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Loretta Swit
Loretta Swit (1937–2025), American Emmy-winning actress born Loretta Jane Swit, played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on all 11 seasons of CBS's M*A*S*H, later active in stage, TV movies, and animal welfare.
Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen (1948–2003), American stage, film, and TV actress born in Joliet, Illinois; Tony winner for An American Daughter, the Chief on PBS's Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Ella Mae Farmer on The District, and voice of Luna in Bear in the Big Blue House.
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei (born 1964) is an American actress, Oscar winner as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1993, Best Supporting Actress), later Oscar-nominated for In the Bedroom and The Wrestler, and Marvel's Aunt May from 2016 to 2021.
Marshall Teague (actor)
Marshall R. Teague (born 1953, Newport, Tennessee) is an American character actor, Navy veteran, and former deputy sheriff known for Jimmy Reno in Road House (1989), Ta'Lon on Babylon 5, and roles in The Rock and Armageddon.
Mary Ellen Trainor
Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015) was an American character actress, ex-wife of director Robert Zemeckis, known as Mrs. Walsh in The Goonies and Dr. Stephanie Woods in all four Lethal Weapon films, and Gail Wallens in Die Hard.
Maura Tierney
Maura Tierney (born 1965, Boston) is an American actress known as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio, Abby Lockhart on ER, and Golden Globe-winning Helen Solloway on The Affair; now Lt. Jessica Brady on Law & Order.
Meg Tilly
Meg Tilly (born 1960, Margaret Elizabeth Chan) is a Canadian American actress and novelist, sister of Jennifer Tilly, known for The Big Chill, Agnes of God (Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee), Valmont, and her novels Singing Songs and Gemma.
Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor (1947–2014) was an American actor who played Anthony Bouvier on all seven seasons of Designing Women (1986–93), earning a 1989 Emmy nomination, and Hollywood Montrose in Mannequin (1987).
Michael Tucci
Michael Tucci (born 1946, New York City) is an American actor and retired teacher, best known as T-Bird Sonny LaTierri in Grease (1978), Norman Briggs on Diagnosis: Murder, and roles in Blow and The Heat.
Michael Tylo
Michael Tylo (1948–2021), American soap opera actor known as Quinton Chamberlain on Guiding Light and Alcalde Luis Ramone on Zorro; later UNLV film professor; died in Henderson, Nevada.
Michelle Thomas
Michelle Doris Thomas (1968-1998), American actress, daughter of Kool & the Gang's Dennis Thomas; played Justine on The Cosby Show, Myra Monkhouse on Family Matters, and Callie Rogers on The Young and the Restless; died at 30 of stomach cancer.
Mr. T
Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud, born 1952, Chicago) is an American actor and retired wrestler famous for Clubber Lang in Rocky III, B.A. Baracus on The A-Team, his mohawk, gold chains, and 'I pity the fool!'
Nancy Travis
Nancy Travis, American actress born 1961 in New York City, known for Three Men and a Baby, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and nine seasons as Vanessa Baxter on Last Man Standing; also The Kominsky Method, Mr. Mercedes, and Hallmark's Ride.
Nathaniel Taylor (actor)
Nathaniel Taylor, also known as Jita Hadi, was an American actor who appeared in Sanford and Son and Larry Clark's L.A. Rebellion films. He died in 2019.
Nicholas Turturro
Nicholas Turturro (born 1962, Queens) is an Italian-American actor, brother of John Turturro, known as Detective James Martinez on NYPD Blue (1993-2000) with two Emmy nominations.
Nicholle Tom
Nicholle Tom (Nicholle Marie Tom, born 1978) is an American actress known as Maggie Sheffield on The Nanny and Ryce Newton in Beethoven, and the first voice of Supergirl in the DC Animated Universe.
Paige Turco
Paige Turco, full name Jean Paige Turco, is an American actress known for playing April O'Neil in the second and third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films and Dr. Abigail Griffin in The 100.
Patricia Tallman
Patricia Tallman (Pat Tallman), born 1957, American actress and stunt performer: Barbara in Night of the Living Dead (1990), Lyta Alexander on Babylon 5, and stunt double for Laura Dern, Gates McFadden, and Nana Visitor.
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze (1952-2009), American actor and trained ballet dancer from Houston, starred in Dirty Dancing (1987), Ghost (1990), and Point Break (1991); died of pancreatic cancer at 57.
Philip Michael Thomas
Philip Michael Thomas (born 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actor and musician, best known as Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs on NBC's Miami Vice (1984–1989, 111 episodes). Distinguishing facts: Broadway debut in No Place to Be Somebody (1971), starred in Sparkle (1976), pursued an EGOT, voiced Lance Vance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Rachel True
Rachel True (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress known for Rochelle in The Craft (1996), Mona Thorne on Half & Half, and her tarot work and True Heart Tarot deck.
Renée Taylor
Renée Taylor (born Renee Adoree Wexler, 1933) is an American actress and writer, Sylvia Fine on The Nanny, and Oscar-nominated co-writer of Lovers and Other Strangers with husband Joseph Bologna; distinct from researcher Renée R. Taylor.
Richard Thomas (actor)
Richard Thomas (born 1951) is an American actor best known as John-Boy Walton in CBS's The Waltons, for which he won a 1973 Emmy; also It, The Americans, Ozark, and a seven-decade stage career with 2017 and 2026 Tony nominations.
Robert Townsend (actor)
Robert Townsend (born 1957, Chicago) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer who self-financed the 1987 satire Hollywood Shuffle with savings and credit cards, then directed The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man, Holiday Heart, and numerous TV episodes.
Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born 1972, Chicago) is an American actress known for Empire Records, The Craft, Veronica Donovan in Prison Break, and Teresa Lisbon in The Mentalist (2008-15).
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci, born 1960 in Peekskill, New York, is an American character actor, director, and food broadcaster; Oscar-nominated for The Lovely Bones, host of Searching for Italy and Tucci in Italy, and author of Taste.
Steve Tracy
Steve Tracy (Steve Crumrine, 1952–1986), American actor known as Percival Dalton on Little House on the Prairie; also Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens and Class Reunion; died of AIDS at 34.
Susanna Thompson
Susanna Thompson (born 1958, San Diego) is an American actress known as the Borg Queen on Star Trek: Voyager, Karen Sammler on Once and Again, Moira Queen on Arrow, and Queen Rose Benjamin on Kings.
Taimak
Taimak Guarriello, known mononymously as Taimak, is an American actor, martial artist, and stuntman best known for playing Leroy Green in the 1985 film The Last Dragon.
Tamara Tunie
Tamara Tunie, born 1959 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, is an American actress and Tony-winning producer known as Melinda Warner on Law & Order: SVU, Jessica Griffin on As the World Turns, and Anita Dupree on Beyond the Gates.