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Stage, Film, Radio and Television Personalities

Name Birthplace Year
Sandra Bernhard Flint 1955
Harry Blackstone Jr. Three Rivers 1934-1997
Sonny (Salvatore) Bono Detroit 1935-1998
Ellen Burstyn (Edna Rae Gilhooley) Detroit 1932
Timothy Busfield Lansing 1957
Dennis Cole Detroit 1940
Charles Collingwood Three Rivers 1917-1985
Francis Ford Coppola Detroit 1939
Wally Cox Detroit 1924-1973
Pam Dawber Farmington Hills 1951
Dick Enberg Armada 1935
Max Gail Detroit 1943
Christopher George Royal Oak 1929
Julie Harris Grosse Pointe Park 1925
Charlton Heston (John Charleton Carter) St. Helen 1924 - 2008
Ernie Hudson Benton Harbor 1946
John Hughes Lansing 1950-2009
Kim Hunter (Janet Cole) Detroit 1922-2002
Betty Hutton (Elizabeth June Thornburg) Battle Creek 1921
Herb Jeffries ("The Bronze Buckaroo") Detroit 1912
Arte Johnson Benton Harbor 1929
Casey Kasem (Kemal Amin Kasem) Detroit 1933
Richard Kiel Redford 1939
Piper Laurie (Rosetta Jacobs) Detroit 1932
Joan Leslie Detroit 1925
Tony Lucca Pontiac 1976
Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary, 2nd) Wyandotte 1940
Dick Martin Detroit 1922-2008
Tim McCoy Saginaw 1891-1978
Donna McKechnie Pontiac 1942
Lonette McKee Detroit 1954
Ed McMahon Detroit 1923
Martin Milner Detroit 1927
Harry Morgan (Harry Bratsburg) Detroit 1915
Michael Moriarty Detroit 1941
Terry O'Quinn (Terry Quinn) Newberry 1952
George Peppard Detroit 1928-1994
Gilda Radner Detroit 1946-1989
Joyce Randolph Detroit 1925
Sam Raimi Franklin 1959
Jason Robards Sr. Hillsdale 1892-1963
Roz Ryan Detroit 1951
Steven Seagal Detroit 1951
Tom Selleck Detroit 1945
Sinbad (David Adkins) Benton Harbor 1956
Tom Skerritt Detroit 1933
Richard Stahl Detroit 1932
Elaine Stritch Detroit 1926
Danny Thomas (Muzyad Yakhoob, later Amos Jacobs) Deerfield 1914-1991
Marlo Thomas Detroit 1943
Lily Tomlin (Mary Jean Tomlin) Detroit 1939
Robert Wagner Detroit 1930
David Wayne (Wayne McMeekan) Traverse City 1914-1995
Elizabeth Wilson Grand Rapids 1925
Max Wright Detroit 1943

See and read about radio and television broadcasting personalities who have a Michigan connection in the "Wall of Fame" in the online tour of the Michigan Historical Museum's On the Air! exhibit.

Looking for more stage, film, radio or TV personalities? Try Stage, Film, Radio and Television Personalities associated with Michigan in "People Born Elsewhere."

Updated 08/14/2008


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