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Wendie Jo Sperber

Wendie Jo Sperber (1958-2005), American comedic actress, played Amy Cassidy on Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks and Linda McFly in Back to the Future I and III; founded weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Sherman Oaks in 2001 after a 1997 breast cancer diagnosis.

Wendie Malick

Wendie Malick (Wendie Diane Malick, born 1950) is an American actress known for Nina Van Horn on Just Shoot Me!, Judith Tupper Stone on Dream On, Victoria Chase on Hot in Cleveland, and voicing Eda Clawthorne in The Owl House.

Wendigo (comics)

Wendigo is a Marvel Comics monster created by Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe in Incredible Hulk #162 (1973): a cursed Canadian cannibal turned white-furred beast, fought by Hulk, Wolverine, and Alpha Flight.

Wendy Craig

Wendy Craig (born Anne Gwendoline Craig, 1934) is an English actress, CBE, star of British sitcoms Not in Front of the Children, And Mother Makes Three/Five and Butterflies (Ria Parkinson), plus Nanny, The Royal, and the 1969 BAFTA-winning performance.

Wendy Crewson

Wendy Jane Crewson (born 1956, Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actress known for The Doctor, Air Force One, the Santa Clause trilogy, 24, and Saving Hope, winner of six Gemini Awards and 2015 Walk of Fame inductee.

Wendy Hiller

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller (1912–2003), English stage and film actress; star of Love on the Dole, Shaw's Pygmalion and Major Barbara; Oscar winner for Separate Tables (1958).

Wendy Makkena

Wendy Makkena, American actress (born 1958 or 1963 depending on source), best known as Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act and Sister Act 2, Broadway's Side Man, and founder of Ruby's Rockets.

Wendy Moniz

Wendy Moniz (Wendy Moniz-Grillo), born 1969, Kansas City, Missouri, is an American actress known for Dinah Marler on Guiding Light and Governor Lynelle Perry on Yellowstone, plus The Guardian, Nash Bridges, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Wendy Raquel Robinson (born 1967) is an American actress known as Regina "Piggy" Grier on The Steve Harvey Show and Tasha Mack on The Game, and co-founder of Amazing Grace Conservatory in Los Angeles.

Wendy Richard

Wendy Richard (Wendy Emerton, 1943-2009), English actress, played Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders from 1985 to 2006; MBE 2000.

Wendy Schaal

Wendy Schaal (born 1954, Chicago) is an American actress known for Joe Dante films Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers, and as the voice of Francine Smith on American Dad! since 2005; daughter of actor Richard Schaal.

Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams, born 1964 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is an American radio and TV broadcaster, 'shock jock diva' of The Wendy Williams Experience, host of The Wendy Williams Show (2009-2022), Radio Hall of Fame inductee.

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior is a 2006 Disney Channel film directed by John Laing, starring Brenda Song and Shin Koyamada as a teen destined to defeat an evil spirit.

Wentworth (TV series)

Wentworth, also known as Wentworth Prison, is an Australian television drama series first broadcast in 2013 on Foxtel's Showcase, reimagining the 1979–1986 prison drama Prisoner in a modern women's prison.

Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller (born 1972, Chipping Norton, England) is an American actor and screenwriter, the Michael Scofield of Prison Break, Golden Globe-nominated, writer of Stoker under alias Ted Foulke, who came out as gay in 2013 and disclosed autism in 2021.

Wentworth season 2

Wentworth season 2 (2014): 12-episode second season of the Australian prison drama on SoHo, 20 May to 5 August 2014, introducing governor Joan Ferguson (Pamela Rabe) as Bea Smith's antagonist; Logie-winning, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Wentworth: Halfway Home

Wentworth: Halfway Home (also styled Halfway House, working title The Next Chapter) is a 2026 BINGE/Foxtel Australian crime drama spin-off of Wentworth following paroled Boomer Jenkins at Sal's Halfway House, filmed in Melbourne with Rachel Griffiths joining returning stars.

Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies (Werckmeister harmóniák) is Béla Tarr's 2000 black-and-white Hungarian film, adapted from Krasznahorkai's The Melancholy of Resistance, about a circus whale and the unseen Prince inciting a small town; 145 minutes, 39 shots. Not the Wrekmeister Harmonies music project.

Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night (Jack Russell, Jacob Russoff) is a Marvel Comics werewolf hero debuting in Marvel Spotlight #2 (February 1972), with a 43-issue 1972-1977 series that introduced Moon Knight, and a 2022 black-and-white Disney+ MCU special directed by Michael Giacchino.

Werewolf by Night (TV special)

Werewolf by Night is Marvel Studios' first Special Presentation, a 54-minute black-and-white horror special directed and scored by Michael Giacchino, released on Disney+ October 7, 2022, starring Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell with Elsa Bloodstone and Man-Thing.

Werewolves (film)

Werewolves is a 2024 American action horror film directed by Steven C. Miller. It stars Frank Grillo as a marine fighting werewolves triggered by a supermoon.

Werewolves Within (film)

Werewolves Within (2021) is a horror-comedy whodunit directed by Josh Ruben, written by Mishna Wolff, and loosely based on Ubisoft's 2016 VR social-deduction game. Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub star in the snowbound town of Beaverfield; IFC Films released it June 25, 2021.

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is a German film director and producer, known for his New German Cinema style, his films shot in extreme locations, and his work with Klaus Kinski.

Werner Herzog filmography

Werner Herzog filmography: over 70 films directed by the German New German Cinema director, from Herakles (1962) and Signs of Life through Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Bucking Fastard, plus acting roles and operas.

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer (1920-2000), German-born American actor, son of conductor Otto Klemperer; fled Nazi Germany in 1935; played Colonel Klink on Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971), winning two Emmys, and earned a 1988 Tony nomination for Cabaret.

Weronika Tofilska

Weronika Tofilska, born 1985 in Katowice, is a Polish director and screenwriter based in London. Known for directing four episodes of Netflix's Baby Reindeer (Emmy-nominated) and co-writing Love Lies Bleeding; trained at the Kieślowski Film School and NFTS.

Werwulf

Werwulf is Robert Eggers' 2026 period horror film, co-written with Sjón, set in 13th-century England and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe; dialogue is in Middle English, released December 25, 2026 by Focus Features.

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson (Wesley Wales Anderson, born 1969) is an American film director from Houston known for symmetrical framing, pastel palettes, deadpan humor, miniatures, and recurring actors like Bill Murray and Owen Wilson.

Wes Ball

Wes Ball (born 1980) is an American director of the Maze Runner trilogy, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), and Nintendo and Sony's live-action The Legend of Zelda film due April 30, 2027.

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley (Wesley Cook Bentley), American actor born 1978 in Jonesboro, Arkansas; broke out as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), played Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone.