Performing Arts

• Art Acord, silent film star, 90 films between 1910 and 1929, Stillwater, 1890-1931.
• Louise Allbritton, 22 movies, lead in Concerning Miss Marlow, TV series, Oklahoma City, 1920-1979.
• Suzy Amis,actress (Cadillac Ranch, The Usual Suspects), Oklahoma City, Jan. 5, 1958.
• Ericka Anderson, actor, (Quake, Zandalee). Tulsa, 1965.
• *Marcello Angelini*, dancer, artistic director Tulsa Ballet Theater since 1995. Naple, Italy, resides Tulsa.
• Jim Antonio. Supporting actor (Mayflower Madam, Amazing Grace and Chuck). Oklahoma City.
• Lou Antonio, Director/Actor (Chicago Hope), Oklahoma City, Jan. 23, 1934.
• Royce Applegate, supporting actor (Centennial, SeaQuestDSV). Midwest City.
• Margaret Avery, 25 movies 1949-1995 (White Man's Burden, The Color Purple), Mangun.
• Jimmie Baker. Emmy Award winning director, producer, philanthropist. Muskogee.
• Marshall Bell, supporting actor, 37 films (Cherry 2000), Tulsa.
• William "Billy" Benedict, 114 movies, played Whitey in 25 Bowry Boys films. Haskell, 1906.
• Peggy Berryhill, producer of public radio documentaries, particularly about native Americans (PBS, NAPT). Okmulgee.
• Brian Bosworth, former noted football linebacker/turned actor (Stone Cold, Black Out), Oklahoma City, March 9, 1965.
• *Gary Busey*, actor (The Buddy Holly Story,, remembered fondly locally as Teddy Jack Eddy, Gailard Sartain's sidekick on Mazeppa Papazoidy. Born Goose Creek, Texas, June 24, 1944, lived in Tulsa and Stillwater.
• Sunset Carson/Winifred Harrison, played Sunset Carson in westerns, 1943-1950. Gracemont, 1920-1990.
• Lon Chaney Jr., actor,150+ films, mostly horror/westerns. Oklahoma City, 1906-1973.
• Yvonne Chouteau (Terekov), ballerina and founding Director of Ballet Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
• Candy Clark, actress, 30 films (Johnny Belinda, The Big Sleep). Norman, June 20, 1947.
• Iron Eyes Cody, actor, 59 films (Ernest Goes to Camp). Tulsa, Apr. 3, 1915.
• Spade Cooley, "The King of Western Swing", actor (15 films), bandleader.
• Victor Daniels/Chief Thundercloud, 62 films 1935-1956 (Outlaw Trail, Santa Fe), Muskogee, 1889-1955.
• Michael Dolan, 10 films (Hamburger Hill, Biloxi Blues). Oklahoma City, June 21, 1965.
• Larry Drake, actor, 15 films, (Darkman), Benny Stulwicz on LA Law. Tulsa.
• Michael Dunn, Best Supporting Actor Nomination, 1966, Ship of Fools. 1934-1973, Shattuck.
• Blake Edwards, Director, writer, producer (Pink Panther), Tulsa, July 26, 1922.
• Douglas Edwards, early television personality (host, Armstrong Circle Theatre). Ada, 1917-1990.
• Frank Ellis, character actor (220+films), 1897-1969.
• Richard (Dick) Erdman. 36 movies, 1944-1994, 3 TV series. Enid, June 1, 1925.
• Glenda Farrell, 1929-1968 75 films, perhaps best-known as fast-talking reporter Torchy Blane in 30s and 40s. Enid, 1904-1971.
• Wallace Fox, directed 56 films, mostly westerns, Purcell, 1895-1958.
• Kay Francis, foremost leading lady of the 30's (Cocoanuts), Oklahoma City, 1903-1968.
• Richard Gaines, supporting actor, 38 films (Double Indemnity), 1940-1957. Oklahoma City, 1904-1975.
• James Garner, actor (Murphy's Romance, Maverick, Rockford Files), Norman, April 7, 1928.
• Clu Gulager, actor, 63 movies, perhaps best-known as Emmett Ryker in The Virginian TV series, 1964-1968. 1928, Holdenville.
• James Hampton, supporting actor (China Syndrome, Hangar 18), TV (F-Troop, Doris Day Show). Oklahoma City, July 9, 1936.
• Jim Hartz, television, NBC news correspondent/anchor. Born ?.
• Harry Harvey, actor, 142 movies, Sheriff Blodgett on Roy Rogers TV series. Indian Territory, 1901-1985.
• Harry Hayden, character actor, 159 films 1936-1954. Oklahoma Terr., 1884-1955.
• Frances Heflin. Best known as Mona Kane on All My Children, 1970-1994. 1923-1994, Oklahoma City.
• Van Heflin, actor, 57 films, Walters, 1910-1971.
• Rosella Hightower, world-renouned ballerina, founder of internationally acclaimed "Centre de Danse International" in Cannes.
• Ned Hockman, documentary filmmaker, director annual TV-News Video Workshop, pres. Oklahoma Motion Picture Hall of Fame. Cushing.
• Darla Hood, child star ("Darla" of Our Gang), Leedey, 1931-1979.
• Ron Howard, actor/director, Duncan, March 1, 1954.
• Jack Hoxie, silent film actor, 55 movies 1914-1932. 1885-1965, Kingfisher.
• Rochelle Hudson, actress (Rebel Without a Cause, Poppy, Born Reckless), Oklahoma City, 1914-1972.
• *Roman Jasinski*, dancer, co-founder of Tulsa Ballet Theater. Resides Tulsa.
• Ben Johnson, actor, Shidler, 1918-1996.
• Jennifer Jones, Oscar-winning actress, Tulsa, March 2, 1919.
• Sid Jordan, silent film actor. 1889-1970, Muskogee.
• Sheila James Kuehl, actress ("Zelda Gilroy Gillis"), Tulsa, Feb. 2, 1941.
• Heather Langenkamp, actress, recurring role of Nancy Thompson
  in Nightmare on Elm Street films. Tulsa, 1964.
• Moscelyne Larkin, ballerina, co-founder Tulsa Ballet Theater. Tulsa.
• Barbara Lawrence, actress (Oklahoma, Letter to Three Wives), retired in 1957. Carnegie, Feb. 24, 1930.
• Billy Lenhart, supporting actor in the 40's (Never Give a Sucker
  an Even Break, In the Navy). Dec. 14, 1930, Edmond.
• Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles, Once Bitten, TV series True Colors. Chickasha, June 1, 1939.
• Bob Losure. Broadcast anchor, CNN Headline News. Tulsa.
• Judith Lowry, actor (Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Mother Dexter on TV series, Phyllis). Fort Sill, 1890-1976.
• Terrence Malick. Wrote and directed The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, Pocket Money, Badlands. Bartlesville, Nov. 30, 1943.
• Jimmy Marsden., TV actor (Blossom, Party of Five, Second Noah). Stillwater, Sept. 18, 1975.
• Johnny Marvin, actor, composer (1939 nominee for Best Music, Song, (Under Western Stars, 'Dust'). 1897-1944, Butler.
• Rue McClanahan, actress (Golden Girls, Maude), Healdton, Feb. 21, 1935.
• Steve McGrew. Comedian (Evening at the Improv, Caroline's Comedy Hour), native Oklahoman.
• Vera Miles, actress, Boise City, August 23, 1930.
• Ben Morris, best known as title role in ABC radio's Pat Novak for Hire. 1921-1982, Oklahoma City.
• Matthew Mungle. Oscar-winning make-up artist (Bram Stoker's Dracula). Native Oklahoman, TU grad.
• Chuck Norris, actor, Ryan, March 10, 1940.
• Martha O'Driscoll, supporting actress, 30 films between
  1938 and 1947. Tulsa, March 4, 1922.
• Cindy Pickett, actress, (Crooked Hearts, The Goodbye Bird, Dr. Carol Novins on St. Elsewhere). Norman, Apr. 18, 1947.
• Brad Pitt, actor,(River Runs Through It, Twelve Monkeys,
  , Legends of the Fall) Shawnee, Dec. 18, 1963.
• Don Porter, best-known as James Devery on The Ann Southern Show. Miami, 1912-1997.
• Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, host of Home Matters TV show, Elk City.
• Tony Randall, actor (Odd Couple, Pillow Talk, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao), Tulsa, Feb. 26, 1924.
• Erik Rhodes, 25 films 1934-1939 (The Gay Divorce, Top Hat). 1906-1990, El Reno.
• Dale Robertson, TV actor (Wells Fargo, Dynasty, J.J. Starbuck).
• Dan Rowan, actor, TV host (Laugh-In), Beggs, July 22, 1922.
• Will Sampson, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Firewalker, Poltergeist), 1935-1987.
• Gailard Sartain, actor, comic (Mississippi Burning, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hee Haw, and, locally, as Mazeppa Papazoidy). Tulsa.
• Ted Shackelford, actor (Knott's Landing, Dallas), Oklahoma City, June 23, 1946.
• Wes Studi, actor (Dances with Wolves, Geronino), Nofire Hollow, Dec. 17, 1947.
• Maria Tallchief-Paschen, prima ballerina, with sister, Marjorie, founded Chicago City Ballet in 1980. Jan. 24, 1925, Fairfax.
• Marjorie Tallchief. Ballerina. Born Denver, 1926, early years, Fairfax. [Link to information about both Marjorie and Maria Tallchief.]
• Pamela Tiffin, last of the studio contract players (The Hallelujah Trail), Oct. 13, 1942, Oklahoma City.
• Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress (The Firm, Waterworld), Tulsa, 1965.
• Elmo Williams, producer (Ernest Goes to Camp, Tora, Tora, Tora, The Blue Max, The Longest Day). Oklahoma City, April 30, 1913.
• William Witney, director, 92 films between 1937-1975 (Cat Burglar, Donnie Parker Story, Zorro Rides Again). Lawton, May 15, 1910.
• Alfre Woodard, actress (Miss Firecracker, Crooklyn, How to Make an American Quilt, Star Trek: First Contact). Tulsa, Nov. 8, 1953.
• Sheb Wooley, actor (Pete Nolan on Rawhide), Erick, April 10, 1921.

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