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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'…

Dennis Miller

comedian/actorBorn: 11/3/1953Birthplace: Philadelphia Emmy Award winning comedian and actor, Miller got his start in comedy after college, and got his big break when he was discovered by Saturday…

Joan Rivers

(Joan Molinsky)comedian, talk show host, actressBorn: 6/8/1933Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Emmy Award-winning talk show host, actress and comedian who gained notoriety while working as 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…

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.…

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…

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…

Ellen DeGeneres

comedienne, actressBorn: 1/26/1958Birthplace: Metairie, Louisiana Television and film actress whose coming out of the closet in real life and on her sitcom was one of the biggest entertainment…

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…