| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bud Abbott |
Actor |
2-Oct-1895 |
24-Apr-1974 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
| Paula Abdul |
Singer |
19-Jun-1962 |
|
1980s pop star |
| Roy Acuff |
Country Musician |
15-Sep-1903 |
23-Nov-1992 |
Country music pioneer |
| Renée Adorée |
Actor |
30-Sep-1898 |
5-Oct-1933 |
The Big Parade |
| Brian Aherne |
Actor |
2-May-1902 |
10-Feb-1986 |
I Confess |
| Eddie Albert |
Actor |
22-Apr-1906 |
26-May-2005 |
Oliver on Green Acres |
| Frank Albertson |
Actor |
2-Feb-1909 |
29-Feb-1964 |
American character actor |
| Jack Albertson |
Actor |
16-Jun-1907 |
25-Nov-1981 |
The Man on Chico and the Man |
| Buzz Aldrin |
Astronaut |
20-Jan-1930 |
|
Second man on the Moon |
| Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
| Debbie Allen |
Dancer |
16-Jan-1950 |
|
All About You |
| Fred Allen |
Comic |
31-May-1894 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Town Hall Tonight |
| Gracie Allen |
Actor |
26-Jul-1895 |
27-Aug-1964 |
Say goodnight Gracie |
| Rex Allen |
Actor |
31-Dec-1920 |
17-Dec-1999 |
The Arizona Cowboy |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Tim Allen |
Actor |
13-Jun-1953 |
|
Home Improvement |
| Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Rebecca from Cheers |
| June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Don Ameche |
Actor |
31-May-1904 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Trading Places |
| Gilbert M. Anderson |
Actor |
21-Mar-1880 |
20-Jan-1971 |
Bronco Billy |
| Julie Andrews |
Actor |
1-Oct-1935 |
|
Mary Poppins |
| Patty Andrews |
Musician |
16-Feb-1918 |
|
An Andrews Sister |
| Paul Anka |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jul-1941 |
|
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
| Ann-Margret |
Actor |
28-Apr-1941 |
|
Carnal Knowledge |
| Michael Ansara |
Actor |
15-Apr-1922 |
|
Cochise in Broken Arrow |
| Ray Anthony |
Musician |
20-Jan-1922 |
|
Young Man With a Horn |
| Fatty Arbuckle |
Actor |
24-Mar-1887 |
29-Jun-1933 |
Keystone Cop |
| Army Archerd |
Columnist |
13-Jan-1922 |
|
Variety's gossip columnist |
| Eve Arden |
Actor |
30-Apr-1908 |
12-Nov-1990 |
The Eve Arden Show |
| Richard Arlen |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Mar-1976 |
Island of Lost Souls |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| James Arness |
Actor |
26-May-1923 |
|
Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke |
| Jean Arthur |
Actor |
17-Oct-1900 |
19-Jun-1991 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
TV's Lou Grant |
| Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Nils Asther |
Actor |
17-Jan-1897 |
13-Oct-1981 |
The Single Standard |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Gene Autry |
Country Musician |
27-Sep-1907 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Singing cowboy |
| Lew Ayres |
Actor |
28-Dec-1908 |
30-Dec-1996 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Lauren Bacall |
Actor |
16-Sep-1924 |
|
Key Largo |
| Jim Backus |
Actor |
25-Feb-1913 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| Kevin Bacon |
Actor |
8-Jul-1958 |
|
Everybody cut Footloose |
| Pearl Bailey |
Singer |
29-Mar-1918 |
17-Aug-1990 |
Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love |
| Fay Bainter |
Actor |
7-Dec-1891 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Jezebel |
| Anita Baker |
Singer |
26-Jan-1958 |
|
Giving You the Best That I Got |
| Carroll Baker |
Actor |
28-May-1931 |
|
Baby Doll |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Anne Bancroft |
Actor |
17-Sep-1931 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Lynn Bari |
Actor |
18-Dec-1913 |
20-Nov-1989 |
Shock |
| Bob Barker |
Game Show Host |
12-Dec-1923 |
|
The Price Is Right |
| Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Roseanne Barr |
Actor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
The big star of sitcom Roseanne |
| Wendy Barrie |
Actor |
18-Apr-1912 |
2-Feb-1978 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
22-Feb-1975 |
|
E.T., The Wedding Singer |
| Ethel Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Aug-1879 |
18-Jun-1959 |
None But the Lonely Heart |
| John Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
4-Jun-1932 |
29-Nov-2004 |
High School Confidential! |
| Lionel Barrymore |
Actor |
28-Apr-1878 |
15-Nov-1954 |
Young Dr. Kildare |
| Richard Barthelmess |
Actor |
9-May-1895 |
17-Aug-1963 |
Tol'able David |
| Freddie Bartholomew |
Actor |
28-Mar-1924 |
23-Jan-1992 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| Billy Barty |
Actor |
25-Oct-1924 |
23-Dec-2000 |
High-profile little person |
| Richard Basehart |
Actor |
31-Aug-1914 |
17-Sep-1984 |
La Strada |
| Kim Basinger |
Actor |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
L.A. Confidential |
| Angela Bassett |
Actor |
16-Aug-1958 |
|
Got her groove back |
| Anne Baxter |
Actor |
7-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1985 |
The Razor's Edge |
| Les Baxter |
Musician |
14-Mar-1922 |
15-Jan-1996 |
The Mel-Tones |
| Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
| William Beaudine |
Film Director |
15-Jan-1892 |
18-Mar-1970 |
Billy the Kid versus Dracula |
| Noah Beery, Jr. |
Actor |
10-Aug-1913 |
1-Nov-1994 |
Rocky on The Rockford Files |
| Wallace Beery |
Actor |
1-Apr-1885 |
15-Apr-1949 |
Grand Hotel |
| Harry Belafonte |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Mar-1927 |
|
Calypso singer |
| Ralph Bellamy |
Actor |
17-Jun-1904 |
29-Nov-1991 |
Trading Places |
| Donald P. Bellisario |
Author |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
Wrote Battlestar Galactica, created Airwolf |
| John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
| William Bendix |
Actor |
14-Jan-1906 |
14-Dec-1964 |
The Life of Riley |
| Constance Bennett |
Actor |
22-Oct-1904 |
24-Jul-1965 |
The Affairs of Cellini |
| Joan Bennett |
Actor |
27-Feb-1910 |
7-Dec-1990 |
Little Women |
| Jack Benny |
Actor |
14-Feb-1894 |
26-Dec-1974 |
The Jack Benny Show |
| Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
| Milton Berle |
Comic |
12-Jul-1908 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Crossdressing TV pioneer |
| Elmer Bernstein |
Composer |
4-Apr-1922 |
18-Aug-2004 |
Scored The Magnificent Seven |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Edna Best |
Actor |
3-Mar-1900 |
18-Sep-1974 |
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Charles Bickford |
Actor |
1-Jan-1891 |
9-Nov-1967 |
The Song of Bernadette |
| Clint Black |
Country Musician |
4-Feb-1962 |
|
Mixes country with rock/pop |
| Sidney Blackmer |
Actor |
13-Jul-1895 |
5-Oct-1973 |
Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times |
| Monte Blue |
Actor |
11-Jan-1887 |
18-Feb-1963 |
Orphans of the Storm |
| Ann Blyth |
Actor |
16-Aug-1928 |
|
Mildred Pierce |
| Humphrey Bogart |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
14-Jan-1957 |
Casablanca |
| Mary Boland |
Actor |
28-Jan-1880 |
23-Jun-1965 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
| John Boles |
Actor |
28-Oct-1895 |
27-Feb-1969 |
Victor Moritz in Frankenstein |
| Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Michael Bolton |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1954 |
|
Love Is a Wonderful Thing |
| Ward Bond |
Actor |
9-Apr-1903 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Wagon Train |
| Beulah Bondi |
Actor |
3-May-1888 |
1-Jan-1981 |
Make Way for Tomorrow |
| Pat Boone |
Singer |
1-Jun-1934 |
|
Whitens up those black songs |
| Shirley Booth |
Actor |
30-Aug-1898 |
16-Oct-1992 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Ernest Borgnine |
Actor |
24-Jan-1917 |
|
Marty |
| Frank Borzage |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1894 |
19-Jun-1962 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Eddie Bracken |
Actor |
7-Feb-1915 |
14-Nov-2002 |
Hail the Conquering Hero |
| Ray Bradbury |
Author |
22-Aug-1920 |
|
The Martian Chronicles |
| Terry Bradshaw |
Football |
2-Sep-1948 |
|
Sportscaster, former Steelers QB |
| Alice Brady |
Actor |
2-Nov-1892 |
28-Oct-1939 |
In Old Chicago |
| Marlon Brando |
Actor |
03-Apr-1924 |
1-Jul-2004 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Walter Brennan |
Actor |
25-Jul-1894 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor |
| Evelyn Brent |
Actor |
20-Oct-1899 |
4-Jun-1975 |
Underworld |
| George Brent |
Actor |
15-Mar-1899 |
26-May-1979 |
The Great Lie |
| Teresa Brewer |
Singer |
7-May-1931 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Till I Waltz Again with You |
| Fanny Brice |
Singer |
29-Oct-1891 |
29-May-1951 |
The Baby Snooks Show |
| Beau Bridges |
Actor |
9-Dec-1941 |
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys |
| Lloyd Bridges |
Actor |
15-Jan-1913 |
10-Mar-1998 |
Airplane! |
| Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
| James Brolin |
Actor |
18-Jul-1940 |
|
Brubaker in Capricorn One |
| Hillary Brooke |
Actor |
8-Sep-1914 |
25-May-1999 |
The Woman in Green |
| Garth Brooks |
Country Musician |
7-Feb-1962 |
|
Ropin' the Wind |
| Richard Brooks |
Film Director |
18-May-1912 |
11-Mar-1992 |
In Cold Blood |
| Pierce Brosnan |
Actor |
16-May-1951 |
|
Remington Steele, James Bond |
| Clarence Brown |
Film Director |
10-May-1890 |
17-Aug-1987 |
National Velvet |
| Joe E. Brown |
Actor |
28-Jul-1892 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Johnny Mack Brown |
Actor |
1-Sep-1904 |
14-Nov-1974 |
College All-American turned film star |
| Yul Brynner |
Actor |
11-Jul-1920 |
10-Oct-1985 |
The King and I |
| John Bunny |
Actor |
21-Sep-1863 |
26-Apr-1915 |
Comic starred in over 200 short films |
| Carol Burnett |
Actor |
26-Apr-1933 |
|
The Carol Burnett Show |
| Smiley Burnette |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1911 |
16-Feb-1967 |
Frog Millhouse |
| Bob Burns |
Actor |
2-Aug-1890 |
2-Feb-1956 |
The Arkansas Traveler |
| George Burns |
Actor |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
| Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
| LeVar Burton |
Actor |
16-Feb-1957 |
|
La Forge on Star Trek: TNG |
| Mae Busch |
Actor |
18-Jun-1891 |
19-Apr-1946 |
The Ever-Popular Mae Busch |
| Francis X. Bushman |
Actor |
10-Jan-1883 |
23-Aug-1966 |
Ben-Hur |
| Jerry Buss |
Business |
1934 |
|
Owner, Los Angeles Lakers |
| Red Buttons |
Actor |
5-Feb-1919 |
13-Jul-2006 |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
| Pat Buttram |
Actor |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Jan-1994 |
Mr. Haney on Green Acres |
| Spring Byington |
Actor |
17-Oct-1886 |
7-Sep-1971 |
You Can't Take it With You |
| James Caan |
Actor |
26-Mar-1940 |
|
Vegas, Elf |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Nicolas Cage |
Actor |
7-Jan-1964 |
|
Leaving Las Vegas |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Rod Cameron |
Actor |
7-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1983 |
The Bounty Killer |
| Glen Campbell |
Country Musician |
22-Apr-1936 |
|
Rhinestone Cowboy |
| Stephen J. Cannell |
Film/TV Producer |
2-May-1941 |
|
Creator of The Rockford Files |
| Judy Canova |
Actor |
20-Nov-1913 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Comic actress, vaudevillian |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Eddie Cantor |
Singer |
31-Jan-1892 |
10-Oct-1964 |
Banjo Eyes |
| Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| Harry Carey, Jr. |
Actor |
16-May-1921 |
|
The Whales of August |
| Macdonald Carey |
Actor |
15-Mar-1913 |
21-Mar-1994 |
Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
|
Wiseass stand-up comic |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Richard Carlson |
Actor |
29-Apr-1912 |
24-Nov-1977 |
The Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
Songwriter |
11-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Songwriter, Stardust, Heart and Soul |
| Art Carney |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
9-Nov-2003 |
Ed Norton on The Honeymooners |
| Karen Carpenter |
Musician |
2-Mar-1950 |
4-Feb-1983 |
The Carpenters victim of anorexia |
| Vikki Carr |
Singer |
19-Jul-1941 |
|
Hispanic singer |
| David Carradine |
Actor |
8-Dec-1936 |
|
Grasshopper |
| John Carradine |
Actor |
5-Feb-1906 |
27-Nov-1988 |
In over 200 B movies |
| Keith Carradine |
Actor |
8-Aug-1949 |
|
Thieves Like Us |
| Leo Carrillo |
Actor |
6-Aug-1881 |
10-Sep-1961 |
Pancho on The Cisco Kid |
| Diahann Carroll |
Singer |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
Claudine |
| Madeleine Carroll |
Actor |
26-Feb-1906 |
2-Oct-1987 |
The 39 Steps |
| Nancy Carroll |
Actor |
19-Nov-1903 |
6-Aug-1965 |
The Devil's Holiday |
| Jack Carson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1910 |
2-Jan-1963 |
Two Guys From Milwaukee |
| Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
| Enrico Caruso |
Singer |
27-Feb-1873 |
2-Aug-1921 |
Operatic tenor nonpareil |
| Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
| Joan Caulfield |
Actor |
1-Jun-1922 |
18-Jun-1991 |
Dear Ruth |
| Bennett Cerf |
Business |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Gower Champion |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
Show Boat |
| Jeff Chandler |
Actor |
15-Dec-1918 |
17-Jun-1961 |
Broken Arrow |
| Lon Chaney |
Actor |
1-Apr-1883 |
26-Aug-1930 |
The Phantom of the Opera |
| Carol Channing |
Actor |
31-Jan-1921 |
|
All-Singing All-Dancing |
| Charlie Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
25-Dec-1977 |
Silent film comedian |
| Marguerite Chapman |
Actor |
9-Mar-1918 |
31-Aug-1999 |
Coroner Creek |
| Ray Charles |
Musician |
23-Sep-1930 |
10-Jun-2004 |
Georgia On My Mind |
| Chevy Chase |
Comic |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
He is, you're not |
| Ruth Chatterton |
Actor |
24-Dec-1893 |
24-Nov-1961 |
Madame X |
| Cher |
Singer |
20-May-1946 |
|
Plastic surgery diva |
| Dane Clark |
Actor |
26-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1998 |
Moonrise |
| Dick Clark |
TV Personality |
30-Nov-1929 |
|
American Bandstand |
| Fred Clark |
Actor |
19-Mar-1914 |
5-Dec-1968 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Roy Clark |
TV Personality |
15-Apr-1933 |
|
Hee Haw |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
| Charles Coburn |
Actor |
17-Jun-1877 |
30-Aug-1961 |
The More the Merrier |
| James Coburn |
Actor |
31-Aug-1928 |
18-Nov-2002 |
Our Man Flint |
| Imogene Coca |
Actor |
18-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-2001 |
Your Show of Shows |
| Steve Cochran |
Actor |
25-May-1917 |
15-Jun-1965 |
The Damned Don't Cry |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| Nat King Cole |
Singer |
17-Mar-1917 |
15-Feb-1965 |
Unforgettable |
| Natalie Cole |
Singer |
6-Feb-1950 |
|
Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole |
| Gary Collins |
Actor |
30-Apr-1938 |
|
Host of The Home Show |
| Michael Collins |
Astronaut |
31-Oct-1930 |
|
Apollo 11 command module pilot |
| Ronald Colman |
Actor |
9-Feb-1891 |
19-May-1958 |
A Double Life |
| Chuck Connors |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
10-Nov-1992 |
The Rifleman |
| Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
| Tim Conway |
Actor |
15-Dec-1933 |
|
The Carol Burnett Show |
| Donald Cook |
Actor |
26-Sep-1901 |
1-Oct-1961 |
Viva Villa! |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Alice Cooper |
Musician |
4-Feb-1948 |
|
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Jackie Cooper |
Actor |
15-Sep-1922 |
|
Jackie in Our Gang |
| Jeanne Cooper |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| David Copperfield |
Magician |
16-Sep-1956 |
|
Disappeared the Statue of Liberty |
| Wendell Corey |
Actor |
20-Mar-1914 |
8-Nov-1968 |
Desert Fury |
| Don Cornelius |
TV Personality |
27-Sep-1936 |
|
Soul Train |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| Bill Cosby |
Comic |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill |
| Kevin Costner |
Actor |
18-Jan-1955 |
|
Dances with Wolves |
| Joseph Cotten |
Actor |
15-May-1905 |
6-Feb-1994 |
Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane |
| Wally Cox |
Actor |
6-Dec-1924 |
15-Feb-1973 |
Mr. Peepers |
| Buster Crabbe |
Actor |
17-Feb-1907 |
23-Apr-1983 |
Flash Gordon |
| Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
| Joan Crawford |
Actor |
23-Mar-1905 |
10-May-1977 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Laird Cregar |
Actor |
28-Jul-1916 |
9-Dec-1944 |
The Lodger |
| Richard Crenna |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
18-Jan-2003 |
Our Miss Brooks |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor survived into talkies |
| John Cromwell |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1887 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Norm Crosby |
Comic |
15-Sep-1927 |
|
Stand-up and nightclub comic |
| Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
| Tom Cruise |
Actor |
3-Jul-1962 |
|
Flamboyant Scientologist |
| Billy Crystal |
Comic |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
| Xavier Cugat |
Musician |
1-Jan-1900 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Rumba King |
| George Cukor |
Film Director |
7-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1983 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Bob Cummings |
Actor |
10-Jun-1908 |
2-Dec-1990 |
The Bob Cummings Show |
| Constance Cummings |
Actor |
15-May-1910 |
23-Nov-2005 |
Blithe Spirit |
| Irving Cummings |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1888 |
18-Apr-1959 |
In Old Arizona |
| Bill Cunningham |
Radio Personality |
11-Dec-1947 |
|
Conservative WLW radio talk show host |
| Jamie Lee Curtis |
Actor |
22-Nov-1958 |
|
True Lies |
| Tony Curtis |
Actor |
3-Jun-1925 |
|
Houdini and Some Like It Hot |
| Arlene Dahl |
Actor |
11-Aug-1928 |
|
Three Little Words |
| Tyne Daly |
Actor |
21-Feb-1946 |
|
Lacey on Cagney and Lacey |
| Vic Damone |
Musician |
12-Jun-1928 |
|
Singer of ballads |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Bebe Daniels |
Actor |
14-Jan-1901 |
16-Mar-1971 |
42nd Street |
| Ted Danson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1947 |
|
Bartender on Cheers |
| Tony Danza |
Actor |
21-Apr-1951 |
|
Dumb guy on Taxi |
| Bobby Darin |
Musician |
14-May-1936 |
20-Dec-1973 |
Splish, Splash and Mack the Knife |
| Linda Darnell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1923 |
10-Apr-1965 |
Star Dust |
| Jane Darwell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1879 |
13-Aug-1967 |
The bird woman in Mary Poppins |
| Marion Davies |
Actor |
3-Jan-1897 |
22-Sep-1961 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| Ann B. Davis |
Actor |
5-May-1926 |
|
Alice from The Brady Bunch |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Clive Davis |
Business |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
Founder of Arista Records |
| Gail Davis |
Actor |
5-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-1997 |
Annie Oakley |
| Jim Davis |
Actor |
26-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Jock Ewing on Dallas |
| Joan Davis |
Actor |
29-Jun-1907 |
22-May-1961 |
I Married Joan |
| Mac Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jan-1942 |
|
Rock/Country Singer/Songwriter |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
25-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Dennis Day |
Radio Personality |
21-May-1918 |
22-Jun-1988 |
On Jack Benny's radio show |
| Doris Day |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Laraine Day |
Actor |
13-Oct-1917 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Foreign Correspondent |
| Yvonne De Carlo |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
8-Jan-2007 |
Lily on The Munsters |
| James Dean |
Actor |
8-Feb-1931 |
30-Sep-1955 |
Lived fast, died young |
| Rosemary DeCamp |
Actor |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Feb-2001 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Rick Dees |
Radio Personality |
14-Aug-1950 |
|
Disco Duck |
| Don DeFore |
Actor |
25-Aug-1913 |
22-Dec-1993 |
Mr. B. on Hazel |
| Gloria DeHaven |
Actor |
23-Jul-1925 |
|
Summer Holiday |
| Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
| Dom DeLuise |
Actor |
1-Aug-1933 |
|
Portly Cannonball Run star |
| William Demarest |
Actor |
27-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1983 |
The Great McGinty |
| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| Richard Denning |
Actor |
27-Mar-1914 |
11-Oct-1998 |
Gov. Grey on Hawaii 5-O |
| Johnny Depp |
Actor |
9-Jun-1963 |
|
Captain Jack Sparrow |
| John Derek |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1926 |
22-May-1998 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Andy Devine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1905 |
18-Feb-1977 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Angie Dickinson |
Actor |
30-Sep-1931 |
|
Police Woman |
| Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
| Phyllis Diller |
Actor |
17-Jul-1917 |
|
The original female stand-up comic |
| Roy O. Disney |
Business |
24-Jun-1893 |
20-Dec-1971 |
Walt Disney's brother |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Richard Dix |
Actor |
18-Jul-1893 |
20-Sep-1949 |
Cimarron |
| Edward Dmytryk |
Film Director |
4-Sep-1908 |
1-Jul-1999 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Placido Domingo |
Singer |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
Tenorissimo! |
| Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
| Robert Donat |
Actor |
18-Mar-1905 |
9-Jun-1958 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| James Doohan |
Actor |
3-Mar-1920 |
20-Jul-2005 |
Scotty on Star Trek |
| Jimmy Dorsey |
Musician |
29-Feb-1904 |
12-Jun-1957 |
Popular bandleader and swing musician |
| Tommy Dorsey |
Musician |
19-Nov-1905 |
26-Nov-1956 |
Popular bandleader |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Mike Douglas |
Talk Show Host |
11-Aug-1925 |
11-Aug-2006 |
Host of 1970s Mike Douglas Show |
| Paul Douglas |
Actor |
11-Apr-1907 |
11-Sep-1959 |
Angels in the Outfield |
| Billie Dove |
Actor |
14-May-1903 |
31-Dec-1997 |
The Black Pirate |
| Frances Drake |
Actor |
22-Oct-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
| Marie Dressler |
Actor |
2-Nov-1868 |
28-Jul-1934 |
Min and Bill |
| Richard Dreyfuss |
Actor |
29-Oct-1947 |
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Bobby Driscoll |
Actor |
3-Mar-1937 |
30-Mar-1968 |
Child actor, succumbed to drugs |
| Joanne Dru |
Actor |
31-Jan-1922 |
10-Sep-1996 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
The Patty Duke Show |
| Faye Dunaway |
Actor |
14-Jan-1941 |
|
Network |
| James Dunn |
Actor |
2-Nov-1905 |
3-Sep-1967 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Irene Dunne |
Actor |
20-Dec-1898 |
4-Sep-1990 |
Penny Serenade |
| Jimmy Durante |
Comic |
10-Feb-1893 |
20-Jan-1980 |
Everybody wants ta get inta da act |
| Deanna Durbin |
Actor |
4-Dec-1921 |
|
It Started with Eve |
| Dan Duryea |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
7-Jun-1968 |
The Little Foxes |
| Robert Duvall |
Actor |
5-Jan-1931 |
|
Tom Hagen in The Godfather |
| Ann Dvorak |
Actor |
2-Aug-1912 |
10-Dec-1979 |
Cesca in Scarface |
| W. S. Van Dyke |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1889 |
5-Feb-1943 |
The Thin Man |
| George Eastman |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1854 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Roger Ebert |
Critic |
18-Jun-1942 |
|
Corpulent film critic |
| Buddy Ebsen |
Actor |
2-Apr-1908 |
6-Jul-2003 |
Jed Clampett |
| Barbara Eden |
Actor |
23-Aug-1934 |
|
I Dream of Jeannie |
| Blake Edwards |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1922 |
|
Directed Pink Panther films |
| Ralph Edwards |
Game Show Host |
13-Jun-1913 |
16-Nov-2005 |
This Is Your Life |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
Jazz composer |
| Faye Emerson |
Actor |
8-Jul-1917 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Namesake of the Emmy award |
| John Ericson |
Actor |
23-Sep-1926 |
|
The Return of Jack Slade |
| Gloria Estefan |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Sep-1957 |
|
The Miami Sound Machine |
| Ruth Etting |
Singer |
23-Nov-1896 |
24-Sep-1978 |
Love Me or Leave Me |
| Bob Eubanks |
Game Show Host |
8-Jan-1938 |
|
The Newlywed Game |
| Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| Linda Evans |
Actor |
18-Nov-1942 |
|
Dynasty |
| Madge Evans |
Actor |
1-Jul-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Hallelujah I'm a Bum |
| Robert Evans |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Jun-1930 |
|
The Kid Stays In The Picture |
| Chad Everett |
Actor |
11-Jun-1936 |
|
Dr. Joe Gannon, Medical Center |
| Don Everly |
Musician |
1-Feb-1937 |
|
The Everly Brothers |
| Phil Everly |
Musician |
19-Jan-1939 |
|
The Everly Brothers |
| Fabian |
Singer |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
50s teen idol, Turn Me Loose |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
Actor |
23-May-1883 |
12-Dec-1939 |
The Thief of Baghdad |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
| Chris Farley |
Comic |
15-Feb-1964 |
17-Dec-1997 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
| Jamie Farr |
Actor |
1-Jul-1934 |
|
Corporal Klinger on M*A*S*H |
| Charles Farrell |
Actor |
9-Aug-1901 |
6-May-1990 |
Seventh Heaven |
| Glenda Farrell |
Actor |
30-Jun-1904 |
1-May-1971 |
Torchy Blane |
| John Farrow |
Screenwriter |
10-Feb-1904 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Farrah Fawcett |
Actor |
2-Feb-1947 |
|
Original blonde on Charlie's Angels |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| José Feliciano |
Musician |
10-Sep-1945 |
|
Feliz Navidad |
| Verna Felton |
Actor |
20-Jul-1890 |
14-Dec-1966 |
Hilda Crocker on December Bride |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Jose Ferrer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1909 |
26-Jan-1992 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Mel Ferrer |
Actor |
25-Aug-1917 |
2-Jun-2008 |
War and Peace |
| Stepin Fetchit |
Actor |
30-May-1902 |
19-Nov-1985 |
Professional black stereotype |
| W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Crooner dumped by Liz Taylor |
| Hal Fishman |
Journalist |
25-Aug-1931 |
7-Aug-2007 |
Los Angeles TV news anchor |
| Barry Fitzgerald |
Actor |
10-Mar-1888 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Going My Way |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
17-Jul-2005 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Rhonda Fleming |
Actor |
10-Aug-1923 |
|
Spellbound |
| Victor Fleming |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1883 |
6-Jan-1949 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| Nina Foch |
Actor |
20-Apr-1924 |
|
Executive Suite |
| Henry Fonda |
Actor |
16-May-1905 |
12-Aug-1982 |
12 Angry Men |
| Peter Fonda |
Actor |
23-Feb-1940 |
|
Easy Rider |
| Joan Fontaine |
Actor |
22-Oct-1917 |
|
Hitchcock's Suspicion |
| Dick Foran |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
10-Aug-1979 |
The Petrified Forest |
| Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
| Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
|
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
| Preston Foster |
Actor |
24-Aug-1900 |
14-Jul-1970 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Michael J. Fox |
Actor |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
Back to the Future |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Anne Francis |
Actor |
16-Sep-1930 |
|
Forbidden Planet |
| Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
| Dennis Franz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1944 |
|
Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue |
| William Frawley |
Actor |
26-Feb-1887 |
3-Mar-1966 |
Fred on I Love Lucy |
| Stan Freberg |
Comic |
7-Aug-1926 |
|
Radio's The Stan Freberg Show |
| Morgan Freeman |
Actor |
1-Jun-1937 |
|
Unforgiven |
| William Friedkin |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1935 |
|
The Exorcist, Cruising |
| Jane Froman |
Singer |
10-Nov-1907 |
22-Apr-1980 |
The Jane Froman Show |
| Robert Fuller |
Actor |
29-Jul-1933 |
|
Emergency! |
| Annette Funicello |
Actor |
22-Oct-1942 |
|
MS-ridden ex-Mouseketeer |
| Kenny G |
Jazz Musician |
5-Jun-1956 |
|
Easy-Listening Saxophonist |
| Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Eva Gabor |
Actor |
11-Feb-1919 |
4-Jul-1995 |
The youngest Gabor |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Actor |
6-Feb-1917 |
|
Cop-slapping Gabor sister |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Andy Garcia |
Actor |
12-Apr-1956 |
|
Ocean's 11, The Godfather: Part III |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Beverly Garland |
Actor |
17-Oct-1926 |
|
Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| James Garner |
Actor |
7-Apr-1928 |
|
Jim Rockford on Rockford Files |
| Peggy Ann Garner |
Actor |
3-Feb-1932 |
16-Oct-1984 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Betty Garrett |
Actor |
23-May-1919 |
|
Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family |
| Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
| Greer Garson |
Actor |
29-Sep-1904 |
6-Apr-1996 |
Mrs. Miniver |
| Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
| Mitzi Gaynor |
Actor |
4-Sep-1931 |
|
South Pacific |
| Leeza Gibbons |
TV Personality |
26-Mar-1957 |
|
Host of Entertainment Tonight |
| Hoot Gibson |
Actor |
6-Aug-1892 |
23-Aug-1962 |
Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s |
| Billy Gilbert |
Actor |
12-Sep-1894 |
23-Sep-1971 |
Comic actor and vaudevillian |
| Melissa Gilbert |
Actor |
8-May-1964 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz Musician |
21-Oct-1917 |
7-Jan-1993 |
Be-bop jazz trumpeter |
| Mickey Gilley |
Country Musician |
9-Mar-1936 |
|
Seventeen #1 country hits |
| Dorothy Gish |
Actor |
11-Mar-1898 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Orphans of the Storm |
| Lillian Gish |
Actor |
14-Oct-1893 |
27-Feb-1993 |
Silent film actress, director |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Sharon Gless |
Actor |
31-May-1943 |
|
Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
| George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
| Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
| Whoopi Goldberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1955 |
|
In-your-face dreadlocked comedian |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Cuba Gooding, Jr. |
Actor |
2-Jan-1968 |
|
Show him the money already |
| Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinettist |
| Mark Goodson |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-1992 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Lou Gossett, Jr. |
Actor |
27-May-1936 |
|
Drill Sgt. in An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Robert Goulet |
Singer |
26-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Baritone star of stage and screen |
| Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
| Gloria Grahame |
Actor |
28-Nov-1923 |
5-Oct-1981 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
Frasier |
| Farley Granger |
Actor |
1-Jul-1925 |
|
Strangers on a Train |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Bonita Granville |
Actor |
2-Feb-1923 |
11-Oct-1988 |
These Three |
| Brian Grazer |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Jul-1951 |
|
Co-Founder, Imagine Entertainment |
| Alfred E. Green |
Film Director |
11-Jul-1889 |
4-Sep-1960 |
Dangerous |
| Lorne Greene |
Actor |
12-Feb-1915 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Actor, wildlife host, promoter of dogfood |
| Charlotte Greenwood |
Actor |
25-Jun-1890 |
28-Dec-1977 |
Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! |
| Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
| Andy Griffith |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
|
Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show |
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