NOTE: This list consists of actors whose career was primarily in sound films. For Hoosier silent film actors, go to The Silent Era. Book titles indicated are available through Amazon.com.
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Barbara Stock- b. Indiana 5/26/??
- Member of I.U. Singing Hoosiers. Worked at WTTV in Indianapolis. Many appearances on "Seinfeld," "Father Dowling Mysteries," "Murder She Wrote," etc. Appeared in TV series "Dallas" as Liz Adams 1990-91. Regular on "Port Charles" as Nicole Devlin in 1997.
Lurene Tuttle |
| - b. Pleasant Lake, IN 8/29/06
- d. 5/28/86
- Began her career in radio providing voices for many characters including "Effie Perrine" on "The Adventures of Sam Spade" (1946-1951). Very busy actress both in TV and movies. Appeared in such films as, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Goodby My Fancy (1951). Her last film was a TV movie, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" in 1984.
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Irene Vernon (Irene Vergauwen)- b. Mishawaka,Indiana January 16, 1922.
- d. April 21, 1998
- Started as a "Goldwyn Girl."
In 1946 began getting bit parts,
then moved into
television. Was a regular (Louise Tate) on Bewitched from 1964 to 1966.
Melanie Vincz- b. Indianapolis
- Many TV appearances..."Night Court," "Dukes of Hazzard." Was a regular on General Hospital as "Corinne" in 1981. Starred as "Crystal Fox" in Dangerous Women TV series in 1991.
Kristina Wagner (Kristina Malandro Wagner, maiden name Kristina Crump)
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b. Indianapolis, 10/30/63
- Regular on General Hospital TV soap opera as Felicia Jones Scorpio (1984 - present). Appeared
in two movies in 1993 and 1994.
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Jan Wiley (Harriett Brandon) |
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- b. Marion, Indiana February 23, 1916
- d. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA May 27, 1993
- Made her first film in 1937 and made at
least 38 films from that date until 1946. She was the leading lady in two "Range Busters" films which starred fellow Hoosier
Max Terhune...Thunder River Feud (1942) and Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941). She also appeared with Buck Jones in
Dawn on the Great Divide(1942).She married writer/producer/composer Mort Greene. They had two daughters. Greene was a
contract writer for two television shows which featured Hoosiers...Herb Shriner and Red Skelton.
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Isabel Withers (real name: Isabel Irene Withers)  |
| - b. Frankton, Indiana January 20, 1896
- d. Hollywood, CA September 3, 1968
- Entered films in 1916 with the Pagent Film Company in Kansas City. Moved to Hollywood and began a busy career which saw her working steadily from 1931 to 1952. She appeared in such major films as, Brother Rat (1938),To Each His Own(1946),Mr. Belvedere Goes to College(1949),The Fountainhead(1949), and The Fuller Brush Girl(1950). She played mostly nurses and
secretaries.
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Jo Ann Worley |
| - b. Lowell, Indiana September 6, 1937
- Best known as a regular on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (1968). Appeared in numerous TV movies and has served as a "voice" in such films as Beauty and the Beast (Wardrobe), A Goofy Movie and Belle's Magical World
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