- John Wayne
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. He epitomized ruggedly individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne thirteenth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, …
- Fred Grandy
Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is a former actor who became a member in 1986 of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University in 1970 and is fluent in both French and Arabic. He played the dimwitted Burl "Gopher" Smith for nine years on the American television series "The Love Boat".
- Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23,2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson".
- George Reeves
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 - June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program "Adventures of Superman" and his controversial death at the age of 45.
- Donna Reed
Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress.
- Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Lynn Monaghan (born March 23 1976) is an American actress.
- Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew is an American actress, most famous for her role in Star Trek: Voyager . She was born in Dubuque, Iowa on April 29, 1955 and is the second oldest of 8 siblings. Kate Mulgrew has performed in 23 plays, 9 movies, 30 television shows, 6 audio books, and 1 television documentary. One of her first roles on television was of older daughter Mary Ryan on the soap opera Ryan's Hope .
- Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor of the stage and screen. He won an "Outstanding Guest Actor" Emmy in 2001 for a part on "The Practice", but is currently most famous for his roles as Zep Hindle in the 2004 film "Saw" and Benjamin Linus in the television series "Lost".
- Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in France. Seberg became even more of an icon after her roles in numerous French films and the tragedy of her turbulent life.
- Nia Long
Nia Long (born Nitara Carlynn Long on October 30, 1970) is an American actress and occasional music video director. She is best known for her roles in "Big Momma's House", "Soul Food", and "Are We There Yet?".
- Riley Smith
Riley Bryant Smith (born on April 12, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor. He was discovered at a local mall in his hometown by a local talent scout to fly to New York City to compete at the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention. Smith was signed on to a Tommy Hilfiger modeling campaign. He used the money he earned to pay for his acting classes.
- Ron Livingston
Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as a disaffected corporate employee in the cult comedy "Office Space", a sardonic writer and subject of a short-time obsession of Carrie Bradshaw in a cult TV-series "Sex and the City", and as Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries "Band of Brothers".
- Lori Petty
Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American movie actress. Petty graduated from North High School in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 and worked for several years in Omaha as a graphic designer before pursuing acting. The role that made Petty famous was playing Keanu Reeves' surfer girlfriend in the 1991 action thriller "Point Break". Previous to that, she got her break starring with Richard Grieco in Fox's "Booker".
- Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell (December 41860 - June 6 1922) was an American actress and singer. Born Helen Louise Leonard in Clinton, Iowa, Lillian Russell became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
- Jerry Mathers
Jerry Mathers (born June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa), is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for his role in the television sitcom series "Leave it to Beaver" (1957-1963), in which he starred as Ward and June Cleaver's youngest son, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, a child living in a somewhat idealized suburban family.
- MacDonald Carey
Macdonald Carey was an American actor best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera "Days of our Lives". For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member.
- Ben Foster
Ben Foster (born October 29, 1980) is a Daytime Emmy- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. He is known for his roles in the teen movies "Liberty Heights" and "Get Over It", as well as the action films "Hostage" (2005) and "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006).
- Harry Langdon
Harry L. Langdon was an American silent film comedian.
- William Frawley
William Frawley was an American stage entertainer, screen and television actor. Having acted in over one hundred films, he achieved greater fame playing landlord Fred Mertz on the landmark American television sitcom "I Love Lucy".
- Michelle Vieth
Michelle Vieth Paetau is an American-born Mexican actress of telenovelas. She was married to actor Héctor Soberón from 2002 to 2003. Her family moved to Acapulco when she was three, and at the age of 15 she was invited to be an extra in the telenovela "Acapulco, cuerpo y alma". Chilean producer Valentín Pimstein invited her to a casting for Televisa, …
- Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty (June 16, 1922 - April 18, 2004) was an American actress, dancer and World War II pin-up girl. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California at age nine. At a young age she studied dancing, and her physical attributes and dancing skills led to work in the film industry. Signed by MGM Studios, Frances made her film debut in 1942.
- Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson was an American singer and actress. Born Peggy Lou Snyder in Des Moines, Iowa on July 18, 1909, to Roy Hilliard Snyder and Hazel Dell McNutt. By 1932, she was performing in vaudeville when she met the saxophone-playing Ozzie Nelson and was hired by him as vocalist for his orchestra. They married three years later and with him and their children, Eric "Ricky" Nelson and David Nelson, …
- Dana Davis
Dana Davis is an American actress who is probably most notable for playing Felicia Jones on the ABC drama "The Nine". Davis was born in Davenport, Iowa. She is a skilled violinist and attended Loyola Marymount University, graduating with a degree in music in 2001. Davis has also appeared alongside teen actress Hilary Duff in the critically-panned movie "Raise Your Voice" and in "That's So Raven", "The O.C." and "Gilmore Girls".
- Sue Lyon
Sue Lyon (born July 10, 1946 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former Golden Globe winning American actress.
- Neville Brand
Neville Brand, was an American television and movie actor. Gravel-voiced Neville Brand was born in Griswold, Iowa. He started his big screen career in "D.O.A." (1950) as a henchman named Chester. He became well known as a villain when he killed the character played by Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender". He played the villain in so many movies, his self-image became affected, …
- Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones (b. April 5, 1911 in Alden, Iowa - d. June 12, 1963 in Tarzana, California) was an American character actor who became best known as the Green Hornet in movie serials. Jones was also well-known for his role as Mike the Cop on the classic The Abbott and Costello Show.
- Dave Keuning
David Brent Keuning is the guitarist for the American synth rock band The Killers.
- Ken Nordine
Ken Nordine (born April 13, 1920) is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of "Word Jazz" albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. One critic wrote that "you may not know Ken Nordine by name or face, but you'll almost certainly recognize his voice." The son of an architect, Ken Nordine was born in Cherokee, Iowa.
- Julie Adams
Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams on October 17, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American film actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams. A part-time secretary and actress raised in Arkansas, she began her film career in B-movie westerns. She used her real name, Betty Adams, until 1949 when she began working for Universal Pictures. She then became Julia and eventually Julie Adams.
- Karen Morley
Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American film actress.
- David Yost
David Harold Yost (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor known for his role on the television series "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".
- Toby Huss
Toby Huss (born December 9, 1966) is a U.S. actor. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Huss briefly attended the University of Iowa where he participated in No Shame Theatre before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He has appeared in over 35 movies and television series.
- Mary Beth Hurt
Mary Beth Hurt (born Mary Supinger on September 26, 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa) is a critically acclaimed stage and screen actress. She studied drama at the University of Iowa and at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She made her New York stage debut in 1974. Hurt was nominated for three Tony awards for her Broadway performances in "Trelawney of the Wells", "Crimes of the Heart" and "Benefactors".
- Kathryn Joosten
Kathryn Joosten (born December 20, 1939) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, known for her roles as secretary/aide Delores Landingham to President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing", and Mrs. McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives". Joosten was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Although she had dreamed of acting, Joosten did not begin to hone her craft until middle age in the 1980s, after taking acting classes in Chicago, Illinois.
- Samuel Z. Arkoff
Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12 1918-September 16 2001) was an American producer of B-movies. Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa to a Russian Jewish family, Arkoff first studied to be a lawyer. Along with business partner James H. Nicholson and producer-director Roger Corman, he produced eighteen films. In the 1950s, he and Nicholson founded American Releasing Corporation, …
- Nicholas Downs
Nicholas William Downs is an American actor. Downs was born in Des Moines and raised in the nearby town of Bondurant, Iowa. He plays a leading role in the soon-to-be-released film, Anderson's Cross (2007). He has played supporting roles in major motion pictures, including "The Holiday" (2006) Constantine (2005), The Girl Next Door (2004), and Pearl Harbor (2001). He was recently cast as a lead in the upcoming film Prep School. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.
- Nat Pendleton
Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 - October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler and film actor.
- Stuart Margolin
Stuart Margolin (Born January 31 1940 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his Emmy Award-winning role on the television show "The Rockford Files", playing Jim Rockford's (James Garner) shifty friend and former cellmate Evelyn "Angel" Martin. Margolin appeared in several episodes of the series "M.A.S.H.", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Rhoda", and "Love, …
- Rebecca Cummings
Rebecca Cummings is a well-known adult entertainer, adult magazine model and porn star from Iowa.
- Michael Talbott
Michael Talbott (born on February 2, 1955 in Waverly, Iowa) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Stanley Switek in the 1980s cop show "Miami Vice". His other television credits include "M*A*S*H", "Sanford & Son", "The Jeffersons", "Eight is Enough" among other shows.