Persons




George Dewey Washington (1898 - 1954) American singer active in vaudeville and motion pictures from the 1920s through the 1940s
Isaiah Washington (1963) American actor and film producer
Mia Wasikowska (1989) Australian actress
Lew Wasserman (1913 - 2002) 
Hans Wassmann (1873 - 1932) German actor
Craig Wasson (1954) American actor
Ethel Waters (1896 - 1977) 
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist
Sam Waterston (1940) American actor
Pierre Watkin (1887 - 1960) American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood
Linda Watkins (1908 - 1976) American stage, film, and television actress
Alberta Watson (1955 - 2015) Canadian film and television actress
Bobs Watson (1930 - 1999) American actor
Delmar Watson (1926 - 2008) American child actor and news photographer
Emily Watson (1967) English actress, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Breaking the Waves (1996)
Emma Watson (1990) English actress
Lucile Watson (1879 - 1962) 
Minor Watson (1889 - 1965) American character actor
Harry Watt (1906 - 1987) 
Nathan Watt (1983) American actor
Naomi Watts (1968) English actress and producer
Franz Waxman (1906 - 1967) 
Damon Wayans (1960) American stand-up comedian, writer and actor.
Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958) American actor, comedian, director and writer. Host and creator of In Living Color
Marlon Wayans (1972) American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer
David Wayne (1914 - 1995) American stage and screen actor
John Wayne (1907 - 1979) American western film actor, director and producer
Carl Weathers (1948) American actor and former professional football player
Dennis Weaver (1924 - 2006) 
Jacki Weaver (1947) 
Sigourney Weaver (1949) American actress and film producer
Hugo Weaving (1960) Australian-English film and stage actor
Chloe Webb (1956) American actress
Clifton Webb (1889 - 1966) American actor, dancer, and singer. Nominated three times for an Academy Award.
Fay Webb (1907 - 1936) American actress
Millard Webb (1893 - 1935) American screenwriter and director
Robert Webber (1924 - 1989) American actor
Franz Weber (1888 - 1962) German actor
Gerhild Weber (1918 - 1996) German actress
Joe Weber (1867 - 1942) 
Lois Weber (1879 - 1939) American silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director.
Stanley Weber (1986) 
Steven Weber (1961) American actor and comedian
Peter Weck (1930) Austrian film director and actor
José Wedorn (1892 - 1967) 
Barbara Weeks (1913 - 2003) American film actress
Perdita Weeks (1985) 
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (1970) Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Paul Wegener (1874 - 1948) German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Virginia Weidler (1927 - 1968) American child actress
Helene Weigel (1900 - 1971) 
Rolf Weih (1906 - 1969) German film actor
Claudia Weill (1947) American film director
Peter Weir (1944) 
Heidelinde Weis (1940) Austrian actress
Lisa Weise (1880 - 1951) German actress and singer
Grethe Weiser (1903 - 1970) German actress
Antje Weisgerber (1922 - 2004) German film and television actress
Herbert Weissbach (1901 - 1995) German actor, cabaret artist, and voice actor
Hanni Weisse (1892 - 1967) German actress.
Norbert Weisser (1946) German-born actor who has been based in the United States since the mid-1960s
Johnny Weissmuller (1904 - 1984)  Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor, best known for playing Tarzan
Hilde Weissner (1909 - 1987) German actress
Rachel Weisz (1970) British actress
Chris Weitz (1969) American producer, writer, director and actor.
Paul Weitz (1965) American screenwriter, director and producer
Dorrit Weixler (1892 - 1916) German film actress of the early 20th century
Weiß-Ferdl (1883 - 1949) German comedian
Niles Welch (1888 - 1976) 
Raquel Welch (1940 - 2023) American actress, author and sex symbol
Tahnee Welch (1961) American model and actress
Tuesday Weld (1943) American actress
Peter Weller (1947) American actor, director and history lecturer.
Mel Welles (1924 - 2005) American film actor and director
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) American actor, director, writer and producer.
William A. Wellman (1896 - 1975) 
William Wellman Jr. (1937) 
Vernon Wells (1945) Australian character actor
Peter Welz (1963) 
Heinz Welzel (1911 - 2002) German stage, television and film actor
Heinz Wemper (1903 - 1985) German actor
Ming-Na Wen (1963) American actress
Ewald Wenck (1891 - 1981) German actor
Wim Wenders (1945) German filmmaker, playwright, author and photographer,
Hansi Wendler (1912 - 2010) German film actress
Elisabeth Wendt (1906 - 1980) German film actress
George Wendt (1948) American actor and comedian
Senta Wengraf (1924 - 2020) Austrian actress
David Wenham (1965) Australian actor
Rolf Wenkhaus (1917 - 1942) German child actor
Elmar Wepper (1944 - 2023) German actor
Gisela Werbisek (1875 - 1956) 
Vicky Werckmeister (1902 - 1968) German actress and singer
Sybil Werden (1924 - 2007) German actress and dancer.
Lotte Werkmeister (1885 - 1970) 
Betty Werner  
Ilse Werner (1921 - 2005) Dutch-German actress and singer.
Oskar Werner (1922 - 1984) Austrian stage and cinema
Ursula Werner (1943) German actress
Otto Wernicke (1893 - 1965) German actor