U.S. city with most iconic actor/actresses

[seattlefanatic]

Here's Seattle:

Francis Farmer
Carol Channing
Erica Christensen
Bianca Kajlich
Richard Karn
Jean Smart
Ryan Stiles
Adam West
Rainn Wilson
Gypsy Rose Lee
Kevin McCarthy
Anna Faris
Brendan Fraser
Tom Hulce
Kyle MacLachlan
Joel McHale
John Ratzenberger
Tom Skerritt
Bruce Lee

[HtownLove]

Houston had quite a few Iconic Celebs From Howard Hughes to Walter Cronkite to Patrick Swayze

Here is a list from Wikipedia:
Debbie Allen
Wes Anderson
Clint Black
Alexis Bledel
Tony Oller
Berkeley Breathed (born in California)
Ragan Fox
Burnie Burns
Win Butler (born in California, raised in The Woodlands)
Will Butler (born in California, raised in The Woodlands)
Mark Calaway ("The Undertaker")
Jonathan Caouette
Nichole Cordova (from Girlicious))
Walter Cronkite
Rodney Crowell
Allen Drury
Haylie Duff
Hilary Duff
Shelley Duvall
Terry Ellis (from En Vogue)
Kelly Emberg
Sean Patrick Flanery
Lisa Hartman
Bill Hicks
Larry Hovis
Solange Knowles
Ike Eisenmann
Molly Ivins
Mickey Jones
Mike Jones
Bradley Jordan
Beyoncé Knowles
Lyle Lovett
Barbara Mandrell
John H. Murphy
Renee O'Connor
Annette O'Toole
P.J. Proby
Dennis Quaid
Randy Quaid
Phylicia Rashad
Dan Rather
Charlie Robison
Kenny Rogers
Kelly Rowland
Hakeem Seriki (better known as the rapper Chamillionaire)
Molly Louise Shepard
Anna Nicole Smith (born in Houston, raised in Mexia, Texas)
Jaclyn Smith
Brent Spiner
Matt Stone
Patrick Swayze
B.J. Thomas
Tommy Tune
Brooke Valentine
Paul Wall
Ashley Cheatham
Isaiah Washington
Alicia Webb
Wesley Weston, Jr.
JoBeth Williams
Chandra Wilson
Renée Zellweger
ZZ Top members
Cole Mohr
Jim Parsons (from Spring)
Clyde Drexler


Odd that two of the most iconic new anchors-Walker Cronkite and Dan Rather was from Houston. I didn't even know Isaiah Washington was from Houston. Michael Dell too.

I live really close to Phylicia Rashad's and Debbie Allen's Childhood home (They are sisters).

[SyraBrian]

Syracuse claims three hunky actors: Tom Cruise, Richard Gere and Bobcat Goldthwait.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by SyraBrian

Syracuse claims three hunky actors: Tom Cruise, Richard Gere and Bobcat Goldthwait.

I thought Richard Gere was from Philly?

A List for Philly Actors/Actresses

A–K

• Joe Augustyn – writer, producer
• Kevin Bacon – actor, half of the Bacon Brothers
• Chuck Barris – actor, composer, writer, director, producer, game show host
• Ethel Barrymore – actress
• John Barrymore – actor
• Lionel Barrymore – actor
• Eddie Barth – actor and voiceover artist[4]
• Jules Bass - director, composer
• Maria Bello – actress
• Ed Bernard - actor
• John Biddle – yachting cinematographer & lecturer
• Joey Bishop – entertainer
• Danny Bonaduce – actor
• David Boreanaz – actor
• Jim Boyd – actor
• Peter Boyle – actor
• David Brenner – comedian
• Richard Brooks – screenwriter, director
• Nicholas Brothers – tap dancers
• Eugene Byrd – actor
• Michael Callan – actor
• Gia Marie Carangi – model
• Adam Carolla – radio, television personality
• Gabriel Caste - actor
• Dick Clark – host, American Bandstand and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, game show host, producer
• The Clark Brothers – tap dancers
• Imogene Coca – actress
• Nathan Cook – actor
• Bradley Cooper – actor
• Bill Cosby – comedian, actor, Ed.D.
• Broderick Crawford – actor
• Susan Webb Cushman – stage actress
• Blythe Danner – actress
• Bruce Davison – actor
• John de Lancie – actor
• Kim Delaney – actress
• Kat Dennings - actress
• Curly Joe DeRita – comedian, actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Francis De Sales (1912–1988), actor
• John Doman – actor, The Wire
• Mike Douglas – singer, television talk show host
• Gary Dourdan – actor
• Ja'net Dubois – actress, singer
• Kevin Eubanks – musician, former The Tonight Show band leader
• Lola Falana – dancer, actress
• Norman Fell – actor
• Tina Fey – comedian
• W. C. Fields – actor, comedian
• Larry Fine – comedian, actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Kate Flannery – actress
• Ray Fulmer - actor
• Jeremy Gable – playwright
• Ralph Garman – actor, radio personality
• Janet Gaynor – actress
• Richard Gere – actor
• Todd Glass – comedian
• Kate Gosselin – See Jon and Kate Plus Eight
• Seth Green – actor
• Grayson Hall – actress
• Kevin Hart – actor, comedian
• Sherman Hemsley – actor
• Emmaline Henry – actress, I Dream of Jeannie, played Amanda Bellows
• Marc Lamont Hill – television host
• Tigre Hill – producer, director
• Kevin Hooks – actor, director
• Mark Indelicato – actor, singer (Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty)
• Judith Jamison – dancer; choreographer; artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Barry Jenner – actor
• Kevin Har - Comedian
• Clark Johnson – actor, director
• Nicole Kassell – director, writer
• George Kelly – playwright, screenwriter, director, actor; uncle of Princess Grace of Monaco
• Grace Kelly – actress, Princess of Monaco
• Irvin Kershner – director, The Empire Strikes Back
• Jack Klugman – actor

[edit] L–Z

• Michael Landon – actor, producer, director
• Mario Lanza – singer, actor
• Stan Lathan – film and television producer, director
• Andrew Lawrence – actor
• Joey Lawrence – actor
• Matthew Lawrence – actor
• David Lynch – director
• Raw Leiba – actor, stuntman, sports model
• Jeanette MacDonald – actress, singer
• Stephen Macht – actor
• Bob McAllister – children's television personality
• Andrea McArdle – singer / actress Broadway's original Annie, Starlight Express, State Fair, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast
• Paul McCrane – actor, musician
• Rob McElhenney – actor, creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Adam McKay – director, writer
• Mary Lou Metzger – singer, Lawrence Welk Show performer
• David Mirkin – writer, director
• Katherine Moennig – actress
• Kelly Monaco – model, actress
• Zero Mostel – actor
• J. J. North- actress
• Ana Ortiz – actress (Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty)
• Holly Robinson Peete – actress
• Lisa Peluso – actress Saturday Night Fever and soap opera star Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live, Loving, Another World
• Gervase Peterson – contestant, original season of Survivor
• Robert Picardo – actor
• Jon Polito – actor
• Joe Renzetti - musician; played on and arranged many hit records. Oscar winning film composer 'The Buddy Holly Story"
• Matt Robinson – Sesame Street actor; father of Holly Robinson Peete
• James Rolfe, Creator and star of the Angry Video Game Nerd internet series and film director
• Lisa Roma, operatic soprano and music educator
• J. D. Roth – actor, game show host
• Bob Saget – actor, comedian, game show host
• Diane Salinger - actress
• Camillia Sanes – actress, The Shield
• Bill Scott – voice actor; voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right
• Mathew St. Patrick – actor
• M. Night Shyamalan – film director
• Penny Singleton – radio and film actress, voice actress
• Toukie Smith – model, actress; sister of fashion designer Willi Smith
• Will Smith (a.k.a. The Fresh Prince) – actor, hip-hop recording artist, one-half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
• Joey Stefano – dancer, actor, porn star
• Parker Stevenson – actor
• Charles Stone III – film director, creator of Budweiser's "Whassup?" advertising campaign
• Teller – magician, one-half of the duo Penn & Teller
• Jean Vander Pyl – actress in television, film, radio; the voice of Wilma Flintstone and Rosie the Robot Maid
• Tom Verica – actor
• Nancy Walker – actress
• Bruce Walsh – playwright
• Karen Malina White – actress
• Kenya D. Williamson – actress, screenwriter
• John Zacherle ("The Cool Ghoul") – actor, producer

List of people from Philadelphia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Wiki is odd too people like Bruce Willis etc excluded guess wiki is good as quick soure but not always precise

[FOReverxpeace]

Probably New York City.

FTR, Sarah Jessica Parker is not from NYC; however, her husband, Matthew Broderick is and I kind of consider him iconic. Scarlett Johansson was born & raised, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Marisa Tomei, Alyssa Milano.

Also, I think Australian actors and actresses do pretty well, esp. the ones from NSW. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, and let's not forget Geoffrey Rush.

[nslander]

C'mon, people. Either LA or NY.

IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Los Angeles/ California/ USA"


IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "New York City/ New York/ USA"

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by nslander

C'mon, people. Either LA or NY.

IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Los Angeles/ California/ USA"


IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "New York City/ New York/ USA"

Would agree

The further back you go the more I would lean to NYC

Though on the whole they come from just about everywhere with NYC and LA producing the most, one they are the largest areas and two most aligned to the entertainment industry seems like a no brainer

Chicago is probably next