Movies & Television

 1892 - 1978

Best known for playing Mother Jefferson, her first childhood home, according to Ancestry,  was  181 Shrewsbury Street across from Columbus Park.

 1924-1988

Born in Worcester, he is best known for playing Dodge in the original Planet of the Apes in 1968, as well as Coffy in 1973.

 1914 - 1990

Born in Worcester and an eventual  Golden Globe Award winner for Best Supporting Actor, Kennedy appeared in many films  in his career ranging from High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart to Fantastic Voyage with Raquel Welch, along with westerns and police dramas alongside other greats such as Jimmy Stewart and James Cagney

 1915 - 1977  

Born in Worcester and lived by Clark U, Marlowe was a television character actress in many television series, including 27 episodes of The Waltons, 7 times on Wagon Train, and 6 times on Gunsmoke. 

Other notable appearances include 77 Sunset Strip, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Donna Reed Show, Petticoat Junction, Family Affair, Lassie, Marcus Welby, Bob Newhart, Big Valley, Rockford Files, Streets of San Francisco, and most notably The Twilight Zone. She also appeared in North by Northwest and the Thomas Crown Affair. 

 1913-1965

Born in Worcester she appeared in nearly 40 movies with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood history.

 1920 - 1968 

Born in Worcester, Walker, despite tragic events during her career, appeared in many movies during the Golden Era alongside top leading men such as Tyrone Power, Jimmy Stewart, and Kirk Douglas. She is buried in Sterling MA.

 1928 - 2007

Born and died in Worcester, he appeared in both movies and television, including but not limited to The Andromeda Strain 1971, Mike Hammer 1958, and television shows MASH, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Batman, Cagney & Lacey and General Hospital 

 1952 - 2021

Born in Worcester, Mekka is best known for playing Carmine in the hit tv series Laverne & Shirley

 1879 - 1953
Born in Worcester, Stone appeared in many movies, including Grand Hotel in 1932 - the movie that featured Greta Garbo's iconic line "I want to be alone."  

 1919 - 2008  

Born in Worcester, Hayes was an American screenwriter, best known for collaborating with Alfred Hitchcock on four films -  : Rear Window (for which he won an Edgar  Award  and an Oscar nomination), To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew too Much

Born in Worcester in 1957, Leary is primarily known as a comedian

but has also appeared in several movies and television shows.  

Born in Worcester in 1975, Witt has appeared in several movies and television shows

Born in Worcester in 1991, Swedish-American Sullivan is best known for his role as  Dewey in the FOX hit sitcom

 Malcolm In the Middle. 

Born in Marlborough, Cross is best known for her role in Desperate Housewives

1900 - 1974

Born in Clinton, Moorehead, known for her  Twilight Zone episode, The Invaders,  which had nearly zero dialogue, is best known for her role as Endora on the television hit series Bewitched

1881 - 1959

Born in Ashfield MA

Founding father of Hollywood

1872 - 1944

Born in Boston

Bitzer was a pioneer in cinematic technologies and 'effects', developing  the field of matte photography and made use of innovative lighting techniques, close ups, and iris shots . 

Advances in lenses and filters developed by Bitzer made soft focus possible. He was the first to use split-screen photography and backlighting, contributing to the development of three-point lighting. He improved in-camera fade and dissolve effects and invented what came to be known as transition tools. 

1908 - 1989

Born in Lowell

Still iconic past the height of her career, 

she was referenced in several pop and rock songs, including 'Bette Davis Eyes'  by Kim Carnes (1981), 'Celluloid Heroes' by The Kinks (1972), and 'Vogue' by Madonna (1990).

1925 - 2001

Born in Newton MA

1912 - 1982

Born in Springfield MA

1891 - 1967

Born in Cambridge, Bickford had a long prolific career, being in several movies almost every year between 1929 and 1966, before finishing his career in the hit television series The Virginian.

 His motion-picture star is located at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard, and his television star is located at 1620 Vine Street .

b.1951

Born in Springfield

1935 - 1991

Born in Quincy MA

1931 - 2015

Born in Boston

Best known as Spock on Star Trek

1901 - 1982

Born in Haverhill

Character actress best known as Darrin's mother on Bewitched. Clinton native Agnes Moorehead played Samantha's mother.

1907 - 1981

Mabel Albertson's young brother, Jack was born in Malden to Russian Jewish immigrants.

He is best known for his roles 

in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory  (1971), Poseidan Adventure (1972) and the television series Chico and the Man. 

His Hollywood Star  is located at 6253 Hollywood Blvd.

1924 - 2013

Born in Haverhill, he is best known for his roles in the Twilight Zone episodes 

'The Man in the Bottle' and voice over in 

'To Serve Man'

Ruskin also had roles in The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Indecent Proposal (1993) starring Robert Redford and Demi Moore.

Born in Burlington, 

Poehler is best known for Saturday Night Live and the television series 

Parks & Recreation

1942 - 1999

Born in Boston, she is best known for Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein

1934 - 2022

Born in Boston

77 Sunset Strip

b. 1939

Born in Salem, grew up in the Danvers/Hamilton area, Slade attended Worcester Academy before becoming best known as Billy Blue Cannon on the television western The High Chaparral

1914 - 2005

Born in Salem

Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke

1894 - 1974

Born in Lynn

The Real McCoys

b.1979

Born in Cambridge, Kaling is an actress and comedienne, best know for the television series The Office

1969 - 2023

Born in Williamstown MA, Perry is best known for his work with the ensemble cast  on the television series Friends

b.1967

Born in Newton, LeBlanc is best known for his work in the ensemble cast on the television series Friends

1941 - 2015

Born in Boston, Howland was a television actress best known  for playing the character Vera on the hit series Alice

b.1970

Born in Boston, she  is best known for the movies 'Kill Bill' and 'Pulp Fiction'

b.1947

Born in Cambridge, Curtin was one of the original SNL cast members and also best known for the television series Kate & Allie.

b.1960

Born in Boston but grew up in Andover and Marion, Spader went from movies like 'Pretty in Pink' to television series' The Practice, Boston Legal, and The Blacklist

b. 1968

Born in West Roxbury, Hall is best known for his role in the Gen X classic movies 'The Breakfast Club', 'Sixteen Candles', and 'Weird Science'

b.1961

Born in Boston, she is best known for her role in 'American Pie'

1899 - 1984

Born in Lynn, Hamilton , despite a long career beginning in the Silent Era, he is best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon in the 1960's television series 'Batman'

b.1963

Born in Lowell, Chiklis is best known for his roles in the television series' The Commish , The Shield, and  his portrayal of Curly in The Three Stooges.

b.1931

Born in Lowell, Dukakis starred in many movies, including Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias

1937 - 2017

Born in North Adams, Vincent is best known for his roles in the movies 'Raging Bull', 'Goodfellas', and 'Casino'

b.1979

Born in Boston, he is best known for his role in the television series The Office

b.1962

Born in Concord, Carell is best known for the movies 'Evan Almighty', 'The 40 Year Old Virgin', and the television series 'The Office'

b.1950

Born in Cambridge, she is best known for her 1980's sitcom role 'It's a Living' (1980-1989)

1908 - 1967

Born in Concord, it was said of Coolidge that he was "considerably under-used by Hollywood" though he still managed to appear in some of the most memorable television series  and movies of all time, such as Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and the Hitchcock movie 'North by Northwest'. He appeared in movies with Doris Day, Jane Wyatt, and Massachusetts born actors Arthur Kennedy (Worcester) in Boomerang (1947) and Jack Lemmon (Newton) in It Happened to Jane (1959) which was co-produced by North Adams native Martin Melcher.  

b.1940

Born in Cambridge, Waterson has had an extensive career in stage, film, and television. He is best known for his role in Law & Order.

b.1957

Born in Boston, Smith is  best known for her daytime soap opera roles as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns and Nora Gannon Buchanan on One Life to Live. 

b.1955

Born in Haverhill, Bergeron, in the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, is best known for 'America's Funniest Home Videos' and 'Dancing with the Stars'

b. 1963

Born in Brookline

1908 - 1976

Born in Boston, Watkins began her career in stage before making her movie debut in 1931. Her best known movie is The Parent Trap in 1961.

She also appeared in many television series' such as The Munsters, Perry Mason, Hazel, McMillan & Wife, Wagon Train, and Gunsmoke.

b. 1963

Though born in Berkeley CA, Affleck moved to Falmouth when he was 3 before settling in Cambridge. 

b. 1970

Born in Cambridge