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How about Actors/Actors and Actresses?


Also, I still see some girls here on the boys pages.


In case you haven't noticed, women refer to themselves now as actors... I hope the page editor who deleted all the women, except Judith Dench, Ellen Burstein, Blythe Danner, and Sophia Loren and further messed up the alphabetizing will correct it. You might notice also that Sidney Poitier is a man, or so I always thought.

  • A female who acts is an actress. Thus, when Hilary Swank won an Academy Award, it was for Best Actress, not Best Actor Who Is Female. Please see George Orwell's Politics and the English Language for more on manipulating thought by abusing language.
  • Great essay, this, but doesn't have enough detail about the ways political hacks abuse language. That is a fascinating topic. I'm also not quite sure that it's the best way to describe the resistance to "actress."

Re: "actress"...yet another perfectly useful word forever tarred with the brush of political incorrectness. Female actpersons might refer to themselves as actors, but there are still many people who refer to them (quite respectfully) as actresses. It's what they are, isn't it? -- AnonymousCoward (ducking)----

Linguistically speaking, what is common usage IS correct. These females who act are, as a group, whatever the plurality of AME speakers call them, be it actors or actresses. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE!!!(Answer to A.C.) Since there is a dispute here, started by me, I will cede to the older nomenclature and possibly the majority opinion. I have created actresses. Wait til next year though...:-).


I thought about this when I created the two pages, believe me. I thought about it, too, when I created separate pages for Male Tennis Professionals and Female Tennis Professionals. In both cases, I was guided by the highest professional awards. In tennis, women play in a separate league from men. In acting, the Academy Awards (and, I believe, all the other major awards) are granted separately to male and female performers.

In both cases, there is a good reason for the distinction. If men and women played in the same tennis league, it would be extremely unfair. That's a biological fact, as far as I know. Maybe in the future, it will not be true, but for today, it is true.

In acting, it is generally, but of course not universally, the case that parts played by women and parts played by men are inherently different. It might be possible to remake, say, The Godfather, with Michelle Pfeiffer playing the role previously played by Marlon Brando, but... --Jimbo Wales


The question seems to me, whether their is a difference in the activity called acting for men and women. I don't see any. Remember, in Shakespeare's time all roles were played by men. Why are "the parts played by men and those by women inherently different," by the way?


I would answer this by saying that the problem was sexism in Shakespeare's time, not in our own. The role of Lady Macbeth is best portrayed by a woman, I think. A film detailing the life of Mother Theresa, starring Sylvester Stallone in the central role, would be a farce, would it not?

Remember that I said, "generally, but by no means universally".

Perhaps in the future, the methods of makeup will have advanced to a sufficient stage that Sean Connery could play a convincing Princess Diana, but for now, gender is relevant to the roles, and it is not sexism to note this fact. --Jimbo Wales----


And I suppose having Elizabeth Taylor playing Mother Theresa or Oprah Winfrey playing Princess Diana would be good casting? Notice you are choosing characters who HAVE lived and of whom we already have a visual image. Remember that Mary Martin played Peter Pan?


Is this stealing your last word, if I only agree with what you've said? It occurred to me late last night (Wikipedia is keeping me up at night!) that you are absolutely right when you say that there isn't a difference in the activity of acting between men and women. And you are of course right too, in pointing out that just as some men are not right for some parts as women, some women are equally not right for some parts as women.

Of course, this perhaps doesn't remove the need for the distinction. We agree that personal physical characteristics can play a major role in how a performer is perceived in a part. And so we might conclude that, in general, gender is or at least tends to be a highly important characteristic for classifying performers. So we might leave the distinction as is.

The big difference between my tennis example, and acting, is that in tennis it really is true that the top tennis players would all be men, if all were to play in the same league. In order to have sensible competition, segregation is probably necessary. But why do we have separate awards for best actor and best actress? Even if men and women naturally tend to play different parts, there seems to be no reason why we should consider it difficult at all to decide if Julia Roberts or Al Pacino is the better performer in a given year.


I guess we will have to agree to agree!!!


If we were making a page listing famous philosophers, or famous scientists, I do not think that a separate listing would be a good thing at all. Unless, of course, someone wanted to make a page highlighting famous female scientists of the past, when they were more rare, or something like that.

One of the beautiful things about a wiki is, of course, that someone can create a page of 'Acting Professionals' that lists all of them, male or female, on the same page, or in alphabetical order, like 'Acting Professionals/A', etc. --Jimbo Wales


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I think differentiation between actresses and actors isn't a derogatory, sexist, or generally bad thing. Take, for example, a member of the US Congress. We universally call a male member a "Congressman". However, what can we call women? "Congressperson" is not a commonly used word. "Congressman" would obviously be sexist (and I say this with the utmost seriousness). So, we use "Congresswoman". Is that degrading? No. I doubt any female member of Congress would prefer "Congressman" or the unused word "Congressperson"? And by unused, I mean, how many times have you heard the media say "Congressperson Dianne Feinstein" rather than "Congresswoman Dianne Feinstein"?

So, what's wrong with calling female theatre or movie performers "actresses"? I think many females I know would prefer themselves being called with an obvious feminine term rather than a generally masculine term. This is more prevalent in foreign languages, such as French, where une actrice and un acteur have specific genders, and it would be rather weird say "elle est un acteur", which literally means "she is an actor (masculine)". ugen64 01:06, Dec 8, 2003 (UTC)

Oh, and can someone delete the huge, long, list of acting professionals at the bottom that is annoying and rather unnecessary? ugen64 01:06, Dec 8, 2003 (UTC)

If we were making a page listing famous philosophers, or famous scientists, I do not think that a separate listing would be a good thing at all. Unless, of course, someone wanted to make a page highlighting famous female scientists of the past, when they were more rare, or something like that.

One of the beautiful things about a wiki is, of course, that someone can create a page of 'Acting Professionals' that lists all of them, male or female, on the same page, or in alphabetical order, like 'Acting Professionals/A', etc. --Jimbo Wales


Why the need to differentiate? The term "actor" does not carry the kind of gender specificity as does "congressman" or "congresswoman," at least in English. Calling a female actor an "actress" gives me the same shivers as calling a female poet a "poetess." Ugh. Plus, the corresponding plural form, "actors and actresses," takes twice as long to say and write. So much more efficient and non-discriminatory to accept the convention that an actor is a person who acts and a group of people who act are "actors."

(Just an actor's two cents. Thanks for letting me participate.)


The names have a purpose! We can look at the list and immediately see if they have been written on or not. This way we can choose to write on them, or leave them alone. (I got to this page by looking for information on Scott Bairstow, from Party of Five, who got into legal trouble this week for, ahem, difficulties with a 12-year-old girl.) Anyway-- I found this list from my search, and found from the list that Wikipedia didn't really have anything either. Sometimes (like in the case of Tom Mix or Victoria Principal) I will create the document if I know something about the person.

I thought about just spacing the list so that the names didn't take up so much vertical space, then I just got tired of it. Maybe someone else can take up this chore...

[TBird93] 16 Jan 2004 _____________________________________________

Here is a list of actors that might be useful to integrate:

Arkin Alan     Cousens Peter     Evans Josh Ryan     
Fletcher Louise    Gruber Michael     Harris Neil Patrick     
Hawkins-Byrd Petri    Rea Stephen     Von  Dohlen Lenny     
Aames Willie     Abayari Anjanette     Ackles Jensen     
Adams Joey      Lauren Adams      Richard Todd     
Addy Mark    Adjani Isabelle     Affleck Ben     
Affleck Casey     Agustin Marvin     Agutter Jenny     
Alba Jessica     Albright Ariauna     Alda Alan     
Aldred Sophie    Alexander Jason      Alfonso Kristian    
Ali Tatyana M     Allen Joan     Allen Karen    Allen Tim
Allen Woody     Allen-Moritt Krista     Alley Kirstie
Allred Corbin     Allyson June     Alt Carol
Alvarado Trini     Alvarez George     Ambrose Lauren
Amick Madchen     Anders Luana     Anderson Lee Pamela
Anderson Gillian    Anderson Harry     Anderson Kevin
Anderson Loni     Anderson Richard Dean    Andrada Marliece
Andress Ursula     Andrews Anthony    Andrews Dana
Andrews Julie     Andrews Rèal    Angel Vanessa
Anglade Jean-Hugues    Anglim Philip    Aniston Jennifer
Anthony Lysette     Anwar Gabrielle    Applegate Christina
Aragon Angelica    Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling    Ardant Fanny
Argento Asia     Arkin Adam     Armitage Alison
Armstrong Bess     Armstrong Curtis     Arnaz Desi
Arquette David     Arquette Patricia     Arquette Rosanna
Arthur Bea     Arthur Jean     Ashbrook Dana     Ashby Linden
Asher Jane    Ashford Matthew     Ashton Richard    Asner Ed
Asner Jules    Astaire Fred    Astin Sean    Atkins Christopher
Atkinson Rowan    Au Sharon    Auberjonois Rene   Aubrey Juliet
Audran Stephane    Auteuil Daniel     Autry Gene    Aykroyd Dan
Azaria Hank     Azhari Sarah    Babcock Todd    Babu Mohan
Bacall Lauren    Bachchan Amitabh     Bacon Kevin    Bagby Larry
Bain Barbara   Baio Scott     Bairstow Scott     Baker Dee
Baker Josephine     Bakke Brenda    Bakula Scott    Baldwin Adam
Baldwin Alec    Baldwin Daniel     Baldwin Michael   Baldwin Stephen
Bale Christian    Balk Fairuza     Ball Lucille    Bancroft Anne
Banderas Antonio    Bankhead Tallulah   Bannister Reggie
Bara Theda   Barbeau Adrienne    Barber Glynis   Bardot Brigitte
Barkin Ellen   Barretto Amber     Barrington Pat    Barry Gene
Barrymore Dolores Costello    Barrymore Drew   Barrymore John
Bart Roger    Barton Mischa   Baryshnikov Mikhail  Basehart Richard
Bashoff Blake   Basinger Kim    Bass Ben    Bassett Angela
Bateman Justine    Bates Alan    Bates Kathy    Batten Shawn
Batten Susan     Bauchau Patrick    Bauer Jaime Lyn   Baxendale Helen
Baxter Meredith    Beacham Stephanie     Bean Sean  Bearse Amanda
Beart Emmanuelle    Beatty Warren    Becker Terry   Beckford Tyson
Beckinsale Kate    Beechman Laurie     Behr Jason    Behrens Sam
Beiser Brendan    Belafonte Harry    Belen Gelli de    Bell Catherine
Bell Lauralee    Belle Camilla     Beller Kathleen     Bello Maria
Bellucci Monica    Belmondo Jean-Paul    Beltran Robert  Belushi James
Belushi John    Belzer Richard     Benard Maurice    Benchley Robert
Bendre Sonali    Benedict Dirk    Benigni Roberto    Bening Annette
Bennett Joan    Benny Jack     Benrubi Abraham    Berenger Tom
Bergen Candice    Bergeron Philippe    Bergl Emily   Bergman Ingrid
Berkley Elizabeth    Bernard Crystal    Bernhard Sandra   Bernhardt Sarah
Berridge Elizabeth   Berry Halle    Bertinelli Valerie   Bertram Laura
Best James   Bexton Nathan     Bhatt Pooja     Bialik Mayim
Biehn Michael    Biel Jessica    Biggs Jason    Biggs Richard
Biggs-Dawson Roxann     Bikel Theodore     Billard Lani   Billington Stephen
Bingham Traci     Binoche Juliette     Birch Thora     Bishop Meredith
Bisset Jacqueline    Bissett Josie    Bisson Yannick    Bixby Bill
Black Lucas    Blair Linda     Blair Selma     Blake Geoffrey
Blake Robert     Blanchard Rachel     Blanchett Cate    Bleeth Yasmine
Blethyn Brenda    Bloom Claire     Bloom John    Bochner Hart
Bogarde Dirk    Bogart Humphrey    Bogosian Eric    Bohmer Ron
Bohrer Corinne    Bohringer Romane     Bonaduce Danny   Bones Ken
Bonifant Evan     Bonsall Brian    Bonta Vanna    Boreanaz David
Borgnine Ernest    Bosch Johnny Young    Bow Clara    Bowen Julie
Bowie David   Bowman Jessica   Boxleitner Bruce   Boyd Tanya
Boyd William
Boyer Charles
Boyle Lara Flynn
Boyle Lisa
Bradford Jesse
Brady Wayne
Branagh Kenneth
Brandis Jonathan
Brando Marlon
Brandon Michael
Brass Steffani
Bratt Benjamin
Braugher Andre
Brendon Nicholas
Brett Jeremy
Breuer Jim
Brewster Jordana
Briant Shane
Bridges Angelica
Bridges Jeff
Brissette Tiffany
Britt May
Broderick Matthew
Brody Adrien
Brolin Josh
Bronson Charles
Brooks Albert
Brooks Avery
Brooks Louise
Brooks Mel
Brooks Richard
Brosnan Pierce
Browder Ben
Brown Clancy
Brown Georg Stanford
Brown Gordie
Brown Julie
Brown Kimberlin
Brown Sarah
Bryan Zachery Ty
Bryggman Larry
Brynner Yul
Buchanan Jensen
Buchanan Simone
Buckley Betty
Bujold Genevieve
Bullock Jim J.
Bullock Sandra
Buono Victor
Burgi Richard
Burke Paul
Burke Simon
Burnham David
Burns Brooke
Burns Edward
Burns George
Burns Steve
Burrows Saffron
Burrows Vinie
Burton Levar
Burton Steve
Buscemi Steve
Busey Gary
Butler Yancy
Buxton Sarah
Buzzington Ezra
Bynes Amanda
Byrne Gabriel
Byrnes Jim
Caan Scott
Cade Michael
Cafagna Ashley Lyn
Cage Nicolas
Cagney James
Cain Dean
Caine Howard
Caine Michael
Cake Jonathan
Call Brandon
Callaghan Jeremy
Callan K
Callard Rebecca
Calloway Cabell
Caloz Michael
Cameron Dean
Cameron Kirk
Cameron-Bure Candace
Campbell Bruce
Campbell David
Campbell Laura
Campbell Neve
Campbell Scott Michael
Canary David
Candy John
Cannon Dyan
Cantor Eddie
Canutt Yakima
Cardenas Steven
Carides Gia
Carlin George
Carlson Krissy
Carlyle Robert
Caron Leslie
Carpenter Charisma
Carradine David
Carrera Barbara
Carrere Tia
Carrey Jim
Carroll Diahann
Carson Lisa Nicole
Carter Helena Bonham
Cartwright Angela
Cartwright Veronica
Caruso David
Case Sharon
Casella Max
Caspary Tina
Cassidy David
Cates Phoebe
Cattrall Kim
Caudell Tornan
Caulfield Emma
Cavanaugh Christine
Caviezel Jim
Cañadas Esther
Cerasoli Lisa
Cerveris Michael
Chabert Lacey
Chakiris George
Chamberlain Ardwight
Chan Jackie
Chandler Kyle
Chandler Shannon
Chaney Lon
Chaplin Ben
Chaplin Charlie
Chapman Ben
Charles Craig
Charvet David
Chase Chevy
Chase Will
Chau Francois
Chaves Richard
Chawla Juhi
Chen Joan
Cheng Ekin
Chenoweth Kristin
Cheung Dicky Wai Kin
Cheung Julian Chi Lam
Cheung Leslie
Cheung Maggie
Cheyne Hank
Chi Chow Sing
Chi Hsu
Chinlund Nick
Chlumsky Anna
Cho Margaret
Choi Ji Woo
Chokachi David
Chong Marcus
Chow China
Chow Kathy
Chow Vivian
Christensen Erika
Christian Claudia
Christie Julie
Christopher Dennis
Christopher Gerard
Christopher Tyler
Chu Yan Athena
Chung Christy
Cigliuti Natalia
Clark Candy
Clark Christie
Clark Petula
Clark Roy
Clarke Melinda
Clary Robert
Cleese John
Cloke Kristen
Clooney George
Close Del
Close Glenn
Coale Sydney
Cochrane Rory
Cohen Nicole Ann
Cole Gary
Cole Nat
Cole Stephanie
Coleman Gary
Colicos John
Colin Gregoire
Colin Margret
Collen Jacqueline
Collette Toni
Collin Maxime
Collins Joan
Collins Stephen
Columbu Franco
Combs Holly Marie
Combs Jeffrey
Conaway Jeff
Connelly Jennifer
Connery Jason
Connery Sean
Connick Harry
Connolly Billy
Cook Rachael Leigh
Cooper Gary
Corbin Barry
Corday Mara
Corrigan Kevin
Cort Bud
Cosby Bill
Costner Kevin
Coulier Dave
Court Alyson
Court Hazel
Cox Courteney
Cox Nikki
Coyote Peter
Craig Tony
Craig Yvonne
Crampton Barbara
Crawford Cindy
Crawford Joan
Crawford Johnny
Crawford Louise
Crawford Michael
Criste Mirla
Critchlow Roark
Crivello Anthony
Crombie Jonathan
Cromwell James
Crosby Cathy Lee
Crosby Denise
Cross David
Cross Marcia
Crowe Russell
Crudup Billy
Cruise Tom
Cruz Alexis
Cruz Donna
Cruz Penelope
Cruz Raymond
Cruz Sheryl
Cruz Tracy Lynn
Cruz Wilson
Crystal Billy
Csokas Maton
Cuccioli Robert
Cucinotta Maria Grazia
Culkin Kieran
Culkin Macaulay
Cullen Brett
Culp Robert
Cumming Alan
Cummings Jim
Cummins Martin
Cuneta Sharon
Cunningham Liam
Curry Tim
Curtin Jane
Curtis Jamie Lee
Curtis Tony
Cusack Joan
Cusack John
Cuthbert Elisha
Cutler Ivor
Czerny Henry
D'Abo Olivia
D'Angelo Beverly
D'Arcy Jan
D'errico Donna
Dacascos Mark
Dafoe Willem
Dalle Beatrice
Dallesandro Joe
Dalton Timothy
Daly Tyne
Damian Michael
Damon Matt
Dance Charles
Dandridge Dorothy
Danes Claire
Dangerfield Rodney
Daniel Castle
Daniels Gary
Daniels Victor
Danner Blythe
Danning Sybil
Darr Lisa
Dash Stacey
Davi Robert
Davidovich Lolita
Davidson Eileen
Davidson Jaye
Davies Geraint Wyn
Davies Jeremy
Davies Kimberley
Davies Marion
Davis Ann B.
Davis Bette
Davis Geena
Davis Hope
Davis Judy
Davis Kristin
Davis William B.
Davison Peter
Day Doris
Day-Lewis Daniel
de Boer Nicole
De Funes Louis
de Havilland Olivia
de Lancie John
de Lint Derek
de los Reyes Kamar
De Mornay Rebecca
De Niro Robert
de Rossi Portia
de Vries Peter R.
Deakins Lucy
Dean James
Dee Sandra
Deezen Eddie
Deforest Calvert
DeGeneres Ellen
Del Arco Johnathan
Del Boca Andrea
Del Toro Benicio
Delaney Kim
Delany Dana
Delon Alain
DeLorenzo Michael
Delpy Julie
DeLuise Michael
Demarest William
DeMoss Darcy
Demouy Vanessa
Dempsey Patrick
Dench Judi
Deneuve Catherine
Denier Lydie
Dennehy Brian
Denton Jamie
Denver Bob
DePaiva Kassie
Depardieu Gerard
Depp Johnny
Derek Bo
Dern Laura
Des Barres Michael
Detten Erik von
DeVito Danny
DeWitt Joyce
Diamond Dustin
Diaz Cameron
DiCaprio Leonardo
Dick Andy
Dickens Kim
Dickson Barbara
Dietrich Marlene
Dietz Michael
Digart Uschi
Diggs Taye
Diller Phyllis
Dillon Matt
Dionisi Stefano
Dionisio Ma-Anne
Divoff Andrew
Dixit Madhuri
Doherty Shannen
Dolenz Ami
Donahue Heather
Donovan Elisa
Donovan Jeffrey
Donovan Lisa
Doohan James
Dorff Stephen
Dorn Michael
Dors Diana
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Michael
Dourif Brad
Down Lesley-Anne
Downey Robert Jr.
Downey Roma
Doyle Jerry
Doyle Richard
Drago Billy
Drescher Fran
Dreyfuss Richard
Driver Minnie
Droukarova Dinara
Dryer Fred
Duchovny David
Duchêne Deborah
Dudikoff Michael
Duffy Karen
Dugger Florrie
Duke Patty
Duncan Rachel
Dunn Carolyn
Dunne Dominique
Dunne Irene
Dunning Debbe
Dunst Kirsten
Dupuis Roy
Durbin Deanna
Duval James
Duvall Robert
Dye John
Ead George
Eakes Bobbie
Easton Michael
Easton Sheena
Eastwood Clint
Ebsen Buddy
Eccleston Christopher
Eddy Nelson
Edelstein Lisa
Eden Barbara
Eder Linda
Edmondson Adrian
Edwards Anthony
Eggert Nicole
Eguro Marie
Ehle Jennifer
Ekberg Anita
Eldard Ron
Eldredge John
Electra Carmen
Eleniak Erika
Elfman Jenna
Elizabeth Shannon
Elizondo Hector
Elliott Alison
Elliott Chris
Elliott David James
Elson Donald and Valerie
Eltinge Julian
Elwes Cary
Embry Ethan
Enberg Alexander
Englund Robert
Eplin Tom
Epps Omar
Erickson Dean
Eriksen Kaj-Erik
Erwin Bill
Esposito Jennifer
Estes Will
Estevez Emilio
Estrada Natalia
Evan Robert
Evans Dale
Evans Linda
Evans Mary Beth
Everett Rupert
Everson Cory
Evigan Greg
Fahey Jeff
Fairbanks Douglas Sr.
Fairchild Morgan
Fallon Jimmy
Farentino Debrah
Farley Chris
Farmer Frances
Farrar Geraldine
Farrell Colin
Farrell Mike
Farrell Terry
Faulkner Lisa
Favreau Jon
Fawcett Farrah
Feig Paul
Feldman Corey
Fenn Sherilyn
Ferdin Pamelyn
Ferrell Will
Ferrer Miguel
Fichtner William
Fidler Richard
Field Sally
Fields Freeman Kim
Fields Gracie
Fields W.C.
Fiennes Joseph
Fiennes Ralph
Fierstein Harvey
Finley Margot
Fiorentino Linda
Firth Colin
Fishburne Laurence
Fishel Danielle
Fisher Carrie
Fisher Gail
Fisher Isla
Fisher Joely
Fisher Kate
Fisher-Becker Simon
Fitzgerald Tara
Flaherty Maureen
Flanery Sean Patrick
Flannigan Maureen
Fleiss Noah
Fleming Eric
Flockhart Calista
Flores Von
Flynn Errol
Foley Dave
Foley Scott
Folland Alison
Follows Megan
Fonda Bridget
Fonda Henry
Fonda Jane
Fonda Peter
Fontaine Joan
Forbes Michelle
Ford Faith
Ford Glenn
Ford Harrison
Forlani Claire
Formby George
Formica Sofie
Forquet Philippe
Forster Robert
Forsyth David
Foster Blake
Foster Jodie
Foster Sutton
Fox Jorja
Fox Michael J
Fox Vivica
Foxworthy Jeff
Frain James
Frakes Jonathan
Frank Jason David
Frankel Mark
Franklin Pamela
Franz Elizabeth
Fraser Brendan
Frechette Peter
Freeman Morgan
Freeman Yvette
Frewer Matt
Friedle Will
Friel Anna
Friend Jessie-Ann
Fritx Nikki
Frost Sadie
Fu Gigi
Fuller Robert
Funicello Annette
Furlan Mira
Furlong Edward
Futterman Dan
Gable Clark
Gabrielle Monique
Gainsbourg Charlotte
Gallagher David
Gallagher Megan
Gallego Gina
Gallo Vincent
Garber Victor
Garbo Greta
Garcia Adam
Garcia Andy
Garcia Patrick
Gardner Ava
Garita Priscilla
Garland Judy
Garofalo Janeane
Garr Teri
Garrett Jeremy
Garrett Leif
Garson Greer
Garth Jennie
Gast Bruce
Gasteyer Ana
Gatti Jennifer
Gayheart Rebecca
Geary Anthony
Gedrick Jason
Gellar Sarah Michelle
Gemser Laura
Geoffreys Stephen
Gere Richard
Gershon Gina
Gesner Zen
Gets Malcolm
Getty Balthazar
Getty Estelle
Ghigliotti Marilyn
Giamatti Paul
Gibb Cynthia
Gibbons Leeza
Gibbs Timothy
Gibson Kyle
Gibson Mel
Gibson Thomas
Gil Arturo
Gilbert John
Gilbert Melissa
Gilbert Sara
Gillin Jed
Gillis Alasdair
Gilpin Peri
Givens Robin
Gless Sharon
Glover Crispin
Glover Danny
Godecki Marzena
Godin Maurice
Goffe Rusty
Going Joanna
Goldberg Adam
Goldberg Whoopi
Goldblum Jeff
Goldenberg Harvey J.
Goldthwait Bob
Gomez Sandra
Gonzales Charlene
González Clifton González
Good Melanie
Gooding Cuba Jr.
Goodman John
Goorjian Michael
Goose Claire
Gosling Ryan
Gottfried Gilbert
Gould Elliott
Goulet Robert
Grable Betty
Grace Topher
Gracen Elizabeth
Graham Heather
Grahn Nancy Lee
Grammer Kelsey
Granger Farley
Grant Cary
Grant Hugh
Grant Richard E.
Grant Schuyler
Graves Rupert
Gravitte Debbie
Gray Erin
Grayson Kathryn
Green Brian Austin
Green Brian Lane
Green Jenna Leigh
Green Kerri
Green Robson
Green Seth
Green Tom
Greenwood Bruce
Grenier Zach
Grey Jennifer
Grieco Richard
Grier David Alan
Grier Pam
Gries Jon
Griffin Kathy
Griffith Andy
Griffith Kenneth
Griffith Melanie
Griffith Thomas Ian
Griffiths Rachel
Grillo Frank
Grimes Karolyn
Grogan Clare%

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Is this really true?

During the Rennaissance, and for much of the subsequent century, deceased actors were buried at a crossroads, with a bowl and, in some cases, a stake through the heart, in much the same manner as a Vampire. They were also often distrusted because of their apparent supernatural ability to take on the persona of another individual.

Can someone post an independent source on this? I'm asking this because a lot of dubious editing has been going on from 62.252.64.18 (talk · contributions). I hope I'm just paranoid, but still... Shinobu 02:05, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Moshi moshi? Anybody there? If no one answers, I will remove said paragraph. Shinobu 14:14, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

In Greek mythology

Isn't this already covered by the disambig? Shinobu 21:16, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Actors in games

  • Can link video games: ...ovie star]] * Stunt work ==Other uses== * In graphical video games, an actor is a character uncont... (link to section)

Apparently this bit of the article was summarily deleted by someone. I want to re-include it because of its prevalence in gaming development, but I'm not sure where.

  1. Here. Because they can play a very similar role, acting out the story of the game.
  2. On the dab. Because this use might warrant its own article.

Btw, I've linked (or tried to link) "third person", but I'll let the other suggestions fly for now, because they didn't look as useful as this one. Bye for now, Shinobu 01:17, 16 August 2005 (UTC)