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Tracey Ullman

comedian; actress; singerBorn: 12/30/1959Birthplace: Slough, Berkshire, England From ballet in Berlin, to musicals in London's West End, to television in the U.K. and U.S., Tracey Ullman has…

LeVar Burton

actorBorn: 2/16/1957Birthplace: Landstuhl, West Germany West German-born actor best known for his role as Geordi LaForge in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) and in the films…

Paul Reiser

actor, comedian, writerBorn: 3/30/1957Birthplace: New York City Emmy Award winner Paul Reiser found little success in his first attempts as a stand-up comedian, so he started working at his father'…

Regis Philbin

TV personality, talk show hostBorn: 8/25/1931Birthplace: New York City Emmy-award winning co-host of the popular day-time television show Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee (1989– ). The…

Sonia Manzano

actressBorn: 1950Birthplace: Bronx, N.Y. The daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Manzano attended the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and received a scholarship to attend Carnegie…

Holly Hunter

actressBorn: 3/20/1958Birthplace: Conyers, Georgia Academy- and Emmy Award-winning film and television actress. Often thought of as a Southern bundle of energy who can talk, talk, talk, she proved…

Tommy Lee Jones

actorBorn: 9/15/1946Birthplace: San Saba, Texas Academy- and Emmy Award-winning film and television actor best known for his role in The Fugitive (1993) that won him the supporting actor Oscar.…

Meredith Baxter Biography

actorBorn: June 21, 1986Birthplace: South Pasadena, California Meredith Baxter got her start on television in 1972 as one of the leads in CBS’ Bridget Loves Bernie. The…

Nichols, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Nichols, Mike, 1931–2014, American actor and director, b. Berlin, Germany, as Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky. His family immigrated to the…

McNally, Terrence

(Encyclopedia) McNally, Terrence, 1939–2020, American playwright, b. St. Petersburg, Fla., grad. Columbia, 1960. Known for his dark humor, social satire, and focus on human isolation and the need to…