Rudolph Valentino - Actors and Actresses

Born: Rodolpho Alfonzo Raffaelo di Valentina d'Antonguolla in Castellaneta, Italy, 6 May 1895. Education: Attended a military academy; Royal Academy of Agriculture.

Alida Valli - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Italian. Born: Alida Maria Altenburger in Pola, 31 May 1921; often billed as Valli in non-Italian films.

Lee Van Cleef - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Somerville, New Jersey, 9 January 1925.

Charles Vanel - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: French. Born: Rennes, 21 August 1892.

Conrad Veidt - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: German/British. Born: Berlin, 22 January 1893; became British citizen, 1939.

Monica Vitti - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Italian. Born: Maria Luisa Ceciarelli in Rome, 3 November 1931.

Rüdiger Vogler - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: German. Born: Warthausen, 1942.

Jon Voight - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Yonkers, New York, 29 December 1938; brother of songwriter Wes Voight (Chip Taylor).

Gian Maria Volonté - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Italian. Born: Milan, 9 April 1933.

Max Von Sydow - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Swedish. Born: Carl Adolf von Sydow in Lund, 10 April 1929.

Anton Walbrook - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Austrian/British. Born: Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, Austria, 19 November 1896; became British citizen, 1947.

Christopher Walken - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Ronald Walken, Queens, New York, 31 March 1943.

Robert Walker - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, 13 October 1918.

Eli Wallach - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Brooklyn, New York, 7 December 1915.

Denzel Washington - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Mount Vernon, New York, 28 December 1954.

Emily Watson - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: British. Born: London, 14 January 1967.

John Wayne - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, 26 May 1907.

Sigourney Weaver - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Susan Alexander Weaver in New York, 8 October 1949; daughter of the former president of NBC Sylvester "Pat" Weaver.

Clifton Webb - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, Indiana, 19 November 1891.

Paul Wegener - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: German. Born: Bischdorf, East Prussia, 11 December 1874.

Tuesday Weld - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Susan Ker Weld in New York City, 27 August 1943.

Orson Welles - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 6 May 1915.

Oskar Werner - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: Austrian. Born: Oskar Joseph Bschliessmayer in Vienna, 13 November 1922.

Mae West - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Brooklyn, New York, 17 August 1892.

Forest Whitaker - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Longview, Texas, 15 July 1961.

Pearl White - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Greenridge, Illinois, 4 March 1889.

Richard Widmark - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Sunrise, Minnesota, 26 December 1914.

Cornel Wilde - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Cornelius Louis Wilde in New York City, 13 October 1915.

Gene Wilder - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 11 June 1935.

Robin Williams - Actors and Actresses

Nationality: American. Born: Chicago, Illinois, 21 July 1952.