Belarusian-American celebrities

1. Lauren Bacall

Actress | To Have and Have Not

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a ...

2. H. Jon Benjamin

Actor | Archer

Harry Jon Benjamin is an American actor, voice actor and comedian from Worcester, Massachusetts who is known for playing Bob Belcher from Bob's Burgers, Sterling Archer from Archer, the Mothmonsterman from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, a trainer from Not Another Teen Movie, a Can of Vegetables from Wet ...

3. Lisa Kudrow

Actress | Friends

Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and ...

4. Mark Margolis

Actor | Pi

Mark Margolis was an American actor who is well-known for his collaborations with film director Darren Aronofsky, particularly Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Noah (2014), Black Swan (2010), and The Fountain (2006). Margolis also gained notoriety for his portrayal of "Tio" Hector Salamanca ...

5. Brett Gelman

Actor | The Other Guys

Brett Clifford Gelman is an American actor and comedian. A prolific television actor, he is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural hit series Stranger Things and as Martin on the BBC comedy Fleabag.

Gelman began his career as a comedian in the 2000s, gaining ...

6. Al Lewis

Actor | Super Scary Saturday

In the late 1920s, Lewis worked as a circus performer, but ultimately decided on college, earning a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University. He taught school and wrote two children's books. In 1949, at the suggestion of a friend, Lewis turned to acting and joined the Paul Mann Actor's ...

7. Ben Foster

Actor | Hell or High Water

Ben Foster was born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, restaurant owners. His younger brother is actor Jon Foster. His paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish families that immigrated to Massachusetts (his grandfather became a prominent judge in ...

8. Herb Wallerstein

Director | Star Trek

Herb Wallerstein was born on November 28, 1925 in New York, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Star Trek (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He died on September 27, 1985 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

9. Sacha Baron Cohen

Actor | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born...

10. Jason Isaacs

Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal ...

11. 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)...

12. Judy Sheindlin

Self | Judge Judy

Judy Sheindlin (born under the name Judith Susan Blum) is an American court show arbitrator and television producer from Brooklyn, New York City. She is also a former prosecutor and family court judge. She presided over the long-running court show "Judge Judy" (1996-2021), which "adjudicated ...

13. Wallace Shawn

Actor | My Dinner with Andre

American character actor and playwright Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, delightfully mischievously gnomish faces made for entertaining. Though he got out of the acting starting gate rather late, he quickly excelled film and TV while managing to turn himself into comedy egghead or loser types. ...

14. Jimmy Weldon

Actor | The Phantom Planet

Former host of "The Webster Webfoot Show" at KJEO-47 in Fresno, California during the 1960s (KJEO is now KGPE-47). Webster Webfoot was a squat duck (ventriloquist's dummy), who was the eternal Webelo Cub Scout, including hat, scarf and Boy Scout emblem choker. Later produced children's Christian ...

15. Dana Barron

Actress | National Lampoon's Vacation

Dana Barron is an American actress who is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television. Barron was born in New York City. ...

16. Ward Bond

Actor | The Maltese Falcon

Gruff, burly American character actor. Born in 1903 in Benkelman, Nebraska (confirmed by Social Security records; sources stating 1905 or Denver, Colorado are in error.) Bond grew up in Denver, the son of a lumberyard worker. He attended the University of Southern California, where he got work as ...

17. Jymn Magon

Writer | DuckTales

Jymn Magon was born on December 7, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for DuckTales (1987), A Goofy Movie (1995) and Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (1994).

18. Paul Zastupnevich

Costume_designer | The Poseidon Adventure

Paul Zastupnevich was born on December 24, 1921 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974) and When Time Ran Out... (1980). He died on May 9, 1997 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

19. Ralph Lauren

Costume_department | Annie Hall

Ralph Lauren was born on October 14, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and The Wild Party (1975). He has been married to Ricky Lauren since December 20, 1964. They have three children.

20. Michael Douglas

Actor | Wall Street

A legendary actor with 50 celebrated years of film, television and producing experience, Michael Douglas is known for his era-defining roles and enduring cultural impact.

In addition to his career accomplishments, Douglas has remained a steadfast public servant, activist and philanthropist dedicated...

21. Kirk Douglas

Actor | The Final Countdown

Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...

22. Mimi Paley

Actress | The X Files

Mimi Paley was born on August 7, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The X-Files (1993), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Boomtown (2002).

23. Corey Feldman

Actor | Stand by Me

Corey Scott Feldman began his career at the age of three, starring in a Clio Award-winning McDonald's commercial and has sustained a career for nearly 50 years as a steadily working actor, with more than 80 films under his belt. Corey began his career in guest-starring roles on television series ...

24. James Gregory

Actor | The Manchurian Candidate

New York-born James Gregory gave up a career as a stockbroker for one as an actor, and began on the Broadway stage. He made his film debut in 1948. Gregory specialized in playing loud, brash, tough cops or businessmen. One of his better roles was as the detective out to get Capone in Al Capone (...

25. Carmen Phillips

Actress | Easy Rider

Carmen Phillips was born on January 10, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Easy Rider (1969), One Step Beyond (1959) and It Started with a Kiss (1959). She was married to David Morin. She died on September 22, 2002 in Hollywood, California, USA.

26. Bre Scullark

Actress | Heartfelt

Bre Scullark, from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is a dynamic young woman who after ANTM, did correspondent work for the Tyra Banks Show, BET and a few other outlets. Bre has been a blogger for Global Grind, Essence.com and Honey magazine while focusing on acting and continuing her ...

27. Lonnie Burr

Actor | Lionheart

Lonnie Burr was born on May 31, 1943 in Dayton, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for Lionheart (1990), Falcon Crest (1981) and Newsies (1992). He has been married to Diane Coleridge Dickey since September 27, 1970.

28. Madeline Kahn

Actress | Paper Moon

Madeline Kahn was born Madeline Gail Wolfson of Russian Jewish descent on September 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Freda Goldberg (later known as Paula Kahn), who was still in her teens, and Bernard B. Wolfson, a garment manufacturer. She began her acting career in high school and went on to...

29. Mark Matkevich

Actor | Sweet Home Alabama

Mark Matkevich was born on June 19, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Dawson's Creek (1998) and Ed (2000).

30. James Remar

Self | Sex and the City: A Farewell

James is a rugged, intense character player with leading man good looks. Having first gained recognition in 1979 as Ajax, in his second film, The Warriors (1979). That same year he garnered acclaim on Broadway with Richard Gere in the concentration camp drama "Bent".

In a career spanning nearly four...

31. Jack Plotnick

Actor | Girls Will Be Girls

Jack Plotnick was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Girls Will Be Girls (2003), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Space Station 76 (2014).

32. Dylan Lauren

Self | Project Runway

Dylan Lauren was born on May 9, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. She has been married to Paul Arrouet since June 11, 2011. They have two children.

33. Susan Cabot

Actress | The Wasp Woman

Susan Cabot was born in Boston and raised in a series of eight foster homes. She attended high school in Manhattan, where she took an interest in dramatics and joined the school dramatic club. Later, while trying to decide between a career in music or art, she illustrated children's books during ...

34. Sean Kenniff

Actor | Nash Bridges

Sean Kenniff was born on November 27, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Nash Bridges (1996), Guiding Light (1952) and Survivor (2000).

35. Calvin Trillin

Actor | Michael

Calvin Trillin was born on December 5, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Michael (1996), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and That Was the Week That Was (1963). He was previously married to Alice Stewart.

36. Samuel Z. Arkoff

Dressed to Kill

By the early 1950s, future movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff was a brash 30-ish lawyer scratching out a living by representing his in-laws and the Hollywood fringe, which included many of now infamous director/angora-clad transvestite Edward D. Wood Jr.'s social circle. As a shark, Arkoff was physically...

37. Jason Alexander

Actor | Seinfeld

Jay Scott Greenspan, known professionally as Jason Alexander, is an American actor, comedian, film director, and television presenter. An Emmy and Tony winner, he is best known for his role as George Costanza in the television series Seinfeld (1989), for which he was nominated for seven consecutive...

38. Sheila Bond

Actress | Broadway Danny Rose

Sheila Bond was born on March 16, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Marrying Kind (1952) and Playhouse 90 (1956). She died on March 25, 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.

39. Michael Callan

Actor | Cat Ballou

Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, Michael Callan sang and danced as a teenager and by the age of fifteen was dancing in local night clubs.

He started life out as Martin Harris Calinieff on November 22, 1935. A dark-haired charmer, he was taking voice and dance lessons by age 11, with the ...

40. Terrence Malick

Writer | Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.

A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...

41. Louis B. Mayer

Producer | The Great Secret

Mayer was born Lazar Meir in the Ukraine and grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after his parents fled Russian oppression in 1886. He had a brutal childhood, raised in poverty and suffering physical and emotional abuse from his nearly-illiterate peddler father. In the early 1890s, he ...

42. Melanie Sloan

Producer | A Love Song for Bobby Long

Melanie Sloan was born on February 25, 1951. She is a producer and actress, known for A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), Napoleon and Betsy and Manny & Lo (1996). She was previously married to Karsten Johansson.

43. Laurence Mark

Producer | I, Robot

Laurence Mark is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning producer of such acclaimed hit films as THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, JULIE & JULIA, DREAMGIRLS, I, ROBOT, AS GOOD AS IT GETS and JERRY MAGUIRE.

Most recently, Mr. Mark produced THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, the box office smash ...

44. Terry Becker

Actor | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Terry Becker was born on August 5, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), The Thirsty Dead (1974) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Erlinda Ver Cruz Smith and Jeanetta May Lewis. He died on December 30, ...

45. 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 ...

46. Jack Carter

Actor | History of the World: Part I

Jack Carter was born on June 24, 1922 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Alligator (1980) and Amazing Stories (1985). He was married to Roxanne Wander, Paula Stewart and Joan Mann. He died on June ...

47. Biff Elliot

Actor | The Enemy Below

Biff Elliot was born on July 26, 1923 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Enemy Below (1957), I, the Jury (1953) and Planet of the Apes (1974). He was married to Constance Karen Bandy and Elizabeth Alice Dole. He died on August 15, 2012 in Studio City, Los Angeles, ...

48. Herbie Faye

Actor | Thoroughly Modern Millie

Herbie Faye was born on February 2, 1899 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), The New Phil Silvers Show (1963) and The Harder They Fall (1956). He was married to Mary Lou. He died on June 28, 1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

49. Lainie Kazan

Actress | My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Actress and singer Lainie Kazan first made her mark with her Broadway debut in 1961 with the musical The Happiest Girl in the World. The following year, she appeared in another musical, Bravo Giovanni. She eventually served as Barbra Streisand's understudy for the lead role of Fanny Brice in Funny ...

50. Jack Klugman

Actor | 12 Angry Men

As a film character actor, Klugman was the epitome of the everyman. He was one of the pioneers of television acting in the 1950s, and is best remembered for his 1970s TV work as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple (1970) and as the medical examiner on Quincy M.E. (1976).

51. Mike Kellin

Actor | Midnight Express

Burly, coarse, raspy-voiced Mike Kellin was often cast as a tough cop, gangster, or soldier, usually a corporal or sergeant, so it may be surprising to some that during his stint in the US Navy during World War II he was a Lieutenant Commander.

Though he seemed to be straight out of the tenements of...

52. Tommy Bond

Actor | Superman

Forever etched in our minds as the bully with the protruding lip who gave beloved Alfalfa plenty of angst in the "Our Gang" serial shorts, actor Tommy Bond was actually a gentle, benign soul off the set. Born Thomas Ross Bond on September 16, 1926, in Dallas, Texas, he was discovered by a Hal Roach...

53. Terri Minsky

Writer | Lizzie McGuire

Terri Minsky has built an extensive career in the television and media industry as a producer, writer, creator and journalist. She created "Lizzie McGuire," a defining hit live-action and animated series for Disney Channel that resonated with a generation of kids and tweens. Continuing her track ...

54. 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...

55. Charles Nichols

Animation_department | Alice in Wonderland

Charles August "Nick" Nichols was an American animator and film director. He was born in Milford, Utah, a small ranching town.

Nichols started his career at the Dsney studio. His first film credit was for the film "Pinocchio" (1940), where he animated the villainous Coachman. He served as a film ...

56. Nora Ephron

Writer | Julie & Julia

Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was an acclaimed essayist (Crazy Salad 1975), novelist (Heartburn 1983), and had written screenplays for several popular films, all featuring strong female characters, such as anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood (Silkwood (1983), ...

57. Adrian

Costume_department | Rope

Adrian Adolph Greenburg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, March 3, 1903, to Gilbert and Helena (Pollack) Greenburg. He began his professional career while still attending the New York School for Fine and Applied Arts by contributing to the costumes for "George White's Scandals" in 1921. He is ...

58. Alan R. Cohen

Producer | King of the Hill

Alan R. Cohen was born on June 23, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for King of the Hill (1997), Due Date (2010) and The Freak Brothers (2020).

59. Alan Freedland

Producer | King of the Hill

Alan Freedland was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for King of the Hill (1997), Due Date (2010) and Impastor (2015).

60. Helen Komar

Animation_department | Fritz the Cat

Helen Komar was born on September 4, 1927 in Poland. She is known for Fritz the Cat (1972), Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) and The Soldier's Tale (1984). She died on November 27, 2020 in Seminole, Florida, USA.

61. Gordon Bressack

Writer | Murder, Anyone?

Gordon Bressack was born on May 28, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Murder, Anyone? (2022), Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys (1996) and Pinky and the Brain (1995). He was married to Ellen Gerstell. He died on August 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, ...

62. Cameron Douglas

Wonder Boys

Cameron Douglas was born on December 13, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Wonder Boys (2000), The Runner (2021) and It Runs in the Family (2003).

63. Ben Diskin

Actor | Kindergarten Cop

With nearly 30 years of voice acting experience, Diskin has voiced a multitude of characters in video games, anime, and western animation. Some of his more recognizable roles include Eugene in "Hey Arnold!," Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 in "Codename: Kids Next Door," Sai in "Naruto Shippuden," Eddie Brock...

64. Ricky Blitt

Writer | Loudermilk

Ricky Blitt is known for Loudermilk (2017), Family Guy (1999) and The Ringer (2005).

65. Bill Applebaum

Actor | Pretty Woman

Bill Applebaum was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Pretty Woman (1990), Overboard (1987) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000). He has been married to Nancy Reaven since 1986. They have two children.

66. Michael Slovis

Cinematographer | Breaking Bad

Michael Slovis was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Breaking Bad (2008), New Amsterdam (2018) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).

67. Darryl Seamen

Actor | Here Come the Brides

Darryl Seamen was born on October 23, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Here Come the Brides (1968), Barney Miller (1975) and The Road West (1966).

68. Alexandra Pohevitz

Self | Survivor After Show

69. Basil Davidovich

Animation_department | Sleeping Beauty

Basil Davidovich was born on January 28, 1911 in Russia. He is known for Sleeping Beauty (1959), The AristoCats (1970) and The Jungle Book (1967). He was married to Marion. He died on May 28, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

70. Jon Robin Baitz

Writer | Brothers & Sisters

Mr. Baitz was born in 1961 in Los Angeles, and grew up there, in Brazil and South Africa. Plays include: "Other Desert Cities", "The Substance of Fire", "A Fair Country", and "Ten Unknowns", (All produced at Lincoln Center), The Paris Letter", "The Film Society", "Mizlansky/Zilinsky" and "Three ...

71. Buddy Ruskin

Writer | Warhead

Buddy Ruskin is known for Warhead (1977), Mod Squad (1968) and Clay Pigeon (1971).

72. Rick Husky

Writer | T.J. Hooker

Rick Husky was born on May 6, 1940 in the USA. Rick is a writer and producer, known for T.J. Hooker (1982), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) and The Sentinel (1996).

73. Barbara Bosson

Actress | Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson, who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One (1995), was raised in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, a small coal-mining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. When she was a teenager, she and her family moved to Florida, where she attended Boca Ciega High ...

74. Stuart Stone

Actor | Donnie Darko

Stuart Stone was born on November 17, 1980 in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Donnie Darko (2001), Vandits (2022) and Faking A Murderer (2020).

75. Ralph Lawler

Actor | Drive

Ralph Lawler was born in 1938 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Drive (2011), The Sentinel (1996) and Los Angeles Clippers Basketball on KCOP (1991).

76. Sharon Gless

Actress | Burn Notice

Few actresses have the distinction of being recognized and revered worldwide for multiple iconic roles in groundbreaking television shows. Sharon Gless is one of them.

Generations of TV viewers know and love the remarkable characters brought to life by this standout multi Emmy and Golden Globe ...

77. Chad Fiveash

Producer | Switched at Birth

Chad Fiveash was born on March 11, 1972 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Chad is a producer and writer, known for Switched at Birth (2011), Gotham Knights (2023) and Batwoman (2019).

78. Gerald Perry Finnerman

Cinematographer | Moonlighting

Gerald Perry Finnerman was born on December 17, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Moonlighting (1985), From Here to Eternity (1980) and Kojak (1973). He died on April 6, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

79. Joel J. Feigenbaum

Producer | Paradise

Joel J. Feigenbaum is known for Paradise (1988), University Hospital (1995) and Burke's Law (1994).

80. Evan Goldberg

Producer | This Is the End

Evan Goldberg is a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer. Goldberg is known for his work on Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Funny People, The Green Hornet, 50/50, Goon, The Watch, This is the End, Neighbors, The Interview and The Night Before. Goldberg works alongside longtime ...

81. Mark Harelik

Actor | 42

Mr. Harelik, a native Texan, grew up in the only Jewish family in the small town of Hamilton in central Texas, where his two biographical plays, The Immigrant and The Legacy, take place.

With Randal Myler, he co-wrote Hank Williams: Lost Highway, a biographical musical about the life of the country ...

82. Harvey Pekar

Actor | American Splendor

Harvey Pekar was born on October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for American Splendor (2003), Hero Tomorrow (2007) and Harvey Pekar's Teo Macero (2015). He was married to Joyce Brabner. He died on July 12, 2010 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA.

83. Joe Medjuck

Producer | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

BA from McGill University. MA, PhD from University of Toronto where he taught for 12 years before moving to LA in 1980 to work with friend Ivan Reitman. Moved to Montecito, a suburb of Santa Barbara in 1998 when Reitman and Tom Pollock formed The Montecito Picture Company. Has taught at UCSB.

84. Jeremiah S. Chechik

Director | Benny & Joon

Jeremiah S. Chechik was born in 1955 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for Benny & Joon (1993), Christmas Vacation (1989) and Gossip Girl (2007).

85. Arnold Laven

Producer | Geronimo

Laven, Jules V. Levy and Arthur Gardner met in 1943 in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. They were stationed at the Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California (with other notables such as Capt. Ronald Reagan, Capt. Clark Gable and Lt. William Holden), making training films. Levy...

86. Irene Roseen

Actress | The Family Man

Irene Roseen was born on December 30, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Family Man (2000), The Benchwarmers (2006) and Star Trek (2009).

87. Jack Pearl

Actor | Meet the Baron

Jack Pearl was born on October 29, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Meet the Baron (1933), Hollywood Party (1934) and The Meal Ticket (1931). He was married to Winnie Desbrought. He died on December 25, 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.

88. Anne Gregory

Actress | Punk'd

Anne Gregory was born on September 21, 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Punk'd (2003), Drunk Wedding (2015) and Parks and Recreation (2009).

89. Lillian Roth

Actress | Animal Crackers

Tragic songstress Lillian Roth (nee Lillian Rutstein) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 13, 1910. She was given her first name in honor of singer Lillian Russell. She was the daughter of stage parents who groomed her and younger sister Ann for stardom at an early age.

The girls did not ...

90. David Paluck

Actor | Ordinary Joe

David Paluck is known for Ordinary Joe (2021), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Pam & Tommy (2022).

91. Lee Philips

Actor | Peyton Place

Lee Philips was born on January 10, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Peyton Place (1957), The Hunters (1958) and The American Girls (1978). He was married to Barbara Schrader and Jean Allison. He died on March 3, 1999 in Brentwood, California, USA.

92. Dave Shalansky

Actor | Grey's Anatomy

Born and raised in Rhode Island, Dave Shalansky moved on to receive a BFA in Acting from Boston University. After moving to New York City directly after graduation, he became very successful in TV commercials and continued advancing his acting career by working steadily in the New York and Regional...

93. Kyle Riabko

Soundtrack | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

Kyle Riabko was born on September 29, 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a composer and actor, known for Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), 90210 (2008) and Instant Star (2004).

94. Michael Silvers

Sound_department | The Incredibles

Michael Silvers is known for The Incredibles (2004), Up (2009) and Iron Man (2008).

95. Steve Belsky

Camera_department | Stargate

Steve Belsky was born in Scarsdale, NY, but raised in Houston, Texas. He attended various Texas colleges in the 1980s until distracted by work in lighting and camera as productions began shooting more frequently in Texas.

Steve joined the I.A.T.S.E. in 1992, when the New Texas Studio Mechanics Local...

96. Ed Novick

Sound_department | Moneyball

Ed Novick is known for Moneyball (2011), Inception (2010) and The Dark Knight (2008).

97. Leonard Stone

Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Leonard Stone was born on November 3, 1923 in Salem, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Soylent Green (1973) and I Spy (1965). He was married to Carole H. Kleinman. He died on November 2, 2011 in Encinitas, California, USA.

98. Michael Stone

Camera_department | National Treasure

Michael Stone was born on April 4, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for National Treasure (2004), In the Line of Fire (1993) and Dressed to Kill (1980). He died on July 29, 2005 in Ventura County, California, USA.

99. Gloria Stone

Self | It Takes Two

Gloria Stone was born on January 5, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for It Takes Two (1968). She was married to Carl Betz and David Stone Martin. She died on May 13, 2014.

100. Jared Sandler

Actor | The Wrong Missy

Jared Sandler is an internationally touring comedian based out of New York and Los Angeles. Sandler's background includes acting, improv and sketch comedy and he's brought those skills into his stand up, performing in comedy clubs, theaters and arenas. Sandler is a regular at Comic Strip Live and ...