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Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf (Laura Elizabeth Metcalf, born 1955) is an American actress, Steppenwolf founding ensemble member, Emmy-winning Jackie Harris on Roseanne, three-time Tony winner, and Oscar nominee for Lady Bird.
LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page (1920-2002), born Alberta Peal, American comedic actress who played Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son (1973-77); former fire-eating nightclub dancer billed as the Bronze Goddess of Fire and Laff Records stand-up comic.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr., also credited as Larry Gilliard Jr., is an American actor born in New York City in 1971, best known for D'Angelo Barksdale on The Wire and Bob Stookey on The Walking Dead.
Lea DeLaria
Lea DeLaria (born 1958, Belleville, Illinois) is an American comedian, actor, and jazz singer, the first openly gay comic on American TV (Arsenio Hall Show, 1993), Big Boo on Orange Is the New Black, an Obie-winning On the Town star, and a jazz vocalist whose albums include Play It Cool and House of David.
Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson (born 1961, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress and director known for Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, Howard the Duck, Caroline in the City, Switched at Birth, and directing the USA series Anna Pigeon.
Leah Ayres
Leah Ayres (birth name Leah Simpson), American actress born in Baltimore, known for The Burning (1981), Bloodsport (1988) with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and as Marcia Brady Logan in The Bradys; retired from acting in the late 1990s.
Leah Remini
Leah Remini (born 1970, Brooklyn) is an American actress known as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, who left Scientology in 2013, wrote Troublemaker, won Emmys for Scientology and the Aftermath, sued the church in 2023, and joined RHOBH Season 16 in 2026.
Leanna Creel
Leanna Creel (born 1970) is an American retired actress, producer, director, and photographer, identical triplet of Joy Creel and Monica Lacy, known as Tori Scott on Saved by the Bell and for Ignite Entertainment films like But I'm a Cheerleader.
Lecy Goranson
Lecy Goranson (Alicia Linda Goranson), American actress born 1974 in Evanston, Illinois; original Becky Conner on Roseanne (1988–92, 1995–96), replaced by Sarah Chalke, and lead of The Conners 2018–2025.
Lee Arenberg
Lee Arenberg (born 1962, Palo Alto, California) is an American character actor and Actors' Gang co-founder, known as Pintel in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and Grumpy/Leroy on Once Upon a Time.
Lee Garlington
Lee Garlington (Ann Leslie Garlington, born 1953, Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American character actress, the Seinfeld pilot's waitress Claire, Brenda Baxworth on Everwood, and a 2018 Emmy nominee for Broken; distinct from Lee Garlington (1937-2023) of Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.
Lee Horsley
Lee Horsley (born 1955, Muleshoe, Texas) is an American actor, not the British character actor of AI-generated profiles, known for Nero Wolfe's Archie Goodwin, ABC's Matt Houston (1982–85), CBS's Paradise as Ethan Allen Cord, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight.
Lee Majors
Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary, born 1939) is an American TV actor known for Heath Barkley in The Big Valley, Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-78), and Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy (1981-86).
Lee Purcell
Lee Purcell (Lee Jeune Williams, born 1947, Cherry Point, North Carolina) is an American actress discovered by Steve McQueen for Adam at Six A.M.; known for Valley Girl, Big Wednesday, Stir Crazy, and two Primetime Emmy nominations, distinct from Australian actress Leah Purcell.
Lee Tergesen
Lee Tergesen (Lee Allen Tergesen), American actor born 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut, known for Tobias Beecher on HBO's Oz (1997-2003), Evan Wright in Generation Kill, Chett in Weird Science, and Wayne's World's "I love you, man" line.
Lee Thompson Young
Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013), American actor, Disney Channel's The Famous Jett Jackson, later Detective Barry Frost on Rizzoli & Isles; films Friday Night Lights and Akeelah and the Bee; died by suicide at 29 after bipolar disorder; family founded the Lee Thompson Young Foundation for youth mental health.
Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young, also credited as Leigh Taylor Young, is an American actress born in Washington, D.C. (1944 or 1945), known for Peyton Place, Soylent Green, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, and her 1994 Emmy for Picket Fences.
Lela Rochon
Lela Rochon (Lela Rochon Staples, born 1964) is an American actress known for Robin in Waiting to Exhale, Sunshine in Harlem Nights, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, and Big Shirley Duncan in The Family Business: New Orleans; wife of director Antoine Fuqua.
Leland Orser
Leland Jones Orser (born 1960, San Francisco) is an American character actor known for Sam Gilroy in the Taken trilogy, Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, and roles in Se7en and Alien Resurrection; married to Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser, born Leonard King Lesser, was an American character actor whose six-decade screen career peaked with his role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld from 1991 to 1998.
Lenny Von Dohlen
Lenny Von Dohlen (Leonard Harold Von Dohlen IV) was an American actor known for Miles Harding in Electric Dreams (1984) and Harold Smith in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk with Me; he died July 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Leo Fitzpatrick
Leo Fitzpatrick (born 1978, Orange, New Jersey), also known as Lousy Leo, American actor, DJ, and gallerist; played Telly in Kids (1995) and Johnny in The Wire; founded Public Access gallery in New York.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson (Leon Preston Robinson IV), American actor, singer, and producer born 1962 in New York City, known for The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, Above the Rim, The Temptations, and Little Richard; distinct from Leonard Robinson and Leon Robson.
Leonard Frey
Leonard Frey (1938–1988), American character actor from Brooklyn, played Harold in The Boys in the Band on stage and screen and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946, New York) is an American actress and singer, star of 1965's Cinderella, Oscar-nominated for Victor/Victoria, Miss Scarlet in Clue, Golden Globe winner for 79 Park Avenue.
Leslie Bibb
Leslie Bibb (born 1974, Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American actress known for Popular, Talladega Nights, Iron Man, The White Lotus season 3, Palm Royale, and a 2026 Emmy nomination for Hacks.
Leslie Easterbrook
Leslie Easterbrook (born 1948 or 1949) is an American actress known as Sgt. Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy films (1984–1994) and as Mother Firefly in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects (2005), after playing Rhonda Lee on Laverne & Shirley.
Leslie Grossman
Leslie Erin Grossman (born 1971, Los Angeles) is an American actress known as Mary Cherry on Popular and as Meadow Wilton, Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt, Margaret Booth, Ursula, and Barbara Read across American Horror Story seasons Cult through 13.
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan (1955–2022), American actor and comedian, Emmy winner as Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, Sordid Lives' Brother Boy, pandemic Instagram star, gospel album Company's Comin'.
Leslie Landon
Leslie Landon (Leslie Landon Matthews), born 1962, daughter of Michael Landon, played Etta Plum on Little House on the Prairie, then became a psychologist and co-authored When Children Grieve.