IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "St. Louis/ Missouri/ USA"

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1.		John Goodman Actor, Monsters, Inc. John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988-1997), for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe award in 1993. Goodman is also noted for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers...
2.		Jon Hamm Actor, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
3.		Evan Peters Actor, Kick-Ass Evan Peters was born in the winter of 1987 to Phil and Julie Peters in St. Louis, Missouri. When his father's job was transferred and the family moved to Grand Blanc, Michigan, Evan began taking acting classes and at age 15, he moved with his mother to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing a career in the entertainment industry...
4.		Taylor Momsen Actress, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Taylor Mikel Momsen was born on July 26th, 1993 in St Louis, Missouri to parents Michael and Colette Momsen. Her Mom took her to NYC because she was so bubbly, outgoing and so talented for her young age! She began her acting career at age 3 with a national commercial for "Shake-N-Bake". She also appeared in commercials for "Snuggle" fabric softener...
5.		Kevin Kline Actor, The Ice Storm After attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, Kline joined the Acting Company in New York which was run by John Houseman. With this company, Kline performed Shakespeare across the country. On the stage, Kline has won two Tony Awards for his work in the musicals "On the Twentieth Century" (1978) and "The Pirates of Penzance" (1981)...
6.		Nevin Millan Actor, In Another Time Nevin Millan was born and raised in an international household, with immigrant parents of Croatian, Indian, French, and Austrian heritage, in the heartland of America, St. Louis, Missouri. He began his career in the entertainment industry at the age of 4 when he began playing the violin and piano. After making his stage debut as 'Donald Duck' in a grade school play...
7.		Scott Bakula Actor, American Beauty Scott Bakula came from a musical family. In the fourth grade, he started a rock band and wrote songs for them. Later, he sang with the St. Louis Symphony. He studied Law at the University of Kansas. In 1976, he was first hired professionally in the role of Sam in "Shenandoah" and went to New York. After several small roles on TV, he made Quantum Leap...
8.		Mircea Monroe Actress, The Change-Up Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, who worked for the United Nations, was stationed in the Solomon Islands and Fiji, so Monroe spent most of her early childhood in the South Pacific. After spending time in various other countries, she moved back to the United States. She lived in Michigan and Virginia before finding herself in Los Angeles, pursuing a career in acting and writing...
9.		Sarah Clarke Actress, Twilight Actress Sarah Clarke was born and raised in Missouri, the middle child of Carolyn and Ernest Clarke, an engineer. She has an older and younger brother. She was educated at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, and went on to Indiana University to study Fine Arts and Italian. During Clarke's senior year at university she studied in Bologna...
10.		Vincent Price Actor, Edward Scissorhands Actor, writer, and gourmet, Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was born in St Louis, Missouri. He traveled through Europe, studied at Yale and became an actor. He made his screen debut in 1938, and after many minor roles, he began to perform in low-budget horror movies such as House of Wax, achieving his first major success with House of Usher...
11.		Annie Wersching Actress, Bruce Almighty
12.		Linda Blair Actress, The Exorcist From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist. Linda quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed to be set to take the Academy Award for that role...
13.		Matt Schulze Actor, The Transporter Matt grew up in St. Louis and spent a good deal of time in the rough neighborhoods of East St. Louis. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where he studied guitar at the prestigious Atlanta Institute of Music. He moved back to St. Louis at age 17 and taught guitar for a year. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician...
14.		Kelly Stables Actress, The Ring Two
15.		Gabriel Basso Actor, Super 8
16.		Robert Guillaume Actor, The Lion King
17.		Erin Daniels Actress, One Hour Photo
18.		Doris Roberts Actress, Christmas Vacation
19.		Shelley Winters Actress, Lolita Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her father moved the family to Brooklyn when she was still young so that he, a tailor's cutter, could find steadier work closer to the city's garment industry....
20.		Kevin Nealon Actor, Good Shit Lollipop
21.		Brian Smith Actor, No Place Like Home
22.		David Rasche Actor, Burn After Reading
23.		Andreas Katsulas Actor, The Fugitive Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Andreas was a cross between apple pie and baklava, coming from a working-class Greek-American family. Attracted from early childhood to being on stage when at 4 his mother took him to see a community theater performance, he took theatre as an extra-curricular activity in high school...
24.		Mary Wickes Actress, Sister Act From the grand old school of wisecracking, loud and lanky Mary Wickes had few peers while forging a career as a salty scene-stealer. Her abrupt, tell-it-like-it-is demeanor made her a consistent audience favorite on every medium for over six decades. She was particularly adroit in film parts that chided the super rich or exceptionally pious...
25.		Marsha Mason Actress, Heartbreak Ridge She has a wonderful, extremely engaging "feel good" quality about her, an innate warmth that makes you root for her whether she's playing a stubborn single mom, brittle prostitute, or strung-out alcoholic. Marsha Mason was a resoundingly respected and popular film actress of the 1970s and 1980s whose career skyrocketed in the bittersweet comedies/dramas of award-winning Neil Simon...
26.		Christian Stolte Actor, Public Enemies
27.		Sean LoGrasso Actor, Strange Journey
28.		Mark Linn-Baker Actor, My Favorite Year
29.		Sean Gunn Actor, Super
30.		Leonard Roberts Actor, Drumline
31.		Barbara O'Neil Actress, Gone with the Wind
32.		Juliana Dever Actress, Into the Arms of Strangers
33.		Jordan Nichols Actor, Geek Charming
34.		Kasi Lemmons Actress, The Silence of the Lambs
35.		Redd Foxx Actor, Harlem Nights Redd Foxx began doing stand-up comedy on the infamous "Chitlin' Circuit" in the 1940s and 1950s. Foxx was one of the premier "blue humor" comedians. Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white audiences. For years his party albums were not available in white record stores. In the 1960s his records became available...
36.		Sterling K. Brown Actor, Righteous Kill Sterling Brown was born in St. Louis, Missouri where he attended the prestigious St. Louis Country Day School. An avid thespian during his high school years, Brown attributes Milton Zoth, with first sparking his love for acting. He then attended Stanford University where he earned his B.A. in Drama...
37.		Amy Paffrath Self, The Music Amy Paffrath has a reputation for running full speed ahead with every project she works on. In fact, her mother Mary gave birth to her just nine minutes after arriving at the hospital. Not one to sit around and wait for opportunities, the young actress is quickly making a name for herself in the entertainment business...
38.		Davis Guggenheim Director, An Inconvenient Truth
39.		Betty Grable Actress, How to Marry a Millionaire Elizabeth Ruth Grable was born on December 18, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother Lillian was a stubborn and materialistic woman who was determined to make her daughter a star. Elizabeth, who later became Betty, was enrolled in Clark's Dancing School at the age of three. With her mother's guidance...
40.		Anita Barone Actress, The Rosary Murders
41.		Cleo King Actress, The Hangover
42.		Virginia Mayo Actress, White Heat Virginia Clara Jones was born on November 30, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a newspaper reporter and his wife. The family had a rich heritage in the St. Louis area: her great-great-great-grandfather served in the American Revolution and later founded the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois...
43.		John Milius Writer, Apocalypse Now John Milius is a screenwriter and director who came to prominence in the 1970s, when he was associated with Francis Ford Coppola and the pre-Star Wars George Lucas. Born on April 11, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, Milius was one of the first movie industry professionals to be a film school graduate...
44.		Annalise Basso Actress, Bedtime Stories
45.		Skyler Stone Actor, Accepted
46.		Fred Berry Actor, Rerun's Comedy Jam For a while in the 1970s, Fred Berry was one of the biggest stars on American television. The former dancer, who became a star in the sitcom What's Happening!! ballooned until his weight became a threat to his health. He battled with food, drink, drugs and women, marrying 6 times to 4 women in total. Diabetes was diagnosed...
47.		Pooja Kumar Actress, Man on a Ledge Winning the title of Miss India USA was the start to a global acting career for American actress Pooja Kumar. Today Pooja has acted in major Hollywood films, including Man on a Ledge, and the IFC film, Bollywood Hero where she starred opposite SNL star, Chris Kattan. She had in a starring role in iconic Indian actor and filmmaker Kamal Hassan's blockbuster film Viswaroopam...
48.		John Pankow Actor, To Live and Die in L.A. Born and raised in Chicago, John is the sixth of nine children. He dabbled in drama during high school, but didn't become serious about acting until enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University, where he majored in theater arts. He left the university in his junior year after he attended a performance of David Mamet's "The American Buffalo" at the St...
49.		Maya Angelou Self, Good Hair
50.		Moses Gunn Actor, The NeverEnding Story

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