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Jill Bennett (British actress)

Jill Bennett (Nora Noel Jill Bennett), British actress born in Penang; trained at RADA, starred at Stratford and in the West End, won Evening Standard and Variety Club awards for Time Present (1968), and died in London in 1990.

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010), American actress of film, stage, and television; star of An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over; Cannes best actress winner 1978, twice Oscar-nominated, wife of playwright David Rabe.

Jill Eikenberry

Jill Eikenberry (born 1947, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actress, Ann Kelsey on NBC's L.A. Law (1986–94), wife of Michael Tucker, five Emmy nominations, 1989 Golden Globe winner, breast cancer advocate.

Jill Gascoine

Jill Gascoine (1937–2020), English actor and novelist, first woman to lead a British TV police series as DI Maggie Forbes in The Gentle Touch (1980–84) and C.A.T.S. Eyes; later married to Alfred Molina.

Jill Haworth

Jill Haworth (Valerie Jill Haworth, 1945-2011) was an English actress cast by Otto Preminger in Exodus, The Cardinal, and In Harm's Way, and the original Sally Bowles in Broadway's 1966 Cabaret.

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy (Jillian Noel Hennessy, born 1968, Edmonton) is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter, known as ADA Claire Kincaid on Law & Order and Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh on Crossing Jordan, with albums Ghost in My Head and I Do.

Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990) was a British-born actress, Leila Kalomi in Star Trek's This Side of Paradise, and Charles Bronson's wife and frequent co-star in 15 films; she wrote Life Wish and Life Lines during her public breast cancer battle.

Jill Latiano

Jill Latiano (Jill Latiano Howerton), American actress, model, dancer, and documentary producer; Knicks City Dancer 1999, Sex and the City debut 2004, married to Glenn Howerton, producer of GMO OMG and The Devil We Know.

Jill Marie Jones

Jill Marie Jones, born 1975 in Dallas, Texas, is an American actress known as Toni Childs on Girlfriends (2000–2006) and for Ash vs. Evil Dead, Sleepy Hollow, and Delilah; former Cowboys cheerleader.

Jill St. John

Jill St. John, born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim (1940), American actress; Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the first American Bond girl, later married to Robert Wagner.

Jill Wagner

Jill Wagner (Jill Suzanne Wagner), American actress, host, and producer born 1979 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known as Wipeout's on-field host, Teen Wolf's Kate Argent, a Hallmark/GAC film lead, and Bobby and executive producer on Taylor Sheridan's Lioness.

Jill Whelan

Jill Whelan (born 1966, Oakland, California) is an American actress best known as Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter on The Love Boat, and for Lisa Davis in Airplane!; since 2015 she has been Princess Cruises' Celebrations Ambassador.

Jillian Bell

Jillian Bell (Jillian Leigh Bell, born 1984, Las Vegas) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter, an SNL writer, star of Workaholics and 22 Jump Street, and director of Summer of 69.

Jillian Murray

Jillian Murray, American actress born 1984 in Reading, Pennsylvania; played Portlyn on Sonny with a Chance, Olivia on Awkward, Dr. Heather Pinkney on Code Black, and modeled Liara T'Soni for Mass Effect. Distinct from the Australian actress of the same name.

Jillian Rose Reed

Jillian Rose Reed (born 1991, Hollywood, Florida) is an American actress known as Tamara Kaplan on MTV's Awkward (2011–2016, 89 episodes) and the voice of Naomi in Disney's Elena of Avalor (2016–2020).

Jim Backus

Jim Backus (James Gilmore Backus, 1913–1989), American radio, film, TV and voice actor; Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island and the voice of Mr. Magoo from 1949 to 1989; also Rebel Without a Cause.

Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver (James Norman Beaver Jr., born 1950) is an American character actor, playwright, and film historian, known as Whitney Ellsworth in Deadwood, Bobby Singer in Supernatural and The Boys, and author of Life's That Way.

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi (James Adam Belushi, born 1954) is an American actor and comedian, an SNL cast member 1983–1985, star of About Last Night and According to Jim, and an Oregon cannabis farmer.

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent (born 1949, Lincoln) is an English character actor, LAMDA-trained, Oscar winner for Iris (2002), double BAFTA winner, Mike Leigh collaborator, known for Moulin Rouge!, Paddington, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones.

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and comedian born 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, star of Ace Ventura, The Mask, The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, and the Sonic films; two Golden Globe wins and honorary César 2026.

Jim Carter (actor)

Jim Carter (born 1948, Harrogate) is a British actor, husband of Imelda Staunton, best known as butler Mr. Carson in Downton Abbey (2010-16) and its three films, with four Emmy nominations and roles in Shakespeare in Love and The Madness of King George.

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel (James Patrick Caviezel Jr., born 1968) is an American actor known for Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), John Reese in Person of Interest, and Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom (2023).

Jim Dale

Jim Dale (James Smith, born 1935), English actor, singer, songwriter, and narrator; Carry On films, Tony-winning Barnum, Oscar-nominated "Georgy Girl" lyricist, and Grammy-winning voice of all seven US Harry Potter audiobooks.

Jim Davis (actor)

Jim Davis (Marlin Davis, born in Edgerton, Missouri; died 1981) was an American character actor in B-Westerns and Republic Pictures cowboy films, best known as Jock Ewing on Dallas, 1978-1981.

Jim Hanks

Jim Hanks (born 1961), American actor and younger brother of Tom Hanks; voice double for Woody in Toy Story toys, games, and shorts, and Tom's running double in Forrest Gump.

Jim Howick

Jim Howick (James Howick, born 1979) is an English actor and writer, an original Horrible Histories cast member (2009–2014) and co-creator of Yonderland and BBC One's Ghosts, in which he plays Pat.

Jim Hutton

Jim Hutton (Dana James Hutton, 1934–1979), American actor of MGM comedies with Paula Prentiss, Major Dundee, The Green Berets, and NBC's Ellery Queen; father of actor Timothy Hutton. Distinct from Freddie Mercury's partner Jim Hutton.

Jim J. Bullock

Jim J. Bullock (born 1955) is an American actor and comedian known as Monroe Ficus on Too Close for Comfort, a regular on Hollywood Squares, Prince Valium in Spaceballs, and co-host of The Jim J. & Tammy Faye Show.

Jim Nabors

Jim Nabors (1930–2017), American comic actor and baritone singer, played Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69), recorded over 38 albums, and sang at the Indy 500.

Jim Norton (Irish actor)

Jim Norton (Irish actor), born James Norton, January 4, 1938, Dublin; stage and screen character actor, Bishop Brennan in Father Ted, Olivier 2007 and Tony 2008 for The Seafarer; distinct from the American comedian and English actor of the same name.