"...wherever you go there is always a Hoosier doing something very important there."
by Daddypantz | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicList of performers, directors, and creatives from Indiana
1. Bill Shirley
Actor | Sleeping Beauty
Bill Shirley was born on July 6, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Sleeping Beauty (1959), I Dream of Jeanie (1952) and Flying Tigers (1942). He died on August 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
2. Ken Hixon
Writer | City by the Sea
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Stage actor with minor film and television roles prior to making a career transition to screenwriting in the early 1980s. Married to Melanie Otey; two children: Lillian and Samuel Hixon.
3. Ken Foree
Actor | Dawn of the Dead
Large, likable, and muscular actor Ken Foree was born as Kentotis Alvin Foree on February 29, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Foree attended Loyola University in Chicago and studied acting at Michael Shulman's Performing Gallery in New York City. He began his career in off-Broadway theater and ...
4. Joe Keaton
Actor | Sherlock Jr.
Joe Keaton and wife Myra were grade-Z vaudeville performers in the early 1900s. Their son Buster joined the act when he was only a few months old. The act was a rough-and-tumble one, with Buster being thrown around on stage most of the time. As the years went by, Joe Keaton became an alcoholic, ...
5. Carole Lombard
Actress | My Man Godfrey
Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip out West. While there they decided to settle down in the Los Angeles area. After being spotted playing baseball in the street with the ...
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