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Nancy Reagan (1921-2016)
television actor, film actor, autobiographer, politician, stage actor, lawyer, businessperson, actor
- Smith College, Latin School of Chicago
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
playwright, poet, essayist, translator, critic, stage actor, film actor, film director, theatrical director, model, political activist, civil servant
- Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Viola Davis (born 1965)
stage actor, film actor, television actor, television producer
- Rhode Island College, Juilliard School
John Leguizamo (born 1960)
comedian, voice actor, playwright, painter, stage actor, television actor, film actor, film producer, film director, television presenter, actor
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
actor, film actor, television actor, businessperson
Lena Dunham (born 1986)
actor, film director, film producer, film actor, television actor, voice actor, showrunner, television producer
- Oberlin College, New School
Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960)
actor, television actor, film actor, television personality, cook
- Hollywood Professional School
Janet Mock (born 1983)
journalist, LGBTQ rights activist, television director, television actor, podcaster, film director
- New York University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa