Laage to Leyva 350 Global Film Actresses: List 17

1. Jennifer Lawrence

As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence...

2. Barbara Laage

Actress | Domicile conjugal

Barbara Laage was born on July 30, 1920 in Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Haute Savoie, France. She was an actress, known for Bed & Board (1970), The Respectful Whore (1952) and Act of Love (1953). She died on May 21, 1988 in Deauville, France.

3. Patti LaBelle

Soundtrack | Miami Vice

Patti LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patti began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer of the band Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. A decade later the group changed their name to Labelle and recorded the hit song "Lady Marmalade". Patti...

4. Ariane Labed

Actress | Assassin's Creed

Ariane Labed (born 8 May 1984) is a Greek-born French actress and film director. She is best known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene in 2018.

Born to French parents, Ariane Labed lived her...

5. Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Actress | Eastern Promises

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse was born on the 16th of August 1991 in Montreal, Quebec. Sarah-Jeanne was raised in both English and French as her father is an English-speaker and her mother is a French-speaker. She started acting at the age of 7. She is the recipient of two Karv Awards in 2015, one for "...

6. Deborah Lacey

Actress | Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

Deborah Lacey was born on September 12, 1956 in South Pasadena, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016), Straight Outta Compton (2015) and Mad Men (2007).

7. Ingrid Lacey

Actress | Drop the Dead Donkey

Ingrid Lacey was born on November 6, 1958 in Godalming, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), The Cat's Meow (2001) and In Love and War (1996).

8. Rebecca Lacey

Actress | Chalet Girl

Rebecca Lacey was born on April 20, 1965 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Chalet Girl (2011), May to December (1989) and Carry on Columbus (1992). She has been married to Paul Harrison since 2005. They have two children.

9. Dichen Lachman

Actress | Jurassic World Dominion

Dichen Lachman was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a Tibetan mother and Australian father. Until the age of seven, she lived in Kathmandu with her parents and extended family. Following that, she moved to Adelaide, Australia, with her parents. After dropping out of university, Dichen took up acting ...

10. Vanessa Lachey

Actress | Disaster Movie

Vanessa Joy Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. She is the daughter of Helen Ramos Bercero and Vincent Charles Minnillo, a crew member on an Air Force aircraft (he has since retired). Her father is American, from Ohio, and is of half Italian, one ...

11. Elizabeth Lackey

Actress | Planet of the Apes

Elizabeth Lackey was born on March 2, 1971 in Sydney, Australia. She is an actress, known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Kicking & Screaming (2005).

12. LaChanze

Actress | The Blacklist

LaChanze was born on December 16, 1961 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Blacklist (2013), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and The Underground Railroad (2021). She was previously married to Derek Fordjour and Calvin J. Gooding.

13. Cheryl Ladd

Actress | Poison Ivy

Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series Charlie's Angels, whose cast she joined in its second season in 1977 to replace Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Ladd remained on the show until its cancellation in 1981. Her film roles ...

14. Diane Ladd

Actress | Wild at Heart

The amazingly gifted and versatile, Ms. Diane Ladd, received immense praise for her dramatic efforts throughout the course of her electric and unique seventy-year career. Her timeless offbeat charm and beauty reminiscent of a lamented Hollywood Golden Era actress gleam in the most understated roles...

15. Jordan Ladd

Actress | Death Proof

Jordan Ladd was born on January 14, 1975 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Death Proof (2007), Never Been Kissed (1999) and Cabin Fever (2002). She was previously married to Conor O'Neill.

16. Margaret Ladd

Actress | Falcon Crest

Margaret Ladd was born on November 8, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is an actress, known for Falcon Crest (1981), Just in Time (2019) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). She has been married to Lyle Kessler since December 11, 1977. They have two children.

17. Carla Laemmle

Actress | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Carla Laemmle was born on October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), King of Jazz (1930) and The Gate Crasher (1928). She died on June 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Andrée Lafayette

Actress | Les trois mousquetaires

Andrée Lafayette was born on May 19, 1903 in Achères, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for Three Musketeers (1932), Trilby (1923) and La dame aux camélias (1934). She was married to Arthur May Constant. She died on October 3, 1989 in Équemauville, Calvados, France.

19. Kimberly Laferriere

Actress | 21 Thunder

Kimberly Laferrière is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC and the Canadian Film Center in Toronto. She has appeared in successful television series in both French and English in the US and Canada.

Her recent work includes the role of Natasha in the popular TV series Fugueuse, which was ...

20. Patricia Laffan

Actress | Quo Vadis

A statuesque and striking actress with vaguely reptilian aspects, at once sinister and alluring; a smile never more than a whisker away from a sneer and a commanding, imperious presence suggesting innate superiority. Difficult to cast, Patricia Laffan seemed destined to portray the villainous or ...

21. Dominique Laffin

Actress | La femme qui pleure

Dominique Laffin was born on June 3, 1952 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France. She was an actress, known for The Crying Woman (1979), Tell Her That I Love Her (1977) and L'empreinte des géants (1980). She was married to Yvan Dautin. She died on June 12, 1985 in Paris, France.

22. Bernadette Lafont

Actress | Paulette

Bernadette Lafont was born at the Protestant Health Home of Nîmes in Gard, the only child of a pharmacist and a housewife from the Cévennes. Her mother always wanted a boy to name Bernard and, once she gave birth to a girl, she enjoyed to hold this against all the catholics she knew as the proof ...

23. Marika Lagercrantz

Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor

Marika Lagercrantz was born on July 12, 1954 in Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), Millennium (2010) and Järngänget (2000). She is married to Peter Bergared. They have three children.

24. Caroline Lagerfelt

Actress | Sweet Magnolias

Though known to millions as Celia "CeCe" Rhodes on Gossip Girl (2007) and for her extensive film and TV credits, Caroline Lagerfelt has established a distinguished career in international theatre and Broadway. The recipient of Outer Critics Circle and Obie Awards, as well as a Drama Desk nomination...

25. Reema Lagoo

Actress | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Reema Lagoo, originally born as Nayan Bhadbhade, was a distinguished Marathi actress with a prolific career spanning both Marathi and Hindi cinema. Hailing from a family deeply rooted in the Marathi stage, her mother was a renowned actress in the Marathi theater.

Recognized for her acting prowess ...

26. Emma Lahana

Actress | Cloak & Dagger

Emma Kate Lahana was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 27 June 1984. She became involved in the arts at a very young age doing ballet and broadened her dancing to jazz, tap and modern styles. She also learnt to play the violin but once in high school became involved in drama as well as singing. It ...

27. Christine Lahti

Actress | Chicago Hope

Christine Lahti was born April 4, 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan, to Elizabeth Margaret (Tabar), a painter and nurse, and Paul Theodore Lahti, a surgeon. She is of half Finnish and half Austro-Hungarian descent. She studied fine arts at Florida State University and received a bachelors degree in ...

28. Simone Lahbib

Actress | Wire in the Blood

Simone Lahbib was born on February 6, 1965 in Stirling, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Wire in the Blood (2002), Da Vinci's Demons (2013) and Philomena (2013). She has been married to Raffaello Degruttola since May 10, 2003. They have one child.

29. Gigi Lai

Actress | Goo wak chai: Yan joi gong woo

Gigi Lai Chi, is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the TVB television channel. Gigi is very well known for her beautiful image and her love of beauty, the Hong Kong media has dubbed her the nickname "Goddess of Beauty." In the past, Gigi would turn down roles if they affected her appearance on ...

30. Megan Lai

Actress | Hua jiao zhi wei

Megan Lai was born on December 5, 1979 in Taiwan. She is an actress, known for Fagara (2019), The Invaluable Treasure 1949 (2011) and Proposal (2014).

31. Christie Laing

Actress | Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Christie Laing was born April 10th, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In love with performing, Christie was trained in both dance and piano at the age of three and began acting at the age of seven. Juggling both school, acting and dancing throughout her youth, Christie landed roles on popular...

32. Alice Lake

Actress | The Hole in the Wall

Alice Lake was born on September 12, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hole in the Wall (1921), I Am the Law (1922) and Come Through (1917). She was married to Robert Williams. She died on November 15, 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA.

33. Avi Lake

Actress | A Series of Unfortunate Events

Actress Avi Lake's career began at the early age of four after expressing an interest in acting even before she knew what acting was.

She began building her resume with many independent and student projects in her early career. She quickly developed a glowing reputation for professionalism and ...

34. Florence Lake

Actress | Secret Service

Florence Lake was born on November 27, 1904 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Secret Service (1931), Quiet Please! (1933) and Wrong Direction (1934). She was married to John Graham Owens. She died on April 11, 1980 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Ricki Lake

Actress | Serial Mom

Ricki Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, surprisingly as a blond. She has one sister, who is one year younger than she, named Jennifer. Her father, Barry, is a pharmacist, and her mother, Jill, is a homemaker. The two currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ricki attended Hastings ...

36. Veronica Lake

Actress | Sullivan's Travels

Veronica Lake was born as Constance Frances Marie Ockleman on November 14, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the daughter of Constance Charlotta (Trimble) and Harry Eugene Ockelman, who worked for an oil company as a ship employee. Her father was of half German and half Irish descent, and her ...

37. Christine Lakin

Director | The Goldbergs

Christine Helen Lakin was born on January 25th, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. After moving several times as a child, her family finally settled in Atlanta, Georgia, where Christine started her acting career. There, she attended the Atlanta workshop players - a theater group which plays in schools in the ...

38. Padma Lakshmi

Actress | Glitter

Padma Lakshmi was born on September 1, 1970 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She is a producer and actress, known for Glitter (2001), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) and Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020). She was previously married to Salman Rushdie.

39. Lalaine

Actress | Lizzie McGuire

Lalaine Vergara-Paras, or simply Lalaine, is best known for her role as Lizzie's (Hilary Duff) best friend Miranda Sanchez in the hit TV series Lizzie McGuire (2001), and she has confirmed that she will appear in the reboot. Lalaine released her music album "Inside Story" in 2003. She currently ...

40. Claudette Lalí

Actress | Bonds

Born in New York City and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic until the age of 14. Worked as a child actor in D.R. on a show called "Los Ninos Pueden". Once living in NY again, pursued a career in modeling for Elite Model Management. Later on, traveled the world with Britney Spears as a ...

41. Nicole LaLiberte

Actress | Twin Peaks: The Return

Wielding a fiery personality with hair and wits to match, actress Nicole LaLiberté marches to the beat of her own drum and continues to find herself exactly where she's supposed to be, most recently in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" as the enigmatic Darya in the new Showtime show "I'm Dying Up Here" ...

42. Karena Kar-Yan Lam

Actress | Nam yan sei sap

Karena Kar-Yan Lam was born on August 17, 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for July Rhapsody (2002), Zinnia Flower (2015) and Koma (2004). She has been married to Kim-Wai Yuen since June 13, 2010. They have two children.

43. Kit Ying Lam

Actress | Sai yau gei: Sin leui kei yun

Kit Ying Lam was born on April 27, 1963 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. She was an actress, known for A Chinese Odyssey: Part 2 - Cinderella (1995), A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box (1995) and The Bride with White Hair (1993). She died on November 3, 2018 in Hong Kong, China.

44. Patricia Lam Fung

Actress | Du li qiao zhi lian

Patricia Lam Fung was born in 1940 in Hong Kong. She was an actress, known for Du li qiao zhi lian (1959), Bao die ji (1967) and Liu lian piao xiang (1959). She died on August 27, 1976 in Hong Kong.

45. Hedy Lamarr

Actress | Samson and Delilah

Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were ...

46. Debra Lamb

Actress | Finding Nicole

Debra Lamb was born on November 24, 1963 in Portland, Oregon, and moved to Los Angeles, California with her family when she was fifteen years old. Known for portraying a variety of authority figures, Debra has worked with acclaimed directors Kathryn Bigelow, David Lynch, Katt Shea, Paul Verhoeven, ...

47. Anne-Louise Lambert

Actress | Picnic at Hanging Rock

Anne-Louise Lambert was born on August 21, 1955 in Brisbane, Australia. She is an actress, known for Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) and The Borgias (1981).

48. Chloé Lambert

Actress | Le chalet

Chloé Lambert was born on March 30, 1973 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is an actress, known for The Chalet (2017), Mon père avait raison (2008) and Les Dames (2010).

49. Jenna Lamia

Actress | The Fighter

Jenna Lamia is an actress and a writer/producer for film and television. She serves as a Consulting Producer for NBC's Good Girls and is appearing as "Judy Cooper" on SyFy's hit series Resident Alien, which has just been renewed for Season Three. She has a gift for accents and is also a renowned ...

50. Elle LaMont

Actress | Alita: Battle Angel

Elle LaMont is a multi-disciplined filmmaker. Her feature film debut came in 2004 and to date, she has 30 independent film credits, with 42 awards, and 23 nominations in festival competitions; including Best Actress and Best Ensemble. Machete Kills, playing opposite Sofia Vergara and Danny Trejo, ...

51. Dorothy Lamour

Actress | Creepshow 2

In addition to being Miss New Orleans in 1931, Dorothy Lamour worked as a Chicago elevator operator; band vocalist for her first husband, band leader Herbie Kaye; and radio performer. In 1936 she donned her soon-to-be-famous sarong for her debut at Paramount, The Jungle Princess (1936), and ...

52. Alexandra Lamy

Actress | L'embarras du choix

Alexandra Lamy was born on October 14, 1971 in Villecresnes, Val-de-Marne, France. She is an actress and writer, known for You Choose! (2017), Lucky Luke (2009) and Rolling to You (2018). She was previously married to Jean Dujardin.

53. Audrey Lamy

Actress | L'arnacoeur

Audrey Lamy was born on January 19, 1981 in Alès, Gard, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Heartbreaker (2010), All That Glitters (2010) and Scènes de ménages (2009).

54. Katherine LaNasa

Actress | The Campaign

Actress, former ballet dancer and choreographer Katherine LaNasa was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and originally trained as a ballet dancer, but had attended the North Carolina School of Arts, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as well as the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York. In 1989, she ...

55. Sarah Lancashire

Actress | Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire was born on October 10, 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Happy Valley (2014), Yesterday (2019) and Clocking Off (2000). She has been married to Peter Salmon since August 22, 2001. They have one child. She was previously married to ...

56. Elsa Lanchester

Actress | Witness for the Prosecution

Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born into an unconventional a family at the turn of the 20th century. Her parents, James "Shamus" Sullivan and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester, were socialists - very active members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in a rather broad sense - and did not believe in the ...

57. Sarah Lancaster

Actress | Chuck

Born in Overland Park, Kansas, Sarah moved to Mission Viejo, California, when she was 10 years old. In 1994, she secured her first role, as a series regular on Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993). She then gained attention for her recurring role as "Madison Kellner" on the critically-acclaimed ...

58. Micheline Lanctôt

Director | Sonatine

Micheline Lanctôt was born on May 12, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Sonatine (1984), Pour l'amour de Dieu (2011) and The Handyman (1980). She was previously married to Marshall Chrostowski.

59. Juliet Landau

Actress | A Place Among the Dead

Juliet Landau is an actress, director, producer and writer. As an actress, highlights include her role as "Drusilla" on Joss Whedon 's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) & spin-off Angel (1999), and co-starring in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994) as "Loretta King". She played the recurring role of Rita ...

60. Amy Landecker

Actress | Dan in Real Life

Amy Landecker started her career as a theatre actor in Chicago IL, where she worked with the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters. A Bob Falls directed production of Rebecca Gilman's brought her to NYC and the Public Theatre. While in NYC, she worked at the Barrow St Theater and Second Stage. She won ...

61. Natalie Lander

Actress | The Middle

Natalie Lander was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Middle (2009), 13 Reasons Why (2017) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020). She has been married to Jared Hillman since September 3, 2017.

62. Audrey Landers

Actress | Dallas

Audrey Landers is an accomplished actor, singer, writer, director, composer, producer, and business woman. She majored in Psychology at Columbia University/ Barnard College, and studied music theory at Juilliard School of Music. However, she is best known to fans all over the world for her ...

63. Judy Landers

Actress | Armed and Dangerous

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

64. Elissa Landi

Actress | The Sign of the Cross

Elissa Landi was born in Venice, Italy on December 6, 1904. From an early age, she wanted to be an actress and writer. Her acting career started at the Oxford Repertory Company and on London's West End performing with actors such as Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. She played Desdemona in "...

65. Marla Landi

Actress | The Hound of the Baskervilles

Marla Landi was born on April 16, 1933 in Torino, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Pirates of Blood River (1962) and Danger Man (1960).

66. Carole Landis

Actress | I Wake Up Screaming

Carole Landis was born on New Year's Day in 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, as Frances Lillian Mary Ridste. Her father, a railroad mechanic, was of Norwegian descent and her mother was Polish. Her father walked out, leaving Carole, her mother and an older brother and sister to fend for themselves.

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67. Margaret Landis

Actress | Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

Margaret Landis was born on August 31, 1891 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918), What Wives Want (1923) and Alice Adams (1923). She was married to J. Hamilton Couper and Bertram Bracken. She died on April 8, 1981 in Oakland, California, ...

68. Jessie Royce Landis

Actress | North by Northwest

Jessie Royce Landis was called "an international star" in her New York Times obituary. She was 20 when she made her stage debut at the Playhouse in Chicago as the young countess in "The Highwayman". Soon she was on Broadway. In 1950 she went to London for "Larger Than Life", a dramatization of W. ...

69. Laurene Landon

Actress | The Devil's Left Hand

Tall, leggy and extremely well-built statuesque blonde actress Laurene Landon has enlivened a bunch of hugely enjoyable movies with her spunky energy, physical dexterity, bubbly, upbeat personality and considerable sex appeal. She often portrays tough, two-fisted, no-nonsense action heroines with a...

70. Abbe Lane

Actress | Twilight Zone: The Movie

Singer and actress Abbe Lane made a splash in the 50s and 60s with revealing costumes and a seductive style of dancing. Far removed from her sultry Latin image, she was born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, of Jewish parentage. Abbe began performing on radio from the age of four and first ...

71. Adele Lane

Actress | The Story of Cupid

Adele Lane was born on July 17, 1877 in New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Story of Cupid (1914), At Last We Are Alone (1914) and Conscience and the Temptress (1914). She was married to Burton L. King. She died on October 24, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

72. Briana Lane

Actress | General Hospital

Briana Lane is known for her various appearances in television shows and films but most notably, for her role on ABC's 'General Hospital', for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2021. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and performs and writes in two local indie bands. Two of her ...

73. Diane Lane

Actress | Unfaithful

Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York. She is the daughter of acting coach Burton Eugene "Burt" Lane and nightclub singer/centerfold Colleen Farrington. Her parents' families were both from the state of Georgia. Diane was acting from a very young age and made her stage debut at the ...

74. Jocelyn Lane

Actress | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Jocelyn Lane is one of the most stunningly beautiful, and overlooked, actresses to grace the screen. Born Jocelyn Bolton in Austria to British parents in 1937, she was the younger sister of Mara Lane, who was considered one of the most beautiful models in the UK during the early 1950s. Either ...

75. Lenita Lane

Actress | The Bat

Lenita Lane was born on December 16, 1901 in Parnassus, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bat (1959), The Mad Magician (1954) and While America Sleeps (1939). She was married to Crane Wilbur. She died on March 15, 1995 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.

76. Lola Lane

Actress | The Big Fight

Lola Lane, born Dorothy Mullican, grew up Indianola, Iowa. Small-town life was not to her taste and she yearned to be in show business. She was also a bit of a rebel. At one time, in her teens, she 'scandalized' the townsfolk by dancing a particularly suggestive Charleston right in front of the ...

77. Mara Lane

Actress | Il vecchio testamento

This glamorous, sultry Anglo-Austrian leading lady and model was born Dorothy Lane Bolton in Vienna to British oil company executive John Bolton and Russian-born pianist Olga Mironova. Mara studied dance with the Viennese ballet before her family took her to America, travelling via Denmark. She had...

78. Nora Lane

Actress | The Western Code

Nora Bennett Schilling was born in Chester, Illinois. She grew up and went to school near St. Louis. After modeling for a time, she went to visit a friend in California and was noticed by someone in the film industry. She successfully passed her screen test and began playing small parts in silent ...

79. Priscilla Lane

Actress | Arsenic and Old Lace

Priscilla Lane attended the Eagin School of Dramatic Arts in New York before she began touring with her sisters in the Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Dance Band. She was a popular singer with her sisters and, after 5 years, she was signed to a Hollywood contract with Warner Brothers in 1937. ...

80. Rosemary Lane

Actress | Always a Bride

Rosemary Lane of the singing Lane sisters (their actual birth name was Mullican) got her start as a vocalist with bandleader Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Her career was somewhat overshadowed by that of her more famous sister, Priscilla, who was also a member of that band and who would go on ...

81. Sara Malakul Lane

Actress | King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Sara Malakul Lane is a successful Thai model and actress. She began modeling at the age of 14, and has also been in a number of big screen movies including Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015). Sara is a model of Thai-Scottish descent. Her father is a Scottish businessman named Alistair ...

82. Lotte Lang

Actress | Tauwetter

Lotte Lang was born on January 11, 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Tauwetter (1977), A Night in Venice (1953) and Abenteuer im Schloss (1952). She died on February 13, 1985 in Vienna, Austria.

83. June Lang

Actress | Chandu the Magician

This approachable blue-eyed blonde with a striking, open-faced beauty had a very encouraging career going for her in 30s Hollywood but extenuating circumstances hurt her chances in the long run. In less than a decade and a half June Lang was out of pictures altogether (after appearing in over 30) ...

84. Katherine Kelly Lang

Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful

Katherine Kelly Lang is one of three children in a show business family. Her parents are Olympic long-jump skier Keith Wegeman and actress Judy Lang; her grandfather was Academy Award-winning cinematographer Charles Lang. Born and raised in Hollywood, California, Lang graduated from Beverly Hills ...

85. Claudie Lange

Actress | The Bible in the Beginning...

Claudie Lange is known for The Bible in the Beginning... (1966), Flashman (1967) and The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964).

86. Hope Lange

Actress | Death Wish

One of the most natural beauties of the 1960s with a gentle voice and personality to match, blonde Hope Lange was born in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, and performed on stage from the age of nine. She studied both drama and dance under Martha Graham, did some modeling and then worked in stock ...

87. Jessica Lange

Actress | Tootsie

Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis...

88. Heather Langenkamp

Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Heather Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She got her start in acting when she was cast as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), which were both filmed in Tulsa. Her scenes were deleted from the final cut of both films. While studying at ...

89. A.J. Langer

Actress | My So-Called Life

Allison Joy Langer was born in Columbus, Ohio. At age 5, her family moved to the San Fernando Valley, just outside of Los Angeles, where she attended Granada Hills High School. She first began using her initials to join an all-boys baseball team, and the nickname stuck. She was introduced to Ernie ...

90. Frances Langford

Soundtrack | The Hit Parade

Frances Langford won fame on radio (primarily as Bob Hope's vocalist, later sparring comically with Don Ameche as "The Bickersons"), via recordings and in the movies. In spite of the fact that she played mostly in minor musicals (plus appearing occasionally in "A" productions, including Yankee ...

91. Lisa Langlois

Actress | Class of 1984

Lisa Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Class of 1984 (1982), Hotel for the Holidays (2022) and Lemonade Stand Romance (2022). She was previously married to Robert Ulrich.

92. Caroline Langrishe

Actress | Lovejoy

Caroline trained at Elmhurst Ballet School, and started working in film, theatre and television from the age of 17. She is probably best known for her roles as running characters: Charlotte Cavendish in 'Lovejoy', Georgina Channing in 'Judge John Deed' and Marilyn Fox in 'Casualty'. Caroline was ...

93. Angela Lansbury

Actress | The Manchurian Candidate

Angela Lansbury was born in 1925 into a prominent family of the upper middle class living in the Regent's Park neighborhood of London. Her father was socialist politician Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887-1935), a member of both the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Labour Party. Edgar ...

94. Joi Lansing

Actress | Touch of Evil

Joi Lansing was born Joyce Renee Brown on April 6, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a teen she developed early, and because of her striking good looks, she began to model and was extremely successful throughout the 1940s.

It was only natural that her physical assets eventually landed her on the ...

95. Brooke Langton

Actress | The Replacements

A veteran of Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade, Brooke Langton has been working in the film industry for 30 years. A series regular on many television shows (Extreme, Melrose Place, The Net, Life, Glenn Gordon Caron's series Fling), a recurring character on the acclaimed Friday Night Lights,...

96. Natalya Lapina

Actress | Beyond Desire

After starring in 13 motion pictures that were released in the European continent and while performing in Europe, she composed a Theme song for a motion picture "Night Train to Venice" starring Hugh Grant and Malkolm McDowell. In January of 2006 she released a Full length CD "Ghost" in Japan and ...

97. Lauren Lapkus

Actress | The Wrong Missy

Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress, comedian, impressionist and pod-caster. Lapkus is known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013-2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017-2019). She has also appeared...

98. Alison La Placa

Actress | Fletch

Born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Chicago, Alison La Placa received a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University and received extensive training in classical piano and voice. She has starred on stage in regional productions of the musicals "Dames at Sea" and "Company", as well as the...

99. Nicole LaPlaca

Actress | Another Cinderella Story

Nicole LaPlaca was born on January 3, 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Another Cinderella Story (2008), John Tucker Must Die (2006) and A Dog's Purpose (2017).

100. Laura La Plante

Actress | God's Gift to Women

Laura La Plante was 15 years old when she entered films as a Christie Comedy Bathing Beauty. By 1921, she had played a number of roles including a Tom Mix Western called The Big Town Round-Up (1921) for Fox and The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921) for First National. Laura, now 17, next signed with ...