Kay Kendall - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: British. Born: Justine Kendall McCarthy in Yorkshire, England, 21 May 1927.
Arthur Kennedy - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: John Arthur Kennedy in Worcester, Massachusetts, 17 February 1914.
Deborah Kerr - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: British. Born: Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland, 30 September 1921.
Nicole Kidman - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: Australian/American. Born: Honolulu, Hawaii, 20 June 1967, to Australian parents; raised in Sydney, Australia.
Ben Kingsley - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: British. Born: Krishna Banji in Scarborough, England, 31 December 1943.
Klaus Kinski - Actors and Actresses
Born: Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski in Sopot (Zoppot), Free State of Danzig (later Germany; now Gdansk, Poland), 8 October 1926; grew up in Berlin. Military Service: German Army, 1944; captured by the British on second day of combat, spending rest of war as POW.
Nastassja Kinski - Actors and Actresses
Pseudonym: At one time, spelled first name "Nastassia." Nationality: German. Born: Nastassja Nakszynski in Berlin, 24 January 1961; daughter of the actor Klaus Kinski.
Kevin Kline - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: St.
Fritz Kortner - Actors and Actresses
Born: Fritz Nathan Kohn in Vienna, Austria, 12 May 1892. Education: Studied at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Vienna.
Werner Krauss - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: Austrian. Born: Gestunghausen, Germany, 23 July 1884, became citizen of Austria.
Kris Kristofferson - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Brownsville, Texas, 22 June 1936.
Dilip Kumar - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: Indian. Born: Yusuf Khan, in Peshawar (now Pakistan), 1922.
Machiko Kyo - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: Japanese. Born: Motoko Yamo in Osaka, 25 March 1924.
Alan Ladd - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Alan Walbridge Ladd in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 3 September 1913.
Marina Ladynina - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: Russian. Born: Tyomino, Russia, 24 June 1908.
Veronica Lake - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Constance Ockelman, in Brooklyn, New York, 14 November 1919.
Burt Lancaster - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Burton Stephen Lancaster in New York City, 2 November 1913.
Elsa Lanchester - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (or Elizabeth Sullivan) in Lewisham, London, 28 October 1902; became U.S.
Martin Landau - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Brooklyn, New York, 20 June 1928 (some sources say 1931).
Harry Langdon - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Council Bluffs, Iowa, 15 June 1884.
Jessica Lange - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Cloquet, Minnesota, 20 April 1949.
Angela Lansbury - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Angela Brigid Lansbury in London, England, 16 October 1925; granddaughter of the politician George Lansbury; became U.S.
Charles Laughton - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1 July 1899; became U.S.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - Actors and Actresses
Laurel. Nationality: British/American.
Jean-Pierre Léaud - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 5 May 1944; son of the scriptwriter Pierre Léaud and the actress Jacqueline Pierreux.
Bruce Lee - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Lee Yuen Kam in San Francisco, California, 27 November 1940, of Chinese parents.
Christopher Lee - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: British. Born: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee in London, 27 May 1922.
Janet Leigh - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Jeanette Helen Morrison in Mercedes, California, 26 July 1927.
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: American. Born: Jennifer Jason Leigh Morrow in Los Angeles, California, 5 February 1962; daughter of the actor Vic Morrow and the writer Barbara Turner.
Vivien Leigh - Actors and Actresses
Nationality: British. Born: Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, India, 5 November 1913.