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Awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Founded in 1948.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
J. J. Abrams
Film/TV Producer
27-Jun-1966   Alias and Lost
Don Adams
Actor
13-Apr-1926 25-Sep-2005 Maxwell Smart on Get Smart
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
Lee Adams
Songwriter
14-Aug-1924   Bye Bye Birdie
Robert Adler
Physicist
4-Dec-1913 15-Feb-2007 Invented wireless remote control
Pamela Adlon
Actor
9-Jul-1966   Marcy on Californication
Jenny Agutter
Actor
20-Dec-1952   Jessica 6 in Logan's Run
Roger Ailes
Government
15-May-1940   CEO of Fox News
Marv Albert
Sports Figure
12-Jun-1941   Yessssssss!
Jack Albertson
Actor
16-Jun-1907 25-Nov-1981 The Man on Chico and the Man
Alan Alda
Actor
28-Jan-1936   Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H
Jane Alexander
Actor
28-Oct-1939   The Ring
Mary Alice
Actor
3-Dec-1941   The Matrix Revolutions
Debbie Allen
Dancer
16-Jan-1950   All About You
Steve Allen
Talk Show Host
26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
Kirstie Alley
Actor
12-Jan-1951   Rebecca from Cheers
Christiane Amanpour
Journalist
12-Jan-1958   Host of ABC's This Week
Barbara Anderson
Actor
27-Nov-1945   Eve Whitfield on Ironside
Gillian Anderson
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Scully on The X-Files
Judith Anderson
Actor
10-Feb-1897 3-Jan-1992 Rebecca
Louie Anderson
Comic
24-Mar-1953   Host of Family Feud, 1999-2002
Julie Andrews
Singer
1-Oct-1935   Mary Poppins
Jennifer Aniston
Actor
11-Feb-1969   Rachel on Friends
Ann-Margret
Actor
28-Apr-1941   Carnal Knowledge
David Anspaugh
Film Director
24-Sep-1946   Rudy
Judd Apatow
Film Director
6-Dec-1967   Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin
Christina Applegate
Actor
25-Nov-1971   Married with Children
Emile Ardolino
Film Director
9-May-1943 20-Nov-1993 Dirty Dancing
Allan Arkush
Film Director
30-Apr-1948   Rock 'n' Roll High School
Roone Arledge
Sports Figure
8-Jul-1931 5-Dec-2002 Created Wide World of Sports
Lucie Arnaz
Actor
17-Jul-1951   Daughter of Lucy and Desi
Patricia Arquette
Actor
8-Apr-1968   Allison Dubois on Medium
Bea Arthur
Actor
13-May-1922 25-Apr-2009 Maude and The Golden Girls
Arthur Ashe
Tennis
10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon
William Asher
Film Director
8-Aug-1921 16-Jul-2012 Beach Blanket Bingo
Ed Asner
Actor
15-Nov-1929   Lou Grant
Armand Assante
Actor
4-Oct-1949   Judge Dredd
Fred Astaire
Dancer
10-May-1899 22-Jun-1987 Broadway ballroom dancer
David Attenborough
Naturalist
8-May-1926   Life on Earth
Dan Aykroyd
Actor
1-Jul-1952   Saturday Night Live, Dr. Detroit
Hank Azaria
Actor
25-Apr-1964   Moe and Apu on The Simpsons
Michael Badalucco
Actor
20-Dec-1954   Jimmy Berluti on The Practice
Barbara Bain
Actor
13-Sep-1931   Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999
Kathy Baker
Actor
8-Jun-1950   Picket Fences
Alec Baldwin
Actor
3-Apr-1958   A Baldwin Brother
Alan Ball
Screenwriter
13-May-1957   American Beauty
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
Ashleigh Banfield
Journalist
29-Dec-1967   MSNBC anchor and correspondent
Christine Baranski
Actor
2-May-1952   Mary Sunshine in Chicago
Bob Barker
Game Show Host
12-Dec-1923   The Price Is Right
Julia Barr
Actor
8-Feb-1949   Brooke English in All My Children
Bonnie Bartlett
Actor
20-Jun-1929   Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere
Frances Bavier
Actor
14-Dec-1902 6-Dec-1989 Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show
Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
31-Oct-1922 8-Aug-2005 Miss Ellie on Dallas
Harry Belafonte
Singer/Songwriter
1-Mar-1927   Calypso singer
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
Business
12-Feb-1933   CEO of Hearst, 1979-2002
Tony Bennett
Singer
3-Aug-1926   Left his heart in San Francisco
Gertrude Berg
Radio Personality
3-Oct-1899 14-Sep-1966 The Goldbergs
Candice Bergen
Actor
9-May-1946   Murphy Brown
Polly Bergen
Actor
14-Jul-1930   Cape Fear
Alan Bergman
Songwriter
11-Sep-1925   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Ingrid Bergman
Actor
29-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1982 Murder on the Orient Express
Lowell Bergman
Film/TV Producer
24-Jul-1945   Former 60 Minutes producer
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
Milton Berle
Comic
12-Jul-1908 27-Mar-2002 Mr. Television
Halle Berry
Actor
14-Aug-1966   Monster's Ball
Carl Betz
Actor
9-Mar-1921 18-Jan-1978 The Donna Reed Show
Charles Bierbauer
Journalist
?   CNN Correspondent, 1981-2001
Robert Blake
Actor
18-Sep-1933   Baretta
Tammy Blanchard
Actor
14-Dec-1976   Played Gypsy Rose Lee
Jeff Bleckner
Film Director
12-Aug-1943   White Water Summer
Paul Bogart
Film Director
13-Nov-1919 15-Apr-2012 Prolific TV and film director
Beulah Bondi
Actor
3-May-1888 1-Jan-1981 Make Way for Tomorrow
Shirley Booth
Actor
30-Aug-1898 16-Oct-1992 Come Back, Little Sheba
Powers Boothe
Actor
1-Jun-1949   Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones
Julie Bowen
Actor
3-Mar-1970   Modern Family
Peter Boyle
Actor
18-Oct-1935 12-Dec-2006 Young Frankenstein
Ed Bradley
Journalist
22-Jun-1941 9-Nov-2006 60 Minutes
Wayne Brady
Talk Show Host
2-Jun-1972   Makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X
Kenneth Branagh
Actor
10-Dec-1960   British thespian
Marlon Brando
Actor
3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire
Andre Braugher
Actor
1-Jul-1962   Det. Pembleton on Homicide
Eileen Brennan
Actor
3-Sep-1932   Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin
Beau Bridges
Actor
9-Dec-1941   The Fabulous Baker Boys
David Brinkley
Journalist
10-Jul-1920 11-Jun-2003 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
David Brody
Journalist
c. 1964   Christian Broadcasting Network
James L. Brooks
Film/TV Producer
9-May-1940   Producer of The Simpsons
A. Whitney Brown
Comic
8-Jul-1952   SNL, The Daily Show
Georg Stanford Brown
Actor
24-Jun-1943   Officer Webster on The Rookies
Pamela Brown
Actor
8-Jul-1917 18-Sep-1975 Lust for Life
Tony Brown
Talk Show Host
11-Apr-1933   Host of Tony Brown's Journal
Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor
2-May-1925 11-Apr-2007 Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Louise H. Bryson
Business
c. 1944   Chairman of Getty Trust
Gary Burghoff
Actor
24-May-1943   Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H
Carol Burnett
Actor
26-Apr-1933   The Carol Burnett Show
Mark Burnett
Film/TV Producer
17-Jul-1960   Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc.
Eric Burns
TV Personality
c. 1947   Fox News Channel media analyst
Raymond Burr
Actor
21-May-1917 12-Sep-1993 Perry Mason
Ty Burrell
Actor
22-Aug-1967   Phil Dunphy on Modern Family
Timothy Busfield
Actor
12-Jun-1957   thirtysomething
Red Buttons
Actor
5-Feb-1919 13-Jul-2006 They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922   Your Show of Shows
Jack Cafferty
TV Personality
1942   CNN anchor
Sammy Cahn
Songwriter
18-Jun-1913 15-Jan-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
Norman Campbell
Film Director
4-Feb-1924 12-Apr-2004 TV director, producer
Bobby Cannavale
Actor
3-May-1971   Vince D'Angelo on Will & Grace
Stephen J. Cannell
Film/TV Producer
2-May-1941 30-Sep-2010 Creator of The Rockford Files
Richard W. Carlson
Diplomat
1941   US Ambassador to the Seychelles, 1991-92
Art Carney
Actor
4-Nov-1918 9-Nov-2003 Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Pat Carroll
Actor
5-May-1927   Make Room for Daddy
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
Graydon Carter
Journalist
14-Jul-1949   Editor of Vanity Fair
Nell Carter
Actor
13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Thomas Carter
Film Director
17-Jul-1953   Coach Carter
Nancy Cartwright
Actor
25-Oct-1959   Voice of Bart Simpson
Dana Carvey
Comic
2-Jun-1955   Saturday Night Live
Dan Castellaneta
Actor
29-Oct-1957   Voice of Homer Simpson
Dick Cavett
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1936   The Dick Cavett Show
Marge Champion
Dancer
2-Sep-1919   Show Boat
Kyle Chandler
Actor
17-Sep-1965   Friday Night Lights
Larry Charles
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1956   Seinfeld writer, also directed Borat
Sylvia Chase
Journalist
23-Feb-1938   Co-Anchor of 20/20
Cher
Singer
20-May-1946   Sonny and Cher
Michael Chiklis
Actor
30-Aug-1963   The Shield
Julia Child
Chef
15-Aug-1912 13-Aug-2004 Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Marvin J. Chomsky
Film Director
23-May-1929   Holocaust
Connie Chung
Journalist
20-Aug-1946   NBC news anchor
Gordon Clapp
Actor
24-Sep-1948   Det. Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue
Susan Clark
Actor
8-Mar-1940   Katherine Papadapolis on Webster
Christian Clemenson
Actor
17-Mar-1958   Dr. Tom Loman on CSI: Miami
Glenn Close
Actor
19-Mar-1947   Fatal Attraction
James Coco
Actor
21-Mar-1928 25-Feb-1987 Only When I Laugh
Stephen Colbert
Comic
13-May-1964   The Colbert Report
Toni Collette
Actor
1-Nov-1972   United States of Tara
Perry Como
Singer
18-May-1912 12-May-2001 It's Impossible
Harry Connick, Jr.
Singer
11-Sep-1967   Golden voiced singer/actor
Michael Conrad
Actor
16-Oct-1925 22-Nov-1983 Sgt. Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues
Michael Constantine
Actor
22-May-1927   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Fielder Cook
Film Director
9-Mar-1923 20-Jun-2003 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Joan Ganz Cooney
Film/TV Producer
30-Nov-1929   Producer of Sesame Street
Jackie Cooper
Actor
15-Sep-1922 3-May-2011 Jackie in Our Gang
Ellen Corby
Actor
3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Rita Cosby
Journalist
18-Nov-1964   MSNBC anchor
Bob Costas
TV Personality
22-Mar-1952   Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later
Katie Couric
Talk Show Host
7-Jan-1957   CBS Evening News
Brian Cox
Actor
1-Jun-1946   The original Hannibal Lecter
Bryan Cranston
Actor
7-Mar-1956   Walter White on Breaking Bad
Richard Crenna
Actor
30-Nov-1927 18-Jan-2003 Our Miss Brooks
Catherine Crier
Journalist
6-Nov-1954   The Crier Report on Fox
Hume Cronyn
Actor
18-Jul-1911 15-Jun-2003 Cocoon
Candy Crowley
Journalist
c. 1948   CNN senior political correspondent
Billy Crystal
Comic
14-Mar-1947   When Harry Met Sally
Bob Cummings
Actor
10-Jun-1908 2-Dec-1990 The Bob Cummings Show
Ann Curry
Journalist
19-Nov-1956   Dateline NBC Co-Host
Jane Curtin
Actor
6-Sep-1947   SNL, Third Rock from the Sun
Dan Curtis
Film Director
12-Aug-1927 27-Mar-2006 Burnt Offerings
Cathryn Damon
Actor
11-Sep-1930 4-May-1987 Mary Campbell on Soap
Claire Danes
Actor
12-Apr-1979   My So-Called Life
William Daniels
Actor
31-Mar-1927   Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider
Ted Danson
Actor
29-Dec-1947   Bartender on Cheers
Ann B. Davis
Actor
5-May-1926   Alice from The Brady Bunch
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Ruby Dee
Actor
27-Oct-1924   The Jackie Robinson Story
Kim Delaney
Actor
29-Nov-1961   Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue
Dana Delany
Actor
13-Mar-1956   China Beach
Georges Delerue
Composer
12-Mar-1925 20-Mar-1992 French film composer
Danny DeVito
Actor
17-Nov-1944   Short loudmouth from Taxi
Peter Dinklage
Actor
11-Jun-1969   Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones
Lou Dobbs
TV Personality
24-Sep-1945   CNN anchor, Lou Dobbs Tonight
Ray Milton Dolby
Inventor
18-Jan-1933   Inventor of Dolby stereo
Phil Donahue
Talk Show Host
21-Dec-1935   The Phil Donahue Show
Sam Donaldson
Journalist
11-Mar-1934   ABC newscaster, sheep rancher
Steve Doocy
Journalist
19-Oct-1956   Fox & Friends
Bob Dornan
Politician
3-Apr-1933   Congressman from California, 1977-97
Melvyn Douglas
Actor
5-Apr-1901 4-Aug-1981 Being There
Harold Dow
Journalist
28-Sep-1947 21-Aug-2010 48 Hours
Larry Drake
Actor
21-Feb-1950   Benny Stulwicz on LA Law
Ja'net DuBois
Actor
5-Aug-1945   Willona Woods on Good Times
Patty Duke
Actor
14-Dec-1946   The Patty Duke Show
Faye Dunaway
Actor
14-Jan-1941   Network
Richard Dysart
Actor
30-Mar-1929   Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law
Dick Ebersol
Journalist
28-Jul-1947   Chairman of NBC Sports, 1989-2011
Ralph Edwards
Game Show Host
13-Jun-1913 16-Nov-2005 This Is Your Life
Ann Elder
Actor
21-Sep-1942   Laugh-In
Hector Elizondo
Actor
22-Dec-1936   Dr. Neven Bell on Monk
Michael Emerson
Actor
7-Sep-1954   Ben Linus on Lost
John Erman
Film Director
3-Aug-1935   Scarlett
Maurice Evans
Actor
3-Jun-1901 12-Mar-1989 Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes
David Faber
Journalist
10-Mar-1964   CNBC financial reporter
Edie Falco
Actor
5-Jul-1963   The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie
Peter Falk
Actor
16-Sep-1927 23-Jun-2011 Detective Columbo
Glenda Farrell
Actor
30-Jun-1904 1-May-1971 Torchy Blane
Julian Fellowes
Actor
17-Aug-1949   Shadowlands
Guy Ferland
Film Director
18-Feb-1966   Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Sally Field
Actor
6-Nov-1946   Steel Magnolias
Fyvush Finkel
Actor
9-Oct-1923   Picket Fences
Albert Finney
Actor
9-May-1936   Erin Brockovich
Gail Fisher
Actor
18-Aug-1935 2-Dec-2000 Peggy Fair on Mannix
Hal Fishman
Journalist
25-Aug-1931 7-Aug-2007 Los Angeles TV news anchor
Fionnula Flanagan
Actor
10-Dec-1941   James Joyce's Women
Ed Flanders
Actor
29-Dec-1934 22-Feb-1995 Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere
Jane Fonda
Actor
21-Dec-1937   Prominent Vietnam War protester
Lynn Fontanne
Actor
6-Dec-1887 30-Jul-1983 English-American stage actress
Horton Foote
Playwright
14-Mar-1916 4-Mar-2009 To Kill a Mockingbird
David Foster
Songwriter
1-Nov-1949   Songwriter, has won 14 Grammys
Michael J. Fox
Actor
9-Jun-1961   Back to the Future
Marshall Frady
Journalist
11-Jan-1940 9-Mar-2004 Wallace
Dennis Franz
Actor
28-Oct-1944   Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
James Gandolfini
Actor
18-Sep-1961   Tony Soprano wants his money
Vincent Gardenia
Actor
7-Jan-1922 9-Dec-1992 Cher's father in Moonstruck
James Garner
Actor
7-Apr-1928   Jim Rockford on Rockford Files
Brad Garrett
Actor
14-Apr-1960   Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
Will Geer
Actor
9-Mar-1902 22-Apr-1978 Zebulon Walton in The Waltons
Bill Geist
Columnist
10-May-1945   60 Minutes II
Larry Gelbart
Film/TV Producer
25-Feb-1928 11-Sep-2009 M*A*S*H
Estelle Getty
Actor
25-Jul-1923 22-Jul-2008 The Golden Girls
John Gielgud
Actor
14-Apr-1904 21-May-2000 Prospero's Books
Frank Gifford
Football
16-Aug-1930   Monday Night Football
George Gobel
Comic
20-May-1919 24-Feb-1991 Hollywood Square
Bernard Goldberg
Journalist
31-May-1945   Bias
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer
10-Feb-1929 21-Jul-2004 Prominent soundtrack composer
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Film/TV Producer
7-Sep-1926   Son of Samuel Goldwyn
Ruth Gordon
Actor
30-Oct-1896 28-Aug-1985 Rosemary's Baby
Al Gore
Politician
31-Mar-1948   US Vice President under Clinton
Kristin Gore
Relative
5-Jun-1977   Futurama, SNL writer
Eydie Gorme
Musician
16-Aug-1931   Blame it on the Bossa Nova
Lou Gossett, Jr.
Actor
27-May-1936   Drill Sgt. in An Officer and a Gentleman
Curt Gowdy
Radio Personality
31-Jul-1919 20-Feb-2006 Voice of the Red Sox
Kelsey Grammer
Actor
21-Feb-1955   Frasier
Lee Grant
Actor
31-Oct-1927   Portnoy's Complaint
Peter Graves
Actor
18-Mar-1926 14-Mar-2010 Mission: Impossible
Brian Grazer
Film/TV Producer
12-Jul-1951   Co-Founder, Imagine Entertainment
David Greene
Film Director
22-Feb-1921 7-Apr-2003 Gray Lady Down
Jeff Greenfield
Pundit
10-Jun-1943   ABC, CNN talking head
Tom Gries
Film Director
20-Dec-1922 3-Jan-1977 Breakheart Pass
George Grizzard
Actor
1-Apr-1928 2-Oct-2007 Advise and Consent
Robert Guillaume
Actor
30-Nov-1927   Benson
Cathy Guisewite
Cartoonist
5-Sep-1950   Cathy
Paul Haggis
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1953   Crash
Barbara Hale
Actor
18-Apr-1921   Della Street on Perry Mason
Joyce C. Hall
Business
29-Aug-1891 29-Oct-1982 Founder of Hallmark Cards
Susan Hampshire
Actor
12-May-1937   The Forsyte Saga
Tom Hanks
Actor
9-Jul-1956   Forrest Gump
Chris Hansen
Journalist
26-Mar-1959   To Catch A Predator
Mariska Hargitay
Actor
23-Jan-1964   Law & Order: SVU
Valerie Harper
Actor
22-Aug-1940   Rhoda on Mary Tyler Moore
Pat Harrington
Actor
13-Aug-1929   Duane Schneider on One Day at a Time
Julie Harris
Actor
2-Dec-1925   East of Eden
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
15-Jun-1973   Doogie Howser
Jackée Harry
Actor
14-Aug-1956   Sandra Clark on 227
David Hartman
Talk Show Host
19-May-1935   Good Morning America
Steve Hartman
Columnist
14-Apr-1963   60 Minutes II
Anne Hathaway
Actor
12-Nov-1982   The Princess Diaries
Sean Hayes
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
Patricia Heaton
Actor
4-Mar-1958   Wife Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond
Eileen Heckart
Actor
29-Mar-1919 31-Dec-2001 Butterflies Are Free
Katherine Heigl
Actor
24-Nov-1978   Isobel Stevens on Grey's Anatomy
Marg Helgenberger
Actor
16-Nov-1958   Species
Bill Hemmer
TV Personality
14-Nov-1964   Co-Host, America's Newsroom
Jim Henson
Performance Artist
24-Sep-1936 16-May-1990 Creator of the Muppets
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 My Fair Lady
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story
Edward Herrmann
Actor
21-Jul-1943   Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
Marshall Herskovitz
Film/TV Producer
23-Feb-1952   Executive Producer, thirtysomething
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922 19-Aug-2009 60 Minutes creator
Hugh Hewitt
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1956   Conservative talk radio show
George Hickenlooper
Film Director
25-May-1963 29-Oct-2010 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
John Hillerman
Actor
20-Dec-1932   Higgins on Magnum, P.I.
Judd Hirsch
Actor
15-Mar-1935   Taxi
Gregory Hoblit
Film Director
27-Nov-1944   Untraceable
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
8-Aug-1937   The Graduate
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Bob Hope
Comic
29-May-1903 27-Jul-2003 Centenarian comic
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Ron Howard
Actor
1-Mar-1954   Richie Cunningham on Happy Days
Trevor Howard
Actor
29-Sep-1913 7-Jan-1988 Sons and Lovers
Felicity Huffman
Actor
9-Dec-1962   Desperate Housewives
Barnard Hughes
Actor
16-Jul-1915 11-Jul-2006 High priest in TRON
Tom Hulce
Actor
6-Dec-1953   Amadeus
Brit Hume
Journalist
22-Jun-1943   Fox News DC correspondent
Helen Hunt
Actor
15-Jun-1963   As Good As It Gets
Holly Hunter
Actor
20-Mar-1958   The Piano
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
TV Personality
27-Feb-1942   NPR, NewsHour reporter
Waris Hussein
Film Director
9-Dec-1938   Melody
Diana Hyland
Actor
25-Jan-1936 27-Mar-1977 Susan Winter on Peyton Place
Jeremy Irons
Actor
19-Sep-1948   Dead Ringers
Zeljko Ivanek
Actor
15-Aug-1957   Gov. James Devlin on Oz
Burl Ives
Singer
14-Jun-1909 14-Apr-1995 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Eddie Izzard
Comic
7-Feb-1962   Bloke in a dress going on and on
Glenda Jackson
Actor
9-May-1936   British MP, won Oscar for A Touch of Class
Gordon Jackson
Actor
19-Dec-1923 15-Jan-1990 Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs
Allison Janney
Actor
19-Nov-1959   C. J. Cregg on The West Wing
Peter Jennings
Journalist
29-Jul-1938 7-Aug-2005 Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Michael Jeter
Actor
26-Aug-1952 30-Mar-2003 Evening Shade
Arte Johnson
Comic
20-Jan-1929   Veddy interestink
Lamont Johnson
Film Director
30-Sep-1922 24-Oct-2010 Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Kristen Johnston
Actor
20-Sep-1967   3rd Rock from the Sun
Cherry Jones
Actor
21-Nov-1956   The Heiress
Tommy Lee Jones
Actor
15-Sep-1946   Men in Black
Kathryn Joosten
Actor
20-Dec-1939 2-Jun-2012 Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives
Glenn Jordan
Film Director
5-Apr-1936   Barbarians at the Gate
Jerry Juhl
Screenwriter
27-Jul-1938 27-Sep-2005 Head writer, The Muppet Show
Raul Julia
Actor
9-Mar-1940 24-Oct-1994 Street Fighter, Addams Family
Louis C. K.
Comic
12-Sep-1967   Lucky Louie
Jeremy Paul Kagan
Film Director
14-Dec-1945   The Journey of Natty Gann
Carol Kane
Actor
18-Jun-1952   Simka on Taxi
John Karlen
Actor
28-May-1933   Harvey Lacey on Cagney & Lacey
Fred Karlin
Musician
16-Jun-1936 26-Mar-2004 Won Oscar for For All We Know
Jonathan Katz
Comic
1-Dec-1946   Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Julie Kavner
Actor
7-Sep-1950   Marge on The Simpsons
Danny Kaye
Actor
18-Jan-1913 3-Mar-1987 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
Arthur Kent
Journalist
27-Dec-1953   Persian Gulf War reporter
Phil Keoghan
Game Show Host
31-May-1967   The Amazing Race
Roland Kibbee
Screenwriter
15-Feb-1914 5-Aug-1984 A Night in Casablanca
Werner Klemperer
Actor
22-Mar-1920 6-Dec-2000 Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes
Jack Klugman
Actor
27-Apr-1922   The Odd Couple
Shirley Knight
Actor
5-Jul-1936   Sweet Bird of Youth
Ted Knight
Actor
7-Dec-1923 26-Aug-1986 Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore
Don Knotts
Actor
21-Jul-1924 24-Feb-2006 Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show
Ted Koppel
Journalist
8-Feb-1940   Nightline
John Korty
Film Director
22-Jul-1936   The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Mario Kreutzberger
Game Show Host
28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Steve Kroft
Journalist
22-Aug-1945   60 Minutes
Lisa Kudrow
Actor
30-Jul-1963   Friends
Charles Kuralt
TV Personality
10-Sep-1934 4-Jul-1997 On the Road
Bill Kurtis
Journalist
21-Sep-1940   Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice
Swoosie Kurtz
Actor
6-Sep-1944   A Shock to the System
Lynda La Plante
Author
15-Mar-1943   Prime Suspect
Christine Lahti
Actor
4-Apr-1950   Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope
Hope Lange
Actor
28-Nov-1931 19-Dec-2003 Peyton Place
Anthony LaPaglia
Actor
31-Jan-1959   Murder One
Leo Laporte
TV Personality
29-Nov-1956   TechTV host
John Larroquette
Actor
25-Nov-1947   Night Court
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Piper Laurie
Actor
22-Jan-1932   Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks
Vicki Lawrence
Comic
26-Mar-1949   Mama's Family
Cloris Leachman
Actor
30-Apr-1926   Phyllis and The Facts of Life
Norman Lear
Film/TV Producer
27-Jul-1922   Creator of All in the Family
Michael Learned
Actor
9-Apr-1939   The Waltons
Mimi Leder
Film Director
26-Jan-1952   Deep Impact
Eva Le Gallienne
Actor
11-Jan-1899 3-Jun-1991 New York Civic Repertory Theater
Ron Leibman
Actor
11-Oct-1937   Kaz
Margaret Leighton
Actor
26-Feb-1922 13-Jan-1976 The Go-Between
Jack Lemmon
Actor
8-Feb-1925 27-Jun-2001 The Odd Couple
Sheldon Leonard
Actor
22-Feb-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nick the Bartender
Eugene Levy
Comic
17-Dec-1946   Earl Camembert from SCTV
Juliette Lewis
Actor
21-Jun-1973   Natural Born Killers
Shari Lewis
Performance Artist
17-Jan-1933 2-Aug-1998 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Viveca Lindfors
Actor
29-Dec-1920 25-Oct-1995 Night Unto Night
Ray Liotta
Actor
18-Dec-1954   Goodfellas
John Lithgow
Actor
19-Oct-1945   Third Rock From The Sun
Cleavon Little
Actor
1-Jun-1939 22-Oct-1992 Blazing Saddles
Christopher Lloyd
Actor
22-Oct-1938   Jim Ignatowski on Taxi
Shelley Long
Actor
23-Aug-1949   Diane on Cheers
Marion Lorne
Actor
12-Aug-1883 9-May-1968 Aunt Clara on Bewitched
Chad Lowe
Actor
15-Jan-1968   Jesse McKenna on Life Goes On
Christopher Lowell
TV Personality
c. 1955   Fabulous interior decorator
Susan Lucci
Actor
23-Dec-1946   Erica Kane on All My Children
Alfred Lunt
Actor
12-Aug-1892 3-Aug-1977 American stage actor
Frank Luntz
Pundit
23-Feb-1962   Republican pollster, strategist
Jane Lynch
Actor
14-Jul-1960   Cheerleading coach on Glee
Vicki Mabrey
Journalist
c. 1956   60 Minutes II
Kelly Macdonald
Actor
23-Feb-1976   Trainspotting
Seth MacFarlane
Actor
26-Oct-1973   Creator of Family Guy
Bob Mackie
Fashion Designer
24-Mar-1940   The Sultan of Sequins
Shirley MacLaine
Actor
24-Apr-1934   Terms of Endearment
Peter MacNicol
Actor
10-Apr-1954   John Cage on Ally McBeal
William H. Macy
Actor
13-Mar-1950   Fargo
Karl Malden
Actor
22-Mar-1912 1-Jul-2009 Streets of San Francisco
John Malkovich
Actor
9-Dec-1953   Subject of Being John Malkovich
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Abby Mann
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1927 25-Mar-2008 Judgment at Nuremberg
Marcel Marceau
Performance Artist
22-Mar-1923 22-Sep-2007 Mime, created Bip the clown
Nancy Marchand
Actor
19-Jun-1928 18-Jun-2000 Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
Journalist
21-Jun-1942   Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1993-95
Julianna Margulies
Actor
8-Jun-1967   Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife
Merrill Markoe
Comic
1951   Late Night with David Letterman
Jean Marsh
Actor
1-Jul-1934   Co-Creator, Upstairs, Downstairs
E. G. Marshall
Actor
18-Jun-1910 24-Aug-1998 Juror #4, 12 Angry Men
Andrea Martin
Comic
15-Jan-1947   SCTV cast member, 1976-81
Quinn Martin
Business
22-May-1922 6-Sep-1987 Quinn Martin Productions
Steve Martin
Comic
14-Aug-1945   The Jerk
Groucho Marx
Comic
2-Oct-1890 19-Aug-1977 You Bet Your Life
Jackie Mason
Comic
9-Jun-1934   The World According to Me!
Drea de Matteo
Actor
19-Jan-1972   Adriana on The Sopranos
Melanie Mayron
Actor
20-Oct-1952   thirtysomething
Albert Maysles
Film Director
26-Nov-1926   Documentary filmmaker
Melissa McCarthy
Actor
26-Aug-1970   Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls
Peggy McCay
Actor
3-Nov-1930   Caroline Brady on Days of Our Lives
Rue McClanahan
Actor
21-Feb-1934 3-Jun-2010 Blanche on The Golden Girls
David McCullough
Historian
7-Jul-1933   The American Experience
Roddy McDowall
Actor
17-Sep-1928 3-Oct-1998 Planet of the Apes
Patrick McGoohan
Actor
19-Mar-1928 13-Jan-2009 Number Six on The Prisoner
Jim McKay
TV Personality
24-Sep-1921 7-Jun-2008 Host of Wide World of Sports
Terrence McNally
Playwright
3-Nov-1939   Frankie and Johnny
Kristy McNichol
Actor
11-Sep-1962   1970s girl teen idol
Butterfly McQueen
Actor
7-Jan-1911 22-Dec-1995 Gone with the Wind
Jayne Meadows
Actor
27-Sep-1920   City Slickers
Bill Melendez
Cartoonist
15-Nov-1916 2-Sep-2008 A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stephen Merchant
Film/TV Producer
24-Nov-1974   The Office, Extras
Don Meredith
Football
10-Apr-1938 5-Dec-2010 Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
S. Epatha Merkerson
Actor
28-Nov-1952   Lt. Van Buren on Law & Order
Jeanne Meserve
Journalist
?   CNN anchor
Laurie Metcalf
Actor
16-Jun-1955   Jackie Harris on Roseanne
Al Michaels
Sports Figure
12-Nov-1944   Sportscaster, believes in miracles
Lorne Michaels
Film/TV Producer
17-Nov-1944   Producer of Saturday Night Live
Bette Midler
Singer
1-Dec-1945   Ol' Red Hair
Judith Miller
Journalist
2-Jan-1948   Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Juliet Mills
Actor
21-Nov-1941   The Rare Breed
Liza Minnelli
Singer
12-Mar-1946   Cabaret
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Michael Moore
Film Director
23-Apr-1954   Fahrenheit 9/11
Agnes Moorehead
Actor
6-Dec-1900 30-Apr-1974 Endora on Bewitched
Christopher Morahan
Film Director
9-Jul-1929   Clockwise
Rick Moranis
Actor
18-Apr-1953   SCTV, Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Rita Moreno
Actor
11-Dec-1931   West Side Story, Electric Company
Harry Morgan
Actor
10-Apr-1915 7-Dec-2011 Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H
Michael Moriarty
Actor
5-Apr-1941   ADA on Law & Order
Karen Morrow
Singer
15-Dec-1936   Sing, Muse!
Robert Morse
Actor
18-May-1931   How to Succeed in Business
Bill Moyers
Journalist
6-Jun-1934   NOW with Bill Moyers
Richard Mulligan
Actor
13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Robert Mulligan
Film Director
23-Aug-1925 20-Dec-2008 To Kill a Mockingbird
Dennis Muren
Artist
1-Nov-1946   Special effects for Star Wars
Rosemary Murphy
Actor
13-Jan-1927   Eleanor and Franklin
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Jerry Nachman
Journalist
24-Feb-1946 19-Jan-2004 MSNBC reporter
Mildred Natwick
Actor
19-Jun-1905 25-Oct-1994 Barefoot in the Park
Ralph Nelson
Film Director
12-Aug-1916 21-Dec-1987 Father Goose
Bebe Neuwirth
Actor
31-Dec-1958   Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers
Sheila Nevins
Film/TV Producer
6-Apr-1939   President, HBO Documentary and Family
Randy Newman
Songwriter
28-Nov-1943   I Love L.A., Short People
Mike Nichols
Film Director
6-Nov-1931   Primary Colors
Cynthia Nixon
Actor
9-Apr-1966   Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City
Nick De Noia
Dancer
c. 1941 7-Apr-1987 First choreographer for Chippendales
Lloyd Nolan
Actor
11-Aug-1902 27-Sep-1985 Dr. Chegley on Julia
George Noory
Radio Personality
4-Jun-1950   Coast to Coast AM
Michele Norris
Radio Personality
7-Sep-1961   NPR host, All Things Considered
Deborah Norville
Journalist
8-Aug-1958   Inside Edition
Bill Nye
TV Personality
27-Nov-1955   Bill Nye the Science Guy
Soledad O'Brien
Journalist
19-Sep-1966   CNN newscaster
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Donald O'Connor
Actor
28-Aug-1925 27-Sep-2003 Singin' in the Rain
Lawrence O'Donnell
Journalist
7-Nov-1951   MSNBC political analyst
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Bob Odenkirk
Comic
22-Oct-1962   Mr. Show
Don Ohlmeyer
Business
3-Feb-1945   President of NBC West Coast
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Warren Olney
Radio Personality
?   LA radio host, To the Point
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady
28-Jul-1929 19-May-1994 Wife of John F. Kennedy
Kenny Ortega
Choreographer
18-Apr-1950   High School Musical
Super Dave Osborne
Daredevil
20-Nov-1942   Underwhelming daredevil
Jack Osbourne
Relative
8-Nov-1985   Son of Ozzy Osbourne
Charles Osgood
Journalist
8-Jan-1933   CBS News Sunday Morning
Rick Overton
Comic
10-Aug-1954   Earth Girls Are Easy
Al Pacino
Actor
25-Apr-1940   Michael Corleone in The Godfather
Geraldine Page
Actor
22-Nov-1924 13-Jun-1987 Toys in the Attic
Jack Palance
Actor
18-Feb-1919 10-Nov-2006 Performed one-handed push-ups
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
10-Dec-1909 19-Sep-1990 Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers
Joe Pantoliano
Actor
12-Sep-1951   Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
Mary-Louise Parker
Actor
2-Aug-1964   Weeds
Jim Parsons
Actor
24-Mar-1973   Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory
Mandy Patinkin
Actor
30-Nov-1952   Dead Like Me
Aaron Paul
Actor
27-Aug-1979   Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad
Jane Pauley
Talk Show Host
31-Oct-1950   Host of Today Show, 1976-89
Alice Pearce
Actor
16-Oct-1917 3-Mar-1966 Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched
Guy Pearce
Actor
5-Oct-1967   Memento, L.A. Confidential
Scott Pelley
Journalist
c. 1957   CBS Evening News
Leo Penn
Film Director
27-Aug-1921 5-Sep-1998 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Barry Pepper
Actor
4-Apr-1970   The Green Mile
Kyra Phillips
Journalist
8-Aug-1968   CNN anchor
Stone Phillips
Journalist
2-Dec-1954   Blow-dried news reader
David Hyde Pierce
Actor
3-Apr-1959   Niles on Frasier
Walter Pincus
Journalist
24-Dec-1932   Washington Post reporter with CIA ties
Mary Kay Place
Actor
23-Sep-1947   Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Bill Plante
Journalist
14-Jan-1938   CBS White House correspondent
Suzanne Pleshette
Actor
31-Jan-1937 19-Jan-2008 The Birds
Amanda Plummer
Actor
23-Mar-1957   Pulp Fiction
Sydney Pollack
Film Director
1-Jul-1934 26-May-2008 Tootsie
Tom Poston
Actor
17-Oct-1921 30-Apr-2007 Handyman on Newhart
Bill Press
Pundit
1940   Liberal commentator
Leontyne Price
Singer
10-Feb-1927   Operatic soprano
Jeff Probst
Game Show Host
4-Nov-1961   Survivor
Richard Pryor
Comic
1-Dec-1940 10-Dec-2005 Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy
Wolfgang Puck
Chef
8-Jan-1949   Spago restaurant
Martha Raddatz
Journalist
1953   ABC News correspondent
Gilda Radner
Comic
28-Jun-1946 20-May-1989 Saturday Night Live
Alan Rafkin
Film Director
23-Jul-1928 6-Aug-2001 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Tony Randall
Actor
26-Feb-1920 18-May-2004 Felix Unger in The Odd Couple
Ahmad Rashad
TV Personality
19-Nov-1949   Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Dan Rather
Journalist
31-Oct-1931   Former CBS Anchorman
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Christopher Reeve
Actor
25-Sep-1952 10-Oct-2004 Superman
Rob Reiner
Actor
6-Mar-1947   Meathead
Paul Reubens
Actor
27-Aug-1952   Pee-wee Herman
Burt Reynolds
Actor
11-Feb-1936   Moustached Cannonball Run actor
Gene Reynolds
Actor
4-Apr-1923   Child actor, later TV director/producer
David Lowell Rich
Film Director
31-Aug-1923   The Concorde: Airport '79
Beah Richards
Actor
12-Jul-1920 14-Sep-2000 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Ritter
Actor
17-Sep-1948 11-Sep-2003 Jack Tripper on Three's Company
Geraldo Rivera
Journalist
4-Jul-1943   Fox News commentator
Joan Rivers
Comic
8-Jun-1933   Can we talk?
Jason Robards
Actor
26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men
Doris Roberts
Actor
4-Nov-1930   Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond
John D. Roberts
Journalist
15-Nov-1956   Fox News reporter/host
Robin Roberts
TV Personality
23-Nov-1960   Good Morning America
Cliff Robertson
Actor
9-Sep-1923 10-Sep-2011 Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Nic Robertson
Journalist
8-Jun-1962   CNN senior international correspondent
Phil Alden Robinson
Film Director
1-Mar-1950   Field of Dreams
Chris Rock
Comic
7-Feb-1965   Everybody Hates Chris
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Roeper
Columnist
17-Oct-1959   Siskel's replacement
Fred Rogers
TV Personality
20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers
Al Roker
TV Personality
20-Aug-1954   Today Show weatherman
Esther Rolle
Actor
8-Nov-1920 17-Nov-1998 Florida Evans on Good Times
Andy Rooney
Journalist
14-Jan-1919 4-Nov-2011 60 Minutes' resident crank
Mickey Rooney
Actor
23-Sep-1920   Actor in Andy Hardy comedies, musicals
Charlie Rose
Talk Show Host
5-Jan-1942   Charlie Rose Show
Stuart Rosenberg
Film Director
11-Aug-1927 15-Mar-2007 Cool Hand Luke
Brian Ross
Journalist
23-Oct-1948   ABC News investigative correspondent
Pete Rugolo
Composer
25-Dec-1915 16-Oct-2011 Jazz and television composer
Tim Russert
Talk Show Host
7-May-1950 13-Jun-2008 Meet the Press
Aaron Russo
Film/TV Producer
14-Feb-1943 24-Aug-2007 Libertarian filmmaker
Morley Safer
Journalist
8-Nov-1931   60 Minutes
Carl Sagan
Astronomer
9-Nov-1934 20-Dec-1996 Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos
Paul Sagan
Business
c. 1959   CEO of Akamai
Eva Marie Saint
Actor
4-Jul-1924   North by Northwest
Andy Samberg
Actor
18-Aug-1978   SNL, The Lonely Island
Rick Sanchez
Journalist
3-Jul-1958   Former CNN anchor
Isabel Sanford
Actor
29-Aug-1917 9-Jul-2004 Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Cristina Saralegui
TV Personality
29-Jan-1948   The Hispanic Oprah
Herbert Sargent
Screenwriter
15-Jul-1923 6-May-2005 SNL writer
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Diane Sawyer
Journalist
22-Dec-1945   Good Morning America
Greta Scacchi
Actor
18-Feb-1960   The Player
Dick Schaap
Journalist
27-Sep-1934 21-Dec-2001 Flashing Before My Eyes
George Schaefer
Film Director
16-Dec-1920 10-Sep-1997 The Bunker
Richard Schiff
Actor
27-May-1955   The West Wing
David Schlesinger
Journalist
15-Apr-1960   Editor-in-Chief of Reuters
Claudine Schneider
Politician
25-Mar-1947   Congresswoman from Rhode Island, 1981-91
Daniel Schorr
Journalist
31-Aug-1916 23-Jul-2010 Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy
Paul Scofield
Actor
21-Jan-1922 19-Mar-2008 A Man For All Seaons
Martin Scorsese
Film Director
17-Nov-1942   Taxi Driver
George C. Scott
Actor
18-Oct-1927 22-Sep-1999 Patton
Vin Scully
Baseball
29-Nov-1927   Voice of the Dodgers
Kyra Sedgwick
Actor
19-Aug-1965   The Closer
Rod Serling
Author
25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Frank Sesno
Journalist
c. 1955   CNN Washington bureau chief
Dr. Seuss
Author
2-Mar-1904 24-Sep-1991 The Cat in the Hat
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
26-Nov-1912 9-Jul-1992 CBS News journalist
Tony Shalhoub
Actor
9-Oct-1953   Monk
Garry Shandling
Comic
29-Nov-1949   Larry Sanders
Bernard Shaw
Journalist
22-May-1940   Prime time CNN news anchor
John Shea
Actor
14-Apr-1949   Lex Luthor on Lois & Clark
Fulton J. Sheen
Religion
8-May-1895 9-Dec-1979 America's first televangelist
Martin Sheen
Actor
3-Aug-1940   The West Wing
Claire Shipman
Journalist
1962   Good Morning America
Dinah Shore
Singer
29-Feb-1916 24-Feb-1994 See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let
Maria Shriver
Journalist
6-Nov-1955   Married to Arnold Schwarzenegger
David Shuster
Journalist
18-Apr-1967   Former MSNBC anchor
Joel Siegel
Critic
7-Jul-1943 29-Jun-2007 Film critic
Simone Signoret
Actor
25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 Ship of Fools
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
Howard Da Silva
Actor
4-May-1909 16-Feb-1986 Bartender in The Lost Weekend
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
David Simon
Author
1960   The Wire
Madge Sinclair
Actor
28-Apr-1938 20-Dec-1995 Nurse Shoop on Trapper John
Gary Sinise
Actor
17-Mar-1955   Det. Taylor on CSI: NY
Red Skelton
Comic
18-Jul-1913 17-Sep-1997 The Red Skelton Show
Tom Skerritt
Actor
25-Aug-1933   Viper in Top Gun
Jean Smart
Actor
13-Sep-1959   Charlene on Designing Women
Jack Smight
Film Director
9-Mar-1925 1-Sep-2003 Midway
G. E. Smith
Guitarist
27-Jan-1952   And the Saturday Night Live band
Maggie Smith
Actor
28-Dec-1934   Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter
Yeardley Smith
Actor
3-Jul-1964   Voice of Lisa on The Simpsons
Madeleine Smithberg
Comic
c. 1959   Daily Show co-creator
Aaron Sorkin
Author
9-Jun-1961   The West Wing, Sports Night
James Spader
Actor
7-Feb-1960   Sex, Lies, and Videotape
John Spencer
Actor
20-Dec-1946 16-Dec-2005 Leo McGarry on The West Wing
Caroll Spinney
TV Personality
26-Dec-1933   Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
Jerry Springer
Talk Show Host
13-Feb-1944   The Jerry Springer Show
Robert Stack
Actor
13-Jan-1919 14-May-2003 The Untouchables
Lesley Stahl
Journalist
16-Dec-1941   60 Minutes
Kim Stanley
Actor
11-Feb-1925 20-Aug-2001 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Maureen Stapleton
Actor
21-Jun-1925 13-Mar-2006 Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman
Shelby Steele
Activist
1-Jan-1946   The Content of Our Character
Ben Stein
Game Show Host
25-Nov-1944   Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
David Steinberg
Comic
9-Aug-1942   Second City alumnus
Isaac Stern
Violinist
21-Jul-1920 22-Sep-2001 Violin virtuoso
Allison Stewart
Journalist
4-Jul-1966   MSNBC news anchor
Jon Stewart
Comic
28-Nov-1962   Anchor of The Daily Show
Milburn Stone
Actor
5-Jul-1904 12-Jun-1980 Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
John Stossel
Journalist
6-Mar-1947   Libertarian reporter
Peter Strauss
Actor
20-Feb-1947   The Jericho Mile
Meryl Streep
Actor
22-Jun-1949   The Deer Hunter
Barbra Streisand
Singer
24-Apr-1942   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Elaine Stritch
Actor
2-Feb-1925   Two's Company
Charles Strouse
Composer
7-Jun-1928   Bye Bye Birdie
Sally Struthers
Actor
28-Jul-1948   All In The Family
Joel Surnow
Film/TV Producer
18-Dec-1955   24, Half Hour News Hour
David Susskind
Talk Show Host
19-Dec-1920 22-Feb-1987 The David Susskind Show
Donald Sutherland
Actor
17-Jul-1935   The Dirty Dozen
Loretta Swit
Actor
4-Nov-1937   Hot Lips on M*A*S*H
Jessica Tandy
Actor
7-Jun-1909 11-Sep-1994 Driving Miss Daisy
Billy Taylor
Jazz Musician
24-Jul-1921 28-Dec-2010 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Holland Taylor
Actor
14-Jan-1943   The Naked Truth
June Taylor
Dancer
14-Dec-1917 17-May-2004 June Taylor Dancers choreographer
Leigh Taylor-Young
Actor
25-Jan-1945   I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
John Tesh
TV Personality
9-Jul-1952   Ex-Co-Anchor Entertainment Tonight
Twyla Tharp
Dancer
1-Jul-1941   Choreographer
Betty Thomas
Film Director
27-Jul-1948   Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues
Dave Thomas
Comic
20-May-1949   SCTV
Jay Thomas
Actor
12-Jul-1948   Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown
Marlo Thomas
Actor
21-Nov-1937   That Girl
Richard Thomas
Actor
13-Jun-1951   John Boy on The Waltons
Emma Thompson
Actor
15-Apr-1959   Howard's End
Linda Thompson
Actor
23-May-1950   Former beauty queen, Ex-Girlfriend of Elvis
Burr Tillstrom
Performance Artist
13-Oct-1917 6-Dec-1985 Puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Marisa Tomei
Actor
4-Dec-1964   My Cousin Vinny
Lily Tomlin
Actor
1-Sep-1939   Laugh-In
Jeffrey Toobin
Attorney
21-May-1960   CNN Senior Legal Analyst
Daniel J. Travanti
Actor
7-Mar-1940   Hill Street Blues
Alex Trebek
Game Show Host
22-Jul-1940   Jeopardy
Claire Trevor
Actor
8-Mar-1910 8-Apr-2000 Key Largo
Liz Trotta
Journalist
c. 1937   Fox News contributor
Peter F. Tufo
Diplomat
1937   US Ambassador to Hungary, 1997-2001
Cicely Tyson
Actor
19-Dec-1933   Sounder
Peter Ustinov
Actor
16-Apr-1921 28-Mar-2004 British stage actor
Karen Valentine
Actor
25-May-1947   Alice Johnson on Room 222
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
Jimmy Van Heusen
Composer
26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
Vivian Vance
Actor
26-Jul-1909 17-Aug-1979 Ethel on I Love Lucy
Jim Varney
Actor
15-Jun-1949 10-Feb-2000 Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell
Sarah Vaughan
Singer
28-Mar-1924 3-Apr-1990 The Divine One
Robert Vaughn
Actor
22-Nov-1932   Napoleon Solo on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Bruce Vilanch
Author
23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Actor
5-Jul-1960   American character actor
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
11-Nov-1922 11-Apr-2007 Slaughterhouse Five
Lindsay Wagner
Actor
22-Jun-1949   The Bionic Woman
Chris Wallace
Journalist
12-Oct-1947   Fox News Sunday
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Eli Wallach
Actor
7-Dec-1915   The Magnificent Seven
Barbara Walters
Journalist
25-Sep-1929   20/20, The View
Sela Ward
Actor
11-Jul-1956   Lily Sammler on Once and Again
Jack Warden
Actor
18-Sep-1920 19-Jul-2006 12 Angry Men
David Warner
Actor
29-Jul-1941   The Omen
Sam Waterston
Actor
15-Nov-1940   Asst DA Jack McCoy on Law & Order
Dennis Weaver
Actor
4-Jun-1924 24-Feb-2006 Sam McCloud in McCloud
James H. Webb
Military
9-Feb-1946   US Senator from Virginia
Patricia Wettig
Actor
4-Dec-1951   thirtysomething
Forest Whitaker
Actor
15-Jul-1961   Ghost Dog
Betty White
Actor
17-Jan-1922   TV sitcom and game show mainstay
Lynn Whitfield
Actor
6-May-1953   The Josephine Baker Story
Bradley Whitford
Actor
10-Oct-1959   The West Wing
James Whitmore
Actor
1-Oct-1921 6-Feb-2009 Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Dianne Wiest
Actor
28-Mar-1948   Footloose
Richard E. Wiley
Attorney
20-Jul-1934   FCC Chairman, 1974-77
Max Wilk
Author
3-Jul-1920 19-Feb-2011 Don't Raise the Bridge: Lower the River
Brian Williams
Journalist
5-May-1959   Tom Brokaw's successor at NBC News
Hank Williams, Jr.
Country Musician
26-May-1949   Monday Night Football theme
Juan Williams
Pundit
10-Apr-1954   Fox News commentator
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
Bruce Willis
Actor
19-Mar-1955   Die Hard
Larry Wilmore
Comic
1962   Daily Show Senior Black Correspondent
Nancy Wilson
Singer
20-Feb-1937   Jazz and pop diva
Pete Wilson
Journalist
Apr-1945 20-Jul-2007 KGO -TV and AM anchor/host
Simon Wincer
Film Director
1943   Free Willy
Oprah Winfrey
Talk Show Host
29-Jan-1954   The Oprah Winfrey Show
Mare Winningham
Actor
16-May-1959   Georgia
Kate Winslet
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Titanic
Stan Winston
Artist
7-Apr-1946 15-Jun-2008 Special effects artist
Ray Winstone
Actor
19-Feb-1957   Vincent
Jonathan Winters
Comic
11-Nov-1925   Mearth, son of Mork
Shelley Winters
Actor
18-Aug-1920 14-Jan-2006 Method actress and camp queen
Katarina Witt
Figure Skating
3-Dec-1965   Figure skater
Dick Wolf
Film/TV Producer
20-Dec-1946   Producer of Law and Order
David L. Wolper
Film/TV Producer
11-Jan-1928 10-Aug-2010 Roots
Alfre Woodard
Actor
8-Nov-1953   K-PAX
Judy Woodruff
Journalist
20-Nov-1946   PBS newscaster
James Woods
Actor
18-Apr-1947   Casino, Any Given Sunday
Joanne Woodward
Actor
27-Feb-1930   The Three Faces of Eve
Jeffrey Wright
Actor
7-Dec-1965   Basquiat
Robert Wuhl
Actor
9-Oct-1951   Arliss on Arli$$
Robert J. Wussler
Business
8-Sep-1936 5-Jun-2010 President of CBS Television, 1976-78
Jane Wyatt
Actor
12-Aug-1910 20-Oct-2006 Father Knows Best
Ed Wynn
Actor
9-Nov-1886 19-Jun-1966 Requiem for a Heavyweight
Martin Yan
Chef
1949   Yan Can Cook
David Yates
Film Director
1963   Director, 5th and 6th Harry Potter films
Bud Yorkin
Film Director
22-Feb-1926   Start the Revolution Without Me
Loretta Young
Actor
6-Jan-1913 12-Aug-2000 Platinum Blonde
Roger Young
Film Director
13-May-1942   The Bourne Identity
Paula Zahn
Journalist
24-Feb-1956   CNN's Paula Zahn Now
John Zarrella
Journalist
c. 1954   CNN Miami bureau chief
Anthony Zerbe
Actor
20-May-1936   Dog boy in Cool Hand Luke
Edward Zwick
Film Director
8-Oct-1952   The Last Samurai




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