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Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright, born 1949 in Bristol, England, is a British-born American character actress of The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Alien, where she played Joan Lambert after reading for Ripley, with an Emmy win and a Saturn Award.
Veronica Hamel
Veronica Hamel (born 1943) is an American actress and former Eileen Ford model, best known as public defender Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), earning five Emmy nominations, and for the last US cigarette TV ad.
Vic Tayback
Vic Tayback (Victor Tayback, 1930–1990) was an American character actor who played diner owner Mel Sharples in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and the CBS sitcom Alice, winning two Golden Globes; born in Brooklyn to Syrian immigrant parents, died of a heart attack at 60.
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence, born Vicki Ann Axelrad in 1949, American actress, comedian, and singer; played Mama (Thelma Harper) on The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family; 1973 hit single.
Vicki Lewis
Vicki Lewis, born 1960 in Cincinnati, is an American actress and singer: Beth on NBC's NewsRadio, Deb/Flo in Finding Nemo, Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Countess Lily in Anastasia, Ovation and Carbonell award winner, USC lecturer. Distinct from author Vicki Lewis Thompson.
Victor Argo
Victor Argo, born Victor Jiménez (1934–2004), American character actor of Puerto Rican descent in Scorsese, Ferrara, and Jarmusch films; Broadway's Anna in the Tropics; distinct from actor Viktor Argo.
Victor Wong (actor, born 1927)
Victor Wong (黃自強, 1927–2001) was a Chinese American character actor, journalist, and artist; a KQED reporter and Beat-scene figure who began film acting at 57, best known as Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China.
Victoria Dillard
Victoria Dillard, born in New York City in 1967, is an American former actress and dancer known for playing Janelle Cooper on Spin City from 1996 to 2000.
Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal (Victoria Ree Principal, born 1950, Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress and entrepreneur who played Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas (1978–1987), then founded Principal Secret skincare, wrote best-selling books, and runs environmental and animal philanthropy.
Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell (Vicki Lynn Rowell), American actress, director, and author born in Portland, Maine, known as Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless, Dr. Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis Murder, and for foster care advocacy.
Victoria Wyndham
Victoria Wyndham (born Victoria Camargo, 1945, Chicago) is an American actress who played Rachel Cory Hutchins on NBC's Another World from 1972 to 1999, after Guiding Light, and is also a sculptor with work in the Smithsonian.
Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn (Vincent Anthony Vaughn), American actor born 1970 in Minneapolis, star of Swingers, Old School, Dodgeball, and Wedding Crashers, known for fast-talking comedy and later dramatic roles in Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete.
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), American character actor, Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, Detective Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in Marvel's Daredevil series.
Vincent Gallo
Vincent Gallo, born 1961 in Buffalo, New York, is an American actor, director, musician, and model behind Buffalo '66 (1998) and the Cannes-booed The Brown Bunny (2003); Volpi Cup winner for Essential Killing.
Vincent Irizarry
Vincent Irizarry (born 1959, Queens, New York) is an American soap opera actor, Emmy winner for All My Children's David Hayward, also known as Lujack on Guiding Light and Deimos on Days of Our Lives.
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore (Vincent Dominic Pastore, 1946–2026), American character actor who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's The Sopranos; former New Rochelle nightclub owner who entered acting in his forties, appeared in Goodfellas, The Jerky Boys, and on Broadway.
Vincent Spano
Vincent Spano (Vincent M. Spano), American actor born 1962 in Brooklyn, known for Baby It's You, Rumble Fish, City of Hope, and Alive; also directed Tales from the Crypt's In The Groove.
Vincent Van Patten
Vincent (Vince) Van Patten, born 1957 in Bellerose, New York, is an American actor, former top-25 ATP tennis pro, and the World Poker Tour's commentator since 2003, known for Rock 'n' Roll High School and 7 Days to Vegas.
Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames (born Irving Rameses Rhames, 1959) is an American actor, Juilliard-trained, known for Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction, Luther Stickell in all eight Mission: Impossible films, and his Golden Globe-winning Don King.
Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen, American actress born 1961 in Chicago, sister of Michael Madsen; known for Candyman (1992), Princess Irulan in Dune (1984), and her Oscar-nominated Maya in Sideways (2004).
Viva (actress)
Viva (Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann, born 1938) is an American actress, writer, and artist, a Warhol Superstar of the 1960s who starred in The Nude Restaurant, Tub Girls, and Blue Movie, later appearing in Midnight Cowboy, Play It Again, Sam, and Paris, Texas.
Vojislav Govedarica (Војислав Говедарица)
Vojislav Govedarica (Војислав Говедарица), stage name Voyo Goric, nickname Voja Krstarica; Serbian-American actor and Sylvester Stallone's bodyguard; played Sgt. Yushin in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); 1940–2023.
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall (Vondi Curtis Hall), American actor, screenwriter, and director born in Detroit. Broadway's Dreamgirls and Lena Horne show, Chicago Hope's Dr. Dennis Hancock, Emmy-nominated for ER, and writer-director of Gridlock'd with Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur.
Vonetta McGee
Vonetta McGee (Lawrence Vonetta McGee, 1945-2010), American actress who began in Italian cinema with The Great Silence and Faustina, then starred in 1970s blaxploitation films including Blacula, Shaft in Africa, and Thomasine & Bushrod, later appearing in Repo Man and on television.
W. Earl Brown
W. Earl Brown (William Earl Brown, born 1963) is an American character actor known as Dan Dority on Deadwood, Warren in There's Something About Mary, the voice of Bill in The Last of Us, and Wes Fox on Sheriff Country.
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham (James Wallace Langham II), American actor born 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas; known as Phil on The Larry Sanders Show, Josh Blair on Veronica's Closet, and David Hodges on CSI and CSI: Vegas.
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn (born 1943), American playwright and character actor, son of New Yorker editor William Shawn; wrote The Fever and My Dinner with André, played Vizzini in The Princess Bride, voices Rex in Toy Story.
Wally Kurth
Wally Kurth (born 1958, Billings, Montana) is an American soap actor and musician who plays Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives and Ned Quartermaine on General Hospital simultaneously, and who won a 2002 Daytime Emmy for the song Barefoot Ballet with his duo Kurth & Taylor.
Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig (Walter Marvin Koenig), American actor born 1936 in Chicago; played Pavel Chekov on Star Trek (1967–69 and seven films) and Alfred Bester on Babylon 5; also a TV writer, teacher, and memoirist.
Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins (Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.) is an American actor born in 1971, known for playing Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified.