Actors and directors from Kansas

• Kirstie Alley, (born 1951), actress, Wichita, Kansas.
• Fatty Arbuckle, (1887-1933), actor, Smith Center, Kansas.
• Ed Asner, (born 1929), actor, Kansas City, Kansas.
• Steve Balderson, (born 1975), film director, Wamego, Kansas.
• Hugh Beaumont, (1909-1982), actor, Lawrence, Kansas
• Annette Bening, (born 1958), actress, Topeka, Kansas.
• Steve Brodie, (1919-1992) actor, El Dorado, Kansas
• Louise Brooks, (1906-1985), actress, Cherryvale, Kansas.
• Madge Blake, (1899-1969), actress, Kinsley, Kansas.
• Karla Burns, Broadway actress/singer Wichita, Kansas.
• Del Close, (1934-1999), actor/comedian, Manhattan, Kansas.
• Aneta Corsaut, (1933-1995), actress, Hutchinson, Kansas
• Lucinda Dickey, actress/dancer, Hutchinson, Kansas.
• R. Lee Ermey, (born 1944), actor, Emporia, Kansas.
• Dwight Frye, (1899-1943), actor, Salina, Kansas.
• Laurel Goodwin, (born 1942), actress, Wichita, Kansas.
• Phyllis Haver, (1899-1960), actress, Douglass, Kansas.
• Thelma Hill, (1906-1938), actress, Emporia, Kansas.
• Dennis Hopper, (born 1936), actor, Dodge City, Kansas.
• Don Johnson, (born 1959), actor, Wichita, Kansas.
• Buster Keaton, (1895-1966), actor, Piqua, Kansas.
• Emmett Kelly, (1898-1979), circus clown, Sedan, Kansas.
• Shirley Knight, (born 1936), actress, Goessel, Kansas.
• Bill Kurtis, (born 1940), television journalist, Independence, Kansas.
• Lila Leeds, (1928-1999), actress, Dodge City, Kansas.
• Jim Lehrer, (born 1934), television journalist, Wichita, Kansas.
• Hattie McDaniel, (1895-1952), actress, Wichita, Kansas.
• Oscar Micheaux, (1893-1951), film director, Great Bend, Kansas.
• Cassandra Peterson, (born 1949), actress better known as Elvira, Manhattan, Kansas.
• ZaSu Pitts, (1894-1963), actress, Parsons, Kansas.
• Rob Riggle, (born 1970), actor/comedian, Overland Park, Kansas.
• Paul Rudd, (born 1969), actor, Lenexa, Kansas.
• Cynthia Sikes, (born 1954), actress, Coffeyville, Kansas.
• Lois Smith, (born 1930), actress, Topeka, Kansas.
• Sara Sothern, (1895-1994), stage actress, Arkansas City, Kansas.
• Milburn Stone, (1904-1980), actor, Gunsmoke, Burrton, Kansas.
• Fay Tincher, (1884-1983), actress, Topeka, Kansas.
• Vivian Vance, (1909-1979), actress, Cherryvale, Kansas.
• Dee Wallace-Stone, (born 1948), actress, Kansas City, Kansas.