Persons




Lina Wertmüller (1928 - 2021) Italian screenwriter and film director
Carl Wery (1894 - 1975) German actor
Eduard Wesener (1909 - 1952) German actor
Paula Wessely (1907 - 2000) Austrian theatre and film actress.
Adam West (1928 - 2017) American actor known primarily for his role as Batman
Billy West (1892 - 1975) American film actor, producer, and director
Dominic West (1969) English actor, director and musician
Mae West (1893 - 1980) American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol.
Paul Westermeier (1892 - 1972) German film actor.
Helen Westley (1875 - 1942) American character actress of stage and screen
Betty Westmore (1907 - 1999) Canedian actress
Frank Westmore (1923 - 1985) Hollywood make-up artist
Winifred Westover (1899 - 1978) American actress of the 1910s and 1920s
Haskell Wexler (1922 - 2015) American cinematographer, film producer, and director
Max Weydner (1882 - 1937) 
Ruth Weyher (1901 - 1983) German film actress of the silent era.
James Whale (1889 - 1957) 
Frank Whaley (1963) American actor, film director, screenwriter, and comedian
Joanne Whalley (1961) English actress
Wil Wheaton (1972) American actor
Bert Wheeler (1895 - 1968) 
Ben Whishaw (1980) English actor
Denzel Whitaker (1990) American actor.
Forest Whitaker (1961) American actor, producer, and director
Alice White (1904 - 1983) American film actress.
Betty White (1922 - 2021) 
Chrissie White (1895 - 1989) British film actress of the silent era
Jack White (1897 - 1984) Hungarian-born American film producer, director and writer
Jesse White (1917 - 1997) American actor
Jules White (1900 - 1985) American film director and producer
Leo White (1882 - 1948) German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films
Marjorie White (1904 - 1935) Canadian-born actress of stage and film
Pearl White (1889 - 1938) American film actress.
Sammy White (1894 - 1960) American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films
Paul Whiteman (1890 - 1967) American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist
Bradley Whitford (1959) American actor and producer
Mae Whitman (1988) American actress and singer
Stuart Whitman (1928 - 2020) American actor
Eleanor Whitney (1917 - 1983) American film actress and dancer.
Dame May Whitty (1865 - 1948) 
Johnny Whitworth (1975) American actor
Anne Wiazemsky (1947 - 2017) 
Mary Wickes (1910 - 1995) 
Bernhard Wicki (1919 - 2000) Austrian actor and film director
Maria Widal  Actress
Bo Widerberg (1930 - 1997) 
Richard Widmark (1914 - 2008) American film, stage and television actor.
Dorothea Wieck (1908 - 1986) German theatre and film actress.
Mathias Wieman (1902 - 1969) German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor.
Robert Wiene (1873 - 1938) German film director
Alex Wiesendanger (1983) 
Elsa Wiesenthal (1887 - 1967) Austrian dancer
Grete Wiesenthal (1885 - 1970) Austrian dancer, actor, choreographer, and dance teacher
Lydia Wieser  
Kai Wiesinger (1966) German actor
Dianne Wiest (1948) American actress
Mary Wigman (1886 - 1973) German dancer and choreographer
Kristen Wiig (1973) American actress, comedian, and writer.
Eva van de Wijdeven (1985) Dutch actress.
Elsje de Wijn (1944) Dutch actress
Robert Wilber (1896 - 1980) American actor
Crane Wilbur (1886 - 1973) 
Herbert Wilcox (1890 - 1977) 
Henry Wilcoxon (1905 - 1984) British actor
Cornel Wilde (1912 - 1989) Hungarian-American actor and film director
Olivia Wilde (1984) American actress and fashion model.
Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002) Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist.
Gene Wilder (1933 - 2016) American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author
W. Lee Wilder (1904 - 1982) Austrian-American screenwriter, film producer and director
Michael Wilding (1912 - 1979) English stage, television and film actor.
Herbert Wilk (1905 - 1977) German stage, television and film actor
Robert J. Wilke (1914 - 1989) American film and television actor noted primarily for his roles as villains, mostly in Westerns
Wotan Wilke Möhring (1967) German actor
Tom Wilkinson (1948) English actor
Irvin Willat (1890 - 1976) 
Detlef Willecke  
Irmgard Willers ( - 1969) Actress
Warren William (1894 - 1948) Broadway and Hollywood actor
Andy Williams (1927 - 2012) 
Bert Williams (1874 - 1922) 
Billy Dee Williams (1937) 
Cindy Williams (1947 - 2023) American actress and producer
Earle Williams (1880 - 1927) 
Emlyn Williams (1905 - 1987) Welsh writer, dramatist and actor
Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) American actress and retired competitive swimmer. Retired from film in the 1960s.
Grant Williams (1931 - 1985) American film, theater, and television actor
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (1899 - 1962) American actor
JoBeth Williams (1948) American actress and television director
John Williams (1932) American composer, conductor and pianist
Kathlyn Williams (1879 - 1960) American actress, active in the early silent film period.
Kelli Williams (1970) American actress and director
Michelle Williams (1980) 
Olivia Williams (1968) 
Robert Williams (1904 - 1978) American character actor from the 1940s through the 1970s
Robin Williams (1951 - 2014) American actor and comedian
Spencer Williams (1889 - 1965) American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer
Treat Williams (1951 - 2023) American actor and writer
Mykelti Williamson (1957) American actor
Bruce Willis (1955) American actor, producer, and musician.
Chill Wills (1902 - 1978) American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet