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Barry Miller (actor)

Barry Miller (Barry Lee Miller, born 1958, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for Bobby C. in Saturday Night Fever, Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married, and his 1985 Tony-winning Biloxi Blues role.

Barry Morse

Barry Morse (1918-2008), British-Canadian actor of over 3,000 roles, known as Lt. Philip Gerard in The Fugitive and Professor Victor Bergman in Space: 1999, Shaw Festival director.

Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson (1917-2007), born Haakon Robert Nielsen, was an American stage, film, and TV actor, the first to play James Bond, as American "Jimmy" Bond in CBS's live 1954 Climax! Casino Royale; later Tony-nominated for The Act and Stuart Ullman in The Shining.

Barry Newman

Barry Foster Newman (1930–2023), American actor known for Kowalski in Vanishing Point (1971) and the NBC legal drama Petrocelli, for which he received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations; died May 11, 2023.

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper (Barry Robert Pepper), Canadian actor born 1970 in Campbell River, British Columbia; known for Private Jackson in Saving Private Ryan, Roger Maris in 61, and his Emmy-winning Robert F. Kennedy in The Kennedys.

Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley, born Barry Joseph Henley (1954, New Orleans), American character actor; stage name from a 25th-Dynasty pharaoh. Known for Collateral, Miami Vice, The Terminal, Uncle Tunde on Bob Hearts Abishola, and Obie-winning Jitney.

Barry Sloane

Barry Sloane (Barry Paul Sloane), Liverpool-born English actor and musician born 1981; known for Hollyoaks' Niall Rafferty, Revenge's Aiden Mathis, SIX's Joe Graves, stage Jerusalem, and voicing Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Barry Watson (actor)

Barry Watson (Michael Barrett Watson, born 1974) is an American actor known as Matt Camden on 7th Heaven (1996–2006), later lead roles in What About Brian and Samantha Who?, and a 2002 Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor.

Barry Williams (actor)

Barry Williams, born 1954 as Barry William Blenkhorn, is the American actor and singer who played Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969–1974), later a Broadway performer, bestselling author of Growing Up Brady, and continuing Brady nostalgia figure.

Barton Fitzpatrick

Barton Fitzpatrick, also Barton Fitzpatrick of The Chi, is an American actor, producer, and singer born 1995 in Chicago; known for Reg Taylor on Showtime's The Chi and Blaxton in Power Book IV: Force, a role written for him.

Bashir Salahuddin

Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976, Chicago) is an American actor, writer, and comedian, co-creator of South Side and Sherman's Showcase with Diallo Riddle, a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer, and actor in GLOW and Top Gun: Maverick.

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone (1892–1967) was a South African-born British actor best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films between 1939 and 1946 and for screen villain roles.

Bathsheba Garnett

Bathsheba Garnett (born 17 September 1925, Manhattan) is an American actress and drama teacher, Broadway's Gideon (1961), University of Windsor professor, and the aged witch in Robert Eggers' The Witch (2015).

BD Wong

BD Wong (Bradley Darryl Wong, born 1960) is an American actor from San Francisco, Tony winner for Song Liling in M. Butterfly, known as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: SVU, Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park/World, Whiterose in Mr. Robot, and the voice of Shang in Mulan.

Bea Arthur

Bea Arthur (Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), American Emmy and Tony-winning actress; Maude Findlay on Maude, Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls, Vera Charles in the 1966 original Broadway Mame.

Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet (Beatrice Benaderet, 1906–1968), American radio and TV actress; created Gertrude Gearshift for Jack Benny, played Blanche Morton on Burns and Allen, voiced Betty Rubble on The Flintstones, Pearl Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies, and starred as Kate Bradley on Petticoat Junction.

Beah Richards

Beah Richards (Beulah Elizabeth Richardson, 1920-2000), American stage, film, and television actress, poet, and civil rights activist; Oscar-nominated for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, two-time Emmy winner, author of A Black Woman Speaks.

Beanie Feldstein

Beanie Feldstein (Elizabeth Greer Feldstein, born 1993) is an American actress, sister of Jonah Hill, known for Lady Bird, Booksmart (Golden Globe nomination), Monica Lewinsky in Impeachment: American Crime Story, and the 2022 Funny Girl revival.

Beatie Edney

Beatie Edney (Beatrice Emma Edney, born 1962) is an English actress, daughter of Sylvia Syms, known as Heather MacLeod in Highlander (1986), Prudie in Poldark (2015–2019), and roles in In the Name of the Father, Andor, and The Pearl Comb.

Beatrice Alda

Beatrice Alda (born 1961, New York City), daughter of Alan Alda and Arlene Alda, is an American actress, producer, and director known for Lisa Callan in The Four Seasons (1981) and directing Out Late (2008).

Béatrice Dalle

Béatrice Dalle (born Béatrice Cabarrou, 1964) is a French actress, born in Brest, discovered by Dominique Besnehard for Betty in 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue, 1986); known for Claire Denis, Jarmusch, Ferrara collaborations, and À l'intérieur.

Beatrice Lillie

Beatrice Lillie (Bea Lillie, Lady Peel, 1894–1989), Canadian-born comedienne billed as "the funniest woman in the world", star of London and Broadway revue, An Evening with Beatrice Lillie, and the film Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Beatrice Straight

Beatrice Straight (Beatrice Whitney Straight, 1914–2001), American stage and screen actress; Oscar winner as Louise Schumacher in Network (1976) for the briefest Oscar-winning performance, and Tony winner for The Crucible (1953).

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges, born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III in 1941, is an American actor, the son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Jeff, known for The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Beau Garrett

Beau Garrett (Beau Jesse Garrett), American actress and model born 1982 in California, known for Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, The Good Doctor, Firefly Lane's Cloud, and Abby Reese in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison.

Beau Mirchoff

Beau Mirchoff (William Beau Mirchoff), Canadian-American actor born 1989 in Seattle, raised in Victoria, BC. Known for Matty McKibben on Awkward, Danny Bolen on Desperate Housewives, Jamie Hunter on Good Trouble, and Cash McMurray on Hallmark's Ride.

Bebe Drake

Bebe Drake, also credited as Bebe Drake-Hooks or Drake-Massey, is an American actress active from 1975 whose films include Boomerang, Bebe's Kids, Friday After Next, and Wild Hogs, with recurring TV roles on A Different World.

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth (Beatrice Neuwirth, born 1958) is an American actor-dancer, two-time Tony winner for Sweet Charity and Chicago and two-time Emmy winner as Lilith on Cheers and Frasier.

Becca Tobin

Becca Tobin (Rebecca Grace Tobin, born 1986), American actress from Marietta, Georgia; played Kitty Wilde on Glee 2012-2015; co-hosts LadyGang podcast; later starred in Disney+ Turner & Hooch.

Becki Newton

Becki Newton (born 1978, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actress known as Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty (2006-2010), Quinn on How I Met Your Mother, and Lorna Crane on Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.