Cool actors

1. Paul Fix

Paul Fix, the well-known movie and TV character actor who played "Marshal Micah Torrance" on the TV series The Rifleman (1958), was born Peter Paul Fix on March 13, 1901 in Dobbs Ferry, New York to brew-master Wilhelm Fix and his wife, the former Louise C. Walz. His mother and father were German ...

2. David Schneider

Sound_department | Innerspace

David Schneider is known for Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989) and Frailty (2001). He died on August 2, 2016 in the USA.

3. Jackie Joseph

Actress | Gremlins

Jackie Joseph was born on November 7, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Gremlins (1984), Small Soldiers (1998) and The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). She has been married to David Lawrence since December 2, 2003. She was previously married to Ken Berry.

4. Alanna Ubach

Actress | Bombshell

Hardly recognizable from one character to the next, Alanna González Ubach has starred in over 150 theater, film and television projects, including the Peabody Award winning "Men of a Certain Age", HBO's "Hung" as Yael Koontz, the Oscar-winning "Coco" as Mama Imelda, critically acclaimed "Euphoria" ...

5. Sandra Warner

Actress | Point Blank

Sandra Warner was born on May 12, 1934 in Middletown, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Point Blank (1967), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962). She was married to Dixon Nicomaid McKenna Jr., Theodore F Bobo and Charles W Byrd. She died on March 13, 2022 in ...

6. Jennifer Connelly

Actress | A Beautiful Mind

Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across ...

7. Jeannette Sousa

Actress | American Housewife

Jeannette Sousa is known for American Housewife (2016), A Date with Miss Fortune (2015) and Castle (2009). She has been married to Ryan Scott since 2003. They have one child.

8. Toni Basil

Actress | Five Easy Pieces

Toni Basil began her career as a dancer and assistant choreographer, working on such shows as Hullabaloo (1965) choreographed by David Winters. Later, she choreographed the hit film American Graffiti (1973) and also began appearing in films, including the now-classic Easy Rider (1969). After several...

9. Sharon Tate

Actress | Valley of the Dolls

Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break ...

10. Jennifer Grey

Actress | Dirty Dancing

Jennifer Grey is an American actress who starred in the film Dirty Dancing (1987) opposite Patrick Swayze, a sleeper hit that would become one of the biggest films of the 1980s. She had previously appeared with Patrick Swayze in John Milius's cold war drama Red Dawn (1984) as 'Toni,' one of the '...

11. Stana Katic

Actress | Castle

Stana Katic recently starred in the TV series, Absentia, streaming on Amazon. It's a thriller-drama produced by Sony Pictures Television. Upon debut it was one of Amazon's top-ten most popular programs.

Stana's feature film work includes, CBGB, Big Sur, The Spirit, Feast of Love, The Double and Bond...

12. Morena Baccarin

Actress | Deadpool

Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of ten, when her father was transferred there. She ...

13. Mia Sara

Actress | Timecop

Mia Sara is an American actress. She is best known for Legend (1985) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

She also had minor roles in A Stranger Among Us (1992) and Timecop (1994).

In 1996, she married Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, with whom she performed in Bullet to Beijing (1995). In June ...

14. Kevin Conroy

Actor | Batman: The Killing Joke

Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York. At age 17, Kevin earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with "The Acting Company", Houseman's acting group, and ...

15. Adrienne Barbeau

Actress | Escape from New York

Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and author best known for her roles on the sitcom Maude (1972) and in horror films, especially those directed by John Carpenter, with whom she was once married. She was born on June 11, 1945 in Sacramento, California, the daughter of an executive for Mobil...

16. Haviland Morris

Actress | Sixteen Candles

Haviland Morris was born on September 14, 1959 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Sixteen Candles (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Home Alone 3 (1997). She is married to Robert Score. They have two children.

17. Lisa Hartman

Actress | Tabitha

Lisa Hartman is an American actress and singer from Houston, Texas. Her best known role was playing the protagonist Tabitha Stephens in the short-lived fantasy sitcom "Tabitha" (1977-1978). Her character was depicted as a young witch who worked as a production assistant in a television station. ...

18. Ruby Rose

Actress | Orange Is the New Black

Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986), better known as Ruby Rose, is an Australian model, DJ, boxer, recording artist, actress, television presenter, and MTV VJ. Rose emerged in the media spotlight as a presenter on MTV Australia, followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, notably as the ...

19. America Olivo

Actress | Friday the 13th

America Athene Olivo is an American actress and singer best known as a member of the band Soluna, for her roles in the films Bitch Slap (2009), Friday the 13th (2009) and Maniac (2012), as well as starring in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Born in Van Nuys, California, she has ...

20. Lane Bradbury

Writer | From the Midst of Pain

Lane Bradbury was born on June 17, 1938 in Buckhead, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for From the Midst of Pain (2010), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and Then Came Bronson (1969). She was previously married to Lou Antonio.

21. Julian Fellowes

Writer | Gosford Park

Julian Fellowes was born on August 17, 1949 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a writer and producer, known for Gosford Park (2001), Downton Abbey (2010) and From Time to Time (2009). He has been married to Emma Joy Kitchener-Fellowes since April 28, 1990. They have one child.

22. Angela Featherstone

Actress | The Wedding Singer

Within a year of emancipating herself from foster care at 17, Angela Featherstone became Canada's top model when her September, Flare magazine cover broke all prior sales records. She quickly expanded upon her success and left for New York, where she signed with NEXT modeling agency. Angela ...

23. Rachel McLish

Actress | The Girlfriend from Outer Space

Rachel McLish was born on June 21, 1955 in Harlingen, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Girlfriend from Outer Space (1989), Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992) and Raven Hawk (1995). She has been married to Ron Samuels since 1990. She was previously married to John P. McLish.

24. Sybil Danning

Actress | Battle Beyond the Stars

Statuesque 5'7" blonde beauty Sybil Danning reigns supreme as one of the sexiest, most dynamic, and commanding actresses to achieve cult B-movie queen status. Born in Austria as daughter of US Army major and Austrian mother she grew up on army bases in New Jersey, Maryland and Sacramento, CA.. ...

25. Judy Landers

Actress | Armed and Dangerous

Judy Landers' pleasing personality and physical attributes have made this former Juilliard music student one of the popular character actresses in both action series like B.J. and the Bear (1978) and Vega$ (1978), as well as in a multitude of situation comedies during the 1980s. Although a student ...

26. Zibby Allen

Actress | Virgin River

Zibby Allen was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. In addition to being an actor, Allen is a musician, writer and occasional producer (for film and podcast) Her husband, Adam, is originally from Northern Ireland but the two met in Scotland where they eventually wed in 2018. ...

27. Whitney Blake

Actress | Hazel

Whitney Blake was born on February 20, 1926 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Hazel (1961), My Gun Is Quick (1957) and Mannix (1967). She was married to Allan Manings, Jack Fields and John Thomas Baxter Jr.. She died on September 28, 2002 in Edgartown, ...

28. Alana De La Garza

Actress | Law & Order

Alana De La Garza was born in Columbus, Ohio and later relocated to Texas, ultimately attending the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). After college, she moved to Orlando, Florida, landing roles in a number of independent films as well as commercials. Her work took her to New York, where she ...

29. Lexa Doig

Actress | Andromeda

Toronto native Alexandra Doig was born on June 8th, to Filipina mother Gloria and Irish-Scottish father David. Her parents held season tickets to their local theater, and Lexa was inspired to begin acting after seeing a production of "Porgy and Bess" at the age of nine. She dropped out of high ...

30. Liz Vassey

Actress | The Tick

Liz Vassey began acting at the age of nine, performing in over fifty musicals and plays. She moved to New York at the age of sixteen to join the cast of All My Children. For her work on that show, she was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy. Since then, Liz has appeared as a regular or recurring ...

31. Bruce Altman

Actor | Running Scared

Bruce Altman was born on July 3, 1955 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Running Scared (2006), Matchstick Men (2003) and Regarding Henry (1991). He has been married to Darcy M. McGraw since 1982. They have one child.

32. Carolyn Seymour

Actress | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Carolyn Seymour is a highly accomplished actress of stage and screen, with a long and impressive list of credits on both sides of the Atlantic.

Born in Buckinghamshire to an Estonian father with Russian descent and an Irish mother, Carolyn trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, before ...

33. Paulina Gerzon

Actress | Definitely, Maybe

Paulina Gerzon was born on January 27, 1995 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Definitely, Maybe (2008), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Made in New York (2015).

34. Helene Joy

Actress | Murdoch Mysteries

A native of Perth, Australia, Helene Joy trained at the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Her early career began on the stage where she performed various roles with the famous Sydney-based Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company. She went on to play such classic roles as Juliet,...

35. Katherine Norland

Actress | Beauty and the Baller

Katherine Norland is an actress, poet and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, CA

In 2005 she Co-Stared on "Malcolm In The Middle" in the Mrs. Tri-County episode. In 2007 she was in "Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck" she played opposite Corin Nemec.

In 2004 she carried the starring role in the feature ...

36. Chas Laughlin

Actor | Dhar Mann

Chas Laughlin is known for Dhar Mann (2018), Good Werks (2023) and Tribes (2020).

37. Mim Drew

Actress | Marvin Marvin

Mim Drew was born on October 23, 1971 in Portland, Oregon, United States. She is an actress and producer, known for Marvin Marvin (2012), The O.C. (2003) and All About Us (2007). She is married to Hal Long. They have two children.

38. Jenna Elfman

Actress | Dharma & Greg

Jenna Elfman began her career as a professional dancer, appearing in music videos by Depeche Mode and Anthrax, and danced on the 1991 Academy Awards live broadcast, choreographed by Debbie Allen.

She ultimately transitioned to acting, best known for her role as Dharma in the hit television series "...

39. Mili Avital

Actress | Stargate

Mili Avital is the first Israeli actor to establish a career in Hollywood. She started on stage at the age of 17 in Tel Aviv's Cameri National Theater. In film, she won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for Best Actress, both before she was 20. Moving to the US...

40. Andrea Roth

Actress | War

Andrea Roth, a first generation Scottish-Dutch Canadian, was born in Woodstock, Ontario. Her first theatrical appearance was in The Miracle Worker when she was eleven. She received her big show business break when she starred in the mini-series A Woman of Independent Means (1995), playing Sally ...

41. Rachael Leigh Cook

Actress | She's All That

Minneapolis native Rachael Leigh Cook began her career as a model at the tender age of 10, gracing Milk-Bone boxes and Target ads nationwide in the USA. She also appeared in a now-famous (in the USA) anti-drug TV spot in which, armed with a frying pan, she bashed her way through a kitchen to show ...

42. Tasia Valenza

Actress | Metal Gear Solid

Tasia Valenza was born on April 5, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Metal Gear Solid (1998), Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) and Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009). She has been married to Harvey Stern since 1995. They have three children.

43. India de Beaufort

Actress | Run Fatboy Run

India de Beaufort was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Run Fatboy Run (2007), Slumberland (2022) and Kimi (2022). She has been married to Todd Grinnell since August 29, 2015. They have one child.

44. Susan Denberg

Actress | Frankenstein Created Woman

After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression ...

45. Kathleen Lloyd

Actress | The Car

Kathleen Lloyd was born on September 13, 1948 in Santa Clara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Car (1977), The Missouri Breaks (1976) and Equal Justice (1990). She is married to John Steven Mansfield . She was previously married to Peter Joseph Jenvay.

46. Allison Munn

Actress | Elizabethtown

Allison Munn was born and raised in South Carolina. After graduating from the College of Charleston, Munn knew she wanted to pursue acting full-time and moved to New York to study. She soon joined the cast of the famous off-Broadway production of "The Fantasticks" at New York's Sullivan Street ...

47. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg

Actress | Dirty Love

One of four sisters, Jenny McCarthy was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, the second oldest daughter of Linda (Loheit), a courtroom custodian, and Daniel McCarthy, a steel mill foreman. She has Irish (father) and Croatian, German, and Polish (mother) ancestry. She was educated at ...

48. Lisa Marcos

Actress | Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Born and raised in Toronto, Lisa Marcos began her modeling career when she was just 12 years old. Travelling for over 10 years as a model, Lisa decided to pursue her passion for acting. She knocked on the door of a talent agent. Soon after her acting career began in 2002 with a guest role on Soul ...

49. Debbe Dunning

Actress | Home Improvement

Debra Dunning is an American actress, model, television host, spokesperson and comedienne. She is best known for playing Heidi on Home Improvement (1993-1999). Dunning played Heidi Keppert, the "Tool Time girl", on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement from season 3 to season 8, having guest-starred in ...

50. Frankie Faison

Actor | Coming to America

Frankie Faison was born on June 10, 1949 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Coming to America (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989) and White Chicks (2004). He is married to Samantha Jupiter Faison. He was previously married to Jane Mandel.

51. William Boyett

Actor | When a Stranger Calls

William Boyett was born on January 3, 1927 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for When a Stranger Calls (1979), Newsies (1992) and Turner & Hooch (1989). He was married to Joan Amelia Reynolds and Willagene Wither. He died on December 29, 2004 in Mission Hills, California, USA.

52. Amara Zaragoza

Actress | Gossip Girl

Amara Zaragoza is an actress/writer/director who loves playing music, traveling and riding horses. She is a native of Kansas who moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting after being cast off the street for her first project. One of her first acting jobs was on the longtime WB hit Smallville. That ...

53. Jennifer Grant

Actress | Babylon

Jennifer is the daughter of actors Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon. Her father initially opposed her becoming an actress. She graduated from Stanford with a degree in history and political science in 1987. Initially, she went to work in a law firm and later tried a stint as a chef. But, finally, she ...

54. Lea Moreno

Actress | DAG

Actress Lea Moreno got her start in community theater in Orange County. She studied at South Coast Repertory for ten years before landing her first screen roles shortly after graduating from high school. In 1995, her tenth and eleventh auditions landed her guest roles on the ABC sitcoms "Home ...

55. Jackie Debatin

Actress | The Office

Born and raised on a dairy farm in Southern Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she studied Theater and Business. She moved to Los Angeles in 1992. She later moved to New York City to do an off-Broadway show in 2013, and now calls NYC her primary home. In ...

56. Tracy Kolis

Actress | Seinfeld

Tracy Kolis was born on April 6, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Seinfeld (1989), Quantum Leap (1989) and The Equalizer (1985).

57. Evelyn Gail

Actress | Black Grove

Evelyn Gail was born in Juneau, Alaska as Evelyn Gail Cushing. She is an actress, model, artist, comedian, filmmaker, and precision driver, currently living in Portland, OR. She is best known for her work on The Librarians (2017), I Need You Dead (2020), and Black Grove (2020).

Evelyn grew up acting...

58. Sela Ward

Actress | Independence Day: Resurgence

Hallelujah for Sela. Everyone's favorite "Sister" was born Sela Ann Ward, on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi. Sela's parents were Annie Kate (Boswell) and Granberry Holland Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer; the three younger children in the family are Jenna (1957), Berry (1959) and Brock (...

59. Milton Canady

Mortal Kombat

Milton Canady was born on April 5, 1961 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Mortal Kombat (1995), Home Improvement (1991) and Storybook (1994). He died on August 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

60. Cherry Wainer

Self | Girls of the Latin Quarter

Cherry Wainer was born on March 2, 1935 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa. She was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Climb Up the Wall (1960) and Noche de estrellas (1964). She was married to Don Storer. She died on November 14, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

61. Don Storer

Self | Climb Up the Wall

Don Storer was born on January 15, 1929 in Cape Province, South Africa. He was a composer, known for Climb Up the Wall (1960), Karussell (1963) and Beat! Beat! Beat! (1966). He was married to Cherry Wainer. He died on August 21, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

62. Shannon Tweed

Actress | Electra

Shannon Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She rose to stardom as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine. In 1982, Shannon began her film career and also appeared in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She became Playmate of the Year in 1982. She was briefly involved ...

63. Richard Farnsworth

Actor | The Straight Story

An American stuntman who, after more than 30 years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor, Richard Farnsworth was a native of Los Angeles. He grew up around horses and as a teenager was offered an opportunity to ride in films. He appeared in ...

64. Linda Marsh

Actress | America America

Linda Marsh was born in New York City. Her father was a physician and her mother was an off-Broadway actress and producer. After attending Bennington College, she appeared in three short-lived off-Broadway productions. In 1963, despite having only two TV episodes to her credit, she was selected by ...

65. Mariska Hargitay

Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolna Hargitay was born on January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. She is the youngest of their three children. In June 1967, Mariska and her brothers Zoltan and Mickey Jr. were in the back seat of a car when it was...

66. Stefanie Scott

Actress | Insidious: Chapter 3

Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, award-winning actor, writer, and producer Stefanie Scott is one of Hollywood's most promising young talents. This year Stefanie will star in Peacock's upcoming thriller/supernatural series "Girl in the Woods." Set in the ...

67. Markie Post

Actress | There's Something About Mary

Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and started her career on films and TV shows, such as Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on to even produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and has made appearances on such television projects as 1st to Die (2003), E! ...

68. Kelly Carlson

Actress | The Marine

Originally from Bloomington, Minnesota, Kelly attended school in Richfield, Minnesota at the Academy of Holy Angels. She is the daughter of a hair dresser mother and a late father who was a high school basketball coach. Kelly went on to start acting in theater before making the step into screen ...

69. Leslie Bibb

Actress | Iron Man

Leslie Louise Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on November 17, 1973, and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Later she and her mother, along with her three older sisters, moved to Richmond, where Leslie attended an all-girls Catholic high school, St. Gertrude.

In 1990 The Oprah Winfrey Show (...

70. Natassia Malthe

Actress | Elektra

Linn Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.

Natassia is the middle of two sisters with an older brother she recently discovered she had. She was born in Oslo, Norway, and is of half Norwegian/Chinese descent. Her mother is from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She is usually credited by her birth ...

71. Natassia Halabi

Actress | NCIS: Los Angeles

Natassia Halabi is an Australian actress of Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. She can most recently be seen in Season 11 of NCIS: Los Angeles as Mossad Agent Eliana Sapir. She has performed opposite Ethan Hawke, Kaitlyn Dever, Chris O'Donnell and David James Elliot. Natassia recently performed in the ...

72. Eva Habermann

Actress | Lexx

Eva Habermann was born on January 16, 1976 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Lexx (1996), The Ugly Truth (2021) and Under ConTroll (2019). She was previously married to Hans-Ullrich Hauenstein.

73. Madeleine Stowe

Actress | 12 Monkeys

Madeleine Stowe was born in Los Angeles, California, to Mireya Maria (Mora Steinvorth) and Robert Alfred Stowe, a civil engineer. Her mother was a from a prominent political family in Costa Rica. Stowe grew up in Eagle Rock, a working-class neighborhood of Los Angeles. At age ten she started ...

74. Becky Baeling

Actress | House M.D.

Becky Baeling was born in Rochester, Michigan, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for House M.D. (2004), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and The Guru (2002).

75. Mary-Louise Parker

Actress | Weeds

Southern-bred Mary-Louise Parker was born on August 2, 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the youngest of four children of Judge John Morgan Parker, and the former Caroline Louise Morell. She is of mostly Swedish, English, and Scottish descent. Her father's occupation took the family both around...

76. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

77. Kat Graham

Actress | How It Ends

Kat Graham is an actress, singer, dancer and producer. Working across a variety of genres in film, television and music, she is one of most accomplished and versatile young talents working today.

Graham was recently seen in the 70s period crime thriller "The Poison Rose" opposite Morgan Freeman and ...

78. Laura Vandervoort

Actress | The Handmaid's Tale

Born in Toronto, Canada, Laura Vandervoort is a versatile actress who not only crosses over genres, but also transforms from character to character embracing the essence of every role she plays. Best known for her roles on the television shows "Smallville" as Supergirl, and "V," Laura has built an ...

79. Pat Priest

Actress | The Munsters

This sweet, wholesome, porcelain-skinned beauty was your typical bouffant blonde of the early-to-mid 1960s. She was picture perfect, whether romping along the coast of Malibu Beach in a bikini or peering over a white picket fence as the girl-next-door. Pat Priest was born Patricia Ann Priest on ...

80. Marla Maples

Actress | Executive Decision

Born in Cohutta, Georgia (population 661), Marla Maples got her start as an overachieving student, athlete, and homecoming queen who attended the University of Georgia before heading to New York City to pursue a career in the arts. With more than 15 films roles (Happiness, Black and White), ...

81. Aubrey Plaza

Actress | Safety Not Guaranteed

Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress and comedian known for her deadpan style. She portrayed April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation (2009), and after appearing in supporting roles in several films, had her first leading role in the 2012 comedy Safety Not Guaranteed (...

82. Joan Marshall

Actress | Homicidal

Born on June 9, 1931 in Chicago, Joan Marshall attended St. Clement's School. Looking far more mature than her age would indicate, when she was just 14 years old she auditioned for, and was hired, as a showgirl at Chicago's Chez Paree, one of the country's foremost nightclubs in the 1940s and 1950s...

83. James Troesh

Writer | Color of the Cross

Jim is a quadriplegic actor/writer, one of a handful in the business. He started in radio, moved into acting/writing and never looked back. He loves both acting and writing so much he would be hard pressed to choose between them.

He is a highly-skilled improvisor, the only quadriplegic improvisor in ...

84. Didi Conn

Actress | Grease

Didi Conn was born Edith Bernstein, July 13, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, she is memorable for her role as "Frenchy" in Grease. With over 40 film and television credits, we should acknowledge Didi's work in The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980), Grease 2 (1982), Benson, Shining Time Station (1989),...

85. Ashley Scott

Actress | Into the Blue

Ashley McCall Scott is an American actress and model. She was born on July 13, 1977 in Metairie, Louisiana, but raised in Charleston, South Carolina. She began her modeling career as a young girl. She was a 1993 Elite Model Look finalist and became a Model for Elite Miami, she modeled ...

86. Christina Applegate

Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record producer/executive Robert Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. October 10, 1977) and Kyle (b. July 15...

87. Amy Pietz

Actress | Caroline in the City

Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American actress, known for her roles on television. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for her role as "Annie Spadaro" in the NBC sitcom, Caroline in the City (1995) (1995-1999). ...

88. Jill Schoelen

Actress | The Stepfather

A more unconventional husky-voiced "scream queen" heroine of the 1980s was Jill Schoelen, daughter of well-known fashion designer Dorothy Schoelen. Born and raised in Burbank, she studied at the Acting for Life Theatre in Burbank and started off on TV as a teen in the Fame-influenced TV pilot ...

89. Diane Neal

Actress | Ann Rule's Circle of Deception

Diane Neal was born in Alexandria, Virginia. She moved to Littleton, Colorado, when her father was promoted to the position of federal attorney in Denver. She is the youngest of three daughters. Diane was a pre-med major in University, before leaving to pursue modeling, thus allowing her to travel ...

90. Vera Miles

Actress | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Born in Boise City, Oklahoma, Vera Miles attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Wichita, Kansas. The patrician beauty of Miss Miles won her the title of "Miss Kansas" in 1948, leading soon to small roles in Hollywood films and television series. Fame came to the forthright, spirited Miles when she ...

91. John Anderson

Actor | Psycho

A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated ...

92. Frank Maxwell

Actor | The Wild Angels

A ubiquitous presence during television's golden age, New York native Frank Maxwell stood out as a solid purveyor of quiet authority. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan, a prospective legal career had been on the cards. But those plans came to naught in the wake of a successful ...

93. Adolphe Menjou

Actor | Paths of Glory

The words "suave" and "debonair" became synonymous with the name Adolphe Menjou in Hollywood, both on- and off-camera. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, Menjou, complete with trademark waxy black mustache, evolved into one of Hollywood's most distinguished of artists...

94. Andreas Cahling

Actor | Kung Fury

Andreas started with weight training as a youth wrestler at the age of 12. Was an elite wrestler in Sweden. Later turned into Judo and studied in Japan for a year to perfect his skills.

Andreas won the Swedish Junior National Judo & Free Style Wrestling Championships before moving to Southern ...

95. Gregory Hines

Actor | History of the World: Part I

Gregory Hines was born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Running Scared (1986) and Renaissance Man (1994). He was married to Pamela Koslow and Patricia Panella. He died on August 9, 2003 in Los Angeles,...

96. Dennis Hopper

Actor | Easy Rider

Multi-talented and unconventional actor/director regarded by many as one of the true "enfant terribles" of Hollywood who led an amazing cinematic career for more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas. The young Hopper expressed interest in acting from a ...

97. Dana Wynter

Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The daughter of a noted surgeon, Dana Wynter was born Dagmar Winter in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in England. When she was 16 her father went to Morocco, reportedly to operate on a woman who wouldn't allow anyone else to attend her; he visited friends in Southern Rhodesia, fell in love with it ...

98. Sabrina Lloyd

Actress | Sports Night

Sabrina Lloyd was born on November 20th, 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia. At age 12, she started her acting career by appearing in a local theater production of "Annie" as "Pepper". She continued to perform in local theater such as the Baystreet Players in Eustis, and the Ice House Theater in Mt. Dora, ...

99. Dean Stockwell

Actor | Quantum Leap

Dean Robert Stockwell grew up in North Hollywood, the son of Broadway performers Harry Stockwell and Elizabeth "Betty" Stockwell (née Veronica). His vaudevillian father was a replacement Curly in the original production of "Oklahoma!". He was also a decent tenor whose voice was used for the part of...

100. Renée Jones

Actress | Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI

Renée Jones was born on October 15, 1958 in Opa-Locka, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Days of Our Lives (1965) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).