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Cynthia Rhodes
Cynthia Rhodes (born 1956, Nashville) is an American retired actress, singer, and dancer, known as Penny in Dirty Dancing, Tina Tech in Flashdance, Jackie in Staying Alive, and Karen Thompson in Runaway; Animotion member, ex-wife of Richard Marx.
Cynthia Stevenson
Cynthia Stevenson, American actress born 1962 in Oakland, California, known for The Player, Hope & Gloria, Oh Baby, Dead Like Me, Men in Trees, and the Air Bud films.
Cynthia Watros
Cynthia Watros (born 1968, Lake Orion, Michigan) is an American actress, 1998 Daytime Emmy winner as Annie Dutton on Guiding Light, known as Kellie Newmark on The Drew Carey Show, Erin on Titus, Libby on Lost, and Nina Reeves on General Hospital since 2019.
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.
D. W. Moffett
D. W. Moffett (Donald Warren Moffett, born 1954) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for The Normal Heart, Friday Night Lights' Joe McCoy, Switched at Birth's John Kennish, Traffic, and as SCAD's film department chair.
D'Urville Martin
D'Urville Martin (1939–1984), American actor and director of 1970s blaxploitation films; played Rev. Rufus in Black Caesar and Toby in the Black Charley films, and directed Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite (1975), also playing Willie Green.
Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman (1932–2024), American character actor from Austin, Texas, famous for comic villains in 9 to 5, Tootsie, and WarGames; Emmy and Golden Globe winner who played Merle Jeeter, Buffalo Bill, and Commodore Kaestner.
Dack Rambo
Dack Rambo (Norman Jay Rambo, 1941-1994), American TV actor, twin brother of Dirk Rambo; played Jeff Sonnett in The Guns of Will Sonnett and Jack Ewing on Dallas 1985-87; went public with HIV in 1991.
Dakin Matthews
Dakin Matthews (Melvin Richard Matthews, born 1940, Oakland) is an American character actor, Shakespeare scholar, playwright, and translator known for Gilmore Girls, The King of Queens, Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird and Rocky, and his Drama Desk-winning Henry IV adaptation.
Dan Butler
Dan Butler (born 1954, Indiana) is an American actor known as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on Frasier (1993–2004) and for his Drama Desk-nominated one-man play The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me...; Broadway credits include Travesties and Twentieth Century.
Dan Cortese
Dan Cortese (Daniel James Cortese, born 1967, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and host, Emmy-winning host of MTV Sports (1992), Seinfeld's 'mimbo' Tony, and Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet.
Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman (Daniel Paul Futterman, born 1967) is an American actor and screenwriter, Oscar-nominated for Capote and Foxcatcher, known for The Birdcage, Judging Amy, and A Mighty Heart.
Dan Haggerty
Dan Haggerty (Daniel Francis Haggerty, 1942-2016) was an American actor and animal trainer famous as the bearded Grizzly Adams in the 1974 film and the 37-episode NBC series, later a restaurant owner and infomercial pitchman.
Dan Lauria
Dan Lauria (Daniel Joseph Lauria), American actor born 1947 in Brooklyn, played Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Vince Lombardi on Broadway, Jack Sullivan on Sullivan & Son, and Tip O'Neill in Reagan; former Marine Corps captain.
Dana Ashbrook
Dana Ashbrook (born 1967, San Diego) is an American actor known for playing Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (1990), Fire Walk with Me (1992), and The Return (2017), plus Dawson's Creek and Crisis Center.
Dana Barron
Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar (Ibson Dana Elcar, 1927-2005), American character actor and director, best known as Peter Thornton on MacGyver (1985-1992); his real glaucoma blindness was written into the show; over 150 screen credits including The Sting and 2010.
Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey (born 1941, Atlanta) is an American character actress, five-time Tony nominee, three-time Obie winner, creator of Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, and film supporting player from The Color Purple to The Leisure Seeker.
Dana Plato
Dana Plato (Dana Michelle Strain, 1964-1999), American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes 1978-1984; later legal troubles, low-budget films, and a 1999 overdose ruled suicide.
Dana Reeve
Dana Reeve, born Dana Charles Morosini, was an American actress and caregiver advocate, widow of Christopher Reeve, who chaired his paralysis foundation until her death in 2006.
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960, New York City) is an American actress known for Fletch, Tombstone, The Night We Never Met, Friday Night Lights, and Nashville; granddaughter of DC Comics founder Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, based in Austin, Texas since 2005.
Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar (born 1975) is an American actress and mathematician, Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years, UCLA math graduate 1998, co-author of the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem, and bestselling math-book author.
Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Baldwin (Daniel Leroy Baldwin, born 1960, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, producer, and director, one of the four Baldwin brothers; known for Detective Beau Felton on Homicide: Life on the Street, films like Vampires, and public addiction-recovery advocacy.
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel Hugh Kelly (Daniel Hugh-Kelly), American actor born in Elizabeth, New Jersey; starred as Mark "Skid" McCormick in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983-1986) and Frank Ryan in Ryan's Hope; Broadway revivals of Born Yesterday and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; films Cujo and Star Trek: Insurrection.
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.
Daniel McDonald (actor)
Daniel McDonald (1960–2007), American actor from Scranton, Pennsylvania; Broadway's Steel Pier (Tony-nominated), High Society, Mamma Mia!; films The Ice Storm and Blood in Blood Out; brother of Christopher McDonald.
Daniel Stern (actor)
Daniel Jacob Stern (born 1957, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American actor, director, and sculptor known as Marv in Home Alone and Home Alone 2, Phil in City Slickers, and the narrator of The Wonder Years; he directed Rookie of the Year and published the memoir Home and Alone in 2024.
Daniel von Bargen
Daniel von Bargen (1950-2015), American character actor from Cincinnati, played Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld and Commandant Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle; Theatre World Award winner for Mastergate, died March 1, 2015.
Danielle Fishel
Danielle Fishel (Danielle Christine Fishel, born 1981) is the American actress who played Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World; now a TV director, podcast host, DWTS contestant, and Be Free hair care founder.