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Lyman Ward (actor)
Lyman Ward, born 1941, is a Canadian character actor known for playing Tom Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), with film credits including Independence Day (1996).
Lynda Baron
Lynda Baron (Lilian Ridgway, 1939–2022) was an English actress, singer, and dancer, Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours (1976–85) and Auntie Mabel in Come Outside (1993–97), Bafta-nominated for The Road to Coronation Street.
Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham (Meredith Lee Hughes, 1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress best known as the "Oxo mum" in 42 Oxo TV ads (1983–1999); also All Creatures Great and Small, Second Thoughts, Calendar Girls, Loose Women; died of bowel cancer.
Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd (born 1965, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress, singer, and writer known for Rose Miller on Republic of Doyle, Randy on Tin Star, Lilly on Virgin River, and films like Final Destination 2 and She's the Man.
Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter, American actress and singer (born 1951, Phoenix), Miss World USA 1972, star of the 1975-1979 Wonder Woman TV series; later albums, Emmy-winning specials, Supergirl, Skyrim and Fallout voice roles.
Lynda Day George
Lynda Day George (born Lynda Louise Day, 1944, San Marcos, Texas) is an American TV actress, Lisa Casey on Mission: Impossible 1971–1973 (Golden Globe and Emmy nominations), later wife of actor Christopher George, known for Pieces and Day of the Animals.
Lynda Goodfriend
Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953, Miami) is an American actress and acting teacher, best known as Lori Beth, Richie Cunningham's girlfriend and wife, on Happy Days (1977–1984), later Chair of Acting at NYFA Los Angeles.
Lyndsey Marshal
Lyndsey Marshal (born 1978, Manchester) is an English actress trained at RWCMD, known for Cleopatra in HBO's Rome, Lady Sarah Hill in Garrow's Law, The Hours, Hereafter, and the Donmar Warehouse's Mass (2026).
Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca, American actress born 1987 in Oakland, California; played Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless, Ted's daughter on How I Met Your Mother, and Alex on Nikita, with film roles in Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine, and The Ward.
Lynn Cohen
Lynn Cohen (Lynn Harriette Kay, 1933-2020), American character actress; Magda on Sex and the City, Golda Meir in Munich, Mags in Catching Fire; Off-Broadway veteran, 2009 Richard Seff Award winner.
Lynn Collins
Lynn Collins (Viola Lynn Collins), American actress born 1977 in Houston, Texas; Juilliard-trained, known for Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Kayla Silverfox in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Dejah Thoris in John Carter, and Leah in The Walking Dead.
Lynn Hamilton (actress)
Lynn Hamilton (Alzenia Lynn Hamilton-Jenkins), 1930–2025, American character actress of Yazoo City, Mississippi, known as Donna Harris on Sanford and Son, Verdie Grant Foster on The Waltons, and Vivian Potter on Generations.
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (1943–2010), English-born actress of the Redgrave family, Oscar-nominated for Georgy Girl and Gods and Monsters, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy nominee who won none, OBE 2001.
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield (born 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American actress and producer, Emmy winner for The Josephine Baker Story (1991), known for Lady Mae Greenleaf on Greenleaf, seven NAACP Image Awards, and films including Eve's Bayou.
Lynne Frederick
Lynne Maria Frederick (1954-1994), English film actress of No Blade of Grass, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Prisoner of Zenda; fourth wife of Peter Sellers, heir to his estate, died at 39 in Los Angeles.
Lynne Marie Stewart
Lynne Marie Stewart (1946–2025), American actress; Miss Yvonne on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Bonnie Kelly, Charlie's mom, on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; died of cancer in Los Angeles.
Lynne Moody
Lynne Moody, American actress from Detroit known for Irene Harvey in Roots (1977, 1979), Tracy Curtis Taylor in That's My Mama, and Patricia Williams in Knots Landing; reunited in 2021 with daughter Lisa Wright after 50 years.
Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen (1948–2003), American stage, film, and TV actress born in Joliet, Illinois; Tony winner for An American Daughter, the Chief on PBS's Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Ella Mae Farmer on The District, and voice of Luna in Bear in the Big Blue House.
Lynnette Mettey
Lynnette Mettey, also credited as Lynette Mettey, is an American actress born in 1943. Her career is known for recurring parts as Lt. Nancy Griffin on M*A*S*H and Lee on Quincy, M.E.
Lyriq Bent
Lyriq Bent, Jamaican-born Canadian actor (also Martin Lyriq Bent), known for Daniel Rigg in Saw II-IV, Frank Best in Rookie Blue, and award-winning lead in The Book of Negroes.
Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anthony (Lysette Anne Chodzko, born 1963) is an English actress and model, David Bailey's 'face of the Eighties', known for Krull, Husbands and Wives, Dark Shadows, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Mabel Albertson
Mabel Ida Albertson (1901–1982), American character actress, sister of Jack Albertson; played Darrin's mother Phyllis Stephens on Bewitched and haughty mothers-in-law in films like What's Up, Doc?
Mabel King
Mabel King (Donnie Mabel Elizabeth Washington, 1932–1999), American actress and singer; Evillene the Wicked Witch in Broadway and film The Wiz, Mama on What's Happening!!, mother in The Jerk.
Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin, American actor born 1980 in Manhattan; starred as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990) and its 1992 sequel, retired after Richie Rich (1994), returned in 2000, changed his legal name to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin in 2019, and now appears in Fallout.
Macdonald Carey
Macdonald Carey (1913–1994), American actor born in Sioux City, Iowa; star of 50+ B films ('King of the Bs') and Dr. Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives from 1965 until his 1994 death, voicing the famous hourglass opening.
Mackenzie Crook
Mackenzie Crook (Paul Crook, born 1971) is an English actor, writer and director known for Gareth in The Office, Ragetti in Pirates of the Caribbean, and creating the BAFTA-winning Detectorists.
Mackenzie Davis
Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress born 1987, in Vancouver; known as Cameron Howe in Halt and Catch Fire, the Emmy-winning Black Mirror episode San Junipero, Blade Runner 2049, Terminator: Dark Fate, and Station Eleven.
Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips (born 1959), American actress and daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas; starred in American Graffiti and as Julie Cooper on One Day at a Time, author of the memoir High on Arrival and now an addiction-recovery counselor.
Mackenzie Rosman
Mackenzie Rosman (Mackenzie Lyn Rosman), American actress born 1989 in Charleston, South Carolina; played Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven (1996-2007), later horror films, the Camdens rewatch podcast, and cystic fibrosis charity work.
Madalena Aragão
Madalena Aragão (born 2005, Cascais) is a Portuguese actress and writer, debut at 10 in Rainha das Flores; known for Quer o Destino, Olívia in Morangos com Açúcar, El Turco, The Bayou, and a Cannes TikTok screenplay prize.