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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Glenn Shadix

Glenn Shadix (1952-2010), American character actor born William Glenn Scott in Bessemer, Alabama; played Otho in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, voiced the Mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas, and advocated for gay rights in Alabama.

Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange (George Glenn Strange, 1899-1973), American character actor and former cowboy; played Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films and Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke, distinguishing him from other Glenn/Glen Stranges.

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly (1955–2017), American actress and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dick Tracy, and Mr. Holland's Opus; two Emmy nominations for Lonesome Dove and Bastard Out of Carolina; died of pulmonary embolism complications.

Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster (1933–2001), American actress known as the Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded; three-time Obie winner for stage work including In White America and Having Our Say.

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame (Gloria Hallward, 1923-1981), American actress and film noir icon; Oscar winner for The Bad and the Beautiful, known for Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Big Heat.

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben (born 1964, Toronto) is a Canadian-American actress, singer, and author, Emmy-nominated as HIV-positive Jeanie Boulet on ER, a Lucille Lortel winner for Stuff Happens, jazz recording artist, and memoirist.

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart, born Gloria Frances Stewart, was an American actress, painter, and printmaker. She was a 1930s Hollywood leading lady and the oldest Academy Award nominee for Titanic.

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson (1899–1983), American silent-film superstar at Paramount and United Artists producer; Oscar-nominated for Sadie Thompson, The Trespasser, and Sunset Boulevard; founder of Multiprises.

Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott (Gloria Maude Talbott, 1931–2000), American film and TV actress from Glendale, California; star of I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), known as the 'Queen of the Bs' for 1950s sci-fi and horror roles.

Gloria Winters

Gloria Winters (born Gloria Carolyn Hirst; 1931-2010) was an American actress who played Penny King, niece of Kirby Grant's title character, in 72 episodes of the TV western Sky King (1952-1959), after playing Babs on The Life of Riley, and wrote the 1964 book Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity.

Glynis Barber

Glynis Barber (born Glynis van der Riet) is a South African actress, born in Durban in 1955, known for Dempsey and Makepeace and as Soolin in Blake's 7.

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns (1923-2024), South African-born British actress, played Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, the mermaid in Miranda, and won a 1973 Tony for A Little Night Music, introducing Sondheim's Send in the Clowns.

Glynn Edwards

Glynn Edwards (1931–2018), British character actor born in Penang, Malaya, best known as Dave the barman of the Winchester Club in ITV's Minder (1979–1994); trained at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and appeared in Zulu and Get Carter.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman, American stage, TV, and film actor, director, and producer; Broadway debut at 12 as Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Emmy winner for In Treatment (2008); known for Cooley High, A Different World, The Wire, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis Mary O'Connor, American actress born in New York (1955 or 1956, sources differ), teen star of Jeremy (1973) and Ode to Billy Joe, played Maureen Connolly in Little Mo and Anne Paulsen on Law & Order.

Golden Brooks

Golden Brooks (Golden Ameda Brooks), American actress born 1970 in Fresno, California; best known as Maya Denise Wilkes on Girlfriends (2000-2008), later in Hart of Dixie, I Am the Night, Beauty Shop, and The Darkest Minds.

Googie Withers

Googie Withers, born Georgette Lizette Withers (1917–2011), was a British stage and film actress known for 1940s Ealing melodramas like It Always Rains on Sunday, later based in Australia.

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor born 1972 in Šibenik, star of ER as Dr. Luka Kovac (1999–2008), youngest Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, films from Welcome to Sarajevo to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, returned to Croatia in 2026 after 25 years in Los Angeles and six in Cornwall.

Gorden Kaye

Gorden Kaye (Gordon Kaye, 1941–2017) was an English comic actor who played café owner René Artois in all 85 episodes of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992) and its stage version, and earlier Bernard Butler in Coronation Street.

Gordon Jackson (actor)

Gordon Jackson, full name Gordon Cameron Jackson, was a Scottish actor best known as the butler Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley in The Professionals.

Gordon Jump

Gordon Jump (Alexander Gordon Jump, 1932-2003), American character actor, played Arthur Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati and Soap's Chief Tinkler, and was Maytag's Ol' Lonely repairman from 1988/1989 until 2003.

Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae (Albert Gordon MacRae, 1921-1986), American baritone singer and actor, star of the film musicals Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956) and of radio's The Railroad Hour, with Capitol Records hits and Jo Stafford duets.

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent (1930–2023), Canadian actor, playwright, and director from Grand Falls, Newfoundland; star of Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, and Away From Her; Genie winner and Companion of the Order of Canada.

Gordon Tootoosis

Gordon Tootoosis (1941–2011) was a Cree and Stoney Canadian actor from Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, known for Albert Golo in North of 60, One Stab in Legends of the Fall, and Big Bear; also a band chief, FSIN vice-chief, and Order of Canada member.

Grace Byers

Grace Byers, born 1984 in Butler, Pennsylvania, raised in the Cayman Islands, is a Caymanian-American actress, author, and CODA activist; Anika Calhoun on Fox's Empire (2015-2018), Reeva Payge on The Gifted, Quinn Joseph on Harlem, and author of I Am Enough.

Grace Edwards (American actress)

Grace Edwards is an American actress known for Dinah in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City (2023), Charlotte in Call Jane (2022), and Daisy Kelly in Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly (2025), plus Modern Love and Schooled.

Grace Gummer

Grace Gummer (Grace Jane Gummer, born 1986), American actress, daughter of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer; Theatre World Award for Arcadia; known for Extant, Mr. Robot's Dominique DiPierro, and Caroline Kennedy in FX's Love Story (2026).

Grace Helbig

Grace Helbig (born 1985) is an American comedian and YouTuber, creator of DailyGrace on My Damn Channel (2008–2013) and the it'sGrace channel, author of Grace's Guide, and co-host of This Might Get Weird.

Grace Hogg-Robinson

Grace Hogg-Robinson (born 1996) is an English actress known for Beth Kennedy in The Coroner, Tess Marshall in COBRA, and Lydia Bennet in The Other Bennet Sister (2026), plus West End theatre and video game voice roles.

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly (Grace Patricia Kelly, 1929-1982), American actress and Princess of Monaco; 11 films, three Hitchcock collaborations, 1954 Oscar for The Country Girl; married Prince Rainier III in 1956; died in a 1982 car crash; namesake of the Hermès Kelly bag.