The Lion King 2:Simba's Pride 1998 premiere
by MikeSeravello-233-985397 | created - 04 Jun 2018 | updated - 04 Oct 2018 | PublicTuesday October 20th, Wadsworth Theatre 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
1. Suzanne Pleshette
Actress | The Birds
Suzanne Pleshette achieved television immortality in her role as Bob Newhart's wife in the 1970s classic situation comedy, The Bob Newhart Show (1972). For her role as "Emily Hartley," wife of psychologist "Bob Hartley" (played by Bob Newhart), Pleshette was nominated for the Emmy Award twice, in ...
2. Antonio Banderas
Actor | The Mask of Zorro
Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.
He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, ...
3. Melanie Griffith
Actress | Working Girl
Melanie Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in New York City, to then model/future actress Tippi Hedren and former child actor turned advertising executive Peter Griffith. Her parents' marriage ended when she was four years old and Tippi brought Melanie to Los Angeles to get a new start. Tippi ...
4. Denise Richards
Actress | The World Is Not Enough
Denise Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the older of two daughters of Joni Lee, who owned a coffee shop, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer. She has German, French-Canadian, Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. She grew up in the Chicago area, until the family relocated to Oceanside...
5. Charlton Heston
Actor | Ben-Hur
With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...
6. David Hasselhoff
Actor | Baywatch
David Hasselhoff has become one of the most recognizable faces on television and throughout the world. Aside from starring in Knight Rider (1982) and Baywatch (1989), he is also an accomplished singer and popular recording artist.
David Michael Hasselhoff was born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, ...
7. Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff
Actress | Baywatch
Internationally recognized actress, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff is the recipient of Germany's Otto Award (in recognition of her status as one of Germany's favorite actresses). Pamela is among just a handful of actresses who have done two television series, concurrently. This multi-talented actress ...
8. Ben Savage
Actor | Boy Meets World
Bennett "Ben" Joseph Savage was born on September 13th, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois. Ben got his start in acting when he appeared in his first commercial at the tender age of 5. From there, his first major speaking role was in the comedy series, Dear John (1988), opposite Judd Hirsch and fellow ...
9. Alexander Bauer
Writer | Kazoo's on First?
Alexander Bauer is known for Kazoo's on First? (2013), This Loneliness (2015) and Orange Vests and Cigarettes (2024).
10. Stella Banderas
Actress | Crazy in Alabama
Stella Banderas was born on September 24, 1996 in Marbella, Spain. She is an actress, known for Crazy in Alabama (1999), Festival de cine de San Sebastián 2021 - Gala de inauguración (2021) and The Oscars (2020).
11. Dakota Johnson
Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey
Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. She was born in Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.
In 1999, she made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), where she and her half-sister, ...
12. David James Elliott
Actor | Trumbo
David James Elliott was born on September 21, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Trumbo (2015), JAG (1995) and Exploding Sun (2013). He has been married to Nanci Chambers since October 8, 1992. They have two children.
13. Carrie Fisher
Actress | Star Wars
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...
14. Billie Lourd
Actress | Booksmart
Billie Lourd is an American actress. She is known for starring as Chanel #3 in the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015-2016) and for her roles in the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story (2017-present). She also appears as Lieutenant Connix in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015...
15. Heather Hedley
Actress | 19-2
Heather Hedley is known for 19-2 (2014), Game On (2015) and The Kitten (2020).
16. Kenny Lattimore
Soundtrack | The Best Man
Kenny Lattimore was born on April 10, 1970 in Washington, DC, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Best Man (1999), Love Jones (1997) and Charlie Jade (2005). He has been married to Faith Jenkins since March 8, 2020. They have one child. He was previously married to Chanté Moore.
17. Michelle Horn
Actress | Hostage
Born and raised in Southern California, where she still lives with her family, Michelle asked to go to acting classes at age 6 after having seen Free Willy (1993). She's had awarded actresses Kathleen Quinlan ("Family Law") and Patricia Richardson ("Strong Medicine") as her TV moms, and she ...
18. Myles Jeffrey
Actor | Early Edition
Myles Jeffrey was born on October 5, 1990 in Riverside County, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Early Edition (1996), Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998).
19. Danica McKellar
Actress | The Wonder Years
Together with her younger sister, Crystal McKellar, she began acting at a young age in her mother's dance studio. In 1982 the family moved to Los Angeles and a few years later she appeared in her first commercial. A few guest appearances in The Twilight Zone (1985) was followed by her breakthrough ...
20. Alexandra Romano
Actress | Ice Age: Continental Drift
Alexandra Romano is known for Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) and The Rules of Lacrosse... and the Men Who Break Them.
21. Ray Romano
Actor | Everybody Loves Raymond
Ray Romano grew up in Forest Hills, Queens. He performed in the NYC comedy club circuit before landing a guest spot on The Letterman Show. It was here that he propelled his TV show Everybody Loves Raymond.
He was also the voice of the Mammoth in the extremely successful Ice Age Series Movies.
He is ...
22. Anna Romano
Actress | Quand s'approfondit l'hiver
Anna Romano was born on February 24, 1963 in the USA. She is a cinematographer and actress, known for Quand s'approfondit l'hiver (2010), Because She's Worth It (2012) and Class (2015). She has been married to Ray Romano since October 11, 1987. They have four children.
23. Matt Romano
Matt Romano is known for Up in the Air (2009), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) and Made for Love (2021).
24. Gregory Romano
Actor | Ice Age: The Meltdown
Gregory Romano is known for Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Somewhere in Queens (2022) and Grande Soiree des Parodies TV (2015).
25. Cassandra Peterson
Actress | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She began her career at age 17 as the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history in the show "Vive Les Girls" at the Dunes Hotel. After receiving advice from "The King" himself, Elvis Presley, she traveled to ...
26. Robert Townsend
Producer | Hollywood Shuffle
Robert Townsend transcends any medium he touches whether he's performing stand up, acting, writing, directing, producing, or running a television network. A Chicago native, Townsend is often referred to as one of the "Godfathers" of the Independent Film World." With over 30 years in the business, ...
27. Sheri Jones
Costume_department | Dawn of a New Day
Sheri Jones is known for Dawn of a New Day (2014).
28. Julie Moran
Actress | Independence Day
Julie Moran was born on January 10, 1962 in Thomasville, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Independence Day (1996), All Good Things (2010) and Criminal Minds (2005). She has been married to Rob Moran since April 12, 1987. They have two children.
29. Richard Karn
Actor | Home Improvement
Richard Karn was born on February 17, 1956, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Gene and Louise Wilson. He has a sister named Sue. His birth name was Richard Karn Wilson, but he shortened it to Richard Karn because there was already a Richard Wilson registered with the Screen Actors Guild. He did ...
30. Tudi Roche
Actress | City of Angels
Tudi Roche was born on July 19, 1955 in Lubbock County, Texas, USA. She is an actress and director, known for City of Angels (1998), Pursuit of Happiness (2001) and Home Improvement (1991). She has been married to Richard Karn since October 19, 1985. They have one child. She was previously married ...
31. Charles Shaughnessy
Actor | The Magicians
Charles was born into a show business family. His father, Alfred Shaughnessy, was the principal writer for the popular London Weekend Television/ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress. He started appearing in plays during school. He attended Eton College ...
32. Susan Fallender
Actress | Trading Places
Susan Fallender is known for Trading Places (1983), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Space Rangers (1993). She has been married to Charles Shaughnessy since May 21, 1983. They have two children.
33. Jenny Shaughnessy
Jenny Shaughnessy is known for Masters of Sex (2013), Bella and the Bulldogs (2015) and SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).
34. A Martinez
Actor | Longmire
A Martinez was born in Glendale, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Longmire (2012), Dark Winds (2022) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024). He has been married to Leslie Bryans since July 17, 1982. They have three children. He was previously married to Mare Winningham.
35. Robert Guillaume
Actor | Benson
Robert Peter Williams Guillaume was an actor from St. Louis, Missouri who was known for playing Rafiki from The Lion King, Benson DuBois from Soap and Benson, and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls. He had five children from two marriages. He passed away in October 24, 2017 due to prostate cancer ...
36. Jason Marsden
Actor | Boy Meets World
You've seen him. You've heard him. Appearing across platforms such as television, feature film, animation, video games, commercials, talking toys, promotion, narration, and internet; as a result, Mars is affectionately referred to as "That Guy From That Show".
Originally from Warwick, RI, Marsden ...
37. Teri Garr
Actress | Tootsie
Teri Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was the daughter of Eddie Garr, a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr, a dancer. While she was still an infant, her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey but, after the death of her father when she was 11, the family ...
38. Andy Dick
Actor | Road Trip
Andrew Dick is an American actor, producer and comedian. He is known for playing Boingo from Hoodwinked, Kramer from Inspector Gadget, Mr. Sheepman from Clone High, Mambo from Happily N'Ever After, Dylan from The Reef, Barry from Old School and Nuka from The Lion King II. He was married to Ivone ...
39. Jack Heston
Producer | Amateur
Jack Heston is known for Amateur (2018), Tell Me How I Die (2016) and Rehearsal (2015).
40. Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff
Actress | Baywatch
Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff was born on May 5, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Baywatch (1989), Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) and Sunken City (2014). She has been married to Madison Fiore since February 4, 2023.
41. Hayley Hasselhoff
Actress | Huge
Hayley Hasselhoff can't be pigeon-holed. She is an Actress, Fashion Designer, Marie Claire UK Fashion & Wellbeing Editor, Strahan, Sara and Keke Style Contributor, mental health awareness and body positive advocate and Curve Model. Already she's made impactful strides in the fashion world and has ...
42. Leeza Gibbons
Self | The Apprentice
Leeza Gibbons was born on March 26, 1957 in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for The Apprentice (2004), Leeza (1994) and Entertainment Tonight (1981). She has been married to Steve Fenton since April 20, 2011. She was previously married to Stephen Meadows, Chris...
43. Buddy Hackett
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Brooklyn-born Buddy Hackett was known mainly as a nightclub comic, especially in Las Vegas, where he first performed in 1952 and wound up being one of the biggest headliners in that city's history. Hackett always referred to himself as a "saloon comic" and preferred the intimacy of his stage act--...
44. Paula Poundstone
Actress | Home Movies
Paula Poundstone was born on December 29, 1959 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Home Movies (1999), Inside Out (2015) and Hyperspace (1984).
45. Donny Osmond
Actor | Mulan
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond was born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah, to Olive Osmond (née Davis) and George Osmond on . He was the seventh of eight brothers and has one sister. When Donny was young, his family went to see Lawrence Welk in California. They were unable to meet with him so they ...
46. Moira Kelly
Actress | One Tree Hill
Born March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York, she is the third of six kids. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, NY. She attended Connetquot Senior High School and graduated in the class of 1986. ...
47. Darrell Rooney
Writer | Aladdin
Darrell Rooney is known for Aladdin (1992), Tron (1982) and The Brave Little Toaster (1987).
48. Jeannine Roussel
Producer | Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Jeannine Roussel is known for Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).
49. Rob LaDuca
Visual_effects | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Rob LaDuca was born on November 6, 1956. He is a producer and director, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Poltergeist (1982) and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001).
50. Flip Kobler
Writer | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Flip Kobler began his performing career as an actor before morphing into a writer. With his wife and writing partner, Cindy Marcus, they have been penning away ever since selling their first screenplay to Paramount Studios in 1988. Together they have over 50 published plays and musicals performed ...
51. Cindy Marcus
Writer | Memory Lane
Along with husband Flip Kobler co-wrote an animated movie version of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but was abandoned during pre-production in favor of the live-action film. She is also a co-founder of the Showdown Stage Company in N. Hollywood, California where she co-writes and directs teen-themed ...
52. Ricky Schroder
Actor | Black Cloud
He was born Richard Bartlett Schroder, Jr., in Staten Island, New York on April 13th, 1970. His mother, Diane Schroder was an employee at AT&T, which is also the same company that employed his father, Richard Bartlett Schroder, Sr.
Eventually working his way up to management from being a telephone ...
53. Matt LeBlanc
Actor | Friends
Matt LeBlanc was born on 25 July 1967 in Newton, Massachussetts. His mother, Patricia, is of Italian origin, and worked as an office manager, and his father, Paul LeBlanc, who was from a French-Canadian family, was a mechanic. After graduating from high school, he spent some time as a photo model ...
55. Fredericka Meek
Actress | General Hospital
Hailing from the Windy City, Fredericka performed in the pre-Broadway workshop of Car Wash the Musical: The Norman Whitfield Story where she played Bunny, Norman's niece and a hopeless romantic. She also toured the USA and Canada as one of two "Coquettes" performing with Conan O'Brien in his "...
56. Lebo M.
Soundtrack | Congo
Lebo M. was born on July 11, 1964 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and composer, known for Congo (1995), The Lion King (1994) and Tears of the Sun (2003).
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