Grease 1978 premiere

1. John Travolta

Actor | Pulp Fiction

John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...

2. Olivia Newton-John

Soundtrack | Grease

Olivia Newton-John was an English singer and actress who was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. After winning a singing talent contest...

3. Debby Boone

Soundtrack | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 22, 1956 to Pat Boone and Shirley Boone. The third of four daughters, Debby followed the success of her father when she rocketed to stardom with the #1 song "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, earning Debby a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. ...

4. Elayne Boosler

Actress | Cinemax Comedy Experiment

Elayne Boosler was born on August 18, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985), Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). She has been married to Bill Siddons since March 7, 2007.

5. John Byner

Actor | The Black Cauldron

The proud owner of tons of dialects and hundreds of uncanny impersonations, the short (5'7"), slight, deadpan, rubber-faced, fair-haired funnyman John Byner is the forerunner to such latter day gifted comic impressionists as Dana Carvey, Frank Caliendo and Jim Carrey. Byner's spot-on impressions ...

6. Allan Carr

Producer | Can't Stop the Music

Allan Carr was born on May 27, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Can't Stop the Music (1980), Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). He died on June 29, 1999 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

7. Chevy Chase

Actor | Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Chevy Chase was born Cornelius Crane Chase on October 8, 1943 in Lower Manhattan, New York, to Cathalene Parker (Browning), a concert pianist and librettist, and Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase, an editor and writer. His parents both came from prominent families, and his grandfathers were artist and ...

8. Linda Clifford

Soundtrack | The Paperboy

Linda Clifford was born on June 14, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Paperboy (2012), Fame (1980) and Hot City (1978). She has been married to Nick Coconato since 1978. They have two children.

9. Alice Cooper

Soundtrack | Wayne's World

Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a minister. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, at a young age and still lives in the state today. At age 17, he formed a rock band called the Earwigs, who changed their name to The Spiders and then The Nazz, before finally ...

10. Yvonne Elliman

Soundtrack | Jesus Christ Superstar

She began her singing career in London in 1969 and was discovered by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who asked her to sing the part of Mary Magdalene on their original concept album for "Jesus Christ Superstar". After the album's 1970 release she was part of the traveling cast for four years, ...

11. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

12. Leif Garrett

Actor | The Outsiders

Born on November 8, 1961 in Hollywood, California, Leif grew up in a world of showbiz and got his first taste of acting in the blockbuster film, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) playing the son of Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon, though he was uncredited. Then he was a frequent guest in ...

13. Andy Gibb

Soundtrack | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

A blessing or a curse? Every silver lining has a cloud, yet sadly Andrew Roy Gibb had to find that out the hard way. Born the fifth and final child to parents Barbara (17 November 1920-12 August 2016) and Hugh Gibb (15 January 1916-6 March 1992) Andy grew up with his three older siblings dominating...

14. Dody Goodman

Actress | Grease

Her quivery, high-pitched, Southern-cracked tones were once described as sounding like "a Tweetie Pie cartoon bird strangling on peanut butter." Just the absurdity of that description fits comedienne Dody Goodman to a tee. One did not know what to make of her, but she could certainly induce ...

15. Robert Hegyes

Actor | Welcome Back, Kotter

Robert Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to an Hungarian-American father, Stephen, and an Italian-American mother, Marie Dominica (Cocozza). He is the eldest of their children. The others are: Mark Hegyes, MD - Billings, Montana, Ms. Stephanie Hegyes - Princeton, New Jersey, and Ms. ...

16. Eddie Levert

Soundtrack | Dragged Across Concrete

Eddie Levert was born on June 16, 1942 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for Dragged Across Concrete (2018), Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) and Coming to America (1988). He is married to Raquel Capelton. They have one child. He was previously married to Martha Levert.

17. Bobby Massey

Soundtrack | The Trust

Bobby Massey is known for The Trust (2016), Insecure (2016) and Tyler, the Creator: A Boy is a Gun (2019).

18. Adam Rich

Actor | Code Red

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Code Red (1981), Eight Is Enough (1977) and Dungeons & Dragons (1983). He died on January 8, 2023 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

19. Robert Stigwood

Producer | Evita

Robert Stigwood was born on April 16, 1934 in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. He was a producer, known for Evita (1996), Gallipoli (1981) and Grease 2 (1982). He died on January 4, 2016 in London, England, UK.

20. Rip Taylor

Actor | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

The nicknames, "The Prince of Pandemonium", "The Master of Mayhem" and "King of Camp and Confetti", are but a few valid applications that were thrust upon zany comedian Rip Taylor, whose flamboyant blend of burlesque and self-deprecating humor entertained audiences for over four decades. He ...

21. Frankie Valli

Soundtrack | Grease

Frankie Valli was born on May 3, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Grease (1978), Free Guy (2021) and Bumblebee (2018). He has been married to Jackie Jacobs since June 26, 2023. He was previously married to Randy Clohessy, MaryAnn Hannigan and Mary Mandel.

22. Harvey Archer

Self | Grease Day USA

23. Barry Manilow

Soundtrack | Thumbelina

Barry Manilow was born on June 17, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Thumbelina (1994), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and Transsiberian (2008). He has been married to Garry Kief since April 2014. He was previously married to Susan Deixler.

24. Lynda Carter

Actress | Wonder Woman

Lynda Jean Cordova Carter is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / ...

25. Penny Marshall

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...

26. Susan George

Actress | Straw Dogs

Susan George was born on July 26, 1950 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Straw Dogs (1971), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) and Mandingo (1975). She was previously married to Simon MacCorkindale.

27. Bill Oakes

Music_department | Grease

Bill Oakes is known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and The Little Rascals (1994).

28. Tom Bradley

Self | Nick of Time

Tom Bradley was born on December 29, 1917 in Calvert, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Nick of Time (1995), It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986) and 16 Days of Glory (1985). He was married to Ethel Arnold. He died on September 29, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Ed McMahon

Soundtrack | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Ed McMahon's first appearance before a microphone was as a 15-year-old "caller" at a bingo game in Maine. After that, he spent the next three years touring the state fair and carnival circuit. A Marine fighter pilot during World War II, McMahon sold vegetable slicers on Atlantic City's boardwalk to...

30. Randal Kleiser

Director | Grease

Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature, Grease (1978). Other features include The Blue Lagoon (1980) with Brooke Shields, Summer Lovers (1982) starring Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah, Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) with Jamie Lee Curtis, ...

31. Patricia Birch

Director | Great Performances

Patricia Birch was born in 1934 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. She is a director, known for Great Performances (1971), Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). She was previously married to William Becker.

32. Stockard Channing

Actress | Practical Magic

One of Broadway and Hollywood's perennial and cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart, cynical light on her surroundings, Stockard Channing was born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard on February 13, 1944 in New York City to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother of Irish descent. Her parents ...

33. Rona Barrett

Actress | Mannix

Rona Barrett was born on October 8, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Mannix (1967), Sextette (1977) and The Phynx (1970). She has been married to Daniel Busby since February 14, 2008. She was previously married to Bill Trowbridge.

34. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Actor | The Jacksons: An American Dream

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs was born in New York City. He is one of nine children born to Hilton and Clothilda Jacobs. Larry, as his family and friends call him, attended public schools in New York City, so he has first-hand knowledge of what it is like to be a student in a big-city high school like the...

35. Henry Fambrough

Actor | Laverne & Shirley

Henry Fambrough was born on May 10, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Laverne & Shirley (1976), Soul! (1968) and Cos (1976). He was married to Norma. He died on February 7, 2024 in Herndon, Virginia, USA.

36. USC Trojan Marching Band

Soundtrack | The Longest Yard

Since its beginning in 1880, the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band has become the largest spirit organization on campus. The Spirit of Troy consists of 275 student musicians and auxiliaries representing 60 fields of undergraduate and graduate degrees. The band received its ...

37. Barbi Alison

Actress | Grease

Barbi Alison is known for Grease (1978), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Alice in Wonderland (1985).

38. Helena Andreyko

Actress | Grease

Helena Andreyko was born on February 6, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

39. Jennifer Buchanan

Actress | Grease

Jennifer Buchanan is known for Grease (1978), Remote Control (1988) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

40. Susan Buckner

Actress | Grease

Susan Buckner was born on January 28, 1953 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Grease (1978), Deadly Blessing (1981) and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976). She was previously married to Michael R. Josephs.

41. Sheryl Cooper

Actress | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sheryl Cooper is known for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), Roadie (1980) and LAST TEMPTATION: South America (Alice Cooper in Concert) (2023). She has been married to Alice Cooper since March 3, 1976. They have three children.

42. Carol Culver

Actress | Grease

Carol Culver was born on October 24, 1947 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Grease (1978), 1941 (1979) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

43. Dennis Daniels

Actor | Grease

Dennis Daniels is known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

44. Cindy DeVore

Actress | Grease

Cindy DeVore is known for Grease (1978), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Americathon (1979).

45. Larry Dusich

Actor | Grease

Larry Dusich is known for Grease (1978), The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1976) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

46. Deborah Fishman

Actress | Grease

Deborah Fishman is known for Grease (1978) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

47. Antonia Franceschi

Actress | Fame

Antonia Franceschi was born in Ohio, on 30th March 1960 but raised in New York City. Antonia started her career performing in 'Grease' and then playing a lead in "Fame" Hilary Van Doren. She was then chosen by George Balanchine for The New York City Ballet. Prior to that she danced in Markarova and...

48. John Robert Garrett

Actor | Grease

John Robert Garrett was born on July 4, 1953 in Scurry County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He died on July 8, 2016 in Houston, Texas, USA.

49. Sandra Gray

Actress | Grease

Sandra Gray is known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).

50. Daniel Levins

Actor | Grease

Daniel Levins was born on October 7, 1953 in Freeport, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and Can't Stop the Music (1980). He was married to Judith Blazer and Eugene Gabriel-Thomas Walsh. He died on September 15, 2015 in Brooklyn, New York City, New ...

51. Mimi Lieber

Actress | Bulworth

Mimi Lieber was born on March 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Bulworth (1998), Everybody's Fine (2009) and Grease (1978). She is married to Daniel J. Sullivan. She was previously married to Sylvain Gerson.

52. Greg Rosatti

Actor | Grease

Greg Rosatti was born on November 5, 1953 in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and Blue Sky (1994). He died on March 31, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

53. Andy Roth

Actor | Grease

Andy Roth is known for Grease (1978) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

54. Lou Spadaccini

Actor | Grease

Lou Spadaccini was born on May 1, 1954 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Grease (1978) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

55. Judy Susman

Actress | Grease

Judy Susman is a noted American dancer and synchronized swimmer in both film and television during the 1970s and 80s. She was the first wife of actor Todd Susman and second wife of Michael Cohen. Judy grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Stephens College and Ohio State University where she ...

56. Andy Tennant

Director | Fool's Gold

Andy Tennant was born on June 15, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Hitch (2005) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). He has been married to Sharon Johnson since February 13, 1993. They have four children.

57. Richard Weisman

Actor | Grease

Richard Weisman was born on July 29, 1950 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Seduction (2006). He died on May 6, 2008 in Torrance, California, USA.

58. Eve Arden

Actress | Our Miss Brooks

Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens in Mill Valley, California (near San Francisco), and was interested in show business from an early age. At 16, she made her stage debut after quitting school to join a stock company. After appearing in minor roles in two films under her real name, Eunice ...

59. Sid Caesar

Actor | Grease

Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" ...

60. Jeff Conaway

Actor | Grease

Jeff Conaway was born on October 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Grease (1978), Taxi (1978) and Jawbreaker (1999). He was married to Kerri Young and Rona Newton-John. He died on May 27, 2011 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.

61. Lee Kramer

Producer | Xanadu

Lee Kramer is known for Xanadu (1980), Party & Prey and Jimmy's Bastards.

62. Army Archerd

Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Army Archerd was born on January 13, 1922 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Burke's Law (1963) and Gable and Lombard (1976). He was married to Selma Archerd and Joan Carol Paul. He died on September 8, 2009 in ...

63. Didi Conn

Actress | Grease

Didi Conn was born Edith Bernstein, July 13, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, she is memorable for her role as "Frenchy" in Grease. With over 40 film and television credits, we should acknowledge Didi's work in The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980), Grease 2 (1982), Benson, Shining Time Station (1989),...

64. Alan Alda

Actor | M*A*S*H

Alan Alda (born under the name Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter from New York City. His father was the Italian-American actor Robert Alda. Alda's best known role was playing chief surgeon Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the ...

65. Loni Anderson

Actress | WKRP in Cincinnati

A bodacious, bedimpled, pert-nosed, well-endowed knockout, Loni Anderson earned an assured television sex symbol pedestal during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As sexy but smart Jennifer Marlowe on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), the ravishing star later became a soap-styled fixture in ...

66. Melissa Sue Anderson

Actress | Little House on the Prairie

Melissa Sue Anderson was very much like her most famous character role, of eldest child & sister, Mary Ingalls -- a quiet, slightly shy girl who would rather read a book than climb a tree. Her show business career got started, when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her. She ...

67. Edward Asner

Actor | Up

Edward Asner was born of Russian Jewish parentage in Kansas City, to Morris David Asner (founder and owner of the Kansas City-based Asner Iron & Metal Company) and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Seliger). After attending college, Ed worked various jobs, including in a steel mill, as a door-to-door ...

68. Dirk Benedict

Actor | The A-Team

Dirk Benedict was born in Montana on March 1st, 1945. He was raised in the country, far away from anything connected with movies or acting. He gathered his first experiences in acting (on a dare) in a college production of "Showboat" where he got the main part. His father, a lawyer, died when Dirk ...

69. Richard Benjamin

Actor | Westworld

Although his actress wife Paula Prentiss became a star by the early 1960s, it took Richard Benjamin almost fifteen years to establish his screen persona, but the wait was rewarding. After extensive work in theatre as actor and director, and his participation in the cult TV series He & She (1967)...

70. Carol Burnett

Soundtrack | The Carol Burnett Show

The entertainment world has enjoyed a six-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that...

71. Michael Caine

Actor | The Dark Knight

Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...

72. Terry Carter

Actor | Foxy Brown

Terry Carter, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He attended Hunter College, Boston University - School of Communications, U.C.L.A. - School of Theater, Film, and Television, and St. John's University School of Law. He earned a Bachelor of ...

73. Gary Coleman

Actor | Diff'rent Strokes

Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...

74. John Colicos

Actor | The Changeling

John Colicos was born on December 10, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Changeling (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He was married to Mona McHenry. He died on March 6, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

75. Pam Dawber

Actress | Mork & Mindy

Actress Pam Dawber grew up in a suburb of Detroit. Her career began to take off when a friend who was going to New York suggested that Pam accompany her and bring along her modeling portfolio to show various New York modeling agents. A pretty girl, Pam had done some modeling in Detroit, where she ...

76. Buddy Ebsen

Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies

Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway ...

77. Erik Estrada

Actor | CHiPs

Erik Estrada was born on March 16, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002). He has been married to Nanette Mirkovich since September 20, 1997. They have one child. He was previously ...

78. Mia Farrow

Actress | Rosemary's Baby

Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the ...

79. Sally Field

Actress | Forrest Gump

Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...

80. Lorne Greene

Actor | Bonanza

Lorne Greene was born Lyon Himan "Chaim" Green on February 12, 1915, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top...

81. Richard Hatch

Actor | Battlestar Galactica

Born in Santa Monica, California, USA, Richard Hatch was studying classical piano at the age of eight, and knew he wanted to carve out a career as a performer before he reached his teens. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company with which he traveled ...

82. Noah Hathaway

Actor | The Neverending Story

Noah Hathaway was born on November 13, 1971 in Los Angeles, to Judy and Robert Hathaway. Noah started his way to stardom in commercials (in which he began to appear at age three). In 1978, he landed the role of Boxey on the cult Sci-Fi show, Battlestar Galactica (1978). Later that year, he played ...

83. Conrad Janis

Actor | The Cable Guy

After decades in show business, character actor Conrad Janis came to prominence as Mindy's father on TV's Mork & Mindy (1978). Manhattan-born Janis was the son of renowned art dealer and clothing manufacturer Sidney Janis (1986-1989), and his wife Harriet (Grossman), who wrote books about jazz....

84. Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Actor | Battlestar Galactica

Herbert Jefferson Jr. was born on September 28, 1946 in Sandersville, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Battlestar Galactica (1978), Knight Rider (1982) and Apollo 13 (1995).

85. Maren Jensen

Actress | Battlestar Galactica

Maren Jensen was born in Glendale, California, USA on September 23, 1956. She attended Herbert Hoover High School from 1971 to 1974, and after graduating, received a scholarship to attend UCLA. The actress majored in theatre arts during her three years at UCLA. She appeared in several college ...

86. Deborah Kerr

Actress | The King and I

Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. She subsequently performed with the Oxford ...

87. Elizabeth Kerr

Actress | Mork & Mindy

Elizabeth Kerr was born on August 15, 1912 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Mork & Mindy (1978), Frankie and Johnny (1991) and Going Berserk (1983). She died on January 13, 2000 in Long Beach, California, USA.

88. Margot Kidder

Actress | Superman

Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...

89. Michael Landon

Actor | Little House on the Prairie

Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey.

When Eugene was in high school, he participated -- and did very well -- in track and field, especially javelin throwing, ...

90. Tim Matheson

Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House

Tim Matheson is an American actor, director and producer perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth talking 'Eric "Otter" Stratton' in the 1978 comedy, National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), but has had a variety of other well-known roles both before and since, including critical accolades...

91. Burt Metcalf

Mountain Family Robinson

Burt Metcalf is known for Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979) and The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979).

92. Mary Tyler Moore

Actress | Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...

93. 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 ...

94. Marie Osmond

Soundtrack | Donny and Marie

Marie Osmond has spent 5 iconic decades in the entertainment business performing as a successful singer, television performer and talk show host, dancer, actor, author, entrepreneur and public speaker. She has continued to maintain relevance, remaining an instantly recognizable figure across the ...

95. Jerry Reed

Soundtrack | Smokey and the Bandit

Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955. However, in ...

96. Christopher Reeve

Actor | Superman

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...

97. Burt Reynolds

Actor | Boogie Nights

Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a ...

98. Brooke Shields

Actress | The Blue Lagoon

"Want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." If you have not heard of Brooke Shields before, this tagline from her Calvin Klein Jeans ad had to grab your attention. Not that she has not had a previously noteworthy resume. She was born on May 31, 1965 in New York City, to Teri (...

99. Jaclyn Smith

Actress | The Adventurers

Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television ...

100. Laurette Spang

Actress | Battlestar Galactica

Laurette Spang was born in Buffalo, New York but raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She grew up as the middle child of a chemist father and housewife mother. She has an older brother, Richard and a younger sister, Marilyn. As a dramatic major in college, she made a college trip to New York where a ...