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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver, 1949) is an American actress famous as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, with three Oscar nominations, two Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and roles in Avatar and The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali, also credited as Simbi Kali, American actress born 1971 in Jackson, Mississippi; played Nina Campbell on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Laquita on Martin, and voiced Amanda in Detroit: Become Human.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Siobhan Fallon Hogan (born 1961, Syracuse, New York) is an American character actress and comedian, an SNL 1991-92 cast member, Seinfeld's Tina, and star of Forrest Gump, Men in Black, and three Lars von Trier films; she wrote and produced Rushed (2021) and Shelter in Solitude (2023).

Skeet Ulrich

Skeet Ulrich (Bryan Ray Trout, born 1970) is an American actor known as Billy Loomis in Scream (1996), Jake Green in Jericho, and FP Jones on Riverdale; recently Henry Emily in Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

Sondra Blake

Sondra Blake, also credited as Sondra Kerr Blake (born August 17, 1936, Los Angeles), is an American actress in film and television from The Stripper (1963) to The Caretaker (2016), ex-wife of actor Robert Blake, known for Helter Skelter and Max Dugan Returns.

Sondra Locke

Sondra Locke (Sandra Louise Smith, 1944-2018), American actress and director, Oscar-nominated for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, co-starred in six Clint Eastwood films, directed Ratboy, and fought Eastwood in palimony and fraud lawsuits.

Sonia Manzano

Sonia Manzano (born 1950) is the Puerto Rican American actress and writer who played Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2015, won 15 writing Emmys, and created PBS KIDS' Alma's Way.

Sonja Sohn

Sonja Sohn (born 1964, Fort Benning, Georgia) is an American actress, slam poet, and documentary director, known for Detective Kima Greggs on The Wire, the film Slam, Baltimore Rising, and ABC's Will Trent. Not the FCC nominee Gigi Sohn or musician SOHN.

Sonny Landham

Sonny Landham (William Marion Landham, 1941-2017), American actor and stuntman of Cherokee and Seminole descent, played tracker Billy Sole in Predator (1987) and Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. (1982); later ran unsuccessfully for Kentucky office as a Republican and Libertarian.

Sonny Shroyer

Sonny Shroyer (Otis Burt Shroyer, Jr., born 1935) is an American retired actor, best known as Deputy Enos Strate on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985, 98 episodes), its spin-off Enos, and film roles in Forrest Gump and The Rainmaker.

Sorrell Booke

Sorrell Booke (1930–1994) was an American character actor who played Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, after a Broadway and film career.

Stacey Dash

Stacey Lauretta Dash (born 1967, Bronx, New York) is an American actress known as Dionne in Clueless (1995) and its UPN series, later a Fox News contributor, 2018 congressional candidate, and 2021 public apologist for past remarks.

Stacey Nelkin

Stacey Nelkin, born 1959 in New York City, is an American actress known for Ellie Grimbridge in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, roles in Serial, Get Crazy, and Yellowbeard, and as the inspiration for Tracy in Manhattan.

Staci Keanan

Staci Keanan, stage name of Anastasia Sagorsky (born 1975), American actress known for Nicole Bradford on My Two Dads and Dana Foster on Step by Step, now a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney.

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach (Walter Stacy Keach Jr.), American actor born 1941 in Savannah, Georgia; Tony-nominated Shakespearean stage star (Indians, King Lear), Golden Globe winner for Hemingway, Mike Hammer and Prison Break TV actor, Theater Hall of Fame 2015.

Stan Kirsch

Stan Kirsch, an American actor, is best known for playing Richie Ryan on Highlander: The Series (1992–1998). He also co-founded Stan Kirsch Studios in Los Angeles in 2008.

Stanley Kamel

Stanley Kamel (1943–2008), American character actor, played Dr. Charles Kroger, Adrian Monk's psychiatrist, on Monk, and earlier Eric Peters on Days of Our Lives; died of a heart attack April 8, 2008.

Stanley Livingston

Stanley Livingston (born 1950), American actor, producer, and director, best known as Chip Douglas on My Three Sons (1960–1972); the only actor besides Fred MacMurray in all 12 seasons, later a filmmaker and founder of The Actor's Journey.

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci, born 1960 in Peekskill, New York, is an American character actor, director, and food broadcaster; Oscar-nominated for The Lovely Bones, host of Searching for Italy and Tucci in Italy, and author of Taste.

Starletta DuPois

Starletta DuPois (born 1941, Philadelphia) is an American character actress, Tony-nominated for The Mighty Gents (1978), who has played all three female roles in A Raisin in the Sun and appears in One Battle After Another (2025).

Stefanie Powers

Stefanie Powers (Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz, born 1942, Hollywood) is an American actress known as April Dancer in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and Jennifer Hart in Hart to Hart, and founder-president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation in Kenya.

Stepfanie Kramer

Stepfanie Kramer (born 1956, Los Angeles) is an American actress and mezzo soprano best known as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on NBC's Hunter (1984-1990) with Fred Dryer; she left for a music career in 1990, returned for 2003 Hunter TV movies, and won three First Americans in the Arts awards.

Stephanie Faracy

Stephanie Faracy (born 1952, Brooklyn) is an American character actress known for The Great Outdoors, Hocus Pocus, Sideways, the sitcom True Colors (1990-92), and as Lynn on Netflix's Nobody Wants This since 2024.

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956, New York) is an American actor best known as Laura Holt on NBC's Remington Steele (1982–87, 94 episodes) with Pierce Brosnan, plus TV movies like Caroline? and a long stage career.

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin (born 1966, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, youngest of the Baldwin brothers, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), The Young Riders, born-again Christianity from 2001, faith-based films, and support for Donald Trump.

Stephen Dorff

Stephen Dorff (born 1973, Atlanta) is an American actor known as Deacon Frost in Blade (1998), Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, and Roland West in True Detective season 3; also an executive producer on Felon, Brake, Zaytoun, and Embattled.

Stephen Furst

Stephen Furst (Stephen Nelson Feuerstein), 1954-2017, American actor best known as Flounder in Animal House, Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St. Elsewhere, and Vir Cotto on Babylon 5; also a director and producer.

Stephen Gevedon

Stephen Gevedon (born 1966, New York City) is an American actor and screenwriter, co-writer and co-star of Session 9 (2001); also known for Oz, Show Me a Hero, The Deuce, and Madoff.

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang (born 1952, New York) is an American stage and screen actor and playwright, famed as Colonel Quaritch in the Avatar films, the Blind Man in Don't Breathe, and creator of the Medal of Honor solo show Beyond Glory.

Stephen Macht

Stephen Macht (born 1942, Philadelphia) is an American film, TV, and stage actor with over 100 credits, known for Cagney & Lacey, Knots Landing, General Hospital, and as Professor Henry Gerard on Suits, acting opposite his son Gabriel Macht; also a PhD and ordained chaplain.