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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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Andrew Robinson (actor)

Andrew Jordt Robinson (born 1942, New York City) is an American stage, film, and television character actor, famed as Scorpio in Dirty Harry, Larry Cotton in Hellraiser, and Elim Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; also a director, USC acting teacher, and author of A Stitch in Time.

Andrew Shue

Andrew Shue (born 1967, South Orange, NJ) is an American actor, soccer player, and entrepreneur: Billy Campbell on Melrose Place 1992-1998, LA Galaxy midfielder in MLS's 1996 inaugural season, and co-founder of Do Something and CafeMom.

Andy García

Andy García (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez), Cuban-American actor born 1956 in Havana, exiled to Miami as a child; Oscar-nominated for The Godfather Part III, star of The Untouchables and Ocean's Eleven, director of The Lost City and Diamond.

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett (born 1958) is an American actress known for Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, Queen Ramonda in Black Panther, American Horror Story, and 9-1-1; honorary Oscar and Emmy winner.

Angela E. Gibbs

Angela E. Gibbs (Angela Elayne Gibbs, born 1954, Detroit) is an American actress, writer, director, and acting coach, daughter of Marla Gibbs; known for Ms. Tudi on Black Jesus, Doris in Straight Outta Compton, Cricket on Not Dead Yet, and producing the play 227.

Angela Goethals

Angela Goethals (Angela Bethany Goethals) is an American actress, born 1977 in New York City, known as Linnie in Home Alone (1990), Maya Driscoll on 24, Taylor Gentry in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and for Broadway work and an Obie Award.

Angela Watson

Angela Christine Watson (born 1975, Danville, Illinois) is an American former actress and model, known for Karen Foster on Step by Step (1991–1998, 160 episodes), Davis Rules, pageant titles, the CAST nonprofit, and her 2020s stage return.

Angelica Page

Angelica Page (born Angelica Sue Torn, 1964) is an American actress, director, and writer, daughter of Geraldine Page and Rip Torn, known for Side Man, Edge, August: Osage County, and the solo play Turning Page.

Angie Everhart

Angie Everhart (Angela Kay Everhart), American model and actress born 1969 in Akron, Ohio; Elle and Glamour cover model, film debut Last Action Hero (1993), vampire Lilith in Bordello of Blood (1996), later producer and DIYA Beauty CEO; survived thyroid cancer in 2013.

Anita Barone

Anita Barone (Anita Louise Barone), American actress born 1964 in St. Louis, raised in Detroit; played Carol Willick in one Friends episode, Karen Foxworthy on The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Vicky Gold on The War at Home, and Georgia Jones on Shake It Up.

Anita Morris

Anita Morris, also Anita Rose Morris, American actress, dancer, and singer (1943-1994) from Durham, North Carolina; Tony-nominated and Drama Desk-winning for Carla in Broadway's Nine, also known for Ruthless People and The Hotel New Hampshire.

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston (born 1951) is an American actress and director, daughter of John Huston and granddaughter of Walter Huston, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Prizzi's Honor (1985) as Hollywood's first third-generation Oscar winner.

Ann Cusack

Ann Cusack (born 1961) is an American actress and singer, eldest sibling of John and Joan Cusack. Known for A League of Their Own (1992), Better Call Saul's Rebecca Bois, The Boys, and Sully (2016).

Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian (Ann Jura Nauseda, born 1950) is an American actress and singer, child star of Babes in Toyland and Gypsy, Broadway's Sugar Babies, It's a Living, Mae West, and Golden Globe winner for The Ann Jillian Story.

Ann Magnuson

Ann Magnuson (born 1956, Charleston, West Virginia) is an American performance artist, actress, and singer; Club 57 cofounder, Bongwater frontwoman, star of Anything But Love and Making Mr. Right.

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928–2016), American character actress, played Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Grandma Yetta on The Nanny; Stanford-trained, Helen Hayes Award winner, appeared in Please Give.

Ann Ryerson

Ann Ryerson is an American actress and writer whose career spans five decades. She is known for roles in Caddyshack, Minority Report, and her recurring part on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Ann Wedgeworth

Ann Wedgeworth (Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth, 1934-2017) was a Texas-born American actress; she won the 1978 Tony for Chapter Two and the 1977 NSFC Best Supporting Actress award for Citizens Band, and played Lana Shields on Three's Company and Merleen Elldridge on Evening Shade.

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, Baltimore) is an American actress, playwright, and NYU professor who pioneered verbatim theater through On the Road: A Search for American Character, with Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the 2012 National Humanities Medal.

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress from Harlem, New York, known for Thelma Frye on Amen (1986-91), Dee Baxter on The Wayans Bros., Mrs. Jones in Friday and Friday After Next, Vivienne Avant on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Daytime Emmy nominations in 2016 and 2017.

Anna Stuart

Anna Stuart (born 1948, Bluefield, West Virginia) is an American soap opera actress, best known as Donna Love on Another World (1983–1999), also The Doctors, General Hospital, and All My Children; married to James Cromwell since 2014.

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra (Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra), American actress and producer; Emmy-nominated as Gloria Trillo on The Sopranos, known for True Love, Jungle Fever, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

Annabeth Gish

Annabeth Gish (Anne Elizabeth Gish, born 1971, Albuquerque) is an American actress known for Kat Araujo in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Special Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files (2001–2002). Not related to Lillian Gish; later roles include Brotherhood, Halt and Catch Fire, and Mike Flanagan's horror series.

Anne Archer

Anne Archer, born in 1947 in Los Angeles, is an American actress known for her Oscar-nominated role in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Patriot Games (1992).

Anne De Salvo

Anne De Salvo (Anne DeSalvo), born 1949, Philadelphia, is an American actress, director, and writer known for Arthur (1981), My Favorite Year (1982), Stardust Memories, and writing-directing The Amati Girls (2000); Obie Award winner for Gemini.

Anne Haney

Anne Haney (Anne Ryan Thomas, 1934-2001), American character actress who began acting in her mid-40s; known as Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta in Liar Liar, and Judge Travelini on L.A. Law.

Anne Heche

Anne Heche (1969–2022), American actress, Daytime Emmy winner for Another World, star of Donnie Brasco, Six Days Seven Nights, and Psycho; Ellen DeGeneres's partner 1997–2000; died after a 2022 Los Angeles car crash.

Anne Lockhart (actress)

Anne Lockhart (Anne Kathleen Maloney, born 1953) is an American actress, daughter of June Lockhart, known as Lieutenant Sheba on Battlestar Galactica and for prolific uncredited voice and ADR work.

Anne Meara

Anne Meara (1929-2015), American actress, comedian, and playwright, half of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with husband Jerry Stiller; four Emmy nominations, a 1993 Tony nomination for Anna Christie, and a 1984 WGA Award for The Other Woman.

Anne Ramsey

Anne Ramsey (born Anne Mobley, 1929-1988), American character actress known as Mama Fratelli in The Goonies and Oscar-nominated Momma in Throw Momma from the Train; distinct from actress Anne Ramsay.