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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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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.

Conchata Ferrell

Conchata Ferrell (1943-2020), American character actress, best known as Berta on all 12 seasons of Two and a Half Men; three Emmy nominations (2005, 2007; L.A. Law 1992), Obie-winning stage actress.

Connie Booth

Connie Booth (Constance Booth) is an American actress and writer, born in 1940, who co-wrote the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers with John Cleese, her husband from 1968 to 1978, and played Polly.

Constance Marie

Constance Marie (Constance Marie Lopez, born 1965, Los Angeles) is an American actress and former dancer known for Angie Lopez on The George Lopez Show, Regina Vasquez on Switched at Birth, and Marcela Quintanilla in the 1997 film Selena.

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.

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen (born 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer known as Arnie Becker on L.A. Law, Henry Spencer on Psych, and Roger Dorn in the Major League films; son of Jeanne Cooper, husband of Amanda Pays, founder of Home Theater Films.

Corey Feldman

Corey Scott Feldman is an American actor and musician who became one of the 1980s' most recognizable child stars in Gremlins, The Goonies, Stand by Me, and The Lost Boys.

Corin Nemec

Corin Nemec (Joseph Charles Nemec IV, born 1971) is an American actor known as Parker Lewis in Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Jonas Quinn in Stargate SG-1, later a screenwriter and producer.

Corinne Bohrer

Corinne Bohrer (Corinne Vilhelma Bohrer), American actress born 1958 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; known for Police Academy 4, Vice Versa, Prank in both Flash series, and Lianne Mars in Veronica Mars.

Corinne Camacho

Corinne Camacho (Gloria Angelina Katharina Alletto, 1941-2010), American TV actress also credited as Corinne Michaels; recurring roles on Mannix, Medical Center, The Rockford Files; later a hospice operator and children's-music songwriter in Oregon.

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.

Corwin Hawkins

Corwin Anthony Hawkins (1965–1994), stage persona Amazing Grace, was a Texas female impersonator and comedian who won National Entertainer of the Year 1992 and played Wayman in A Low Down Dirty Shame.

Countess Vaughn

Countess Vaughn (born 1978, Idabel, Oklahoma) is an American actress and singer, Star Search junior champion, best known as Kim Parker on Moesha and its spin-off The Parkers (1999-2004).

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox (Courteney Bass Cox, born 1964, Birmingham, Alabama), American actress and producer: Monica Geller on Friends (1994–2004), Gale Weathers in all Scream films through Scream 7 (2026), Cougar Town, Just Before I Go, and Evil Genius at TIFF 2026.

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance (born 1960, Detroit) is an American stage, film, and television actor, a Harvard and Yale School of Drama graduate, Tony winner for Lucky Guy, two-time Emmy winner for The People v. O.J. Simpson and Lovecraft Country, and Angela Bassett's husband.

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.

Craig Bierko

Craig Bierko (born 1964) is an American actor known for The Thirteenth Floor, Cinderella Man, Scary Movie 4, Boston Legal, UnREAL's Chet Wilton, and a Tony-nominated Harold Hill in the 2000 Music Man revival; he declined Friends' Chandler role.

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.

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson (born 1944, Spokane) is an American Emmy-winning actor; birth name Craig Richard Nelson, changed to Theodore for SAG. Known for Coach (1989-97), Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles, Parenthood, and Green and Gold (2025).

Crispin Glover

Crispin Hellion Glover (born 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and publisher known for George McFly in Back to the Future, Willard, and Charlie's Angels, and for touring his self-directed It trilogy personally rather than releasing them to streaming.

Crystal Bernard

Crystal Bernard (Crystal Lynn Bernard), American actress and country singer-songwriter born in Garland, Texas; played Helen Chappel Hackett on NBC's Wings (1990–97), K.C. on Happy Days, Amy on It's a Living; albums The Girl Next Door (1996) and Don't Touch Me There (1999).

Crystal Chappell

Crystal Chappell (born 1965, Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American soap actress, Emmy winner for Guiding Light's Olivia Spencer, also Carly Manning on Days of Our Lives, and creator of the web series Venice the Series.

Crystal R. Fox

Crystal R. Fox (born 1965, Tryon, North Carolina) is an American actress, Officer Luann Corbin in In the Heat of the Night and Hanna Young in Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots, also a longtime Atlanta regional theater performer.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968, The Bronx) is an American actor who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Jerry Maguire (1996), broke out in Boyz n the Hood, and earned an Emmy nomination as O.J. Simpson.

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong (born 1953, Detroit) is an American character actor known as Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, Ahmet Ertegun in Ray, Metatron on Supernatural, and co-creator of King of the Nerds.

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.

Cynda Williams

Cynda Williams, born 1966 in Chicago, is an American actress and singer known for Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues (1990), the #1 R&B single Harlem Blues, and One False Move.

Cynthia Daniel

Cynthia Daniel, born 1976 in Gainesville, Florida, is an American former actress and model, twin sister of Brittany Daniel; she played Elizabeth Wakefield on Sweet Valley High (1994–1997) and appeared in The Basketball Diaries.

Cynthia Gibb

Cynthia Gibb (born 1963) is an American actress and former model known for Search for Tomorrow, Fame, The Karen Carpenter Story, and Gypsy opposite Bette Midler, plus Triple Threat Academy.

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) is an American actress and activist, best known as Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City and for two Tony Awards (Rabbit Hole, The Little Foxes), two Emmys, a Grammy, and her 2018 run for New York governor.