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Betty Lynn

Betty Lynn (1926–2021), born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn, American actress best known as Thelma Lou, Barney Fife's sweetheart on The Andy Griffith Show (1961–1966), USO performer in WWII, later a fixture at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Betty White

Betty White (1922–2021), American actress, comedian, and TV pioneer, first woman to produce a sitcom; starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, won eight Emmys, and held the record for the longest TV career.

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi, also known as Beulah Bondy, was an American character actress who appeared in films with James Stewart, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Beverlee McKinsey

Beverlee McKinsey, born Beverlee Magruder (1935 to 2008), was an American actress known for the daytime roles of Iris Carrington on Another World and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light.

Beverley Mitchell

Beverley Mitchell (born 1981, Arcadia, California) is an American actress and country singer, best known as Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven (1996–2007), later a podcast co-host and producer.

Beverley Owen

Beverley Owen (Beverley Jane Ogg, 1937–2019), American actress, original Marilyn Munster in the first 13 episodes of The Munsters (1964), replaced by Pat Priest; left to marry Jon Stone; died of ovarian cancer in Vermont.

Beverly Aadland

Beverly Aadland, also Beverly Aadland Fisher, American actress (born 1942 Hollywood, died 2010 Lancaster), Errol Flynn's teenage girlfriend; films South Pacific, Cuban Rebel Girls; subject of The Last of Robin Hood.

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo (born 1951, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress and singer, Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Golden Globe-nominated Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland, born Beverly Lucy Fessenden (1926–2008), was an American film and television actress who starred in 1950s Roger Corman films and played Fred MacMurray's wife on My Three Sons.

Bevin Bru

Bevin Bru (born 1991, Miami) is a Cuban American actress, writer, and producer known for Angelique Martin in Batwoman Season 2, Detective Melody Abreu in ABC's R.J. Decker, and the films Head Count and 57 Seconds.

Bex Taylor-Klaus

Bex Taylor-Klaus (Rebecca Edison Taylor-Klaus, born 1994, Atlanta) is an American non-binary actor: Bullet on The Killing, Audrey Jensen on MTV's Scream, the voice of Pidge in Voltron: Legendary Defender, and roles in Dumplin', Hell Fest, Blackbird, 13 Reasons Why, and Deputy.

Bhagyashri Borse

Bhagyashri Borse (born 1999, Aurangabad) is an Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil cinema; debut Yaariyan 2 (2023), Telugu debut Mr. Bachchan (2024, SIIMA Best Female Debut), Tamil debut Kaantha (2025), breakthrough Lenin (2026).

Bharath Raju

Bharath Raju (Bhupatiraju Bharath Raju, భరత్ రాజు), Telugu supporting actor, younger brother of Ravi Teja; born 1974 Hyderabad, 8 films 2004-2015 including Athade Oka Sainyam and Dohchay; died 24 June 2017 in a car crash on Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road.

Bharti Singh (ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਿੰਘ)

Bharti Singh (ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਿੰਘ), born 1984 in Amritsar, is an Indian comedian and TV host, the Lalli character of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2008, second runner-up, later of Comedy Circus, The Kapil Sharma Show, and host of Laughter Chefs.

Bhavya Trikha

Bhavya Trikha (born 1998, Chennai) is an Indian actress in Tamil films, known as Shruthi in Joe (2023); credits include Kathir, Idi Minnal Kadhal, Jinn: The Pet, and Bun Butter Jam.

Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar (Bhumi Satish Pednekkar, born 1989, Mumbai) is a Hindi film actress who debuted in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), starred in Saand Ki Aankh, launched Climate Warrior, and plays DCP Rita Ferreira in Daldal.

Bianca Comparato

Bianca Comparato (Bianca de Souza Mendes Comparato), Brazilian actress born 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, known for Michele Santana in Netflix's 3% (2016–2020), Avenida Brasil, and the Grande Prêmio-winning Somos tão jovens; daughter of writer Doc Comparato.

Bianca Kajlich

Bianca Maria Kajlich (born 1977, Seattle) is an American actress and former ballerina with Olympic Ballet Theatre, known for Jennifer Morgan on Rules of Engagement (2007-2013, 100 episodes) and films 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, and Halloween: Resurrection.

Bianca Lawson

Bianca Lawson (born 1979) is an American actress known as Megan Jones on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Kendra on Buffy, Maya on Pretty Little Liars, and Darla on Queen Sugar (2016–2022).

Bianca Leigh

Bianca Leigh (born 1962, Willingboro, New Jersey) is an American trans actress, singer, and writer; Mary Ellen in Transamerica, Karma in Hurricane Bianca, and Mary's Chaperone in the original Broadway cast of Oh, Mary!

Bianca Umali

Bianca Umali (Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali), born 2000 in Paranaque, is a Filipino GMA/Sparkle actress known for Tropang Potchi, Kambal Karibal, Sahaya, Legal Wives, and as Terra in Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre; World Vision ambassador since 2017.

Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson (Berit Elisabet Andersson, 1935-2019), Swedish actress and Ingmar Bergman collaborator; nurse Alma in Persona (1966), Cannes 1958 and Berlin 1963 Best Actress winner, four Guldbagge Awards.

Bibi Besch

Bibi Besch, born Bibiana Maria Köchert in Vienna in 1942, was an Austrian-American actress best remembered as Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).

Biff Wiff

Biff Wiff, born Gary Crotty, was an American character actor (1948 to 2025) whose profane Santa on I Think You Should Leave became one of the show's most-quoted sketches.

Bijou Phillips

Bijou Lilly Phillips (born 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer, daughter of Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips; known for Almost Famous, Bully, and two kidney transplants, 2017 and 2026.

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (Bizz Kanwarpal), Indian film and TV character actor and retired Indian Army Major who served in the Kargil war; debuted in Paap (2003), known for Don, Murder 2, 24, and Special Ops; died of COVID-19 in 2021 at 52.

Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان)

Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان), born 1993 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor of Urdu television and film. Breakthrough as Qasim in O Rangreza (2017); hits include Cheekh, Pyar Ke Sadqay, Ishq Murshid, and Meri Zindagi Hai Tu; three Lux Style Awards; NAPA-trained, ex-model.

Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف)

Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف), born 1979 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor, producer, and visual effects director known for Janaan, Yalghaar, Rangreza, Superstar, and the telefilm Aik Hai Nigar.

Bill Bixby

Bill Bixby (Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III, 1934–1993), American TV actor and director, star of My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Magician, and The Incredible Hulk; died of prostate cancer while directing Blossom.

Bill Cable

Bill Cable (born William Laurence Cumpanas, also known as Stoner) was an American model, actor, stunt performer, and screenwriter who modeled for COLT Studio and played Johnny Boz in Basic Instinct's opening scene, dying in 1998 after a motorcycle accident.