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Billy Warlock

Billy Warlock (William Alan Leming, born 1961, Gardena, California) is a retired American actor known as Eddie Kramer on Baywatch, Frankie Brady on Days of Our Lives (1988 Daytime Emmy), and A.J. Quartermaine on General Hospital; now a ski school supervisor.

Billy West

Billy West (William Richard Werstine, born 1952, Detroit) is an American voice actor known for Ren & Stimpy, Doug, Futurama's Fry and Zoidberg, Space Jam's Bugs Bunny, and the Red M&M.

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American writer-director of Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment; six Oscars, exile from Nazi Germany, partnerships with Brackett and Diamond.

Billy Wilder filmography

Billy Wilder filmography: the films written and directed by Austrian-born American filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), from Mauvaise Graine (1934) and The Major and the Minor (1942) through The Apartment (1960) to Buddy Buddy (1981), spanning noir, comedy and drama.

Billy Wirth

Billy Wirth (William E. Wirth), American actor, model, producer and director born 1962 in New York City; best known as Dwayne in The Lost Boys (1987) and for directing MacArthur Park (2001).

Billy Zane

Billy Zane (born 1966, Chicago; born William George Zane Jr.) is an American actor and painter known for Cal Hockley in Titanic (1997), The Phantom (1996), Dead Calm (1989), Twin Peaks, and playing Marlon Brando in Waltzing with Brando (2024).

Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols and written by Neil Simon from his Broadway play, starring Matthew Broderick as a Brooklyn recruit in 1945 Army basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়)

Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়), 1909–1966, Indian film director born in Dhaka; pioneer of social realism in Hindi cinema at New Theatres and Bimal Roy Productions; directed Do Bigha Zamin, Madhumati, Sujata, Bandini; first Indian film to win Prix International at Cannes (1954).

Bimbisara (బింబిసార) (film)

Bimbisara (బింబిసార) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action drama starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram as an ancient king transported through a magic mirror to 2022 Hyderabad.

Bin Roye

Bin Roye is a 2015 Pakistani Urdu-language romantic drama film directed by Momina Duraid and Shahzad Kashmiri, based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel Bin Roye Ansoo and starring Humayun Saeed and Mahira Khan.

Bina Rai

Bina Rai (Beena Rai, born Krishna Sarin, 13 July 1931 - 6 December 2009) was an Indian actress of black-and-white Hindi cinema, star of Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), Filmfare Best Actress winner for Ghunghat (1960), wife of actor Premnath.

Binbir Gece

Binbir Gece (One Thousand and One Nights), Turkish drama on Kanal D 2006-2009, TMC Film, directed by Kudret Sabancı, starring Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel; a loose modern adaptation of the Scheherazade frame story that launched Turkish TV's global exports.

Binddii

Binddii is an Indian Hindi-language drama on JioHotstar about a girl born in prison in Mathura who dreams of freeing her mother Kajal; relaunched after a 15-year leap, it ended in January 2026.

Bindi Irwin

Bindi Sue Irwin (born 1998), Australian conservationist and TV personality, daughter of Steve Irwin; Emmy-winning Bindi: The Jungle Girl host, 2015 DWTS season 21 champion, Wildlife Warriors and Australia Zoo figure, endometriosis advocate.

Bindiya Goswami

Bindiya Goswami, Hindi film actress of the 1970s-1980s, star of Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, and Shaan; married Vinod Mehra then director J.P. Dutta, later costume designer for his films.

Bindiya Ke Bahubali

Bindiya Ke Bahubali is a 2025 Hindi comedy-drama web series by Raj Amit Kumar on Amazon MX Player, set in fictional Bindiya, Bihar, where the Davan gangster family fights over power after patriarch Bada Davan (Saurabh Shukla) is jailed and son Chhote Davan (Ranvir Shorey) seizes control; two six-episode seasons, IMDb 6.7.

Bindu (actress)

Bindu (Bindu Nanubhai Desai, बिन्दू), Indian Hindi-film actress born 1941 in Valsad, famed as the vamp and 'Mona Darling' of Kati Patang's 'Mera Naam Shabnam', over 160 films and seven Filmfare nominations; some databases give a disputed 1951 birth date.

Bindu Madhavi (பிந்து மாதவி)

Bindu Madhavi (பிந்து மாதவி), born 1986 in Madanapalle, is an Indian actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema, debuting in Avakai Biryani (2008), known for Veppam, Kazhugu, and Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga, and winner of Bigg Boss Non-Stop (2022).

Bing (TV series)

Bing is a British CGI-animated CBeebies preschool series (premiered June 2014) based on Ted Dewan's Bing Bunny books, produced by Acamar Films, Brown Bag Films, and Tandem Films, following toddler bunny Bing and carer Flop, an Emmy winner licensed to 141 territories.

Bing Russell

Bing Russell (Neil Oliver Russell, 1926-2003), American character actor and minor league ballplayer; Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza, father of Kurt Russell, and owner of the independent Portland Mavericks, 1973-1977.

Binge-watching

Binge-watching, also called marathon viewing, is watching multiple episodes of a TV show or multiple videos in one sitting, popularized by Netflix from 2013. Key facts: third-episode scholarly threshold, sleep loss of two to eight hours, links to depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

Binnu Dhillon (ਬਿੱਨੂ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ)

Binnu Dhillon (ਬਿੱਨੂ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ), born Barinder Singh Dhillon, is a Punjabi actor, comedian and producer from Dhuri, Sangrur, best known as Goldy in Carry On Jatta and a two-time Filmfare Awards Punjabi winner.

Binodiini (film)

Binodiini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan (বিনোদিনী: একটি নটীর উপাখ্যান), also called Binodiini, is a 2025 Bengali biographical drama directed by Ram Kamal Mukherjee, starring Rukmini Maitra as theatre icon Binodini Dasi, released 23 January 2025.

Bio Booster Armor Guyver (強殖装甲ガイバー)

Bio Booster Armor Guyver (Kyōshoku Sōkō Gaibā) is a Japanese science fiction manga by Yoshiki Takaya in which a student becomes the armored bio-weapon Guyver, fighting the organization Chronos.

Bio-Dome

Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy directed by Jason Bloom, starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin as slackers sealed inside an ecological research facility for a year.

Biographical film

Biographical film (biopic, from biographical picture): a film depicting aspects of a famous person's life. A hybrid of fiction and historical truth, spanning 1930s Hollywood prestige pictures to ironic independent and streaming-era works.

Biohackers

Biohackers: people applying DIY biology, self-measurement, and technology to their own bodies, from community labs to longevity entrepreneurs like Bryan Johnson; also a cancelled German Netflix thriller series (2020-2021).

Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)

Bionic Woman (2007) is NBC's short-lived reimagining of the 1976–78 Lindsay Wagner series, starring Michelle Ryan as rebuilt bartender Jaime Sommers. Eight episodes aired before the WGA strike; it premiered to 13.91 million viewers and was cancelled in spring 2008.

Bioscope (2025 film)

Bioscope (பயாஸ்கோப்), subtitled The Story of the Story, is a 2025 Tamil comedy-drama by Sankagiri Rajkumar about the making of his 2011 debut Vengayam; released 3 January 2025, streaming on Aha from 31 January 2025.

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu (বিপাশা বসু), Indian actress and model born 1979 in New Delhi, raised in Kolkata. Won Godrej Cinthol Supermodel 1996; Filmfare Best Female Debut for Ajnabee (2001); hit films Raaz, Jism, Dhoom 2, Race; returns in Hansal Mehta's Barabanki.