my favorite actors
by millerlarryw | created - 09 Jul 2012 | updated - 13 Jul 2012 | Publica list of my favorite actors over the years
1. Jodie Foster
Actress | The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...
this is by far my most favorite actor every film she chooses has meaning and she brings life to the characters she creates. jodie is very particular about the roles she takes in film and thats what makes her so good
2. June Lockhart
Actress | Lost in Space
Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to ...
june lockhart has acted in many great films but i loved her best as Maureen Robinson in the tv show Lost in Space she was so beautiful and i was only 7 years old in 1965 when it debuted on CBS
3. Natalie Wood
Actress | Rebel Without a Cause
Natalie Wood was an American actress of Russian and Ukrainian descent. She started her career as a child actress and eventually transitioned into teenage roles, young adult roles, and middle-aged roles. She drowned off Catalina Island on November 29, 1981 at age 43.
Wood was born July 20, 1938 in ...
this photo pretty much says it all Natalie was a beautiful actress and person and she is sadly missed by many. i have all her movies and she will always remain a legend
4. Dakota Fanning
Actress | War of the Worlds
Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...
Dakota is many things beautiful,talented ,funny and caring. i have seen and own all her movies to date and i am waiting for the release of her latest film Now is Good about a young girl from england who has leukemia and no longer wants treatment she just wants to live whatever time she has left to the fullest it sounds like a great film
5. Shirley Jones
Actress | The Music Man
Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & ...
another legend who just turned 87 years old and still looks great. i had a crush on her when she was in The Partridge Family in the 70s and once again i was only 11 years old
6. Barbara Bain
Actress | Mission: Impossible
Barbara Bain was born in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology. She then relocated to New York City where she gained work as a dancer and high-fashion model. Ms. Bain studied with Martha Graham, permanently cementing her love of dance; however, it...
she was terriffic in Mission Impossible and Spacee 1999 both of which she starred with her husband Martin Landau
7. Natasha Calis
Actress | The Possession
Natasha Calis is a star on the rise, quickly becoming a staple in television dramas. Fresh off the NBC/Global TV medical ensemble drama "Nurses" where she portrayed series lead 'Ashley Collins,' Natasha joins the CBS/Paramount+ series "'SkyMed" (July 2022) as flight nurse 'Haley Roberts' who's new ...
I have to admit i havent seen alot of Natashas movies and then i saw her in The Possession and now im hunting around for her other films because this girl is great watch the movie and see for yourself. its due out august 31st but i was lucky enough to view an advanced screening and this film is powerful and she pretty much carries it herself
8. Angela Cartwright
Actress | The Sound of Music
Born in England, Angela is the younger sister of actress Veronica Cartwright. As a child she was cast as the cute little stepdaughter, Linda Williams, on The Danny Thomas Show (1953). She was on the show from 1957 to 1964. After that, she was cast as Brigitta in the popular Julie Andrews movie The ...
another great actress from film and television i loved The Sound of Music she has pretty much retired from acting but she just finished a book about her experience on The Sound of Music plenty of never before seen photos on the set
9. Angie Dickinson
Actress | Rio Bravo
Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota, in 1931, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brown. Mr. Brown was the publisher of The Kulm Messenger. The family left North Dakota in 1942 when Angie was 11 years old, moving to Burbank, California. In December of 1946, when she was a senior at ...
another legend of film and television seen alot of her work but i loved her best on Police Woman from the 70s
10. Abigail Breslin
Actress | Little Miss Sunshine
Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin is one of the most sought-after actors of her generation. Her unique and charismatic talents have contributed to her versatile roles in both comedy and drama.
Recently, Breslin headlined the first season of the horror-comedy series, Scream Queens (2015)...
i love all her movies and she has played a wide range of roles she was really good in My Sisters Keeper and Nims Island her best i think is Janie Jones check it out
11. Sissy Spacek
Actress | In the Bedroom
As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German origin.
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another legend all of her films are great especially her ground breaking role in Carrie from 1976 that launched her career and she also met her future husband on that film Jack Fisk
12. Jodelle Ferland
Actress | Case 39
Jodelle Micah Ferland has built up an impressive resume filled with roles in film, television and, at the beginning of her career, commercials. Born on October 9, 1994, she got her start in an episode of CTV's Cold Squad (1998), before landing the lead role in her first film, Mermaid (2000) at an ...
This girl has played some weird but memorable roles in film but the one that still has me stunned is Tideland some of the scenes in that film are jaw dropping
13. Don Rickles
Actor | Kelly's Heroes
Donald Jay Rickles was born May 8, 1926 in New York. Following the Golden Era of Hollywood, he remained active until early 2017. He got his start in night clubs, toiling for over 20 years, until 1958, when he made his film debut in Run Silent Run Deep (1958). The movie was a big hit. Afterward, ...
this man is the best in comedy i love his stand up as well as CPO Sharky his series i love the way he insults people even though we know its in fun
14. Anissa Jones
Actress | To Rome with Love
Anissa Jones was an American child actress of Lebanese descent. She is primarily remembered for the role of the orphan girl Buffy Davis in the hit sitcom "Family Affair" (1966-1971). The series lasted for 5 seasons and 138 episodes. Jones' career rapidly declined following the end of the sitcom. ...
another actress we lost to soon it is so tragic what drugs can do to someone who was so beautiful and innocent. i think about some of these child actors we have lost so early in life and wonder what they could have accomplished had they lived god bless them all
15. Maria Lark
Actress | Medium
Maria Lark was born on June 20, 1997 in Siberia, Russia. She is an actress, known for Medium (2005), Medium Season 4: Joe's Crayon Dream (2008) and Medium Season 6: Zombies on the Loose: The Making of Bite Me (2010).
where has Maria Lark gone i havent seen her since Medium went off the air she is a terriffic actress and we need to see her do some movies expand her talent
16. Linda Blair
Actress | The Exorcist
From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first 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 (1973). Linda quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed...
i still to this day wonder how she was ever to handle such a demanding role when she did The Exorcist i know alot of child actors today take on role that some adult actors wouldnt and probably couldnt handle kudos to all the young actors out there for keeping us on the edge of our seats
17. Kiefer Sutherland
Actor | 24
Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...
24 nuff said
18. Jackie Evancho
Self | America's Got Talent
Singer, concert artist, actress, and model, Jackie Evancho is a platinum selling recording artist that first became a worldwide sensation at the age of 10 years old with her stunning debut performance singing "O Mio Babbino Caro" on season 5 of NBC's America's Got Talent (AGT).
A career that began ...
a singer and now an actress im waitng for her first film to be released The Company You Keep this girl has the best of both worlds.
19. Katie Holmes
Actress | Batman Begins
Born two months premature at four pounds, Kate Noelle Holmes made her first appearance on December 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio. She is the daughter of Kathleen Ann (Craft), a philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr., a lawyer. She is of German, Irish, and English ancestry. Her parents have said ...
besides her acting skills she is just damn beautiful
20. Lulu
Soundtrack | To Sir, with Love
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Glasgow, Scotland on November 3, 1948. As a teenager, she toured the northern clubs with her band, the Luvvers. After her initial success with a cover of "Shout" reaching #7 in 1964, Lulu went on to establish herself as one of the ...
best known for her role in To Sir With Love in 1967 she also sang in the film still doing concerts today my favorite song Rattler
21. Bailee Madison
Actress | Bridge to Terabithia
This young actress has worked with a number of the industry's biggest stars in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. She won rave reviews and a Critics Choice Movie Award nomination for her powerful work on the feature film, Brothers (2009), opposite Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake ...
another great child star lets admit it people when it comes to movies especially horror and action the child actors keep is hanging on the edge of are seats it is them we route for
22. Lucille Ball
Actress | I Love Lucy
The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, the daughter of Desiree Evelyn "DeDe" (Hunt) and Henry Durrell "Had" Ball. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked ...
one of the most beautiful and funny actors of all time she has left us some memorable moments in film and television
23. Elle Fanning
Actress | Super 8
Mary Elle Fanning was born on the 9th of April 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven J. Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and Channel ...
following very closely in her sisters footsteps she already has an impressive list movies to her name
24. Sally Field
Actress | Forrest Gump
Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...
who would have thought that an actress who started out in comedy shows would become so successful today in film and television as a serious performer along side her comedic talents and she still looks great
25. Isabelle Fuhrman
Actress | The Novice
Isabelle Fuhrman is a critically acclaimed actress who can next be seen in Kevin Costner's HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, opposite Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Danny Houston, Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson.
In 2021, Fuhrman starred as Alex Dall in Lauren Hadaway's directorial debut, THE NOVICE. Her ...
another great actress check her out in the movie Orphan very creepy and she is downright evil as Esther
26. Kristen Stewart
Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman
Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's ...
all of her work is great but believe it or not i liked her performance best in Panic Room with Jodie Foster there is good chemistry in their roles as mother and daughter
27. Georgie Henley
Actress | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Georgina Helen Henley was born July 9, 1995 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, the youngest of three daughters of Mike and Helen Henley. When she was young, she joined a local drama group called "Upstagers". It was there that she started her acting career, participating in stage ...
most of her work is done in england but she still is a great actress and i hope she does more american roles in movies
28. Emma Watson
Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...
another actress from england who is best known for her role in the Harry Potter films ive seen some of her work before Harry Potter and she is good
29. Chloë Grace Moretz
Actress | Kick-Ass
Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...
just saw her in Poker House and Hick and she is terriffic in both films she plays alot of roles that are really mature for her age check her out in Kickass and even Wicked Little Things a direct to dvd feature that didnt recieve much fan fare but it was still good i cant wait to see her in the remake of Carrie
30. Mariska Hargitay
Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolna Hargitay was born on January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. She is the youngest of their three children. In June 1967, Mariska and her brothers Zoltan and Mickey Jr. were in the back seat of a car when it was...
i have been watching Law & Order SVU since it started and this woman is both remarkably talented and beautiful. Chris Meloni why did you leave the show you had a gorgeous woman working beside you
31. Cameron Diaz
Actress | Vanilla Sky
Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...
she was great along side abigail breslin in My Sisters Keeper
32. Kathy Garver
Actress | Family Affair
Kathy Garver was born in Long Beach, California Her break-through performance came as one of the young slaves in The Ten Commandments
She is most well known for starring as the teenage niece of Uncle Bill Davis, Cissy Davis on Family Affair (1966). The show was nominated for Emmys in various ...
remember her on Family Affair in the 60s she played Cissy
33. Marta Kristen
Actress | Lost in Space
Marta Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen, on February 26, 1945, in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish mother and a German soldier who was killed towards the end of World War II in Europe. Marta was only two months old when she was left in an orphanage. In 1949, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Soderquist of ...
she played Judy Robinson on Lost in Space from 1965 to 1967
34. Annette Funicello
Actress | Muscle Beach Party
Annette Joanne Funicello achieved teenage popularity starting in October 1955 after she debuted as a Mouseketeer. Born on October 22, 1942 in Utica, New York, the family had moved to California when she was still young. Walt Disney himself saw her performing the lead role in "Swan Lake" at her ...
i loved all her beach movies with Frankie Avalon she is also a great singer check out her song The Monkeys Uncle that she performed with The Beach Boys
35. Mackenzie Rosman
Actress | 7th Heaven
Mackenzie Rosman was born on December 28, 1989 in Charleston, South Carolina. She is currently best-known for her role in the WB'S 7th Heaven (1996) as "Ruthie Camden", the angsty teen daughter of Eric and Annie. At 16, she has 10 solid years of acting experience under her belt: more than many ...
after 7th Heaven i saw her in Fading of the Cries it was okay but not great id like to see Mackenzie take on a serious role and be the lead
36. Vivien Cardone
Actress | Everwood
Vivien Cardone was born on April 14, 1993 in Port Jefferson, New York. She has three siblings. She began appearing at the age of 3 months in national campaign commercials for Pizza Hut, Sears, Pillsbury, Sherman Williams, and Prudential to name a few. She had her first big-screen role as Marcee ...
after she finished doing Everwood she did a film called All Roads lead Home this movie is fantastic i recomend the whole family watch this film she great
37. Elizabeth Montgomery
Actress | Bewitched
Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years' intensive training, she made ...
best known for her role as Samantha on Bewitched she is sadly missed by many
38. Yvonne Craig
Actress | Batgirl
Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She ...
loved her as Batgirl in the 60s series Batman still beautiful today
39. Michelle Phillips
Actress | Knots Landing
Michelle Phillips first became known as a member of the pop group The Mamas and the Papas. She sang the Mamas and Papas song "Dedicated To The One I Love" on a 1987 episode of Knots Landing (1979) in her role as Anne Matheson. She is the mother of singer Chynna Phillips and actor Austin Hines. ...
the ultimate 60s girl from the group The Mamas and the Papas she was and still is gorgeous
40. Cass Elliot
Soundtrack | Free Guy
Cass Elliot was born Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland. She grew up in the Washington D.C. environs and in her senior year of high school, performed in a summer stock production of "The Boyfriend" at the Owings Mills Playhouse, where she played the French nurse who ...
another member of the pop group The Mamas and the Papas we lost her in 1974 from a heart attack but she left us some beautiful songs to listen to
41. Agnes Moorehead
Actress | The Magnificent Ambersons
Agnes was born of Anglo-Irish ancestry near Boston, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister (her mother was a mezzo-soprano) who encouraged her to perform in church pageants. Aged three, she sang 'The Lord is my Shepherd' on a public stage and seven years later joined the St. Louis Municipal Opera ...
Endora from Bewitched we also lost her in 1974 we really need to keep their memories alive
42. Judith Barsi
Actress | The Land Before Time
The only child of Jozsef Barsi and Maria Benko, Judith Eva Barsi beat 10,000-to-1 odds when she was discovered at a San Fernando Valley skating rink at age 5 1/2 in 1983 and mistaken for a three-year-old. Her first commercial was for Donald Duck Orange Juice and she went on to appear in anywhere ...
tragically murdered by her own father and no one will ever really know the reason though rumor has it he was jelous of her fame and the money she was earning
43. Piper Laurie
Actress | The Hustler
Piper Laurie was a three-time Oscar nominee, nominated by BAFTA as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best performance by an actress in 'The Hustler' with Paul Newman.
Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, to Charlotte Sadie (Alperin) and Alfred Jacobs, a ...
best known believe it or not was her role as Margaret White in the horror film Carrie in 1976
44. Cindy Hinds
Actress | The Dead Zone
Cindy Hinds is known for The Dead Zone (1983), The Brood (1979) and Deadline (1980).
i havent seen this actress since The Brood and she was really good in that film what happened to her does anyone know
45. Sigourney Weaver
Actress | Alien Resurrection
Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable characters, both dramatic and comic, ranging from Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist to Gwen/Tawny in Galaxy Quest and most recently, 14-year-old Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water. With a career spanning over 50 years, Weaver has ...
Ripley nuff said
46. Taylor Atelian
Actress | According to Jim
Taylor Atelian was born on March 27, 1995 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, known for According to Jim (2001), Reaper (2008) and Brad Paisley: Celebrity (2003).
after she finished According to Jim she started an all girl band Pink-E Swear they sound pretty good
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