James Mason - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: James Neville Mason in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 15 May 1909.

Raymond Massey - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Raymond Hart Massey in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 30 August 1896; became U.S.

Marcello Mastroianni - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Italian. Born: Fontana Liri, 28 September 1924.

Walter Matthau - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Walter Matuschanskayasky (some sources say Matasschanskayasky) in New York City, 1 October 1920.

Carmen Maura - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Spanish. Born: Madrid, 1945; greatniece of the politician Antonio Maura.

Joel McCrea - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Joel Albert McCrea in South Pasadena, California, 5 November 1905.

Frances McDormand - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Illinois, 23 June 1957.

Roddy McDowall - Actors and Actresses

Born: Roderick Andrew McDowall in London, England, 17 September 1928. Education: Attended St.

Malcolm McDowell - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Leeds, 15 June 1943.

Ewan McGregor - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, 31 March 1971; nephew of theatre director Denis Lawson.

Dorothy McGuire - Actors and Actresses

Born: Dorothy Hackett McGuire in Omaha, Nebraska, 14 June 1918. Family: Married John Swope (a photographer), 18 July 1943 (deceased); children: Topo Garrett, Mark Swope.

Ian McKellen - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Burnley, England, 25 May 1939; grew up in Wigan.

Victor McLaglen - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 10 December 1886.

Steve McQueen - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Terence Steven McQueen in Slater, Missouri (or Indianapolis, Indiana), 24 March 1930.

Oleg Men'shikov - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Russian. Born: Serpukhov, 8 November 1960.

Melina Mercouri - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Greek. Born: Maria Amalia Mercouris in Athens, 18 October 1925.

Burgess Meredith - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Cleveland, Ohio, 16 November 1908.

Bette Midler - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Honolulu, Hawaii (some sources say Paterson, New Jersey), 1 December 1945.

Toshiro Mifune - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Japanese. Born: Tsingtao, China, of Japanese parents, 1 April 1920.

Ray Milland - Actors and Actresses

Born: Reginald Truscott-Jones in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales, 3 January 1907; as a child took the name of his stepfather, Mullane, and was known in early career as Jack Mullane, then Raymond Milland. Education: Attended King's College, Cardiff.

Ann Miller - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Johnny Lucille Collier in Houston, Texas, 12 April 1923.

(Sir) John Mills - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, 22 February 1908.

Sal Mineo - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Salvatore Mineo, Jr.

Liza Minnelli - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Liza May Minnelli in Los Angeles, California, 12 March 1946; daughter of the director Vincente Minnelli and the actress Judy Garland; sister of the actress Lorna Luft.

Miou-Miou - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: French. Born: Sylvette Herry, Paris, 22 February 1950.

Carmen Miranda - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Brazilian. Born: Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha in Libson, Portugal, 9 February 1909; grew up in Rio de Janeiro.

Helen Mirren - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: Ilynea Lydia Mironoff in London, England, 26 July 1945.

Robert Mitchum - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Robert Charles Duran Mitchum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 6 August 1917.

Marilyn Monroe - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Norma Jean Mortenson (or Baker) in Los Angeles, California, 1 June 1926.

Yves Montand - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: French. Born: Ivo Livi in Monsummano Alto, Tuscany, Italy, 13 October 1921; raised in Marseilles, France, from age two.