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.