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LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton, American actor and literacy advocate: Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977), Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and host of PBS's Reading Rainbow 1983 to 2006; National Humanities Medal 2023.
Lewis Arquette
Lewis Arquette (1935–2001) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian, father of Rosanna, Patricia, David, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette and son of Cliff Arquette; known as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons and for Waiting for Guffman, Scream 2, and Little Nicky.
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber (Isaac Liev Schreiber, born 1967) is an American actor and director, Tony winner for Glengarry Glen Ross, Emmy-nominated lead of Showtime's Ray Donovan, and star of Spotlight and the Scream films.
Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor (Lili Anne Taylor), American actress born 1967 in Glencoe, Illinois; indie-film mainstay of Mystic Pizza, Say Anything, I Shot Andy Warhol, Household Saints, Six Feet Under, and The Conjuring; distinct from the artist Lily Taylor and actress Lili Reinhart.
Lillo Brancato
Lillo Brancato Jr., born 1976 in Bogotá, is an American actor known as Calogero in A Bronx Tale and Matthew Bevilaqua in The Sopranos, later convicted of attempted burglary in a 2005 Bronx burglary that killed an NYPD officer.
Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean Tomlin, 1939, Detroit) is an American comedian and actress, star of Laugh-In's Ernestine and Edith Ann, Nashville, 9 to 5, and Grace and Frankie; Tony, Grammy, Emmy, and Peabody winner, wife of Jane Wagner.
Linda Dano
Linda Dano (Linda Rae Wildermuth, born 1943) is an American actress and TV host, Emmy winner as Felicia Gallant on Another World (1983–1999), also Rae Cummings across ABC soaps, QVC fashion entrepreneur.
Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born 1942, Linda Evenstad) is the American actress known as Audra Barkley on The Big Valley and Krystle Carrington on Dynasty; not the Manchester education professor, the Macquarie Egyptologist, or the career coach.
Linda Fiorentino
Linda Fiorentino (born 1960, Philadelphia) is an American actress known for The Last Seduction (1994), Men in Black (1997), and Dogma (1999); her Oscar-bound breakthrough was voided by an HBO airing, and her last film role came in 2009.
Linda Gray
Linda Gray (born 1940), American actress and director, best known as Sue Ellen Ewing on CBS's Dallas (1978–1991) and its TNT revival; 1981 Emmy nominee, former model whose legs appeared on The Graduate poster.
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt, born 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, is an American actor who won the 1984 Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously, the first actor to win for playing the opposite sex, and played Hetty Lange on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Linda Kozlowski
Linda Kozlowski, also known for Sue Charlton and 'Crocodile' Dundee, is an American actress and former opera-trained Juilliard graduate; her films include Crocodile Dundee II, Almost an Angel, and Village of the Damned, and she now runs a Morocco travel company.
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (1937–2024) was an American actress and singer, Tony winner for Broadway Bound and star of the CBS sitcom Alice (1976–1985) as waitress Alice Hyatt, earning an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globes.
Linda Miller (actress)
Linda Miller, birth name Linda Mae Gleason, is an American film, stage, and television actress, daughter of Jackie Gleason and mother of Jason Patric, known for Alice, Sweet Alice.
Linda Purl
Linda Purl is an American actress and singer known for her roles on Happy Days and The Office. She has also performed on Broadway and released jazz albums.
Lindsay Crosby
Lindsay Crosby (Lindsay Harry Crosby, 1938–1989), American actor and singer, youngest son of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee; appeared in Sergeants 3, The Glory Stompers, Bigfoot, and The Mechanic, and died by suicide in Calabasas in 1989.
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse names two Americans: an actress born 1948, Oscar-nominated for Places in the Heart and star of House of Games, and a New York Times Op-Docs producer and author of The Case for Quitting.
Lindsay Price
Lindsay Price (also Lindsay Jalyn Price) is an American actress born 1976 in Arcadia, California, known for Janet Sosna on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Victory Ford on Lipstick Jungle, with daytime roles on All My Children and The Bold and the Beautiful.
Lindsay Sloane
Lindsay Sloane (Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins), born 1977 on Long Island, New York, is an American actress known for Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Emily on The Odd Couple, and Big Red in Bring It On, plus comedy films including Horrible Bosses; distinct from other people named Lindsay Sloane such as the film-crew assistant and the insurance broker.
Lindsay Wagner
Lindsay Wagner (born 1949, Los Angeles) is an American actress and author, Emmy winner as Jaime Sommers in The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), later star of over 60 socially themed TV movies, and a holistic-health advocate.
Lionel Stander
Lionel Jay Stander (1908–1994), American gravel-voiced character actor of stage, radio, film, and TV; blacklisted after defying HUAC in 1953, worked as a stockbroker, then starred as Max the chauffeur on Hart to Hart (1979–84), winning a 1983 Golden Globe.
Lisa Banes
Lisa Banes (1955–2021), American stage and screen actress, Juilliard graduate, Theatre World Award 1981 for Look Back in Anger, Broadway's Arcadia and Rumors, films Cocktail and Gone Girl; died after a Manhattan scooter hit-and-run.
Lisa Blount
Lisa Blount (1957–2010), American actress and producer from Arkansas; played Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman and won the 2002 Oscar for the short film The Accountant with Ray McKinnon.
Lisa Bonet
Lisa Bonet, legal name Lilakoi Moon, born 1967, American actress; Emmy-nominated as Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World, later in Angel Heart, Enemy of the State, High Fidelity; ex-wife of Lenny Kravitz and Jason Momoa.
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Marie Eilbacher, American retired actress born 1956 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; known as Casey Seeger in An Officer and a Gentleman and Jenny Summers in Beverly Hills Cop; active 1972–1995.
Lisa Hartman Black
Lisa Hartman Black, born 1956 in Houston, Texas, also known as Lisa Hartman, is an American actress and singer, star of Tabitha and Knots Landing, wife of Clint Black, and ACM-winning duet partner on "When I Said I Do."
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow, born 1963 in Encino, California, is the Emmy-winning American actress who played Phoebe Buffay on Friends, and co-creator and star of The Comeback and Web Therapy.
Lisa Nicole Carson
Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress born 1969 in Brooklyn, played Renee Radick on Ally McBeal and Carla Reese on ER simultaneously in the late 1990s, with films including Devil in a Blue Dress and Eve's Bayou.
Lisa Niemi
Lisa Niemi (Lisa Anne Haapaniemi, born 1956, Houston) is an American dancer, actress, choreographer, writer, and director, widow of Patrick Swayze; she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in One Last Dance (2003) and advocates for pancreatic cancer research.
Lisa Rieffel
Lisa Rieffel (born 1975, Denville, New Jersey), also known as Dusty Street, is an American actress and musician. A child performer on The Cosby Show and Ann Jillian, she played Sara Spooner in The King of Queens and Daisy in Girltrash!.