men.

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti (Daniel Giovanni Travanti, born March 7, 1940, Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American actor, two-time Emmy winner as Capt. Frank Furillo on Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), later in Adam, Murrow, and Missing Persons.

David Tom

David Tom (Charles David Tom, born 1978) is an American actor, Emmy-winning Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless (1999–2002, 2014), twin of Nicholle Tom, brother of Heather Tom, also of Pleasantville and Swing Kids.

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet (Adolphus Jean Sweet, 1920-1985), American character actor, WWII B-24 navigator and POW, Broadway performer in Streamers and Rhinoceros, soap lead on Another World, and Police Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! from 1981 to his death.

Dominique Swain

Dominique Swain (born 1980, Malibu, California) is an American actress, full name Dominique Ariane Swain, cast at 15 as Lolita in Adrian Lyne's 1997 film from over 2,500 candidates, also known for Face/Off, Girl, and Alpha Dog.

Don Swayze

Don Swayze (Donald Carl Swayze, born 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American character actor, younger brother of Patrick Swayze, known for Carnivàle, True Blood, Criminal Minds, and the 2025 lead role in All Saints Day.

Ellen Travolta

Ellen Travolta, American actress born in Englewood, New Jersey (sources differ: 1939 or 1940), sister of John Travolta; played Chachi's mother Louisa on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi and Lillian on Charles in Charge.

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas (born 1950 or 1949, Gary, Indiana) is an American actor, Roger "Raj" Thomas on What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!, and Mr. Omar on Everybody Hates Chris; also Malcolm X and Funny People.

George Takei

George Takei (born 1937, Los Angeles) is an American actor and activist, Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, incarcerated as a child in WWII Japanese American camps, later a civil rights, LGBTQ+, and remembrance advocate.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman, American stage, TV, and film actor, director, and producer; Broadway debut at 12 as Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Emmy winner for In Treatment (2008); known for Cooley High, A Different World, The Wire, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Hallie Todd

Hallie Todd, born 1962, American actress best known as Jo McGuire on Disney's Lizzie McGuire and its 2003 film, Penny Waters on Showtime's Brothers, and Lal on Star Trek: The Next Generation; now a producer with In House Media.

Heather Thomas

Heather Thomas (born 1957, Greenwich, Connecticut) is a retired American actress, Jody Banks on The Fall Guy (1981-86) with Lee Majors; also Zapped!, Cyclone, My Giant; later writer of the novel Trophies; distinct from poet Heather H. Thomas and actress Heather Tom.

Heather Tom

Heather Tom is an American actress and director known for playing Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Heidi Swedberg

Heidi Swedberg (born 1966, Honolulu) is an American actress and ukulele musician, known as Susan Ross on Seinfeld (1992–1997, 28 episodes), in Hot Shots! and Galaxy Quest, and for the Sukey Jump Band.

Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas (Henry Jackson Thomas Jr.), American actor born 1971 in San Antonio, Texas; child star as Elliott in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), later a Mike Flanagan horror regular and musician with Farspeaker.

Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor (born 1943, Philadelphia) is an American actress and playwright, Emmy winner as Judge Kittleson on The Practice, Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men, and Tony-nominated writer-star of Ann.

Hunter Tylo

Hunter Tylo (born 1962, Deborah Jo Hunter) is an American actress who originated Dr. Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful (1990–2019, with interruptions) and won a $4.8 million pregnancy-discrimination suit against Spelling over her 1996 Melrose Place firing.

Inga Swenson

Inga Swenson (1932–2023), American actress and lyric soprano, best known as Gretchen Kraus on Benson; Emmy- and Tony-nominated; born Omaha, died Los Angeles.