Actor/actress Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Czech actress and TV personality. She has won two Czech Lion awards for her roles in Nesmrtelná Teta and Fany. She is the mother of actress Simona Stašová.[2]

Was a Czech actress of the stage, television, and film. For many years she taught theatre classes at

Was a Czech actress of the stage, television, and film. For many years she taught theatre classes at the Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts.she began her career as an opera singer at the National Theatre in Brno in the mid 1920s. During the 1927-1928 season she abandoned her opera career and began working as a dramatic actress at that house in avant-garde plays directed by Jirí Frejka. She became a member of the National Theatre in Prague in 1928. She performed as a stage actress at that theatre up until her retirement in 1971.

Was a Czech film and television actress.Steimarová made her screen debut in the controversial 1933

Was a Czech film and television actress.Steimarová made her screen debut in the controversial 1933 Hedy Lamarr film Ecstasy. She appeared in nearly 40 films and TV shows during her career.

A Taiwanese actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit, and is widely kno

A Taiwanese actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit, and is widely known as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol drama KO One (????) and it sequel The X-Family, as Ah Jin in It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, and Jin Xiu Yi in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hana-Kimi (??????).

Is a Czech actress. She works mainly on television, but also, since 2007, in film.She studied Second

Is a Czech actress. She works mainly on television, but also, since 2007, in film.She studied Secondary Technical School in Melník and also she studied Musical Acting in Janácek Academy of Musical Arts. She is engagement of City Theatre in Brno.

Is a South Korean actor. He finished his studies from Myungji University.

Is a South Korean actor. He finished his studies from Myungji University.

A South Korean actor. He attended school in Seoul, then went to college first at Chunnam Science Col

A South Korean actor. He attended school in Seoul, then went to college first at Chunnam Science College and later at Dongguk University, where he majored in performing arts. However, he was dismissed by faculties because of lacking class attendance. [1],He firstly debuted as fashion model of Ziozia. Jo is one of the most popular actors featuring great deal of ads in South Korea.

Is a South Korean actor and musical star best known for his roles in Marathon and Tazza: The High Ro

Is a South Korean actor and musical star best known for his roles in Marathon and Tazza: The High Rollers.Protestant Jo who graduated from the university of Dankook has the nickname "old man" indicative of his maturity and considerate nature. Being 5’8’’(

He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono i

He currently holds the world record for 3000 metre steeplechase. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.Despite Shaheen's achievements on the track, he is most notable for his move from Kenya to Qatar in 2003. Changing his name from Stephen Cherono to Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the former Stephen Cherono was reported to have received up to $1 million to change his citizenship.[citation needed] Shaheen has denied this.The defection was deeply unpopular with the Kenyan Government, President Mwai Kibaki made a public speech before the 2003 World Championships that included the statement "Let us resist the temptation to change our citizenship for financial gains."[

Is a German television actor.

Is a German television actor.

Was a European movie star during the 1930s, a romantic lead in the style of Leslie Howard. He starre

Was a European movie star during the 1930s, a romantic lead in the style of Leslie Howard. He starred in a series of German films opposite the popular German actress Brigitte Horney. In November 1941, minutes before the expected arrival of the Gestapo, Gottschalk and his wife committed suicide by gas poisoning after sedating their son, who died with them. They are buried at the Stahnsdorf Friedhof on the south-western edge of Berlin.

Is a German actor and voice actor. He has also collaborated with the German trance/techno-band E Nom

Is a German actor and voice actor. He has also collaborated with the German trance/techno-band E Nomine on a number of their albums.

Is a German actor. Joachim Król studied from 1981 to 1984 at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich.

Is a German actor. Joachim Król studied from 1981 to 1984 at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich. He is best known as a film and television actor. In the 1998 film, Lola rennt, Król portrayed the homeless man, Norbert von Au. Despite the large television and cinema success, Joachim Król returns again and again to the stage. Several times he played in the Bochumer Schauspielhaus and the Schauspielhaus Köln. He is married to Heidrun Teusner Król, with whom he has a son.

An American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman and celebrity. She is known for her bra

An American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers is the National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a board member of God's Love We Deliver. Like the ground-breaking Phyllis Diller, Rivers' act relied heavily on poking fun at herself. A typical Rivers joke about her appearance was "I used to stand by the side of the road with a sign: 'Last girl before freeway.'"

Allen, the youngest of four children, was born in Rochelle, Illinois, the daughter of Dorothea Marie

Allen, the youngest of four children, was born in Rochelle, Illinois, the daughter of Dorothea Marie (née Wirth), a homemaker, and James Jefferson Allen, a gas station owner. She has an older brother, David, and two older sisters, Mary and Lynn. Allen attended Rochelle Township High School, and was voted most likely to succeed. She transferred to Northern Illinois University in 1976, where she graduated. Allen began her performing career as a stage actress and on television before making her film debut in the movie, Compromising Positions (1985).

Is an international film & theater actress, composer, and singer who has starred as 'Kim' in the Bro

Is an international film & theater actress, composer, and singer who has starred as 'Kim' in the Broadway musical "Miss Saigon."According to an interview by AsianWeek on June 1, 2000, Joan, who wanted to sing, did not want to be an actress. But through her love of music she stumbled upon the much-coveted role of 'Kim' in the Broadway production of "Miss Saigon." The rest, as the saying goes, is history[1].

Is an American actress. Blackman made her screen acting debut as a guest performer on a 1957 televis

Is an American actress. Blackman made her screen acting debut as a guest performer on a 1957 television series and then in a motion picture in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films: 1961's Blue Hawaii and the following year in Kid Ga

Was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Hays C

Was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Hays Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions.

Was an American actress and former fashion model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she

Was an American actress and former fashion model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually lead to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures.

She was born Chen Chong in Shanghai, China into a family of doctors (her grandparents were educated

She was born Chen Chong in Shanghai, China into a family of doctors (her grandparents were educated at Oxford and her parents were trained at Harvard).[1] She grew up during the Cultural Revolution. At age 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, as she was excelling at marksmanship. This led her to be selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin who chose her to star in his 1977 film Youth (??, Qingchun)]][2] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. She soon enrolled in the prestigious Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, at age 17 (one year before one could go), where she majored in English.[3]

Is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress and bestselling author. Collins was born in London,

Is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress and bestselling author. Collins was born in London, the daughter of Elsa (née Bessant), a dance teacher and nightclub hostess, and Joseph William Collins, an agent whose clients included Shirley Bassey, The

Was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Crawford is named as the tenth Greatest Female Star o

Was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Crawford is named as the tenth Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. Starting as a dancer on Broadway,[3] Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stu

Is an Academy Award-winning British actress. She became an American citizen in April 1943.

Is an Academy Award-winning British actress. She became an American citizen in April 1943.

Was an Emmy-nominated American actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 7

Was an Emmy-nominated American actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies through the advent of the talkies. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in

Was an English actress. Born in Chelsea, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky

Was an English actress. Born in Chelsea, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky voice was her trademark, and in 1995 she was ranked number 63 on Empire magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.Greenwood worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career, appearing with Donald Wolfit's theatre company in the years following World War II. She did make several memorable screen appearances, most notably as Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) and as Sibella in the black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). She also appeared in two Ealing comedies, Whisky Galore! and The Man in the White Suit. She had leading roles in Stage Struck (1958), the Jules Verne-based film Mysterious Island (1961), and Tom Jones (1963). Her last film was Little Dorrit, made the year of her death.