Actor/actress Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a Danish actress of stage, film and television. Considered one of the great comedy actresses of

Was a Danish actress of stage, film and television. Considered one of the great comedy actresses of Danish cinema, Viby received honorary Bodil and Robert Awards in 2000 for lifetime achievement. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows during a career that spanned from the silent film era in 1929 until a television series in 1983.

A Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Most well-known for her

A Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Most well-known for her lead role as Otome Sakamoto in T.B.S. drama, Kinpachi-sensei, Hoshino has starred in several dramas in recent years. Her main role in Platonic Sex was some-what controversial as it was rather contrary to her image as one possessing pure values. She has also published two photographic books as well as about six C.D.s. Of the Japanese dramas shown in Los Angeles, a substantial fraction of them has Mari in the cast.

Is one of two lead singers of Kwan. She has also acted in a Finnish TV soap opera called Salatut elämät in the role of Virpi Hurme from 1999 to 2000. In addition, she has played the lead role in the musical Dakota.[1]

A Japanese singer, dancer and actress.She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started work as a singer fro

A Japanese singer, dancer and actress.She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started work as a singer from a very young age, her specialty being jazz and a level of sensuality that was somewhat shocking in a Japan as conservative as it was at the time. Her movements, even while singing, are smooth, graceful and have a trademark undulating of the hand at the audience which, with a simple imitation, can bring only her to mind.[neutrality disputed]

Was an Academy Award-nominated Greek actress, singer, and political activist. She was a member of th

Was an Academy Award-nominated Greek actress, singer, and political activist. She was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, and in 1981 she became the first female Minister for Culture in Greece.Her first movie, the Greek language film Stella (1955), was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, the director of Zorba the Greek. It brought her to Cannes, where it was nominated for the Golden Palm. It did not win the prize, but she met there the man of her life, director Jules Dassin. Dassin and Mercouri lived together for the rest of her life. They had no children. Melina became well-known to international audiences when she starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday

Was an Italian born actress who appeared in a number of films in her native country. She is probably

Was an Italian born actress who appeared in a number of films in her native country. She is probably best known and remembered as the large as well as huge breasted tobacconist in Federico Fellini's Amarcord, whose sexual arousal by the male teenager protagonist ends with ironic results. This casting occurred ten years after Fellini first casted her in an uncredited role (as a screen test candidate for La Saraghina[1]) in 8½.

Is an American actress. She landed her first prime time television series regular role playing 15-ye

Is an American actress. She landed her first prime time television series regular role playing 15-year-old Allison Reeves in The WB's comedy Living with Fran.At the age of 11, Traya followed in her friends' footsteps and enrolled in ice skating lessons. Little did she know that her life would be consumed with training and competitions with little time for anything else. The enthusiastic reaction of her 8th grade World Cultures teacher to her portrayal of a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization sparked her love of performing. At the age of 14, Traya gave up ice skating to devote more time to school activities, such as becoming student body president of her prestigious all girls school, Marlborough, and writing opinion pieces and top ten lists for the school newspaper. Traya also participated in the drama program, playing Bella in Lost in Yonkers and Ophelia in Hamlet.

Is an American stand-up comedian.Bamford started doing stand-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the ag

Is an American stand-up comedian.Bamford started doing stand-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 19 at Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret and later joined Edinburgh's improvised comedy show The Improverts. She has been in a number of movies and televisio

Was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husba

Was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company. By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with Werner Krauss in the stage production Der Kaiser von Amerika or The King of America and the two became involved. Unfortunately, Krauss' wife discovered their affair and committed suicide; a year later, in 1931, Maria Bard married Werner Krauss. Her third husband was actor Hannes Stelzer. Bard committed suicide on April 8, 1944, apparently for political reasons. On December 27, 1944, toward the end of World War II, Stelzer who was in the Luftwaffe at this point, died when his plane was shot down over the Eastern front.

An Argentine actress and singer.

An Argentine actress and singer.

Is a Filipina actress and comedienne. She was a band member of 'Gladys and The Boxers' and was lead

Is a Filipina actress and comedienne. She was a band member of 'Gladys and The Boxers' and was lead singer when the group performed as 'K and The Boxers'.

She is multi-faceted actress, singer and dancer. Her first film was “Pampa Barbara” with her unc

She is multi-faceted actress, singer and dancer. Her first film was “Pampa Barbara” with her uncle the legendary actor Francisco Petrone. She also went on to achieve fame in “television” musical shows and soap operas. During the sixties, she played Marilyn Monroe in a theatrical version of "After the fall" of Arthur Miller.

Is a Portuguese actress and director who has been involved in both European and American film produc

Is a Portuguese actress and director who has been involved in both European and American film productions. She is the daughter of musician and composer António Vitorino de Almeida. She was born in Lisbon.

Was a Danish stage and film actress.

Was a Danish stage and film actress.

A former Italian glamour model, Miss Italy contestant (1959) and film actress.Buccella screentested

A former Italian glamour model, Miss Italy contestant (1959) and film actress.Buccella screentested for the role of Domino Derval 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to French actress, Claudine Auger.[1]. That year she appeared in the Dino Risi directed film Il Gaucho which co starred actors such as Vittorio Gassman.In 1966 she played the beauty Miss Okra in the Peter Sellers film After the Fox. In 1968 she won a Silver Ribbon award at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) in the film Ti ho sposato per allegria.

An Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also wor

An Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also worked as a producer, scriptwriter and model.She is well-known in Italy as a movie and television actress, but internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl the Cigar Girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.She guest starred in The Sopranos episode "Isabella". She also appeared in The Simpsons episodes "The Italian Bob" and "Funeral for a Fiend" as Sideshow Bob's malicious wife, Francesca.

Was a Swedish actor, also known as Kristina Ruckman, who later also became principal of the theatre

Was a Swedish actor, also known as Kristina Ruckman, who later also became principal of the theatre school Dramatens elevskola. She is considered as her country's first native tragedienne, the successor to Marie Louise Marcadet, (who was, however, of French origin), and predessecor of Sara Fredrica Strömstedt-Torsslow.

An American television actress. Since 2005, she has starred as Bridgette DuBois on the NBC televisio

An American television actress. Since 2005, she has starred as Bridgette DuBois on the NBC television drama Medium with Patricia Arquette.She has made several appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On May 15, 2007, she met Orlando Bloom, whom she said she had a crush on at an earlier appearance of the show.[2On September 3, 2006, Lark became the youngest person ever to co-host ABC's The View.Maria lives now in Redondo Beach, California. She still is a part of Medium.

An Italian actress, from cinema, theatre and television.Born in Naples, she was wife of Italian dire

An Italian actress, from cinema, theatre and television.Born in Naples, she was wife of Italian director's Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from April 2, 1945 to July 3, 2005.

Is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter.

Is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter.

Was an Italian supporting actress who worked with Roberto Rossellini on his two early neorealism mas

Was an Italian supporting actress who worked with Roberto Rossellini on his two early neorealism masterpieces: Rome, open city and Paisà. In 1948, she worked with Christian-Jaque in La Chartreuse de Parme. She stopped filming until the 60's and 70's, when she did 12 films, includding Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris or Tinto Brass' Salon Kitty, her last film.

Was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic

Was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she became known as "The Queen of Technicolor." Over her career, Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America and five in Europe.

A Italian film actress, singer and theatre artist.Entering film in 1962 in Canzoni a tempo di twist

A Italian film actress, singer and theatre artist.Entering film in 1962 in Canzoni a tempo di twist she made nearly 30 film appearances between 1962 and 2002.In 1971 she appeared in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dynamite.

Was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. Af

Was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a career which would eventually take her — by way of France, Italy, and Great Britain — to Hollywood. Perschy played in a number of American films, but her most notable roles were in the 1962 biopic Freud and the 1963 Rock Hudson comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?. Perschy's career petered out and by the late 1970s, during which her only US appearances were brief roles in such show as Hawaii Five-O and General Hospital.

An Austrian actress.She is famous for appearing in many exploitation films directed by Jesus Franco

An Austrian actress.She is famous for appearing in many exploitation films directed by Jesus Franco in the late 60s. She is married to film producer Harry Alan Towers since 1964.She has been retired from acting since 1976, and is now a film producer.