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Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes (Donnelly Rhodes Henry), Canadian character actor from Winnipeg; Dutch Leitner on Soap, Dr. Cottle on Battlestar Galactica, Det. Leo Shannon in Da Vinci's Inquest; Gemini winner, died 2018.
Donnie Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg (Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr., born 1969, Boston) is a singer and actor, founding member of New Kids on the Block and star of Blue Bloods and its spinoff Boston Blue as Danny Reagan.
Donzaleigh Abernathy
Donzaleigh Abernathy (born 1957), daughter of civil rights leaders Ralph David and Juanita Abernathy and goddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., is an American actress, author of Partners to History, Tanne Foundation award-winning playwright, and civil rights speaker.
Doodles Weaver
Doodles Weaver (Winstead Sheffield Weaver, 1911-1983), American comedian and character actor of Spike Jones's City Slickers; creator of Professor Feetlebaum and host of NBC's 1951 The Doodles Weaver Show; brother of NBC's Pat Weaver, uncle of Sigourney Weaver.
Dooley Wilson
Dooley Wilson, born Arthur Wilson (1886–1953), was an American actor, singer, and drummer best remembered as Sam, who performed "As Time Goes By" in Casablanca (1942).
Doon Mackichan
Doon Mackichan (Sarah Doon Mackichan, born 1962) is a British actress, comedian and writer, co-creator of the double-Emmy-winning Smack the Pony, known for The Day Today, Brass Eye, Plebs, Toast of London, Two Doors Down, and the memoir My Lady Parts.
Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan (Dora May Broadbent, 1923-2014), English actress and comedienne of stage, film and television; BAFTA-winning Helen in A Taste of Honey (1961), Olivier winner for The Birthday Party, later Ros Utterthwaite in Last of the Summer Wine.
Dora Madison Burge
Dora Madison Burge (also credited Madison Burge or Dora Madison), American actress born 1990, in Hutto, Texas; known for Becky Sproles on Friday Night Lights and Jessica 'Chili' Chilton on Chicago Fire, plus horror films like Bliss.
Doreen Mantle
Doreen Mantle (1926-2023), South African-born British actress, won a 1979 Olivier Award as Linda in Death of a Salesman and played Mrs Warboys in One Foot in the Grave, plus roles in Jam & Jerusalem and Coronation Street.
Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood, American actor and singer from Ohio, played Simon Haley in Roots: The Next Generations and Jesse Owens in The Jesse Owens Story; also a voiceover artist and NBC announcer.
Dorian Missick
Dorian Crossmond Missick, American actor and producer born 1976 in East Orange, New Jersey; known for Six Degrees, Southland, For Life, Luke Cage, The Burial, and 56 Days; married to actress Simone Missick.
Dorien Wilson
Dorien Wilson (born 1963) is an American actor known as Professor Stanley Oglevee on UPN's The Parkers, Eddie Charles on HBO's Dream On, Terrence on Sister, Sister, and Jay Weaver on Bounce TV's In the Cut.
Doris Day
Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, 1922-2019) was an American singer and actress; big band star of "Sentimental Journey," Hollywood's top box-office draw of 1963, star of Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk, later an animal welfare activist.
Doris Grau
Doris Grau (1924–1995), American script supervisor, actress, and voice actress. Voiced Lunchlady Doris on The Simpsons and Doris the makeup lady on The Critic; script supervisor on Point Blank, Clue, Seinfeld pilot, and The Tracey Ullman Show.
Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts (Doris May Green, 1925-2016), American actress, played Marie Barone on CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), winning four of her five Emmys, plus one for St. Elsewhere.
Dorothy Atkinson
Dorothy Atkinson (Caroline Dorothy Atkinson), English actress born 1966 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; Mike Leigh collaborator in Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr. Turner (BIFA nomination), and TV lead in Mum, Pennyworth, and Ludwig.
Dorothy Bridges
Dorothy Bridges (Dorothy Simpson, 1915–2009), American actress and poet, wife of Lloyd Bridges, mother of Beau, Jeff and Lucinda; appeared in Finders Keepers, Sea Hunt, and See You in the Morning, and wrote You Caught Me Kissing.
Dorothy Fay
Dorothy Fay, born Dorothy Fay Southworth, was an American actress who starred in low-budget westerns from 1938 to 1941 and married singing cowboy Tex Ritter.
Dorothy Green (actress)
Dorothy Green (born Dorothy Jeannette Hufford, 1920–2008), American stage, film, and television actress; Lucy Chapman in The Big Heat (1953), Lavinia Tate in Tammy; prolific TV guest performer; distinct from the environmentalist Dorothy Green.
Dorothy Hart
Dorothy Hart (Dorothy J. Hart, 1922-2004) was an American model, film and television actress, and UN activist; 1944 Cinderella Cover Girl winner known for The Naked City (1948) and Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952), retired from acting in 1952.
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone (Dorothy Eloise Maloney, 1924-2018), American actress; Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Written on the Wind (1956); starred as Constance MacKenzie in ABC's first primetime soap Peyton Place.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire (1916/1918-2001), American actress from Omaha; Broadway star of Claudia (722 performances), Oscar nominee for Gentleman's Agreement, National Board of Review winner for Friendly Persuasion, and screen mother in Old Yeller and Swiss Family Robinson.
Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Provine (Michele Dorothy Provine, 1935-2010), American actress, singer, and dancer; starred as Pinky Pinkham in ABC's The Roaring 20s (1960-62) and appeared in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; not to be confused with Dorothy Provine Alexander or Dory Previn.
Dot-Marie Jones
Dot-Marie Jones (born 1964, Turlock, California) is an American actress and retired athlete: 15-time world arm-wrestling champion, Fresno State shot put record holder, and three-time Emmy nominee as Coach Shannon Beiste on Glee (2010-2015), also known for Bros, Boondock Saints, and Lizzie McGuire.
Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Doug (Douglas Bourne, born 1970, Brooklyn) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director known for Sanka Coffie in Cool Runnings (1993), Griffen Vesey on Cosby, and Where I Live.
Doug McClure
Doug McClure (Douglas Osborne McClure, 1935-1995), American actor famous as Trampas on NBC's The Virginian; later cult star of The Land That Time Forgot and namesake of The Simpsons' Troy McClure.
Douggie McMeekin
Douggie McMeekin is a British actor, LAMDA-trained with a Nottingham physics degree, known for Chernobyl (Yuvchenko), Harlots (Charles Quigley), The Decameron (Tindaro), and RSC stage roles including Lucio in Measure for Measure.
Douglas Booth
Douglas John Booth (born 1992, London) is an English actor known for Worried About the Boy, Romeo and Juliet (2013), Jupiter Ascending, The Dirt, The Sandman, Young Werther, and ITV's The Blame.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000), son of silent star Douglas Fairbanks Sr., American actor in The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din, and Sinbad the Sailor, decorated WWII Navy Beach Jumpers officer, honorary knight, and television producer.
Douglas Henshall
Douglas Henshall, born 1965 in Glasgow, is a Scottish actor known as DI Jimmy Perez in BBC's Shetland (2013-2022), Nick Cutter in Primeval, and stage roles in The Coast of Utopia, Betrayal, and Mary.