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Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea (Margaret Jane Rea, 1921-2011), American character actress; played Rose Burton on The Waltons, Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, and Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire; began on I Love Lucy in 1953.
Penelope Ann Miller
Penelope Ann Miller (Penelope Andrea Miller), American actress born 1964 in Los Angeles; Broadway debut in Biloxi Blues, Tony-nominated Our Town revival; films The Freshman, Carlito's Way (Golden Globe nomination), The Artist, Dahmer, and Reagan.
Penny Johnson Jerald
Penny Johnson Jerald (born Penny Johnson, 1961, Baltimore) is an American actress: Beverly Barnes on The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on 24, Captain Victoria Gates on Castle, and Dr. Claire Finn on The Orville; Juilliard-trained, married to jazz musician Gralin Jerald since 1982.
Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall (Carole Penny Marshall, 1943-2018), American actress and director; starred as Laverne DeFazio in Laverne & Shirley and directed Big, the first film by a woman to gross over $100 million.
Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (Peri Kay Oldham, born 1961, Waco, Texas) is an American actress who played Roz Doyle on Frasier (1993–2004, 263 episodes), replaced Lisa Kudrow in the role, and returned in the 2023–2024 revival.
Perry King
Perry King (Perry Firestone King), American actor born 1948 in Alliance, Ohio; starred as Cody Allen in Riptide (1984-86), in Slaughterhouse-Five, Mandingo, Class of 1984, and The Day After Tomorrow; directed The Divide (2018); distinct from actor Perry King Jr.
Personal life of Clint Eastwood
The personal life of Clint Eastwood covers his family background, marriages to Maggie Johnson and Dina Ruiz, eight documented children, and single term as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1986 to 1988.
Peter Appel (actor)
Peter Appel (born 1959, New York City) is an American character actor with over 50 credits from 1989 to 2019, known for Léon: The Professional, The Jerky Boys, Luck, Oz, and Bad Education, and distinct from the GEUS geologist and ballet director of the same name.
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley (born 1971) is an American actor and producer, best known as Ralphie in A Christmas Story (1983) and as executive producer of Iron Man (2008), distinct from the SEC case defendant Robert H. Billingsley.
Peter Bonerz
Peter Bonerz (born 1938), American television director and comic actor, played orthodontist Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78), then directed hundreds of sitcom episodes including Murphy Brown, Friends, ALF, and Home Improvement.
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (Robert Peter Cohon, born 1941) is an American actor, Emmy-winning narrator of Ken Burns documentaries, memoirist, and ordained Zen priest, known for E.T., Jagged Edge, and The Roosevelts.
Peter DeLuise
Peter DeLuise (Peter John DeLuise, born 1966), American actor-director, son of Dom DeLuise. Played Officer Doug Penhall on 21 Jump Street and Dagwood on seaQuest DSV; directed 69 Stargate franchise episodes and many Hallmark movies.
Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman (born 1949, New York City) is an American stage and screen actor, Tony-nominated as Tateh in Ragtime, an Obie winner for Circle Mirror Transformation, and Frank Vernon in all four seasons of HBO's Succession.
Peter Gallagher
Peter Killian Gallagher (born 1955) is an American actor known as Sandy Cohen on The O.C. (2003–2007), Buddy Kane in American Beauty, and roles in sex, lies, and videotape, Law & Order: SVU, and Grace and Frankie.
Peter Horton
Peter Horton (born 1953, Bellevue, Washington) is an American actor-director, Gary Shepherd on thirtysomething (1987–91), director of The Cure (1995), and co-executive producer of Grey's Anatomy; ex-husband of Michelle Pfeiffer.
Peter Krause
Peter Krause (born 1965) is an American actor known for Casey McCall in Sports Night, Nate Fisher in Six Feet Under, Adam Braverman in Parenthood, and Bobby Nash in 9-1-1, now starring in NBC's Line of Fire.
Peter Kwong (actor)
Peter Kwong (1952–2025) was an American actor and martial arts expert, Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and Tommy Tong in The Golden Child, with nearly 90 screen credits and advocacy for Asian representation in Hollywood.
Peter MacNicol
Peter MacNicol (born 1954, Dallas) is an American actor who won the 2001 Emmy as John Cage on Ally McBeal, played Stingo in Sophie's Choice and Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II, and voiced Doctor Octopus and the Mad Hatter.
Peter Paul (actor)
Peter Paul (born 1957, Hartford, Connecticut), American actor, producer, and bodybuilder; identical twin of David Paul; together the Barbarian Brothers, known for The Barbarians (1987), Think Big, Double Trouble, and Twin Sitters.
Peter Reckell
Peter Reckell (born 1955, Elkhart, Indiana) is an American actor and musician best known as Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives since 1983, with breaks for Knots Landing and other work; six Soap Opera Digest Awards, 2009 Daytime Emmy nomination.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert, American actor born 1947 in the Bronx, known for Animal House, Local Hero, and Crossing Delancey; Emmy-nominated for Barbarians at the Gate and Oscar-nominated for directing the short By Courier.
Peter Scolari
Peter Thomas Scolari (1955–2021) was an American character actor known for Tom Hanks' roommate on Bosom Buddies and Michael Harris on Newhart, winning an Emmy for Girls.
Peter Strauss
Peter Strauss (born 1947) is the American actor, not the Columbia law professor Peter L. Strauss, Emmy winner for The Jericho Mile and star of Rich Man, Poor Man, Masada, and Kane & Abel.
Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born 1947, Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American actor, director, and Renaissance art historian, known for RoboCop (1987), Buckaroo Banzai, and Naked Lunch, and for a UCLA PhD in Italian Renaissance art history.
Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman (Philip Edward Hartmann, 1948-1998), Canadian-American comedian and graphic artist; SNL cast member 1986-1994 known as "The Glue," voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons, Bill McNeal on NewsRadio; killed in 1998 murder-suicide.
Phil Morris (actor)
Phil Morris (born 1959, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American actor, son of Greg Morris; known as Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, Grant Collier in the 1988-90 Mission: Impossible revival, and the voice of Vandal Savage and Doc Saturday.
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022), American character actor born in Toledo, Ohio; played Lt. Bookman on Seinfeld, Richard Nixon in Secret Honor, and leads in Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia.
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco, full name Philip Michael Bosco, was an American stage actor who appeared in about 50 Broadway productions and won the 1989 Tony Award for Lend Me a Tenor.
Philip Michael Thomas
Philip Michael Thomas (born 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actor and musician, best known as Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs on NBC's Miami Vice (1984–1989, 111 episodes). Distinguishing facts: Broadway debut in No Place to Be Somebody (1971), starred in Sparkle (1976), pursued an EGOT, voiced Lance Vance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates (born 1963, New York City), also Phoebe Belle Cates Kline, American actress of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins; retired from film after Princess Caraboo (1994) and The Anniversary Party (2001), married to Kevin Kline, founder of the Blue Tree boutique.