NJ Possible Hall of Fame Honorees

1. Kelsey Grammer

Actor | Cheers

A six-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur, who were from the mainland. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William ...

2. Kelly Bishop

Actress | Gilmore Girls

Kelly Bishop was born on February 28, 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Gilmore Girls (2000), Dirty Dancing (1987) and Friends with Kids (2011).

3. Andre Braugher

Actor | Homicide: Life on the Street

Many actors have attempted to crack both genres of drama and comedy. Few have succeeded, among them the genial Andre Braugher (pronounced 'Ahn-drey Braw-ger'). A two-time Emmy Award winner, he is especially remembered for two seminal roles: as the intense, often explosive Detective Frank Pembleton ...

4. James Rebhorn

Actor | Independence Day

James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 - March 21, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the current series White Collar and Homeland.

An early performance was in Butterflies are Free at the ...

5. Jacqueline Kennedy

Self | A Tour of the White House

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York, to Janet Norton (Lee) and John Vernou "Blackjack" Bouvier III, a stockbroker. Her sister Caroline Lee (aka Lee Radziwill) was born four years after her. Her mother was of Irish descent and her father had French, English, ...

6. Joyce Brothers

Actress | Loaded Weapon 1

Joyce Brothers was born on October 20, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), The King of Comedy (1982) and Spy Hard (1996). She was married to Milton Brothers. She died on May 13, 2013 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.

7. Bebe Neuwirth

Actress | Jumanji

Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth is the daughter of Sydney Anne, an artist, and Lee Paul Neuwirth, a mathematician. Born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, she started out as a dancer. Her New York career started out in "A Chorus Line". She won a Tony Award for her part in "Sweet Charity" and two Emmy ...

8. Richie Sambora

Soundtrack | Spaceballs

Richie Sambora is one of music's most talented and respected songwriters, singers, guitarists and producers. As a founding member of Bon Jovi, he has toured the world and collected over 68 gold and platinum albums. In 1998 Sambora released his second solo album, "Undiscovered Soul". The album was ...

9. Ruth White

Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird

Ruth White was born on April 24, 1914 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Hang 'Em High (1968). She died on December 3, 1969 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA.

10. Tom Cruise

Actor | Top Gun

In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...

11. Avery Brooks

Actor | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Avery Franklin Brooks was born on October 2, 1948 in Evansville, Indiana to a musically talented family. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Travis Crawford, was a tenor who graduated from Tougaloo College in Mississippi in 1901. Crawford toured the country singing with the Delta Rhythm Boys in the ...

12. Mehmet Oz

John Q

Mehmet Oz was born on June 11, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for John Q (2002), Mom and Dad (2017) and The Dr. Oz Show (2009). He has been married to Lisa Oz since June 29, 1985. They have four children.

13. Sarah Jessica Parker

Actress | Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah ...

14. Willie Garson

Actor | White Collar

Rarely at a loss for work, Willie Garson appeared in more than 300 episodes of television and more than 70 films. Best known for his long runs on television as Mozzie on White Collar (2009), Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City (1998), and Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue (1993), he also appeared as the ...

15. Calista Flockhart

Actress | Ally McBeal

Calista Kay Flockhart was born 11 November, 1964 in Freeport, Illinois. Her mother, Kay (Honohan), was a school teacher, and her father, Ronald Flockhart, worked for Kraft Foods Inc. She has Irish, Scottish, German, and English ancestry. Calista was named after her great-grandmother.

Flockhart ...

16. Kristin Davis

Actress | Sex and the City 2

Kristin Lee Davis was born on February 23, 1965 in Boulder, Colorado. An only child, her parents divorced when she was a baby. She was adopted by her stepfather, psychology professor Keith Davis, after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968. Early in her childhood, ...

17. Dulé Hill

Actor | Psych

Dulé Hill can currently be seen starring as the patriarch Bill Williams in ABC's re-imagining of "The Wonder Years". Inspired by the beloved award-winning series of the same name, the Peabody Award winning, "The Wonder Years" is a coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic ...

18. Jack McKeon

Self | Sunday Night Baseball

Jack McKeon was born on November 23, 1930 in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He has been married to Carol Isley since October 29, 1954. They have four children.

19. Allie Clark

Self | 1947 World Series

Allie Clark was born on June 16, 1923 in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for 1947 World Series (1947) and 1948 World Series (1948). He was married to Frances Clark. He died on April 2, 2012 in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA.

20. Gloria Monty

Director | General Hospital

Gloria Monte is known as an American Television producer and director working primarily in the field of television daytime drama. Gloria Montemuro was born in Allenhurst, New Jersey on August 12, 1921. Gloria attended the University of Iowa, New York University, Columbia University where she earned...

21. Kelly McGillis

Actress | Top Gun

Kelly Ann McGillis was born in Newport Beach, California, to Virginia Joan (Snell), a homemaker, and Donald Manson McGillis, a general practitioner of medicine. She has English, Welsh, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. McGillis dropped out of high school to pursue a career as an actress, and ...

22. Charita Bauer

Actress | The Guiding Light

Charita Bauer was born on December 20, 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), The Aldrich Family (1949) and The Cradle Will Fall (1983). She was married to Robert Stanley Crawford. She died on February 28, 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.

23. Kim Zimmer

Actress | Body Heat

Kim Zimmer was born on February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Body Heat (1981), Guiding Light (1952) and MacGyver (1985). She has been married to A.C. Weary since August 29, 1981. They have three children.

24. Ice-T

Actor | New Jack City

The legendary gangsta hip-hop emcee Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with his paternal aunt after the death of his father while he was in the sixth grade; his mother had died earlier when he was in the third grade....

25. Justin Deas

Actor | Santa Barbara

Justin Deas was born on March 30, 1948 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Santa Barbara (1984), Guiding Light (1952) and As the World Turns (1956). He has been married to Margaret Colin since January 23, 1988. They have two children. He was previously married to Jody ...

26. Stephen Colbert

Writer | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the ...

27. Felicia Minei Behr

Producer | All My Children

Felicia Minei Behr is known for All My Children (1970), Ryan's Hope (1975) and As the World Turns (1956).

28. Charles Osgood

Actor | Horton Hears a Who!

Charles Osgood was born on January 8, 1933 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Horton Hears a Who! (2008), CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979) and A Science Odyssey (1998). He was married to Jean Crafton and Theresa Audette. He died on January 23, 2024...

29. Gloria DeHaven

Actress | The Thin Man Goes Home

Gloria Mildred DeHaven was born on July 23, 1925 in Los Angeles to vaudeville headliners Carter and Flora DeHaven. Her parents made sure their daughter would be educated at the very best private schools. They also indulged her ambition to be in show business by packing her off to the Mar-Ken ...

30. Olympia Dukakis

Actress | Moonstruck

Long a vital, respected thespian of the classic and contemporary stage, this grand lady did not become a household name and sought-after film actress until age 56 when she turned in a glorious, Oscar-winning performance as Cher's sardonic mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck (1987). Movie (and ...

31. Kevin Smith

Producer | Clerks

Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.

His ...

32. Elisabeth Shue

Actress | Leaving Las Vegas

Elisabeth Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anne Brewster (Wells), who worked for the Chemical Banking Corporation, and James William Shue, a lawyer and real estate developer. She is of German and English ancestry, including descent from Mayflower passengers. Shue's parents divorced while ...

33. Andrew Shue

Actor | The Rainmaker

Andrew Shue was born on February 20, 1967 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Rainmaker (1997), Melrose Place (1992) and Gracie (2007). He was previously married to Amy Robach and Jennifer Hageney.

34. Linda Fiorentino

Actress | The Last Seduction

Linda Fiorentino is an American actress. She has starred in the films Vision Quest (1985), Gotcha! (1985), After Hours (1985), Jade (1995), Men in Black (1997) and Dogma (1999). For her performance in The Last Seduction (1994), she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, the ...

35. Linda Hunt

Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously

Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who had only just begun acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian...

36. Christine Ebersole

Actress | The Wolf of Wall Street

Christine Ebersole was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Marian Esther (Goodley) and Robert Amos Ebersole, a steel company president. She won the 2007 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in "Grey Gardens". Previously, she was awarded the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle ...

37. Nathan Lane

Actor | The Producers

Nathan Lane is an American actor and singer from New Jersey who is known for playing Timon from The Lion King, Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II from Teacher's Pet, Max Bialystock from The Producers, Snowball from Stuart Little, Hamegg from Astro Boy and Ernie Smuntz from Mouse Hunt. He is married ...

38. 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 (...

39. Frank Langella

Actor | Frost/Nixon

Frank Langella was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, to Angelina and Frank A. Langella, a business executive. He is of Italian descent.

A stage and screen actor of extreme versatility, Frank Langella won acclaim on the New York stage in "Seascape" and followed it up with the title role in the Edward Gorey...

40. Peter Dinklage

Actor | Game of Thrones

Peter Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) . For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a...

41. Steve Carell

Actor | The Office

Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...

42. Mary Eleanor Freeman

Writer | American Playhouse

Author Mary Freeman was born in Massachusetts but moved with her family to Vermont when she was 15. She spent a year at Mt. Holyoke University (then called Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary) and after she left began writing children's stories and verse. Her parents died in 1883 and she returned to her ...

43. David Copperfield

Producer | Now You See Me 2

David Copperfield is the first living illusionist to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: he won the star on April 25th, 1995, for the category "Live Performance" and the address is 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, USA. On October 2nd, 1994, he was knighted by the...

44. Dudley Moore

Actor | Arthur

Dudley Moore, the gifted comedian who had at least three distinct career phases that brought him great acclaim and success, actually started out as a musical prodigy as a child. Moore -- born in Dagenham, Essex, England to working class parents in 1935 -- won a music scholarship to Magdalen College...

45. Rena Fruchter

Actress | Rena Fruchter - The Orchestra Murders - An Interview

Rena Fruchter is known for Rena Fruchter - The Orchestra Murders - An Interview (2013) and The Unforgettable Dudley Moore (2012).

46. Susan Cohen

Self | Minute by Minute

Susan Cohen was born on March 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was previously married to Daniel Cohen.

47. Daniel Cohen

Self | Scams, Schemes, and Scoundrels

Daniel Cohen was born on March 12, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Susan Cohen. He died on May 6, 2018 in Cape May, New Jersey, USA.

48. Cheryl A. Wall

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Cheryl A. Wall is known for Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013) and Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014).

49. Angus Kress Gillespie

Self | MonsterQuest

50. Cicely Tyson

Actress | The Help

Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter. Tyson was discovered by a fashion editor at ...

51. Charles A. Lindbergh

Writer | The Spirit of St. Louis

Charles A. Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Coast to Coast in 48 Hours (1929) and 40,000 Miles with Lindbergh (1928). He was married to Anne Morrow Lindbergh. He died on August 26, 1974 in Kipahulu, Maui, ...

52. Geraldo Rivera

Actor | Contact

Geraldo Rivera was born on July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Contact (1997), Grumpier Old Men (1995) and Primary Colors (1998). He has been married to Erica Levy since August 10, 2003. They have one child. He was previously married to C.C. ...

53. Maury Povich

Producer | The Maury Povich Show

Maury Povich was born on January 17, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Maury (1991), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Madea's Big Happy Family (2011). He has been married to Connie Chung since December 2, 1984. They have one child. He was ...

54. Vera Farmiga

Actress | Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).

She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, ...

55. Elizabeth Gilbert

Writer | Eat Pray Love

Elizabeth Gilbert was born on July 18, 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Eat Pray Love (2010), City of Girls and Live and Let Die (2015). She has been married to Jose Nunes since January 2007. She was previously married to Michael Cooper.

56. Julia Barr

Actress | All My Children

Julia Barr is an American actress, most famously for her role playing Brooke English on the soap opera, All My Children. She played the role for over 30 years, first debuting as Brooke in 1976 and exiting the show in 2006. Barr made special appearances as Brooke, reprising her role in both 2010 and...

57. Mary McCormack

Actress | Deep Impact

Mary McCormack began her acting career performing in a stage production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore ...

58. Joe Pesci

Actor | Goodfellas

Compact Italian-American actor Joe Pesci was born February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, to Mary (Mesce), a part-time barber, and Angelo Pesci, a bartender and forklift driver. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids"....

59. Norman Lloyd

Actor | Dead Poets Society

Norman Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Sadie (Horowitz), a housewife and singer, and Max Perlmutter, a furniture store manager. His family was Jewish (from Hungary and Russia). He began his acting career in the theater, first "treading the boards" at Eva Le Gallienne...

60. Susan Flannery

Actress | The Towering Inferno

Susan Flannery was born on July 31, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Days of Our Lives (1965).

61. Bob Ingle

Self | The War Room with Michael Shure

62. Charles White

Actor | Serpico

Charlie White was born and raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He credits the town for shaping the career that he has had. In the 1920s, Perth Amboy was a town where plays that were bound for Broadway were tried out on audiences. They'd rehearse the play in New York and then bring actors and scenery...

63. Angelo Badalamenti

Composer | Mulholland Dr.

Angelo Badalamenti was born on March 22, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Mulholland Drive (2001), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Lost Highway (1997). He was married to Lonny Irgens. He died on December 11, 2022 in Lincoln Park, New ...

64. Jesse Eisenberg

Actor | The Social Network

Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...

65. Brian Selznick

Writer | Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick was born on July 14, 1966 in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Wonderstruck (2017), Hugo (2011) and The Houdini Box.

66. Tom Colicchio

Producer | Top Chef

Tom Colicchio was born on August 15, 1962 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Top Chef (2006), The Smurfs (2011) and Billions (2016). He has been married to Lori Silverbush since September 14, 2001. They have two children.

67. Janet Evanovich

Writer | One for the Money

Janet Evanovich was born on April 22, 1943 in South River, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer, known for One for the Money (2012), One for the Money (2002) and CBS Saturday Morning (2012). She is married to Peter Evanovich. They have two children.

68. Stanley Kamel

Actor | Domino

Stanley Kamel was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 1, 1943 and was raised in South River, New Jersey. He attended high school at Rutgers Prepatory School (graduated 1961) in Somerset, New Jersey and received his college degree from the Boston University School of Fine Arts in 1965. ...

69. Bill Maher

Producer | Politically Incorrect

Bill Maher was born William Maher in New York City, New York, and grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. His father, William Aloysius Maher Jr., who was of Irish Catholic descent, was a radio announcer and news editor. His mother, Julie (Berman), was a nurse, who was of Jewish descent. Maher was raised...

70. Lou Dobbs

Actor | State of Play

Lou Dobbs was born on September 24, 1945 in Childress, Texas, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for State of Play (2009), Lou Dobbs Tonight (1980) and Managing with Lou Dobbs (1993). He has been married to Debi Segura since 1982. They have four children. He was previously married to Kathleen ...

71. Bon Jovi

Soundtrack | Spaceballs

Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such quit the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter ...

72. Tico Torres

Soundtrack | Requiem for a Dream

Tico Torres was born on October 7, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Requiem for a Dream (2000), Film Contest? (2007) and Rock Star Kids. He has been married to Maria Alejandra Marquez since September 23, 2001. They have one child. He was previously ...

73. David Bryan

Soundtrack | Diana

David Bryan was born on February 7, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Diana (2021), Memphis the Musical (2011) and Memphis.

74. Eddie Bracken

Actor | Hail the Conquering Hero

This owl-faced comic actor enjoyed his first featured film role in the RKO production Too Many Girls (1940), in which he reprised the role of "JoJo Jordan" that he had played in the Broadway stage version of that musical. (Into the pantheon of pop-music standards came one that Bracken had ...

75. 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, ...

76. Richard Kline

Actor | Three's Company

Richard Kline was born on April 29, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Three's Company (1976), Jack and Jill (2011) and Beverly Hills Ninja (1997). He has been married to Beverley Osgoode since 2002. He was previously married to Sandy Molloy and Kathleen ...

77. Paul Sorvino

Actor | Repo! The Genetic Opera

Tall, dark and imposing American actor Paul Sorvino made a solid career of portraying authority figures.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His mother, Angela (Renzi), was a piano teacher, of Italian descent. His father, Ford Sorvino, was an Italian immigrant who worked in a robe factory as a ...

78. Mira Sorvino

Actress | Mighty Aphrodite

Mira Katherine Sorvino was born on September 28, 1967 in Manhattan. She is the daughter of Lorraine Davis, an actress turned drama therapist, and veteran character actor Paul Sorvino. Her father's family were Italian immigrants. The young Sorvino was intelligent, an avid reader and an exceptional ...

79. Rod Steiger

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. After his parents' divorce, Steiger was raised by his mother in Newark, New Jersey. He dropped out of Westside High school at...

80. Jane Krakowski

Actress | 30 Rock

Jane Krakowski was born in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, to Barbara (Benoit), a college theater instructor, and Edward Krajkowski, a chemical engineer. Her father was of Polish descent and her mother has French-Canadian and Scottish ancestry.

Jane was the winner of the 2003 Tony Award for her ...

81. Edie Adams

Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The scintillating, sultry-eyed blonde (formerly a redhead) star of screen, TV and award-winning stage went on to become best known, however, for her sensual delivery pitching cigars in taunting '60s ads and commercials with her Mae Westian come-on line "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it ...

82. Elaine Pagels

Actress | Mary

Elaine Pagels is known for Mary (2005), Jesus Rise to Power (2013) and WHO AM I? (The Documentary).

83. Janine di Giovanni

Producer | 7 Days in Syria

Janine di Giovanni is known for 7 Days in Syria (2015), Bin Laden's Escape (2005) and Unscriptify (2021).

84. Floyd Vivino

Actor | The Uncle Floyd Show

Floyd Vivino began his career in show business as a child performer, giving piano recitals and appearing as a dancer with Sandra Lee and Jill Davison. He danced at the 1964 World's Fair in New York and at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. As a high school student he was being groomed by dance and ...

85. Bill Moyers

Writer | Bill Moyers' Journal

Bill Moyers was born on June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Oklahoma, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Bill Moyers' Journal (1972), Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982) and Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report (2001). He has been married to Judith Davidson Moyers since December 18, 1954. They have three ...

86. Mrs. Vincent Astor

Self | Bill Cunningham New York

Brooke Marshall Astor was the only child of Major General John Russell and granddaughter of Rear Admiral John Henry Russell, a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. With her moneyed background, she grew up in Hawaii, Panama, China and Santo Domingo, and became fluent ...

87. Russell Simmons

Producer | The Nutty Professor

Russell Simmons was born on October 4, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Nutty Professor (1996), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010). He was previously married to Kimora Lee Simmons.

88. Stevie Wonder

Soundtrack | Wild Wild West

Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, United States, to Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway. Due to being born six weeks premature, Stevie Wonder was born with a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, which made him blind. Stevie Wonder, even with this disability, made his ...

89. Chris Rock

Actor | Top Five

Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.

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90. Kal Penn

Actor | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Kal Penn was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, to Asmita, a fragrance evaluator, and Suresh Modi, an engineer. His parents are Gujarati immigrants to America from India. He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the ...

91. Jay-Z

Soundtrack | The Harder They Fall

Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Carter was a school friend of The Notorious B.I.G.. He first started releasing records in the late 1980s. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend, Jas ("The Originators") and Original Flavor ("...

92. Harold Lamb

Writer | The Golden Horde

American writer and novelist Harold Lamb was born in Alpine, NJ, in 1892. From birth he had problems with his eyes, nose and throat, making it difficult for him to see, smell and speak, and it wasn't until he was in his 20s that he was "fully functional", though he remained uncomfortable among ...

93. Eric Maskin

Self | When the World Breaks

94. Marc Jacobs

Costume_department | The Darjeeling Limited

Marc Jacobs was born on April 9, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a costume designer and actor, known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), A Simple Favor (2018) and Zoolander 2 (2016).

95. Philip Bosco

Actor | The Savages

Philip Michael Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Margaret Raymond (Thek), a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. He was of Italian and German descent. Bosco graduated from Saint Peter's Prep School, 1948, and from the Catholic University of America, A.B. 1957. He ...

96. Leonard Maltin

Actor | Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Leonard Maltin is one of the most recognized and respected film critics of our time. He recently completed his 30th season with the long-running television show, Entertainment Tonight (1981).

Maltin was born on Friday, December 18th, 1950, in New York City and grew up in suburban Teaneck, New Jersey...

97. Patricia McBride

Actress | A Midsummer Night's Dream

Patricia McBride was born on August 23, 1942 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967), The Nutcracker (1964) and Festival (1960). She is married to Jean-Pierre Bonnefous. She was previously married to Carmen Capalbo.

98. Pat Boone

Soundtrack | Journey to the Center of the Earth

Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and ...

99. Phoebe Snow

Soundtrack | Running with Scissors

Phoebe Snow was born on July 17, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Running with Scissors (2006), Kicking and Screaming (1995) and Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008). She was married to Philip Kearns. She died on April 26, 2011 in Edison, New Jersey, USA.

100. Roger Baldwin

Actor | Reds

Roger Baldwin was born on January 21, 1884 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Reds (1981), The Wobblies (1979) and Traveling Hopefully (1982). He died on August 26, 1981.