| They Came From Queens Susan Anspach - This actress graduated
from Bryant High School in 1960.
Hank Azaria - The actor, who starred
in "The Birdcage," is from Forest Hills.
John Barrymore - The star of stage
and screen once lived on 208th Street in Bayside, just north of Northern Boulevard.
The Bennett Sisters - Movie stars
Constance and Joan once lived in Bayside.
Eddie Bracken - This popular 1940s
Hollywood actor lived in Middle Village.
Francis X. Bushman - The movie star
once lived in a home overlooking Little Neck Bay.
Spring Byington - The TV and movie
star once made her home near the LIRR station at Bell Boulevard in Bayside.
Sid Caesar - The comedian lived in
Rego Park during his TV starring days ("Your Show of Shows") in the 50s.
Godfrey Cambridge - The
comedian-actor is a graduate of Flushing High School.
David Caruso - The NYPD Blue actor
used to walk the streets of his hometown of Forest Hills Gardens, and graduated from
Archbishop Molloy High School.
Charlie Chaplin - The "Little
Tramp," famous silent movie star, lived on Mowbray Place in Kew Gardens.
Robert Chartoff - The producer of
the film "Rocky" grew up in Kew Gardens Hills, down the block from Simon and
Garfunkel.
Francis Ford Coppola - The director
of "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" is originally from Woodside.
Joan Crawford - "Mommie
Dearest" once owned a home in Douglaston while she worked on films in Astoria.
Gloria DeHaven - The movie star of
the 40s once lived in Bayside near Bell Boulevard.
Rae Dooley - The actress who played
"Baby Snooks" once owned a home in Bayside near Crocheron Park.
Paul Douglas - The movie and TV star
once made his home on 214th Street in Bayside.
Fran Drescher - TVs
"Nanny" is from Flushing, lived near Queens College, and convinced viewers
everywhere that Queens residents talk funny.
Marie Dressler - The silent movie
star once lived on 219th Street in Bayside.
Jimmy Durante - The big-nosed actor
used to live on 161st Street near Bowne Park with his first wife, "Mrs.
Calabash."
Eric Estrada - The star of the TV
cop show "Chips" once lived near Parsons Boulevard in Flushing.
W.C. Fields - The comedian and star
of stage and screen once lived in a house near Little Neck Bay.
John Frankenheimer - The film
director lived in College Point.
Janet Gaynor - The Rego Park actress
won the first (1928) Academy Award given to a female lead, for her work in "Seventh
Heaven."
Luella Gear - The movie star had a
home in Bayside.
Goldie Hawn - Got her start by
appearing as a go-go dancer at the 1964-65 Worlds Fair.
Madeline Kahn - The actress attended
Van Buren High School.
Buster Keaton - The
"stone-faced" movie star lived between Little Neck and Bayside.
Bob Keeshan - TVs
"Captain Kangaroo" graduated from Forest Hills High School.
Michael Landon - "Little
Joe" from the hit TV show "Bonanza" and star of "Highway to
Heaven" grew up in Kew Gardens Hills and went to Forest Hills High School.
Martin Landau - This Academy Award
winning actor grew up in Kew Gardens Hills.
Angela Lansbury - Star of stage,
screen and TV, she once lived in Douglaston.
Jack Lord - Star of the long-running
TV show "Hawaii Five-O," he lived in Queens and went to John Adams High School
in Richmond Hill with classmates John Santucci and Jimmy Breslin.
Groucho Marx - The famous
entertainer once lived in Bayside and Richmond Hill, and often spent a "Night at the
Opera" or "A Day at the Races."
Paul Newman - The "Cool
Hand" actor-turned-salad-dressing-czar once lived on 64th Avenue in Fresh Meadows.
Carroll OConnor - Portrayed
Queens resident "Archie Bunker" in the hit TV series "All In The
Family," he grew up in Woodside and attended Newtown High School.
Bernadette Peters - The actress and
singer is from Ozone Park.
Mary Pickford - The silent movie
star once lived on Powells Cove Boulevard in Whitestone.
George Raft - The famous actor, best
known for his portrayal of gangsters, once lived in Douglaston.
Edward G. Robinson - This actor was
known as Emmanuel Goldenberg when he graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1910.
May Robson - The actress once lived
on Bell Boulevard in Bayside.
Ginger Rogers - The actress and
lifelong dance partner of Fred Astaire once lived on Manor Road in Douglaston.
Ray Romano - If "Everybody
Loves Raymond," thats especially true in his hometown of Middle Village.
Martin Scorsese - The award-winning
director is originally from Flushing.
David Schwimmer - Star of the hit TV
show "Friends" was born here in Queens in 1966.
Jerry Seinfeld - The comic and TV
star graduated from Queens College.
Gloria Swanson - The noted actress
once lived in Bayside.
Christopher Walken - Academy Award
winner for "The Deer Hunter," he was born in Astoria in 1943.
Cornell Wilde - The movie star of
the 1950s once lived on 44th Avenue near Utopia Parkway.
Natalie Wood - The beautiful actress
once lived near Bloomingdales in Fresh Meadows.
Keenan Wynn - The noted movie star
once lived on 169th Street in Auburndale.
Burt Young - The famous character actor seen in the
"Rocky" films once lived near Bell Boulevard in Bayside. |