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Barbra Streisand
Actress, Singer / 1942 -
Barbra Streisand is the highest-selling female recording artist of all time, and has won awards and acclaim in every medium that she's worked in.
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(1942-)
Actress, Singer
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David Susskind
Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1920 - 1987
David Susskind was a TV producer and host of the talk shows Open End (1958–67) and The David Susskind Show (1967–86).
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(1920-1987)
Talk Show Host, Television Producer
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Donald Sutherland
Film Actor / 1934 -
Donald Sutherland is a Hollywood actor with a long line of credits to his name, from The Dirty Dozen to Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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(1934-)
Film Actor
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Jessica Tandy
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1909 - 1994
Jessica Tandy was an English-born U.S. actress well known for her role in Broadway's Foxfire and her Oscar-winning performance in the film Driving Miss Daisy.
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(1909-1994)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Quentin Tarantino
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Quentin Tarantino jolted onto the Hollywood scene with his screenplay for True Romance, before directing the early 1990s films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
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(1963-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Paul Taylor
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer / 1930 -
Paul Taylor is a renowned modern dance choreographer who helms the Paul Taylor Dance Company. His works include "Aureole," "Esplanade" and "Arden Court."
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(1930-)
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer
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Twyla Tharp
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer / 1941 -
Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer who often integrated popular music--including songs by Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra--into her work.
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(1941-)
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer
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Alan Thicke
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1947 -
During the mid-1980s to early 1990s, actor Alan Thicke played one of television’s most beloved sitcom dads, psychiatrist Jason Seaver on Growing Pains.
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(1947-)
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Marlo Thomas
Television Actress / 1937 -
Actress Marlo Thomas starred on the 1970s television hits That Girl and Free to Be...You and Me. She is married to Phil Donahue.
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(1937-)
Television Actress
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Emma Thompson
Actress / 1959 -
Academy Award–winning actress Emma Thompson starred in films like Howards End, Sense and Sensibility and Nanny McPhee.
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(1959-)
Actress
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Alex Trebek
Philanthropist, Game Show Host / 1940 -
Alex Trebek has served as the host of Jeopardy!, one of the most popular game shows in television history, for which he has won several Daytime Emmy Awards.
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(1940-)
Philanthropist, Game Show Host
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Stanley Tucci
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1960 -
Stanley Tucci is an actor, perhaps best known for playing Julia Child's husband in Julie & Julia, as well as his Oscar-winning performance in The Lovely Bones.
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(1960-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director
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Mary Tyler Moore
Actress / 1936 -
Mary Tyler Moore is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and television star know for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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(1936-)
Actress
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Cicely Tyson
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1933 -
Cicely Tyson is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning actress committed to presenting positive images of strong African American women.
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(1933-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Tracey Ullman
Television Actress / 1959 -
Tracey Ullman is a comedic actress best known for her TV show The Tracey Ullman Show, for which she won an Emmy in 1990.
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(1959-)
Television Actress
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Peter Ustinov
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright / 1921 - 2004
Peter Ustinov was an English actor, writer and director who is known for his Oscar-winning performances in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964).
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(1921-2004)
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright
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Dick Van Dyke
Television Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Writer / 1925 -
Dick Van Dyke is an American actor and comedian best known for hosting The Dick Van Dyke Show. He's also known for starring on Diagnosis Murder and for roles in films like Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy and Night at the Museum.
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(1925-)
Television Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Writer
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Vivian Vance
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1909 - 1979
Vivian Vance was an actress chiefly known as Ethel Murtz on the 1950s TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
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(1909-1979)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Jim Varney
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian / 1949 - 2000
Comedic actor Jim Varney played his signature character Ernest P. Worrell in hundreds of commercials and five Disney films including Ernest goes to Camp (1987).
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(1949-2000)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian
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Sarah Vaughan
Singer / 1924 - 1990
Sarah Vaughan was an American jazz vocalist known for her impressive three octave range. She was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1990.
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(1924-1990)
Singer
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Robert Vaughn
Actor / 1932 -
American actor Robert Vaughn is best known for his 1960s role as Napoleon Solo on the hit TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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(1932-)
Actor
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Meredith Vieira
Talk Show Host, News Anchor / 1953 -
Meredith Vieira is an Emmy-winning TV journalist and personality who has co-anchored The Today Show and co-hosted The View.
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(1953-)
Talk Show Host, News Anchor
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Lindsay Wagner
Film Actress, Television Actress, Journalist / 1949 -
Lindsay Wagner is an actress and activist known for her portrayal of Jamie Sommers on TV's The Bionic Woman.
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(1949-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Journalist
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Christopher Walken
Actor / 1943 -
Film Actor Christopher Walken often plays the bad guy, but he has also proved himself in comic roles and has been a repeat guest on Saturday Night Live.
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(1943-)
Actor
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Mike Wallace
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1918 - 2012
Mike Wallace is an interviewer and reporter who has been working in TV and radio since 1939. He joined the program 60 Minutes in 1968.
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(1918-2012)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Eli Wallach
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1915 -
American actor Eli Wallach has appeared in such films as The Misfits; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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(1915-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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John Walsh
Activist, Philanthropist, Television Personality / 1945 -
John Walsh hosts the TV series America's Most Wanted, as a result of his son being abducted and murdered in 1981.
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(1945-)
Activist, Philanthropist, Television Personality
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Ray Walston
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian / 1914 - 2001
Actor Ray Walston enjoyed a successful acting career and is best known for his character Uncle Martin O'Hara on the CBS series My Favorite Martian.
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(1914-2001)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian
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Barbara Walters
News Anchor, Television Producer, Journalist / 1929 -
Famed television journalist Barbara Walters is best known as the 11-year star of the Today show, and for being the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program.
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(1929-)
News Anchor, Television Producer, Journalist
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Sam Waterston
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1940 -
Sam Waterston is an acclaimed actor known for his film, TV and stage work, including roles in Law & Order and Gore Vidal's Lincoln.
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(1940-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer / 1958 -
Comedian and actor Keenen Ivory Wayans hosted his own late night show, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. His famous siblings are Damon, Shawn, Marlon and Kim.
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(1958-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer
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Betty White
Animal Rights Activist, Television Actress, Comedian / 1922 -
Betty White is a comedic actress who has been in show business, from TV to film, since the 1950s, most notably on The Golden Girls.
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(1922-)
Animal Rights Activist, Television Actress, Comedian
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Meg White
Singer / 1974 -
Meg White is best known a member of the musical duo, The White Stripes.
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(1974-)
Singer
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Dianne Wiest
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Dianne Wiest is an actress known for roles in films such as The Lost Boys and on the TV show In Treatment.
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(1948-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Kristen Wiig
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian / 1973 -
Comedian Kristen Wiig's Saturday Night Live characters Penelope and Gilly, and spot-on impressions of Suze Orman and Nancy Pelosi, have become fan favorites.
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(1973-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian
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Tom Wilkinson
Actor / 1948 -
English actor Tom Wilkinson is best known for his Oscar-nominated roles in the films In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton.
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(1948-)
Actor
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Andy Williams
Singer, Television Personality / 1927 - 2012
Andy Williams is an American singer whose hits include “Moon River.” His Emmy-winning TV show entertained families during the 1960s and 1970s.
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(1927-2012)
Singer, Television Personality
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Brian Williams
News Anchor / 1959 -
Brian Williams is a newscaster and the managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, a show he has hosted since 2004.
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(1959-)
News Anchor
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Bruce Willis
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1955 -
Bruce Willis first made a splash on TV in Moonlighting, costarring Cybill Shepherd, but his fame really grew with films such as Die Hard, The Sixth Sense and The Expendables.
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(1955-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Chandra Wilson
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1969 -
Actress Chandra Wilson is perhaps best know for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC’s hit prime-time series Grey’s Anatomy.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Flip Wilson
Television Actor, Comedian / 1933 - 1998
Comedian Flip Wilson was one of the first successful African American hosts on television. The Flip Wilson Show ran from 1970 to 1974.
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(1933-1998)
Television Actor, Comedian
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Paul Winfield
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1939 - 2004
Actor Paul Winfield was best known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper in the film Sounder, which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
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(1939-2004)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Henry Winkler
Television Actor / 1945 -
Henry Winkler is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Fonzie on the hit 1970s sitcom Happy Days. He has produced and directed several television series.
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(1945-)
Television Actor
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Jonathan Winters
Actor, Comedian / 1925 - 2013
American comedian Jonathan Winters was once described by talk-show host Jack Paar as "pound for pound, the funniest man alive."
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(1925-2013)
Actor, Comedian
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Dick Wolf
Television Producer / 1946 -
Dick Wolf is an Emmy-winning television producer who brought the Law & Order franchise to the small screen.
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(1946-)
Television Producer
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James Woods
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1947 -
James Woods is an award-winning actor of stage and screen, known for his versatility in fare like Salvador, My Name Is Bill W. and Ghosts of Mississippi.
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(1947-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Joanne Woodward
Film Actress / 1930 -
Joanne Woodward is an award-winning American actress best known for her roles in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Rachel Rachel (1968) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). Woodward is the widow of actor Paul Newman.
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(1930-)
Film Actress
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Jane Wyatt
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1910 - 2006
Emmy-award winning actress Jane Wyatt is best known for her role as housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS television sitcom Father Knows Best.
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(1910-2006)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Peter Yarrow
Musician / 1938 -
One-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow co-wrote and sang hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon." He is now a social and political activist.
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(1938-)
Musician
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Loretta Young
Actress / 1913 - 2000
Loretta young was a child actor who became one of Hollywood's leading ladies in the 1930s and 1940s.
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(1913-2000)
Actress