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Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth (Beatrice Neuwirth, born 1958) is an American actor-dancer, two-time Tony winner for Sweet Charity and Chicago and two-time Emmy winner as Lilith on Cheers and Frasier.
Becky Ann Baker
Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke), American character actress born 1953 in Fort Knox, Kentucky; known as Jean Weir on Freaks and Geeks and Loreen Horvath on Girls, with two Emmy nominations and a Broadway career including The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Belita Moreno
Belita Moreno (Aurabela Moreno, born 1949, Dallas) is an American actress known as Lydia Markham on Perfect Strangers and Benny on George Lopez (2002–2007), with film roles in 3 Women, Clear and Present Danger, and Grosse Pointe Blank, two Imagen Awards, and a parallel career as a film acting coach.
Ben Browder
Ben Browder (Robert Benedic Browder, born 1962, Memphis) is an American actor known as John Crichton in Farscape and Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1, plus Landman and Doctor Who roles.
Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara (Biagio Anthony Gazzara, 1930-2012), American stage, film, and TV actor; original Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, star of Run for Your Life and three Cassavetes films, Emmy winner 2003.
Ben Powers
Ben Powers (Alton Adelbert Powers, 1950-2015) was an American actor and comedian, best known as Keith Anderson, Thelma's husband, on the final season of Good Times, and as Moochie on The New Mike Hammer.
Ben Savage
Ben Savage (Bennett Joseph Savage, born 1980) is an American actor, brother of Fred Savage, known as Cory Matthews on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World, later a Democratic candidate for West Hollywood City Council and California's 30th Congressional District.
Ben Stein
Ben Stein (Benjamin Jeremy Stein, born 1944) is an American lawyer, economist, writer, and actor, a speechwriter for Nixon and Ford, the monotone teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Emmy-winning host of Win Ben Stein's Money.
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller, full name Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller, is an American actor, comedian, and director born in 1965 to comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, known for hit comedies.
Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen (Benjamin Augustus Vereen), born 1946 in Miami, is an American actor-singer-dancer who won the 1973 Tony for Pippin's Leading Player and played Chicken George in Roots, distinct from namesakes like neuroscientist Ben Rein.
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt (born 1963, San Francisco) is an American actor and producer, Emmy-nominated as Detective Rey Curtis on Law & Order, known for Traffic, Miss Congeniality, Piñero, and voicing Ernesto de la Cruz in Coco, and for Native American activism.
Bentley Mitchum
Bentley Mitchum (born 1967, Tucson, Arizona) is an American actor, writer, and director, grandson of Robert Mitchum and son of Christopher Mitchum, known for The Man in the Moon (1991), Ruby in Paradise (1993), and Baja Run (1996).
Berlinda Tolbert
Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949, Charlotte, NC) is an American actress who played Jenny Willis Jefferson on The Jeffersons (1975-1985, 65 episodes) and appeared in Harlem Nights, GoodFellas, and Patriot Games; married journalist Bob Reid since 1979.
Bern Nadette Stanis
Bern Nadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, 1953, Brooklyn) is an American actress and author famous as Thelma Evans on CBS's Good Times (1974–1979), later an Alzheimer's advocate and author of The Last Night.
Bernie Kopell
Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American character actor known as KAOS agent Siegfried on Get Smart and Dr. Adam Bricker on all 250 episodes of The Love Boat; also That Girl, Lancelot Link, and stage work.
Berry Berenson
Berry Berenson (Berinthia Berenson Perkins, 1948–2001), American photographer, model, and actress, wife of Anthony Perkins, sister of Marisa Berenson, granddaughter of Elsa Schiaparelli; died on American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001.
Bess Armstrong
Bess Armstrong, born Elizabeth Key Armstrong in 1953, is an American actress known for The Four Seasons, High Road to China, Jaws 3-D, and as Patty Chase on My So-Called Life, with recent roles in Bosch and The Good Doctor.
Beth Broderick
Beth Broderick (born 1959), American actress known as Aunt Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2002, 141 episodes); also Lost, Sharp Objects, Love & Death; AIDS activist, MOMENTUM founder.
Beth Grant
Beth Grant (born 1949, Gadsden, Alabama) is an American character actress known for Donnie Darko, Speed, Little Miss Sunshine, No Country for Old Men, The Mindy Project, and three Best Picture winners.
Beth Howland
Beth Howland (1941-2015), American actress born in Boston, played waitress Vera Louise Gorman on CBS's Alice (1976-1985) and originated Amy in Broadway's Company, singing Sondheim's "Getting Married Today."
Betsy Brantley
Betsy Brantley (born 1955) is an American actress from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, known for The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Deep Impact, and voicing Kimi (2022).
Betsy Russell
Betsy Russell (Elizabeth Russell), American actress born 1963 in San Diego, broke out in the 1983 sex comedy Private School, starred in 1980s B-movies such as Tomboy and Avenging Angel, and returned to fame as Jill Tuck, Jigsaw's ex-wife, in five Saw films from 2006 to 2010; she is also a certified life coach.
Betty Aberlin
Betty Aberlin (born 1942, born Betty Kay Ageloff) is the American actress who played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and also Betty of Betty's Little Theater; she appeared on Broadway in Sandhog and Stop the World and in Kevin Smith films.
Betty White
Betty White (1922–2021), American actress, comedian, and TV pioneer, first woman to produce a sitcom; starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, won eight Emmys, and held the record for the longest TV career.
Beverlee McKinsey
Beverlee McKinsey, born Beverlee Magruder (1935 to 2008), was an American actress known for the daytime roles of Iris Carrington on Another World and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light.
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo (born 1951, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress and singer, Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Golden Globe-nominated Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Bibi Besch
Bibi Besch, born Bibiana Maria Köchert in Vienna in 1942, was an Austrian-American actress best remembered as Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
Bijou Phillips
Bijou Lilly Phillips (born 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer, daughter of Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips; known for Almost Famous, Bully, and two kidney transplants, 2017 and 2026.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (born July 12, 1937, Philadelphia) is an American comedian and actor, star of I Spy and The Cosby Show, nine-time Grammy winner, whose 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned in 2021 and who was ordered in 2026 to pay $59.25 million in a civil case.
Bill Duke
Bill Duke (William Henry Duke, Jr., born 1943, Poughkeepsie, NY) is an American actor and director, not the Duke University or Duke Energy namesake, known for Predator, Commando, and directing A Rage in Harlem and Deep Cover.