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Vera Miles
Vera Miles (born Vera June Ralston, 1929 or 1930, Boise City, Oklahoma) is an American retired actress known for The Searchers, Psycho's Lila Crane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Psycho II, retired 1995.
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen (Vera Ellen Rohe, 1921 or 1926–1981), American dancer-actress of 14 musicals 1945–1957; partner of Kelly, Astaire, Kaye, O'Connor; Judy Haynes in White Christmas; died of cancer at 60.
Vernee Watson-Johnson
Vernee Watson-Johnson (born Vernee Christell Watson, 1949) is an American character actress and voice artist known for Vernajean on Welcome Back Kotter, Vy Smith on Fresh Prince, and Emmy-winning Stella Henry on General Hospital.
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 Cooper
Veronica Cooper (Veronica Balfe, screen name Sandra Shaw, later Veronica Cooper Converse, 1913–2000), American actress of 1933 shorts and wife of Gary Cooper from December 15, 1933 until his 1961 death; later married Dr. John Converse.
Veronica De Laurentiis
Veronica De Laurentiis, born 1950 in Rome, is an Italian actress, author, and anti-violence advocate, eldest daughter of Dino De Laurentiis and Silvana Mangano, debut in Waterloo (1970), author of Rivoglio la mia vita (2006), mother of Giada De Laurentiis.
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.
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake, born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman and earlier billed as Constance Keane, was an American actress whose hair-over-one-eye look defined 1940s Hollywood and drew a wartime government safety request.
Veronika Slowikowska
Veronika Slowikowska (born 1995, Barrie, Canada) is a Canadian actress and comedian of Polish descent, known for Shanice in What We Do in the Shadows, Davey & Jonesie's Locker, and as an SNL season 51 featured player.
Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow (Victor Morozoff, 1929–1982), American actor and director, star of Combat! and Blackboard Jungle; killed with two child actors in the 1982 Twilight Zone helicopter crash, for which John Landis was tried and acquitted.
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.
Vicki Michelle
Vicki Michelle (born 1950, Chigwell, Essex) is an English actress best known as waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche in all 85 episodes of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992); also a radio presenter, producer of Run for Your Wife, and MBE recipient.
Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine (born 1961, Roehampton, London) is an English actress, writer, and executive producer, co-creator and star of BBC Four's Getting On as Dr Pippa Moore, twice BAFTA-nominated for its writing, and known for Puppy Love, Dear Joan and Jericha, Poor Things, and Magic Mike's Last Dance.
Vicky Krieps
Vicky Krieps (born 1983) is a Luxembourgish actress, known as Alma in Phantom Thread and Empress Elisabeth in Corsage; Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Performance winner and Deutsche Filmakademie president.
Vicky McClure
Vicky McClure (Vicky Lee McClure), English actress born 1983 in Nottingham, known for Lol in This Is England, DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty, and Lana Washington in Trigger Point; BAFTA winner 2011, MBE 2023, founder of Our Dementia Choir.
Vicky Myers
Vicky Myers (Victoria Ann Myers, born 1976, Stockport) is an English actress who plays DS Lisa Swain on Coronation Street, a 2021 four-episode guest role that became a series regular part in 2024, after earlier credits in Age Before Beauty, The Five, and Unforgotten.
Victor Alli
Victor Alli (born 1995, London) is a British actor, a RADA 2019 graduate, known as Lord John Stirling in Bridgerton seasons 3 and 4, and for Death on the Nile, Belfast, Gangs of London, and The Glass Menagerie opposite Amy Adams.
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 Belmondo
Victor Belmondo (born 1993) is a French actor, grandson of Jean-Paul Belmondo and son of Paul Belmondo. Known for Bardot (as Roger Vadim), Vivre, mourir, renaître, Bastion 36, Masterplan, and Le Rouge et le Noir.
Victor Buono
Victor Charles Buono (1938–1982), American character actor and comic; played Edwin Flagg in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Oscar and Golden Globe nominee) and King Tut on Batman; Old Globe Theatre alumnus.
Victor French
Victor French (1934–1989), American character actor and director, played Isaiah Edwards on Little House on the Prairie and Mark Gordon on Highway to Heaven beside Michael Landon, after starting as a stuntman on Gunsmoke.
Victor Garber
Victor Garber, born 1949 in London, Ontario, is a Canadian actor and singer, four-time Tony nominee, Thomas Andrews in Titanic, Jack Bristow in Alias, Officer of the Order of Canada, and Type 1 diabetes advocate.
Victor Mature
Victor Mature (1913–1999), American film actor and 1940s–50s leading man, star of Samson and Delilah, The Robe, My Darling Clementine, and Kiss of Death; retired at 44 on real estate earnings.
Victor McGuire
Victor McGuire (born 1964, Liverpool) is an English actor known as Jack Boswell in Bread, Ron Wheatcroft in Goodnight Sweetheart, Gary in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and roles in The Phantom of the Opera and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen (Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen, 1886–1959), British-born boxer and WWI veteran turned Hollywood actor; won the 1935 Best Actor Oscar for The Informer and starred in 12 John Ford films.
Victor Meutelet
Victor Meutelet (born 1998, Mainvilliers, France) is a French actor known for Clem, Le Bazar de la charité, Grand Hôtel, Emily in Paris, Les Rascals, and Monsieur Aznavour, where he played Johnny Hallyday.
Victor Rasuk
Victor Rasuk (born 1984, New York City) is an American actor of Dominican descent, star of Raising Victor Vargas, Tony Alva in Lords of Dogtown, Cam in HBO's How to Make It in America, and José in the Fifty Shades trilogy.
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung (揚森), born Victor Cheung Young (1915-1980), American character actor who played Jimmy/Tommy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing the cook on Bonanza; also a Cantonese chef and author of The Great Wok Cookbook.