page_title: List of people from Wisconsin
section_title: Film and theatre
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Wisconsin / Entertainment / Film and theatre
caption_attribution_description: Screenshot of Don Ameche from the trailer for the film Alexander's Ragtime Band
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The person's hometown is in parentheses.
context_section_description: A–M
  Jim Abrahams (born 1944), director (Shorewood, Eagle River)
  Nicholas J. Adams (born 1993), television journalist, (Genoa City)
  Marc Alaimo (born 1942), actor (Milwaukee)
  Don Ameche (1908–1993), actor (Kenosha)
  William Bast (born 1931), screenwriter (Milwaukee, Kenosha)
  Abner Biberman (1909–1977), actor and director (Milwaukee)
  Mark Borchardt (born 1966), director (Menomonee Falls)
  Joyce Carlson (1923–2008), Disney animator (Racine)
  Jack Carson (1910–1963), actor (Milwaukee)
  Ellen Corby (1911–1999), actress (Racine)
  Anthony Crivello (born 1955), Tony Award-winning actor, singer (Milwaukee)
  Willem Dafoe (born 1955), actor (Appleton)
  Dan Davies (born 1965), actor and screenwriter (Milwaukee)
  Brian Donlevy (1901–1972), actor (Racine)
  Robert Easton (1930–2011), actor, voice actor, dialogue coach (Milwaukee)
  Chris Farley (1964–1997), actor (Madison, Minocqua)
  John P. Farley (born 1968), actor (Madison)
  Kevin Farley (born 1965), actor (Madison)
  Don Fellows (1922–2007), actor (Madison)
  Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983), Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actress (Genesee Depot)
  Gloria Foster (1933–2001), actress (Janesville)
  Heather Graham (born 1970), actress (Milwaukee)
  Uta Hagen, actress (Madison)
  Theodore Hardeen (1876–1945), magician and escape artist, founder of the Magicians Guild of America (Appleton)
  Howard Hawks (1896–1977), director (Neenah)
  Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician (Appleton)
  Tom Hulce (born 1953), actor (Whitewater)
  Jeana Keough (born 1955), actress, Playboy Playmate (Milwaukee)
  Imran Khan (born 1983), actor (Madison)
  David Koepp (born 1963), writer/director (Pewaukee, Wales)
  Carole Landis (1919–1948), actor (Fairchild)
  Tom Laughlin (1931–2013), actor (Milwaukee)
  Joseph Losey (1909–1984), director (La Crosse)
  Alfred Lunt (1892–1977), actor (Milwaukee, Genesee Depot)
  Fred MacMurray (1908–1991), actor (Beaver Dam)
  Michael Maize (born 1974), actor (Milwaukee)
  Fredric March (1897–1975), actor (Racine)
  Rob Marshall (born 1960), director (Madison)
  Kerwin Mathews (1926–2007), actor (Janesville)
  John Matuszak (1950–1989), actor and football player (Milwaukee, Oak Creek)
  Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress, first African-American to win an Academy Award (Milwaukee)
  Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), actress, radio, stage, film, television (Reedsburg)
  Niels Mueller (born 1961), writer/director (Milwaukee)
  N–Z
  Cyrus Nowrasteh (born 1956), writer/director (Madison)
  Pat O'Brien (1899–1983), actor (Milwaukee)
  Robert Emmett O'Connor (1885–1962), actor (Milwaukee)
  Nancy Olson (born 1928), actress (Milwaukee)
  Nick Oram (born 1979), television producer and actor
  Jack Perkins (1921–1998), actor (Medford)
  Manilla Powers, actress (Janesville)
  Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), director (Galesville)
  John Ridley (born 1965), screenwriter, director (Milwaukee)
  Richard Riehle (born 1948), actor (Menomonee Falls)
  Michael Ritchie (1938–2001), director (Waukesha)
  Gena Rowlands (born 1930), actor (Madison, Cambria, Milwaukee)
  Mark Ruffalo (born 1967), actor (Kenosha)
  Richard Schickel (born 1933), critic (Milwaukee)
  Greg Dean Schmitz (born 1970), online film journalist (Westfield, Middleton)
  Tony Shalhoub (born 1953), actor (Green Bay)
  Paul Shenar (1936–1989), actor (Milwaukee)
  Oliver Smith (1918–1994), theatrical scenic designer (Waupun)
  Zack Snyder (born 1966), director (Green Bay)
  Ford Sterling (1882–1939), actor (La Crosse)
  Eric Szmanda (born 1975), actor (Milwaukee)
  George Tillman, Jr., director (Milwaukee)
  Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), actor (Milwaukee, Lake Geneva)
  Judy Tyler (1932–1957), actress (Milwaukee)
  Bob Uecker (born 1935), actor and sports commentator (Milwaukee)
  James Valcq (born 1963), theatre composer (Milwaukee)
  Marc Webb (born 1974), director (Madison)
  Peter Weller (born 1947), actor (Stevens Point)
  Orson Welles (1915–1985), director (Kenosha)
  Shannon Whirry (born 1964), actress (Green Lake)
  Gene Wilder (1933–2016), actor (Milwaukee)
  David Zucker (born 1947), director (Milwaukee)
  Jerry Zucker (born 1950), director (Milwaukee)
  Terry Zwigoff (born 1949), director (Appleton)
caption: Don Ameche
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