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Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad (Phylicia Ayers-Allen), born 1948, American actress and director; Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show, 2004 Tony winner for A Raisin in the Sun, former dean of Howard University's fine arts college.
Phyllis Davis
Phyllis Davis (Phyllis Elizabeth Davis, 1940–2013), American actress, Beatrice Travis on Vega$ (1978–1981) opposite Robert Urich; also Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Sweet Sugar, Knight Rider pilot, Magnum P.I. Died of cancer in Henderson, Nevada.
Phyllis Somerville
Phyllis Somerville (1943–2020), American character actress of Broadway's Over Here! and To Kill a Mockingbird and TV's The Big C; not the Australian novelist Phyllis Somerville (1904–1991) of Not Only in Stone.
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, American actress, comedian, playwright, and poet from Little Rock, Arkansas, known for The Women of Brewster Place, New Attitude, Malcolm X, and two AUDELCO awards.
Polly Holliday
Polly Dean Holliday (1937-2025), American actress, played waitress Flo Castleberry on CBS's Alice (1976-1985) and its spin-off Flo, famous for 'Kiss my grits!'; two Golden Globes, four Emmy nominations, 1990 Tony nomination.
Powers Boothe
Powers Boothe (1948–2017) was an American character actor from Snyder, Texas, Emmy winner for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, known for Cy Tolliver in Deadwood, Curly Bill in Tombstone, Senator Roark in Sin City, and Gideon Malick in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Priscilla Barnes
Priscilla Barnes, American actress (born December 7; sources give 1958 or 1955), Fort Dix, New Jersey; played Terri Alden on Three's Company (1981-84) and Della Churchill in Licence to Kill (1989), later Magda on Jane the Virgin.
Priscilla Pointer
Priscilla Pointer (1924–2025), American character actress; Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on Dallas, Mrs. Snell in Carrie; co-founded San Francisco Actors' Workshop; mother of Amy Irving.
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley (Priscilla Ann Beaulieu Presley, born 1945), American actress and businesswoman, Elvis Presley's ex-wife (1967–1973) and Lisa Marie's mother; ran Graceland, starred in Dallas and the Naked Gun films.
Quinn Cummings
Quinn Cummings (born 1967, Los Angeles) is an American former child actress, Oscar-nominated for The Goodbye Girl (1977), a star of TV's Family, later inventor of the Hip Hugger baby carrier and author of Notes From the Underwire.
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979, Minneapolis) is an American actress known for Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999), Josie and the Pussycats, and a Hallmark and Netflix producing career; not the Rachel Leigh of other credits.
Rachel True
Rachel True (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress known for Rochelle in The Craft (1996), Mona Thorne on Half & Half, and her tarot work and True Heart Tarot deck.
Rain Phoenix
Rain Phoenix (born Rain Joan of Arc Bottom, 1972) is an American actress and singer, sister of River and Joaquin Phoenix, vocalist in Aleka's Attic, papercranes founder, and solo artist behind the 2019 album River.
Rain Pryor
Rain Pryor, American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1969), daughter of Richard Pryor and Shelley Bonus; known for Head of the Class, the solo show Fried Chicken & Latkes, and her memoir about her father.
Ralph Carter
Ralph Carter (born 1961) is an American actor and singer, Tony-nominated on Broadway as Travis in Raisin and best known as Michael Evans on the CBS sitcom Good Times, 1974-1979.
Ralph Foody
Ralph Wesley Foody (1928–1999), American Chicago character actor; played gangster Johnny in Home Alone's fake film Angels with Filthy Souls and its Home Alone 2 sequel, source of "Keep the change, ya filthy animal."
Ralph Macchio
Ralph Macchio (Ralph George Macchio Jr., born 1961) is the American actor known as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid (1984) and Cobra Kai (2018– ), also The Outsiders and My Cousin Vinny.
Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite (1928-2014), American actor, Presbyterian minister, and two-time congressional candidate, best known as John Walton Sr. on CBS's The Waltons (1972-1981) and as Jackson Gibbs on NCIS; Emmy-nominated for The Waltons and Roots.
Ramon Estevez
Ramon Estevez (Ramon Luis Estevez, also billed Ramon Sheen), born 1963 in Staten Island, is an American actor and producer, son of Martin Sheen, brother of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, who runs Estevez Sheen Productions and produced Anger Management.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard, born Harold Engle Beckenholdt, was an American character actor whose six-decade career spanned more than 250 film and television credits. He was the father of Ron and Clint Howard.
Randall Batinkoff
Randall Batinkoff (born 1968, Monticello, New York) is an American actor, producer, and director, known for For Keeps, School Ties, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Christy, and directing 37: A Final Promise and Inside Game.
Randee Heller
Randee Heller (born Randee Antzis, 1947, Brooklyn) is an American character actress: Alice on Soap, Lucille LaRusso in The Karate Kid films and Cobra Kai, and Emmy-nominated Miss Blankenship on Mad Men.
Randi Oakes
Randi Oakes (Betty Lee Oakes, born 1951, Sumner, Iowa) is a retired American actress and former model, best known as Officer Bonnie Clark on CHiPs (1979-1982) and as the wife of actor Gregory Harrison.
Randolph Mantooth
Randolph (Randy) Mantooth (1945–2026), American actor known as Johnny Gage on NBC's Emergency! (1972), later Loving and As the World Turns; lifelong EMS advocate who died July 9, 2026, in Ventura, California, age 80.
Randy Brooks (actor)
Randy Brooks (Frederick Randolph Brooks), American actor born 1950 in New York City; played Holdaway in Reservoir Dogs, Ron Delaney in Colors, and Nathan Hastings on The Young and the Restless; not the bandleader or Rand Brooks.
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid, also Randall R. Quaid, is an American actor born 1950, Oscar-nominated for The Last Detail, known for Cousin Eddie and Independence Day, whose later legal troubles and "star whackers" claims ended his Hollywood career.
Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta (1954-2022), American actor famous as Henry Hill in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams; Emmy winner for ER, voice of GTA Vice City's Tommy Vercetti.
Ray McKinnon (actor)
Ray McKinnon (born 1957, Adel, Georgia) is an American actor-writer-director, not to be confused with the soccer manager of the same name. Known for Reverend Smith in Deadwood, Lincoln Potter in Sons of Anarchy/Mayans M.C., the Oscar-winning short The Accountant, and creating Rectify.
Ray Romano
Ray Romano (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and voice of Manny in Ice Age, later known for dramatic roles in Men of a Certain Age, The Irishman, and directing Somewhere in Queens.
Ray Sharkey
Ray Sharkey (Raymond Sharkey Jr., 1952–1993), American actor of The Idolmaker and Wiseguy's Sonny Steelgrave; won the 1981 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy; died of AIDS in Brooklyn.