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Jillie Mack
Jillie Mack (Jillie Joan Mack), British actress and dancer born 1957 in Devizes, Wiltshire, appeared in London's Cats and married Tom Selleck on August 7, 1987; guest roles include Magnum, P.I., Frasier, and ER.
Jim Crow (character)
Jim Crow is a fictional blackface stage character, a dancing, singing caricature of a Black man created by white American performer Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice, first performed around 1828 or 1830.
Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson (James Cameron Davidson) is an English stand-up comedian and television presenter, born in 1953, known for hosting Big Break and The Generation Game.
Jim Downey (comedian)
Jim Downey (born 1952) is an American comedy writer, longest-tenured writer in Saturday Night Live history across 30 seasons, head writer seasons 11-20, creator of the Letterman Top Ten List, "strategery," and the Chippendales Audition sketch.
Jim Florentine
Jim Florentine (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, prank-call artist, and actor, voice of Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, creator of Terrorizing Telemarketers, and former co-host of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show.
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan, American stand-up comedian and actor from Chesterton, Indiana, known for clean observational comedy about food and fatherhood, Hot Pockets bits, Georgetown finance graduate, 1999 Letterman break, and specials through The Skinny.
Jim Jefferies
Jim Jefferies (born Geoff James Nugent, 1977, Sydney) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for the viral Bare gun-control bit, Legit, The Jim Jefferies Show, and ten specials including Two Limb Policy.
Jim Norton (comedian)
Jim Norton (born 1968, Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio host of Opie & Anthony, UFC Unfiltered, and The Anthony and Jim Show, known for explicit self-deprecating comedy.
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr, British stand-up comedian and TV host famous for dark one-liners; hosts 8 Out of 10 Cats and Big Fat Quiz; known for the 2012 K2 tax scheme and the 2021 Holocaust joke controversy.
Jimmy Dore
Jimmy Dore (James Patrick Anthony Dore, born 1965, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian turned political commentator hosting The Jimmy Dore Show on YouTube and Rumble; Comedy Central's Citizen Jimmy, TYT affiliation 2009–2019, force-the-vote campaign, rated hyper-partisan left by Ad Fontes.
Jimmy Moses
Jimmy Moses (Jimmy Moses Janumala), Mumbai-born Indian stand-up comedian, mimicry artist, actor and playback singer; younger brother of Johny Lever; known for Chennai Express, Happy New Year, The Heartbreak Kid, and about 4,000 shows in 30+ countries.
Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck (James Joseph Tarbuck OBE, "Tarby", born 1940, Liverpool), English stand-up comedian and presenter, schoolmate of John Lennon, Palladium host from 1965; arrested 2013 under Operation Yewtree, released without charge.
Jin Xing (金星)
Jin Xing (金星), Chinese modern dancer, choreographer, and TV host; founder of Shanghai's Jin Xing Dance Theatre (1999), China's first private modern dance company; creator of Shanghai Tango and Half Dream; underwent 1995 sex reassignment surgery.
Jinkx Monsoon
Jinkx Monsoon, stage name of Hera Lilith Hoffer, is an American drag performer, actress, and singer, the only two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner (2013, 2022), a Broadway star, and Doctor Who's Maestro.
Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamya E Nai
Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamya E Nai (जिस लाहौर नई देख्या, ओ जम्याई नई), also rendered Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya, is Asghar Wajahat's 1989 Hindi Partition play, first staged by Habib Tanvir's Naya Theatre, reportedly banned in Pakistan, and adapted into the 2026 film Batwara 1947.
Jitterbug
Jitterbug, also called jitterbug dancing, is an energetic improvisational American swing-era couple dance of the 1930s and 1940s, rooted in the Lindy Hop, named via Cab Calloway's 1935 song, and spread worldwide by World War II soldiers.
JJ Niemann
JJ Niemann is an American Broadway actor and TikTok creator, a Book of Mormon swing, original Back to the Future ensemble member and Marty McFly cover, Hamilton's Charles Lee, and the 'King of Theatre TikTok' with over 2.1 million followers.
Jo Brand
Jo Brand (Josephine Grace Brand, born 1957) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and actor; a former psychiatric nurse who emerged from 1980s alternative comedy, known for Through the Cakehole, the BAFTA-winning Getting On, and panel shows like QI and Have I Got News for You.
Jo Koy
Jo Koy (Joseph Glenn Herbert), Filipino American stand-up comedian from Tacoma and Las Vegas; Netflix specials, Easter Sunday, and panned 2024 Golden Globes host.
Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken (1917–1961), Philadelphia-trained ballerina and Broadway star; as Sylvie 'The Girl Who Falls Down' in Oklahoma! (1943) she became Broadway's highest paid ensemble dancer, married Bob Fosse, and retired in 1954 with heart disease.
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky, 1933–2014), American stand-up comedian, Tonight Show guest host, first woman to host a late-night talk show (Fox, 1986), QVC jewelry and Fashion Police brand, died after 2014 cardiac arrest.
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Hall, 1950, Canada), daughter of Monty Hall, is a Tony-winning stage and screen actress best known as the original Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (1988 Tony, Best Actress in a Musical).
Joanna Woodward (actress)
Joanna Woodward is an English musical theatre actress from Glastonbury who trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; known for Clare in The Time Traveller's Wife and Ulla in The Producers, distinct from Joanne Woodward and animator JoWonder.
Joanne Clifton
Joanne Kirsty Clifton, English ballroom dancer, sister of Kevin Clifton; 2013 World Showdance Champion; Strictly pro 2014-2016, winning series 14 with Ore Oduba; now musical theatre actress and It Takes Two presenter.
Joanne McNally
Joanne McNally (born 1983, County Roscommon, raised Dublin) is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer, and co-host of the My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast with Vogue Williams, first Irish comedian to sell out Dublin's 3Arena.
Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty (Joseph O'Flaherty, 1941–2024), American actor, writer, and comedian; founding SCTV cast member (Guy Caballero, Count Floyd), two-time Emmy-winning writer, Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks, heckler in Happy Gilmore.
Joe Gatto
Joe Gatto (Joseph Anthony Gatto Jr., born 1976, Staten Island) is an American comedian and producer, founding member of The Tenderloins and original star of Impractical Jokers (2011-2021, about 300 episodes), now a solo stand-up comedian, Two Cool Moms podcast co-host, and operator of the Gatto Pups and Friends animal rescue.
Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett (born 1988) is an English stand-up comedian, TV presenter and artist, creator of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and Late Night Lycett, known for stunts including changing his name to Hugo Boss.
Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello (born 1962, Rockford, Illinois) is an American Broadway director and three-time Tony winner (Take Me Out, Assassins, Death of a Salesman) who directed Wicked and acted in Angels in America and The Normal Heart.
Joe Orton
Joe Orton (John Kingsley Orton, 1933-1967), English playwright of black farces Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, and What the Butler Saw; jailed 1962 with Kenneth Halliwell for defacing library books; murdered by Halliwell in 1967.