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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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Cathryn Damon

Cathryn Damon (1930–1987) was an American actress who won a 1980 Emmy as Mary Campbell on the ABC sitcom Soap, later playing Cassie Parker on Webster.

Cathy Lee Crosby

Cathy Lee Crosby is an American actress, producer, and former tennis player, recognized for cohosting the ABC series That's Incredible! and starring in Wonder Woman in 1974.

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty, American actress born 1960 in the Bronx, debuted as Vickie LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), earning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination; later known for Casper, Cop Land, and But I'm a Cheerleader.

Cecilia Peck

Cecilia Peck (born 1958, Los Angeles), daughter of Gregory Peck, is an American documentary director and producer behind Shut Up & Sing, Brave Miss World, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, and Netflix's Escaping Twin Flames.

Cecily Adams

Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress and casting director, daughter of Don Adams of Get Smart; played Ishka (Moogie) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and cast That '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun; married Jim Beaver.

Celia Weston

Celia Weston, American character actress from Spartanburg, South Carolina; Jolene Hunnicutt on Alice, Broadway's The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Tony nomination), films Dead Man Walking, Junebug, The Talented Mr. Ripley; born 1951 (IMDb says 1947).

Chad Allen (actor)

Chad Allen (Chad Allen Lazzari), American actor and producer born 1974 in Cerritos, California; child star on St. Elsewhere and Our House, best known as Matthew Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998), later an out gay actor in the Donald Strachey films and Save Me.

Chad Everett

Chad Everett (Raymon Lee Cramton, 1937-2012), American actor, star of Dr. Joe Gannon on CBS's Medical Center (1969-1976); later films include Airplane II, Psycho (1998), Mulholland Drive.

Chad Lowe

Chad Lowe (born 1968, Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor, director, and producer, younger brother of Rob Lowe; Emmy winner as Jesse McKenna on Life Goes On, later Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars and a 9-1-1 franchise director.

Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter (born 1970, Las Vegas) is an American actress who played Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; in 2021 she accused Joss Whedon of toxic on-set behavior.

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.

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, 1921–2003), American actor of Lithuanian descent, coal miner and WWII B-29 gunner turned star of The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Death Wish; distinct from the British prisoner Michael Peterson of the 2008 film Bronson.

Charles Durning

Charles Durning (1923–2012), American character actor of over 200 films and shows; WWII D-Day and Malmedy survivor with Silver Star and three Purple Hearts; Tony winner, two Oscar and nine Emmy nominations.

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin (Charles Grodinsky, 1935–2021), American deadpan comic actor of The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, and Beethoven; also Emmy-winning writer, CNBC talk-show host, 60 Minutes II commentator, and author.

Charles Haid

Charles Haid (Charles Maurice Haid III, born 1943, San Francisco) is an American actor and director, Officer Andy Renko on Hill Street Blues, later a DGA Award-winning TV director for ER.

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan (1943–1997), American character actor; played Capt. Charlie Devane on Hunter and Norris in The Thing (1982); Philadelphia-born, Rutgers and Temple MFA, three L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards; died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1997.

Charles Kimbrough

Charles Kimbrough (1936–2023), American character actor; Tony-nominated for Sondheim's Company, Emmy-nominated as anchor Jim Dial on Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018 reboot), voice of gargoyle Victor in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Charles Levin (actor)

Charles Herbert Levin (1949-2019), American character actor; Elliot Novak on Alice, Eddie Gregg on Hill Street Blues, the mohel in Seinfeld's 'The Bris,' and Coco in The Golden Girls pilot; died accidentally in Oregon in 2019.

Charles Martin Smith

Charles Martin Smith (born 1953, Van Nuys, California) is an American actor, writer, and director, also billed as Charlie Martin Smith. Known for Terry "The Toad" in American Graffiti and Never Cry Wolf; directed Air Bud, The Snow Walker, and Dolphin Tale.

Charles Napier (actor)

Charles Napier (1936–2011), American character actor with a square jaw known for tough-guy roles in Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Blues Brothers, and The Silence of the Lambs, and as a favorite of Russ Meyer and Jonathan Demme.

Charles Rocket

Charles Rocket (Charles Adams Claverie, 1949-2005), American character actor and former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor fired after an on-air obscenity on February 21, 1981; later roles in Moonlighting, Dances with Wolves, and Dumb & Dumber.

Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton (born 1951, Baltimore) is an American actor and director who went from prison to the Yale School of Drama, Tony-nominated roles in August Wilson plays, the Fox series Roc, and three Emmy Awards.

Charlie O'Connell

Charlie O'Connell (born 1975, New York) is an American actor, brother of Jerry O'Connell, who starred in Sliders, Cruel Intentions, and Dude, Where's My Car?, and led Season 7 of The Bachelor in 2005, choosing Sarah Brice.

Charlie Robinson (actor)

Charlie Robinson (1945-2021), American actor, played court clerk Mac Robinson on NBC's Night Court (1984-1992) and Newdell on Buffalo Bill; Ovation Award-winning stage actor in Fences and Death of a Salesman; died 2021 in Los Angeles.

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.

Chase Masterson

Chase Masterson, stage name of Christianne Carafano, is an American actress, singer, and producer born in 1963, best known for playing Leeta on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1995 to 1999.

Chauncey Leopardi

Chauncey Leopardi (born 1981) is an American actor known as Michael "Squints" Palledorous in The Sandlot (1993), later Alan White on Freaks and Geeks and Kyle on Gilmore Girls.

Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri (born Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri, 1952) is a Bronx-born American actor and playwright, creator of the one-man show A Bronx Tale, Oscar-nominated for Bullets Over Broadway, and known for The Usual Suspects.

Chelsea Kane

Chelsea Kane (born 1988, birth name Chelsea Kane Staub) is an American actress and singer known for Stella Malone on Disney's JONAS, Riley Perrin on Baby Daddy, and third place on Dancing with the Stars season 12.